2001 FIA GT Estoril 500km explained

The 2001 FIA GT Estoril 500 km was the eleventh and final round the 2001 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal, on October 21, 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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	GT	3	Team Carsport Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		90
1	GT	3	Team Carsport Holland	Jeroen Bleekemolen Mike Hezemans	Chrysler 8.0L V10		90
2	GT	1	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Bobby Verdon-Roe	Lister Storm		90
2	GT	1	Lister Storm Racing	Jamie Campbell-Walter Bobby Verdon-Roe	Jaguar 7.0L V12		90
3	GT	7	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc Tiago Monteiro	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		90
3	GT	7	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc Tiago Monteiro	Chrysler 8.0L V10		90
4	GT	4	Team Carsport Holland	Michael Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		89
4	GT	4	Team Carsport Holland	Michael Bleekemolen Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Chrysler 8.0L V10		89
5	GT	19	Reiter Engineering	Oliver Gavin Peter Kox	Lamborghini Diablo GT		89
5	GT	19	Reiter Engineering	Oliver Gavin Peter Kox	Lamborghini 6.0L V12		89
6	N-GT	55	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		88
6	N-GT	55	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		88
7	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Luis Marques Claude-Yves Gosselin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		88
7	GT	10	Paul Belmondo Competition	Luis Marques Claude-Yves Gosselin	Chrysler 8.0L V10		88
8	N-GT	50	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Sébastien Dumez Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		88
8	N-GT	50	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Sébastien Dumez Patrice Goueslard	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		88
9	N-GT	62	JMB Competition	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		87
9	N-GT	62	JMB Competition	Christian Pescatori David Terrien	Ferrari 3.6L V8		87
10	GT	2	Lister Storm Racing	Julian Bailey Nicolaus Springer	Lister Storm		87
10	GT	2	Lister Storm Racing	Julian Bailey Nicolaus Springer	Jaguar 7.0L V12		87
11	N-GT	76	RWS Motorsport	Antonio García Dieter Quester	Porsche 911 GT3-R		87
11	N-GT	76	RWS Motorsport	Antonio García Dieter Quester	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		87
12	N-GT	54	ART Engineering	Fabio Babini Nigel Smith	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		86
12	N-GT	54	ART Engineering	Fabio Babini Nigel Smith	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		86
13	N-GT	70	Klober JVG Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		86
13	N-GT	70	Klober JVG Racing	Jürgen von Gartzen Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		86
14	N-GT	99	Peter Kutemann JMB Competition	Peter Kutemann Iradj Alexander	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		86
14	N-GT	99	Peter Kutemann JMB Competition	Peter Kutemann Iradj Alexander	Ferrari 3.6L V8		86
15	N-GT	63	JMB Competition	Batti Pregliasco Marco Lambertini	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT		84
15	N-GT	63	JMB Competition	Batti Pregliasco Marco Lambertini	Ferrari 3.6L V8		84
16	N-GT	72	Escuderia Bengala Paco Orti Racing	Paco Orti Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT3-R		82
16	N-GT	72	Escuderia Bengala Paco Orti Racing	Paco Orti Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		82
17	GT	30	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2		82
17	GT	30	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		82
18	N-GT	59	Freisinger Racing	Alexey Vasilyev Nikolai Fomenko	Porsche 911 GT3-R		82
18	N-GT	59	Freisinger Racing	Alexey Vasilyev Nikolai Fomenko	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		82
19	N-GT	53	ART Engineering	Paul Knapfield Andrea Bertolini	Porsche 911 GT3-R		80
19	N-GT	53	ART Engineering	Paul Knapfield Andrea Bertolini	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		80
20	GT	8	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2		80
20	GT	8	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gerold Ried	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		80
21	N-GT	67	MAC Racing	Thomas Pichler Raffele Sangiuolo	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		80
21	N-GT	67	MAC Racing	Thomas Pichler Raffele Sangiuolo	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		80
22	GT	9	Team A.R.T.	Jean-Pierre Jarier François Lafon	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		79
22	GT	9	Team A.R.T.	Jean-Pierre Jarier François Lafon	Chrysler 8.0L V10		79
23	GT	15	Prodrive All-Stars	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello		79
23	GT	15	Prodrive All-Stars	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	Ferrari 5.9L V12		79
24	N-GT	58	Freisinger Motorsport	Angelo Lembo Marco Saviozzi Emmanuel Moinel Delalande	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		79
24	N-GT	58	Freisinger Motorsport	Angelo Lembo Marco Saviozzi Emmanuel Moinel Delalande	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		79
25	N-GT	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Romain Dumas Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		78
25	N-GT	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Romain Dumas Stéphane Ortelli	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		78
26	N-GT	77	RWS Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		78
26	N-GT	77	RWS Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Sascha Maassen	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		78
27	GT	14	Autorlando Sport	Gabriele Sabatini Marco Spinelli	Porsche 911 GT2		76
27	GT	14	Autorlando Sport	Gabriele Sabatini Marco Spinelli	Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6		76
28	N-GT	71	Freisinger Racing	Pedro Névoa Tim Lawrence	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		74
28	N-GT	71	Freisinger Racing	Pedro Névoa Tim Lawrence	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		74
29	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Vincent Vosse	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		73
29	GT	12	Paul Belmondo Racing	Boris Derichebourg Vincent Vosse	Chrysler 8.0L V10		73
30 DNF	GT	21	GLPK Racing	Wim Daems Bert Longin	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		54
30 DNF	GT	21	GLPK Racing	Wim Daems Bert Longin	Chrysler 8.0L V10		54
31 DNF	N-GT	90	Philippe Brocard Team Kalliste	Stéphane Echallard Jean-Luc Blanchemain Olivier Dupard	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	?	45
31 DNF	N-GT	90	Philippe Brocard Team Kalliste	Stéphane Echallard Jean-Luc Blanchemain Olivier Dupard	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	?	45
32 DNF	GT	24	Racing Box	Luca Cappellari Emanuele Naspetti	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		37
32 DNF	GT	24	Racing Box	Luca Cappellari Emanuele Naspetti	Chrysler 8.0L V10		37
33 DNF	N-GT	52	EMKA Racing	Tim Sugden Steve O'Rourke	Porsche 911 GT3-R		12
33 DNF	N-GT	52	EMKA Racing	Tim Sugden Steve O'Rourke	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		12
34 DNF	GT	17	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Luc Chéreau Marc Duez	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		1
34 DNF	GT	17	Larbre Compétition Chéreau	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Luc Chéreau Marc Duez	Chrysler 8.0L V10		1
35 DNF	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Anthony Kumpen Paul Belmondo	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		0
35 DNF	GT	11	Paul Belmondo Racing	Anthony Kumpen Paul Belmondo	Chrysler 8.0L V10		0
36 DNF	N-GT	69	Autorlando Sport	Philipp Peter Joël Camathias	Porsche 911 GT3-RS		0
36 DNF	N-GT	69	Autorlando Sport	Philipp Peter Joël Camathias	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		0

Statistics

Pole position – #77 RWS Motorsport^† – 1:45.694
Fastest lap – #1 Lister Storm Racing – 1:40.186
Average speed – 124.620 km/h

† – The Superpole shoot-out started under dry conditions, with the RWS Motorsport Porsche able to set a time before rain began to fall. This allowed an N-GT class car to take pole position while the other competitors were slowed.

References

Web site: Results: 2001 Round 11 – Estoril . FIA GT Championship . 21 October 2001 . 2007-11-29.
Web site: 500 km Estoril . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2007-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080919224556/http://wsrp.ic.cz/fiagt2001.html#11 . 2008-09-19 . dead .