for 2001, babikan returned to the porsche cup gb. at the opening race of the season, held at silverstone, he finished sixth in the sprint race, driving a class 1 porsche 911 gt3 supercup, and fifth in the feature race. in the second round, held at snetterton, he took sixth in both races, which was followed by a fifth and a third in the next round, held at donington park. he followed this with a third-place position in the next race at oulton park. at croft, he was replaced by paul mace, and he did not enter the sixth round of the season, held at rockingham. he returned for round 7, held at brands hatch, now driving a class 2 porsche 911 carrera (993); he finished tenth overall, and third in class in the sprint race, before finishing twelfth overall, and third in class, in the feature race. round eight, held at donington park, yielded two tenth places in the overall standings, with a fifth and third in class, before he made his first appearance in the european le mans series in 2001 at most, driving for pk motorsport in a porsche 996 gt3-r alongside piers masarati and milan maderyč; the team were disqualified, having finished eighth, for dangerous driving. although the team entered babikan in the following round at vallelunga, he did not actually drive. following this, he competed in the brands hatch round of the british gt championship, driving a porsche 911 gt3-r for harlow motorsport alongside neil cunningham; the pair finished eighth overall, and fourth in the gto category. babikan was classified joint-33rd in the gto category of the british gt championship, with eight points; level with cunningham and ben mcloughlin.