2001 Houston Champ Cars in CART at the Houston circuit. Full information

2001 Houston Champ Cars

2001 Houston Champ Cars is 363rd CART race. Passed at the Houston circuit. Gil de Ferran won the pole position and this race. Dario Franchitti and Memo Gidley also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 100 laps (246 km).

Previous race: 2001 Rockingham Champ Cars
Next race: 2001 Monterey Grand Prix
Race Start: 7th October 2001

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2001 Houston Champ Cars

48th victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
7th victory for the Gil de Ferran
33rd podium for the Gil de Ferran
25th podium for the Dario Franchitti
2nd podium for the Memo Gidley

Reynard 01I - 2001 Houston Champ Cars winner

Reynard 01I #1 - 2001 Houston Champ Cars winner

2001 Houston Champ Cars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Gil de Ferran Reynard 01I, #1 22 1h 54m 42.336s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
2 Dario Franchitti Reynard 01I, #27 16 1h 54m 45.766s 0 Team Green
3 Memo Gidley Lola B01/00, #12 14 1h 55m 1.183s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
4 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 01I, #5 12 1h 55m 3.23s 0 Walker Racing
5 Helio Castroneves Reynard 01I, #3 10 1h 55m 4.006s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
6 Cristiano Da Matta Lola B01/00, #6 8 1h 55m 5.438s 0 Newman-Haas Racing
7 Kenny Brack Lola B01/00, #8 6 1h 55m 11.062s 0 Team Rahal
8 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B01/00, #11 5 1h 55m 16.757s 0 Newman-Haas Racing
9 Massimiliano Papis Lola B01/00, #7 4 1h 55m 20.634s 0 Team Rahal
10 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 01I, #32 3 1h 55m 21.219s 0 Forsythe Racing
11 Jimmy Vasser Reynard 01I, #40 2 1h 55m 21.587s 0 Patrick Racing
12 Tony Kanaan Reynard 01I, #55 1 1h 55m 28.875s 0 Mo Nunn Racing
13 Bryan Herta Reynard 01I, #77 0 1h 55m 29.136s 0 Forsythe Racing
14 Adrian Fernandez Reynard 01I, #51 0 99 laps 0 Fernandez Racing
15 Shinji Nakano Reynard 01I, #52 0 99 laps 0 Fernandez Racing
16 Max Wilson Lola B01/00, #25 0 98 laps 0 Arciero-Blair Racing
17 Casey Mears Reynard 01I, #66 0 98 laps 0 Mo Nunn Racing
18 Scott Dixon Reynard 01I, #18 0 96 laps Accident 0 PacWest Racing Group
19 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 01I, #33 0 93 laps Accident 0 Forsythe Racing
20 Mauricio Gugelmin Reynard 01I, #17 0 78 laps Gearbox 0 PacWest Racing Group
21 Michael Andretti Reynard 01I, #39 0 76 laps Brakes 0 Team Green
22 Roberto Moreno Reynard 01I, #20 0 65 laps Gearbox 0 Patrick Racing
23 Bruno Junqueira Lola B01/00, #4 0 52 laps Accident damage 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
24 Paul Tracy Reynard 01I, #26 0 49 laps Accident 0 Team Green
25 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B01/00, #16 0 37 laps Accident 0 Bettenhausen Motorsports
26 Oriol Servia Lola B01/00, #22 0 37 laps Accident 0 Sigma Autosport

Qualifying Results for the 2001 Houston Champ Cars on the Houston circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Gil de Ferran Reynard 01I, #1 59.421s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Bruno Junqueira Lola B01/00, #4 59.943s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
3 Kenny Brack Lola B01/00, #8 59.947s Team Rahal
4 Helio Castroneves Reynard 01I, #3 1m 0.063s Marlboro Team Penske
5 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 01I, #33 1m 0.191s Forsythe Racing
6 Dario Franchitti Reynard 01I, #27 1m 0.433s Team Green
7 Scott Dixon Reynard 01I, #18 1m 0.446s PacWest Racing Group
8 Cristiano Da Matta Lola B01/00, #6 1m 0.491s Newman-Haas Racing
9 Mauricio Gugelmin Reynard 01I, #17 1m 0.502s PacWest Racing Group
10 Tony Kanaan Reynard 01I, #55 1m 0.548s Mo Nunn Racing
11 Roberto Moreno Reynard 01I, #20 1m 0.612s Patrick Racing
12 Michael Andretti Reynard 01I, #39 1m 0.625s Team Green
13 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B01/00, #11 1m 0.681s Newman-Haas Racing
14 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 01I, #5 1m 0.793s Walker Racing
15 Adrian Fernandez Reynard 01I, #51 1m 0.861s Fernandez Racing
16 Shinji Nakano Reynard 01I, #52 1m 0.949s Fernandez Racing
17 Oriol Servia Lola B01/00, #22 1m 1.182s Sigma Autosport
18 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B01/00, #16 1m 1.192s Bettenhausen Motorsports
19 Massimiliano Papis Lola B01/00, #7 1m 1.289s Team Rahal
20 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 01I, #32 1m 1.31s Forsythe Racing
21 Paul Tracy Reynard 01I, #26 1m 1.382s Team Green
22 Bryan Herta Reynard 01I, #77 1m 1.418s Forsythe Racing
23 Memo Gidley Lola B01/00, #12 1m 1.611s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
24 Jimmy Vasser Reynard 01I, #40 1m 2.129s Patrick Racing
25 Casey Mears Reynard 01I, #66 1m 2.799s Mo Nunn Racing
26 Max Wilson Lola B01/00, #25 1m 2.912s Arciero-Blair Racing

List of all cars for the 2001 Houston Champ Cars on the Houston circuit

Lola B01/00

Toyota

Reynard 01I

Toyota