American Le Mans Series Sears Point 2001

Event:		Date: 22.7.2001
Track: Sears Point International Raceway (United States), 4.056 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Sears Point
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 5)

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

Entered:	30
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	26
Started:	26
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	8	8
Le Mans Prototype 675	1	1
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	12	12

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 25 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 20/7 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 210 minutes on 21/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 21/7
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	Graham / Duno / de Radigues
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	42	BMW M3 GTR	Lehto / Müller
Leaders:
laps 1-42:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello
laps 43-83:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 84-107:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:23.0000	175.9029 km/h	lap 32
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:29.3890	163.3307 km/h	lap 89
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:32.1270	158.4769 km/h	lap 2
Grand Touring:	10	BMW M3 GTR	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:34.6140	154.3103 km/h	lap 4
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:21.7450	178.6034 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	John Graham (CDN)	1:31.2710	159.9624 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:30.9240	160.5739 km/h
Grand Touring:	43	BMW M3 GTR	Dirk Müller (D)	1:33.7630	155.7121 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), BMW (4), Audi (3), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Cadillac (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), BMW (4), Audi (3), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Cadillac (2), Judd (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	BMW M3 (4), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (4), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (9), CDN (5), F (3), GB (3), I (3), DK (2), S (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (19), D (6)
Most used colours:	white (25%), silver (21%), red (17%), yellow (13%), black (12%), blue (5%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (38%), mid-engined (30%), rear-engined (32%)
Average engine size:	4607 cc (with regard to 19% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4957 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (54), Randy Wars (53), Hans-Joachim Stuck (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Timo Bernhard (20), Lucas Luhr (22), Dirk Müller (26)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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