2001 British Formula Three Championship

January 2020 2001 British Formula 3 International Series 2000 2002 thumb|right|2001 champion, Takuma Sato The 2001 British Formula Three season was the 51st British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 1 April, and ended on 29 September after twenty-six races, with Japanese driver Takuma Sato crowned champion. The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally. This was the first British Formula 3 season where all the thirteen scheduled events consisted of two races on the same date. Drivers and teams The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2001 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars. All cars competed on Avon tyres. Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class GBR Manor Motorsport Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 1 GBR Derek Hayes All 2 USA Jeffrey Jones All 21 GBR Mark Taylor All GBR Jaguar Junior Team Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 3 DEU André Lotterer All 4 AUS James Courtney All GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 5 GBR Anthony Davidson All 6 JPN Takuma Sato All GBR Fortec Motorsport Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo 7 USA Alex Gurney All 8 ITA Gianmaria Bruni All ITA RC Prost Junior Team Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 9 DNK Nicolas Kiesa 1–6 10 GBR Ryan Dalziel 1–5 GBR Promatecme UK Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 11 FRA Bruce Jouanny All 12 JPN Atsushi Katsumata All GBR Team Avanti Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 14 GBR Matthew Davies 1–7, 9–13 15 GBR Martin O'Connell 1 SCG Miloš Pavlović 2–6 JPN Sakon Yamamoto 12–13 GBR Alan Docking Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 17 USA Paul Edwards 1–9 JPN Hideaki Nakao 10–11, 13 18 GBR Andy Priaulx All CHE Alain Menu Racing Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo 19 GBR Tim Spouge 1–4 GBR Ben Collins 6–7 GBR Tom Sisley 8 20 GBR Rob Austin All GBR Duma Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 27 GBR Jamie Spence 1–12 USA Philip Giebler 13 28 GBR Ryan Dalziel 7, 9–13 Scholarship Class GBR Fred Goddard Racing Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 51 NLD Robert Doornbos All GBR Parker F3 Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 52 GBR Robbie Kerr All 62 BRA Rodrigo Gomes All GBR Carlin Motorsport Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 53 JPN Kazuki Hoshino All GBR ME Motorsport Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 54 IND Parthiva Sureshwaren 1–9 GBR Team Meritus Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 55 IRL Michael Keohane All 56 GBR Peter Nilsson 1–9, 11–12 SWE Performance Racing Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 57 GBR Iain Brown 1, 12 GBR Adam Blair 2–8 SWE Bobby Issazadhe 10 58 GBR Matthew Gilmore All 59 GBR Justin Sherwood All GBR Rowan Racing Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 60 GBR Aaron Scott All GBR Shift Motorsport Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 63 GBR Stuart King 1–4 GBR Gatellie International Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 64 GBR Stuart Turvey 1 GBR Team Park Motorsport Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 65 GBR Rowland Kinch 1, 3, 6, 9, 11–13 GBR Diamond Racing Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 66 CHE Harold Primat All 77 GBR Mark Mayall All 88 JPN Shinsuke Yamazaki 1–3 JPN Tetsuji Masuda 12 GBR Head Motorsport Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 67 AUS Julian Harburg 10, 12 GBR Aztech Motorsport Dallara F398 Mitsubishi 68 GBR Craig Murray 1 Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Scholarship Class Winner 1 R1 GBR Silverstone 1 April GBR Jamie Spence AUS James Courtney AUS James Courtney Jaguar Junior