2001 FIA GT Estoril 500km

The 2001 FIA GT Estoril 500 km was the eleventh and final round the 2001 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal, on October 21, 2001.

Layout of the Autódromo do Estoril

Official results edit

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
Engine
1 GT 3   Team Carsport Holland   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Mike Hezemans
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 90
Chrysler 8.0L V10
2 GT 1   Lister Storm Racing   Jamie Campbell-Walter
  Bobby Verdon-Roe
Lister Storm M 90
Jaguar 7.0L V12
3 GT 7   Larbre Compétition Chéreau   Christophe Bouchut
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
  Tiago Monteiro
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 90
Chrysler 8.0L V10
4 GT 4   Team Carsport Holland   Michael Bleekemolen
  Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 89
Chrysler 8.0L V10
5 GT 19   Reiter Engineering   Oliver Gavin
  Peter Kox
Lamborghini Diablo GT D 89
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
6 N-GT 55   Perspective Racing   Thierry Perrier
  Michel Neugarten
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 88
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7 GT 10   Paul Belmondo Competition   Luis Marques
  Claude-Yves Gosselin
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 88
Chrysler 8.0L V10
8 N-GT 50   Larbre Compétition Chéreau   Sébastien Dumez
  Patrice Goueslard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 88
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9 N-GT 62   JMB Competition   Christian Pescatori
  David Terrien
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT M 87
Ferrari 3.6L V8
10 GT 2   Lister Storm Racing   Julian Bailey
  Nicolaus Springer
Lister Storm M 87
Jaguar 7.0L V12
11 N-GT 76   RWS Motorsport   Antonio García
  Dieter Quester
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 87
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 N-GT 54   ART Engineering   Fabio Babini
  Nigel Smith
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 86
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 N-GT 70   Klober JVG Racing   Jürgen von Gartzen
  Bruno Eichmann
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 86
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 N-GT 99   Peter Kutemann
  JMB Competition
  Peter Kutemann
  Iradj Alexander
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT M 86
Ferrari 3.6L V8
15 N-GT 63   JMB Competition   Batti Pregliasco
  Marco Lambertini
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT M 84
Ferrari 3.6L V8
16 N-GT 72   Escuderia Bengala
  Paco Orti Racing
  Paco Orti
  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 82
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT 30   Proton Competition   Horst Felbermayr, Sr.
  Horst Felbermayr, Jr.
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 82
Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
18 N-GT 59   Freisinger Racing   Alexey Vasilyev
  Nikolai Fomenko
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y 82
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 N-GT 53   ART Engineering   Paul Knapfield
  Andrea Bertolini
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 80
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 GT 8   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Gerold Ried
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 80
Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
21 N-GT 67   MAC Racing   Thomas Pichler
  Raffele Sangiuolo
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 80
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 GT 9   Team A.R.T.   Jean-Pierre Jarier
  François Lafon
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 79
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23 GT 15   Prodrive All-Stars   Rickard Rydell
  Alain Menu
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello D 79
Ferrari 5.9L V12
24 N-GT 58   Freisinger Motorsport   Angelo Lembo
  Marco Saviozzi
  Emmanuel Moinel Delalande
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 79
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 N-GT 57   Freisinger Motorsport   Romain Dumas
  Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 78
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 N-GT 77   RWS Motorsport   Luca Riccitelli
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 78
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27 GT 14   Autorlando Sport   Gabriele Sabatini
  Marco Spinelli
Porsche 911 GT2 P 76
Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
28 N-GT 71   Freisinger Raicng   Pedro Névoa
  Tim Lawrence
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 74
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29 GT 12   Paul Belmondo Racing   Boris Derichebourg
  Vincent Vosse
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 73
Chrysler 8.0L V10
30
DNF
GT 21   GLPK Racing   Wim Daems
  Bert Longin
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 54
Chrysler 8.0L V10
31
DNF
N-GT 90   Philippe Brocard
  Team Kalliste
  Stéphane Echallard
  Jean-Luc Blanchemain
  Olivier Dupard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS ? 45
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32
DNF
GT 24   Racing Box   Luca Cappellari
  Emanuele Naspetti
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 37
Chrysler 8.0L V10
33
DNF
N-GT 52   EMKA Racing   Tim Sugden
  Steve O'Rourke
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 12
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT 17   Larbre Compétition Chéreau   Sébastien Bourdais
  Jean-Luc Chéreau
  Marc Duez
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 1
Chrysler 8.0L V10
35
DNF
GT 11   Paul Belmondo Racing   Anthony Kumpen
  Paul Belmondo
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 0
Chrysler 8.0L V10
36
DNF
N-GT 69   Autorlando Sport   Philipp Peter
  Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 0
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Statistics edit

  • Pole position – #77 RWS Motorsport – 1:45.694
  • Fastest lap – #1 Lister Storm Racing – 1:40.186
  • Average speed – 124.620 km/h

† – The Superpole shoot-out started under dry conditions, with the RWS Motorsport Porsche able to set a time before rain began to fall. This allowed an N-GT class car to take pole position while the other competitors were slowed.

References edit

  • "Results: 2001 Round 11 – Estoril". FIA GT Championship. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  • "500 km Estoril". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2007-11-29.


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