2001 Spa 24 Hours

The 2001 Proximus 24 Spa World Championship GT was the 55th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It was also the seventh round the 2001 FIA GT Championship season, marking the first time that the FIA GT Championship had the Spa 24 Hours on their schedule. The addition of the FIA GT Championship turned the Spa 24 Hours from a touring car event into a sports car race.

This event combined the FIA GT's two classes (GT and N-GT) with cars from smaller national sports car series (designated Category 2) as well as cars from single-make series (designated Category 3). It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, over August 4–5, 2001.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT	7	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	528
1	GT	7	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc Marc Duez	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	528
2	GT	17	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Patrice Goueslard Sébastien Dumez Sébastien Bourdais	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	523
2	GT	17	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Patrice Goueslard Sébastien Dumez Sébastien Bourdais	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	523
3	GT	26	Silver Racing	Robert Dierick Vincent Dupont Eric De Doncker	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	521
3	GT	26	Silver Racing	Robert Dierick Vincent Dupont Eric De Doncker	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	521
4	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Emmanuel Clérico Éric Hélary Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	516
4	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Emmanuel Clérico Éric Hélary Vincent Vosse	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	516
5	N-GT	77	RWS Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Norman Simon Dieter Quester Antonio García	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	511
5	N-GT	77	RWS Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Norman Simon Dieter Quester Antonio García	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	511
6	N-GT	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Cyrille Sauvage Stéphane Ortelli Andrea Chiesa	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	508
6	N-GT	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Cyrille Sauvage Stéphane Ortelli Andrea Chiesa	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	508
7	N-GT	55	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten Kurt Thiers	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	502
7	N-GT	55	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten Kurt Thiers	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	502
8	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Claude-Yves Gosselin Paul Belmondo Anthony Kumpen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	501
8	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Claude-Yves Gosselin Paul Belmondo Anthony Kumpen	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	501
9	GT	21	GLPK Racing	Wim Daems Bert Longin Georg Severich	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	499
9	GT	21	GLPK Racing	Wim Daems Bert Longin Georg Severich	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	499
10	Cat.2	78	PSI Motorsport Team	Philippe Tollenaire Stéphane de Groodt Markus Palttala	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	499
10	Cat.2	78	PSI Motorsport Team	Philippe Tollenaire Stéphane de Groodt Markus Palttala	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	499
11	N-GT	59	Freisinger Racing	Thierry Depoix Philippe Haezebrouck Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	496
11	N-GT	59	Freisinger Racing	Thierry Depoix Philippe Haezebrouck Toni Seiler	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	496
12	N-GT	54	ART Engineering	Fabio Babini Gianni Collini Philipp Peter Jirko Malchárek	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	P	482
12	N-GT	54	ART Engineering	Fabio Babini Gianni Collini Philipp Peter Jirko Malchárek	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	482
13	N-GT	82	DD Racing	Volkmar Polaski Andreas Kodsi Martin Warth Marino Franchitti	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	480
13	N-GT	82	DD Racing		Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	480
14	Cat.3	94	Land Motorsport	Peter Scharmarch Wolfgang Haugg Pierre-Yves Corthals David Sterckx	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	D	477
14	Cat.3	94	Land Motorsport		Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	477
15	N-GT	66	Gammon Megaspeed	Alex Li Geoffroy Horion Gunnar Jeannette Kenji Kawagoe	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	475
15	N-GT	66	Gammon Megaspeed	Alex Li Geoffroy Horion Gunnar Jeannette Kenji Kawagoe	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	M	475
16	Cat.2	87	Ice Pol Racing Team	Marc Delobe Michel Dequesnoy François-Xavier Boucher Philippe Conrelis	Porsche 911 GT2	D	475
16	Cat.2	87	Ice Pol Racing Team		Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	475
17	Cat.3	95	Alexander Frei	Alexander Frei David Velay Cédric Lorent Luc Dewinter	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	P	474
17	Cat.3	95	Alexander Frei	Alexander Frei David Velay Cédric Lorent Luc Dewinter	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	P	474
18	Cat.2	84	Ecurie Bruxelloise	Kurt Dujardyn Arnold Herreman Jean-Paul Herreman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	?	467
18	Cat.2	84	Ecurie Bruxelloise	Kurt Dujardyn Arnold Herreman Jean-Paul Herreman	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	?	467
