2001 International Formula 3000 Championship

2001 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship
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The 2001 International Formula 3000 season was the 17th season of FIA Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 2001 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Drivers and the 2001 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Teams which were contested concurrently over a twelve round series from 31 March to 15 September 2001.

Drivers and teams

Viktor Maslov (Arden Team Russia) at the Silverstone round. Image by Hellahulla
Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 1 Australia Mark Webber All
2 Brazil Mario Haberfeld All
Brazil Petrobras Junior Team 3 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia All
4 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico All
Belgium Team Astromega 5 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 1-3
United Kingdom Dino Morelli 4-8
Italy Enrico Toccacelo 9-12
6 Italy Giorgio Pantano All
Italy European Minardi F3000 7 Belgium David Saelens 1-8, 10-12
South Africa Tomas Scheckter 9
8 Italy Andrea Piccini All
United Kingdom Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 9 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 1-11
Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš 12
10 United Kingdom Justin Wilson All
France F3000 Prost Junior Team 11 Argentina Nicolás Filiberti 1-4
France Stéphane Sarrazin 5
France Jonathan Cochet 6-9
Argentina Norberto Fontana 10-12
12 Italy Gabriele Varano 1-5
Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 6-12
United Kingdom Arden Team Russia 15 United Kingdom Darren Manning All
16 Russia Viktor Maslov All
Austria Red Bull Junior Team F3000 17 Austria Patrick Friesacher All
18 Spain Antonio García 1-4
Brazil Ricardo Mauricio 5-12
Italy Coloni F3000 19 Italy Fabrizio Gollin All
20 Brazil Rodrigo Sperafico 1-9
Belgium Marc Goossens 10-12
France DAMS 21 France Sébastien Bourdais All
22 United States Derek Hill All
Belgium KTR 25 Belgium Bas Leinders All
26 Switzerland Joël Camathias All
United Kingdom Kid Jensen Racing 27 United Kingdom Justin Keen 1-2
28 France Yann Goudy 1
Italy Gianluca Calcagni 2
Italy Durango Formula 29 Italy Gabriele Lancieri All
30 Brazil Jaime Melo 1-9
Spain Antonio García 10-12

Each entry used a Lola B99/50 chassis powered by a Zytec engine, as mandated by the championship regulations.[1]

Calendar

All races were shortened from 205 km to 150 km.

RoundCircuitDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedPole PositionFastest LapWinner
1 Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace 31 March 35 4.309=150.785 km 0'53:48.503 168.202 km/h Brazil Jaime Melo, Jr. Brazil Antônio Pizzonia United Kingdom Justin Wilson
2 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 15 April 31 4.933=152.686 km 0'56:45.775 161.393 km/h Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber
3 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 28 April 32 4.728=151.233 km 0'52:00.457 174.474 km/h United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
4 Austria Österreichring 13 May 35 4.326=151.410 km 0'51:57.144 174.863 km/h France Sébastien Bourdais Italy Giorgio Pantano United Kingdom Justin Wilson
5 Monaco Monaco 27 May 45 3.37=151.65 km 1'13:21.073 124.047 km/h Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber
6 Germany Nürburgring 23 June 33 4.556=150.331 km 0'50:50.598 177.405 km/h Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Italy Giorgio Pantano Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
7 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 30 June 36 4.251=152.85 km 0'54:39.769 167.774 km/h Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber
8 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 14 July 30 5.141=154.126 km 0'50:56.439 184.535 km/h Czech Republic Tomáš Enge France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais
9 Germany Hockenheimring 28 July 22 6.825=150.150 km 0'44:47.547 201.127 km/h Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Brazil Antônio Pizzonia
10 Hungary Budapest 19 August 38 3.973=150.974 km 0'58:00.190 156.250 km/h United Kingdom Justin Wilson Italy Giorgio Pantano United Kingdom Justin Wilson
11 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 September 22 6.968=153.296 km 0'51:48.919 177.490 km/h Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Ricardo Sperafico
12 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 15 September 24 5.793=138.767 km 0'43:58.618 189.306 km/h Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Italy Giorgio Pantano

