2011 International V8 Supercars Championship

2011 V8 Supercar season
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The 2011 International V8 Supercar Championship was an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars.[1] It is the thirteenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the fifteenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. It was the first since the series was elevated to 'International Championship' status by the FIA.[2] The championship began on 10 February in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 4 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It was contested over 28 races at 15 events. These events were held in all states of Australia and in the Northern Territory as well as in the United Arab Emirates, and New Zealand. The 52nd Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to Jamie Whincup by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden driver Jamie Whincup won the championship by 35 points over his team mate Craig Lowndes. The best placed Ford driver was Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom, 458 points behind Whincup. Stone Brothers Racing driver Shane Van Gisbergen finished in fourth, 38 points behind Winterbottom, with the Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander a further 98 points back in fifth.

Whincup won ten races during the course of the season, one shared with French driver Sébastien Bourdais at the Gold Coast. He finished on the podium in nine of the first eleven races, setting up a strong points lead. His team mate Lowndes chipped away at the lead, winning four races in a row in the middle of the season, one with Mark Skaife at Phillip Island, and briefly led the championship after the Bathurst 1000. Lowndes won his fifth race at the title decider in Sydney but this was not enough to take the crown away from Whincup. The other thirteen race wins were shared between eight other drivers. Reigning champion James Courtney won the second race of the year in Abu Dhabi while his team mate Tander won three races, including one race at the Clipsal 500 and the Bathurst 1000 with Nick Percat. Rick Kelly also won three races, taking his first race win since 2008 and the first for Kelly Racing at the Hamilton 400. Van Gisbergen won the first race of his career at the Hamilton 400 before scoring his second at Hidden Valley. Brad Jones Racing were another team to win their first championship race, with Jason Bright taking his first win since 2006 at Barbagallo and backing it up with another win at Winton. Winterbottom took his first win in just under a year at the Gold Coast, winning the Sunday race with British driver Richard Lyons, before winning the final race of the season in Sydney.

Contents

Season review

Jamie Whincup won the opening race of the championship at the Yas V8 400, at the time it was his twelfth consecutive victory in races held outside of Australia, taking in wins in New Zealand, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain going back to the 2008 Gulf Air Desert 400. Whincup won by 14 seconds over the close pair of Alex Davison and Mark Winterbottom who in turn lead another pair of Fords in Shane Van Gisbergen and Tim Slade. The second race was considerably more chaotic with a multi-car pile up in the opening laps ruling out amongst others Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander. Tander's new team-mate 2010 champion James Courtney, provided HRT with an opposing result, winning a late race battle with Jason Bright to take the second race win and to gain some points back after receiving the 50 point penalty the day before. Whincup was third ahead of David Reynolds completing an impressive return to the series after sitting out 2010.

Garth Tander won a shortened first race of the Clipsal 500. The race hinged on two safety car periods late in the race caused by incidents involving Russell Ingall and James Moffat. Tander lead Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mates Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes across the line at the head of a bunched queue. Jason Bright and Fabian Coulthard saw Holden fill the top five places ahead of Mark Winterbottom. The biggest of the incidents in the race saw Steve Owen crash at turn 8 with sufficient force that car would not be repaired in time for the non-championship Albert Park 400 a week later. Whincup became the first repeat winner for the year by winning the Sunday race by 1.3 seconds over Rick Kelly. The second place for Kelly was the best result since the formation of Kelly Racing in 2009. Ford Performance Racing and Holden Racing Team filled the next few positions with Mark Winterbottom taking third over James Courtney, Garth Tander, Paul Dumbrell and Will Davison. Whincup had diced entertainingly with Will Davison early in the wet conditions, while Turn 8 claimed more cars with Lee Holdsworth and Warren Luff both crashing out, while Bright crashed heavily at the Senna Chicane.

Race calendar

The following events make up the 2011 series.[3] The round at Barbagallo Raceway was reinstated with the Western Australian Government providing $5 million to redevelop the circuit. The Desert 400 was scrapped with V8 Supercars stating that the decision not to hold the event was because the circuit's international racing calendar was too full for an early season date.

