2011 Bathurst Masters

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Race details
2011 Masters Series season
Date	8th December, 2011
Event	2011 Bathurst Masters
Location	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.861 mi / 6.213 km
Weather	Sunny
Feature Race
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Pole position
Driver	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports
Time	2:13.697
Podium
First	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports
Second	Tom Eley	Guest Driver
Third	Ojay Clark	No Fear Racing
Fastest Lap
Driver	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports
Time	2:13.796
Sprint Race
Distance	{{{Sprint_Laps}}} Laps {{{Sprint_Distance_mi}}} mi / {{{Sprint_Distance_km}}} km
Podium
First	Jason Muscat	No Fear Racing
Second	Philip Cullen	MMC Racing
Third	Erik Tveit	Tiger Express Motorsports
Fastest Lap
Driver	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports
Time	2:15.551

The 2011 Bathurst Masters were Rounds 11 & 12 of the 2011 Masters Series season and were held on December 8th 2011.

Report

The return of the Masters Series to the Mount Panorama Circuit saw the drivers testing both their skills and their nerve over the twists and undulations of Bathurst's famous mountain. The New South Wales, Australia track is arguably one of the toughest most gruelling tracks on any racing calendar - a circuit many drivers try to tame, but fail.

Forty plus drivers turned up to the event but it was one man at the top of the mountain. Simon Cattell set a staggering time in a chaotic qualifying session in which trying to find the space on track proved to be the most difficult part of the process.

In the opening feature race a masterclass from championship leader Cattell saw him take his first win of the season, completing a hattrick in the process. Despite a few hair-raising moment at turn 1 and the track claiming several high-profile victims, the English driver built an unassailable lead, lapping over a second a lap faster than anyone else, even though newcomer Tom Eley tried to provide a hurdle to his rival. This result brought Cattell within touching distance of claiming the title as Bart De Vos finished a disappointing 12th and Jack Keithley was once again absent.

The sprint race was action-packed and saw most of the leading drivers struggling amongst the slower traffic. With the grid reversed, the fast men of race one had to carve their way through the field on the narrow track - creating some scary moments in the process, such as the pile up on the exit of The Chase after three cars went side by side down Conrod Straight. The battle for the race win was a close fought one between Jason Muscat and Sam Millar, with Muscat claiming victory by just half a second. Further back both Cattell and De Vos failed to get into the points at the end of the race, meaning that mathematically the championship fight will still be decided in the final rounds at Donington. A very much notable was produced by Dave Carr-Smith, who went from the back of the grid - 39th - to eight position in what was an incredible race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	63	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports	2:13.697	—
2	16	Ruud Heesterbeek	No Fear Racing	2:14.539	+0.842s
3	00	Jarl Teien	Guest Driver	2:14.560	+0.863s
4	00	Tom Eley	Guest Driver	2:14.740	+1.043s
5	6	Bart De Vos	Nordsjoen Racing	2:14.988	+1.291s
6	14	Jason Muscat	No Fear Racing	2:15.025	+1.328s
7	19	Ojay Clark	No Fear Racing	2:15.093	+1.396s
8	77	Steve Davis	MMC Racing	2:15.426	+1.729s
9	78	Samuli Leinonen	Nordsjoen Racing	2:15.509	+1.812s
10	7	Pavel Loknovski	Nijo Racing	2:15.559	+1.862s
11	00	Janne Vaananen	Guest Driver	2:15.666	+1.969s
12	99	Philip Cullen	MMC Racing	2:16.189	+2.492s
13	88	Ryan McConkey	MMC Racing	2:16.192	+2.495s
14	15	Jon MacLean	Synergetic Motorsports	2:16.419	+2.722s
15	28	Mark Stanton	Constant Racing	2:16.584	+2.887s
16	66	David Jundt	Tiger Express Motorsports	2:16.719	+3.022s
17	23	Ben Warren	Nijo Racing	2:16.854	+3.157s
18	73	Phil Perkins	Woods Racing	2:16.898	+3.201s
19	41	Scott Bennett	Racing Team Schroten	2:16.978	+3.281s
20	2	Sam Millar	Deadline Racing	2:16.982	+3.285s
21	13	Mark Fuller	Synergetic Motorsports	2:17.198	+3.501s
22	12	Mark Wicks	Woods Racing	2:17.752	+4.055s
23	00	Myles Dixon	Guest Driver	2:17.998	+4.301s
24	81	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	2:18.279	+4.582s
25	45	Ric Scott	Draig Racing	2:18.865	+5.168s
26	58	Erik Tveit	Tiger Express Motorsports	2:19.110	+5.413s
27	86	David Stanton	Constant Racing	2:19.205	+5.508s
28	74	James Burgess	vMaxSR	2:19.269	+5.572s
29	9	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	2:19.575	+5.878s
30	69	Teemu Toikka	FA Racing	2:19.834	+6.137s
31	30	Scotty Moore	Guest Driver	2:20.462	+6.765s
32	18	Nick Rowland	Midnight Motorsport	2:21.380	+7.683s
33	55	Mike Schroten	Racing Team Schroten	2:22.396	+8.699s
34	75	Bas van Sambeek	vMaxSR	2:22.578	+8.881s
35	76	Markku Hyrkas	vMaxSR	2:25.877	+12.180s
36	5	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	2:26.701	+13.004s
37	50	Christoph Lichtenstein	Force Lotus	2:28.940	+15.243s
38	43	Ryan Walker	Draig Racing	No laptime	-
39	8	Ollie Woods	Woods Racing	No laptime	-

