# 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 Monza Circuit on 30 March and finished at the Circuito do Estoril on 4 November, after ten races. 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.

## Teams and drivers

2001 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Lauderbach Motorsport | 1 | Charles Zwolsman Jr. | 1–3, 5–8, 10 |
| Lauderbach Motorsport | 19 | Ross Zwolsman | 1–2, 5–8, 10 |
| Walter Lechner Racing | 2 | Marcel Lasée | 1–2 |
| Walter Lechner Racing | 3 | Jörg Hardt | 1–2 |
| JD Motorsport | 2 | Marcel Lasée | 7–8, 10 |
| JD Motorsport | 25 | Christian Kissling | 1–5, 10 |
| JD Motorsport | 26 | Benjamin Leuenberger | 1–8, 10 |
| JD Motorsport | 64 | Jean de Pourtales | 4 |
| JD Motorsport | 71 | Mariano Acebal | 6 |
| Motopark Academy | 3 | Jörg Hardt | 8 |
| Motopark Academy | 20 | Christopher Brück | 1–2, 7–8 |
| Motopark Academy | 46 | Andreas Zuber | 1–2, 7–8 |
| Lohmann Motorsport | 4 | Thomas Pichler | 1–7, 10 |
| Cram Competition | 5 | Ronnie Quintarelli | 1–5 |
| Cram Competition | 21 | Paulo Bueno | 1–5 |
| Cram Competition | 31 | Fausto Ippoliti | 1–7 |
| Cram Competition | 43 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | 1–6 |
| Cram Competition | 63 | Sean Murphey | 7–9 |
| Cram Competition | 69 | Marco Bonanomi | 7–10 |
| Cram Competition | 86 | Jérôme Thiry | 8 |
| Graff Racing | 6 | Eric Salignon | 1, 3–4, 6–8, 10 |
| Graff Racing | 11 | Roman Rusinov | 1, 3, 6, 10 |
| Graff Racing | 42 | Bruno Spengler | 1, 3–4, 6–8, 10 |
| Graff Racing | 48 | Julien Pressac | 3, 10 |
| Graff Racing | 92 | Philippe Almeras | 10 |
| Team Colak | 7 | Marin Colak | 1–6 |
| RC Motorsport | 8 | Augusto Farfus | All |
| RC Motorsport | 36 | Robert Kubica | All |
| RC Motorsport | 39 | Mauro Massironi | All |
| Johns Racing Team | 9 | John Svensson | All |
| SL Formula Racing | 10 | Marco Knauf | 1–2, 6, 8, 10 |
| SL Formula Racing | 28 | Fabian Denner | 1–2, 6–8 |
| SL Formula Racing | 33 | Philipp Jenig | 1–2, 8, 10 |
| SL Formula Racing | 65 | Tobias Maisch | 7 |
| SL Formula Racing | 70 | Antti Katajakunnas | 6, 8, 10 |
| Belgium Racing Service | 12 | Matthieu Lesenne | 1–2, 5 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | Marc Benz | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 40 | Giorgio Mondini | All |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 47 | Olaf Schmidt | 1–2 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 62 | Paolo Mondini | 1–3 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 72 | Ken Allemann | 6, 10 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 75 | Manuel Benz | 7–9 |
| Prema Powerteam | 15 | Ryan Briscoe | 1–3, 6, 9–10 |
| Prema Powerteam | 22 | César Campaniço | 1–4, 6, 8–10 |
| TCS | 16 | Emmanuel Piget | 1–6, 8 |
| TCS | 44 | Julien Piguet | All |
| Lucidi Motorsport | 18 | Mariano Altuna | All |
| Lucidi Motorsport | 32 | Esteban Guerrieri | All |
| Lucidi Motorsport | 37 | José María López | All |
| ADM Junior Team | 23 | Fabio Carbone | 1–4, 6, 10 |
| ADM Junior Team | 66 | Andre Grillo | 1–4 |
| DG Racing | 27 | Neel Jani | All |
| DG Racing | 35 | Jim Ka To | 1–2 |
| DG Racing | 45 | Steve Zacchia | All |
| DG Racing | 61 | Rafael Ferrer | 3–9 |
| DG Racing | 76 | Jean-Christophe Ravier | 7 |
| DG Racing | 84 | Joel Stere | 9 |
| Dempsey Racing | 12 | Keith Dempsey | 1–5 |
| Facondini Racing | 30 | Davide di Benedetto | 1–4, 6, 9–10 |
| Facondini Racing | 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 |
| Manor Motorsport | 54 | James Eaton | 3–4 |
| Team Renault Sweden | 55 | Patrick Ernston | 2–8 |
| Team Renault Sweden | 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 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 74 | Julien Gilbert | 10 |
| Tech 1 Racing | 90 | Gregory Breuer | 10 |
| Eiffelland Racing | 77 | Jaroslav Janiš | 2–3, 5–6 |
| GM Motorsport | 79 | Jos Menten | 8 |
| GM Motorsport | 80 | Maik Heupel | 8 |
| GM Motorsport | 81 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 8 |
| Den Blå Avis | 82 | Tom Keller | 8 |
| Den Blå Avis | 83 | Philip Andersen | 8 |
| Franchi | 93 | Gregory Franchi | 10 |

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | Monza Circuit | 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 | Circuito do Estoril | 4 November | Ryan Briscoe | Ryan Briscoe | Ryan Briscoe | Prema Powerteam |

## Championship standings
### Drivers

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pos | Driver | MNZ | BRN | MAG | SIL | ZOL | HUN | SPI | NÜR | JAR | EST | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 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 | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 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 |