Race Event Circuit City / State Date Winner Team Report
1 Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates 10–12 Feb Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
2 James Courtney Holden Racing Team
3 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 Mar Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report
4 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
5 ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand 15–17 Apr Rick Kelly Kelly Racing report
6 Shane Van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing
7 Trading Post Perth Challenge[4] Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 29 Apr-1 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
8 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing
9 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
10 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–22 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
11 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing
12 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–19 Jun Rick Kelly Kelly Racing report
13 Shane Van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing
14 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–10 Jul Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report
15 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
16 Coates Hire Ipswich 300[5] Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 19–21 Aug Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report
17 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering
18 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering
19 L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 16–18 Sep Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife		 Triple Eight Race Engineering report
20 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 Oct Garth Tander
Nick Percat		 Holden Racing Team report
21 Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–23 Oct Jamie Whincup
Sébastien Bourdais		 Triple Eight Race Engineering report
22 Mark Winterbottom
Richard Lyons		 Ford Performance Racing
23 Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 11–13 Nov Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
24 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
25 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 Nov Rick Kelly Kelly Racing report
26 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
27 Sydney Telsta 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 2–4 Dec Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report
28 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2011 series.

Team Make Model Car # Drivers Co-Drivers
Holden Racing Team VE Commodore 1 James Courtney[6] Cameron McConville[7]
Darren Turner[8] 1
2 Garth Tander[9] Nick Percat[7]
Ryan Briscoe[10]
Tony D'Alberto Racing
VE Commodore
FG Falcon[11]		 3 Tony D'Alberto[12] Dale Wood[13]
Taz Douglas[14] 2
Vitantonio Liuzzi[15]
Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon 4 Alex Davison[16] David Brabham[17]
Marc Lieb[18]
9 Shane Van Gisbergen[19] John McIntyre[17]
Emanuele Pirro[20]
James Rosenberg Racing (SBR) 47 Tim Slade[21] Daniel Gaunt[17]
Hélio Castroneves[22]
Ford Performance Racing FG Falcon 5
95[23]		 Mark Winterbottom[24] Steven Richards[25]
Richard Lyons[26] 3
6 Will Davison[27] Luke Youlden[25]
Mika Salo[28]
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 55 Paul Dumbrell[29] Dean Canto[30][31]
Christian Klien[28]
Kelly Racing VE Commodore 7 Todd Kelly[32] David Russell[33][34]
Richard Westbrook[35]
11 Greg Murphy[36] Allan Simonsen[33][34][37]
Oliver Gavin[38]
15 Rick Kelly[32] Owen Kelly[33][34]
Jörg Bergmeister[35]
16 David Reynolds[39] Tim Blanchard[33][34]
Alex Tagliani[40][41]
Brad Jones Racing VE Commodore 8 Jason Bright[42]
Cameron McConville[43] 4
Andrew Jones[44] 4		 Andrew Jones[45]
Stéphane Sarrazin[46]
14 Jason Bargwanna[47] Shane Price[48]
Allan Simonsen[49] 5
Britek Motorsport (BJR) 21 Karl Reindler[21] David Wall[45]
Fabrizio Giovanardi[38]
Triple F Racing FG Falcon 12 Dean Fiore[21] Michael Patrizi[50][51]
Gianni Morbidelli
Dick Johnson Racing FG Falcon 17 Steven Johnson[52] David Besnard[53][54]
Dirk Müller[55][56]
18 James Moffat[57] Matt Halliday[53][54][58]
Joey Hand[55][56]
Tekno Autosports FG Falcon 19 Jonathon Webb[59][60] Richard Lyons[61]
Gil de Ferran[62]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport VE Commodore 30 Warren Luff[63] Nathan Pretty[64][65]
Marino Franchitti[66]
Garry Rogers Motorsport VE Commodore 33 Lee Holdsworth[67] Greg Ritter[68][69]
Simon Pagenaud[70]
34 Michael Caruso[42] Marcus Marshall[69][71][72]
Augusto Farfus[73]
Paul Morris Motorsport VE Commodore 39
200[74]		 Russell Ingall[75] Jack Perkins[76]
Jan Magnussen[77]
49 Steve Owen[78][79] Paul Morris[80]
Boris Said[77]
Walkinshaw Racing VE Commodore 61 Fabian Coulthard[79][81] Craig Baird[82]
Patrick Long[83]
Triple Eight Race Engineering VE Commodore 88 Jamie Whincup[84] Andrew Thompson[85]
Sebastien Bourdais[86]
888 Craig Lowndes[84] Mark Skaife[85]
Andy Priaulx[86]
Wildcard entries
Kelly Racing[87] VE Commodore 77 Grant Denyer[87]
Cameron Waters[88]

