2001 European Super Touring Championship

The 2001 FIA European Super Touring Championship was the 28th season of European touring car racing and the first European Touring Car Championship since 1988.^[1] The championship started at Monza on 1 April and ended after ten events at Estoril on 21 October. The championship was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi driving for Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto in an Alfa Romeo 156. A secondary championship for Super Production cars was run alongside the ETCC and was won by Peter Kox driving for Ravaglia Motorsport in a BMW 320i.

Teams and drivers[]

Super Touring[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto Alfa Romeo 156 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 Nicola Larini All 3 Romana Bernardoni 1-9 Yvan Muller 10 31 Felipe Massa 9-10 JAS Engineering Italia IP Honda Accord 4 Gabriele Tarquini All 5 Fabrice Walfisch All 6 James Thompson 9-10 AGS Motorsport Audi A4 quattro 7 Roberto Colciago All 8 Max Pigoli A 1-9 Alberto Radaelli A 10 Conrero Alfa Romeo 156 9 Angelo Lancelotti A All 10 Enrico Toccacelo A 1-6 Salvatore Deplano A 7 Giovanni Gulinelli A 8-9 Ettore Bonaldi A 10 Greyhound Motorsport Opel Vectra 11 Gianluca Roda A 1–6, 8 Racing Box Audi A4 quattro 12 Sergio Sambataro A 1–4, 6–7, 9-10 Symanzick Motorsport Opel Vectra 14 Heinrich Symanzick A All Max Team BMW 320i 15 Paolo Zadra A All 16 Éric Cayrolle A All PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 18 A All Lehtonen Motorsport Audi A4 quattro 19 Mikko Lempinen A 2-10 GDL Racing BMW 320i 20 Gianluca de Lorenzi A 1–5, 7-10 21 Moreno Soli 6-9 Nelson Clemente 10 30 Stefano Valli 7, 10 Materia Motorsport BMW 320i 22 Antonio Materia 1 P.S.G.R. - Nath Racing Audi A4 quattro 23 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini 1-3 Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden Volvo S40 24 Jan 'Flash' Nilsson 1, 10 25 Jens Edman 10 Crawford Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT 26 Carl Rosenblad 9-10 27 Marcus Gustavsson 9-10 RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera GT 29 Matt Neal 3–6, 8-10 Brovallen Motorsport Audi A4 quattro 32 Tobias Johansson 10

Icon Class A Amateur

Super Production[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i 1 Peter Kox All 2 U All Nissan Primera 3 Tommy Rustad All 4 4 U 6-10 BMW 320i 5 Gianni Morbidelli All 6 Stefano Gabellini All 7 Paolo Ruberti All BMW 320i 10 U All 11 Tom Ferrier U All BMW 320i 12 Peggen Andersson All 14 Duncan Huisman All 15 1, 3 2, 10 4-5 Peter Beckers 6, 9 Jean-Michel Martin 7-8 38 Tom Coronel 10 39 10 Tobia Masini Alfa Romeo 156 16 Tobia Masini U All Club Jarama RACE Alfa Romeo 156 18 All Conrero Alfa Romeo 147 20 1–7, 9 10 21 U 2-8 Salvatore Tavano U 9-10 Peugeot 306 GTi 22 1 Alfa Romeo 156 23 1 Honda Integra Type-R 25 2 Peugeot 306 GTi 27 Andrea Bacci 7 28 7 Renault Clio RS 29 10 30 10 Engstler Centro Sportivo Alfa Romeo 147 31 Franz Engstler 8 Alfa Romeo 156 32 8 Honda Integra Type-R 35 Markus Palttala U 5-8 GA Racing Alfa Romeo 156 36 10 37 Alan Blencowe 10

Icon Class U Under 25

Results and standings[]

