2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Explained

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Teams and drivers

2001 Entry List^[3]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
Lauderbach Motorsport	1	Charles Zwolsman Jr.	1–3, 5–8, 10
Lauderbach Motorsport	19	Ross Zwolsman	1–2, 5–8, 10
Walter Lechner Racing	2	Marcel Lasée	1–2
Walter Lechner Racing	3	Jörg Hardt	1–2
JD Motorsport	2	Marcel Lasée	7–8, 10
	25	Christian Kissling	1–5, 10
	26	Benjamin Leuenberger	1–8, 10
	64	Jean de Pourtales	4
	71	Mariano Acebal	6
Motopark Academy	3	Jörg Hardt	8
	20	Christopher Brück	1–2, 7–8
	46	Andreas Zuber	1–2, 7–8
Lohmann Motorsport	4	Thomas Pichler	1–7, 10
Cram Competition	5	Ronnie Quintarelli	1–5
	21	Paulo Bueno	1–5
	31	Fausto Ippoliti	1–7
	43	Alessandro Vitacolonna	1–6
	63	Sean Murphey	7–9
	69	Marco Bonanomi	7–10
	86	Jérôme Thiry	8
Graff Racing	6	Eric Salignon	1, 3–4, 6–8, 10
	11	Roman Rusinov	1, 3, 6, 10
	42	Bruno Spengler	1, 3–4, 6–8, 10
	48	Julien Pressac	3, 10
	92	Philippe Almeras	10
Team Colak	7	Marin Colak	1–6
RC Motorsport	8	Augusto Farfus	All
	36	Robert Kubica	All
	39	Mauro Massironi	All
Johns Racing Team	9	John Svensson	All
SL Formula Racing	10	Marco Knauf	1–2, 6, 8, 10
	28	Fabian Denner	1–2, 6–8
	33	Philipp Jenig	1–2, 8, 10
	65	Tobias Maisch	7
	70	Antti Katajakunnas	6, 8, 10
Belgium Racing Service	12	Matthieu Lesenne	1–2, 5
Jenzer Motorsport	14	Marc Benz	All
	40	Giorgio Mondini	All
	47	Olaf Schmidt	1–2
	62	Paolo Mondini	1–3
	72	Ken Allemann	6, 10
	75	Manuel Benz	7–9
Prema Powerteam	15	Ryan Briscoe	1–3, 6, 9–10
Prema Powerteam	22	César Campaniço	1–4, 6, 8–10
TCS	16	Emmanuel Piget	1–6, 8
TCS	44	Julien Piguet	All
Lucidi Motorsport	18	Mariano Altuna	All
	32	Esteban Guerrieri	All
	37	José María López	All
ADM Junior Team	23	Fabio Carbone	1–4, 6, 10
ADM Junior Team	66	Andre Grillo	1–4
DG Racing	27	Neel Jani	All
	35	Jim Ka To	1–2
	45	Steve Zacchia	All
	61	Rafael Ferrer	3–9
	76	Jean-Christophe Ravier	7
	84	Joel Stere	9
Dempsey Racing	12	Keith Dempsey	1–5
Facondini Racing	30	Davide di Benedetto	1–4, 6, 9–10
Facondini Racing	38	Michele Maceratesi	1–4, 6
Team Formula Sport	41	Robert Schlünssen	2, 5–8, 10
Ren Car Competition	49	Yasutaka Hamada	3, 6
Manor Motorsport	53	Richard Antinucci	3–4
Manor Motorsport	54	James Eaton	3–4
Team Renault Sweden	55	Patrick Ernston	2–8
Team Renault Sweden	56	Mikael Karlsson	2–8
Kug Motorsport	59	Dennis van Lammern	6, 8, 10
Paston Racing	67	Stefan Hodgetts	4
Signa Screen	68	Patrick Chaillet	5
Tech 1 Racing	73	Nicolas Lapierre	7, 10
	74	Julien Gilbert	10
	90	Gregory Breuer	10
Eiffelland Racing	77	Jaroslav Janiš	2–3, 5–6
GM Motorsport	79	Jos Menten	8
	80	Maik Heupel	8
	81	Vitantonio Liuzzi	8
Den Blå Avis	82	Tom Keller	8
Den Blå Avis	83	Philip Andersen	8
Franchi	93	Gregory Franchi	10

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Monza Circuit	30 March	Eric Salignon	José María López	Augusto Farfus	RC Motorsport
2	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	14 April	Ronnie Quintarelli	Ronnie Quintarelli	Augusto Farfus	RC Motorsport
3	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 April	Julien Pressac	Ryan Briscoe	Bruno Spengler	Graff Racing
4	Silverstone Circuit	5 May	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	RC Motorsport
5	Circuit Zolder	18 May	Augusto Farfus	Ronnie Quintarelli	Ronnie Quintarelli	Cram Competition
6	Hungaroring	29 July	Augusto Farfus	César Campaniço	Augusto Farfus	RC Motorsport
7	A1 Ring, Spielberg	24 August	Robert Kubica	Eric Salignon	Eric Salignon	Graff Racing
8	Nürburgring	8 September	José María López	Marc Benz	Marc Benz	Jenzer Motorsport
9	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	28 September	César Campaniço	César Campaniço	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam
10	Circuito do Estoril	4 November	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam

Championship standings

Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Pos	Driver	MNZ	BRN	MAG	SIL	ZOL	HUN	SPI	NÜR	JAR	EST	Points
Pos	Driver	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	Points	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10
1	Augusto Farfus	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	Ret	6	8	4	160
2	Marc Benz	6	6	5	8	4	7	4	1	3	Ret	130
3	César Campaniço	17	2	8	5		2		8	2	3	122
4	Ryan Briscoe	Ret	19	3			4			1	1	102
5	Eric Salignon	3		12	3		16	1	4		5	102
6	Fabio Carbone	4	26	6	2		3				14	70
7	Ronnie Quintarelli	26	3	13	6	1						66
8	Charles Zwolsman	16	18	20		6	5	3	2		12	66
9	Bruno Spengler	8		1	7		30	6	10		11	56
10	Esteban Guerrieri	5	5	Ret	9	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	54
11	Marcel Lasée	7	12					2	5		7	52
12	Julien Piguet	Ret	11	28	18	3	34	5	7	5	20	52
13	Thomas Pichler	2	8	4	Ret	11	17	Ret			Ret	46
14	Robert Kubica	Ret	Ret	15	21	Ret	6	Ret	12	6	2	46
15	Richard Antinucci			2	4							40
16	Benjamin Leuenberger	15	28	Ret	23	7	11	7	3		Ret	36
17	José María López	11	23	24	Ret	Ret	10	11	24	7	6	24
18	Alessandro Vitacolonna	Ret	4	14	Ret	Ret	8					22
19	Davide di Benedetto	DNQ	9	18	16		29			4	10	22
20	Mariano Altuna	Ret	15	17	20	5	12	8	32	12	17	18
21	Julien Pressac			7							18	10
22	Fausto Ippoliti	Ret	Ret	26	28	8	9	DNS				10
23	Jörg Hardt	Ret	7						Ret			8
24	Neel Jani	14	25	Ret	10	12	23	Ret	30	Ret	8	8
25	Jaroslav Janiš		13	9		9	20					8
26	Giorgio Mondini	Ret	22	21	13	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	13	4
27	Nicolas Lapierre							9			15	4
28	Marin Colak	9	Ret	DNQ	17	18	28					4
29	Maik Heupel								9			4
30	Philippe Almeras										9	4
31	Ross Zwolsman	Ret	20			10	21	13	DNS		16	2
32	Christian Kissling	10	Ret	Ret	22	13					Ret	2
33	John Svensson	DNS	30	10	24	14	31	16	14	Ret	24	2
34	Mauro Massironi	DNQ	21	23	Ret	16	Ret	10	15	Ret	19	2
35	Fabian Denner	19	10				Ret	Ret	Ret			2
36	Emmanuel Piget	24	Ret	11	11	Ret	18		17			0
37	Robert Schlünssen		DNQ			Ret	22	18	11		21	0
38	Rafael Ferrer			Ret	27	20	24	DNS	31	11		0
39	Paulo Bueno	12	16	DNQ	14	Ret						0
40	Stefan Hodgetts				12							0
41	Jean-Christophe Ravier							12				0
42	Roman Rusinov	13		16			Ret				25	0
43	Marco Bonanomi							DNS	26	13	Ret	0
44	Mariano Acebal						13					0
45	Jérôme Thiry								13			0
46	Christopher Brück	22	14					14	Ret			0
47	Joël Stere									14		0
48	Keith Dempsey	23	27	Ret	15	15						0
49	Steve Zacchia	DNQ	DNQ	25	Ret	19	33	Ret	33	15	Ret	0
50	Patrik Ernstson		DNQ	DNQ	Ret	21	27	15	27			0
51	Ken Allemann						15				26	0
52	Marco Knauf	DNQ	17				19		16		23	0
53	Mikael Karlsson		DNQ	19	25	17	Ret	Ret	21			0
54	Andreas Zuber	Ret	Ret					17	20			0
55	Andre Grillo	18	Ret	27	19							0
56	Vitantonio Liuzzi								18			0
57	Sean Murphey							19	19	Ret		0
58	Michele Maceratesi	20	29	DNQ	29		32					0
59	Jim Ka To	21	DNQ									0
60	James Eaton			22	26							0
61	Paolo Mondini	Ret	22	Ret								0
62	Patrick Chaillet					22						0
63	Jos Menten								22			0
64	Gregory Breuer										22	0
65	Manuel Benz							Ret	23	Ret		0
66	Philipp Jenig	DNQ	24						28		30	0
67	Matthieu Lesenne	25	Ret			Ret						0
68	Yasutaka Hamada			Ret			25					0
69	Philip Andersen								25			0
70	Dennis van Lammern						26		Ret		29	0
71	Antti Katajakunnas						Ret		34		27	0
72	Gregory Franchi										28	0
73	Tom Keller								29			0
74	Jean de Pourtales				30							0
	Tobias Maisch							Ret				0
	Julien Gilbert										Ret	0
	Olaf Schmidt	DNQ	DNQ									0
Pos	Driver	MNZ	BRN	MAG	SIL	ZOL	HUN	SPI	NÜR	JAR	EST	Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams

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

Notes and References

Web site: Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Masters — Season 2001. Speedsport Magazine. 10 March 2012.
Web site: Point standings: Formula Renault Eurocup — Season 2001. Speedsport Magazine. 10 March 2012.
Web site: Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup — Season 2001. Speedsport Magazine. 12 March 2012.