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 fifteenth 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 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.

2011 V8 Supercars
Drivers' Champion:
Jamie Whincup
Teams' Champion:
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden
Previous: 2010 Next: 2012
Support series:
Fujitsu Series
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
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
Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds Phillip Island/Bathurst Gold Coast
Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore 1 James Courtney[3] All Cameron McConville[4] Darren Turner[5] 1
2 Garth Tander[6] All Nick Percat[4] Ryan Briscoe[7]
Walkinshaw Racing 61 Fabian Coulthard[8][9] All Craig Baird[10] Patrick Long[11]
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore
Ford FG Falcon[12]		 3 Tony D'Alberto[13] 1-8, 10-14 Dale Wood[14] Vitantonio Liuzzi[15]
Taz Douglas[16] 2 9
Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon 4 Alex Davison[17] All David Brabham[18] Marc Lieb[19]
9 Shane van Gisbergen[20] All John McIntyre[18] Emanuele Pirro[21]
James Rosenberg Racing 47 Tim Slade[22] All Daniel Gaunt[18] Hélio Castroneves[23]
Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon 5 Mark Winterbottom[24] All Steven Richards[25] Richard Lyons[26] 3
6 Will Davison[27] All Luke Youlden[25] Mika Salo[28]
Rod Nash Racing 55 Paul Dumbrell[29] All Dean Canto[30][31] Christian Klien[28]
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore 7 Todd Kelly[32] All David Russell[33][34] Richard Westbrook[35]
11 Greg Murphy[36] All Allan Simonsen[34][37] Oliver Gavin[38]
15 Rick Kelly[32] All Owen Kelly[33][34] Jörg Bergmeister[35]
16 David Reynolds[39] All Tim Blanchard[33][34] Alex Tagliani[40][41]
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore 8 Jason Bright[42] 1-12, 14 Andrew Jones[43] Stéphane Sarrazin[44]
Cameron McConville[45]4 12
Andrew Jones[46] 4 13
14 Jason Bargwanna[47] All Shane Price[48] Allan Simonsen[49] 5
Britek Motorsport 21 Karl Reindler[22] All David Wall[43] Fabrizio Giovanardi[38]
Triple F Racing Ford FG Falcon 12 Dean Fiore[22] All Michael Patrizi[50][51] Gianni Morbidelli
Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon 17 Steven Johnson[52] All David Besnard[53][54] Dirk Müller[55][56]
18 James Moffat[57] All Matt Halliday[54][58] Joey Hand[55][56]
Tekno Autosports Ford FG Falcon 19 Jonathon Webb[59][60] All Richard Lyons[61] Gil de Ferran[62]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 30 Warren Luff[63] All Nathan Pretty[64][65] Marino Franchitti[66]
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 33 Lee Holdsworth[67] All Greg Ritter[68][69] Simon Pagenaud[70]
34 Michael Caruso[42] All Marcus Marshall[69][71] Augusto Farfus[72]
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 39 Russell Ingall[73] All Jack Perkins[74] Jan Magnussen[75]
49 Steve Owen[76][8] All Paul Morris[77] Boris Said[75]
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore 88 Jamie Whincup[78] All Andrew Thompson[79] Sébastien Bourdais[80]
888 Craig Lowndes[78] All Mark Skaife[79] Andy Priaulx[80]
Wildcard entries
Kelly Racing[81] Holden VE Commodore 77 N/A 10 Grant Denyer[81]
Cameron Waters[82]		 N/A

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.[83]

    Team and driver 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.[84]

    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,[9] but was subsequently purchased by organising body V8 Supercar Australia to achieve their long-held ambition to reduce the grid to twenty-eight cars.[22]

    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 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.[85]

    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.[3]

    Reigning Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series champion Steve Owen was confirmed as the outgoing Greg Murphy's replacement at Paul Morris Motorsport.[76]

    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.[12]

    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

    The following events make up the 2011 series.[86] 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.

    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[87] 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[88] 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 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


    Championship standings
    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

    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 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
    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.
    ColourResult
    GoldWinner
    Silver2nd place
    Bronze3rd place
    GreenPoints finish
    BlueNon-points finish
    Non-classified finish (NC)
    PurpleRetired (Ret)
    RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
    Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
    BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
    WhiteDid not start (DNS)
    Withdrew (WD)
    Race cancelled (C)
    Blank Did not participate (DNP)
    Did not arrive (DNA)
    Excluded (EX)

    Bold - Pole position
    Italics - Fastest lap

    Teams Championship
    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.
    ColourResult
    GoldWinner
    Silver2nd place
    Bronze3rd place
    GreenPoints finish
    BlueNon-points finish
    Non-classified finish (NC)
    PurpleRetired (Ret)
    RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
    Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
    BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
    WhiteDid not start (DNS)
    Withdrew (WD)
    Race cancelled (C)
    Blank Did not participate (DNP)
    Did not arrive (DNA)
    Excluded (EX)

    Bold - Pole position
    Italics - Fastest lap

    • (s) denotes a single-car team.

    See also

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