Races[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning amateur/ under 25
1	TR1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 April	Gabriele Tarquini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Sandro Sardelli
	TR2				Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Sandro Sardelli
	PR1			Gianni Morbidelli	Peter Kox	Peter Kox	Ravaglia Motorsport	Norman Simon
2	TR3	Brno Circuit	16 April	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gabriele Tarquini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Max Pigoli
	TR4				Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Sandro Sardelli
	PR2			Peter Kox	Peter Kox	Peter Kox	Ravaglia Motorsport	Norman Simon
3	TR5	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 May	Nicola Larini	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Max Pigoli
	TR6				Nicola Larini	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	PR3			Duncan Huisman	Duncan Huisman	Duncan Huisman	Carly Motorsport	Fulvio Cavicchi
4	TR7	Silverstone Circuit	13 May	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Sandro Sardelli
	TR8				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Sandro Sardelli
	PR4			Peter Kox	Norman Simon	Peter Kox	Ravaglia Motorsport	Norman Simon
5	TR9	Circuit Zolder	20 May	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	TR10				Gabriele Tarquini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Sandro Sardelli
	PR5			Peter Kox	Norman Simon	Duncan Huisman	Carly Motorsport	Norman Simon
6	TR11	Hungaroring	1 July	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Roberto Colciago	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Éric Cayrolle
	TR12				Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport	Sandro Sardelli
	PR6			Duncan Huisman	Peter Kox	Duncan Huisman	Carly Motorsport	Tom Ferrier
7	TR13	A1-Ring	26 August	Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini Nicola Larini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	TR14				Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	PR7			Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Norman Simon	Ravaglia Motorsport	Norman Simon
8	TR15	Nürburgring	9 September	Gabriele Tarquini	Matt Neal	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Sandro Sardelli
	TR16				Gabriele Tarquini	Fabrice Walfisch	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	PR8			Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	RJN Motorsport	Norman Simon
9	TR17	Circuito del Jarama	30 September	Gabriele Tarquini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	TR18				Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Engineering Italia IP	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	PR9			Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	RJN Motorsport	Tobia Masini
10	TR19	Autódromo do Estoril	21 October	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto	Gianluca de Lorenzi
	TR20				James Thompson	Matt Neal	RJN Motorsport	Paolo Zadra
	PR10			Tommy Rustad	Tommy Rustad	Gianni Morbidelli	CiBiEmme Team	Tom Ferrier

Standings[]

Super Touring[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Points were awarded on a 40, 35, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 23, 22, etc. basis to the top 30 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 4 2 1 4 Ret 2 2 4 1 1 3 2 3 17 4 3 2 3 5 620 2 Nicola Larini 1 2 1 2 2 2 5 3 Ret 3 12 2 14 2 1 5 4 5 4 4 604 3 Gabriele Tarquini Ret 1 Ret 3 1 Ret 1 1 1 14 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 Ret 579 4 Fabrice Walfisch 5 5 NC 6 Ret 6 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 15 1 Ret 7 23 Ret 434 5 4 6 Ret 4 7 Ret 6 6 10 4 6 6 6 14 4 7 7 19 11 17 432 6 Roberto Colciago 3 3 Ret 9 3 1 DNS Ret 2 Ret 3 1 4 Ret 16 3 Ret 8 6 3 423 7 Gianluca de Lorenzi 6 Ret DNS 5 9 3 7 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 3 8 18 413 8 13 10 10 14 10 10 13 15 9 9 13 9 9 6 14 16 15 10 16 12 388 9 Éric Cayrolle 10 Ret 5 7 6 Ret 11 7 11 10 5 Ret 10 12 12 9 8 11 10 Ret 357 10 4 Ret Ret 11 9 11 13 15 8 7 15 8 6 10 9 12 13 14 335 11 Angelo Lancelotti 9 7 DSQ DNS Ret 8 12 9 6 7 7 Ret 7 10 7 8 Ret 14 17 15 323 12 8 Ret 9 Ret 13 DNS 15 16 8 11 10 11 8 13 10 17 11 16 289 13 Max Pigoli 7 8 3 8 5 5 10 12 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 11 16 Ret 276 14 Matt Neal Ret 4 3 4 DSQ 2 14 DNS 3 18 5 Ret 22 1 266 15 11 11 11 11 DNS DNS DNS 14 12 13 15 DNS 12 9 11 12 DNS 17 DSQ 13 262 16 Enrico Toccacelo 17 13 7 10 8 7 8 10 Ret 12 9 8 232 17 Ret 9 6 15 12 9 DNS 13 7 8 Ret DNS 9 14 209 18 11 10 Ret 11 13 13 10 13 136 19 12 14 8 12 11 Ret 14 17 DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 129 20 James Thompson 2 4 24 2 107 21 Carl Rosenblad 12 9 12 10 81 22 Stefano Valli 13 7 20 11 73 23 Felipe Massa 14 6 5 Ret 71 24 Yvan Muller 1 6 66 25 Jan 'Flash' Nilsson 16 Ret 7 8 62 26 Ret 15 13 15 50 27 Jens Edman 9 7 46 28 14 12 36 29 19 9 34 30 15 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 34 31 14 16 32 32 Ret 18 15 Ret 29 33 18 Ret 13 34 21 Ret 10 NC DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Teams' Championship[]

