2001 American Le Mans Series

The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.

This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2001 featured the only time in ALMS history that the opening event was not the 12 Hours of Sebring, instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas. After Sebring, the two ELMS rounds at Donington Park and Jarama were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was added to the schedule, replacing previous races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas	Texas Motor Speedway	March 4
2	Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring^†	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	ELMS Race at Donington Park^†	Donington Park	April 14
4	ELMS Race at Jarama^†	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	May 20
5	X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sears Point Raceway	July 22
6	Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	August 5
7	Gran Turismo 3 Grand Prix of Mosport	Mosport	August 19
8	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio	August 25
9	Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Mazda	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	September 9
10	Audi presents Petit Le Mans^†	Road Atlanta	October 6
Sources:^[1]^[2]

† - Joint event with ELMS.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP900 Winning Team	LMP675 Winning Team	GTS Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP900 Winning Drivers	LMP675 Winning Drivers	GTS Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Texas	#1 Audi Sport North America	None	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
1	Texas	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello		Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
2	Sebring	#1 Audi Sport North America	None	#26 Konrad Team Saleen	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
2	Sebring	Rinaldo Capello Michele Alboreto Laurent Aïello		Oliver Gavin Terry Borcheller Franz Konrad	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr Emmanuel Collard	Results
3	Donington	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	#21 Rowan Racing	#41 Ray Mallock Ltd.	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
3	Donington	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Martin O'Connell Warren Carway	Bruno Lambert Ian McKellar Jr.	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Results
4	Jarama	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	#23 Konrad Team Saleen	#43 Team Schnitzer	Results
4	Jarama	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Eric van de Poele Didier de Radiguès	Toni Seiler Walter Brun Franz Konrad	Dirk Müller Fredrik Ekblom	Results
5	Sears Point	#1 Audi Sport North America	#57 Dick Barbour Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#42 BMW Motorsport	Results
5	Sears Point	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	John Graham Milka Duno Didier de Radiguès	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Results
6	Portland	#50 Panoz Motor Sports	#57 Dick Barbour Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#6 PTG	Results
6	Portland	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	John Graham Milka Duno Didier de Radiguès	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Hans Joachim Stuck Boris Said	Results
7	Mosport	#2 Audi Sport North America	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#42 BMW Motorsport	Results
7	Mosport	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Bruno Lambert Didier de Radiguès	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Results
8	Mid-Ohio	#50 Panoz Motor Sports	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#42 BMW Motorsport	Results
8	Mid-Ohio	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	Bruno Lambert Didier de Radiguès	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Results
9	Laguna Seca	#2 Audi Sport North America	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	#26 Konrad Team Saleen	#42 BMW Motorsport	Results
9	Laguna Seca	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Didier de Radigues Milka Duno	Terry Borcheller Franz Konrad	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Results
10	Road Atlanta	#2 Audi Sport North America	#57 Dick Barbour Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#6 PTG	Results
10	Road Atlanta	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Scott Maxwell John Graham Milka Duno	Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Franck Fréon	Hans Joachim Stuck Boris Said Bill Auberlen	Results
Source:^[3]

Teams' Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:^[4]

25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...

Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:^[4]

30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...

Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.

Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP900 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	25	30	25	25	25	21	25	21	25	30	206
2	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP07 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	19	17	14	17	19	25	21	25	14	19	162
3	Champion Racing	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	17	24			17	19	14	15	21	24	151
4=	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8					15		19	13	17	22	86
4=	Johansson Motorsport	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8		22	19	19					19	26	86
6	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0L V10		20			14			11	13	15	73
7	Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III C	Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8		19					15	19		18	71
8	Pescarolo Sport	Courage C60	Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6		18	17								35

LMP675 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Dick Barbour Racing	Reynard 01Q	Judd GV675 3.4L V8			21	25	25	25	25	25	25	30	180
2	Roock-KnightHawk Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6	25	30		21		21	19	21	19	22	178
3	Archangel Motorsport	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6										26	26
4	Team Bucknum Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6										20	20
5=	Southern Comfort Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6								19			19
5=	Racing Organisation Course	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4										19	19

GTS standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	25	26			25	25	25	25	21	30	202
2	Konrad Team Saleen	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8		30	21	25	19	19	21	19	25	26	184
3	American Viperacing	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	21	22			17	21	17	17	17	24	156
4	Park Place Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8										22	22
5	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8										19	19
6	Prodrive All-Stars	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12										18	18
7	Brookspeed	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10										17	17

GT standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8	15	24	10	25	25	19	25	25	25	26	194
2	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	25	30	25	19	15	21	17	19	19	24	180
3	Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3 GTR	BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8	19	22			21	25	19	17	17	30	170
4	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	12	19	17	13	11		15	12	8	18	112
5	Kyser Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		18	15		8	13	14	10	11	17	106
6	Petersen Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	17				14	14	10	15	15	19	104
7	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		10			10	11	13	11	10	11	76
8	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		13			13				13		39
9	Aspen Knolls/MCR	Callaway C12-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	9									13	22
10	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		20									20
11	Jürgen Alzen Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		17									17
12=	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		16									16
12=	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										16	16
14=	Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		15									15
14=	Orbit	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										15	15
16=	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	14										14
16=	Gunnar Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										14	14
18=	Trinkler Racing LLC	Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT	Chevrolet 5.7L V8	11										11
18=	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		11									11

References

^ "American LeMans Series - 2001: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "ALMS Announces 2001 schedule". Motorsport.com. September 29, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - Season 2001: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "American LeMans Series - 2001: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "American LeMans Series - 2001: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2] "ALMS Announces 2001 schedule". Motorsport.com. September 29, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] "American LeMans Series - Season 2001: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2001Points-4] "American LeMans Series - 2001: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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