2011 North West 200 Races

The 2011 Relentless International North West 200 was the 72nd running of the road racing event and took place on Saturday 21 May 2011 at the circuit, known as "The Triangle", based around the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush, in Northern Ireland. As with 2010, the event featured daytime practice on the Thursday rather than during the evening. Traditionally only the main NW200 race has been run over six laps, however in 2011 all five events were to be six lap races. For the first time since 1989 there was no scheduled 125 cc event.[1]

  2011 North West 200 Races
Race details

Date 21 May 2011
Location Northern Ireland
Course Road Course
8.970 mi (14.436 km)
Supersport Race 1
Pole Position Fastest Lap
Alastair Seeley Alastair Seeley
115.937 mph 109.155 mph
Podium
1. Alastair Seeley
2. Cameron Donald 3. Bruce Anstey

There were significant delays due to a hoax bomb alert and then an extensive oil spill on the track together with bad weather caused racing to be cancelled after the completion of only one race.[2]

Results

The first race of the day was a switch from the Superbike's to the less powerful Supersport's due to wet conditions. The race was also reduced from six to five laps with two sighting laps. The race was won by Alastair Seeley after a last lap battle with Cameron Donald. The paddock was evacuated after the race because of a bomb hoax. The second delayed race of the day was for the Superbike race. However, due to deteriorated conditions a number of riders, including the pole sitter Michael Rutter, decided not to take part. Seeley was leading Michael Dunlop when the race was stopped after one lap due to an oil split. The event was abandon at 17:20 BST.[2]

Practice

Practice Times & Leaderboard Race 2 & 5 – 1000cc Superbike class
Rank Rider Tue 17 May Thurs 19 May
1 Michael Rutter
1000cc Ducati		 4' 32.096
118.679 mph		 4' 26.336
121.245 mph
2 Martin Jessopp
1000cc Ducati		 4' 36.121
111.245 mph		 4' 26.906
120.986 mph
3 Michael Dunlop
1000cc Kawasaki		 4' 32.096
118.679 mph		 4' 40.707
115.308 mph
4 Guy Martin
1000cc Suzuki		 4' 40.279
115.214 mph		 4' 29.083
120.008 mph
5 Cameron Donald
1000cc Honda		 4' 47.144
112.459 mph		 4' 29.227
119.943 mph
6 Gary Johnson
1000cc Honda		 4' 37.336
116.436 mph		 4' 30.420
119.414 mph
7 Bruce Anstey
1000cc Honda		 4' 43.498
113.906 mph		 4' 31.582
118.903 mph
8 William Dunlop
1000cc Honda		 4' 40.424
115.154 mph		 4' 32.710
115.154 mph
9 Simon Andrews
1000cc BMW		 5' 24.135
99.625 mph		 4' 32.802
118.372 mph
10 James Hillier
1000cc Kawasaki		 4' 57.634
108.496 mph		 4' 33.699
117.984 mph

Race Results

Race 1; 600cc Supersport Race final standings

Saturday 21 May 2011 5 laps – 44.71 miles

Rank Rider Team Time Speed
1 Alastair Seeley Suzuki 600cc 24' 50.702 107.973 mph
2 Cameron Donald Honda 600cc + 0.844 109.061 mph
3 Bruce Anstey Honda 600cc + 14.081 106.963 mph
4 Michael Dunlop Yamaha 600cc + 23.104 106.325 mph
5 Gary Johnson Yamaha 600cc + 25.227 106.176 mph
6 William Dunlop Honda 600cc + 28.845 105.924 mph
7 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki 600cc + 42.558 104.976 mph
8 Guy Martin Suzuki 600cc + 58.777 103.877 mph
9 Lee Johnston Honda 600cc + 58.891 103.870 mph
10 Conor Cummins Yamaha 600cc + 59.185 103.850 mph

Fastest Lap: Alastair Seeley – Suzuki, 4 minutes, 55.835 seconds 109.155 mph on lap 5

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See also

References
  1. "NW200 still set for 21st May 2011". North West 200 Website. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "North West 200 racing abandoned". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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