2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship

The 2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 11 different teams, 30 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.[1] Future Formula One driver Felipe Massa took the title.

Entries

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Team No. Driver Rounds
  ADM Motorsport 1   Vítor Meira All
2   "Babalus" 1-3
  Gabriele Varano 4-6
  Sergey Zlobin 8
  Sighinolfi Autoracing 5   Salvatore Tavano All
6   Alessandro Piccolo All
  GP Racing 9   Thomas Biagi All
10   Gabriele Gardel All
  Great Wall Racing Team 11   Massimiliano Busnelli All
12   Valerio Scassellati All
  Martello Racing 14   Etienne van der Linde 1-6
  Tomas Scheckter 8
15   Jean de Pourtales 1-7
  Durango 16   Michele Spoldi 1-7
  Gabriele de Bono 8
17   Marco Cioci All
  Draco Junior Team 18   Luca Vacis All
19   Felipe Massa All
  Team Ghinzani 20   Alexander Müller All
21   Armin Pörnbacher All
  Fortec Motorsport 24   Polo Villaamil 1-5
  Tsuyoshi Takahashi 6
25   Michael Bentwood All
  Uboldi Corse 26   Davide Uboldi 1-3, 6
  Yannick Schroeder 4-5
  Michele Spoldi 8
27   Leonardo Nienkötter All
  B&C Competition 28   Sascha Bert 1-2
  Giuseppe Burlotti 3
  Giovanni Montanari 4-8
29   Romain Dumas 1-5
  Yannick Schroeder 6-7

Calendar

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Round Circuit/Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed
1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit 22 April 44 3.228=142.032 km 0'49:05.454 173.595 km/h
2   Autodromo di Pergusa 6 May 29 4.950=143.55 km 0'45:25.500 189.609 km/h
3   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 24 June 25 5.793=144.825 km 0'44:18.209 196.136 km/h
4   Donington Park 12 August 36 4.023=144.828 km 0'52:49.068 164.522 km/h
5   Circuit Zolder 19 August 35 4.194=146.79 km 0'50:33.479 174.204 km/h
6   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 26 August 29 4.933=143.057 km 0'50:04.560 171.408 km/h
7   Nürburgring 16 September 31 4.556=141.236 km 0'52:04.674 162.721 km/h
8   Circuit de Valencia 7 October 35 4.051=141.785 km 0'51:27.597 165.315 km/h

Calendar

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Round Circuit/Location Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team
2   Autodromo di Pergusa   Felipe Massa   Alessandro Piccolo   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team
3   Autodromo Nazionale Monza   Thomas Biagi   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team
4   Donington Park   Thomas Biagi   Alexander Müller   Thomas Biagi   GP Racing
5   Circuit Zolder   Felipe Massa   Thomas Biagi   Salvatore Tavano   Sighinolfi Autoracing
6   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team
7   Nürburgring   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team
8   Circuit de Valencia   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Draco Junior Team

Championships standings

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Pos Driver VLL
 
PER
 
MNZ
 
DON
 
ZOL
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
VAL
 
Pts
1   Felipe Massa 1 1 1 8 Ret 1 1 1 60
2   Thomas Biagi 2 3 Ret 1 4 2 Ret 4 32
3   Alexander Müller 9 4 2 4 3 3 2 12 26
4   Salvatore Tavano 5 5 7 2 1 DNS Ret Ret 20
5   Vítor Meira Ret Ret DNS Ret 2 5 3 3 16
6   Alessandro Piccolo 3 2 Ret Ret 5 14 4 Ret 15
7   Romain Dumas 6 Ret 3 5 14 2 13
8   Polo Villaamil 4 14 4 Ret 15 Ret 6
9   Gabriele Gardel 13 Ret 5 Ret 7 6 Ret 5 5
10   Etienne van der Linde 11 Ret 8 3 9 Ret 4
11   Massimiliano Busnelli Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret 14 4
12   Michael Bentwood Ret 6 11 Ret 10 12 5 7 3
13   Luca Vacis Ret 11 6 Ret 12 15 8 8 1
14   Giovanni Montanari 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
15   Yannick Schroeder Ret 8 9 6 1
16   Marco Cioci 8 8 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 6 1
-   Leonardo Nienkotter 12 Ret Ret Ret 11 7 7 9 0
-   "Babalus" 7 9 9 0
-   Valerio Scassellati 18† 13 10 9 13 8 9 10 0
-   Armin Pornbacher 10 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 0
-   Michele Spoldi 16 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 0
-   Jean de Pourtales 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 0
-   Davide Uboldi 17† 12 Ret Ret 0
-   Tsuyoshi Takahashi 13 0
-   Sergey Zlobin 13 0
-   Gabriele Varano Ret 16 Ret 0
-   Sascha Bert 14 Ret 0
-   Giuseppe Burlotti Ret 0
-   Tomas Scheckter Ret 0
-   Gabriele de Bono Ret 0
Pos Driver VLL
 
PER
 
MNZ
 
DON
 
ZOL
 
IMO
 
NÜR
 
VAL
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

See also

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2001 International Formula 3000 season

References

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