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The 2001 FIA GT Championship was the fifth season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars divided into two categories and awarded drivers and teams championships and cups for each category. The season began on 31 March 2001 and ended on 21 October 2001 after eleven races held in Europe, and included for the first time the Spa 24 Hours as a premiere endurance event for the series.
Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc of France won the FIA GT Drivers' Championship, while their team Larbre Compétition-Chereau were the teams champions, both earning five race victories including at Spa. David Terrien and Christian Pescatori of JMB Competition won the N-GT Cups after six race wins.
Schedule
editThe SRO Group reached an agreement with Eurosport, the promoter and broadcaster of the European Touring Car Championship, in which both series would share identical calendars. The events were promoted by Eurosport as the Super Racing Weekend, giving both series equal promotion and television coverage. The Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup was also included as a support series for all events. The only exception to this format would be the Spa 24 Hours, added to the FIA GT calendar as a stand-alone event, separate from the ETCC, after formerly holding touring car races for several decades. The addition of Spa marked the return of endurance racing to the championship for the first time since 1998 and expanded the calendar from ten to eleven events. Much of the rest of the schedule remained the same, although some races were moved to different times of the year. Monza returned to the opening of the season, as it had been in 1999, and Brno and Magny-Cours moved from the end of the season to the second and third rounds respectively. This moved the Spanish and Portuguese events to the end of the year, with Jarama replacing Valencia for the Spanish event. The Nürburgring also returned to the series for the first time since 1997 as the sole German event, replacing EuroSpeedway Lausitz. All events, with the exception of Spa, retained their 500 km (310 mi) distance format.[1]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | 31 March |
2 | BVV-Autosalon Brno Super Racing Weekend | Autodrom Brno Masaryk, Brno, Czech Republic | 16 April |
3 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France | 1 May |
4 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | 13 May |
5 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Zolder | Circuit Zolder, Zolder, Belgium | 20 May |
6 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Hungaroring | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary | 1 July |
7 | Proximus 24 Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | 4–5 August |
8 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend A1-Ring | A1-Ring, Spielberg, Austria | 26 August |
9 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Nürburgring | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | 9 September |
10 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Jarama | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain | 30 September |
11 | Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Estoril | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal | 21 October |
Source:[2] |
Entries
editGT
edit- ^ Silver Racing ran Round 7 as car No. 26
N-GT
editResults and standings
editRace results
editPoints were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for all cars that finished a race. For the Spa 24 Hours, points were doubled.[1]
Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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500 km Races | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Spa 24 Hours | 20 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Driver championships
editGT Championship
editThe title was awarded jointly to Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc who shared the wheel of the No. 7 Larbre Compétition–Chereau Chrysler Viper GTS-R.
N-GT Cup
editThe title was awarded jointly to Christian Pescatori and David Terrien who drove the No. 62 JMB Competition Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT.
Pos. | Driver | Team | MON |
BRN |
MAG |
SIL |
ZOL |
HUN |
SPA |
A1R |
NUR |
JAR |
EST |
Total points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Pescatori | JMB Competition | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
1 | David Terrien | JMB Competition | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
2 | Luca Riccitelli | RWS Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 15 | 57 |
3 | Dieter Quester | RWS Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 4 | 52 | |||
4 | Thierry Perrier | Perspective Racing | 3 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 36 |
4 | Michel Neugarten | Perspective Racing | 3 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 36 |
5 | Stéphane Ortelli | Freisinger Motorsport | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 35 | ||
6 | Fabio Babini | ART Engineering | 4 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 33 |
7 | Sébastien Dumez | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 28 | |
8 | Luigi Moccia | ART Engineering | 4 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 27 | ||
9 | Philipp Peter | Autorlando Sport | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | Ret | 25 | ||||
ART Engineering | 5 | |||||||||||||
10 | Patrice Goueslard | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 25 | ||
11 | Antonio García | RWS Motorsport | 6 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 24 | |||||||
12 | Norman Simon | RWS Motorsport | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
13 | Cyrille Sauvage | Freisinger Motorsport | 2 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||
14 | Andrea Chiesa | Autorlando Sport | 6 | Ret | Ret | 13 | ||||||||
Freisinger Motorsport | 2 | |||||||||||||
Haberthur Racing | Ret | |||||||||||||
15 | Wolfgang Kaufmann | Freisinger Motorsport | 5 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 7 | 12 | |||||
Escuderia Bengala | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||
16 | Johnny Cecotto | Autorlando Sport | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||
17 | Marco Werner | Autorlando Sport | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
18 | Robin Liddell | Freisinger Motorsport | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
19 | Kurt Thiers | Perspective Racing | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
20 | Jürgen van Gartzen | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
RWS Motorsport | 9 | |||||||||||||
JVG Racing | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
21 | Bruno Eichmann | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | Ret | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
JVG Racing | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
22 | Ni Amorim | Freisinger Motorsport | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
23 | Steve O'Rourke | EMKA Racing | Ret | 11 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 6 | |
23 | Tim Sugden | EMKA Racing | Ret | 11 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 6 | |
24 | Thierry Depoix | Freisinger Racing | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
24 | Philippe Haezebrouck | Freisinger Racing | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
24 | Toni Seiler | Freisinger Racing | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
25 | Gianni Collini | RWS Motorsport | 8 | 13 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | ||||
ART Engineering | 5 | |||||||||||||
26 | Tomáš Enge | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
27 | Justin Wilson | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
27 | Johnny Mowlem | RWS Motorsport | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
27 | Andrea Boldrini | RWS Motorsport | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
28 | Andrea Bertolini | ART Engineering | Ret | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 11 | 4 | |
29 | Jirko Malchárek | Coca-Cola Racing Team | Ret | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | |||||||
ART Engineering | 8 | 5 | 9 | Ret | ||||||||||
30 | André Ahrlé | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
31 | Laurent Cazenave | Haberthur Racing | Ret | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
ART Engineering | 5 | |||||||||||||
32 | Nigel Smith | Freisinger Motorsport | 7 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | |||||||
Haberthur Racing | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
ART Engineering | 5 | |||||||||||||
33 | Batti Pregliasco | JMB Competition | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | |||||
33 | Alberto Radaelli | ART Engineering | Ret | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
34 | Andrea Garbagnati | JMB Competition | Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 2 | |||
35 | Jean-Luc Chéreau | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | 5 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
36 | Giovanni Gulinelli | RWS Motorsport | 6 | Ret | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
37 | Volkmar Polaski | DD Racing | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
37 | Andreas Kodsi | DD Racing | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
37 | Martin Warth | DD Racing | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
37 | Marino Franchitti | DD Racing | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
38 | Sylvain Noël | Haberthur Racing | Ret | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||
39 | Fabio Mancini | RWS Motorsport | 8 | 13 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 1 | ||||||
40 | Paco Orti | Escuderia Bengala | 6 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
41 | Günther Blieninger | RWS Motorsport | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
41 | Alessandro Zampedri | Autorlando Sport | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Team | MON |
BRN |
MAG |
SIL |
ZOL |
HUN |
SPA |
A1R |
NUR |
JAR |
EST |
Total points |
Sources:[5][7] |
Team championships
editGT Championship
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N-GT Cup
editPos. | Team | MON |
BRN |
MAG |
SIL |
ZOL |
HUN |
SPA |
A1R |
NUR |
JAR |
EST |
Total points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JMB Competition | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 62 | |
Ret | Ret | 5 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 8 | |||||||
2 | RWS Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 4 | 62 | |
8 | 13 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | |||||
3 | Freisinger Motorsport | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 38 | |
7 | 14 | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 14 | ||||||
4 | ART Engineering | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 37 | |
Ret | 12 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 11 | |||||
5 | Perspective Racing | 3 | 5 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 36 | |
6 | Larbre Compétition-Chereau | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 32 | ||
Ret | 4 | 9 | Ret | 10 | ||||||||||
7 | Autorlando Sport | 1 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 22 | |||
8 | EMKA Racing | Ret | 11 | 12 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||
9 | Freisinger Racing | 13 | Ret | 13 | 10 | DNS | Ret | 4 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 6 | |
16 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 11 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | |||||||
Ret | 15 | DNS | ||||||||||||
11 | JVG Racing | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
12 | DD Racing | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
13 | Haberthur Racing | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||
Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
14 | Escuderia Bengala | 6 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
- | MAC Racing | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | ||||
12 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
- | Gammon Megaspeed | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
- | Peter Kutemann | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
- | Jürgen Alzen Motorsport | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
Ret | ||||||||||||||
- | Philippe Brocard | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
Sources:[5][9] |
References
edit- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship 2001 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 December 2000. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2001. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "FIA GT Championship Calendar 2001". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship Entry List 2001". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIA GT Championship - 2001: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "FIA GT Championship - Season 2001: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Championnat GT de la FIA 2001 – 2001 FIA GT Championship – Classement Final – Final Classification – Pilotes/Drivers". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Championnat GT de la FIA 2001 – 2001 FIA GT Championship – Classement Final – Final Classification – Coupe N GT pour Pilotes/N GT Cup for Drivers". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Championnat GT de la FIA 2001 – 2001 FIA GT Championship – Classement Final – Final Classification – Equipes/Teams". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Championnat GT de la FIA 2001 – 2001 FIA GT Championship – Classement Final – Final Classification – Coupe N GT pour Equipes/N GT Cup for Teams". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
edit- Official FIA GT homepage
- Motorsport Almanac
- Racing Sports Cars
- Points Tables Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fiagt.com on 26 February 2009