The GT3 Grand Prix of Mosport
THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2001
PIT NOTES: Page 1

 

The GT3 Grand Prix at Mosport marks the only appearance of the American Le Mans Series in Canada. The series has raced at Mosport in all three years of its existence, and last year's race set a record for the closest finish in series history when the Audi of Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello beat the BMW of JJ Lehto and Jorg Muller by just 0.148 second.

 

This will be round five of the eight-race American Le Mans Series season for 2001. With the announcement this week that the scheduled race on Oct. 21 at Charlotte will not be run, each remaining race takes on even more importance in the series points battles. The American Le Mans Series awards banquet will be held on Monday night, October 8, at the Chateau Elan near Road Atlanta. The banquet will be held two days after the Audi Petit Le Mans, which will be the final points race of the 2001 season.

 

Because of the unique characteristics of Mosport International Raceway, several special procedures have been put in place for the event by Professional Sports Car Racing, the sanctioning body for the American Le Mans Series. The most crucial regards the pit exit, where cars are required to keep all four wheels to the right of the blend line when exiting pit lane.

 

Combined ALMS practice:
At 9:50, green flag.
At 9:51, car #2-P900 Audi R8 spun and continued at turn 5.
At 10:13, car #10-GT BMW M3 GTR, stopped at the apex of turn 5, continued.
At 10:17, car #50-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S spun and stopped in the middle of turn 3. Corner workers pushed the car which then restarted and continued/
At 10:17, car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R spun and stopped at turn 5, blocking track.

 

At 10:18, full course caution (to remove stalled cars)
At 10:22, green flag.

 

At 10:25, car #57-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd spun and continued at turn 1.
At 10:27, car #10-GT BMW M3 GTR (Auberlen) off and hard into tire wall at turn 9. Corner workers report the car came together with the #8-P Cadillac LMP 01 (Max Angelelli).
At 10:27, full course yellow.

 

Top three in class (#1-P900, #38-P900, #2-P900; #5-P675, #11-P675, #57-P675;#3-GTS, #26-GTS, #4-GTS; #43-GT, #42-GT, #6-GT)

 

At 10:45, green flag (21 minutes remaining)
At 10:49, car #5-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd (de Radigues) stopped on course at turn 6.
At 10:49, full course yellow.

 

At 10:54, green flag (14 minutes remaining)
At 10:55, car  #38-P900 Audi R8 (Herbert) and  #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R () reported with sided to side contact in turn 10.

At 11:08, car #57-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd (Duno) moving slowly and stopped on course at turn 5.
At 11:09, checkered flag.

 

Top three in class: #1-P900 Rinaldo Capello 1:09.102, #38-P900 Johnny Herbert 1:09.859, #2-P900 Emanuele Pirro 1:09.909; #5-P675 Didier de Radigues 1:14.689, #11-P675 S.Knight/C.Huertgen 1:16.989, #57- P675 Milka Duno 1:18.606; #3-GTS Johnny O'Connell 1:16.904, #4-GTS Andy Pilgrim 1:16.965, #26-GTS Franz Konrad 1:17.598; #43-GT Dirk Muller 1:19.439, #42-GT Jorg Muller 1:19.457, #6- GT Hans Stuck 1:19.928