19	Cat.2	80	Renstal Trommelke AD Sport	Koen Wauters Patrick Schreuers Albert Vanierschot Freddy Van Roey	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	458
19	Cat.2	80	Renstal Trommelke AD Sport		Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	458
20	Cat.3	96	Ecurie Toison d'Or	Pascal Witmeur Jean-Paul Libert Stanislas De Sadeleer Arnaud Van Schevensteen	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	P	418
20	Cat.3	96	Ecurie Toison d'Or		Lamborghini 6.0L V12	P	418
21	Cat.3	92	"Segolen"	"Segolen" Claude Olivier Fabrice Letellier Frederic Schmit	Porsche 911 Supercup	?	405
21	Cat.3	92	"Segolen"	"Segolen" Claude Olivier Fabrice Letellier Frederic Schmit	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	?	405
22	Cat.3	98	Renstal Excelsior	Dirk De Sterck René Marin Luc Meeuson Jacky Delvaux	Lotus Elise	D	401
22	Cat.3	98	Renstal Excelsior	Dirk De Sterck René Marin Luc Meeuson Jacky Delvaux	Rover K18 1.8L I4	D	401
23	Cat.3	91	EBRT	Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer José Close Lino Pecoraro	Lotus Elise	Y	356
23	Cat.3	91	EBRT	Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer José Close Lino Pecoraro	Rover K18 1.8L I4	Y	356
24	Cat.3	97	Eric van de Vyver	Eric van de Vyver Gérard Tremblay Sven Van Laere Willy Maljean	Porsche 911 Supercup	?	340
24	Cat.3	97	Eric van de Vyver		Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	?	340
25 DNF	GT	3	Team Carsport Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Thierry Tassin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	474
25 DNF	GT	3	Team Carsport Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Thierry Tassin	Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	474
26 DNF	N-GT	62	JMB Competition	Christian Pescatori Andrea Garbagnati David Terrien	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	M	401
26 DNF	N-GT	62	JMB Competition	Christian Pescatori Andrea Garbagnati David Terrien	Ferrari 3.6L V8	M	401
27 DNF	N-GT	81	Cirtek Motorsport	Adam Jones Peter Hardman Ian Donaldson Gregor Fisken	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	210
27 DNF	N-GT	81	Cirtek Motorsport	Adam Jones Peter Hardman Ian Donaldson Gregor Fisken	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	210
28 DNF	Cat.2	89	Ecurie Azur	Giovanni Bruno François O'Born Patrice Louette Thierry de Bonhomme	Renault Spider	D	196
28 DNF	Cat.2	89	Ecurie Azur		Renault 2.0L I4	D	196
29 DNF	Cat.3	93	Patrick Brisset	Patrick Brisset Gérard Larrousse Frank Kremer	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	P	154
29 DNF	Cat.3	93	Patrick Brisset	Patrick Brisset Gérard Larrousse Frank Kremer	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	P	154
30 DNF	N-GT	79	Seikel Motorsport	Steffano Buttiero Tony Burgess Philip Collin	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	153
30 DNF	N-GT	79	Seikel Motorsport	Steffano Buttiero Tony Burgess Philip Collin	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	153
31 DNF	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Didier Defourny Frédéric Bouvy	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	152
31 DNF	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Didier Defourny Frédéric Bouvy	Chrysler 8.0L V10	D	152
32 DNF	GT	5	Team Rafanelli	Emanuele Naspetti Philippe Steveny Eric van de Poele Martial Chouvel	Ferrari 550 Maranello	M	150
32 DNF	GT	5	Team Rafanelli		Ferrari 6.0L V12	M	150
33 DNF	N-GT	58	Freisinger Motorsport	Christophe Tinseau Xavier Pompidou Vanina Ickx Tim Verbergt	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	136
33 DNF	N-GT	58	Freisinger Motorsport	Christophe Tinseau Xavier Pompidou Vanina Ickx Tim Verbergt	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Y	136
34 DNF	GT	18	PSI Motorsport Team	Kurt Mollekens Eric Geboers Stéphane Cohen	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	D	127
34 DNF	GT	18	PSI Motorsport Team	Kurt Mollekens Eric Geboers Stéphane Cohen	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	D	127
35 DNF	Cat.2	88	Belgian Racing	Sébastien Ugeux Nicolas Kropp Stéphane Vancampenhoudt	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	Y	119
35 DNF	Cat.2	88	Belgian Racing	Sébastien Ugeux Nicolas Kropp Stéphane Vancampenhoudt	Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6	Y	119
36 DNF	Cat.2	85	JMT Racing	Thierry Boullion Loïc Deman Peter Van Delm Rudi Stevens	Porsche 964 Speedster	P	103
36 DNF	Cat.2	85	JMT Racing	Thierry Boullion Loïc Deman Peter Van Delm Rudi Stevens	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	P	103
37 DNF	Cat.2	83	De Almenara Motorsport	Bernard de Dryver Louis Zurstrassen Damien Coens Jean-Luc Blanchemain	Marcos Mantara LM600	M	84
37 DNF	Cat.2	83	De Almenara Motorsport		Chevrolet 5.9L V8	M	84
38 DNF	GT	4	Team Carsport Holland	Michael Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Jean-Michel Martin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	75
38 DNF	GT	4	Team Carsport Holland		Chrysler 8.0L V10	M	75
DNS	N-GT	60	Haberthur Racing	Raffaele Sangiuolo Loris de Sordi Jacques Marquet Masahiro Kimoto	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	–
DNS	N-GT	60	Haberthur Racing		Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	D	–

Statistics

Pole position – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 2:24.053
Fastest lap – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 2:23.001
Distance – 3679.104 km
Average speed – 152.999 km/h

References

"Results: 2001 Round 7 – Spa-Francorchamps". FIA GT Championship. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
"24 h Spa". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
"Spa 24 Hours 2001 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 4 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-25.

FIA GT Championship
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