Team GBR Matthew Gilmore R2 GBR Matthew Davies ITA Gianmaria Bruni GBR Matthew Davies Team Avanti GBR Matthew Gilmore 2 R3 GBR Snetterton 15 April GBR Matthew Davies GBR Ryan Dalziel GBR Matthew Davies Team Avanti NLD Robert Doornbos R4 USA Paul Edwards JPN Takuma Sato GBR Andy Priaulx Alan Docking Racing GBR Robbie Kerr 3 R5 GBR Donington Park 29 April DEU André Lotterer DEU André Lotterer JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport IRL Michael Keohane R6 DEU André Lotterer GBR Mark Taylor DEU André Lotterer Jaguar Junior Team GBR Robbie Kerr 4 R7 GBR Oulton Park 7 May JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr R8 GBR Anthony Davidson JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport IRL Michael Keohane 5 R9 GBR Croft Circuit 28 May GBR Derek Hayes GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport GBR Mark Mayall R10 GBR Derek Hayes JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr 6 R11 GBR Rockinhgam 10 June GBR Derek Hayes JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr R12 GBR Anthony Davidson JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr 7 R13 GBR Castle Combe Circuit 24 June JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr R14 GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport GBR Matthew Gilmore 8 R15 GBR Brands Hatch 8 July JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato GBR Derek Hayes Manor Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr R16 AUS James Courtney JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr 9 R17 GBR Donington Park 22 July JPN Takuma Sato GBR Anthony Davidson ITA Gianmaria Bruni Fortec Motorsport IRL Michael Keohane R18 JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Robbie Kerr 10 R19 GBR Knockhill Racing Circuit 19 August GBR Andy Priaulx JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport BRA Rodrigo Gomes R20 GBR Anthony Davidsoncolspan=4 Race cancelled due to adverse weatherhttps://www.crash.net/f3/news/28314/1/rain-stops-play-at-knockhill Rain stops play at Knockhill. Peter McLaren Crash.net Crash Media Group 19 August 2001 14 August 2020 11 R20 GBR Thruxton Circuit 1 September GBR Anthony Davidson JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport NLD Robert Doornbos R21 2 September GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport GBR Mark Mayall R22 GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport IRL Michael Keohane 12 R23 GBR Brands Hatch 16 September GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson GBR Anthony Davidson Carlin Motorsport GBR Matthew Gilmore R24 AUS James Courtney JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Matthew Gilmore 13 R25 GBR Silverstone 29 September DEU André Lotterer JPN Takuma Sato GBR Andy Priaulx Alan Docking Racing IRL Michael Keohane R26 JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport GBR Matthew Gilmore Standings Championship's point system was 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 with an extra point for the fastest lap. Pos Driver SILGBR SNEGBR DONGBR OULGBR CROGBR ROCGBR CASGBR BRHGBR DONGBR KNOKnockhill Stand-alone races were held for the Championship and Scholarship classes due to the grid size.https://www.crash.net/f3/news/28304/1/british-f3-returns-to-scotland British F3 returns to Scotland. Robert Wilkins Crash.net Crash Media Group 15 August 2001 14 August 2020 New to F3 in 2001 is a double-header, two-race, format at each event and with the tight Knockhill circuit allowing just 28 starters, the two classes will have split races for the first time this season.GBR THRGBR BRHGBR SILGBR Pts Championship Class 1 JPN Takuma Sato 12 4 Ret 2 1 Ret 1 1 DSQ 1 1 1 2 2 9 1 12 1 1 C 1 2 8 2 1 18 1 345 2 GBR Anthony Davidson 7 11 8 13 8 Ret 3 3 1 12 4 2 1 1 5 19 Ret 5 2 C 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 