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2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

Motor racing competition

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. 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.

Teams and drivers

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

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	1	2	3	4
ITA Monza Circuit	30 March	FRA Eric Salignon	ARG José María López	BRA Augusto Farfus	ITA RC Motorsport
CZE Masaryk Circuit, Brno	14 April	ITA Ronnie Quintarelli	ITA Ronnie Quintarelli	BRA Augusto Farfus	ITA RC Motorsport
nowrap	FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 April	FRA Julien Pressac	AUS Ryan Briscoe	CAN Bruno Spengler	FRA Graff Racing
GBR Silverstone Circuit	5 May	BRA Augusto Farfus	BRA Augusto Farfus	BRA Augusto Farfus	ITA RC Motorsport
BEL Circuit Zolder	18 May	BRA Augusto Farfus	nowrap	ITA Ronnie Quintarelli	nowrap	ITA Ronnie Quintarelli	ITA Cram Competition
HUN Hungaroring	29 July	BRA Augusto Farfus	PRT César Campaniço	BRA Augusto Farfus	ITA RC Motorsport
AUT A1 Ring, Spielberg	24 August	POL Robert Kubica	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Eric Salignon	FRA Graff Racing
DEU Nürburgring	8 September	nowrap	ARG José María López	CHE Marc Benz	CHE Marc Benz	CHE Jenzer Motorsport
nowrap	ESP Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	nowrap	28 September	nowrap	PRT César Campaniço	nowrap	PRT César Campaniço	AUS Ryan Briscoe	nowrap	ITA Prema Powerteam
PRT Circuito do Estoril	4 November	AUS Ryan Briscoe	AUS Ryan Briscoe	AUS Ryan Briscoe	ITA 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
ITA	BRN
CZE	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	ZOL
BEL	HUN
HUN	SPI
AUT	NÜR
DEU	JAR
ESP	EST
PRT	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	160	2	130	3	122	4	102	5	102	6	70	7	66	8	66	9	56	10	54	11	52	12	52	13	46	14	46	15	40	16	36	17	24	18	22	19	22	20	18	21	10	22	10	23	8	24	8	25	8	26	4	27	4	28	4	29	4	30	4	31	2	32	2	33	2	34	2	35	2	36	0	37	0	38	0	39	0	40	0	41	0	42	0	43	0	44	0	45	0	46	0	47	0	48	0	49	0	50	0	51	0	52	0	53	0	54	0	55	0	56	0	57	0	58	0	59	0	60	0	61	0	62	0	63	0	64	0	65	0	66	0	67	0	68	0	69	0	70	0	71	0	72	0	73	0	74	0	0	0	0	Pos	Driver	MNZ
ITA	BRN
CZE	MAG
FRA	SIL
GBR	ZOL
BEL	HUN
HUN	SPI
AUT	NÜR
DEU	JAR
ESP	EST
PRT	Points
BRA Augusto Farfus	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	Ret	6	8	4
CHE Marc Benz	6	6	5	8	4	7	4	1	3	Ret
PRT César Campaniço	17	2	8	5		2		8	2	3
AUS Ryan Briscoe	Ret	19	3			4			1	1
FRA Eric Salignon	3		12	3		16	1	4		5
BRA Fabio Carbone	4	26	6	2		3				14
ITA Ronnie Quintarelli	26	3	13	6	1
NLD Charles Zwolsman	16	18	20		6	5	3	2		12
CAN Bruno Spengler	8		1	7		30	6	10		11
ARG Esteban Guerrieri	5	5	Ret	9	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret
DEU Marcel Lasée	7	12					2	5		7
FRA Julien Piguet	Ret	11	28	18	3	34	5	7	5	20
ITA Thomas Pichler	2	8	4	Ret	11	17	Ret			Ret
POL Robert Kubica	Ret	Ret	15	21	Ret	6	Ret	12	6	2
USA Richard Antinucci			2	4
CHE Benjamin Leuenberger	15	28	Ret	23	7	11	7	3		Ret
ARG José María López	11	23	24	Ret	Ret	10	11	24	7	6
ITA Alessandro Vitacolonna	Ret	4	14	Ret	Ret	8
ITA Davide di Benedetto	DNQ	9	18	16		29			4	10
ARG Mariano Altuna	Ret	15	17	20	5	12	8	32	12	17
FRA Julien Pressac			7							18
ITA Fausto Ippoliti	Ret	Ret	26	28	8	9	DNS
DEU Jörg Hardt	Ret	7						Ret
CHE Neel Jani	14	25	Ret	10	12	23	Ret	30	Ret	8
CZE Jaroslav Janiš		13	9		9	20
ITA Giorgio Mondini	Ret	22	21	13	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	13
FRA Nicolas Lapierre							9			15
HRV Marin Colak	9	Ret	DNQ	17	18	28
DEU Maik Heupel								9
FRA Philippe Almeras										9
NLD Ross Zwolsman	Ret	20			10	21	13	DNS		16
ARG Christian Kissling	10	Ret	Ret	22	13					Ret
BEL John Svensson	DNS	30	10	24	14	31	16	14	Ret	24
ITA Mauro Massironi	DNQ	21	23	Ret	16	Ret	10	15	Ret	19
DEU Fabian Denner	19	10				Ret	Ret	Ret
FRA Emmanuel Piget	24	Ret	11	11	Ret	18		17
DNK Robert Schlünssen		DNQ			Ret	22	18	11		21
CUB Rafael Ferrer			Ret	27	20	24	DNS	31	11
BRA Paulo Bueno	12	16	DNQ	14	Ret
GBR Stefan Hodgetts				12
FRA Jean-Christophe Ravier							12
RUS Roman Rusinov	13		16			Ret				25
ITA Marco Bonanomi							DNS	26	13	Ret
ARG Mariano Acebal						13
BEL Jérôme Thiry								13
DEU Christopher Brück	22	14					14	Ret
FRA Joël Stere									14
IRL Keith Dempsey	23	27	Ret	15	15
CHE Steve Zacchia	DNQ	DNQ	25	Ret	19	33	Ret	33	15	Ret
SWE Patrik Ernstson		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	21	27	15	27
CHE Ken Allemann						15				26
DEU Marco Knauf	DNQ	17				19		16		23
SWE Mikael Karlsson		DNQ	19	25	17	Ret	Ret	21
AUT Andreas Zuber	Ret	Ret					17	20
BRA Andre Grillo	18	Ret	27	19
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi								18
USA Sean Murphey							19	19	Ret
ITA Michele Maceratesi	20	29	DNQ	29		32
HKG Jim Ka To	21	DNQ
CAN James Eaton			22	26
ITA Paolo Mondini	Ret	22	Ret
BEL Patrick Chaillet					22
NLD Jos Menten								22
MCO Gregory Breuer										22
CHE Manuel Benz							Ret	23	Ret
DEU Philipp Jenig	DNQ	24						28		30
BEL Matthieu Lesenne	25	Ret			Ret
JPN Yasutaka Hamada			Ret			25
DNK Philip Andersen								25
BEL Dennis van Lammern						26		Ret		29
FIN Antti Katajakunnas						Ret		34		27
BEL Gregory Franchi										28
LUX Tom Keller								29
FRA Jean de Pourtales				30
DEU Tobias Maisch							Ret
FRA Julien Gilbert										Ret
DEU Olaf Schmidt	DNQ	DNQ

Bold – Pole

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Teams

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

References

"Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine.
"Point standings: Formula Renault Eurocup — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine.
"Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine.

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