Final points standings

Drivers' Championship

Points towards the 2001 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Drivers were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers at each round: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Pos Driver INT
Brazil
IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 1 6 3 1 2 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 2 71
2 Australia Mark Webber 7 1 7 Ret 1 2 1 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 39
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge 12 3 1 3 7 1 3 5 5 11 4 39
4 France Sébastien Bourdais 3 Ret 11 Ret 4 8 6 1 4 3 6 9 26
5 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Ret 14 19 Ret 5 3 13 11 3 7 1 3 24
6 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 9 4 6 4 Ret 6 10 3 1 Ret 8 Ret 22
7 Belgium Bas Leinders 10 9 2 2 Ret 11 Ret 8 6 6 7 4 17
8 Brazil Ricardo Mauricio 6 5 Ret 7 17 2 3 6 14
9 Italy Giorgio Pantano Ret 11 9 15 Ret 21 8 Ret 7 5 11 1 12
10 Belgium David Saelens 4 Ret 5 9 Ret 4 9 DNS Ret 5 10
11 United Kingdom Darren Manning 8 2 20 Ret Ret 7 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9
12 Brazil Jaime Melo, Jr. 2 Ret 21 5 11 13 14 12 12 8
13 Austria Patrick Friesacher Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 10 4 19 11 4 10 Ret 8
14 France Stéphane Sarrazin 3 4
15 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 7 15 Ret Ret 19 13 3
16 Belgium Marc Goossens Ret 5 7 2
17 Switzerland Joël Camathias 5 15 18 Ret Ret 18 17 17 9 13 15 15 2
18 Italy Andrea Piccini 11 Ret 13 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 1
19 Italy Fabrizio Gollin 6 8 17 Ret 8 20 12 10 Ret Ret 12 10 1
20 Brazil Rodrigo Sperafico 13 7 22 8 9 12 15 14 8 0
21 United Kingdom Dino Morelli 7 Ret Ret 20 Ret 0
22 Italy Gabriele Lancieri Ret 13 Ret 12 Ret 14 13 10 9 9 14 Ret 0
23 France Jonathan Cochet 16 11 9 15 0
24 United States Derek Hill 14 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 12 9 12 0
25 Russia Viktor Maslov Ret 10 12 11 10 17 18 16 14 Ret 18 14 0
26 Spain Antonio García Ret 16 10 Ret 10 16 11 0
27 Argentina Nicolás Filiberti 20 17 14 10 0
28 United Kingdom Justin Keen 16 12 0
29 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 19 Ret 18 16 Ret 13 17 0
30 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 13 Ret 17 Ret 0
31 Italy Gabriele Varano 15 Ret 15 14 Ret 0
32 Argentina Norberto Fontana 14 Ret Ret 0
33 Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš 16 0
34 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 17 Ret 23 0
35 France Yann Goudy 18 0
36 Italy Gianluca Calcagni Ret 0
South Africa Tomas Scheckter Ret 0
Pos Driver INT
Brazil
IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold � Pole
Italics � Fastest lap

Notes

  • All drivers used Lola B99/50 chassis, with Zytek V8 engines, and Avon tyres.
  • The official FIA Championship Classification also allocated championship positions to a further 17 drivers who had each scored zero points.[2]

Complete Overview

first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R12=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start (8)=place after practice, but grid position not held free 4E=grid position, but started from the end of the grid 11P=grid position, but started from pit lane

