American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca 2001

Event: Monterey Sports Car Championships presented by Mazda at Laguna Seca		Date: 9.9.2001
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 9)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	32
Practiced:	29
Qualified:	29
Started:	29
Finished:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	9	9
Le Mans Prototype 675	3	3
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	12	12

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 4 laps

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 7/9
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 8/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 8/9
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Biela / Pirro
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	Duno / de Radigues
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Konrad / Borcheller
Grand Touring:	42	BMW M3 GTR	Lehto / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1-14:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Jan Magnussen
laps 15-29:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 30-37:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Jan Magnussen
laps 38-60:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 61-83:	38	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
laps 84-120:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:17.0110	168.3680 km/h	lap 8
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:21.4880	159.1174 km/h	lap 38
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:24.1010	154.1736 km/h	lap 5
Grand Touring:	43	BMW M3 GTR	Fredrik Ekblom (S)	1:26.5660	149.7832 km/h	lap 8
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:15.2380	172.3350 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:19.7060	162.6741 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:22.9860	156.2448 km/h
Grand Touring:	42	BMW M3 GTR	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:26.2650	150.3063 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Audi (4), BMW (4), Cadillac (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2), Panoz (2), Lola (2), Reynard (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), Audi (4), BMW (4), Judd (3), Cadillac (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2), Elan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5), Audi R8 (4), BMW M3 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (20), D (10), CDN (5), F (4), S (3), GB (3), I (3), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (21), D (6)
Most used colours:	white (29%), silver (21%), red (14%), blue (11%), yellow (10%), black (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (37%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (29%)
Average engine size:	4489 cc (with regard to 20% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4848 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Andrew Bagnall (54), Tom Weickardt (54), Randy Wars (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Timo Bernhard (20), Lucas Luhr (22), Dirk Müller (26)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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