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. DateEventRef 1–17 January33rd Dakar Rally 29–30 January49th 24 Hours of Daytona 20 February53rd Daytona 500 29 May69th Monaco Grand Prix29 May95th Indianapolis 500 30 May-10 June93rd Isle of Man TT 11–12 June79th 24 Hours of Le Mans 25–26 June39th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 30–31 July63rd 24 Hours of Spa 31 July34th Suzuka 8 Hours 14 August21st Masters of Formula 3 9 October54th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 20 November58th Macau Grand Prix 4 December24th Race of Champions
Disestablished championships/events Last raceChampionshipRef11 JulySuperleague Formula
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef1JulyJean-Louis Rosier86FrenchRacing driverWinner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ()16OctoberDan Wheldon33BritishRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (2005, 2011).23OctoberMarco Simoncelli24ItalianMotorcycle racer250cc World champion (2008)23NovemberJim Rathmann83AmericanRacing driverWinner of the Indianapolis 500 (1960)5DecemberPeter Gethin71BritishRacing driver1971 Italian Grand Prix winner.
See also List of 1956 motorsport champions
See also List of 2011 motorsport champions
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