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2011 in motorsport

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

Disestablished championships/events

Last race	Championship	Ref
11 July	Superleague Formula

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note
1	July	Jean-Louis Rosier	86	French	Racing driver	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()
16	October	Dan Wheldon	33	British	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011).
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)
5	December	Peter Gethin	71	British	Racing driver	1971 Italian Grand Prix winner.

References

"Fixtures / Results Dakar 2011 - Rally Raid". [[Eurosport]].
"2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona". Racing Reference.
"2011 Daytona 500". Racing Reference.
"2011 Grand Prix of Monaco". Racing Reference.
"2011 Indianapolis 500". Racing Reference.
"TT 2011". Isle of Man TT.
"Le Mans Register - 2011".
"Freunde der Nordschleife - 2011".
"Spa 24 Hours 2011 - Racing Sports Cars".
"Suzuka 8 Hours 2011 results". Moto Racing JAPAN.
"MASTERS OF FORMULA 3".
"2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". Racing Reference.
"2011 Macau Grand Prix". Motor Sport Magazine.
"2011 Dusseldorf".
(26 April 2017). "Qui se souvient de la Superleague Formula?". sports.fr.
"Jean-Louis Rosier". Motor Sport Magazine.
"Dan Wheldon". Motor Sport Magazine.
"Jim Rathmann". [[ESPN]].
"Peter Gethin". [[ESPN]].

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