# 2001 V8Star Series

The 2001 V8Star Series season was the inaugural V8Star Series season. It featured nine races at five European racing circuits, in Germany and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series, taking four wins, and beating Germans Marcel Tiemann and Roland Asch to the title.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Grohs Motorsport | 1 | Patrick Simon | All |
| Grohs Motorsport | 1 | Artur Deutgen | – |
| Grohs Motorsport | 1 | Christian Hohenadel | – |
| Grohs Motorsport | 2 | Harald Becker | All |
| SST Engineering | 3 | Kurt Thiim | All |
| SST Engineering | 4 | Tom Schwister | All |
| PoleVision Racing | 5 | Roland Asch | All |
| PoleVision Racing | 6 | Toby Scheckter | All |
| Irmscher Motorsport | 9 | Johnny Cecotto | All |
| MRS Workshop | 11 | Ralf Druckenmüller | All |
| Knüpfing Motorsport | 14 | Timo Rumpfkeil | All |
| Knüpfing Motorsport | 15 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | 3–9 |
| Knüpfing Motorsport | 15 | Ralf Kelleners | – |
| Knüpfing Motorsport | 15 | Artur Deutgen | – |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Artur Deutgen | 1–4 |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Klaus Panchryz | 5–6 |
| MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Robert Lechner | 7–9 |
| Oliver Mayer Motorsport | 18 | Oliver Mayer | All |
| 1st Choice Racing | 21 | Kris Nissen | 5–9 |
| Ryll Racing | 22 | Artur Deutgen | 7–9 |
| Ryll Racing | 22 | Siegfried Ryll | – |
| GAG Racing Team | 27 | Steffen Widmann | All |
| GAG Racing Team | 28 | Thomas Mutsch | All |
| JAG Racing Team | 66 | Sascha Bert | All |
| JAG Racing Team | 88 | Andrzej Dziurka | 1–6 |
| JAG Racing Team | 88 | Andrej Studenic | 7–9 |
| Zakspeed Motorsport | 77 | Karl Wendlinger | All |
| Zakspeed Motorsport | 99 | Marcel Tiemann | All |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | April 29 | Johnny Cecotto | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 2 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | May 13 | | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 3 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | May 26 | Roland Asch | Roland Asch | PoleVision Racing |
| 4 | R | Salzburgring | Austria | June 10 | | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 5 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | July 22 | Kurt Thiim | Roland Asch | PoleVision Racing |
| 6 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | August 5 | | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
| 7 | R | Hockenheimring | Germany | September 16 | Roland Asch | Robert Lechner | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 8 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | September 30 | | Robert Lechner | MIS Mönninghoff |
| 9 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | October 14 | Ralf Druckenmüller | Marcel Tiemann | Zakspeed Motorsport |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Johnny Cecotto | 217 |
| 2 | Roland Asch | 203 |
| 3 | Marcel Tiemann | 203 |
| 4 | Thomas Mutsch | 180 |
| 5 | Ralf Druckenmüller | 175 |
| 6 | Kurt Thiim | 172 |
| 7 | Toby Scheckter | 166 |
| 8 | Steffen Widmann | 153 |
| 9 | Sascha Bert | 150 |
| 10 | Timo Rumpfkeil | 143 |
| 11 | Karl Wendlinger | 142 |
| 12 | Harald Becker | 135 |
| 13 | Tom Schwister | 135 |
| 14 | Patrick Simon | 116 |
| 15 | Robert Lechner | 115 |
| 16 | Kris Nissen | 114 |
| 17 | Artur Deutgen | 113 |
| 18 | Oliver Mayer | 111 |
| 19 | Andrej Studenic | 83 |
| 20 | Patrick Hildenbrandt | 81 |
| 21 | Andrzej Dziurka | 51 |
| 22 | Siegfried Ryll | 22 |
| 23 | Christian Hohenadel | 18 |
| 24 | Ralf Kelleners | 17 |
| 25 | Klaus Panchryz | 7 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | PoleVision Racing | 330 |
| 2 | Zakspeed Motorsport | 306 |
| 3 | GAG Racing Team | 289 |
| 4 | SST Engineering | 278 |
| 5 | JAG Racing Team | 260 |
| 6 | Grohs Motorsport | 247 |
| 7 | Knüpfing Motorsport | 235 |
| 8 | Irmscher Motorsport | 191 |
| 9 | MRS Workshop | 161 |
| 10 | MIS Mönninghoff | 148 |
| 11 | 1st Choice Racing | 114 |
| 12 | Oliver Mayer Motorsport | 101 |
| 13 | Ryll Racing | 72 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th |
| Points | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |