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2011 International V8 Supercars Championship

The 2011 International V8 Supercar Championship (often simplified to the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship) was an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars.[1] It was 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 the 'International category' 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 14 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.

The top 4 in the championship, from L to R: Shane van Gisbergen (4th), Jamie Whincup (1st), Mark Winterbottom (3rd), Craig Lowndes (2nd)

Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden driver Jamie Whincup won the championship by 35 points over his teammate 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 teammate 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 teammate 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.

Teams and drivers edit

 
Jamie Whincup won the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship
 
Craig Lowndes placed 2nd
 
Mark Winterbottom placed 3rd
 
Shane van Gisbergen placed 4th
 
Garth Tander placed 5th
 
Will Davison placed 7th
 
Tim Slade placed 9th

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

Season entries Endurance race co-drivers
Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Drivers Rounds Phillip Island/Bathurst Gold Coast
Ford Falcon FG Tony D'Alberto Racing[3] 3   Tony D'Alberto[4] 2–8, 10–14   Dale Wood[5]   Vitantonio Liuzzi[6]
  Taz Douglas[7] 2 9
Stone Brothers Racing 4   Alex Davison[8] All   David Brabham[9]   Marc Lieb[10]
9   Shane van Gisbergen[11] All   John McIntyre[9]   Emanuele Pirro[12]
Ford Performance Racing 5   Mark Winterbottom[13] All   Steven Richards[14]   Richard Lyons[15] 3
6   Will Davison[16] All   Luke Youlden[14]   Mika Salo[17]
Triple F Racing 12   Dean Fiore[18] All   Michael Patrizi[19][20]   Gianni Morbidelli
Dick Johnson Racing 17   Steven Johnson[21] All   David Besnard[22][23]   Dirk Müller[24][25]
18   James Moffat[26] All   Matt Halliday[23][27]   Joey Hand[24][25]
Tekno Autosports 19   Jonathon Webb[28][29] All   Richard Lyons[30]   Gil de Ferran[31]
James Rosenberg Racing (SBR) 47   Tim Slade[18] All   Daniel Gaunt[9]   Hélio Castroneves[32]
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 55   Paul Dumbrell[33] All   Dean Canto[34][35]   Christian Klien[17]
Holden Commodore VE Holden Racing Team 1   James Courtney[36] All   Cameron McConville[37]   Darren Turner[38] 1
2   Garth Tander[39] All   Nick Percat[37]   Ryan Briscoe[40]
Tony D'Alberto Racing 3   Tony D'Alberto[41] 1
Kelly Racing 7   Todd Kelly[42] All   David Russell[43][44]   Richard Westbrook[45]
11   Greg Murphy[46] All   Allan Simonsen[44][47]   Oliver Gavin[48]
15   Rick Kelly[42] All   Owen Kelly[43][44]   Jörg Bergmeister[45]
16   David Reynolds[49] All   Tim Blanchard[43][44]   Alex Tagliani[50][51]
Brad Jones Racing 8   Jason Bright[52] 1–12, 14   Andrew Jones[53]   Stéphane Sarrazin[54]
  Cameron McConville[55]4 12
  Andrew Jones[56] 4 13
14   Jason Bargwanna[57] All   Shane Price[58]   Allan Simonsen[59] 5
Britek Motorsport (BJR) 21   Karl Reindler[18] All   David Wall[53]   Fabrizio Giovanardi[48]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 30   Warren Luff[60] All   Nathan Pretty[61][62]   Marino Franchitti[63]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Lee Holdsworth[64] All   Greg Ritter[65][66]   Simon Pagenaud[67]
34   Michael Caruso[52] All   Marcus Marshall[66][68]   Augusto Farfus[69]
Paul Morris Motorsport 39   Russell Ingall[70] All   Jack Perkins[71]   Jan Magnussen[72]
49   Steve Owen[73][74] All   Paul Morris[75]   Boris Said[72]
Walkinshaw Racing (HRT) 61   Fabian Coulthard[74][76] All   Craig Baird[77]   Patrick Long[78]
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88   Jamie Whincup[79] All   Andrew Thompson[80]   Sébastien Bourdais[81]
888   Craig Lowndes[79] All   Mark Skaife[80]   Andy Priaulx[81]
Wildcard entries
Holden Commodore VE Kelly Racing[82] 77 — 10   Grant Denyer[82]
  Cameron Waters[83] 		—

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.[84]


Team and driver changes edit

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.[85]

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.[28]

Walkinshaw Racing downsized to a single-car team, with the #10 Racing Entitlement Contract initially placed for sale,[76] but was subsequently purchased by organising body V8 Supercar Australia to achieve their long-held ambition to reduce the grid to twenty-eight cars.[18]

2010 Walkinshaw Performance endurance co-driver David Reynolds joined Kelly Racing in the #16 Commodore, replacing Tony Ricciardello.[49] Greg Murphy also joined Kelly Racing, replacing the outgoing Jason Bargwanna.[46]

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 No. 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.[86]

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.[36]

Reigning Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series champion Steve Owen was confirmed as the outgoing Greg Murphy's replacement at Paul Morris Motorsport.[73]

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.[57]

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.[3]

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 conclusion a week prior to the Bathurst 1000, leading Formula Ford driver Cameron Waters was announced the winner.

Race calendar edit

The following events make up the 2011 series.[87] The event 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.

Event Race Event Circuit City / state Date Winner Team Report
1 1   Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi 10–12 Feb Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
2 James Courtney Holden Racing Team
2 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
3 5   ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, Waikato 15–17 Apr Rick Kelly Kelly Racing report
6 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing
4 7   Trading Post Perth Challenge[88] 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
5 10   Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–22 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
11 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing
6 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
7 14   Sucrogen Townsville 400 Reid Park Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–10 Jul Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report
15 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
8 16   Coates Hire Ipswich 300[89] 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
9 19   L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 16–18 Sep Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife 		Triple Eight Race Engineering report
10 20   Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 Oct Garth Tander
Nick Percat 		Holden Racing Team report
11 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
12 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
13 25   Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 Nov Rick Kelly Kelly Racing report
26 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
14 27   Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 2–4 Dec Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report
28 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing

Season summary edit

 
Alex Davison placed 11th
 
Fabian Coulthard placed 12th
 
Greg Murphy placed 13th
 
Jason Bright placed 16th
 
David Reynolds placed 19th
 
Russell Ingall placed 20th
 
James Moffat placed 23rd
 
Dean Fiore placed 27th

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.

Championship standings edit

Points system edit

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 event, having one, two or three races, making sure that a driver gets 300 points if they win all races of the event.

Event format Position
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 29th
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
Qualifying Races 		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 500 200 184 172 160 148 136 128 120 112 104 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 36

Notes:

Std. denotes all races except the Trading Post Perth Challenge, Coates Hire Ipswich 300, L&H 500, and the Bathurst 1000. These four 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.

Drivers Championship edit

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

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

Teams Championship edit

Pos. Team No. YMC
  		ADE
  		HAM
  		BAR
  		WIN
  		HID
  		TOW
  		QLD
  		PHI
  		BAT
  		SUR
  		SYM
  		SAN
  		SYD
  		Pen. Pts.
1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 1 3 2 1 23 18 1 2 1 1 2 9 6 2 1 3 2 10 2 21 1 2 1 1 13 1 20 8 0 6326
888 7 21 3 12 2 10 2 4 4 11 7 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 20 2 5 6 4 1 2
2 Ford Performance Racing 5 3 14 6 3 4 Ret 8 13 26 9 19 15 3 5 3 13 10 19 17 4 3 1 4 3 7 2 5 1 0 5080
6 12 16 9 7 6 4 3 8 15 13 24 5 7 3 18 15 15 21 3 18 2 14 5 2 4 3 Ret Ret
3 Stone Brothers Racing 4 2 7 23 10 10 7 21 6 11 6 16 19 8 26 4 12 22 8 22 16 23 18 6 26 16 15 12 Ret 0 4597
9 4 8 13 18 16 1 4 10 7 14 4 7 1 11 5 11 8 3 5 6 16 16 7 7 5 6 3 3
4 Holden Racing Team 1 26 1 24 4 11 Ret 10 26 5 8 25 25 24 Ret 19 20 Ret 12 9 7 14 6 10 11 2 11 7 7 0 4518
2 6 Ret 1 5 18 3 13 7 3 12 3 18 26 1 26 28 23 6 4 1 11 23 3 6 8 5 2 19
5 Jack Daniels Racing 7 10 Ret 7 Ret 3 15 27 22 16 21 Ret 16 Ret 14 17 17 Ret 15 14 24 13 9 11 8 3 20 9 16 0 3958
15 13 19 12 2 1 6 9 16 12 4 17 1 20 7 13 4 4 17 8 22 7 5 14 12 1 9 10 12
6 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 9 22 20 Ret 22 2 16 9 18 2 15 4 15 6 6 7 11 18 12 17 10 3 16 13 17 8 14 Ret 0 3799
34 15 5 16 21 15 Ret 12 18 17 16 6 11 12 16 16 19 19 14 16 10 8 21 9 15 21 22 4 6
7 Kelly Racing 11 21 9 18 19 8 Ret 15 24 10 18 11 12 22 19 20 6 7 13 13 3 6 4 Ret 14 Ret 21 16 11 0 3295
16 17 4 22 14 24 20 19 20 24 22 20 Ret 21 24 23 18 18 5 6 19 19 11 22 22 18 13 13 13
8 Paul Morris Motorsport 39 24 Ret Ret 16 14 8 14 12 19 17 Ret 23 5 10 9 16 12 11 20 8 22 8 Ret 17 14 23 17 5 0 3175
49 14 13 Ret DNS 20 5 17 Ret DNS 23 10 10 14 8 14 5 5 27 15 11 18 7 17 23 10 10 Ret 15
9 Dick Johnson Racing 17 11 18 11 8 5 9 5 14 6 3 8 2 9 13 12 8 6 9 26 Ret Ret 12 23 21 23 Ret 18 14 0 3164
18 16 Ret Ret 22 9 17 18 17 21 19 9 14 13 17 15 10 9 4 25 25 4 Ret 20 18 Ret 25 8 Ret
10 Brad Jones Racing 8 Ret 2 4 23 19 11 6 1 2 7 1 Ret Ret 9 22 21 14 28 7 5 21 Ret 25 19 19 26 Ret 9 0 3158
14 19 12 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 3 9 Ret 14 8 10 23 11 22 13 17 11 23 17 17 18 25 Ret 14 Ret 17
11 James Rosenberg Racing (s) 47 5 Ret 8 13 Ret Ret 22 5 9 15 13 21 4 25 7 2 3 2 24 12 12 10 12 27 15 7 6 10 0 1904
12 Walkinshaw Racing (s) 61 8 15 5 9 7 Ret 23 11 13 10 5 13 18 15 8 24 18 7 10 Ret 5 15 8 10 9 12 11 Ret 0 1864
13 Tekno Autosports (s) 19 20 6 14 11 Ret 12 20 15 23 24 12 22 16 21 Ret 26 20 22 18 13 9 13 21 9 11 16 Ret 4 0 1518
14 Rod Nash Racing (s) 55 25 10 25 6 DNS 19 Ret 19 14 5 18 20 11 12 10 14 25 24 23 Ret 15 Ret 13 4 12 Ret Ret Ret 0 1292
15 Britek Motorsport (s) 21 Ret 11 19 17 17 13 7 Ret DNS 20 23 Ret 25 22 24 9 16 16 28 14 Ret 22 24 20 20 17 19 18 0 1169
16 Tony D'Alberto Racing (s) 3 18 Ret 17 20 12 Ret 25 23 20 26 21 6 17 18 25 25 17 20 21 9 Ret 19 15 16 Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 1163
17 Triple F Racing (s) 12 22 20 15 15 21 14 24 21 22 25 Ret 17 19 20 Ret 23 21 25 19 20 20 Ret 19 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret 0 992
18 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (s) 30 23 17 21 Ret Ret 16 26 25 25 Ret 22 24 23 Ret 21 27 24 23 27 15 Ret Ret 26 28 22 24 15 Ret 0 834
Pos. Team No. YMC
  		ADE
  		HAM
  		BAR
  		WIN
  		HID
  		TOW
  		QLD
  		PHI
  		BAT
  		SUR
  		SYM
  		SAN
  		SYD
  		Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

  • (s) denotes a single-car team.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ V8 Supercars Operations Manual Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 23 June 2010
  2. ^ "V8 Supercars upgrades status". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 8 November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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