2001 Stock Car Brasil season

The 2001 Stock Car Brasil season was the 23rd edition of the Stock Car Brasil Championship. The season began at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba on April 7 and concluded at the Interlagos Circuit on November 18.

The championship would be won by Chico Serra for the third consecutive time. The season was marred by the death of competitor Laércio Justino after a crash at the pit lane entrance of the Autódromo Internacional de Brasília.^[1]

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Round	Circuit (Event)	Dates	Map
1	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	7–8 April	Interlagos Curitiba Goiânia Jacarepaguá Londrina Tarumã Brasília
2	Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul	21–22 April
3	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	5–6 May
4	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	19–20 May
5	Autódromo Internacional de Brasília Brasília, Distrito Federal	9–10 June
6	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	21–22 July
7	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro	11–12 August
8	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna Goiânia, Goiás	25–26 August
9	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro	22–23 September
10	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba, Paraná	20–21 October
11	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna Londrina, Paraná	3–4 November
12	Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, São Paulo	17–18 November

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Privateer	0	Mário Covas Neto	All
WB Motorsport	1	Chico Serra	All
WB Motorsport	3	Alceu Feldmann	All
Salmini Racing	2	Neto de Nigris	1–4, 6–12
Salmini Racing	57	Rodney Felicio	All
A. Jardim Competições	5	Adalberto Jardim	All
Privateer	6	Carlos Augusto Falletti	1–9, 13
Giaffone Motorsport	7	André Giaffone	All
Carlos Alves Competições	8	Carlos Alves	All
Carlos Alves Competições	75	Rogério Motta	All
Medley-A.Mattheis	9	Xandy Negrão	1–4, 6–12
Medley-A.Mattheis	27	Guto Negrão	1–4, 6–12
JF Racing	10	Sandro Tannuri	1–2, 6–12
	17	Ingo Hoffmann	All
	71	Rodrigo Hanashiro	All
Scuderia 111	11	Nonô Figueiredo	All
	20	José Bel Camilo	1–4, 6–10, 12
	33	Affonso Giaffone	1–4
	33	Felipe Maluhy	5–9
Amici Racing	12	Helio Saraiva Jr.	1–4, 6–7, 9–10, 12
RC Competições	15	Antonio Jorge Neto	All
	23	Ricardo Etchenique	All
	33	Gualter Salles	10–12
	77	Aloysio Andrade Filho	All
	88	Beto Giorgi	All
Privateer	21	Newton Grillo	1–4
Boettger Competições	22	Paulo Gomes	All
Boettger Competições	35	David Muffato	All
Privateer	23	Ananias Justino	1–3
Porangatu Racing	26	Laércio Justino	1–4
Action Power	32	Paulo Yamamoto	1, 3–4, 6–12
Privateer	34	Flávio Trindade	4
Max Racing	37	Fernando Correa	1–3, 6–12
Hot Car Competições	44	Antonio Stefani	9–12
Privateer	54	Carlos Cunha	1–3
Privateer	55	Marcelo Reis	1–2
Privateer	64	Adson Moura	1–4, 6–7
Vogel Motorsport	74	Duda Pamplona	All
Sprint Racing	81	Raul Boesel	1–3, 5–12

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Curitiba	7–8 April	Chico Serra	Alceu Feldmann	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport
2	Tarumã	21–22 April	Paulo Gomes	Paulo Gomes	Paulo Gomes	Boettger Competições
3	Interlagos	5–6 May	Paulo Gomes	Adalberto Jardim	Nonô Figueiredo	Scuderia 111
4	Curitiba	19–20 May	Xandy Negrão	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport
5	Brasília	9–10 June	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
6	Interlagos	21–22 July	Chico Serra	Xandy Negrão	Xandy Negrão	Medley-A.Mattheis
7	Jacarepaguá	11–12 August	Ingo Hoffmann	Xandy Negrão	Xandy Negrão	Medley-A.Mattheis
8	Goiânia	25–26 August	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport
9	Jacarepaguá	22–23 September	Beto Giorgi	Chico Serra	Beto Giorgi	RC Competições
10	Curitiba	20–21 October	Xandy Negrão	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport
11	Londrina	3–4 November	Beto Giorgi	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	JF Racing
12	Interlagos	17–18 November	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	Chico Serra	WB Motorsport

