2001 European Le Mans Series
Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 2 Rd 4 Total
1 P.K . Sport Porsche 911 GT3 -RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 26 101
2 Paco Orti Racing Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 20 86
3 Harlow Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 24 75
4 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3 -RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 25 74
5 Sebah Automotive , Ltd Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 8 13 73
6 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 -RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 22 71
7 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 -RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 30 67
8 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GTR BMW 4.0L V8 10 61
9 Kyser Racing Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 33
10 Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 30
11= Skea Racing International Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 29
11= Noël del Bello Racing Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 17 29
13 Atomic Kitten Motorsport Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 14 25
14 Luc Alphand Aventures Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19 19
15 Racing Engineering Porsche 911 GT3 -R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 16
Teams ' Championship -- GT standings
The 2001 European Le Mans Series season was the only season for the IMSA European Le Mans Series. It is a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began 17 March 2001 and ended 6 October 2001 after 7 races. The series came about following the expansion of Don Panoz's American Le Mans Series to include European rounds in 2000. The ELMS become a separate series for 2001, although following the same IMSA and ACO rules that the ALMS followed, and even having shared events among the two series. Like the Petit Le Mans for the ALMS, the 1000 km of Estoril was meant to be a unique event that would earn automatic entries to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for its winners. A lack of interest from the European racing community and competition from the FIA's series, meant that this would be the only season of ELMS. Another planned series, known as Asian-Pacific Le Mans Series (APLMS) was planned to begin in late 2001, but never occurred. The Le Mans Endurance Series was eventually renamed the European Le Mans Series in 2012. Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the ACO would attempt to create another European-based sportscar series in 2003 with the more successful Le Mans Endurance Series.