2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Introduction The '''2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season''' was the eleventh Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 30 March and finished at the Autódromo 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  Driver name Rounds  Lauderbach Motorsport 1  Charles Zwolsman Jr. 1–3, 5–8, 10 19  Ross Zwolsman 1–2, 5–8, 10  Walter Lechner Racing 2  Marcel Lasée 1–2 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 22  César Campaniço 1–4, 6, 8–10  TCS 16  Emmanuel Piget 1–6, 8 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 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 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 54  James Eaton 3–4  Team Renault Sweden 55  Patrick Ernston 2–8 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 83  Philip Andersen 8  Franchi 93  Gregory Franchi 10
Calendar  Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team 1  Autodromo Nazionale Monza 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  Autódromo do Estoril 4 November  Ryan Briscoe  Ryan Briscoe  Ryan Briscoe  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 2PosDriverMNZBRNMAGSILZOLHUNSPINÜRJARESTPoints 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       0PosDriverMNZBRNMAGSILZOLHUNSPINÜRJARESTPoints'''Bold''' – Pole''Italics'' – Fastest Lap===Teams===PosTeamPoints1 Prema Powerteam2242 RC Motorsport2043 Graff Racing1724 Jenzer Motorsport1345 Cram Competition986 Lucidi Motorsport967 JD Motorsport828 ADM Junior Team709 Lauderbach Motorsport6810 TCS5211 Lohmann Motorsport4612 Manor Motorsport4013 Facondini Racing2214 Walter Lechner Racing1615 DG Racing816 Eiffelland Racing817 Tech 1 Racing418 GM Motorsport419 Team Colak420 Johns Racing Team221 SL Formula Racing2
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