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
Super Nova Racing	1	Mark Webber	All
	2	Mario Haberfeld	All
Petrobras Junior Team	3	Antônio Pizzonia	All
	4	Ricardo Sperafico	All
Team Astromega	5	Ananda Mikola	1-3
		Dino Morelli	4-8
		Enrico Toccacelo	9-12
	6	Giorgio Pantano	All
European Minardi F3000	7	David Saelens	1-8, 10-12
		Tomas Scheckter	9
	8	Andrea Piccini	All
Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	9	Tomáš Enge	1-11
		Jaroslav Janiš	12
	10	Justin Wilson	All
F3000 Prost Junior Team	11	Nicolás Filiberti	1-4
		Stéphane Sarrazin	5
		Jonathan Cochet	6-9
		Norberto Fontana	10-12
	12	Gabriele Varano	1-5
		Zsolt Baumgartner	6-12
Arden Team Russia	15	Darren Manning	All
	16	Viktor Maslov	All
Red Bull Junior Team F3000	17	Patrick Friesacher	All
	18	Antonio García	1-4
		Ricardo Mauricio	5-12
Coloni F3000	19	Fabrizio Gollin	All
	20	Rodrigo Sperafico	1-9
		Marc Goossens	10-12
DAMS	21	Sébastien Bourdais	All
	22	Derek Hill	All
KTR	25	Bas Leinders	All
	26	Joël Camathias	All
Kid Jensen Racing	27	Justin Keen	1-2
	28	Yann Goudy	1
		Gianluca Calcagni	2
Durango Formula	29	Gabriele Lancieri	All
	30	Jaime Melo	1-9
		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.

