Spa 24 Hours 2001 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Proximus 24 Spa		Date: 5.8.2001
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.968 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
FIA GT Championship (round 7)

Weather:	intermittent rain
Start time:	4/8 16:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	90000

Entered:	63
Practiced:	39
Qualified:	38
Started:	38
Finished:	25
Classified:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Category 1 - FIA GT	11	11	7
Category 1 - FIA N-GT	10	9	7
Category 2 - National GT	10	10	4
Category 3 - Single Make Series	8	8	7

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
6 full-course cautions for 79 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 2/8
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 165 minutes on 2-3/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Bouchut / Belloc / Duez
Category 1 - FIA N-GT:	77	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Riccitelli / Quester / Garcia / Simon
Category 2 - National GT:	78	Porsche 996 GT3-R	de Groodt / Palttala / Tollenaire
Category 3 - Single Make Series:	94	Porsche 996 Carrera RSR	Corthals / Scharmarch / Sterckx / Haugg
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	3	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Mike Hezemans (NL)	2:23.001	175.417 km/h	lap 321
Category 1 - FIA N-GT:	57	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Stéphane Ortelli (F)	2:28.915	168.450 km/h
Category 2 - National GT:	79	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Stefano Buttiero (I)	2:30.437	166.746 km/h
Category 3 - Single Make Series:	96	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Jean-Paul Libert (B)	2:26.107	171.688 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Mike Hezemans (NL)	2:24.053	174.136 km/h
Category 1 - FIA N-GT:	62	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	David Terrien (F)	2:32.661	164.317 km/h
Category 2 - National GT:	88	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	Sébastien Ugeux (B)	2:33.706	163.200 km/h
Category 3 - Single Make Series:	94	Porsche 996 Carrera RSR	Peter Scharmarch (D)	2:36.301	160.490 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (19), Chrysler (9), Lamborghini (3), Lotus (2), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (19), Chrysler (9), Lamborghini (3), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Chrysler Viper (9), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (8), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4)
Driver nationalities:	B (64), F (30), D (8), I (8), GB (5), NL (4), CH (3), A (2), USA (2)
Team nationalities:	B (13), F (10), D (7), I (2), NL (2)
Most used colours:	white (36%), blue (15%), yellow (14%), red (11%), silver (9%), orange (6%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (51%), front-engined (32%), mid-engined (17%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dieter Quester (62), Gérard Larrousse (61), "Segolen" (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (19), Jeroen Bleekemolen (20), Antonio Garcia (21)
Female drivers:	Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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