![]() ![]() ^ – 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 Ind圜ar World Championship one week before the race.The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2011 series. 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. 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. Van Gisbergen won the first race of his career at the Hamilton 400 before scoring his second at Hidden Valley. Rick Kelly also won three races, taking his first race win since 2008 and the first for Kelly Racing at the Hamilton 400. 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. The other thirteen race wins were shared between eight other drivers. Lowndes won his fifth race at the title decider in Sydney but this was not enough to take the crown away from Whincup. 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. He finished on the podium in nine of the first eleven races, setting up a strong points lead. Whincup won ten races during the course of the season, one shared with French driver Sébastien Bourdais at the Gold Coast. 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. The best placed Ford driver was Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom, 458 points behind Whincup. Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden driver Jamie Whincup won the championship by 35 points over his teammate Craig Lowndes. The 52nd Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to Jamie Whincup by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 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. It was contested over 28 races at 14 events. 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 the first since the series was elevated to the 'International category' status by the FIA. It was the thirteenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the fifteenth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. 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. The top 4 in the championship, from L to R: Shane van Gisbergen (4th), Jamie Whincup (1st), Mark Winterbottom (3rd), Craig Lowndes (2nd) ![]()
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