Feature Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Controller	Points
1	63	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports	12	27:00.748	1	0	2:13.796		27
2	00	Tom Eley	Guest Driver	12	+15.524s	4	0	2:14.992		22
3	19	Ojay Clark	No Fear Racing	12	+22.053s	7	0	2:15.682		20
4	77	Steve Davis	MMC Racing	12	+23.866s	8	0	2:15.630		18
5	7	Pavel Loknovski	Nijo Racing	12	+25.458s	10	0	2:15.519		16
6	16	Ruud Heesterbeek	No Fear Racing	12	+26.582s	2	0	2:16.250		14
7	78	Samuli Leinonen	Nordsjoen Racing	12	+28.694s	9	0	2:15.771		12
8	66	David Jundt	Tiger Express Motorsports	12	+39.901s	16	0	2:16.400		10
9	00	Jarl Teien	Guest Driver	12	+40.027s	3	0	2:15.003		8
10	18	Nick Rowland	Midnight Motorsport	12	+59.548s	32	0	2:17.398		6
11	15	Jon MacLean	Synergetic Motorsports	12	+59.969s	14	0	2:17.208		5
12	6	Bart De Vos	Nordsjoen Racing	12	+1:00.116	5	0	2:15.477		4
13	12	Mark Wicks	Woods Racing	12	+1:01.684	22	0	2:17.753		3
14	43	Ryan Walker	Draig Racing	12	+1:04.512	38	0	2:16.286		2
15	45	Ric Scott	Draig Racing	12	+1:13.671	25	0	2:18.218		1
16	28	Mark Stanton	Constant Racing	12	+1:14.006	15	0	2:18.018		0
17	23	Ben Warren	Nijo Racing	12	+1:16.795	17	0	2:17.302		0
18	41	Scott Bennett	Racing Team Schroten	12	+1:19.246	19	0	2:18.475		0
19	73	Phil Perkins	Woods Racing	12	+1:27.911	18	0	2:17.780		0
20	00	Myles Dixon	Guest Driver	12	+1:37.583	23	0	2:18.161		0
21	88	Ryan McConkey	MMC Racing	12	+1:40.896	13	0	2:17.385		0
22	30	Scotty Moore	Guest Driver	12	+1:45.771	31	0	2:20.105		0
23	9	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	12	+1:52.942	29	0	2:18.522		0
24	81	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	12	+1:56.860	24	0	2:20.240		0
25	13	Mark Fuller	Synergetic Motorsports	12	+02:10.094s	21	1	2:19.425		0
26	99	Philip Cullen	MMC Racing	12	+02:18.599s	12	1	2:17.896		0
27	74	James Burgess	vMaxSR	11	+1 Lap	28	0	2:23.668		0
28	14	Jason Muscat	No Fear Racing	11	+1 Lap	6	1	2:18.033		0
29	50	Christoph Lichtenstein	Force Lotus	11	+1 Lap	37	0	2:23.557		0
30	2	Sam Millar	Deadline Racing	11	+1 Lap	20	0	2:16.386		0
31	69	Teemu Toikka	FA Racing	11	+1 Lap	30	1	2:19.592		0
32	58	Erik Tveit	Tiger Express Motorsports	11	+1 Lap	26	1	2:17.704		0
33	55	Mike Schroten	Racing Team Schroten	11	+1 Lap	33	1	2:23.435		0
34	86	David Stanton	Constant Racing	11	+1 Lap	27	2	2:20.461		0
35	00	Janne Vaananen	Guest Driver	11	+1 Lap	11	2	2:20.548		0
36	8	Ollie Woods	Woods Racing	11	+1 Lap	39	0	2:28.885		0
37	75	Bas van Sambeek	vMaxSR	10	+2 Laps	34	1	2:24.896		0
Ret	5	Gavin Thomas	Red 5 Racing	9	DNF	36	0	2:24.793		0
Ret	76	Markku Hyrkas	vMaxSR	3	DNF	35	0	2:21.278		0

