2001 Spa 24 Hours

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.

2001 Proximus Spa 24 Hours
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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 521
Chrysler 8.0L V10
4 GT 12 Paul Belmondo Racing Emmanuel Clérico
Éric Hélary
Vincent Vosse		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R 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 502
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8 GT 10 Paul Belmondo Competition Claude-Yves Gosselin
Paul Belmondo
Anthony Kumpen		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R 501
Chrysler 8.0L V10
9 GT 21 GLPK Racing Wim Daems
Bert Longin
Georg Severich		 Chrysler Viper GTS-R 499
Chrysler 8.0L V10
10 Cat.2 78 PSI Motorsport Team Philippe Tollenaire
Stéphane De Groodt
Markus Palttala		 Porsche 911 GT3-R 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 –
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
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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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