2011 ITM Hamilton 400

**2011 ITM Hamilton 400**
Event Information
Round 3 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	15–17 April 2011
Location	Hamilton, New Zealand
Venue	Hamilton Street Circuit
Weather	Rain, fine during second race
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	59 laps
Pole position	Jamie Whincup; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner	Rick Kelly; Kelly Racing
Distance
Race 2
Distance	59 laps
Pole position	Rick Kelly; Kelly Racing
Winner	Shane van Gisbergen; Stone Brothers Racing

The 2011 ITM Hamilton 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the third event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 15–17 April at the Hamilton Street Circuit, in Hamilton, New Zealand.^[1] It was the fourth running of the Hamilton 400. The weekend saw two first time winners: Rick Kelly took the first victory for Kelly Racing and Shane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career.

The event hosted races 5 and 6 of the 2011 season. 2006 V8 Supercar champion Rick Kelly won the Saturday race from third on the grid in a mixture of wet and dry weather conditions. Paul Dumbrell did not participate in the race after a heavy crash at turn 3 in qualifying. Polesitter Jamie Whincup was caught out by the damp conditions, hitting the wall while exiting the pits and damaging the steering on his car. There were many incidents in the pit lane with cars failing to stop on the slippery concrete surface, running into pit crews and cameramen. Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes finished second while Todd Kelly made it a double podium for Kelly Racing.^[2]

The Kelly brothers maintained their form through to Sunday's race, with Rick taking pole and Todd starting next to him on the front row after a rain affected qualifying session which saw only one flying lap for most of the drivers. Shane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career, holding off Lee Holdsworth in the closing stages of the race. Garth Tander finished on the podium after starting the race in 19th. Steve Owen recovered from a disastrous weekend in Adelaide by finishing in the top five. Whincup had another disappointing race and left the weekend with his championship lead almost halved, 81 points ahead of Rick Kelly.^[3]^[4]

Results[]

Results as follows:^[5]

Qualifying Race 5[]

Qualifying timesheet:^[6]^[7]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Qualifying	Shootout
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:36.5077	1:34.5918
2	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:35.8538	1:34.7234
3	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:35.9807	1:35.1252
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:36.0896	1:35.2582
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:36.3580	1:35.5132
6	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:36.9763	1:35.8709
7	16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:36.7770	1:36.6778
8	11	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:36.8028	1:38.3523
9	3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:36.8435	1:43.7645
10	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:36.8624	no time
11	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:37.0891
12	18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:37.1194
13	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:37.2843
14	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:37.4044
15	61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:37.6021
16	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:37.7559
17	30	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VE	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:37.7904
18	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:37.8300
19	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:37.8479
20	8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:38.1719
21	49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:38.2784
22	1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:38.9804
23	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:39.0865
24	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:39.3077
25	14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:39.6767
26	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:40.1066
27	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:40.2031
28	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:42.9963

Race 5[]

Race timesheets:^[8]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	59	1:38:27.0660	3	150
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	59	+1.3 s	5	138
3	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	59	+7.9 s	19	129
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	59	+8.5 s	11	120
5	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	59	+15.4 s	2	111
6	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	59	+17.2 s	13	102
7	61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	59	+18.5 s	15	96
8	11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	59	+19.2 s	8	90
9	18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	59	+20.9 s	12	84
10	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	59	+23.6 s	28	78
11	1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	59	+24.0 s	22	72
12	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	59	+32.0 s	9	69
13	14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	59	+1 m 26.5 s	25	66
14	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	58	+ 1 lap	16	63
15	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	58	+ 1 lap	24	60
16	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	58	+ 1 lap	4	57
17	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	58	+ 1 lap	23	54
18	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	58	+ 1 lap	6	51
19	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	58	+ 1 lap	20	48
20	49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	58	+ 1 lap	21	45
21	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	57	+ 2 laps	10	42
22	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	57	+ 2 laps	27	39
23	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	56	+ 3 laps	1	36
24	16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	52	+ 7 laps	7	33
Ret	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	26		26
Ret	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	22		14
Ret	30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	14		17
DNS	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	0		18

Qualifying Race 6[]

Qualifying timesheet:^[9]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:27.2478
2	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:28.0046
3	49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:28.0916
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:28.4715
5	11	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:28.5455
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:28.8222
7	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:28.9578
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:29.0245
9	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:29.0687
10	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:29.0743
11	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:29.1136
12	3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:29.1907
13	1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:29.3608
14	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:29.5871
15	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:29.6404
16	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:30.0683
17	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:30.3558
18	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:30.7846
19	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:30.9415
20	14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:31.2452
21	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:31.3223
22	30	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VE	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:31.7511
23	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:31.9130
24	8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:32.1825
25	61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:32.2492
26	16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:33.7265
27	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:34.1673
28	18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:34.4939

Race 6[]

Race timesheets:^[10]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	59	1:34:19.8748	4	150
2	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	59	+0.8 s	6	138
3	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	59	+6.2 s	19	129
4	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	59	+8.4 s	10	120
5	49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	59	+12.5 s	3	111
6	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	59	+15.3 s	1	102
7	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	59	+15.4 s	7	96
8	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	59	+16.0 s	17	90
9	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	59	+16.7 s	14	84
10	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	59	+18.6 s	8	78
11	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	59	+20.1 s	24	72
12	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	59	+21.0 s	27	69
13	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	59	+23.7 s	23	66
14	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	59	+24.1 s	18	63
15	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	59	+28.0 s	2	60
16	30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	59	+34.0 s	22	57
17	18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	59	+1 m 1.0 s	28	54
18	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	57	+ 2 laps	9	51
19	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	56	+ 3 laps	11	48
20	16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	48	+ 11 laps	26	45
Ret	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	55		15
Ret	61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	55		25
Ret	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	46		12
Ret	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	43		16
Ret	14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	20		20
Ret	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	19		21
Ret	11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	9		5
Ret	1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	3		13

Standings[]

After 6 of 28 races.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	654
2	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	573
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	552
4	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	543
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	543

References[]

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[6] "ITM 400 �� 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5&6 Hamilton Street Circuit V8 Supercars – Qualifying Race 5". National Software. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.

[7] "ITM 400 – 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 5&6 Hamilton Street Circuit V8 Supercars – Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.

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