Sprint Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pitstops	Fastlap	Controller	Points
1	14	Jason Muscat	No Fear Racing	7	16:01.382	10	0	2:15.763		25
2	99	Philip Cullen	MMC Racing	7	+6.161s	12	0	2:15.850		22
3	58	Erik Tveit	Tiger Express Motorsports	7	+7.999s	6	0	2:16.842		20
4	2	Sam Millar	Deadline Racing	7	+10.597s†	8	0	2:15.965		18
5	86	David Stanton	Constant Racing	7	+19.163s	4	0	2:17.452		16
6	19	Ojay Clark	No Fear Racing	7	+24.08s	35	0	2:16.755		14
7	16	Ruud Heesterbeek	No Fear Racing	7	+24.331s	32	0	2:16.631		12
8	33	Dave Carr-Smith	Midnight Motorsport	7	+30.73s	39	0	2:17.809		10
9	55	Mike Schroten	Racing Team Schroten	7	+33.225s	5	0	2:19.896		8
10	00	Myles Dixon	Guest Driver	7	+33.964s	18	0	2:18.739		6
11	74	James Burgess	vMaxSR	7	+36.197s	11	0	2:19.621		5
12	77	Steve Davis	MMC Racing	7	+36.493s	34	0	2:17.862		4
13	12	Mark Wicks	Woods Racing	7	+38.136s	25	0	2:17.921		3
14	73	Phil Perkins	Woods Racing	7	+38.656s	19	0	2:17.853		2
15	63	Simon Cattell	Tiger Express Motorsports	7	+38.964s	37	0	2:15.551		2
16	45	Ric Scott	Draig Racing	7	+42.281s	23	0	2:18.979		0
17	66	David Jundt	Tiger Express Motorsports	7	+43.404s	30	0	2:18.738		0
18	81	Chris Williamson	Nijo Racing	7	+49.878s	14	0	2:19.648		0
19	9	Mal McKee	Synergetic Motorsports	7	+52.802s	15	0	2:20.554		0
20	41	Scott Bennett	Racing Team Schroten	7	+53.022s†	20	0	2:19.316		0
21	00	Tom Eley	Guest Driver	7	+53.84s	36	0	2:17.146		0
22	75	Bas van Sambeek	vMaxSR	7	+55.329s	1	0	2:21.481		0
23	69	Teemu Toikka	FA Racing	7	+56.34s†	7	0	2:18.245		0
24	00	Janne Vaananen	Guest Driver	7	+56.773s	3	0	2:18.225		0
25	30	Scotty Moore	Guest Driver	7	+1:04.713s†	16	0	2:19.999		0
26	78	Samuli Leinonen	Nordsjoen Racing	7	+1:06.322	31	1	2:16.239		0
27	76	Markku Hyrkas	vMaxSR	7	+1:10.691	38	0	2:20.869		0
28	15	Jon MacLean	Synergetic Motorsports	7	+1:11.460	27	0	2:21.222		0
29	7	Pavel Loknovski	Nijo Racing	7	+1:19.774	33	0	2:16.849		0
30	88	Ryan McConkey	MMC Racing	7	+1:27.953	17	1	2:17.681		0
31	6	Bart De Vos	Nordsjoen Racing	7	+1:34.176	26	0	2:17.301		0
32	28	Mark Stanton	Constant Racing	7	+1:48.303	22	0	2:18.375		0
33	8	Ollie Woods	Woods Racing	7	+02:19.929s	2	0	2:28.243		0
Ret	23	Ben Warren	Nijo Racing	4	DNF	21	0	2:17.985		0
Ret	43	Ryan Walker	Draig Racing	3	DNF	24	1	2:19.471		0
Ret	13	Mark Fuller	Synergetic Motorsports	2	DNF	13	0	2:19.216		0
Ret	50	Christoph Lichtenstein	Force Lotus	1	DNF	9	0	2:41.187		0
Ret	18	Nick Rowland	Midnight Motorsport	0	DNF	28	0	-		0
Ret	00	Jarl Teien	Guest Driver	0	DNF	29	0	-		0

^† Sam Millar received a 10 second penalty for overtaking whilst cutting and a dangerous re-entry causing a collision.
^† Scott Bennett received a 10 second penalty for punting. Teemu Toikka received a 20 second penalty for punting.

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Preceded by: 2011 Watkins Glen Masters

2011 Bathurst Masters 2011

Succeeded by: 2011 Donington Masters