Pos.NameTeam INT
Brazil
IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
OST
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
1United Kingdom Justin WilsonNordic Racing71661341227R422222113222
2Australia Mark WebberSuper Nova Racing107111176R112221447R2R5R4ER
3Czech Republic Tomáš EngeNordic Racing512432153971113153551194--
4France Sébastien BourdaisDAMS1239R12111R545876318443116109
5Brazil Ricardo SperaficoPetrobras Junior Team2R111491917R753313131911131471163
6Brazil Antônio PizzoniaPetrobras Junior Team4974867417R86910736110R281R
7Belgium Bas LeindersKTR1310219323213R171114R8811613610794
8Brazil Ricardo MauricioRed Bull Junior Team--------869512R5718173243136
9Italy Giorgio PantanoTeam Astromega619511109101523R1021118920197115191131
10Belgium David SaelensEuropean Minardi F30008413R5515915R4469(8)NS--9NS17R85
11United Kingdom Darren ManningArden Team Russia1483262011R3R6785665R7R7R12R
12Brazil Jaime Melo, Jr.Durango Formula1210R152114516111613191417122112------
13Austria Patrick FriesacherRed Bull Junior Team24R25782R6R1311103414191211646107R
14France Stéphane SarrazinF3000 Prost Junior Team--------43--------------
15Brazil Mario HaberfeldSuper Nova Racing9R12R4413R11R1215R235711E1510R15R1419513
16Switzerland Joël CamathiasKTR2052615231816R19R221821172117159191322152215
17Belgium Marc GoossensColoni F3000------------------8R85197
18Italy Fabrizio GollinColoni F300015616816178R10812201512121013R18R12121710
19Italy Andrea PicciniEuropean Minardi F3000181115R191312614R13916R13R4R16816R11P8
20Brazil Rodrigo SperaficoColoni F3000313872022188129141218152014148------
21United Kingdom Dino MorelliTeam Astromega------21718R19R22172015R--------
22Italy Gabriele LancieriDurango Formula19R251224R221220ER2414201922131710239211415E18
23France Jonathan CochetF3000 Prost Junior Team----------181610111092315------
24United States Derek HillDAMS171423R2116241321R2015231616R22R24121592312
25Russia Viktor MaslovArden Team Russia21R1710181220112410211724181816201422R24181814
26Argentina Nicolás FilibertiF3000 Prost Junior Team162014141910------------------
27Spain Antonio GarcíaRed Bull Junior Team11R141613109R----------
Durango Formula2110231620P11
28Hungary Zsolt BaumgartnerF3000 Prost Junior Team----------231922R2318241617R20132417
29United Kingdom Justin KeenKid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport23162412--------------------
30Italy Enrico ToccaceloTeam Astromega----------------161312R181714R
31Argentina Norberto FontanaF3000 Prost Junior Team------------------201413R21R
32Italy Gabriele VaranoF3000 Prost Junior Team221522R1715231422R--------------
33Czech Republic Jaroslav JanišNordic Racing----------------------1616
34India Ananda MikolaTeam Astromega251719R2223------------------
35France Yann GoudyKid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport2618----------------------
36Italy Gianluca CalcagniKid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport--20R--------------------
-South Africa Tomas ScheckterEuropean Minardi F3000----------------9R------

Teams Championship

Points towards the 2001 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers at each round.

Position [2] Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Total
1 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 10 5 14 14 6 10 10 8 8 10 9 6 110
2 Petrobras Junior Team - 3 1 3 2 5 - 4 14 - 10 4 46
3 Super Nova Racing - 10 3 - 10 6 10 3 - - - - 42
4 DAMS 4 - - - 3 - 1 10 3 4 1 - 26
5 Red Bull Junior Team - 2 - - 1 2 3 - - 9 4 1 22
6 KTR 2 - 6 6 - - - - 1 1 - 3 19
7 Team Astromega - - - - - - - - - 2 - 10 12
8 European Minardi 3 - 2 1 - 3 - - - - - 2 11
9 Arden Team Russia - 6 - - - - 2 1 - - - - 9
10 Durango Formula 6 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 8
11 Prost Junior - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
12 Coloni 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 3
13 Kid Jensen - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

See also

2001 Euro Formula 3000 season

References

  1. Autosport Grand Prix Review 2001, page 148
  2. 1 2 2001 FIA Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 7 September 2009

Further reading

  • Automobile Year, 2001/2002
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