2001 FIA GT Zolder 500km

Layout of the Circuit Zolder (1986-2001)

The 2001 FIA GT Zolder 500 km was the fifth round the 2001 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on May 20, 2001.

## Official results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos  | Class  | No  | Team  | Drivers  | Chassis  | Tyre  | Laps

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Engine
1  | GT  | 7  |  Larbre Compétition Chéreau  |  Christophe Bouchut
Jean-Philippe Belloc | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
2  | GT  | 3  |  Team Carsport Holland  |  Jeroen Bleekemolen
Mike Hezemans  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 111
Chrysler 8.0L V10
3  | GT  | 6  |  Team Rafanelli  |  Marc Duez
Günther Blieninger  | Ferrari 550 Maranello | M | 111
Ferrari 6.0L V12
4  | GT  | 10  |  Paul Belmondo Competition  |  Claude-Yves Gosselin
Paul Belmondo | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
5  | GT  | 9  |  Team A.R.T.  |  Jean-Pierre Jarier
François Lafon  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
6  | GT  | 24  |  Racing Box  |  Luca Cappellari
Gabriele Matteuzzi  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 109
Chrysler 8.0L V10
7  | N-GT  | 54  |  ART Engineering  |  Fabio Babini
Luigi Moccia  | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | P | 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8  | N-GT  | 57  |  Freisinger Motorsport |  Wolfgang Kaufmann
Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | Y | 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9  | N-GT  | 77  |  RWS Motorsport  |  Luca Riccitelli
Andrea Boldrini  | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | M | 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10  | N-GT  | 55  |  Perspective Racing  |  Thierry Perrier
Michel Neugarten  | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | D | 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11  | N-GT  | 53  |  ART Engineering  |  Alberto Radaelli
Andrea Bertolini | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | P | 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12  | GT  | 18  |  PSI Motorsport Team  |  Kurt Mollekens
Stéphane Cohen  | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo | D | 107
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13  | N-GT  | 60  |  Haberthur Racing  |  Sylvain Noël
Laurent Cazenave | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | D | 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14  | N-GT  | 67  |  MAC Racing  |  Olivier Porta
Stéphane Daoudi  | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | D | 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15  | N-GT  | 58  |  Freisinger Motorsport |  Yukihiro Hane
Tim Verbergt  | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | Y | 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16  | N-GT  | 65  |  Coca-Cola Racing Team |  Josef Venč
Jirko Malchárek
Tom Sedivy  | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | D | 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17  | N-GT  | 66  |  Gammon Megaspeed  |  Alex Li
Nigel Albon | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | M | 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | N-GT  | 76  |  RWS Motorsport  |  Giovanni Gulinelli
Gianni Collini  | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | M | 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | GT  | 21  |  GLPK Racing |  Wim Daems
Tamás Illés  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 91
Chrysler 8.0L V10

DNF  | N-GT  | 50  |  Larbre Compétition Chéreau  |  Patrice Goueslard
Sébastien Dumez  | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | M | 76
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | N-GT  | 69  |  Autorlando Sport  |  Philipp Peter
Joël Camathias | Porsche 911 GT3-RS  | P | 72
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | GT  | 11  |  Paul Belmondo Racing  |  Anthony Kumpen
Didier Defourny  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 61
Chrysler 8.0L V10

DNF  | GT  | 12  |  Paul Belmondo Racing  |  Boris Derichebourg
Vincent Vosse  | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 43
Chrysler 8.0L V10

DNF  | N-GT  | 61  |  Haberthur Racing  |  Mauro Casadei
Nigel Smith | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | D | 36
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | GT  | 8  |  Proton Competition |  Christian Ried
Gerold Ried  | Porsche 911 GT2 | Y | 26
Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6

DNF  | N-GT  | 52  |  EMKA Racing |  Tim Sugden
Steve O'Rourke | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | D | 25
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

DNF  | GT  | 2  |  Lister Storm Racing |  Julian Bailey
Nicolaus Springer  | Lister Storm | M | 23
Jaguar 7.0L V12

DNF  | GT  | 19  |  Reiter Engineering |  Michael Trunk
Bernhard Müller  | Lamborghini Diablo GTR  | D | 19
Lamborghini 6.0L V12

DNF  | GT  | 4  |  Team Carsport Holland  |  Michael Bleekemolen
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | M | 18
Chrysler 8.0L V10

DNF  | N-GT  | 62  |  JMB Competition |  Christian Pescatori
David Terrien | Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT  | M | 18
Ferrari 3.6L V8

DNF  | GT  | 25  |  Silver Racing  |  Robert Dierick
Eric De Doncker | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | D | 14
Chrysler 8.0L V10

DNF  | GT  | 5  |  Team Rafanelli  |  Emanuele Naspetti
Mimmo Schiattarella | Ferrari 550 Maranello | M | 13
Ferrari 6.0L V12
DSQ† | GT  | 1  |  Lister Storm Racing |  Jamie Campbell-Walter
Tom Coronel | Lister Storm | M | 111
Jaguar 7.0L V12
DNS  | N-GT  | 59  |  Freisinger Racing |  Alexey Vasilyev
Nikolai Fomenko | Porsche 911 GT3-R  | Y | –
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

† – #1 Lister Storm Racing was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to have an illegal airbox, possibly due to in-race damage sustained during their pit-stop.

## Statistics

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* Pole position – #5 Team Rafanelli – 1:30.994
* Fastest lap – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 1:31.348
* Average speed – 146.930 km/h

## References

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* "Results: 2001 Round 5 – Zolder". FIA GT Championship. 20 May 2001. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
* "500 km Zolder". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
* "FIA GT Championship Zolder 2001 (Photo Archive)". Racing Sports Cars. 4 July 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-23.

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