The 2011 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. While the majority of competitors are privately funded, Malaysian manufacturer Proton enters a factory team of Super 2000 Proton Satria's for Australian driver Chris Atkinson and Scot Alister McRae.
British driver Alister McRae won the championship by fourteen points from Chris Atkinson of Australia as he clinched in the final round of the championship held in China.
Race calendar and results The 2011 APRC is as follows: Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 Malaysian Rally(April 1–3) Result1 Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:14:49.3 15233.84 km 2 Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:16:35.93 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:23:37.5 2 Rally Queensland(May 13–15)1 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:22:14.2 19230.79 km2 Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:22:30.03 Ryan Smart* Toyota Corolla Sportivo 2:22:53.7 3 Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie(June 17–19)1 Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:01:18.0 19223.84 km2 Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:02:56.03 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:08:53.0 4 Rally of Whangarei(July 15–17)1 Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:01:26.9 16301.64 km2 Hayden Paddon* Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:01:39.33 Richard Mason* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:03:15.0 5 Rally Hokkaido(September 30 – October 2)1 Toshihiro Arai* Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:07:26.719222.89 km2 Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:10:03.83 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:10:12.6 6 China Rally(November 4–6)1 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:00:38.6132 Jari Ketomaa* Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:01:53.53 Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:02:17.0 * - Competitor not registered for Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
Championship standings The 2011 APRC for Drivers points is as follows: Position Driver Vehicle MAL AUS NCL NZL JPN CHN Total 1 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 3 6 4 8 3 4 2 8 2 12 1 12153 2 Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 1 8 1 12 1 14 2 12139 3 Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 7 5 2 2 8 2 3 6 3 689 4 Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 7 2 10 7 363 5 Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3 4 3 2 1 1261 6 Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5 1 1039 7 Karamjit Singh Proton Satria Neo S2000 6 9 7 8 4 133 8 Brian Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 2 5 632 9 Akira Bamba Proton Satria Neo S2000 7 8 8 9 5 228 10 Fan Fan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5 1 7 7 9 227 11 Matt Jansen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 116 12 Seiichiro Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 315 13 Alain Dalstein Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4 214 14 Ben Jagger Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 113 15 Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5 212 16 Ben Hunt Ford Fiesta ST 510 17 Takahiro Yoshii Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 6 19 18 Muhammad Udhaya Subaru Impreza WRX 68 Emmanuel Guigou Renault Clio R3 68 20 Hao Yuan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 9 8 17 21 Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 76 22 Gunaseelan Rajoo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 8 105 Sloan Cox Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 55 24 Nathan Quinn Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 33 25 Razvan Vlad Ford Fiesta ST 101
Note: 1 – 7 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally.
References
External links Official website APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video