Pos	Driver	CUR1	TAR	INT1	CUR2	BRA	INT2	RIO1	GOI	RIO2	CUR3	LON	INT3	Pts
1	Chico Serra	1	4	2	1	2	DNS	2	1	3	1	Ret	1	167
2	Ingo Hoffmann	Ret	3	7	2	1	5	3	2	Ret	Ret	1	3	118
3	Beto Giorgi	2	16	3	19	8	6	7	4	1	3	2	Ret	97
4	Xandy Negrão	17	DNS	Ret	3		1	1	Ret	5	2	3	Ret	87
5	Antonio Jorge Neto	4	DNS	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	8	6	7	5	4	4	57
6	Paulo Gomes	Ret	1	6	12	4	DNS	6	5	Ret	DNS	6	14	56
7	David Muffato	15	2	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	9	Ret	4	4	10	2	53
8	Carlos Alves	5	18	4	5	7	9	11	7	8	DNS	18	5	47
9	Nonô Figueiredo	Ret	14	1	7	Ret	7	12	10	6	9	5	10	46
10	Raul Boesel	8	11	16		5	3	10	Ret	2	10	12	17	40
11	Rogerio Motta	6	6	12	6	11	14	DNS	3	Ret	7	7	16	38
12	Adalberto Jardim	11	17	11	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	9	15	32
13	Alceu Feldmann	3	13	Ret	8	9	13	5	8	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	28
14	Ricardo Etchenique	7	DNS	15	10	15	DNS	21	Ret	14	6	8	8	17
15	Affonso Giaffone	Ret	7	8	4									17
16	Aloysio Andrade Filho	Ret	DNS	9	9	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	DNS	11	DNS	14
17	Neto de Nigris	10	9	13	13		4	15	12	10	Ret	15	12	14
18	Carlos Augusto Falletti	9	8	5	16	10	DNS	Ret	Ret	17			21	14
19	Duda Pamplona	Ret	5	14	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	9	18	Ret	9	12
20	Guto Negrão	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret		11	Ret	11	12	11	Ret	6	6
21	André Giaffone	14	19	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	7	5
22	Mário Covas Neto	Ret	DNS	DNS	11	14	8	13	9	16	Ret	DNS	11	5
23	Rodney Felicio	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	14	11	16	16	18	1
24	Felipe Maluhy					Ret	10	14	17	15				1
-	José Bel Camilo	12	DNS	Ret	18		DNS	19	Ret	Ret	Ret		19	0
-	Sandro Tannuri	13	DNS				DNS	Ret	13	20	14	Ret	22	0
-	Marcelo Reis	16	DNS											0
-	Laércio Justino	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret									0
-	Newton Grillo	Ret	DNS	Ret	17									0
-	Rodrigo Hanashiro	Ret	12	Ret	15	12	15	16	DNS	Ret	13	13	Ret	0
-	Carlos Cunha	Ret	DNS	Ret										0
-	Paulo Yamamoto	Ret		17	Ret		DNS	18	16	Ret	17	DNS	20	0
-	Adson Moura	Ret	15	18	Ret		DNS	Ret						0
-	Fernando Correa	Ret	DNS	19			Ret	20	15	19	Ret	17	23	0
-	Helio Saraiva Jr.	Ret	20	Ret	Ret		12	17		18	Ret		13	0
-	Ananias Justino	Ret	DNS	Ret										0
-	Flávio Trindade				Ret									0
-	Antonio Stefani								Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
-	Gualter Salles										15	14	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	CUR1	TAR	INT1	CUR2	BRA	INT2	RIO1	GOI	RIO2	CUR3	LON	INT3	Pts

2001 Stock Car Brasil season

Cancelled races

Teams and drivers

Results and standings

Season summary

Championship standings

References

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