2001 European Le Mans Series season
- 2001 European Le Mans Series season
The 2001 European Le Mans Series season was the only season for the IMSA European Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 17, 2001 and ended October 6, 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 1000km of Estoril was meant to be a unique event that would earn automatic entries to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for its winners. Unfortunately a lack of interest from the European racing community, as well as 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.
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.
chedule
Besides Sebring, Estoril, and Petit Le Mans, all events were 2 Hours and 45 Minutes in length.
LMP675 standings
External links
* [http://www.imsaracing.net/ELMS01.htm IMSA European Le Mans Series 2001]
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