2011 V8 Supercars

This weekend brings the start to the 2011 V8 Supercars championship, so here's this years championship as well as the entry list.

2011 V8 Supercar championship calendar

1. Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi (Feb 10-12)
2. Adelaide, SA (March 17-20)
3. Hamilton, NZ (April 15-17)
4. Barbagallo, WA (April 29-May 1)
5. Winton, Vic (May 20-22)
6. Hidden Valley, NT (June 17-19)
7. Townsville, Qld (July 8-10)
8. Queensland Raceway, Qld (Aug 19-21)
9. Phillip Island 500, Vic (Sept 16-18)
10. Bathurst 1000, NSW (Oct 6-9)
11. Surfers Paradise, Qld (Oct 21-23)
12. Symmons Plains, Tas (Nov 11-13)
13. Sandown, Vic (Nov 18-20)
14. Homebush, Sydney, NSW (Dec 2-4)

Non-championship

1. Australian GP, Albert Park, Vic (March 24-27)

2011 V8 Supercar entry list

1. James Courtney (Holden Racing Team)
2. Garth Tander (Holden Racing Team)
3. Tony D'Alberto (Wilson Security Commodore)
4. Alex Davison (Irwin Racing Falcon)
5. Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing)
6. Will Davison (Ford Performance Racing)
7. Todd Kelly (Jack Daniel's Racing Commodore)
8. Jason Bright (Team BOC Commodore)
9. Shane Van Gisbergen (SP Tools Falcon)
11. Greg Murphy (Pepsi Max Commodore)
12. Dean Fiore (Triple F Racing Falcon)
14. Jason Bargwanna (Brad Jones Racing Commodore)
15. Rick Kelly (Jack Daniel's Commodore)
16. David Reynolds (Stratco Racing Commodore)
17. Steven Johnson (Jim Beam Racing Falcon)
18. James Moffat (Jim Beam Racing Falcon)
19. Jonathon Webb (Mother Energy Falcon)
21. Karl Reindler (Fair Dinkum Sheds Commodore)
30. Warren Luff (Gulf Western Oil Commodore)
33. Lee Holdsworth (Fujitsu Commodore)
34. Michael Caruso (Fujitsu Commodore)
39. Russell Ingall (Supercheap Auto Commodore)
47. Tim Slade (Lucky 7 Racing Falcon)
49. Steve Owen (VIP Petfoods Commodore)
55. Paul Dumbrell (Bottle-O Racing Falcon)
61. Fabian Coulthard (Bundaberg Red Commodore)
88. Jamie Whincup (Team Vodafone Commodore)
888. Craig Lowndes (Team Vodafone Commodore)

Race 1 is being shown live on Motors TV from 2.30pm this afternoon (repeated at 7.30pm tonight) and race 2 is live tomorrow at 2.30pm (repeated at 8.30pm).

yeah i read that in todays autosport i cant wait to watch them on tv

Here's the quali results for round1:

Pos Driver Car Time
1. Craig Lowndes Holden 1m57.2290s
2. Jamie Whincup Holden 1m57.4600s + 0.2310
3. Alex Davison Ford 1m57.5290s + 0.3000
4. M.Winterbottom Ford 1m57.6190s + 0.3900
5. Paul Dumbrell Ford 1m57.6280s + 0.3990
6. Tim Slade Ford 1m57.7390s + 0.5100
7. Jason Bright Holden 1m57.7790s + 0.5500
8. Steven Johnson Ford 1m57.7830s + 0.5540
9. Lee Holdsworth Holden 1m57.8130s + 0.5840
10. Jonathon Webb Ford 1m57.9550s + 0.7260
11. Fabian Coulthard Holden 1m57.9600s + 0.7310
12. Will Davison Ford 1m57.9640s + 0.7350
13. Steve Owen Holden 1m57.9820s + 0.7530
14. Garth Tander Holden 1m57.9860s + 0.7570
15. S.van Gisbergen Ford 1m58.0110s + 0.7820
16. Tony D'Alberto Holden 1m58.0710s + 0.8420
17. Todd Kelly Holden 1m58.2050s + 0.9760
18. Michael Caruso Holden 1m58.3120s + 1.0830
19. Jason Bargwanna Holden 1m58.3160s + 1.0870
20. James Courtney Holden 1m58.3810s + 1.1520
21. Russell Ingall Holden 1m58.4540s + 1.2250
22. Karl Reindler Holden 1m58.4630s + 1.2340
23. David Reynolds Holden 1m58.4800s + 1.2510
24. Warren Luff Holden 1m58.5780s + 1.3490
25. Rick Kelly Holden 1m58.6070s + 1.3780
26. Dean Fiore Ford 1m58.9260s + 1.6970
27. Greg Murphy Holden 1m59.0560s + 1.8270
28. James Moffat Ford 1m59.1080s + 1.8790

