2001 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
| Race details | |
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| Race 19 of 21 in the 2001 CART season | |
Map of the track
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| Date | October 14, 2001 |
| Official name | Honda Grand Prix of Monterey |
| Location | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, California, United States |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.238 mi / 3.602 km |
| Distance | 76 laps 170.088 mi / 273.730 km |
| Scheduled Distance | 83 laps 185.754 mi / 298.942 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Gil de Ferran (Penske Racing) |
| Time | 1:08.596 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Hélio Castroneves (Penske Racing) |
| Time | 1:11.500 (on lap 47 of 76) |
| Podium | |
| First | Max Papis (Team Rahal) |
| Second | Memo Gidley (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Gil de Ferran (Penske Racing) |
The 2001 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey was a CART motor race held on October 14, 2001 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California, United States. It was the 19th round of the 2001 CART season.
Brazilian driver Gil de Ferran set the pole, fellow Brazilian and his teammate Helio Castroneves, from Penske Racing, started alongside him at the first row.
At the start, the American driver Michael Andretti, from Team Motorola had a contact with the Swedish driver Kenny Brack, from Team Rahal. Some metres later, Brack collided with the Brazilian driver Maurício Gugelmin, from PacWest Racing, and suffered a tire problem. Some laps later, five laps behind, Kenny would retire.
At lap two, the first caution came out as the Forsythe Racing Canadian drivers Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier collided into each other. Patrick retired. The top five after three laps were: Gil de Ferran, Helio Castroneves, New Zealand driver Scott Dixon, from PacWest Racing, the Brazilian Tony Kanaan, from Mo Nunn Racing, and Canadian driver Paul Tracy from Team Green.
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