Notes:

  1. ^ – Dan Wheldon was originally scheduled to drive alongside James Courtney at the Gold Coast 600, but was killed in an accident at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship one week before the race.
  2. ^ – Tony D'Alberto was forced to sit out the L&H 500 after being diagnosed with chicken pox. Taz Douglas replaced him for the event.
  3. ^ – Will Power was due to take part in the Gold Coast 600, but was forced to withdraw after sustaining a back injury at the IZOD IndyCar World Championship.
  4. ^ – Jason Bright was injured and unable to take part in Race 24 at Symmons Plains. Cameron McConville replaced him for the race. Bright later withdrew from the next race at Sandown, where he was replaced by his endurance co-driver Andrew Jones.
  5. ^ – Tony Kanaan decided not to participate in the Gold Coast 600 following the death of Dan Wheldon.[89]

Driver and team changes

Trading Post became the naming rights sponsor of the #6 FPR Ford Falcon which will be driven by former Holden Racing Team driver Will Davison.[90]

Tekno Autosports and driver Jonathon Webb ended their association with Dick Johnson Racing to run the team separately with support from Triple Eight Race Engineering.[59]

Walkinshaw Racing downsized to a single-car team, with the #10 Racing Entitlement Contract initially placed for sale,[81] but was subsequently purchased by organising body V8 Supercar Australia to achieve their long-held ambition to reduce the grid to twenty-eight cars.[21]

2010 Walkinshaw Performance endurance co-driver David Reynolds joined Kelly Racing in the #16 Commodore, replacing Tony Ricciardello.[39] Greg Murphy also joined Kelly Racing, replacing the outgoing Jason Bargwanna.[36]

After a long-running dispute over the ownership of Dick Johnson Racing, co-owner Charlie Schwerkolt sold his stake in the team and left with the #18 Racing Entitlement Contract, but has leased it back to Dick Johnson Racing for the purposes of running two cars in 2011. James Moffat was later announced as the driver for Car #18.[91]

After previously confirming his departure from the team he won the championship with, James Courtney joined the Holden Racing Team in the place of Will Davison.[6]

Reigning Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series champion Steve Owen was confirmed as the outgoing Greg Murphy's replacement at Paul Morris Motorsport.[78]

Brad Jones Racing was the last team to confirm its driver line-up, with Jason Bargwanna joining the team while Jason Richards was undergoing treatment with Adreno Cortical Carcinoma during the season. Richards died in December 2011.[47]

Tony D'Alberto switched from Holden to Ford for the 2011 season. He ran a Holden Commodore at the season-opening Abu Dhabi race before switching to Ford ahead of the Clipsal 500.[11]

Only two endurance race wild cards were approved for in 2011. Fujitsu Series team Miles Racing applied for one to run Ashley Walsh and Chaz Mostert but the team later elected not to utilise it. Kelly Racing entered a fifth car under the Banner of Shannons Mars Racing in which the winner of the Shannons Supercar Showdown television show competition would co-drive with the shows narrator and experienced driver Grant Denyer. At the shows conlcusion a week prior to the Bathurst 1000, leading Formula Ford driver Cameron Waters was announced the winner.

Points system

Points are awarded to the driver or drivers of a car that completes 75% of the race distance and is running at the completion of the final lap. The different points scales adapt to each round having one, two or three races, making sure that a driver gets 300 points if they win all races of the round.

Pos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th
Std 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21
Perth 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14
Ipswich R16/17 75 69 65 60 56 51 48 45 42 39 36 35 33 32 30 29 27 26 24 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11
L&H 500 Qual 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7
L&H 500 Feature 200 184 172 160 148 136 128 120 112 104 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28
Bathurst 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42

NOTES:

Std denotes all races except the Trading Post Perth Challenge, Coates Hire Ipswich 300, L&H 500, Bathurst 1000, and Surfers Paradise. These five events have unique rules.

Trading Post Perth Challenge: This event consisted of three races. The total points were divided between each race evenly.

Coates Hire Ipswich 300: This event consisted of three races. Due to their short length, Races 16 and 17 only awarded half the points of a usual race. Race 18 used the standard points system.

