2001 French Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2001 French Formula Three Championship was the 34th running of the French Formula Three Championship. It began on 31 March at Nogaro and ended on 20 October at Magny-Cours after eleven races.^[1]

Ryo Fukuda of Saulnier Racing won races at Nogaro, Lédenon, Spa, Le Mans, and Val de Vienne Magny-Cours, and had another two podiums on his way to the championship title. He had only one rival who can contest with him and shared leftover wins. It was Tiago Monteiro, who won Nogaro, Croix-en-Ternois, and Albi races.

Teams and drivers

• All cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Signature	1	Renaud Derlot	Dallara F399	Renault	All
	2	Bruno Besson	Dallara F399		All
	64	Lucas Lasserre	Dallara F399		All
ARTA/Signature	3	Keiko Ihara	Dallara F399	Renault	All
	4	Mathieu Zangarelli	Dallara F399		All
ASM	5	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F399	Renault	All
	6	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F399		All
Saulnier Racing	7	Ryo Fukuda	Dallara F399	Renault	All
	8	Olivier Pla	Dallara F399		All
LD Autosport	9	Kevin Nadin	Dallara F399	Renault	1–8, 10–11
	10	Jeremie de Souza	Dallara F399		All
Epsilon by Graff	12	Simon Abadie	Martini MK79	Opel	All
	72	Jerome Dalla Lana	Martini MK79		All
Griffith's	17	Gilles Tinguely	Dallara F399	Opel	1–9
	18	David Moretti	Dallara F399		1–2, 5–8
	19	Robin Longechal	Dallara F399		9–11
Prema Powerteam	41	Ryan Briscoe	Dallara F399	Opel	11
	42	Thed Björk	Dallara F399		11
Menu Motorsport	42	Rob Austin	Dallara F399	Opel	11
Class B
Pélikan Sport	20	Philippe Hottinguer	Dallara F397	Fiat	1–2, 4–11
Griffith's	21	Roger Maurice Lemartin	Martini MK73	Opel	1–9
	37	Olivier Maximin	Martini MK73		5–11
Phénix Compéticion	22	Patrick d'Aubreby	Martini MK73	Opel	1–2, 4, 6–7 9–11
PLS Compéticion	23	Philippe Le Sommer	Dallara F395	Renault	1–2, 4, 11
	24	Sébastien Carcone	Dallara F395		1–3, 6–7
Optirace Sport	25	Sylvie Valentin	Dallara F395	Fiat	1–3, 5–11
	26	Didier Sirgue	Dallara F395		6–7, 9
JMP Racing	27	Mohamed Ballahcene	Dallara F399	Fiat	1–2
	29	Julien Neel	Dallara F395		1–2
	30	Jean Louis Bianchina	Dallara F395		1–2, 4–5, 9–11
	32	Anthony Darvey	Dallara F395		4
	34	Didier Carrere-Gee	Dallara F395		4
	36	George van Elslande	Dallara F395		5, 9–10
Roger Péracchia	31	Sylvian Jot	Dallara F397	Opel	1–4, 6–7
JH Racing	35	Jacques Hulbert	Dallara F395	Opel	1–2, 4, 6–8, 10–11
Stardrive Motorsport	25	Nassim Sidi Said	Dallara F395	Opel	8–11
	26	Adam Jones	Dallara F395		10–11

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	15 April	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	ASM	Sylvie Valentin
2		16 April	nowrap	Tristan Gommendy	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Roger Maurice Lemartin
3	Circuit de Lédenon	6 May	Ryo Fukuda	Bruno Besson	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Sylvie Valentin
4	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 May	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Jean Louis Bianchina
5	Circuit du Val de Vienne	24 June	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	ASM	Olivier Maximin
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 July	nowrap	Mathieu Zangarelli	nowrap	Mathieu Zangarelli	Ryo Fukuda	nowrap	Saulnier Racing	nowrap	Roger Maurice Lemartin
7	Ryo Fukuda		Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Olivier Maximin
8	Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois	22 July	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	Tiago Monteiro	ASM	Olivier Maximin
9	Circuit d'Albi, Le Sequestre	2 September	nowrap	Tiago Monteiro	nowrap	Tiago Monteiro	nowrap	Tiago Monteiro	ASM	Nassim Sidi Said
10	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	nowrap	30 September	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Olivier Maximin
11	nowrap	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	14 October	Tiago Monteiro	Ryo Fukuda	Ryo Fukuda	Saulnier Racing	Adam Jones

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver NOG LÉD MAG VDV SPA CRO ALB LMS MAG Pts 1 Ryo Fukuda 9 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 3 1 1 191 2 Tiago Monteiro 1 7 3 2 1 3 4 1 1 6 4 171 3 Bruno Besson 2 4 2 6 2 4 3 3 5 2 5 148 4 Renaud Derlot 3 2 Ret 3 5 2 2 2 Ret 8 7 118 5 Mathieu Zangarelli 5 3 4 5 9 10 7 10 4 9 6 99 6 Tristan Gommendy 4 Ret 6 Ret 4 5 6 11 2 5 3 94 7 Lucas Lasserre 8 5 8 4 10 9 8 5 Ret 4 22 76 8 Olivier Pla 11 9 10 7 6 8 Ret 7 6 3 8 74 9 Jeremie de Souza 10 18 9 8 7 7 5 8 Ret DNS 10 58 10 Simon Abadie 7 6 7 9 8 11 23 6 7 Ret 25 55 11 Jerome Dalla Lana 6 Ret 5 10 11 6 22 18 Ret 7 7 41 12 Kevin Nadin Ret 8 11 11 19 Ret 9 9 Ret 13 25 13 Keiko Ihara 12 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 12 8 10 14 22 14 Gilles Tinguely 13 Ret Ret Ret 13 13 12 15 9 6 15 David Moretti 14 10 Ret 12 11 13 5 16 Robin Longechal 10 19 24 5 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Ryan Briscoe 2 0 Rob Austin 9 0 Thed Björk 12 0 Class B 1 Philippe Hottinguer 13 16 13 16 16 14 16 14 14 18 145 2 Olivier Maximin 14 15 13 14 Ret 11 16 115 3 Patrick d'Aubreby 18 12 14 Ret 15 12 13 19 96 4 Sylvie Valentin 15 Ret 12 17 18 21 Ret 13 16 Ret 92 5 align=left nowrap Roger Maurice Lemartin Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 14 20 Ret Ret 63 6 Jacques Hulbert 21 17 Ret 21 18 17 17 23 62 7 Jean Louis Bianchina 19 DNS 12 Ret 17 15 20 57 8 Nassim Sidi Said Ret 11 12 15 52 9 Sébastien Carcone 17 15 Ret 17 16 50 10 Sylvian Jot 20 Ret Ret 16 20 19 35 11 Adam Jones 18 11 29 12 Didier Sirgue 19 17 15 18 13 Philippe Le Sommer Ret Ret 15 21 28 14 George van Elslande 18 16 20 25 15 Julien Neel 22 16 17 16 Anthony Darvey 17 9 Didier Carrere-Gee Ret 0 Mohamed Ballahcene DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver NOG LÉD MAG VDV SPA CRO ALB LMS MAG Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Standings on Driver Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002. Speedsport Magazine. 19 January 2013.
2. Web site: Entrylist: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001. Speedsport Magazine. 19 January 2013.