2001 FIA GT Drivers' Co-champion Jean-Philippe Belloc The 2001 FIA GT Championship was the fifth season of FIA GT Championship , an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars divided into two categories and awarded drivers and teams championships and cups for each category. The season began on 31 March 2001 and ended on 21 October 2001 after eleven races held in Europe, and included for the first time the Spa 24 Hours as a premiere endurance event for the series.
Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc of France won the FIA GT Drivers' Championship, while their team Larbre Compétition-Chereau were the teams champions, both earning five race victories including at Spa. David Terrien and Christian Pescatori of JMB Competition won the N-GT Cups after six race wins.
The SRO Group reached an agreement with Eurosport , the promoter and broadcaster of the European Touring Car Championship , in which both series would share identical calendars. The events were promoted by Eurosport as the Super Racing Weekend , giving both series equal promotion and television coverage. The Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup was also included as a support series for all events. The only exception to this format would be the Spa 24 Hours , added to the FIA GT calendar as a stand-alone event, separate from the ETCC, after formerly holding touring car races for several decades. The addition of Spa marked the return of endurance racing to the championship for the first time since 1998 and expanded the calendar from ten to eleven events. Much of the rest of the schedule remained the same, although some races were moved to different times of the year. Monza returned to the opening of the season, as it had been in 1999 , and Brno and Magny-Cours moved from the end of the season to the second and third rounds respectively. This moved the Spanish and Portuguese events to the end of the year, with Jarama replacing Valencia for the Spanish event. The Nürburgring also returned to the series for the first time since 1997 as the sole German event, replacing EuroSpeedway Lausitz . All events, with the exception of Spa, retained their 500 km (310 mi) distance format.[1]
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy 31 March 2 BVV-Autosalon Brno Super Racing Weekend Autodrom Brno Masaryk , Brno , Czech Republic 16 April 3 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours , Magny-Cours , France 1 May 4 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Silverstone Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , United Kingdom 13 May 5 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Zolder Circuit Zolder , Zolder , Belgium 20 May 6 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Hungaroring Hungaroring , Mogyoród , Hungary 1 July 7 Proximus 24 Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Stavelot , Belgium 4–5 August 8 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend A1-Ring A1-Ring , Spielberg , Austria 26 August 9 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Nürburgring Nürburgring , Nürburg , Germany 9 September 10 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Jarama Circuito Permanente Del Jarama , San Sebastián de los Reyes , Spain 30 September 11 Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Estoril Autódromo do Estoril , Estoril , Portugal 21 October Source:[2]
Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GTM Jaguar 7.0 L V12 M 1 Jamie Campbell-Walter 1–6, 8–11 Tom Coronel 1, 3–6, 8 Richard Dean 2 Mike Jordan 9 Bobby Verdon-Roe 10–11 2 Nicolaus Springer 1–6, 8–11 Julian Bailey 1–6, 8–11 David Warnock 4 Team Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 3 Mike Hezemans All Jeroen Bleekemolen All Thierry Tassin 7 4 Michael Bleekemolen All Sebastiaan Bleekemolen All Jean-Michel Martin 7 Team Rafanelli Ferrari 550 Millennio Ferrari F133 6.0 L V12 M 5 Emanuele Naspetti 1–5, 7–8 Mimmo Schiattarella 1–5 Philippe Steveny 7 Eric van de Poele 7 Martial Chouvel 7 Marc Duez 8 6 Marc Duez 1–5 Günther Blieninger 1–5 Larbre Compétition-Chereau Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 7 Christophe Bouchut All Jean-Philippe Belloc All Marc Duez 7 Tiago Monteiro 11 17 Sébastien Bourdais 7, 11 Patrice Goueslard 7 Sébastien Dumez 7 Jean-Luc Chéreau 11 Marc Duez 11 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 8 Christian Ried 1–6, 8–11 Luca Pazzaglia 1, 3 Mauro Casadei 1 Gerold Ried 2–5, 9–11 Horst Felbermayr 6, 8 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 6, 8 30 Horst Felbermayr 10–11 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 10–11 Team ART Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 9 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–6, 9–11 François Lafon 1–6, 9–11 Lister Storm GTM Jaguar 7.0 L V12 39 Jean-Pierre Jarier 8 François Lafon 8 Paul Belmondo Competition Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 10 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1, 3–7, 10–11 Anthony Kumpen 1, 3–4, 7 Paul Belmondo 2, 5–7, 10 Didier Defourny 2 Luis Marques 11 Paul Belmondo Racing 11 Didier Defourny 1, 3–7 Paul Belmondo 1, 3, 8–9, 11 Emmanuel Clérico 2–4, 10 Anthony Kumpen 2, 5–6, 8–11 Boris Derichebourg 7 Frédéric Bouvy 7 Claude-Yves Gosselin 8–9 12 Vincent Vosse All Boris Derichebourg 1–6, 8–11 Emmanuel Clérico 7 Éric Hélary 7 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 P 14 Gabriele Sabatini 1–3, 8–11 Marco Spinelli 1–3, 9–11 Fabio Villa 1 Mauro Casadei 2 Emanuele Moncini 8 Luciano Linossi 8 Raffaele Sangiuolo 9 Prodrive Allstars Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 D 15 Rickard Rydell 6, 8–11 Alain Menu 6, 10–11 Peter Kox 8–9 PSI Motorsport Team Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 18 Kurt Mollekens 5, 7, 9–10 Stéphane Cohen 5, 7, 9–10 Eric Geboers 7 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 D 19 Michael Trunk 5–6, 8–9 Bernhard Müller 5–6, 8–9 Oliver Gavin 11 Peter Kox 11 GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 21 Wim Daems 1–7, 9–11 Tamás Illés 1–6 Georg Severich 7, 9 Bert Longin 7, 11 Eric Geboers 10 Racing Box Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 24 Luca Cappellari 1–6, 8–11 Gabrielle Matteuzzi 1–6, 8–10 Dominique Dupuy 6 Stefano Zonca 9–10 Emanuele Naspetti 11 Silver Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 25[N 1] Robert Dierick 2–3, 5, 7 Eric De Doncker 2–3, 5, 7 Vincent Dupont 7 Wieth Racing Ferrari 550 GTS Ferrari F133 6.0 L V12 Y 28 Niko Wieth 2–3, 6, 9 Franz Wieth 2–3, 6, 9 Bovi Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 29 Attila Barta 6 Ferenc Rátkai 6 Kálmán Bódis 6 Sources:[3] [4]
^ Silver Racing ran Round 7 as car No. 26 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Larbre Compétition-Chereau Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 50 Sébastien Dumez 1–6, 8–11 Patrice Goueslard 1–6, 8, 10–11 Jean-Luc Chéreau 3 André Ahrlé 9 51 Jürgen van Gartzen 1–4 Bruno Eichmann 1–4 André Ahrlé 6 Jean-Luc Chéreau 6 EMKA Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 52 Steve O'Rourke 1–6, 8–11 Tim Sugden 1–6, 8–11 ART Engineering Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 53 Andrea Bertolini 1–6, 8–11 Alberto Radaelli 1–5 Jirko Malchárek 6, 8–9 Laurent Cazenave 10 Paul Knapfield 11 54 Fabio Babini All Luigi Moccia 1–6, 8–10 Gianni Collini 7 Philipp Peter 7 Jirko Malchárek 7 Nigel Smith 11 Perspective Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 55 Thierry Perrier All Michel Neugarten All Kurt Thiers 7 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 57 Wolfgang Kaufmann 1–6 Stéphane Ortelli 1–3, 5–9, 11 Xavier Pompidou 4 Cyrille Sauvage 7, 10 Andrea Chiesa 7 Ni Amorim 8 Robin Liddell 9–10 Romain Dumas 11 