L&H 500: The Phillip Island event was split into two qualifying races and a 500-kilometre feature race. The two drivers per team were grouped into separate qualifying races that counted towards drivers' individual point totals and towards the starting grid for the feature race. The two drivers then shared one car for the 500-kilometre endurance race.

Bathurst: Two drivers shared one car for the race.

Armor All Gold Coast 600: Each of the 28 regular drivers was required to have an international co-driver.[92] It was intended that international drivers who competed as endurance co-drivers would be ineligible, however, following the Las Vegas tragedy on 16 October, some exceptions were granted for teams affected by the incident.[93]

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Make No YMC
 ADE
 HAM
 BAR
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 QLD
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
1 Jamie Whincup 88 150 129 138 150 36 51 100 92 100 150 138 84 102 138 150 65 69 78 250 84 150 138 150 150 66 150 45 90 25 3168
2 Craig Lowndes 888 96 42 129 69 138 78 92 80 80 72 96 129 138 120 138 75 75 150 256 276 Ret 45 138 111 102 120 150 138 0 3133
3 Mark Winterbottom 5 129 63 102 129 120 Ret 60 44 18 84 48 60 129 111 129 33 39 48 126 240 129 150 120 129 96 138 111 150 25 2710
4 Shane Van Gisbergen 9 120 90 66 51 57 150 80 52 64 63 120 96 150 72 111 36 45 129 214 204 57 57 96 96 111 102 129 129 75 2672
5 Garth Tander 2 102 Ret 150 111 51 129 44 64 86 69 129 51 27 150 27 11 18 102 227 300 72 36 129 102 90 111 138 48 0 2574
6 Rick Kelly 15 66 48 69 138 150 102 56 38 46 120 54 150 45 96 66 60 60 54 167 78 96 111 63 69 150 84 78 69 25 2358
7 Will Davison 6 69 57 84 96 102 120 86 60 40 66 33 111 96 129 51 30 30 42 242 102 138 63 111 138 120 129 Ret Ret 0 2345
8 Lee Holdsworth 33 84 39 45 Ret 39 138 38 56 34 138 60 120 60 102 102 48 36 51 135 108 78 129 57 66 54 90 63 Ret 50 1920
9 Tim Slade 47 111 Ret 90 66 Ret Ret 26 74 56 60 66 42 120 30 96 69 65 138 81 138 69 78 69 24 60 96 102 78 0 1904
10 James Courtney 1 27 150 33 120 72 Ret 52 18 74 90 30 30 33 Ret 48 23 Ret 69 166 192 63 102 78 72 138 72 96 96 75 1869
11 Alex Davison 4 138 96 36 78 78 96 28 68 48 102 57 48 90 27 120 35 20 90 79 114 36 51 102 27 57 60 69 Ret 0 1850
12 Fabian Coulthard 61 90 60 111 84 96 Ret 24 48 44 78 111 66 51 60 90 17 26 96 148 Ret 111 60 90 78 84 69 72 Ret 25 1839
13 Greg Murphy 11 42 84 51 48 90 Ret 40 22 52 51 72 69 39 48 45 51 48 66 143 258 102 120 Ret 63 Ret 42 57 72 25 1750
14 Michael Caruso 34 60 111 57 42 60 Ret 46 34 36 57 102 72 69 57 57 24 24 63 123 156 90 42 84 60 42 39 120 102 100 1729
14 Steven Johnson 17 72 51 72 90 111 84 74 42 68 129 90 138 84 66 69 45 51 84 66 Ret Ret 69 36 42 36 Ret 51 63 75 1708
16 Jason Bright 8 Ret 138 120 36 48 72 68 100 92 96 150 Ret Ret 84 39 21 32 21 163 222 42 Ret 30 DNS Ret 84 25 1633
17 Steve Owen 49 63 66 Ret DNS 45 111 36 Ret DNS 36 78 78 63 90 63 56 56 24 124 144 51 96 54 36 78 78 Ret 60 25 1561
18 Todd Kelly 7 78 Ret 96 Ret 129 60 16 26 38 42 Ret 57 Ret 63 54 27 Ret 60 136 66 66 84 72 90 129 45 84 57 25 1550
