2001 German Formula Three Championship

2001 German Formula Three Championship 2000 2002 The 2001 German Formula Three Championship (de 2001 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 21 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds. Opel Team BSR driver Toshihiro Kaneishi became the first and only Japanese champion and the first champion from Asia. He clinched the title, winning races at Norisring and A1-Ring. Stefan Mücke finished as runner-up with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheim, losing just four points to Kaneishi. Frank Diefenbacher and Pierre Kaffer both won four races to end the season third and fourth in the drivers' standings. Markus Winkelhock won Rookie title and three races. The other race winners was Gary Paffett, João Paulo de Oliveira, Kosuke Matsuura and Björn Wirdheim.http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/german-formula-3/2001.html German Formula-3-Cup — Season 2001 Speedsport Magazine 4 September 2016 Teams and drivers All drivers competed in Dallara chassis and used Yokohama tyres; model listed.http://www.formel3guide.com/images/starter/2001-starter-dm.pdf STARTERLISTE 2001 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT formel3guide.com German 4 September 2016 Team No. Car number Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds CHE Opel Team KMS 1 AUT Robert Lechner F301/016 Opel 1–3 ITA Ronnie Quintarelli Rookie 5–8 BRA Wagner Ebrahim 9 2 ITA Giuseppe Burlotti F301/010 Rookie 1–3 ITA Ronnie Quintarelli Rookie 4 CZE Jaroslav Janiš Rookie 5–10 DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 5 DEU Markus Winkelhock F301/001 Opel Rookie All 6 DEU Stefan Mücke F301/006 All DEU Opel Team BSR 7 AUT Bernhard Auinger F399/023 Used Dallara F399/072 for the first eight rounds Opel All 8 JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi F300/028 All 9 DEU Frank Diefenbacher F301/010 All ITA Prema Powerteam 10 JPN Kosuke Matsuura F301/009 Opel Rookie All 11 SWE Björn Wirdheim F301/024 All 16 AUS Ryan Briscoe F399/037 7 DEU GM Motorsport 12 USA Phil Giebler F301/007 Toyota 1–3 DNK Nicolas Kiesa 5–10 14 DEU Tony Schmidt F301/026 All 15 AUT Hannes Lachinger F301/031 Rookie All DEU MOL — Trella Motorsport 17 HUN Zsolt Baumgartner F300/012 Opel 1–9 NLD Van Amersfoort Racing 18 ITA Marc Caldonazzi F300/050 Opel 1–5 DEU André Fibier 6 DNK Allan Simonsen Rookie 7–10 19 NLD Marco du Pau F399/058 1–6 BEL JB Motorsport 20 BEL Nicolas Stelandre F399/003 Opel 1–6 NLD Robert Doornbos 8–10 21 BEL Tom van Bavel F399/041 All DEU Team Kolles Racing 22 FIN Kimmo Liimatainen F300/026 Mugen-Honda Rookie All 23 DEU Pierre Kaffer F300/013 All CHE Swiss Racing Team 24 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy F399/054 Opel 1 FIN Kari Maenpaa 2–9 CHE Gilles Tinguely 10 25 BRA João Paulo de Oliveira F399/068 All DEU Team Rosberg 26 GBR Gary Paffett F301/014 Opel Used Renault engine for the first four rounds All 27 FRA Laurent Delahaye F301/015 Renault All DEU Josef Kaufmann Racing 28 DEU Thomas Riethmüller F300/041 Used Martini MK79/01 for the first three rounds Opel Rookie 1–8, 10 ITA Cram Competition 31 ITA Matteo Grassotto F301/032 Opel 1–7 GBR Mark Mayall 9 32 ITA Raffaele Giammaria F301/003 All AUT Palfinger F3 Racing Team 33 AUT Norbert Siedler F300/011 Opel All AUT Petutschnig Engineering 34 DEU Sven Heidfeld F399/009 Opel 1–2 35 AUT Clemens Stadler F300/019 1 AUT CCT Racing 36 AUT Marco Schärf F300/023 Opel All AUT Franz Wöss Racing 37 AUT Clemens Stadler F399/021 Opel 9 ITA Team Ghinzani 98 AUT Gottfried Grasser F300/029 Mugen-Honda Rookie All 99 ITA Fabrizio del Monte F300/025 Rookie All Icon Class Rookie Rookie Calendar With the exception of round at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil. Round