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.

New Zealand 2011 ITM Hamilton 400
Event Information
Round 3 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date15–17 April 2011
LocationHamilton, New Zealand
VenueHamilton Street Circuit
WeatherRain, fine during second race
Results
Race 1
Distance 59 laps 200 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:34.5918
Winner Rick Kelly
Kelly Racing
1:38:27.0660
Race 2
Distance 59 laps 200 km
Pole position Rick Kelly
Kelly Racing
1:27.2478
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Stone Brothers Racing
1:34:19.8748

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

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Results as follows:[5]

Qualifying Race 5

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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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