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.

Members of Honda Performance Development would outright admit that they felt the situation in CART was no longer good for engine manufacturers.

Brack survived this incident, but later in the lap Maurício Gugelmin dove inside the Swede at turn 5, striking his front left wheel and breaking the suspension.

The first caution came out on lap 2 as the Forsythe Racing drivers Alex Tagliani and Patrick Carpentier collided with each other in turn 10, with the latter retiring.

Gil de Ferran led Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, and Paul Tracy.

Then, the former Formula One Japanese driver Shinji Nakano, from Fernández Racing retired due to mechanical problems, at lap 43.

After 43 laps, this was the top six: Castroneves, Dixon, de Ferran, Tora Takagi, Christian Fittipaldi and Tracy.

At lap 49, Chip Ganassi Racing driver Memo Gidley, from United States hit Michael Andretti, causing a fifth caution.

At this lap, Franchitti hit the Brazilian Newman-Haas Racing driver Cristiano da Matta at Turn two.

Then, the seventh caution happened, as Dario Franchitti suffered brake problems and hit the wall.