2001 Spa 24 Hours

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (1995-2003)

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
Engine
1 GT 7 France Larbre Compétition Chéreau France Christophe Bouchut
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
Belgium Marc Duez
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 528
Chrysler 8.0L V10
2 GT 17 France Larbre Compétition Chéreau France Patrice Goueslard
France Sébastien Dumez
France Sébastien Bourdais
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 523
Chrysler 8.0L V10
3 GT 26 Belgium Silver Racing Belgium Robert Dierick
Belgium Vincent Dupont
Belgium Eric De Doncker
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 521
Chrysler 8.0L V10
4 GT 12 France Paul Belmondo Racing France Emmanuel Clérico
France Éric Hélary
Belgium Vincent Vosse
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 516
Chrysler 8.0L V10
5 N-GT 77 Germany RWS Motorsport Italy Luca Riccitelli
Germany Norman Simon
Austria Dieter Quester
Spain Antonio García
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 511
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6 N-GT 57 Germany Freisinger Motorsport France Cyrille Sauvage
France Stéphane Ortelli
Switzerland Andrea Chiesa
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 508
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7 N-GT 55 France Perspective Racing France Thierry Perrier
Belgium Michel Neugarten
Belgium Kurt Thiers
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 502
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8 GT 10 France Paul Belmondo Competition France Claude-Yves Gosselin
France Paul Belmondo
Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 501
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9 GT 21 Belgium GLPK Racing Belgium Wim Daems
Belgium Bert Longin
Germany Georg Severich
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 499
Chrysler 8.0L V10
10 Cat.2 78 Belgium PSI Motorsport Team Belgium Philippe Tollenaire
Belgium Stéphane De Groodt
Finland Markus Palttala
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 499
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11 N-GT 59 Germany Freisinger Racing France Thierry Depoix
France Philippe Haezebrouck
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 496
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 N-GT 54 Italy ART Engineering Italy Fabio Babini
Italy Gianni Collini
Austria Philipp Peter
Slovakia Jirko Malchárek
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 482
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 N-GT 82 Germany DD Racing Germany Volkmar Polaski
Germany Andreas Kodsi
Germany Martin Warth
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 480
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 Cat.3 94 Germany Land Motorsport Germany Peter Scharmarch
Germany Wolfgang Haugg
Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals
Belgium David Sterckx
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR D 477
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 N-GT 66 China Gammon Megaspeed Hong Kong Alex Li
Belgium Geoffroy Horion
United States Gunnar Jeannette
Japan Kenji Kawagoe
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 475
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 Cat.2 87 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Marc Delobe
Belgium Michel Dequesnoy
Belgium François-Xavier Boucher
Belgium Philippe Conrelis
Porsche 911 GT2 D 475
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17 Cat.3 95 Switzerland Alexander Frei Switzerland Alexander Frei
France David Velay
Belgium Cédric Lorent
Belgium Luc Dewinter
Lamborghini Diablo GTR P 474
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
18 Cat.2 84 Belgium Ecurie Bruxelloise Belgium Kurt Dujardyn
Belgium Arnold Herreman
Belgium Jean-Paul Herreman
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ? 467
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
19 Cat.2 80 Belgium Renstal Trommelke
Belgium AD Sport
Belgium Koen Wauters
Belgium Patrick Schreuers
Belgium Albert Vanierschot
Belgium Freddy Van Roey
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 458
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 Cat.3 96 Belgium Ecurie Toison d'Or Belgium Pascal Witmeur
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert
Belgium Stanislas De Sadeleer
Belgium Arnaud Van Schevensteen
Lamborghini Diablo GTR P 418
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
21 Cat.3 92 France "Segolen" France "Segolen"
France Claude Olivier
France Fabrice Letellier
France Frederic Schmit
Porsche 911 Supercup ? 405
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 Cat.3 98 Belgium Renstal Excelsior Belgium Dirk De Sterck
Belgium René Marin
Belgium Luc Meeuson
Belgium Jacky Delvaux
Lotus Elise D 401
Rover K18 1.8L I4
23 Cat.3 91 Belgium EBRT Belgium Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer
Belgium José Close
Italy Lino Pecoraro
Lotus Elise Y 356
Rover K18 1.8L I4
24 Cat.3 97 France Eric van de Vyver France Eric van de Vyver
France Gérard Tremblay
Belgium Sven Van Laere
Belgium Willy Maljean
Porsche 911 Supercup ? 340
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
25
DNF
GT 3 Netherlands Team Carsport Holland Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Belgium Thierry Tassin
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 474
Chrysler 8.0L V10
26
DNF
N-GT 62 France JMB Competition Italy Christian Pescatori
Italy Andrea Garbagnati
France David Terrien
Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT M 401
Ferrari 3.6L V8
27
DNF
N-GT 81 United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Jones
United Kingdom Peter Hardman
United Kingdom Ian Donaldson
United Kingdom Gregor Fisken
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 210
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
28
DNF
Cat.2 89 Belgium Ecurie Azur Italy Giovanni Bruno
France François O'Born
France Patrice Louette
Belgium Thierry de Bonhomme
Renault Spider D 196
Renault 2.0L I4
29
DNF
Cat.3 93 France Patrick Brisset France Patrick Brisset
France Gérard Larrousse
Germany Frank Kremer
Lamborghini Diablo GTR P 154
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
30
DNF
N-GT 79 Germany Seikel Motorsport Italy Steffano Buttiero
Canada Tony Burgess
United States Philip Collin
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 153
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
31
DNF
GT 11 France Paul Belmondo Racing France Boris Derichebourg
France Didier Defourny
Belgium Frédéric Bouvy
Chrysler Viper GTS-R D 152
Chrysler 8.0L V10
32
DNF
GT 5 Italy Team Rafanelli Italy Emanuele Naspetti
Belgium Philippe Steveny
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Martial Chouvel
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 150
Ferrari 6.0L V12
33
DNF
N-GT 58 Germany Freisinger Motorsport France Christophe Tinseau
France Xavier Pompidou
Belgium Vanina Ickx
Belgium Tim Verbergt
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 136
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34
DNF
GT 18 Belgium PSI Motorsport Team Belgium Kurt Mollekens
Belgium Eric Geboers
Belgium Stéphane Cohen
Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo D 127
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
35
DNF
Cat.2 88 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Sébastien Ugeux
Belgium Nicolas Kropp
Belgium Stéphane Vancampenhoudt
Gillet Vertigo Streiff Y 119
Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6
36
DNF
Cat.2 85 Belgium JMT Racing Belgium Thierry Boullion
Belgium Loïc Deman
Belgium Peter Van Delm
Belgium Rudi Stevens
Porsche 964 Speedster P 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
37
DNF
Cat.2 83 Spain De Almenara Motorsport Belgium Bernard de Dryver
Belgium Louis Zurstrassen
Belgium Damien Coens
France Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Marcos Mantara LM600 M 84
Chevrolet 5.9L V8
38
DNF
GT 4 Netherlands Team Carsport Holland Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen
Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Chrysler Viper GTS-R M 75
Chrysler 8.0L V10
DNS N-GT 60 Switzerland Haberthur Racing Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo
Belgium Loris de Sordi
Belgium Jacques Marquet
Japan Masahiro Kimoto
Porsche 911 GT3-R D
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

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. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. 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.


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