58 Yukihiro Hane 1–5 Nigel Smith 1–4 Tim Verbergt 5, 7 Xavier Pompidou 7, 9 Vanina Ickx 7 Christophe Tinseau 7 Toto Wolff 8 Olivier Tichy 8 Paul Knapfield 9 Angelo Lembo 11 Marco Saviozzi 11 Emmanuel Delalande 11 Freisinger Racing 59 Aleksey Vasilyev 1–6, 8–11 Nikolai Fomenko 1–6, 8–11 Richard Kaye 2–3 Thierry Depoix 7 Philippe Haezebrouck 7 Toni Seiler 7 71 Tim Lawrence 11 Pedro Névoa 11 Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 60 Sylvain Noël 1–6 Laurent Cazenave 1–5 Nigel Smith 6 Raffaele Sanguiolo 7 Loris de Sordi 7 Jacques Marquet 7 Masahiro Kimoto 7 61 Patrick Vuillaume 1 Massimo Frigerio 1 Walter Meloni 1 Massimo Possumato 4 Bernardo Sá Nogueira 4 Mauro Casadei 5–6 Nigel Smith 5, 8–10 Stefano Zonca 6 Andrea Chiesa 8 Sylvain Noël 9–10 JMB Competition Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8 M 62 Christian Pescatori All David Terrien All Andrea Garbagnati 7 63 Andrea Garbagnati 1, 3–4, 6, 8–10 Batti Pregliasco 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 11 Marco Lambertini 1, 3, 10–11 Peter Kutemann 9 Iradj Alexander 9 Coca-Cola Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 64 Josef Venč 1 Robert Pergl 1 Jaroslav Janiš 1 Milan Maderyč 2–3 Tom Sedivy 2 Bobby Brown 2 Jirko Malchárek 3 65 Jirko Malchárek 1, 4–5 Milan Maderyč 1 Tomáš Enge 2–3 Justin Wilson 3 Tom Sedivy 4–5 Robert Pergl 4 Josef Venč 5 Gammon Megaspeed Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 66 Alex Li 5–7 Nigel Albon 5 Geoffroy Horion 6–7 Gunnar Jeannette 7 Kenji Kawagoe 7 MAC Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 67 Raffale Sangiuolo 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10–11 Maurizio Lusuardi 1, 3–4, 8, 10 Olivier Porta 5 Stéphane Daoudi 5 Thomas Pichler 6, 11 68 Paolo Rapetti 1, 10 Bepo Orlandi 1 Stéphane Daoudi 6 Mario Sala 6 Prisca Taruffi 10 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 69 Philipp Peter 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, 11 Johnny Cecotto 1–2 Andrea Chiesa 2, 6, 10 Joël Camathias 3, 5, 10–11 Alessandro Zampedri 8 Marco Werner 9 JVG Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 70 Jürgen van Gartzen 8–9, 11 Bruno Eichmann 8–9, 11 Escuderia Bengala Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 72 Paco Orti 10–11 Wolfgang Kaufmann 10–11 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 74 Jochen Berger 9 Thomas Koch 9 75 Jürgen Alzen 9 Wolf Henzler 9 RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 76 Gianni Collini 1–5, 8–9 Fabio Mancini 1–4, 8 Giovanni Gulinelli 3, 5–6 Antonio García 6, 10–11 Günther Blieninger 6 Toto Wolff 9 Timo Bernhard 10 Dieter Quester 11 77 Luca Riccitelli All Dieter Quester 1–3, 7–10 Johnny Mowlem 4 Andrea Boldrini 5 Jürgen von Gartzen 6 Antonio García 7 Norman Simon 7 Sascha Maassen 11 DD Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 82 Volkmar Polaski 7 Andreas Kodsi 7 Martin Warth 7 Marino Franchitti 7 Philippe Brocard Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 90 Stéphane Echallard 11 Jean-Luc Blanchemain 11 Olivier Dupard 11 Peter Kutemann Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8 99 Peter Kutemann 11 Iradj Alexander 11 Sources:[3] [4]
Results and standings [ edit ] Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for all cars that finished a race. For the Spa 24 Hours, points were doubled.[1]
Points system Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 500 km Races 10 6 4 3 2 1 Spa 24 Hours 20 12 8 6 4 2
Driver championships [ edit ] The title was awarded jointly to Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc who shared the wheel of the No. 7 Larbre Compétition–Chereau Chrysler Viper GTS-R .
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
The title was awarded jointly to Christian Pescatori and David Terrien who drove the No. 62 JMB Competition Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT .