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.

The scoring system was 10-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six finishers.

Entries

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

Calendar

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

Calendar

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

Championships standings

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

See also

2001 International Formula 3000 season

References

  1. ^ 2001 Euro Formula 3000 entry list, calendar and complete results speedsportmag.com
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