2011 Indy Car Series Season - Final Driver Standings

Final Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY		TXS		MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	Pts
Pos	Driver	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	QL	500	R1	R2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	Pts
1	Dario Franchitti	1*	3	3	4	9	12	1*	7	1*	5*	1	3	2	20*	4	4	8	2*	C	573
2	Will Power	2	1*	10	1*	5	14	3	1*	4	21	24*	1*	14	5	1*	1*	2	19	C	555
3	Scott Dixon	16	2	18	12	2	5*	2	2	7	3	2	23	1*	3	5	5	1*	3	C	518
4	Oriol Servià	9	5	6	5	3	6	21	15	3	14	12	22	8	2	11	2	5	6	C	425
5	Tony Kanaan	3	6	8	22	23	4	11	5	19	2	26	4	5	22	28	3	17	17	C	366
6	Ryan Briscoe	18	21	2*	3	27	27	6	3	11	6	7	10	16	8	3	14	20	8	C	364
7	Ryan Hunter-Reay	21	14	23	18	DNQ	23	19	9	26	8	3	7	3	1	10	8	24	5	C	347
8	Marco Andretti	24	4	26	14	28	9	13	6	13	1	4	14	7	24	24	25	3	27	C	337
9	Graham Rahal	17	18	13	2	30	3	9	30	2	15	13	25	24	26	8	10	12	12	C	320
10	Danica Patrick	12	17	7	23	26	10	16	8	5	10	19	9	21	6	21	6	11	10	C	314
11	Hélio Castroneves	20	7	12	21	16	17	10	4	9	7	17	2	19	17	2	17	22	29	C	312
12	James Hinchcliffe		24	4	9	13	29	20	19	6	9	14	15	20	4	7	24	15	4	C	302
13	Takuma Sato	5	16	21	8	10	33	5	12	8	19	20	21	4	7	18	18	10	15	C	297
14	J. R. Hildebrand	11	13	17	10	12	2	23	18	21	4	8	11	25	21	23	19	7	20	C	296
15	Alex Tagliani	6	15	5	19	1	28	4	14	18	16	23	17	6	19	20	7	4		C	296
16	Vitor Meira	8	12	9	17	11	15	8	11	24	18	5	12	10	10	22	9	25	16	C	287
17	Mike Conway	23	22	1	6	DNQ		24	17	12	24	22	8	26	25	16	23	9	18	C	260
18	E. J. Viso	19	23	25	13	18	32	7	10	20	17	9	20	15	12	9	15	21	23	C	241
19	Charlie Kimball	22	10	24	16	29	13	30	23	14	22	21	19	11	9	26	21	23	13	C	233
20	Simona de Silvestro	4	9	20	20	24	31	26	27	25	DNS	10	24	12	16		12	14	25	C	225
21	Ana Beatriz	14		19	24	33	21	22	22	17	23	11	13	17	14	13	16	19	24	C	212
22	James Jakes	15	25	15	15	DNQ		25	28	15	25	18	18	23	18	19	27	13	21	C	189
23	Sébastien Bourdais	DNS	11	27	26							6	6	9		6	28	6			188
24	Justin Wilson	10	19	22	7	20	16	17	21	10	12	15	5	Wth							183
25	Sebastián Saavedra	13	26	14	11	DNQ		28	29	23	20	25	16	27	15	14	13			C	178
26	Ed Carpenter					8	11	18	16	16	11			22	11	25	20		1	C	175
27	Alex Lloyd					31	19	14	24	22	13				13				26	C	85
28	Dan Wheldon					6	1												14	C	75
29	Paul Tracy			16		25	25	12	13			16	26							C	68
30	Raphael Matos	7	20	11	25	DNQ															67
31	Simon Pagenaud		8											13		15					56
32	Tomas Scheckter					22	8								23		22			C	52
33	Martin Plowman													18		12	11				49
34	Buddy Rice					7	18												9	C	42
35	Townsend Bell					4	26												11	C	40
36	Giorgio Pantano															17	26	16			37
37	Wade Cunningham							29	26										7	C	36
38	Pippa Mann					32	20								DNS				22	C	32
39	Bertrand Baguette					14	7														30
40	Jay Howard					21	30	15	20											C	27
41	Davey Hamilton					15	24	27	25											C	26
42	John Andretti					17	22														16
43	Hideki Mutoh																	18			12
44	João Paulo de Oliveira																	26			10
45	Ho-Pin Tung					DNQ										27					10
46	Dillon Battistini																		28		10
47	Bruno Junqueira					19	Wth														4
—	Patrick Carpentier					DNQ															0
—	Scott Speed					DNQ															0
Pos	Driver	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	QL	500	R1	R2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	Pts
Pos	Driver	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY		TXS		MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV	Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did Not Start (DNS)
White	Race abandoned (C)
Blank	Did not participate

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position (1 point) Exception: Indianapolis 500
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps (2 points)
DNS	Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns half the points had they taken part.
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Points are awarded to drivers on the following basis:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
All races (except Texas)	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Texas	25	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Indy qualifying	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Extra points awarded for qualifying at Indianapolis based on drivers performance.
Texas is split into two races on the same day. Each one awards half points.
Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

Notes

After qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 had concluded, Bruno Junqueira was replaced by Ryan Hunter-Reay, who did not qualify for the 500. Junqueira received full qualifying points for a 19th place qualification.
At the Las Vegas Indy 300, Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11. The race was abandoned, the results were stricken from the record book, and the statistics did not count.

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