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	31 March	35	4.309=150.785 km	0'53:48.503	168.202 km/h	Jaime Melo, Jr.	Antônio Pizzonia	Justin Wilson
2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	15 April	31	4.933=152.686 km	0'56:45.775	161.393 km/h	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Mark Webber
3	Circuit de Catalunya	28 April	32	4.728=151.233 km	0'52:00.457	174.474 km/h	Justin Wilson	Justin Wilson	Tomáš Enge
4	Österreichring	13 May	35	4.326=151.410 km	0'51:57.144	174.863 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Giorgio Pantano	Justin Wilson
5	Monaco	27 May	45	3.37=151.65 km	1'13:21.073	124.047 km/h	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Mark Webber
6	Nürburgring	23 June	33	4.556=150.331 km	0'50:50.598	177.405 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Giorgio Pantano	Tomáš Enge
7	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	30 June	36	4.251=152.85 km	0'54:39.769	167.774 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Mark Webber	Mark Webber
8	Silverstone Circuit	14 July	30	5.141=154.126 km	0'50:56.439	184.535 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais
9	Hockenheimring	28 July	22	6.825=150.150 km	0'44:47.547	201.127 km/h	Ricardo Sperafico	Tomáš Enge	Antônio Pizzonia
10	Budapest	19 August	38	3.973=150.974 km	0'58:00.190	156.250 km/h	Justin Wilson	Giorgio Pantano	Justin Wilson
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 September	22	6.968=153.296 km	0'51:48.919	177.490 km/h	Ricardo Sperafico	Mario Haberfeld	Ricardo Sperafico
12	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	15 September	24	5.793=138.767 km	0'43:58.618	189.306 km/h	Antônio Pizzonia	Antônio Pizzonia	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 IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ Points 1 Justin Wilson 1 6 3 1 2 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 2 71 2 Mark Webber 7 1 7 Ret 1 2 1 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 39 3 Tomáš Enge 12 3 1 3 7 1 3 5 5 11 4 39 4 Sébastien Bourdais 3 Ret 11 Ret 4 8 6 1 4 3 6 9 26 5 Ricardo Sperafico Ret 14 19 Ret 5 3 13 11 3 7 1 3 24 6 Antônio Pizzonia 9 4 6 4 Ret 6 10 3 1 Ret 8 Ret 22 7 Bas Leinders 10 9 2 2 Ret 11 Ret 8 6 6 7 4 17 8 Ricardo Mauricio 6 5 Ret 7 17 2 3 6 14 9 Giorgio Pantano Ret 11 9 15 Ret 21 8 Ret 7 5 11 1 12 10 David Saelens 4 Ret 5 9 Ret 4 9 DNS Ret 5 10 11 Darren Manning 8 2 20 Ret Ret 7 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 12 Jaime Melo, Jr. 2 Ret 21 5 11 13 14 12 12 8 13 Patrick Friesacher Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 10 4 19 11 4 10 Ret 8 14 Stéphane Sarrazin 3 4 15 Mario Haberfeld Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 7 15 Ret Ret 19 13 3 16 Marc Goossens Ret 5 7 2 17 Joël Camathias 5 15 18 Ret Ret 18 17 17 9 13 15 15 2 18 Andrea Piccini 11 Ret 13 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 1 19 Fabrizio Gollin 6 8 17 Ret 8 20 12 10 Ret Ret 12 10 1 20 Rodrigo Sperafico 13 7 22 8 9 12 15 14 8 0 21 Dino Morelli 7 Ret Ret 20 Ret 0 22 Gabriele Lancieri Ret 13 Ret 12 Ret 14 13 10 9 9 14 Ret 0 23 Jonathan Cochet 16 11 9 15 0 24 Derek Hill 14 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 12 9 12 0 25 Viktor Maslov Ret 10 12 11 10 17 18 16 14 Ret 18 14 0 26 Antonio García Ret 16 10 Ret 10 16 11 0 27 Nicolás Filiberti 20 17 14 10 0 28 Justin Keen 16 12 0 29 Zsolt Baumgartner 19 Ret 18 16 Ret 13 17 0 30 Enrico Toccacelo 13 Ret 17 Ret 0 31 Gabriele Varano 15 Ret 15 14 Ret 0 32 Norberto Fontana 14 Ret Ret 0 33 Jaroslav Janiš 16 0 34 Ananda Mikola 17 Ret 23 0 35 Yann Goudy 18 0 36 Gianluca Calcagni Ret 0 – Tomas Scheckter Ret 0 Pos Driver INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 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 race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= 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.	Name	Country	Team
1	Justin Wilson	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	7	1	6	6	1	3	4	1	2	2	7	R	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2
2	Mark Webber	Australia	Super Nova Racing	10	7	1	1	11	7	6	R	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	7	R	2	R	5	R	4E	R
3	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	Nordic Racing	5	12	4	3	2	1	5	3	9	7	1	1	1	3	1	5	3	5	5	11	9	4	-	-
4	Sébastien Bourdais	France	DAMS	12	3	9	R	12	11	1	R	5	4	5	8	7	6	3	1	8	4	4	3	11	6	10	9
5	Ricardo Sperafico	Brazil	Petrobras Junior Team	2	R	11	14	9	19	17	R	7	5	3	3	13	13	19	11	1	3	14	7	1	1	6	3
6	Antônio Pizzonia	Brazil	Petrobras Junior Team	4	9	7	4	8	6	7	4	17	R	8	6	9	10	7	3	6	1	10	R	2	8	1	R
7	Bas Leinders	Belgium	KTR	13	10	21	9	3	2	3	2	13	R	17	11	14	R	8	8	11	6	13	6	10	7	9	4
8	Ricardo Mauricio	Brazil	Red Bull Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	9	5	12	R	5	7	18	17	3	2	4	3	13	6
9	Giorgio Pantano	Italy	Team Astromega	6	19	5	11	10	9	10	15	23	R	10	21	11	8	9	20	19	7	11	5	19	11	3	1
10	David Saelens	Belgium	European Minardi F3000	8	4	13	R	5	5	15	9	15	R	4	4	6	9	(8)	NS	-	-	9	NS	17	R	8	5
11	Darren Manning	United Kingdom	Arden Team Russia	14	8	3	2	6	20	11	R	3	R	6	7	8	5	6	6	5	R	7	R	7	R	12	R
12	Jaime Melo, Jr.	Brazil	Durango Formula	1	2	10	R	15	21	14	5	16	11	16	13	19	14	17	12	21	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Patrick Friesacher	Austria	Red Bull Junior Team	24	R	2	5	7	8	2	R	6	R13	11	10	3	4	14	19	12	11	6	4	6	10	7	R
14	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Mario Haberfeld	Brazil	Super Nova Racing	9	R	12	R	4	4	13	R	11	R12	15	R23	5	7	11E	15	10	R	15	R	14	19	5	13
16	Joël Camathias	Switzerland	KTR	20	5	26	15	23	18	16	R	19	R	22	18	21	17	21	17	15	9	19	13	22	15	22	15
17	Marc Goossens	Belgium	Coloni F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R	8	5	19	7
18	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Coloni F3000	15	6	16	8	16	17	8	R	10	8	12	20	15	12	12	10	13	R	18	R	12	12	17	10
19	Andrea Piccini	Italy	European Minardi F3000	18	11	15	R	19	13	12	6	14	R	13	9	16	R	13	R	4	R	16	8	16	R	11P	8
20	Rodrigo Sperafico	Brazil	Coloni F3000	3	13	8	7	20	22	18	8	12	9	14	12	18	15	20	14	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Dino Morelli	United Kingdom	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	7	18	R	19	R22	17	20	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Gabriele Lancieri	Italy	Durango Formula	19	R	25	12	24	R	22	12	20E	R	24	14	20	19	22	13	17	10	23	9	21	14	15E	18
23	Jonathan Cochet	France	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	16	10	11	10	9	23	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Derek Hill	United States	DAMS	17	14	23	R	21	16	24	13	21	R	20	15	23	16	16	R	22	R	24	12	15	9	23	12
25	Viktor Maslov	Russia	Arden Team Russia	21	R	17	10	18	12	20	11	24	10	21	17	24	18	18	16	20	14	22	R	24	18	18	14
26	Nicolás Filiberti	Argentina	F3000 Prost Junior Team	16	20	14	14	19	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	Antonio García	Spain	Red Bull Junior Team	11	R	14	16	13	10	9	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Durango Formula																			21	10	23	16	20P	11
28	Zsolt Baumgartner	Hungary	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	19	22	R	23	18	24	16	17	R	20	13	24	17
29	Justin Keen	United Kingdom	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	23	16	24	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Enrico Toccacelo	Italy	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	12	R	18	17	14	R
31	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	13	R	21	R
32	Gabriele Varano	Italy	F3000 Prost Junior Team	22	15	22	R	17	15	23	14	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Jaroslav Janiš	Czech Republic	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16
34	Ananda Mikola	Indonesia	Team Astromega	25	17	19	R	22	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Yann Goudy	France	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	26	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	Gianluca Calcagni	Italy	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	-	-	20	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Tomas Scheckter	South Africa	European Minardi F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	R	-	-	-	-	-	-

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. 2001 FIA Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 7 September 2009

Further reading

• Automobile Year, 2001/2002

External links

• 2001 Race Results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 7 September 2009