The following is an overview of the events of 2001 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 1–21 January23rd Dakar Rally 3–4 February39th 24 Hours of Daytona 18 February43rd Daytona 500 26–27 May29th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 27 May59th Monaco Grand Prix27 May85th Indianapolis 500 16–17 June69th 24 Hours of Le Mans 4–5 August53rd 24 Hours of Spa 5 August24th Suzuka 8 Hours 5 August11th Masters of Formula 3 7 October44th V8 Supercar 1000 18 November48th Macau Grand Prix 8–9 December14th Race of Champions
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef11JanuaryLouis Krages51GermanRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().18FebruaryDale Earnhardt49AmericanRacing Driver1998 Daytona 500 Winner, Seven-Time NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion10MarchJorge Recalde49ArgentineRally driver1988 Rally Argentina winner.16MarchBob Wollek57FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Daytona winner (1983, 1985, 1989, 1991)25AprilMichele Alboreto44ItalianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().26MayVittorio Brambilla63ItalianRacing driver1975 Austrian Grand Prix winner.
See also List of 2001 motorsport champions
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