19 David Reynolds 16 54 120 39 63 33 45 32 30 22 39 45 Ret 42 33 36 26 14 111 192 96 48 72 39 39 51 66 66 66 0 1519
20 Russell Ingall 39 33 Ret Ret 57 63 90 42 46 32 54 Ret 36 111 78 84 29 35 72 100 180 39 90 Ret 54 63 36 54 111 75 1514
21 Jonathon Webb 19 45 102 63 72 Ret 69 30 40 24 33 69 39 57 42 Ret 14 23 39 100 132 84 66 42 84 72 57 Ret 120 25 1493
22 Jason Bargwanna 14 48 69 78 Ret 66 Ret 48 86 60 Ret 63 90 78 36 72 20 33 27 125 72 54 54 51 30 Ret 63 Ret 54 25 1352
23 James Moffat 18 57 Ret Ret 39 84 54 34 36 28 48 84 63 66 54 60 39 42 120 77 60 120 Ret 45 51 Ret 30 90 Ret 75 1306
24 Paul Dumbrell 55 30 78 30 102 DNS 48 Ret 32 42 111 51 45 72 69 78 32 15 33 109 Ret 60 Ret 66 120 69 Ret Ret Ret 50 1242
25 Karl Reindler 21 Ret 72 48 54 54 66 64 Ret DNS 45 36 Ret 30 39 33 42 29 57 59 126 Ret 39 33 45 45 54 48 51 25 1144
26 Tony D'Alberto
3 51 Ret 54 45 69 Ret 20 24 30 27 42 102 54 51 30 15 27 45 168 Ret 48 60 57 Ret 51 Ret Ret 25 1045
27 Dean Fiore 12 39 45 60 60 42 63 22 28 26 30 Ret 54 48 45 Ret 18 21 30 97 90 45 Ret 48 33 Ret 48 Ret Ret 0 992
28 Warren Luff 30 36 54 42 Ret Ret 57 18 20 20 Ret 39 33 36 Ret 42 12 17 36 72 120 Ret Ret 27 21 39 33 60 Ret 25 809
29 Mark Skaife 888 256 276 0 532
30 Nick Percat 2 227 300 0 527
31 Richard Lyons 19/5 100 132 129 150 0 511
32 Allan Simonsen 11/14 143 258 54 54 0 509
33 Andrew Jones 8 163 222 48 27 0 460
34 Cameron McConville 1/8 166 192 48 0 406
35 John McIntyre 9 214 204 25 393
36 Steven Richards 5 126 240 0 366
37 Luke Youlden 6 242 102 0 344
38 Andrew Thompson 88 250 84 0 334
39 Sébastien Bourdais 88 150 138 0 288
Tim Blanchard 16 192 96 0 288
41 Paul Morris 49 124 144 0 268
42 Jack Perkins 39 100 180 25 255
43 Greg Ritter 33 135 108 0 243
44 Dale Wood 3 93 168 25 236
45 Marcus Marshall 34 123 156 50 229
46 Oliver Gavin 11 102 120 0 222
47 Owen Kelly 15 167 78 25 220
48 Daniel Gaunt 47 81 138 0 219
49 Simon Pagenaud 33 78 129 0 207
Jörg Bergmeister 15 96 111 0 207
51 David Russell 7 136 66 0 202
52 Mika Salo 6 138 63 0 201
53 Shane Price 14 125 72 0 197
54 David Brabham 4 79 114 0 193
55 Nathan Pretty 30 72 120 0 192
56 Michael Patrizi 12 97 90 0 187
57 David Wall 21 59 126 0 185
58 Patrick Long 61 111 60 0 171
59 Darren Turner 1 63 102 0 165
60 Gil de Ferran 19 84 66 0 150
Richard Westbrook 7 66 84 0 150
62 Craig Baird 61 148 Ret 0 148
63 Boris Said 49 51 96 0 147
Hélio Castroneves 47 69 78 0 147
65 Matt Halliday 18 77 60 0 137
66 Augusto Farfus 34 90 42 0 132
67 Jan Magnussen 39 39 90 0 129
68 Joey Hand 18 120 Ret 0 120
Alex Tagliani 16 48 72 0 120
70 Emanuele Pirro 9 57 57 0 114
71 Dean Canto 55 109 Ret 0 109
72 Ryan Briscoe 2 72 36 0 108
73 Taz Douglas 3 93 0 93
74 Marc Lieb 4 36 51 0 87
75 Dirk Müller 17 Ret 69 0 69
76 David Besnard 17 66 Ret 0 66
77 Christian Klien 55 60 Ret 0 60
78 Vitantonio Liuzzi 3 Ret 48 0 48
79 Gianni Morbidelli 12 45 Ret 0 45
Andy Priaulx 888 Ret 45 0 45
81 Stéphane Sarrazin 8 42 Ret 0 42
82 Fabrizio Giovanardi 21 Ret 39 0 39
Grant Denyer 77 Ret 0 0
Cameron Waters 77 Ret 0 0
Marino Franchitti 30 Ret Ret 0 0
Pos Driver Make No YMC
 ADE
 HAM
 BAR
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 QLD
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Teams Championship

