2001 American Le Mans Series

2001 American Le Mans Series

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The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.

This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2001 featured the only time in ALMS history that the opening event was not the 12 Hours of Sebring, instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas. After Sebring, the two ELMS rounds at Donington Park and Jarama were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was added to the schedule, replacing previous races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Template:Flagicon Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas	Texas Motor Speedway	March 4
2	Template:Flagicon Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring†	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
3	Template:Flagicon ELMS Race at Donington Park†	Donington Park	April 14
4	Template:Flagicon ELMS Race at Jarama†	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	May 20
5	Template:Flagicon X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sears Point Raceway	July 22
6	Template:Flagicon Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	August 5
7	Template:Flagicon Gran Turismo 3 Grand Prix of Mosport	Mosport	August 19
8	Template:Flagicon Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio	August 25
9	Template:Flagicon Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Mazda	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	September 9
10	Template:Flagicon Audi presents Petit Le Mans†	Road Atlanta	October 6
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† - Joint event with ELMS.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP900 Winning Team	LMP675 Winning Team	GTS Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		LMP900 Winning Drivers	LMP675 Winning Drivers	GTS Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Texas	Template:Flagicon #1 Audi Sport North America	None	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello		Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr
2	Sebring	Template:Flagicon #1 Audi Sport North America	None	Template:Flagicon #26 Konrad Team Saleen	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Template:Flagicon Laurent Aïello		Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin Template:Flagicon Terry Borcheller Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard
3	Donington	Template:Flagicon #1 Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon #21 Rowan Racing	Template:Flagicon #41 Ray Mallock Ltd.	Template:Flagicon #23 Alex Job Racing	Results
		Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Template:Flagicon Martin O'Connell Template:Flagicon Warren Carway	Template:Flagicon Bruno Lambert Template:Flagicon Ian McKellar Jr.	Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen
4	Jarama	Template:Flagicon #1 Audi Sport Team Joest	Template:Flagicon #5 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #23 Konrad Team Saleen	Template:Flagicon #43 Team Schnitzer	Results
		Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Template:Flagicon Toni Seiler Template:Flagicon Walter Brun Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Template:Flagicon Dirk Müller Template:Flagicon Fredrik Ekblom
5	Sears Point	Template:Flagicon #1 Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon #57 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #42 BMW Motorsport	Results
		Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello	Template:Flagicon John Graham Template:Flagicon Milka Duno Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller
6	Portland	Template:Flagicon #50 Panoz Motor Sports	Template:Flagicon #57 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon John Graham Template:Flagicon Milka Duno Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon Hans Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Boris Said
7	Mosport	Template:Flagicon #2 Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon #5 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #42 BMW Motorsport	Results
		Template:Flagicon Frank Biela Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro	Template:Flagicon Bruno Lambert Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller
8	Mid-Ohio	Template:Flagicon #50 Panoz Motor Sports	Template:Flagicon #5 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #42 BMW Motorsport	Results
		Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Template:Flagicon Bruno Lambert Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller
9	Laguna Seca	Template:Flagicon #2 Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon #5 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #26 Konrad Team Saleen	Template:Flagicon #42 BMW Motorsport	Results
		Template:Flagicon Frank Biela Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radigues Template:Flagicon Milka Duno	Template:Flagicon Terry Borcheller Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad	Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller
10	Road Atlanta	Template:Flagicon #2 Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon #57 Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon #4 Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon #6 PTG	Results
		Template:Flagicon Frank Biela Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro	Template:Flagicon Scott Maxwell Template:Flagicon John Graham Template:Flagicon Milka Duno	Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim Template:Flagicon Franck Fréon	Template:Flagicon Hans Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen
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Teams' Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:

• 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...

Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:

• 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...

Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.

Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP900 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Template:Flagicon TEX	Template:Flagicon SEB	Template:Flagicon DON	Template:Flagicon JAR	Template:Flagicon SON	Template:Flagicon POR	Template:Flagicon MOS	Template:Flagicon MOH	Template:Flagicon LAG	Template:Flagicon ROA	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	25	30	25	25	25	21	25	21	25	30	206
2	Template:Flagicon Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP07 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	19	17	14	17	19	25	21	25	14	19	162
3	Template:Flagicon Champion Racing	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	17	24			17	19	14	15	21	24	151
4=	Template:Flagicon Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8					15		19	13	17	22	86
4=	Template:Flagicon Johansson Motorsport	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8		22	19	19					19	26	86
6	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0L V10		20			14			11	13	15	73
7	Template:Flagicon Dyson Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III C	Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8		19					15	19		18	71
8	Template:Flagicon Pescarolo Sport	Courage C60	Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6		18	17								35

LMP675 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Template:Flagicon TEX	Template:Flagicon SEB	Template:Flagicon DON	Template:Flagicon JAR	Template:Flagicon SON	Template:Flagicon POR	Template:Flagicon MOS	Template:Flagicon MOH	Template:Flagicon LAG	Template:Flagicon ROA	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing	Reynard 01Q	Judd GV675 3.4L V8			21	25	25	25	25	25	25	30	180
2	Template:Flagicon Roock-KnightHawk Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6	25	30		21		21	19	21	19	22	178
3	Template:Flagicon Archangel Motorsport	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6										26	26
4	Template:Flagicon Team Bucknum Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6										20	20
5=	Template:Flagicon Southern Comfort Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6								19			19
5=	Template:Flagicon Racing Organisation Course	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4										19	19

GTS standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Template:Flagicon TEX	Template:Flagicon SEB	Template:Flagicon DON	Template:Flagicon JAR	Template:Flagicon SON	Template:Flagicon POR	Template:Flagicon MOS	Template:Flagicon MOH	Template:Flagicon LAG	Template:Flagicon ROA	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	25	26			25	25	25	25	21	30	202
2	Template:Flagicon Konrad Team Saleen	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8		30	21	25	19	19	21	19	25	26	184
3	Template:Flagicon American Viperacing	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	21	22			17	21	17	17	17	24	156
4	Template:Flagicon Park Place Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8										22	22
5	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8										19	19
6	Template:Flagicon Prodrive All-Stars	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 5.9L V12										18	18
7	Template:Flagicon Brookspeed	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10										17	17

GT standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Template:Flagicon TEX	Template:Flagicon SEB	Template:Flagicon DON	Template:Flagicon JAR	Template:Flagicon SON	Template:Flagicon POR	Template:Flagicon MOS	Template:Flagicon MOH	Template:Flagicon LAG	Template:Flagicon ROA	Total
1	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GTR	BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8	15	24	10	25	25	19	25	25	25	26	194
2	Template:Flagicon Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	25	30	25	19	15	21	17	19	19	24	180
3	Template:Flagicon Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3 GTR	BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8	19	22			21	25	19	17	17	30	170
4	Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	12	19	17	13	11		15	12	8	18	112
5	Template:Flagicon Kyser Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		18	15		8	13	14	10	11	17	106
6	Template:Flagicon Petersen Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	17				14	14	10	15	15	19	104
7	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		10			10	11	13	11	10	11	76
8	Template:Flagicon The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		13			13				13		39
9	Template:Flagicon Aspen Knolls/MCR	Callaway C12-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	9									13	22
10	Template:Flagicon Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		20									20
11	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Alzen Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		17									17
12=	Template:Flagicon Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		16									16
12=	Template:Flagicon Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										16	16
14=	Template:Flagicon Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		15									15
14=	Template:Flagicon Orbit	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										15	15
16=	Template:Flagicon Kelly-Moss Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	14										14
16=	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										14	14
18=	Template:Flagicon Trinkler Racing LLC	Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT	Chevrolet 5.7L V8	11										11
18=	Template:Flagicon RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		11									11

External links

• American Le Mans Series homepage
• IMSA Archived ALMS Results and Points