American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio 2001

Event: American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio		Date: 25.8.2001
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.634 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 8)

Weather:	hot, humid
Start time:	13:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	29
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	9	9
Le Mans Prototype 675	4	4
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	10	10

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Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for 34 minutes, 16 laps

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 23/8 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
1 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 60 minutes on 24/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 24/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Magnussen / Brabham
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	de Radigues / Lambert
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	42	BMW M3 GTR	Lehto / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1-68:	1	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 69-71:	2	Audi R8	Biela
laps 72-84:	1	Audi R8	Capello
laps 85-116:	50	Panoz LMP-1	Magnussen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:14.7840	174.9309 km/h	lap 66
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	Bruno Lambert (B)	1:20.7820	161.9418 km/h	lap 51
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:20.9670	161.5717 km/h	lap 91
Grand Touring:	6	BMW M3 GTR	Boris Said (USA)	1:23.5020	156.6680 km/h	lap 97
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:14.5370	175.5102 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	5	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:19.4030	164.7550 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:21.4010	160.7107 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:24.4510	154.9074 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), BMW (4), Audi (3), Panoz (2), Cadillac (2), Reynard (2), Chevrolet (2), Lola (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), BMW (4), Audi (3), Judd (3), Elan (2), Cadillac (2), Chevrolet (2), Nissan (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	BMW M3 (4), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (4), Audi R8 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (9), CDN (4), GB (4), I (3), F (3), DK (2), B (2), S (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (21), D (6)
Most used colours:	white (29%), silver (25%), red (15%), yellow (10%), black (8%), blue (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (42%), front-engined (35%), rear-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4556 cc (with regard to 17% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4865 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (54), Randy Wars (53), Hans-Joachim Stuck (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Lucas Luhr (22), Dirk Müller (26), Jan Magnussen (28)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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