The 2001

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. It was also the seventh round the

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, marking the first time that the

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had the Spa 24 Hours on their schedule. The addition of the FIA GT Championship turned the Spa 24 Hours from a

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event into a

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race. This event combined the FIA GT's two classes (GT and N-GT) with cars from smaller national sports car series (designated Category 2) as well as cars from single-make series (designated Category 3). It took place at the

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, over August 4–5, 2001.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Statistics

* Pole position – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 2:24.053 * Fastest lap – #3 Team Carsport Holland – 2:23.001 * Distance – 3679.104 km * Average speed – 152.999 km/h

References

* * * {{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2001 , Sportscar_Series = FIA GT Championship , Previous_race_in_season = 2001 FIA GT Budapest 500km , Next_race_in_season = 2001 FIA GT A1-Ring 500km S

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