2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Teams and drivers[]

2001 Entry List[3]
Team	No.	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 Murphy	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:

Pos Driver MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN SPI NÜR JAR EST Points 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 0 Pos Driver MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN SPI NÜR JAR EST Points

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[]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	224
2	RC Motorsport	204
3	Graff Racing	172
4	Jenzer Motorsport	134
5	Cram Competition	98
6	Lucidi Motorsport	96
7	JD Motorsport	82
8	ADM Junior Team	70
9	Lauderbach Motorsport	68
10	TCS	52
11	Lohmann Motorsport	46
12	Manor Motorsport	40
13	Facondini Racing	22
14	Walter Lechner Racing	16
15	DG Racing	8
16	Eiffelland Racing	8
17	Tech 1 Racing	4
18	GM Motorsport	4
19	Team Colak	4
20	Johns Racing Team	2
21	SL Formula Racing	2

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