The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.
This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | ![]() | Texas Motor Speedway | March 4 |
2 | ![]() | Sebring International Raceway | March 17 |
3 | ![]() | Donington Park | April 14 |
4 | ![]() | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | May 20 |
5 | ![]() | Sears Point Raceway | July 22 |
6 | ![]() | Portland International Raceway | August 5 |
7 | ![]() | Mosport | August 19 |
8 | ![]() | Mid-Ohio | August 25 |
9 | ![]() | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | September 9 |
10 | ![]() | Road Atlanta | October 6 |
Sources: [1] [2] |
† - Joint event with ELMS.
The ALMS initially announced a 13 race schedule for the 2001 season in September 2000. [3] For the only time in ALMS history, the season opener was not held at Sebring International Raceway but instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas. [4] After Sebring, two European races were held in collaboration with the ELMS and were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The British round was held at Donington Park after Silverstone and Brands Hatch's plans fell through due to scheduling issues. [5] [6] The second European round would be held at Circuito Permanente Del Jarama in Spain.
A second Canadian round was planned to be held at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec on August 25. [7] This was cancelled after circuit owner Lawrence Stroll communicated to the ALMS “an inability to comply with the terms of the event agreement”. [8] Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course would replace the event, marking the first time the ALMS would visit the Midwest. [9]
Three races were planned after Petit Le Mans but all were cancelled and not replaced. Charlotte Motor Speedway planned to host a race on October 21st but was cancelled in August. [10]
The final two rounds were planned to be exhibition events for the planned Asia-Pacific Le Mans Series (APLMS) with races at Sepang International Circuit on November 11th and the Adelaide Street Circuit on December 2nd. The South Australian government cancelled the Adelaide event in early 2001 and while the ALMS received offers from several locations around Australia to hold a replacement event, the series ran out of time for a replacement. [11] The Malaysian round was increased from 4 to 6 hours to compensate. [12] However this event would also be cancelled after logistical issues caused by the September 11th Terrorist attacks. [13]
the Nürburgring and Las Vegas Motor Speedway were both dropped from the schedule after 2000 with no reason given. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.
* Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event.
Overall winner in bold.
Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order: [17]
Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order: [17]
Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() TEX | ![]() SEB | ![]() DON | ![]() JAR | ![]() SON | ![]() POR | ![]() MOS | ![]() MOH | ![]() LAG | ![]() ROA | Total |
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1 | ![]() | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 206 |
2 | ![]() | Panoz LMP07 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 162 |
3 | ![]() | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 151 | ||
4= | ![]() | Cadillac Northstar LMP01 | Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 86 | |||||
4= | ![]() | Audi R8 | Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 86 | |||||
6 | ![]() | Lola B2K/10 | Judd GV4 4.0L V10 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 73 | |||||
7 | ![]() | Riley & Scott Mk III C | Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 71 | ||||||
8 | ![]() | Courage C60 | Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 | 18 | 17 | 35 |
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() TEX | ![]() SEB | ![]() DON | ![]() JAR | ![]() SON | ![]() POR | ![]() MOS | ![]() MOH | ![]() LAG | ![]() ROA | Total |
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1 | ![]() | Reynard 01Q | Judd GV675 3.4L V8 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 180 | ||
2 | ![]() | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 178 | ||
3 | ![]() | Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
5= | ![]() | Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
5= | ![]() | Reynard 2KQ-LM | Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 | 19 | 19 |
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() TEX | ![]() SEB | ![]() DON | ![]() JAR | ![]() SON | ![]() POR | ![]() MOS | ![]() MOH | ![]() LAG | ![]() ROA | Total |
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1 | ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 30 | 202 | ||
2 | ![]() | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 184 | |
3 | ![]() | Dodge Viper GTS-R | Dodge 8.0L V10 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 156 | ||
4 | ![]() | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
5 | ![]() | Saleen S7-R | Ford 7.0L V8 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | Ferrari 5.9L V12 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||
7 | ![]() | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Chrysler 8.0L V10 | 17 | 17 |
Pos | Team | Chassis | Engine | ![]() TEX | ![]() SEB | ![]() DON | ![]() JAR | ![]() SON | ![]() POR | ![]() MOS | ![]() MOH | ![]() LAG | ![]() ROA | Total |
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1 | ![]() | BMW M3 GTR | BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 194 |
2 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 180 |
3 | ![]() | BMW M3 GTR | BMW 3.2L I6 BMW 4.0L V8 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 30 | 170 | ||
4 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 112 | |
5 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 106 | ||
6 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 104 | |||
7 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 76 | |||
8 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | Callaway C12-R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
11 | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
12= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
12= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
14= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
14= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
16= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
16= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
18= | ![]() | Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT | Chevrolet 5.7L V8 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
18= | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3-R | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | 11 | 11 |