Points were awarded on a 40, 35, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 23, 22, etc. basis to the top 30 finishers in each race, however only the two highest placed cars from each team scored points. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 1272 2 4 2 2 4 Ret 5 3 8 3 10 3 8 3 10 5 4 5 3 5 2 JAS Engineering Italia IP 5 1 NC 3 1 6 1 1 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1089 Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 5 3 14 4 5 3 4 15 2 2 4 23 Ret 3 10 10 5 7 6 10 11 7 9 9 5 9 9 6 12 9 8 10 10 12 745 13 Ret 10 14 10 Ret 13 15 11 10 13 Ret 10 12 14 16 15 11 16 Ret 4 3 3 3 8 3 1 10 12 2 Ret 3 1 4 Ret 8 3 16 8 6 3 709 7 8 Ret 9 5 5 DNS Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 16 11 Ret Ret 21 Ret 5 Conrero 9 7 7 10 8 7 8 9 6 7 7 8 7 10 7 8 13 14 17 15 618 17 13 DSQ DNS Ret 8 12 10 Ret 12 9 Ret DNS DNS Ret 15 Ret 15 18 Ret 6 6 Ret DNS 5 9 3 7 8 5 6 11 10 5 5 5 6 6 3 8 11 610 13 7 13 13 10 13 14 16 7 4 6 Ret 4 7 Ret 6 6 10 4 6 6 6 14 4 7 7 19 11 17 432 8 4 Ret Ret 11 9 11 13 15 8 7 15 8 6 10 9 12 13 14 335 9 Ret 4 3 4 DSQ 2 14 DNS 3 18 5 Ret 22 1 266 10 11 11 11 11 DNS DNS DNS 14 12 13 15 DNS 12 9 11 12 DNS 17 DSQ 13 262 11 Ret 9 6 15 12 9 DNS 13 7 8 Ret DNS 9 14 209 12 12 14 8 12 11 Ret 14 17 DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 129 13 12 9 12 10 110 Ret 18 15 Ret 14 Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden 16 Ret 7 7 108 9 8 15 14 12 36 16 19 9 34 17 15 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 34 Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Amateurs' Trophy[]

