| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 9 of 14 in the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at Phillip Island, Victoria. | |||
| Date | 16 – 18 September 2011 | ||
| Location | Phillip Island, Victoria | ||
| Course | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 4.45 km |
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| Distance | 141 (2x14 & 113) laps, 627 km | ||
| Weather | |||
| Pole | |||
| Driver | Will Davison Luke Youlden |
Ford Performance Racing | |
| Time | 70 points | ||
| Race 1 | |||
| First | Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife |
3:08:13.2041 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Second | Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson |
+ 6.3 secs | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Third | Will Davison Luke Youlden |
+ 9.2 secs | Ford Performance Racing |
The 2011 L&H 500 was the ninth event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 16 to 18 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. This was the eleventh running of the Phillip Island 500 and the fourth occasion in which it filled the role of the annual 500 kilometre, two-driver V8 Supercar race. It was also the last 500 kilometre race at Phillip Island, as the race will return to Sandown in 2012.
Unique to the L&H 500, two preliminary 14 lap races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race, in which at least two tyres were changed, was mandated, with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre event.
Tony D'Alberto Racing driver Tony D'Alberto was forced to withdraw from the race after contracting chicken pox. He was replaced by Fujitsu Series driver Taz Douglas.[1]
Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison and Luke Youlden came out best of the qualifying format, and secured pole position for the main race, with the 2010 L&H 500 winners Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife lining up sixth.[2]
The TeamVodafone pairing of Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife came through the 500km race to secure the consecutive victories at the event, followed by Jamie Whincup and Andrew Thompson, with pole-sitters Will Davison and Luke Youlden crossing the line third.[3]
Contents |
Race timesheet:[4]
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2145 |
| 2 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2053 |
| 3 | 9 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 1716 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 1585 |
| 5 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 1548 |
| V8 Supercar | ||
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| Previous race: 2011 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 |
2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series | Next race: 2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 |
| Previous year: 2010 L&H 500 |
Phillip Island 500K | Next year: 2012 L&H 500 |