2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

The 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season was the eleventh Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Monza Circuit on 30 March and finished at the Circuito do Estoril on 4 November, after ten races.[1] RC Motorsport driver Augusto Farfus claimed the championship title, taking four victories at Monza, Brno, Magny-Cours and Hungaroring. Marc Benz won one race at Nürburgring. César Campaniço who missed Zolder and Spielberg rounds finished season on third place. Fourth-placed Ryan Briscoe scored two wins at the end of the season on Iberian circuits Jarama and Estoril. Other wins were scored by Bruno Spengler, Ronnie Quintarelli and Eric Salignon.[2]

Teams and drivers

2001 Entry List[3]
Team No. Driver name Rounds
Lauderbach Motorsport 1 Charles Zwolsman Jr. 1–3, 5–8, 10
19 Ross Zwolsman 1–2, 5–8, 10
Walter Lechner Racing 2 Marcel Lasée 1–2
3 Jörg Hardt 1–2
JD Motorsport 2 Marcel Lasée 7–8, 10
25 Christian Kissling 1–5, 10
26 Benjamin Leuenberger 1–8, 10
64 Jean de Pourtales 4
71 Mariano Acebal 6
Motopark Academy 3 Jörg Hardt 8
20 Christopher Brück 1–2, 7–8
46 Andreas Zuber 1–2, 7–8
Lohmann Motorsport 4 Thomas Pichler 1–7, 10
Cram Competition 5 Ronnie Quintarelli 1–5
21 Paulo Bueno 1–5
31 Fausto Ippoliti 1–7
43 Alessandro Vitacolonna 1–6
63 Sean Murphey 7–9
69 Marco Bonanomi 7–10
86 Jérôme Thiry 8
Graff Racing 6 Eric Salignon 1, 3–4, 6–8, 10
11 Roman Rusinov 1, 3, 6, 10
42 Bruno Spengler 1, 3–4, 6–8, 10
48 Julien Pressac 3, 10
92 Philippe Almeras 10
Team Colak 7 Marin Colak 1–6
RC Motorsport 8 Augusto Farfus All
36 Robert Kubica All
39 Mauro Massironi All
Johns Racing Team 9 John Svensson All
SL Formula Racing 10 Marco Knauf 1–2, 6, 8, 10
28 Fabian Denner 1–2, 6–8
33 Philipp Jenig 1–2, 8, 10
65 Tobias Maisch 7
70 Antti Katajakunnas 6, 8, 10
Belgium Racing Service 12 Matthieu Lesenne 1–2, 5
Jenzer Motorsport 14 Marc Benz All
40 Giorgio Mondini All
47 Olaf Schmidt 1–2
62 Paolo Mondini 1–3
72 Ken Allemann 6, 10
75 Manuel Benz 7–9
Prema Powerteam 15 Ryan Briscoe 1–3, 6, 9–10
22 César Campaniço 1–4, 6, 8–10
TCS 16 Emmanuel Piget 1–6, 8
44 Julien Piguet All
Lucidi Motorsport 18 Mariano Altuna All
32 Esteban Guerrieri All
37 José María López All
ADM Junior Team 23 Fabio Carbone 1–4, 6, 10
66 Andre Grillo 1–4
DG Racing 27 Neel Jani All
35 Jim Ka To 1–2
45 Steve Zacchia All
61 Rafael Ferrer 3–9
76 Jean-Christophe Ravier 7
84 Joel Stere 9
Dempsey Racing 12 Keith Dempsey 1–5
Facondini Racing 30 Davide di Benedetto 1–4, 6, 9–10
38 Michele Maceratesi 1–4, 6
Team Formula Sport 41 Robert Schlünssen 2, 5–8, 10
Ren Car Competition 49 Yasutaka Hamada 3, 6
Manor Motorsport 53 Richard Antinucci 3–4
54 James Eaton 3–4
Team Renault Sweden 55 Patrick Ernston 2–8
56 Mikael Karlsson 2–8
Kug Motorsport 59 Dennis van Lammern 6, 8, 10
Paston Racing 67 Stefan Hodgetts 4
Signa Screen 68 Patrick Chaillet 5
Tech 1 Racing 73 Nicolas Lapierre 7, 10
74 Julien Gilbert 10
90 Gregory Breuer 10
Eiffelland Racing 77 Jaroslav Janiš 2–3, 5–6
GM Motorsport 79 Jos Menten 8
80 Maik Heupel 8
81 Vitantonio Liuzzi 8
Den Blå Avis 82 Tom Keller 8
83 Philip Andersen 8
Franchi 93 Gregory Franchi 10

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Monza Circuit 30 March Eric Salignon José María López Augusto Farfus RC Motorsport
2 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 14 April Ronnie Quintarelli Ronnie Quintarelli Augusto Farfus RC Motorsport
3 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 29 April Julien Pressac Ryan Briscoe Bruno Spengler Graff Racing
4 Silverstone Circuit 5 May Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus RC Motorsport
5 Circuit Zolder 18 May Augusto Farfus Ronnie Quintarelli Ronnie Quintarelli Cram Competition
6 Hungaroring 29 July Augusto Farfus César Campaniço Augusto Farfus RC Motorsport
7 A1 Ring, Spielberg 24 August Robert Kubica Eric Salignon Eric Salignon Graff Racing
8 Nürburgring 8 September José María López Marc Benz Marc Benz Jenzer Motorsport
9 Circuito del Jarama, Madrid 28 September César Campaniço César Campaniço Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam
10 Circuito do Estoril 4 November Ryan Briscoe Ryan Briscoe Ryan Briscoe Prema Powerteam