Go Holden

Argh, I sure do hope a stream comes online soon.

Watching the GP2 Asia support race just now.

GP2 Asia start missed by eurosport, but plenty of it shown in replay form, Luis Razsia completely tooling up the startline straight by driving direcly into a stalled car when he could have easily stayed where he was.

Motors TV has the race live.

Holden have been doing a Ford lately, by "buying" all the good that Ford had to offer, latest exhibit, Defending champion Courtney. With a complete unknown in the #18 ford that the title holder desserted.

A Vodaphone PR front row.

Lowndes slack off the start.

Will Davidson performing the car chase sequence from Ronin. The official display team of the v8 supercars perform the "peacock" formation in avoidance.

Wincup leads at the end of lap 1.

Tim Slade doing well, havent seen him up this high in the field.

Greg Murphy showing all the signs of a Rob Gravett after his championship winning BTCC days. Otherwise known as not-really-there.

Courtney coxes the front of his car, later to be seen showing Jason Bargwanna the last turn run off area, #1 garage bound for front-end repairs.

Drivers staggering their fuel stops, two stops according to C7 Australia's Mark Larkham. The v8 tanks provided by the company that provided last years Virgin F1 teams.

Motors TV insisting on showing irrelevant commericals. Nobody wants a girly ice-cream like a magnum.....apart from Kimi.

Just noticed Frosty's ford has a sequential gearstick. Thought these guys were men.

Walkinshaw's presence still visible in the V8 series, his engines are being supplied to some of the teams.

Lowndes losing the plot slightly, Tim Slade is now ahead of him, and in trying to catch and pass has lost another place to Van Gisburgen.

Looking at the "F1-Standard" garages, and look how much space the v8 supercar teams dont need for "stuff", you can probably see all the other teams if you stand in the right place. The same can be said for Bahrain.

Plenty of room for the entire collection of John Hindhaugh's yachts in the Marina.

The Blue-Peter team have repaired James Courtney's front bumper, more tape than watergate.

"Sky Broadband is here"

Its been here for the past 7 years!!!

Moments of Sillyness.

Roland Dane giving the finger on live TV.

and in a replay, a bit of foam (from a yacht or something) floating onto the racing line akin to casper the ghost...

...until a car hit it...

RIP Casper.

the pepsi max car looks INCREDIBLE

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/successful-test-for-teamvodafone/tabid/70/newsid/10995/default.aspx

Test for 888 AND Clarkson is set to test a v8 supercar as part of Top Gear live in Australia!

V8 Supercars 2011 Adelaide - Race 3 full race highlights!

Race 3???
The Clipsal 500 is 2 x 250km races...

yes so race 3, race 4 is the second 250km race

Yep, sorry, they're doing that for all the races rather than the clipsal being Round 2 race 1 and Round 2 race 2, its a lot less confusing that way.....somehow.....

ZOMG!!!1 The entire 2 hours....noyce.

There is a god!!!!
I thought I was going to miss this race. Thanks for posting, and hey, TRON Legacy music used in the track guide. Chris will be pleased

Derezzed has been played to death though.
Half the soundtrack to Tron:Legacy was played as filler music between the indoor races at the Autosport International.

Adelaide race 2 but this time it's in 10 parts instead of one big video!

And i'd watch this one as it's a great race!

NICK OMG IF YOU COULD DO THIS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON IT WOULD BE AMAZING! spent my whole day watching both races.

the full thing in 1 part!

HUGE start crash for Steve Owen