2001 FIA GT Zolder 500km

The 2001 FIA GT Zolder 500 km was the fifth round the 2001 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on May 20, 2001.

Layout of the Circuit Zolder (1986-2001)

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 7   Larbre Compétition Chéreau   Christophe Bouchut
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
2 GT 3   Team Carsport Holland   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Mike Hezemans
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
3 GT 6   Team Rafanelli   Marc Duez
  Günther Blieninger
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 111
Ferrari 6.0L V12
4 GT 10   Paul Belmondo Competition   Claude-Yves Gosselin
  Paul Belmondo
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
5 GT 9   Team A.R.T.   Jean-Pierre Jarier
  François Lafon
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
6 GT 24   Racing Box   Luca Cappellari
  Gabriele Matteuzzi
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
7 N-GT 54   ART Engineering   Fabio Babini
  Luigi Moccia
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8 N-GT 57   Freisinger Motorsport   Wolfgang Kaufmann
  Stéphane Ortelli
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9 N-GT 77   RWS Motorsport   Luca Riccitelli
  Andrea Boldrini
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10 N-GT 55   Perspective Racing   Thierry Perrier
  Michel Neugarten
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11 N-GT 53   ART Engineering   Alberto Radaelli
  Andrea Bertolini
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 GT 18   PSI Motorsport Team   Kurt Mollekens
  Stéphane Cohen
Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo D 107
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 N-GT 60   Haberthur Racing   Sylvain Noël
  Laurent Cazenave
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 N-GT 67   MAC Racing   Olivier Porta
  Stéphane Daoudi
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 N-GT 58   Freisinger Motorsport   Yukihiro Hane
  Tim Verbergt
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 N-GT 65   Coca-Cola Racing Team   Josef Venč
  Jirko Malchárek
  Tom Sedivy
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 N-GT 66   Gammon Megaspeed   Alex Li
  Nigel Albon
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18
DNF
N-GT 76   RWS Motorsport   Giovanni Gulinelli
  Gianni Collini
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19
DNF
GT 21   GLPK Racing   Wim Daems
  Tamás Illés
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 91
Chrysler 8.0L V10
20
DNF
N-GT 50   Larbre Compétition Chéreau   Patrice Goueslard
  Sébastien Dumez
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 76
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21
DNF
N-GT 69   Autorlando Sport   Philipp Peter
  Joël Camathias
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 72
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22
DNF
GT 11   Paul Belmondo Racing   Anthony Kumpen
  Didier Defourny
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 61
Chrysler 8.0L V10
23
DNF
GT 12   Paul Belmondo Racing   Boris Derichebourg
  Vincent Vosse
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 43
Chrysler 8.0L V10
24
DNF
N-GT 61   Haberthur Racing   Mauro Casadei
  Nigel Smith
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 36
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25
DNF
GT 8   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Gerold Ried
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 26
Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
N-GT 52   EMKA Racing   Tim Sugden
  Steve O'Rourke
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 25
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27
DNF
GT 2   Lister Storm Racing   Julian Bailey
  Nicolaus Springer
Lister Storm M 23
Jaguar 7.0L V12
28
DNF
GT 19   Reiter Engineering   Michael Trunk
  Bernhard Müller
Lamborghini Diablo GTR D 19
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
29
DNF
GT 4   Team Carsport Holland   Michael Bleekemolen
  Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 18
Chrysler 8.0L V10
30
DNF
N-GT 62   JMB Competition   Christian Pescatori
  David Terrien
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT M 18
Ferrari 3.6L V8
31
DNF
GT 25   Silver Racing   Robert Dierick
  Eric De Doncker
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 14
Chrysler 8.0L V10
32
DNF
GT 5   Team Rafanelli   Emanuele Naspetti
  Mimmo Schiattarella
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 13
Ferrari 6.0L V12
DSQ GT 1   Lister Storm Racing   Jamie Campbell-Walter
  Tom Coronel
Lister Storm M 111
Jaguar 7.0L V12
DNS N-GT 59   Freisinger Racing   Alexey Vasilyev
  Nikolai Fomenko
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

† – #1 Lister Storm Racing was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal airbox, possibly due to in-race damage sustained during their pit-stop.

Statistics edit

  • Pole position – #5 Team Rafanelli – 1:30.994
  • Fastest lap – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 1:31.348
  • Average speed – 146.930 km/h

References edit

  • "Results: 2001 Round 5 – Zolder". FIA GT Championship. 20 May 2001. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
  • "500 km Zolder". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
  • "FIA GT Championship Zolder 2001 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-23.


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