2001 International Formula 3000 Championship

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

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Super Nova Racing	1	Mark Webber	All
Super Nova Racing	2	Mario Haberfeld	All
Petrobras Junior Team	3	Antônio Pizzonia	All
Petrobras Junior Team	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
	7	Tomas Scheckter	9
	8	Andrea Piccini	All
Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	9	Tomáš Enge	1-11
	9	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
	12	Zsolt Baumgartner	6-12
Arden Team Russia	15	Darren Manning	All
Arden Team Russia	16	Viktor Maslov	All
Red Bull Junior Team F3000	17	Patrick Friesacher	All
	18	Antonio García	1-4
	18	Ricardo Mauricio	5-12
Coloni F3000	19	Fabrizio Gollin	All
	20	Rodrigo Sperafico	1-9
	20	Marc Goossens	10-12
DAMS	21	Sébastien Bourdais	All
DAMS	22	Derek Hill	All
KTR	25	Bas Leinders	All
KTR	26	Joël Camathias	All
Kid Jensen Racing	27	Justin Keen	1-2
	28	Yann Goudy	1
	28	Gianluca Calcagni	2
Durango Formula	29	Gabriele Lancieri	All
	30	Jaime Melo	1-9
	30	Antonio García	10-12

Each entry used a Lola B99/50 chassis powered by a Zytec engine,^{[citation needed]} 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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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	Team	INT		IMO		CAT		OST		MON		NÜR		MAG		SIL		HOC		HUN		SPA		MNZ
1	Justin Wilson	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Red Bull Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	9	5	12	R	5	7	18	17	3	2	4	3	13	6
9	Giorgio Pantano	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	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	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.	Durango Formula	1	2	10	R	15	21	14	5	16	11	16	13	19	14	17	12	21	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Patrick Friesacher	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	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Mario Haberfeld	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	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	Coloni F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	R	8	5	19	7
18	Fabrizio Gollin	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	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	Coloni F3000	3	13	8	7	20	22	18	8	12	9	14	12	18	15	20	14	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Dino Morelli	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	7	18	R	19	R22	17	20	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Gabriele Lancieri	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	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	16	10	11	10	9	23	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Derek Hill	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	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	F3000 Prost Junior Team	16	20	14	14	19	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	Antonio García	Red Bull Junior Team	11	R	14	16	13	10	9	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	Antonio García	Durango Formula																			21	10	23	16	20P	11
28	Zsolt Baumgartner	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	19	22	R	23	18	24	16	17	R	20	13	24	17
29	Justin Keen	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	23	16	24	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
30	Enrico Toccacelo	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	12	R	18	17	14	R
31	Norberto Fontana	F3000 Prost Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	13	R	21	R
32	Gabriele Varano	F3000 Prost Junior Team	22	15	22	R	17	15	23	14	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Jaroslav Janiš	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16
34	Ananda Mikola	Team Astromega	25	17	19	R	22	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
35	Yann Goudy	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	26	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	Gianluca Calcagni	Kid Jensen Racing/Monaco Motorsport	-	-	20	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Tomas Scheckter	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

References

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

External links

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

[1] Autosport Grand Prix Review 2001, page 148

[FIAClassifications-2] 2001 FIA Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 7 September 2009

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