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Wikipedia / 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.

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

528

Chrysler 8.0L V10

2

GT

17

Larbre Compétition Chéreau

Patrice Goueslard Sébastien Dumez Sébastien Bourdais

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

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

511

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

6

N-GT

57

Freisinger Motorsport

Cyrille Sauvage Stéphane Ortelli Andrea Chiesa

Porsche 911 GT3-RS

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

496

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

12

N-GT

54

ART Engineering

Fabio Babini Gianni Collini Philipp Peter Jirko Malchárek

Porsche 911 GT3-RS

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 Scharmach 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

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

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

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

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

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

25DNF

GT

3

Team Carsport Holland

Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans Thierry Tassin

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

474

Chrysler 8.0L V10

26DNF

N-GT

62

JMB Competition

Christian Pescatori Andrea Garbagnati David Terrien

Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT

401

Ferrari 3.6L V8

27DNF

N-GT

81

Cirtek Motorsport

Adam Jones Peter Hardman Ian Donaldson Gregor Fisken

Porsche 911 GT3-R

210

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

28DNF

Cat.2

89

Ecurie Azur

Giovanni Bruno François O'Born Patrice Louette Thierry de Bonhomme

Renault Spider

196

Renault 2.0L I4

29DNF

Cat.3

93

Patrick Brisset

Patrick Brisset Gérard Larrousse Frank Kremer

Lamborghini Diablo GTR

154

Lamborghini 6.0L V12

30DNF

N-GT

79

Seikel Motorsport

Steffano Buttiero Tony Burgess Philip Collin

Porsche 911 GT3-RS

153

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

31DNF

GT

11

Paul Belmondo Racing

Boris Derichebourg Didier Defourny Frédéric Bouvy

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

152

Chrysler 8.0L V10

32DNF

GT

5

Team Rafanelli

Emanuele Naspetti Philippe Steveny Eric van de Poele Martial Chouvel

Ferrari 550 Maranello

150

Ferrari 6.0L V12

33DNF

N-GT

58

Freisinger Motorsport

Christophe Tinseau Xavier Pompidou Vanina Ickx Tim Verbergt

Porsche 911 GT3-RS

136

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

34DNF

GT

18

PSI Motorsport Team

Kurt Mollekens Eric Geboers Stéphane Cohen

Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo

127

Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6

35DNF

Cat.2

88

Belgian Racing

Sébastien Ugeux Nicolas Kropp Stéphane Vancampenhoudt

Gillet Vertigo Streiff

119

Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6

36DNF

Cat.2

85

JMT Racing

Thierry Boullion Loïc Deman Peter Van Delm Rudi Stevens

Porsche 964 Speedster

103

Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

37DNF

Cat.2

83

De Almenara Motorsport

Bernard de Dryver Louis Zurstrassen Damien Coens Jean-Luc Blanchemain

Marcos Mantara LM600

84

Chevrolet 5.9L V8

38DNF

GT

4

Team Carsport Holland

Michael Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Jean-Michel Martin

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

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 – 3679.104km

  • Average speed – 152.999km/h

References