2001 FIA GT Championship
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The 2001 FIA GT Championship season was the 5th season of FIA GT Championship racing. It featured a series open to Grand Touring cars broken into two classes, GT and N GT, based on power and manufacturer involvement. The season began on 31 March 2001 and ended on 21 October 2001 after 11 races. The following titles awarded:
- 2001 FIA GT Championship for Drivers
- 2001 N GT Cup for Drivers
- 2001 FIA GT Championship for Teams
- 2001 N GT Cup for Teams
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 31 March |
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Autodrom Brno Masaryk | 16 April |
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Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 May |
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Silverstone Circuit | 13 May |
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Circuit Zolder | 20 May |
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Hungaroring | 1 July |
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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 August 5 August |
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A1-Ring | 26 August |
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Nürburgring | 9 September |
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Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 30 September |
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Autódromo do Estoril | 21 October |
Season results
Drivers Championship
GT Standings
Points towards the 2001 FIA GT Championship for Drivers were awarded to the top six GT class finishers at each round in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded.
The title was awarded jointly to Christophe Bouchut and Jean-Philippe Belloc who shared the wheel of the No 7 Chrysler Viper GTS-R entered by the Larbre Competition – Chereau team.
N-GT Standings
Points towards the 2001 N GT Cup for Drivers were awarded to the top six N GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 at each round except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded.
The title was awarded jointly to Christian Pescatori and David Terrien who drove the No 62 Ferrari 360 Modena entered by JMB Competition.
Teams Championship
GT Standings
Points towards the 2001 FIA GT Championship for Teams were awarded to the top six GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team at each round were counted.
Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 89 | |
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 60 | |||
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Lister Storm | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 50 | |||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 46 | ||
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Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 24 | ||||||||
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Ferrari 550 Maranello | Ferrari 6.0L V12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Lamborghini Diablo GT | Lamborghini 6.0L V12 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT2 | Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 1 | 1 |
N-GT Standings
Points towards the 2001 N GT Cup for Teams were awarded to the top six N GT class finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours race, where double points were awarded. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team at each round were counted.
Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
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Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT | Ferrari 3.6L V8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 62 | ||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 62 | |
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 38 | ||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 37 | ||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 36 | |||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 32 | |||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 22 | |||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 1 | 1 |
† – JMB Competition were awarded the N GT Cup for Teams due to having won five races during the season compared to RWS Motorsport's two race wins.
References
External links
- Official FIA GT homepage
- Motorsport Almanac
- Racing Sports Cars
- Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 February 2009
- Points Tables Retrieved from www.fiagt.com on 26 February 2009