2001 1000km of Estoril

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.

Layout of the Autódromo do Estoril

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,^[1] 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	M	209
					Peugeot 3.2L Turbo V6
2	GTS	41	Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML)	Bruno Lambert Ian McKellar Jr. Chris Goodwin	Saleen S7-R	D	197
					Ford 7.0L V8
3	GTS	26	Konrad Team Saleen	Charles Slater Walter Brun Franz Konrad	Saleen S7-R	G	193
					Ford 7.0L V8
4 DNF	LMP900	7	Johansson Motorsport Arena Motorsport	Stefan Johansson Tom Coronel Patrick Lemarié	Audi R8	M	192
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5	GT	77	Freisinger Motorsport	Xavier Pompidou Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	191
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6	GT	60	P.K. Sport	Mike Youles Robin Liddell Piers Masarati	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	191
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7	GT	66	Harlow Motorsport	Terry Rymer Gavin Pickering Adam Simmons	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	189
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Magnus Wallinder Geoff Lister Manuel Mello Breyner	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	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	D	188
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10	GT	70	Luc Alphand Aventures	Luc Alphand Luis Marques	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	187
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
11	GT	61	P.K. Sport	Mark Humphrey Fred Moss Basil Demeroutis	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	184
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	GT	63	Noël del Bello Racing	Sylvain Noël Patrick Caternet Dirk Schoysman	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	181
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13	GTS	56	Brookspeed Racing	Pedro Mello Breyner Tiago Monteiro Bobby Verdon-Roe	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	D	181
					Chrysler 8.0L V10
14	GT	74	Skea Racing International	Nigel Rata John Sheldon Thomas Jacobitsch	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	180
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 DNF	GT	71	Racing Engineering	Andrés Vilariño Luca Riccitelli Ni Amorim	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	180
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	GT	68	Atomic Kitten Racing	Tom Bellamy Roger Walters	Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT	D	174
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8
17 DNF	GT	64	Sebah Automotive	Bart Hayden Hugh Hayden Stephen Earle	Porsche 911 GT3-R	A	114
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 DNF	GT	73	Skea Racing International	Johnny Mowlem Richard Dean	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	98
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 DNF	LMP675	28	Didier Bonnet Racing	David Dussau Xavier Bich Guillaume Gomez	Debora LMP200	A	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