2011 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Years in motorsport

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2011 in sports

American football Aquatic sports Association football

Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball

Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo

Cricket 2010–11 2011 2011–12 Cycling Equestrianism

Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon

Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎

Rugby union Snooker 2010–11 2011–12 Squash

Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
1–17 January	33rd Dakar Rally	[1]
29–30 January	49th 24 Hours of Daytona	[2]
20 February	53rd Daytona 500	[3]
29 May	69th Monaco Grand Prix	[4]
29 May	95th Indianapolis 500	[5]
30 May-10 June	93rd Isle of Man TT	[6]
11–12 June	79th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[7]
25–26 June	39th 24 Hours of Nurburgring	[8]
30–31 July	63rd 24 Hours of Spa	[9]
31 July	34th Suzuka 8 Hours	[10]
14 August	21st Masters of Formula 3	[11]
9 October	54th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	[12]
20 November	58th Macau Grand Prix	[13]
4 December	24th Race of Champions	[14]

Disestablished championships/events

Last race	Championship	Ref
11 July	Superleague Formula	[15]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
1	July	Jean-Louis Rosier	86	French	Racing driver	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1950)	[16]
16	October	Dan Wheldon	33	British	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011).	[17]
23	October	Marco Simoncelli	24	Italian	Motorcycle racer	250cc World champion (2008)
23	November	Jim Rathmann	83	American	Racing driver	Winner of the Indianapolis 500 (1960)	[18]
5	December	Peter Gethin	71	British	Racing driver	1971 Italian Grand Prix winner.	[19]

See also

• List of 1956 motorsport champions

See also

• List of 2011 motorsport champions

References

1. "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2011 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. "2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "2011 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. "2011 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
5. "2011 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "TT 2011". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. "Le Mans Register - 2011". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
8. "Freunde der Nordschleife - 2011". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
9. "Spa 24 Hours 2011 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 2011 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
11. "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
12. "2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
13. "2011 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
14. "2011 Dusseldorf". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
15. "Qui se souvient de la Superleague Formula?". sports.fr (in French). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
16. "Jean-Louis Rosier". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
17. "Dan Wheldon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
18. "Jim Rathmann". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
19. "Peter Gethin". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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