2001 Global Touring Car Cup

2001 Global Touring Car Cup.
The 2000 Global Touring Car Cup Season.
Previous, 2000.                        Next, 2002.
The 2001 FIA Global Touring Car Cup Was A Touring Car Racing Championship, It Was Only The 14th Season Of The Championship And The Champion Was Laurent Aïello Driving An Audi TT-R DTM 2001.
The 2001 Series Saw Cars Build On Super Touring, Future Touring, DTM, V8 Supercars, JGTC, FGTC, BGTC, IGTC, DGTC, TC2000, Stock Car Brasil, Kitcar, Super Production, Touring Light And One Make Regulations As The Introduction To BTCC’s New BTC-Touring Regulations And The Super 1600 Regulations Which Are Build On A Rally Car Which Was Also A New Regulation In Rallying.
== Schedule. ==
The 2001 Season Contained Rounds Held In The Oceania, Asia, The Americas, Africa And Europe.
    Date                 Circuit       Country Race 1 Winner         Race 2 Winner 
January 13    Ruapuna Park      New Zealand          Laurent Aïello           Paul Radisich 
January 20           Bathurst            Australia        Bernd Schneider       Todd Kelly   
February 3           Pukekohe         New Zealand     Paul Radisich          Juichi Wakisaka
February 17         Zhuhai           China Laurent Aïello         Ryo Michigami
March 3                Kyalami          South Africa     Bernd Schneider     Laurent Aïello
March 17    Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Argentina        Paul Radisich         Kris Nissen            
April 8                  Interlagos      Brazil Christian Abt           Laurent Aïello
April 22       Circuit de Catalunya     Spain        Alain Menu              Christian Abt
May 12            Donington Park      Great Britain Rickard Rydell        Laurent Aïello
May 26               Nurburgring       Germany Kris Nissen             Christian Abt     
June 10              Paul Ricard        France Fabrizio Giovanardi   Laurent Aïello
June 24              Anderstorp        Sweden Jens Edman           Laurent Aïello
July 7                    Imola        Italy Gabriele Tarquini      Bernd Schneider  
July 21              Adelaide        Australia Paul Radisich          Todd Kelly   
July 28             Laguna Seca    United States Yvan Muller              Laurent Aïello
August 11         Silverstone        Great Britain Bernd Schneider      Jason Plato
August 25   Spa-Francorchamps    Belgium    Laurent Aïello       Laurent Aïello
September 8 Hockenheimring            Germany Bernd Schneider     Bernd Schneider  
September 22 Magny Cours               France Yvan Muller             Laurent Aïello
October 13       Montreal              Canada Juichi Wakisaka       Bernd Schneider  
October 21      Mexico City             Mexico Derek Warwick          Kris Nissen
November 10 Fuji Speedway             Japan Bernd Schneider     Alain Menu   
November 17 Macau Guia                 Macau Rickard Rydell          Laurent Aïello
Championship Standings.
1  Laurent Aïello, 500 Pts.
2  Bernd Schneider, 495 Pts.
3  Juichi Wakisaka,  400 Pts.