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

2001 Motegi Champ Cars

2001 Motegi Champ Cars is 350th CART race. Passed at the Motegi circuit. Helio Castroneves won the pole position, Kenny Brack won this race. Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 201 laps (501 km).

Previous race: 2001 Nazareth Champ Cars
Next race: 2001 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race Start: 19th May 2001

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2001 Motegi Champ Cars

4th victory for the Team Rahal team
1st victory for the Kenny Brack
6th podium for the Kenny Brack
8th podium for the Helio Castroneves
4th podium for the Tony Kanaan

2001 Motegi Champ Cars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Kenny Brack Lola B01/00, #8 20 1h 44m 48.888s 0 Team Rahal
2 Helio Castroneves Reynard 01I, #3 18 1h 44m 52.538s 0 Marlboro Team Penske
3 Tony Kanaan Reynard 01I, #55 14 200 laps 0 Mo Nunn Racing
4 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B01/00, #11 12 200 laps 0 Newman-Haas Racing
5 Jimmy Vasser Reynard 01I, #40 10 200 laps 0 Patrick Racing
6 Massimiliano Papis Lola B01/00, #7 8 200 laps 0 Team Rahal
7 Alessandro Zanardi Reynard 01I, #66 6 199 laps 0 Mo Nunn Racing
8 Shinji Nakano Reynard 01I, #52 5 199 laps 0 Fernandez Racing
9 Scott Dixon Reynard 01I, #18 4 198 laps 0 PacWest Racing Group
10 Roberto Moreno Reynard 01I, #20 3 198 laps 0 Patrick Racing
11 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B01/00, #16 2 197 laps 0 Bettenhausen Motorsports
12 Mauricio Gugelmin Reynard 01I, #17 1 197 laps 0 PacWest Racing Group
13 Gil de Ferran Reynard 01I, #1 0 194 laps Gearbox oil pipe 0 Marlboro Team Penske
14 Oriol Servia Lola B01/00, #22 0 191 laps 0 Sigma Autosport
15 Nicolas Minassian Lola B01/00, #12 0 190 laps Accident 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
16 Adrian Fernandez Reynard 01I, #51 0 148 laps Mechanical 0 Fernandez Racing
17 Dario Franchitti Reynard 01I, #27 0 126 laps Exhaust header 0 Team Green
18 Paul Tracy Reynard 01I, #26 0 77 laps Gearbox 0 Team Green
19 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 01I, #32 0 54 laps Oil leak 0 Forsythe Racing
20 Toranosuke Takagi Reynard 01I, #5 0 51 laps Throttle 0 Walker Racing
21 Bryan Herta Reynard 01I, #77 0 50 laps Exhaust header 0 Forsythe Racing
22 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 01I, #33 0 40 laps Gearbox 0 Forsythe Racing
23 Michael Andretti Reynard 01I, #39 0 33 laps Gearbox 0 Team Green
24 Bruno Junqueira, Cristiano Da Matta Lola B01/00, #4 0 1 laps Accident 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team

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

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Helio Castroneves Reynard 01I, #3 25.849s Marlboro Team Penske
2 Dario Franchitti Reynard 01I, #27 25.991s Team Green
3 Gil de Ferran Reynard 01I, #1 25.993s Marlboro Team Penske
4 Tony Kanaan Reynard 01I, #55 26.022s Mo Nunn Racing
5 Bruno Junqueira Lola B01/00, #4 26.035s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6 Kenny Brack Lola B01/00, #8 26.044s Team Rahal
7 Michel Jourdain jr Lola B01/00, #16 26.057s Bettenhausen Motorsports
8 Alessandro Zanardi Reynard 01I, #66 26.088s Mo Nunn Racing
9 Adrian Fernandez Reynard 01I, #51 26.097s Fernandez Racing
10 Patrick Carpentier Reynard 01I, #32 26.147s Forsythe Racing
11 Michael Andretti Reynard 01I, #39 26.215s Team Green
12 Cristiano Da Matta Lola B01/00, #6 26.274s Newman-Haas Racing
13 Shinji Nakano Reynard 01I, #52 26.28s Fernandez Racing
14 Christian Fittipaldi Lola B01/00, #11 26.366s Newman-Haas Racing
15 Nicolas Minassian Lola B01/00, #12 26.378s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
16 Paul Tracy Reynard 01I, #26 26.432s Team Green
17 Massimiliano Papis Lola B01/00, #7 26.452s Team Rahal
18 Oriol Servia Lola B01/00, #22 26.528s Sigma Autosport
19 Alexandre Tagliani Reynard 01I, #33 26.53s Forsythe Racing
20 Scott Dixon Reynard 01I, #18 26.587s PacWest Racing Group
21 Jimmy Vasser Reynard 01I, #40 26.6s Patrick Racing
22 Bryan Herta Reynard 01I, #77 26.786s Forsythe Racing
23 Roberto Moreno Reynard 01I, #20 26.8s Patrick Racing
24 Toranosuke Takagi, Mauricio Gugelmin Reynard 01I, #5 26.84s Walker Racing

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

Lola B01/00

Toyota

Reynard 01I

Toyota