Location Circuit Date Supporting 1 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 21 April AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival R2 22 April 2 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 5 May 63. ADAC Eifelrennen R2 6 May 3 R1 Oschersleben, Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 19 May ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt" R2 20 May 4 R1 Saxony, Germany Sachsenring 16 June ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Sachsenring R2 17 June 5 R1 Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 7 July 59. Norisring Speedweekend R2 8 July 6 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 28 July 2001 German R2 29 July 7 R1 Klettwitz, Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz 11 August ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200 R2 12 August 8 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 25 August ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen R2 26 August 9 R1 Spielberg, Austria A1-Ring 8 September ADAC Rundstreckenrennen A1-Ring R2 9 September 10 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 6 October DMV-Preis Hockenheim R2 7 October Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Hockenheimring DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Opel Team BSR R2 DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Opel Team BSR 2 R1 Nürburgring DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Team Kolles Racing R2 DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Stefan Mücke DEU Stefan Mücke DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 3 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben DEU Markus Winkelhock GBR Gary Paffett GBR Gary Paffett DEU Team Rosberg R2 JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Team Kolles Racing 4 R1 Sachsenring JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi JPN Kosuke Matsuura DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg R2 BRA João Paulo de Oliveira JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Team Kolles Racing 5 R1 Norisring DEU Pierre Kaffer GBR Gary Paffett DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Opel Team BSR R2 DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Pierre Kaffer JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi DEU Opel Team BSR 6 R1 Hockenheimring BRA João Paulo de Oliveira DEU Tony Schmidt BRA João Paulo de Oliveira CHE Swiss Racing Team R2 BRA João Paulo de Oliveira DEU Stefan Mücke JPN Kosuke Matsuura ITA Prema Powerteam 7 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg R2 DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Frank Diefenbacher DEU Opel Team BSR 8 R1 Nürburgring SWE Björn Wirdheim SWE Björn Wirdheim SWE Björn Wirdheim ITA Prema Powerteam R2 DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU Pierre Kaffer DEU Team Kolles Racing 9 R1 A1-Ring DEU Markus Winkelhock BRA João Paulo de Oliveira JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi DEU Opel Team BSR R2 SWE Björn Wirdheim JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi SWE Björn Wirdheim ITA Prema Powerteam 10 R1 Hockenheimring GBR Gary Paffett DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU Markus Winkelhock DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg R2 DEU Stefan Mücke DNK Nicolas Kiesa DEU Stefan Mücke DEU ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Championship standings Championship Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 OSC SAC NOR HOC2 LAU NÜR2 A1R HOC3 Points 1 JPN Toshihiro Kaneishi 5 3 6 2 2 2 2 11 6 1 Ret 8 4 2 7 21 1 6 7 6 182 2 DEU Stefan Mücke 16 2 2 1 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 8 7 2 2 3 1 