272 3 GBR Derek Hayes 3 3 2 4 4 3 8 4 DSQ 3 3 7 4 5 1 6 3 6 5 C 5 6 3 3 5 Ret 6 234 4 AUS James Courtney 1 8 6 6 7 2 7 Ret 3 9 6 4 3 3 2 2 Ret 8 3 C 4 5 2 10 2 4 4 227 5 ITA Gianmaria Bruni 5 2 3 10 3 6 2 9 Ret 5 DNS Ret 8 11 8 10 1 7 6 C Ret 3 11 7 8 5 3 156 6 GBR Andy Priaulx 2 5 11 1 11 4 6 6 2 Ret 2 10 11 14 10 8 8 20 10 C 3 9 6 9 Ret 1 Ret 146 7 DEU André Lotterer Ret 9 7 9 2 1 Ret 16 6 7 5 3 6 6 3 7 2 4 Ret C 8 13 7 DNS 6 20 8 143 8 GBR Matthew Davies 6 1 1 8 12 Ret 4 2 8 8 10 8 9 9 Ret 2 Ret C 10 10 5 5 7 8 5 136 9 GBR Mark Taylor 14 10 10 Ret 13 Ret 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 8 6 3 5 13 4 C 7 4 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 91 10 FRA Bruce Jouanny Ret 15 Ret 14 DNS 15 5 Ret Ret 6 7 9 5 10 13 5 11 3 7 C 6 Ret DNS 12 Ret 6 11 65 11 GBR Jamie Spence Ret Ret 14 18 9 Ret 11 5 Ret 2 9 Ret 10 4 7 Ret 6 14 Ret C 13 7 13 4 10 63 12 USA Paul Edwards 4 Ret 13 3 5 11 DNS 11 7 10 11 Ret 13 17 4 4 9 12 57 13 GBR Ryan Dalziel Ret 13 4 7 10 5 12 12 10 11 7 7 7 11 9 C 11 8 9 6 13 7 10 55 14 DNK Nicolas Kiesa 8 7 5 5 16 Ret 13 8 4 4 DNQ Ret 46 15 USA Jeffrey Jones 11 12 12 16 6 7 Ret 14 5 Ret 28 6 12 12 14 9 4 9 11 C 16 11 12 11 14 12 12 38 16 USA Alex Gurney 16 Ret 15 12 17 9 14 13 9 DNS 17 DNS 16 18 12 15 16 10 8 C 9 15 Ret 8 9 13 9 17 17 SCG Miloš Pavlović 9 11 14 Ret 10 7 11 Ret Ret 5 15 18 GBR Martin O'Connell 9 6 8 19 GBR Rob Austin 13 17 16 19 15 8 15 21 DNS 13 12 23 14 15 Ret 12 17 21 13 C 12 14 Ret 13 11 10 7 8 20 GBR Ben Collins 8 16 DNS DNS 3 21 JPN Atsushi Katsumata 10 14 17 17 18 22 Ret 15 DNS DNS 16 Ret 17 13 Ret 17 10 25 Ret C 26 12 10 Ret 12 14 13 3 22 USA Philip Giebler 9 Ret 2 23 GBR Tim Spouge 20 16 18 DNS DNS 10 17 Ret 1 24 JPN Hideaki Nakao 12 C 23 24 16 Ret 17 0 25 JPN Sakon Yamamoto Ret 15 Ret Ret 0 GBR Tom Sisley Ret DNS 0 Scholarship Class 1 GBR Robbie Kerr 32 22 Ret 15 Ret 12 16 DSQ 18 14 13 11 15 19 11 11 14 15 3 C 19 17 15 15 20 Ret 16 335 2 GBR Matthew Gilmore 15 18 20 21 23 14 20 20 14 23 22 14 18 16 15 16 15 18 2 C 15 19 18 14 16 Ret 14 333 3 IRL Michael Keohane 17 Ret 27 24 19 13 24 17 16 15 15 12 Ret Ret 18 13 13 16 Ret C 18 20 14 16 17 11 Ret 280 4 GBR Mark Mayall 18 19 DNQ 23 20 19 21 19 12 18 23 18 20 21 Ret 25 18 22 5 C 17 16 17 21 23 Ret 19 212 5 NLD Robert Doornbos 21 21 19 Ret Ret 18 19 22 Ret 17 19 17 19 Ret 17 18 Ret 19 4 C 14 Ret 19 19 18 Ret Ret 182 6 BRA Rodrigo Gomes 19 30 Ret 25 Ret DNQ DNS 25 17 16 18 15 25 Ret 16 14 20 17 1 C 25 21 20 18 19 Ret 15 164 7 JPN Kazuki Hoshino 22 Ret DNS 22 24 DNQ 18 18 21 Ret 20 DNS 21 22 Ret 21 Ret 24 Ret C 20 18 21 17 21 16 Ret 133 8 GBR Justin Sherwood 25 25 21 26 21 17 Ret 24 15 20 21 20 24 20 Ret 20 Ret 23 Ret C 21 Ret 22 20 22 15 Ret 119 9 GBR Adam Blair 20 24 20 Ret 16 DNS DNS 13 DNQ 14 13 Ret Ret Ret 23 87 10 GBR Aaron Scott 26 Ret DNQ DNQ DNS 23 22 28 20 21 24 21 23 Ret 20 Ret 21 28 6 C 22 Ret Ret 23 24 21 20 51 11 IND Parthiva Sureshwaren 28 27 23 Ret Ret 20 23 23 19 19 25 19 22 23 Ret 22 Ret DNS 49 12 CHE Harold Primat 33 29 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS 26 DNQ DNQ 26 22 DNQ DNQ Ret DNS 19 27 7 C 24 22 Ret Ret 26 17 18 41 13 GBR Peter Nilsson 29 26 25 DNQ 22 24 DNQ 27 DNQ 22 27 DNQ DNQ DNQ 19 24 DSQ 26 Ret 23 22 25 33 14 GBR Stuart King 23 24 22 Ret Ret 21 DNQ DNS 20 15 GBR Rowland Kinch 31 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 24 26 28 19 Ret 12 16 GBR Craig Murray 24 23 9 17 JPN Shinsuke Yamazaki 30 28 26 DNQ 25 25 7 18 AUS Julian Harburg 8 C Ret 3 19 GBR Iain Brown 27 24 Ret 0 20 JPN Tetsuji Masuda 25 27 0 GBR Stuart Turvey Ret Ret 0 SWE Bobby Issazadhe Ret C 0 Pos Driver SILGBR SNEGBR DONGBR OULGBR CROGBR ROCGBR CASGBR BRHGBR DONGBR KNOKnockhillGBR THRGBR BRHGBR SILGBR Pts Notes References External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season British British Formula 3