2001 FIA GT Championship

2001 FIA GT Championship season
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The 2001 FIA GT Championship season was the 5th season of FIA GT Championship racing. It featured a series open to Grand Touring cars broken into two classes, GT and N GT, based on power and manufacturer involvement. The season began on 31 March 2001 and ended on 21 October 2001 after 11 races. The following titles awarded:

2001 FIA GT Championship for Drivers
2001 N GT Cup for Drivers
2001 FIA GT Championship for Teams
2001 N GT Cup for Teams

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	31 March
2	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Brno	Autodrom Brno Masaryk	16 April
3	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 May
4	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	13 May
5	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Zolder	Circuit Zolder	20 May
6	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Budapest	Hungaroring	1 July
7	Proximus Spa 24 Hours	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	4 August 5 August
8	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Zeltweg	A1-Ring	26 August
9	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Nürburgring	Nürburgring	9 September
10	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Jarama	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	30 September
11	Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	21 October

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GT Winning Team	N-GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	GT Winning Drivers	N-GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Monza	#1 Lister Storm Racing	#69 Autorlando Sport	Results
1	Monza	Jamie Campbell-Walter Tom Coronel	Johnny Cecotto Philipp Peter	Results
2	Brno	#7 Larbre Compétition	#77 RWS Motorsport	Results
2	Brno	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc	Luca Riccitelli Dieter Quester	Results
3	Magny-Cours	#1 Lister Storm Racing	#62 JMB Competition	Results
3	Magny-Cours	Jamie Campbell-Walter Tom Coronel	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Results
4	Silverstone	#7 Larbre Compétition	#62 JMB Competition	Results
4	Silverstone	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Results
5	Zolder	#7 Larbre Compétition	#54 ART Engineering	Results
5	Zolder	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc	Luigi Moccia Fabio Babini	Results
6	Hungaroring	#3 Team Carsport Holland	#62 JMB Competition	Results
6	Hungaroring	Mike Hezemans Jeroen Bleekemolen	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Results
7	Spa	#7 Larbre Compétition	#77 RWS Motorsport	Results
7	Spa	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc Marc Duez	Luca Riccitelli Dieter Quester Antonio García Norman Simon	Results
8	A1-Ring	#15 Prodrive All-Stars	#62 JMB Competition	Results
8	A1-Ring	Peter Kox Rickard Rydell	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Results
9	Nürburgring	#1 Lister Storm Racing	#69 Autorlando Sport	Results
9	Nürburgring	Jamie Campbell-Walter Mike Jordan	Philipp Peter Marco Werner	Results
10	Jarama	#15 Prodrive All-Stars	#62 JMB Competition	Results
10	Jarama	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Results
11	Estoril	#3 Team Carsport Holland	#55 Perspective Racing	Results
11	Estoril	Mike Hezemans Jeroen Bleekemolen	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten	Results

Drivers Championship

GT Standings

Points towards the 2001 FIA GT Championship for Drivers were awarded to the top six GT class finishers at each round in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded.

The title was awarded jointly to Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc who shared the wheel of the No 7 Chrysler Viper GTS-R entered by the Larbre Competition – Chereau team.

N-GT Standings

Points towards the 2001 N GT Cup for Drivers were awarded to the top six N GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 at each round except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded.

The title was awarded jointly to Christian Pescatori and David Terrien who drove the No 62 Ferrari 360 Modena entered by JMB Competition.

Teams Championship

GT Standings

Points towards the 2001 FIA GT Championship for Teams were awarded to the top six GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team at each round were counted.

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Larbre Compétition	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	6	10	6	10	10	6	32	2		3	4	89
2	Team Carsport Holland	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10		4	1	6	6	14		10	6		13	60
3	Lister Storm Racing	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12	10	3	12			3		3	11	2	6	50
4	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	7	6	4	4		3	6	1	5	10		46
5	Prodrive All-Stars	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12								10	4	10		24
6	Team Rafanelli	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12	2	3	3	2	4							14
7	Paul Belmondo Comp.	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10				4	3		4			1	1	13
8	Silver Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10							8					8
9=	Team ART	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10					2							2
9=	GLPK Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10							2					2
9=	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Diablo GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12											2	2
12=	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6	1											1
12=	Racing Box	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10					1							1

N-GT Standings

Points towards the 2001 N GT Cup for Teams were awarded to the top six N GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team at each round were counted.

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1=^†	JMB Competition	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8		6	10	12		10		10		10	4	62
1=	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	6	10	7	4	4	1	20		1	6	3	62
3	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	2		3		6		12	6	6	3		38
4	ART Engineering	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	3			6	12	4	4			6	2	37
5	Perspective Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	4	2			3	3	8	2	4		10	36
6	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	1	7	2	3		6		4	3		6	32
7	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	10	1						1	10			22
8=	EMKA Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6				1		2		3				6
8=	Freisinger Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6							6					6
10	Coca-Cola Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			4									4
11	Kolber JVG Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6									2		1	3
12	DD Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6							2					2
13=	Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					1							1
13=	Escuderia Bengala	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										1		1

† – JMB Competition were awarded the N GT Cup for Teams due to having won five races during the season compared to RWS Motorsport's two race wins.

References

External links

Official FIA GT homepage
Motorsport Almanac
Racing Sports Cars
Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 February 2009
Points Tables Retrieved from www.fiagt.com on 26 February 2009

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