178 3 DEU Frank Diefenbacher 1 1 13 16 8 3 3 13 1 4 4 10 2 1 22 3 12 3 Ret DSQ 172 4 DEU Pierre Kaffer 9 4 1 7 4 1 Ret 1 DSQ 2 8 5 6 10 5 1 9 Ret 8 19 156 5 DEU Markus Winkelhock 7 6 3 3 3 13 1 Ret 11 Ret 21 21 1 6 3 2 Ret Ret 1 Ret 141 6 GBR Gary Paffett 2 Ret 8 10 1 Ret 22 Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 5 8 12 15 4 4 2 2 123 7 BRA João Paulo de Oliveira 19 5 24† 11 7 23 Ret 14 18 Ret 1 2 8 Ret 2 4 3 5 4 5 116 8 JPN Kosuke Matsuura Ret 14 4 4 DNS 12 10 12 8 5 2 1 24 9 4 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 83 9 SWE Björn Wirdheim 10 10 Ret 24† 5 7 Ret Ret 14 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 1 11 7 1 Ret 7 80 10 DEU Tony Schmidt 3 Ret Ret 5 6 5 21 Ret 2 11 11 12 18 7 13 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 56 11 ITA Matteo Grassotto DNQ 12 20 Ret 13 14 5 3 10 7 3 6 Ret 12 43 12 ITA Raffaele Giammaria 20 13 12 23† Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 DNQ 6 9 17 20 18 18 5 9 6 4 41 13 AUT Hannes Lachinger Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 19 4 Ret 13 8 14 7 7 17 6 5 21 Ret 18 10 36 14 FIN Kari Maenpaa 11 12 16 Ret 6 2 DNQ DNQ 15 17 14 18 9 6 14 8 32 15 BEL Tom van Bavel 6 11 5 6 21 11 8 7 16 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 22 Ret 12 8 32 16 FIN Kimmo Liimatainen 12 9 7 25† 15 10 18 8 DNQ DNQ 12 15 13 24 11 8 20 Ret Ret 3 25 17 HUN Zsolt Baumgartner 11 7 9 8 18 18 9 6 9 13 Ret 13 9 13 Ret 10 8 Ret 25 18 AUT Norbert Siedler Ret 22† 16 Ret Ret 15 12 4 20 18 7 4 11 15 20 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 24 19 BEL Nicolas Stelandre 4 DNS 18 21 10 26 17 Ret 5 10 Ret Ret 20 20 DNK Nicolas Kiesa 15 12 10 14 Ret 5 24 Ret 6 Ret 19 9 17 21 AUT Bernhard Auinger Ret Ret Ret 15 9 4 20 Ret 21 15 18 Ret 15 22 21 19 15 Ret 10 14 13 22 CZE Jaroslav Janiš DNQ 16 17 16 12 Ret 14 9 11 Ret 5 11 10 23 AUT Gottfried Grasser DNQ 19 Ret 22 20 24 13 5 DNQ DNQ 20 20 21 25 Ret 20 17 Ret Ret 17 8 24 AUT Robert Lechner 13 16 Ret 9 17 6 8 25 ITA Ronnie Quintarelli 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 16 15 Ret 5 26 FRA Laurent Delahaye 8 20 Ret 13 11 21 14 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 Ret 4 27 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy 17 8 3 28 ITA Marc Caldonazzi 14 18 22 18 22 Ret 16 9 22 17 2 29 NLD Marco du Pau Ret DNQ 17 19 12 16 11 Ret 19 9 13 Ret 2 30 ITA Giuseppe Burlotti 18 15 10 14 19 17 1 31 AUT Marco Schärf Ret 21 Ret 20 Ret 25 23 10 DNQ DNQ 19 Ret 23 26 23 Ret DNQ Ret DNS Ret 1 32 ITA Fabrizio del Monte Ret 23† 15 Ret Ret 22 19 Ret DNQ Ret 16 18 19 23 DNS Ret 19 10 DNS 16 1 33 NLD Robert Doornbos 17 14 16 11 15 15 0 34 DNK Allan Simonsen 22 19 19 16 Ret Ret 13 12 0 35 GBR Mark Mayall Ret 12 0 36 AUT Clemens Stadler DNQ DNQ 18 13 0 37 AUS Ryan Briscoe Ret 14 0 38 DEU Thomas Riethmüller DNQ 17 23 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 17 DNQ Ret 19 20 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 0 39 USA Phil Giebler 15 Ret 19 17 23 20 0 40 CHE Gilles Tinguely 17 18 0 41 DEU Sven Heidfeld Ret DNQ 21 Ret 0 42 DEU André Fibier 22 Ret 0 BRA Wagner Ebrahim Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 OSC SAC NOR HOC2 LAU NÜR2 A1R HOC2 PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings Driver Points 1 DEU Markus Winkelhock 265 2 JPN Kosuke Matsuura 188 3 AUT Hannes Lachinger 145 4 FIN Kimmo Liimatainen 133 5 CZE Jaroslav Janiš 61 6 ITA Ronnie Quintarelli 46 7 ITA Fabrizio del Monte 42 8 ITA Giuseppe Burlotti 37 9 AUT Gottfried Grasser 25 10 DNK Allan Simonsen 18 11 DEU Thomas Riethmüller 18 References External links http://www.formel3.de/index.php en de September 2016 Category:German Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season German German Formula 3