2001 Honda Indy 300

  2001 Surfer's Paradise

Race details
Race 20 of 21 in the 2001 CART season
Map of the track
Date	28 October, 2001
Official name	Honda Indy 300
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	65 laps, 181.675 mi / 292.370 km
Weather	Rain
Pole
Driver	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing
Time	1:30.204
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing
Time	1:34.113 (on lap 57 of 65)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing
Second	Michael Andretti	Team Green
Third	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing

The 2001 Honda Indy 300 was the twentieth and penultimate round of the 2001 CART World Series Season, held on 28 October 2001 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Chassis	Time
1		Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	Reynard 01i Toyota	1:32.095
2		Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Reynard 01i Honda	1:32.406
3		Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola B01/00 Toyota	1:32.552
4		Paul Tracy	Team Green	Reynard 01i Honda	1:32.760
5		Dario Franchitti	Team Green	Reynard 01i Honda	1:32.760
6		Michael Andretti	Team Green	Reynard 01i Honda	1:32.971
7		Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 01i Ford-Cosworth	1:33.137
8		Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	Reynard 01i Toyota	1:33.209
9		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 01i Ford-Cosworth	1:33.360
10		Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard 01i Toyota	1:33.447
11		Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Reynard 01i Honda	1:33.476
12		Oriol Servià	Sigma Autosport	Lola B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:33.738
13		Kenny Brack	Team Rahal	Lola B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:33.753
14		Max Papis	Team Rahal	Lola B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:33.843
15		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola B01/00 Toyota	1:33.947
16		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	Lola B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:33.998
17		Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	Reynard 01i Honda	1:34.035
18		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	Reynard 01i Honda	1:34.143
19		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 01i Honda	1:34.319
20		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	Reynard 01i Toyota	1:34.355
21		Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B01/00 Toyota	1:34.476
22		Bryan Herta	Forsythe Racing	Reynard B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.721
23		Memo Gidley	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B01/00 Toyota	1:34.754
24		Casey Mears	Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 01i Honda	1:35.401
25		Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	Reynard 01i Toyota	1:35.567
26		Alex Barron	Arciero-Blair Racing	Lola B01/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:36.867

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	65	1:51:47.260	3	20
2	39	Michael Andretti	Team Green	65	+5.8 secs	6	16
3	33	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	65	+7.5 secs	7	14
4	1	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	65	+20.9 secs	2	12
5	8	Kenny Brack	Team Rahal	65	+22.6 secs	13	10
6	40	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	65	+24.7 secs	10	8
7	16	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	65	+39.5 secs	16	6
8	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	65	+40.5 secs	15	5
9	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	65	+42.6 secs	14	4
10	12	Memo Gidley	Chip Ganassi Racing	65	+42.9 secs	23	3
11	32	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	65	+46.7 secs	9	2
12	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	65	+46.9 secs	18	1
13	25	Alex Barron	Arciero-Blair Racing	65	+46.9 secs	26
14	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	65	+62.6 secs	4
15	18	Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	65	+72.0 secs	8
16	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	65	+81.8 secs	20
17	55	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	65	+82.0 secs	3
18	77	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Racing	65	+82.4 secs	22
19	51	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	65	+100.3 secs	17
20	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	64	+ 1 lap	11
21	4	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	56	Contact	21
22	20	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	54	Mechanical	1	2
23	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	35	Mechanical	5
24	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	34	Mechanical	25
25	22	Oriol Servià	Sigma Autosport	10	Mechanical	12
26	66	Casey Mears	Mo Nunn Racing	0	Contact	24

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-2	Mears (66) spun
24-26	Franchitti (27) spun

Notes

Laps Leader 1-21 Gil de Ferran 22-23 Roberto Moreno 24-24 Scott Dixon 25-46 Roberto Moreno 47-48 Cristiano da Matta 49-49 Jimmy Vasser 50-51 Scott Dixon 52-65 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led Roberto Moreno 24 Gil de Ferran 21 Cristiano da Matta 16 Scott Dixon 3 Jimmy Vasser 1

• Average Speed 97.511 mph

External links

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