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
Points 30 24 20 16 12 10 8 6 4 2 2 2
Pos Driver MNZ
 BRN
 MAG
 SIL
 ZOL
 HUN
 SPI
 NÜR
 JAR
 EST
 Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Augusto Farfus 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 Ret 6 8 4 160
2 Marc Benz 6 6 5 8 4 7 4 1 3 Ret 130
3 César Campaniço 17 2 8 5 2 8 2 3 122
4 Ryan Briscoe Ret 19 3 4 1 1 102
5 Eric Salignon 3 12 3 16 1 4 5 102
6 Fabio Carbone 4 26 6 2 3 14 70
7 Ronnie Quintarelli 26 3 13 6 1 66
8 Charles Zwolsman 16 18 20 6 5 3 2 12 66
9 Bruno Spengler 8 1 7 30 6 10 11 56
10 Esteban Guerrieri 5 5 Ret 9 2 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 54
11 Marcel Lasée 7 12 2 5 7 52
12 Julien Piguet Ret 11 28 18 3 34 5 7 5 20 52
13 Thomas Pichler 2 8 4 Ret 11 17 Ret Ret 46
14 Robert Kubica Ret Ret 15 21 Ret 6 Ret 12 6 2 46
15 Richard Antinucci 2 4 40
16 Benjamin Leuenberger 15 28 Ret 23 7 11 7 3 Ret 36
17 José María López 11 23 24 Ret Ret 10 11 24 7 6 24
18 Alessandro Vitacolonna Ret 4 14 Ret Ret 8 22
19 Davide di Benedetto DNQ 9 18 16 29 4 10 22
20 Mariano Altuna Ret 15 17 20 5 12 8 32 12 17 18
21 Julien Pressac 7 18 10
22 Fausto Ippoliti Ret Ret 26 28 8 9 DNS 10
23 Jörg Hardt Ret 7 Ret 8
24 Neel Jani 14 25 Ret 10 12 23 Ret 30 Ret 8 8
25 Jaroslav Janiš 13 9 9 20 8
26 Giorgio Mondini Ret 22 21 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 13 4
27 Nicolas Lapierre 9 15 4
28 Marin Colak 9 Ret DNQ 17 18 28 4
29 Maik Heupel 9 4
30 Philippe Almeras 9 4
31 Ross Zwolsman Ret 20 10 21 13 DNS 16 2
32 Christian Kissling 10 Ret Ret 22 13 Ret 2
33 John Svensson DNS 30 10 24 14 31 16 14 Ret 24 2
34 Mauro Massironi DNQ 21 23 Ret 16 Ret 10 15 Ret 19 2
35 Fabian Denner 19 10 Ret Ret Ret 2
36 Emmanuel Piget 24 Ret 11 11 Ret 18 17 0
37 Robert Schlünssen DNQ Ret 22 18 11 21 0
38 Rafael Ferrer Ret 27 20 24 DNS 31 11 0
39 Paulo Bueno 12 16 DNQ 14 Ret 0
40 Stefan Hodgetts 12 0
41 Jean-Christophe Ravier 12 0
42 Roman Rusinov 13 16 Ret 25 0
43 Marco Bonanomi DNS 26 13 Ret 0
44 Mariano Acebal 13 0
45 Jérôme Thiry 13 0
46 Christopher Brück 22 14 14 Ret 0
47 Joël Stere 14 0
48 Keith Dempsey 23 27 Ret 15 15 0
49 Steve Zacchia DNQ DNQ 25 Ret 19 33 Ret 33 15 Ret 0
50 Patrik Ernstson DNQ DNQ Ret 21 27 15 27 0
51 Ken Allemann 15 26 0
52 Marco Knauf DNQ 17 19 16 23 0
53 Mikael Karlsson DNQ 19 25 17 Ret Ret 21 0
54 Andreas Zuber Ret Ret 17 20 0
55 Andre Grillo 18 Ret 27 19 0
56 Vitantonio Liuzzi 18 0
57 Sean Murphey 19 19 Ret 0
58 Michele Maceratesi 20 29 DNQ 29 32 0
59 Jim Ka To 21 DNQ 0
60 James Eaton 22 26 0
61 Paolo Mondini Ret 22 Ret 0
62 Patrick Chaillet 22 0
63 Jos Menten 22 0
64 Gregory Breuer 22 0
65 Manuel Benz Ret 23 Ret 0
66 Philipp Jenig DNQ 24 28 30 0
67 Matthieu Lesenne 25 Ret Ret 0
68 Yasutaka Hamada Ret 25 0
69 Philip Andersen 25 0
70 Dennis van Lammern 26 Ret 29 0
71 Antti Katajakunnas Ret 34 27 0
72 Gregory Franchi 28 0
73 Tom Keller 29 0
74 Jean de Pourtales 30 0
Tobias Maisch Ret 0
Julien Gilbert Ret 0
Olaf Schmidt DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver MNZ
 BRN
 MAG
 SIL
 ZOL
 HUN
 SPI
 NÜR
 JAR
 EST
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams

Pos Team Points
1 Prema Powerteam 224
2 RC Motorsport 204
3 Graff Racing 172
4 Jenzer Motorsport 134
5 Cram Competition 98
6 Lucidi Motorsport 96
7 JD Motorsport 82
8 ADM Junior Team 70
9 Lauderbach Motorsport 68
10 TCS 52
11 Lohmann Motorsport 46
12 Manor Motorsport 40
13 Facondini Racing 22
14 Walter Lechner Racing 16
15 DG Racing 8
16 Eiffelland Racing 8
17 Tech 1 Racing 4
18 GM Motorsport 4
19 Team Colak 4
20 Johns Racing Team 2
21 SL Formula Racing 2

References

  1. ^ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Point standings: Formula Renault Eurocup — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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