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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.
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 |
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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 |
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11 July | Superleague Formula | [15] |
Deaths
Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
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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
See also
References
- ↑ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2011 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "TT 2011". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ "Le Mans Register - 2011". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 2011". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 2011 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2011 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "2011 Dusseldorf". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ "Qui se souvient de la Superleague Formula?". sports.fr (in French). 26 April 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ↑ "Jean-Louis Rosier". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ "Dan Wheldon". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ↑ "Jim Rathmann". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ "Peter Gethin". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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