The 2001 1000km of Estoril was the fourth race of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Autódromo do Estoril, Portugal, on July 15, 2001.
Although it was planned for 1000 km, the race had to be stopped when it ran over its 6-hour maximum limit. The overall winner in LMP, as well as the class winners in GTS and GT, each won automatic entry to the 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans. The winning team was initially disqualified after the podium ceremony for an incident with Tom Coronel's Audi during the race,Pescarolo appeals against Estoril exclusion on crash.net. but later reinstated.
Official results
Class winners in bold.
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP900 72 Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion Laurent Redon Boris Derichebourg Courage C60 209 Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6 2 GTS 41 Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) Bruno Lambert Ian McKellar Jr. Chris Goodwin Saleen S7-R 197 Ford 7.0L V8 3 GTS 26 Konrad Team Saleen Charles Slater Walter Brun Franz Konrad Saleen S7-R 193 Ford 7.0L V8 4DNF LMP900 7 Johansson Motorsport Arena Motorsport Stefan Johansson Tom Coronel Patrick Lemarié Audi R8 192 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 5 GT 77 Freisinger Motorsport Xavier Pompidou Romain Dumas Porsche 911 GT3-RS 191 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 GT 60 P.K. Sport Mike Youles Robin Liddell Piers Masarati Porsche 911 GT3-RS 191 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 7 GT 66 Harlow Motorsport Terry Rymer Gavin Pickering Adam Simmons Porsche 911 GT3-R 189 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 8 GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Magnus Wallinder Geoff Lister Manuel Mello Breyner Porsche 911 GT3-RS 189 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 9 GT 65 Paco Orti Racing Paco Orti Jesús Diez de Villaroel Bernardo Sá Nogueira Porsche 911 GT3-R 188 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 10 GT 70 Luc Alphand Aventures Luc Alphand Luis Marques Porsche 911 GT3-R 187 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 11 GT 61 P.K. Sport Mark Humphrey Fred Moss Basil Demeroutis Porsche 911 GT3-R 184 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 GT 63 Noël del Bello Racing Sylvain Noël Patrick Caternet Dirk Schoysman Porsche 911 GT3-R 181 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 13 GTS 56 Brookspeed Racing Pedro Mello Breyner Tiago Monteiro Bobby Verdon-Roe Chrysler Viper GTS-R 181 Chrysler 8.0L V10 14 GT 74 Skea Racing International Nigel Rata John Sheldon Thomas Jacobitsch Porsche 911 GT3-R 180 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15DNF GT 71 Racing Engineering Andrés Vilariño Luca Riccitelli Ni Amorim Porsche 911 GT3-R 180 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 GT 68 Atomic Kitten Racing Tom Bellamy Roger Walters Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT 174 Chevrolet 5.7L V8 17DNF GT 64 Sebah Automotive Bart Hayden Hugh Hayden Stephen Earle Porsche 911 GT3-R 114 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18DNF GT 73 Skea Racing International Johnny Mowlem Richard Dean Porsche 911 GT3-R 98 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19DNF LMP675 28 Didier Bonnet Racing David Dussau Xavier Bich Guillaume Gomez Debora LMP200 57 BMW 3.2L I6
Statistics Pole Position - #7 Johansson Motorsport - 1:28.876 Fastest Lap - #7 Johansson Motorsport - 1:31.341 Distance - 874.038 km Average Speed - 145.52 km/h
References
External links Official Results World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results