The 2011 ITM Hamilton 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the third event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 15–17 April at the Hamilton Street Circuit, in Hamilton, New Zealand. It was the fourth running of the Hamilton 400. The weekend saw two first time winners: Rick Kelly took the first victory for Kelly Racing and Shane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career.

The event hosted races 5 and 6 of the 2011 season. 2006 V8 Supercar champion Rick Kelly won the Saturday race from third on the grid in a mixture of wet and dry weather conditions. Paul Dumbrell did not participate in the race after a heavy crash at turn 3 in qualifying. Polesitter Jamie Whincup was caught out by the damp conditions, hitting the wall while exiting the pits and damaging the steering on his car. There were many incidents in the pit lane with cars failing to stop on the slippery concrete surface, running into pit crews and cameramen. Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes finished second while Todd Kelly made it a double podium for Kelly Racing.

The Kelly brothers maintained their form through to Sunday's race, with Rick taking pole and Todd starting next to him on the front row after a rain affected qualifying session which saw only one flying lap for most of the drivers. Shane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career, holding off Lee Holdsworth in the closing stages of the race. Garth Tander finished on the podium after starting the race in 19th. Steve Owen recovered from a disastrous weekend in Adelaide by finishing in the top five. Whincup had another disappointing race and left the weekend with his championship lead almost halved, 81 points ahead of Rick Kelly.

Results Results as follows:

Qualifying Race 5 Qualifying timesheet: Pos No Name Car Team Qualifying Shootout188 Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:36.50771:34.5918217 Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:35.85381:34.7234315 Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:35.98071:35.125249 Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:36.08961:35.25825888 Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:36.35801:35.513262 Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:36.97631:35.8709716 David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:36.77701:36.6778811 Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:36.80281:38.352393 Tony D'AlbertoFord FG FalconTony D'Alberto Racing1:36.84351:43.76451012 Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:36.8624no time115 Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:37.08911218 James MoffatFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:37.1194136 Will DavisonFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:37.28431419 Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:37.40441561 Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:37.60211639 Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:37.75591730 Warren LuffHolden Commodore VELucas Dumbrell Motorsport1:37.79041855 Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:37.8300197 Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:37.8479208 Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:38.17192149 Steve OwenHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:38.2784221 James CourtneyHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:38.98042321 Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport1:39.08652434 Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:39.30772514 Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:39.67672647 Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:40.10662733 Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:40.2031284 Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:42.9963

Race 5 Race timesheets: Pos No Name Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points115 Rick KellyKelly Racing591:38:27.066031502888 Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering59+1.3 s513837 Todd KellyKelly Racing59+7.9 s1912945 Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing59+8.5 s11120517 Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing59+15.4 s211166 Will DavisonFord Performance Racing59+17.2 s13102761 Fabian CoulthardWalkinshaw Racing59+18.5 s1596811 Greg MurphyKelly Racing59+19.2 s890918 James MoffatDick Johnson Racing59+20.9 s1284104 Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing59+23.6 s2878111 James CourtneyHolden Racing Team59+24.0 s2272123 Tony D'AlbertoTony D'Alberto Racing59+32.0 s9691314 Jason BargwannaBrad Jones Racing59+1 m 26.5 s25661439 Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport58+ 1 lap16631534 Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport58+ 1 lap2460169 Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing58+ 1 lap4571721 Karl ReindlerBritek Motorsport58+ 1 lap2354182 Garth TanderHolden Racing Team58+ 1 lap651198 Jason BrightBrad Jones Racing58+ 1 lap20482049 Steve OwenPaul Morris Motorsport58+ 1 lap21452112 Dean FioreTriple F Racing57+ 2 laps10422233 Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport57+ 2 laps27392388 Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering56+ 3 laps1362416 David ReynoldsKelly Racing52+ 7 laps733Ret47 Tim SladeJames Rosenberg Racing2626Ret19 Jonathon WebbTekno Autosports2214Ret30 Warren LuffLucas Dumbrell Motorsport1417DNS55 Paul DumbrellRod Nash Racing018

Qualifying Race 6 Qualifying timesheet: Pos No Name Car Team Time115 Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:27.247827 Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:28.0046349 Steve OwenHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:28.091649 Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:28.4715511 Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:28.5455633 Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:28.822274 Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:28.95788888 Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:29.0245988 Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:29.0687106 Will DavisonFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:29.07431155 Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:29.1136123 Tony D'AlbertoFord FG FalconTony D'Alberto Racing1:29.1907131 James CourtneyHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:29.36081417 Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:29.58711547 Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:29.64041634 Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:30.06831739 Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:30.35581812 Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:30.7846192 Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:30.94152014 Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:31.2452215 Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:31.32232230 Warren LuffHolden Commodore VELucas Dumbrell Motorsport1:31.75112321 Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport1:31.9130248 Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:32.18252561 Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:32.24922616 David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:33.72652719 Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:34.16732818 James MoffatFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:34.4939

Race 6 Race timesheets: Pos No Name Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points19 Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing591:34:19.87484150233 Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport59+0.8 s613832 Garth TanderHolden Racing Team59+6.2 s1912946 Will DavisonFord Performance Racing59+8.4 s10120549 Steve OwenPaul Morris Motorsport59+12.5 s3111615 Rick KellyKelly Racing59+15.3 s110274 Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing59+15.4 s796839 Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport59+16.0 s1790917 Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing59+16.7 s148410888 Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering59+18.6 s878118 Jason BrightBrad Jones Racing59+20.1 s24721219 Jonathon WebbTekno Autosports59+21.0 s27691321 Karl ReindlerBritek Motorsport59+23.7 s23661412 Dean FioreTriple F Racing59+24.1 s1863157 Todd KellyKelly Racing59+28.0 s2601630 Warren LuffLucas Dumbrell Motorsport59+34.0 s22571718 James MoffatDick Johnson Racing59+1 m 1.0 s28541888 Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering57+ 2 laps9511955 Paul DumbrellRod Nash Racing56+ 3 laps11482016 David ReynoldsKelly Racing48+ 11 laps2645Ret47 Tim SladeJames Rosenberg Racing5515Ret61 Fabian CoulthardWalkinshaw Racing5525Ret3 Tony D'AlbertoTony D'Alberto Racing4612Ret34 Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport4316Ret14 Jason BargwannaBrad Jones Racing2020Ret5 Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing1921Ret11 Greg MurphyKelly Racing95Ret1 James CourtneyHolden Racing Team313

Standings After 6 of 28 races. Pos No Name Team Points188 Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering654215 Rick KellyKelly Racing5733888 Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering55242 Garth TanderHolden Racing Team54355 Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing543

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