Points were awarded on a 40, 35, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 23, 22, etc. basis to the top 30 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 4 6 Ret 4 7 Ret 6 6 10 4 6 6 6 14 4 7 7 19 11 17 627 2 Gianluca de Lorenzi 6 Ret DNS 5 9 3 7 8 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 3 8 18 581 3 13 10 10 14 10 10 13 15 9 9 13 9 9 6 14 16 15 10 16 12 545 4 Éric Cayrolle 10 Ret 5 7 6 Ret 11 7 11 10 5 Ret 10 12 12 9 8 11 10 Ret 486 5 4 Ret Ret 11 9 11 13 15 8 7 15 8 6 10 9 12 13 14 462 6 Angelo Lancelotti 9 7 DSQ DNS Ret 8 12 9 6 7 7 Ret 7 10 7 8 Ret 14 17 15 454 7 Max Pigoli 7 8 3 8 5 5 10 12 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 11 16 Ret 365 8 11 11 11 11 DNS DNS DNS 14 12 13 15 DNS 12 9 11 12 DNS 17 DSQ 13 355 9 Enrico Toccacelo 17 13 7 10 8 7 8 10 Ret 12 9 8 308 10 Ret 9 6 15 12 9 DNS 13 7 8 Ret DNS 9 14 267 11 12 14 8 12 11 Ret 14 17 DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 163 12 Ret 15 13 15 76 13 18 Ret 24 14 21 Ret 23 NC DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Super Production[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 Peter Kox 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 9 2 4 DSQ 117 2 Duncan Huisman 2 2 1 3 1 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 114 3 Tommy Rustad 6 4 3 5 Ret 14 3 1 1 11 88 4 4 3 Ret 2 3 15 1 4 Ret Ret 79 5 Gianni Morbidelli 3 Ret 4 4 11 13 2 5 Ret 1 75 6 Paolo Ruberti 7 Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 6 8 6 9 48 7 Peggen Andersson 5 Ret 5 13 4 4 8 9 9 8 46 8 Tobia Masini Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret 6 2 Ret 43 9 9 6 8 11 9 7 Ret 7 12 5 29 10 11 7 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret 14 3 Ret 24 11 Stefano Gabellini Ret Ret Ret 8 DNS 8 4 15 7 7 24 12 Tom Ferrier 10 9 9 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 8 6 22 13 2 15 14 8 7 10 8 9 Ret 13 13 15 Tom Coronel 3 12 16 4 10 17 Jean-Michel Martin 5 10 9 18 8 6 9 19 Salvatore Tavano 5 Ret 8 20 Markus Palttala 6 10 Ret 11 7 21 6 Ret 6 22 Ret 7 Ret 13 10 5 23 12 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 4 24 9 2 25 10 12 1 26 Peter Beckers 12 11 0 27 12 0 28 Alan Blencowe 13 0 NC Ret 0 NC Andrea Bacci Ret 0 NC Ret 0 NC Franz Engstler Ret 0 NC Ret 0 NC Ret 0 NC Ret 0 NC DNS 0 NC DNS 0 Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

Teams' Championship[]

Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race, however only the two highest placed cars from each team scored points. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 5 3 9 2 199 5 10 5 6 4 4 8 9 11 3 2 ROAL Motorsport 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 4 Ret 196 4 3 Ret 2 3 15 9 4 Ret DSQ 3 3 Ret 2 4 11 3 2 5 6 1 139 7 Ret 4 8 Ret 8 4 8 7 7 4 6 4 3 5 Ret 14 3 1 1 10 95 9 Ret 7 Ret 13 11 5 10 7 9 7 7 5 Ret 12 3 6 46 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 8 Ret 6 Tobia Masini Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret 6 2 Ret 43 7 9 6 8 11 9 7 Ret 7 12 5 29 8 Conrero 12 8 7 10 8 9 10 13 5 Ret 25 11 10 12 10 11 Ret 10 Ret 9 4 10 Ret 10 6 10 Ret 11 7 11 12 0 12 GA Racing 13 0 DNS NC Ret 0 Ret NC Engstler Centro Sportivo Ret 0 Ret NC Ret 0 DNS Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Under 25 Trophy[]

Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts 1 4 3 Ret 2 3 15 1 4 Ret Ret 128 2 Tom Ferrier 10 9 9 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 8 6 98 3 Tobia Masini Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret 6 2 Ret 80 4 8 7 10 8 9 Ret 13 70 5 11 7 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret 14 3 Ret 70 6 Ret 7 Ret 13 10 38 7 Markus Palttala 6 10 Ret 11 34 8 Salvatore Tavano 5 Ret 12 Pos Driver MON BRN MGN SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References[]

External links[]

• FIATouringCars.com