The 2001 Stock Car Brasil season was the 23rd edition of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season began at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba on April 7 and concluded at the Interlagos Circuit on November 18.

The championship would be won by Chico Serra for the third consecutive time. The season was marred by the death of competitor Laércio Justino after a crash at the pit lane entrance of the Autódromo Internacional de Brasília.

Calendar The following circuits hosted at least one round of the 2001 championship. RoundCircuit (Event)DatesMap 1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 7–8 April 2 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã 21–22 April 3 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 5–6 May 4 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 19–20 May 5 Autódromo Internacional de Brasília 9–10 June 6 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 21–22 July 7 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 11–12 August 8 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 25–26 August 9 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 22–23 September 10 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 20–21 October 11 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna 3–4 November 12 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 17–18 November Cancelled races An event at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna scheduled for 2–3 June in Goiânia was cancelled.

Teams and drivers All competitors utilized a Chevrolet Vectra chassis. All teams and drivers were Brazilian-registered. Team Driver Rounds Privateer 0 Mário Covas Neto All WB Motorsport 1 Chico Serra All 3 Alceu Feldmann All Salmini Racing 2 Neto de Nigris 1–4, 6–12 57 Rodney Felicio All A. Jardim Competições 5 Adalberto Jardim All Privateer 6 Carlos Augusto Falletti 1–9, 13 Giaffone Motorsport 7 André Giaffone All Carlos Alves Competições 8 Carlos Alves All 75 Rogério Motta All Medley-A.Mattheis 9 Xandy Negrão 1–4, 6–12 27 Guto Negrão 1–4, 6–12 JF-Filipaper Racing 10 Sandro Tannuri 1–2, 6–12 17 Ingo Hoffmann All 71 Rodrigo Hanashiro All Scuderia 111 11 Nonô Figueiredo All 20 José Bel Camilo 1–4, 6–10, 12 33 Affonso Giaffone 1–4 Felipe Maluhy 5–9 Amici Racing 12 Helio Saraiva Jr. 1–4, 6–7, 9–10, 12 RC Competições 15 Antonio Jorge Neto All 23 Ricardo Etchenique All 33 Gualter Salles 10–12 77 Aloysio Andrade Filho All 88 Beto Giorgi All Privateer 21 Newton Grillo 1–4 Boettger Competições 22 Paulo Gomes All 35 David Muffato All Privateer 23 Ananias Justino 1–3 Porangatu Racing 26 Laércio Justino 1–4 Action Power Racing 32 Paulo Yamamoto 1, 3–4, 6–12 Privateer 34 Flávio Trindade 4 Max Racing 37 Fernando Correa 1–3, 6–12 Hot Car Competições 44 Antonio Stefani 9–12 Privateer 54 Carlos Cunha 1–3 Privateer 55 Marcelo Reis 1–2 Privateer 64 Adson Moura 1–4, 6–7 Vogel Motorsport 74 Duda Pamplona All Sprint Racing 81 Raul Boesel 1–3, 5–12

Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Curitiba 7–8 April Chico Serra Alceu Feldmann Chico Serra WB Motorsport 2 Tarumã 21–22 April Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Paulo Gomes Boettger Competições 3 Interlagos 5–6 May Paulo Gomes Adalberto Jardim Nonô Figueiredo Scuderia 111 4 Curitiba 19–20 May Xandy Negrão Chico Serra Chico Serra WB Motorsport 5 Brasília 9–10 June Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann JF Racing 6 Interlagos 21–22 July Chico Serra Xandy Negrão Xandy Negrão Medley-A.Mattheis 7 Jacarepaguá 11–12 August Ingo Hoffmann Xandy Negrão Xandy Negrão Medley-A.Mattheis 8 Goiânia 25–26 August Chico Serra Chico Serra Chico Serra WB Motorsport 9 Jacarepaguá 22–23 September Beto Giorgi Chico Serra Beto Giorgi RC Competições 10 Curitiba 20–21 October Xandy Negrão Chico Serra Chico Serra WB Motorsport 11 Londrina 3–4 November Beto Giorgi Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann JF Racing 12 Interlagos 17–18 November Chico Serra Chico Serra Chico Serra WB Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos Driver CUR1 TAR INT1 CUR2 BRA INT2 RIO1 GOI RIO2 CUR3 LON INT3 Pts 1 Chico Serra 1 4 2 1 2 DNS 2 1 3 1 Ret 1 167 2 Ingo Hoffmann Ret 3 7 2 1 5 3 2 Ret Ret 1 3 118 3 Beto Giorgi 2 16 3 19 8 6 7 4 1 3 2 Ret 97 4 Xandy Negrão 17 DNS Ret 3 1 1 Ret 5 2 3 Ret 87 5 Antonio Jorge Neto 4 DNS Ret Ret 6 DNS 8 6 7 5 4 4 57 6 Paulo Gomes Ret 1 6 12 4 DNS 6 5 Ret DNS 6 14 56 7 David Muffato 15 2 Ret 14 Ret DNS 9 Ret 4 4 10 2 53 8 Carlos Alves 5 18 4 5 7 9 11 7 8 DNS 18 5 47 9 Nonô Figueiredo Ret 14 1 7 Ret 7 12 10 6 9 5 10 46 10 Raul Boesel 8 11 16 5 3 10 Ret 2 10 12 17 40 11 Rogerio Motta 6 6 12 6 11 14 DNS 3 Ret 7 7 16 38 12 Adalberto Jardim 11 17 11 Ret 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 15 32 13 Alceu Feldmann 3 13 Ret 8 9 13 5 8 13 Ret Ret Ret 28 14 Ricardo Etchenique 7 DNS 15 10 15 DNS 21 Ret 14 6 8 8 17 15 Affonso Giaffone Ret 7 8 4 17 16 Aloysio Andrade Filho Ret DNS 9 9 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret DNS 11 DNS 14 17 Neto de Nigris 10 9 13 13 4 15 12 10 Ret 15 12 14 18 Carlos Augusto Falletti 9 8 5 16 10 DNS Ret Ret 17 21 14 19 Duda Pamplona Ret 5 14 Ret 16 Ret DNS Ret 9 18 Ret 9 12 20 Guto Negrão Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 12 11 Ret 6 6 21 André Giaffone 14 19 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 5 22 Mário Covas Neto Ret DNS DNS 11 14 8 13 9 16 Ret DNS 11 5 23 Rodney Felicio Ret 10 Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret 14 11 16 16 18 1 24 Felipe Maluhy Ret 10 14 17 15 1 - José Bel Camilo 12 DNS Ret 18 DNS 19 Ret Ret Ret 19 0 - Sandro Tannuri 13 DNS DNS Ret 13 20 14 Ret 22 0 - Marcelo Reis 16 DNS 0 - Laércio Justino Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 - Newton Grillo Ret DNS Ret 17 0 - Rodrigo Hanashiro Ret 12 Ret 15 12 15 16 DNS Ret 13 13 Ret 0 - Carlos Cunha Ret DNS Ret 0 - Paulo Yamamoto Ret 17 Ret DNS 18 16 Ret 17 DNS 20 0 - Adson Moura Ret 15 18 Ret DNS Ret 0 - Fernando Correa Ret DNS 19 Ret 20 15 19 Ret 17 23 0 - Helio Saraiva Jr. Ret 20 Ret Ret 12 17 18 Ret 13 0 - Ananias Justino Ret DNS Ret 0 - Flávio Trindade Ret 0 - Antonio Stefani Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Gualter Salles 15 14 Ret 0 Pos Driver CUR1 TAR INT1 CUR2 BRA INT2 RIO1 GOI RIO2 CUR3 LON INT3 Pts

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