2001 Spa 24 Hours

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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.

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

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