2001 1000km of Estoril

The 2001 1000km of Estoril was the fourth race of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal, on July 15, 2001.

Layout of the Autódromo do Estoril

Although it was planned for 1000 km, the race had to be stopped when it ran over its 6-hour maximum limit. The overall winner in LMP, as well as the class winners in GTS and GT, each won automatic entry to the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans. The winning team was initially disqualified after the podium ceremony for an incident with Tom Coronel's Audi during the race,[1] but later reinstated.

Official results edit

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP900 72   Pescarolo Sport   Jean-Christophe Boullion
  Laurent Redon
  Boris Derichebourg
Courage C60 M 209
Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6
2 GTS 41   Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)   Bruno Lambert
  Ian McKellar Jr.
  Chris Goodwin
Saleen S7-R D 197
Ford 7.0L V8
3 GTS 26   Konrad Team Saleen   Charles Slater
  Walter Brun
  Franz Konrad
Saleen S7-R G 193
Ford 7.0L V8
4
DNF
LMP900 7   Johansson Motorsport
  Arena Motorsport
  Stefan Johansson
  Tom Coronel
  Patrick Lemarié
Audi R8 M 192
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5 GT 77   Freisinger Motorsport   Xavier Pompidou
  Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 191
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6 GT 60   P.K. Sport   Mike Youles
  Robin Liddell
  Piers Masarati
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 191
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7 GT 66   Harlow Motorsport   Terry Rymer
  Gavin Pickering
  Adam Simmons
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 189
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8 GT 52   Seikel Motorsport   Magnus Wallinder
  Geoff Lister
  Manuel Mello Breyner
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 189
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9 GT 65   Paco Orti Racing   Paco Orti
  Jesús Diez de Villaroel
  Bernardo Sá Nogueira
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 188
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10 GT 70   Luc Alphand Aventures   Luc Alphand
  Luis Marques
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 187
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11 GT 61   P.K. Sport   Mark Humphrey
  Fred Moss
  Basil Demeroutis
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 184
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 GT 63   Noël del Bello Racing   Sylvain Noël
  Patrick Caternet
  Dirk Schoysman
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 181
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 GTS 56   Brookspeed Racing   Pedro Mello Breyner
  Tiago Monteiro
  Bobby Verdon-Roe
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 181
Chrysler 8.0L V10
14 GT 74   Skea Racing International   Nigel Rata
  John Sheldon
  Thomas Jacobitsch
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 180
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15
DNF
GT 71   Racing Engineering   Andrés Vilariño
  Luca Riccitelli
  Ni Amorim
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 180
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 GT 68   Atomic Kitten Racing   Tom Bellamy
  Roger Walters
Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT D 174
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
17
DNF
GT 64   Sebah Automotive   Bart Hayden
  Hugh Hayden
  Stephen Earle
Porsche 911 GT3-R A 114
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18
DNF
GT 73   Skea Racing International   Johnny Mowlem
  Richard Dean
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19
DNF
LMP675 28   Didier Bonnet Racing   David Dussau
  Xavier Bich
  Guillaume Gomez
Debora LMP200 A 57
BMW 3.2L I6

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position - #7 Johansson Motorsport - 1:28.876
  • Fastest Lap - #7 Johansson Motorsport - 1:31.341
  • Distance - 874.038 km
  • Average Speed - 145.52 km/h

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External links edit


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