Pos Team Make YMC
 ADE
 HAM
 BAR
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 QLD
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 246 171 267 219 174 129 192 172 180 222 234 213 240 258 288 140 144 228 506 360 150 183 288 261 168 270 195 0 6098
2 Ford Performance Racing 198 120 186 225 222 120 146 104 58 150 81 171 225 240 180 63 69 90 368 342 267 213 231 267 216 267 111 0 4930
3 Stone Brothers Racing 258 186 102 129 135 246 108 120 112 165 177 144 240 99 231 71 65 219 293 318 93 108 198 123 168 162 198 0 4468
4 Holden Racing Team 129 150 183 231 123 129 96 82 160 159 159 81 60 150 75 34 18 171 393 492 135 138 207 174 228 183 234 0 4374
5 Jack Daniels Racing 144 48 165 138 279 162 72 64 84 162 54 207 45 159 120 87 60 114 303 144 162 195 135 139 279 129 162 0 3832
6 Garry Rogers Motorsport 144 150 102 42 99 138 84 90 70 195 162 192 129 159 159 72 60 114 258 264 168 171 141 126 96 129 183 0 3697
7 Kelly Racing 96 204 90 111 123 45 72 52 74 90 117 69 81 81 81 77 62 177 335 354 150 192 39 102 51 108 123 0 3156
8 Dick Johnson Racing 129 51 72 129 195 138 108 78 96 177 174 201 150 120 129 84 93 204 143 60 120 69 81 93 36 30 141 0 3101
9 Brad Jones Racing 48 207 198 36 114 72 116 186 152 96 213 90 78 120 111 41 65 48 288 294 96 54 81 78 48 90 Ret 0 3020
10 Paul Morris Motorsport 96 66 Ret 57 108 201 78 46 32 90 78 114 174 168 147 85 91 96 224 324 90 186 54 90 141 114 54 0 3004
11 Walkinshaw Racing (s) 90 60 111 84 96 Ret 24 48 44 78 111 66 51 60 90 17 26 96 148 Ret 111 60 90 78 84 69 72 0 1864
12 James Rosenberg Racing (s) 111 Ret 90 66 Ret Ret 26 74 56 60 66 42 120 30 96 69 65 138 81 138 69 78 69 24 60 96 102 0 1826
13 Tekno Autosports (s) 45 102 63 72 Ret 69 30 40 24 33 69 39 57 42 Ret 14 23 39 100 132 84 66 42 84 72 57 Ret 0 1398
14 Rod Nash Racing (s) 30 78 30 102 DNS 48 Ret 32 42 111 51 45 72 69 78 32 15 33 109 Ret 60 Ret 66 120 69 Ret Ret 0 1292
15 Tony D'Alberto Racing (s)
51 Ret 54 45 69 Ret 20 24 30 27 42 102 54 51 30 15 27 45 93 168 Ret 48 60 57 Ret 51 Ret 0 1163
16 Britek Motorsport (s) Ret 72 48 54 54 66 64 Ret DNS 45 36 Ret 30 39 33 42 29 57 59 126 Ret 39 33 45 45 54 48 0 1118
17 Triple F Racing (s) 39 45 60 60 42 63 22 28 26 30 Ret 54 48 45 Ret 18 21 30 97 90 45 Ret 48 33 Ret 48 Ret 0 992
18 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (s) 36 54 42 Ret Ret 57 18 20 20 Ret 39 33 36 Ret 42 12 17 36 72 120 Ret Ret 27 21 39 33 60 0 834
Pos Team Make YMC
 ADE
 HAM
 BAR
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 QLD
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

See also

2011 V8 Supercar season

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