# 2001 French Formula Three Championship

The 2001 French Formula Three Championship was the 34th running of the French Formula Three Championship. It began on 31 March at Nogaro and ended on 20 October at Magny-Cours after eleven races.
Ryo Fukuda of Saulnier Racing won races at Nogaro, Lédenon, Spa, Le Mans, and Val de Vienne Magny-Cours, and had another two podiums on his way to the championship title. He had only one rival who can contest with him and shared leftover wins. It was Tiago Monteiro, who won Nogaro, Croix-en-Ternois, and Albi races.

## Teams and drivers

* All cars competed on Michelin tyres.
Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Signature | 1 | Renaud Derlot | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| Signature | 2 | Bruno Besson | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| Signature | 64 | Lucas Lasserre | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| ARTA/Signature | 3 | Keiko Ihara | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| ARTA/Signature | 4 | Mathieu Zangarelli | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| ASM | 5 | Tiago Monteiro | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| ASM | 6 | Tristan Gommendy | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| Saulnier Racing | 7 | Ryo Fukuda | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| Saulnier Racing | 8 | Olivier Pla | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| LD Autosport | 9 | Kevin Nadin | Dallara F399 | Renault | 1–8, 10–11 |
| LD Autosport | 10 | Jeremie de Souza | Dallara F399 | Renault | All |
| Epsilon by Graff | 12 | Simon Abadie | Martini MK79 | Opel | All |
| Epsilon by Graff | 72 | Jerome Dalla Lana | Martini MK79 | Opel | All |
| Griffith's | 17 | Gilles Tinguely | Dallara F399 | Opel | 1–9 |
| Griffith's | 18 | David Moretti | Dallara F399 | Opel | 1–2, 5–8 |
| Griffith's | 19 | Robin Longechal | Dallara F399 | Opel | 9–11 |
| Prema Powerteam | 41 | Ryan Briscoe | Dallara F399 | Opel | 11 |
| Prema Powerteam | 42 | Thed Björk | Dallara F399 | Opel | 11 |
| Menu Motorsport | 42 | Rob Austin | Dallara F399 | Opel | 11 |
| Class B ||||||
| Pélikan Sport | 20 | Philippe Hottinguer | Dallara F397 | Fiat | 1–2, 4–11 |
| Griffith's | 21 | Roger Maurice Lemartin | Martini MK73 | Opel | 1–9 |
| Griffith's | 37 | Olivier Maximin | Martini MK73 | Opel | 5–11 |
| Phénix Compéticion | 22 | Patrick d'Aubreby | Martini MK73 | Opel | 1–2, 4, 6–7 9–11 |
| PLS Compéticion | 23 | Philippe Le Sommer | Dallara F395 | Renault | 1–2, 4, 11 |
| PLS Compéticion | 24 | Sébastien Carcone | Dallara F395 | Renault | 1–3, 6–7 |
| Optirace Sport | 25 | Sylvie Valentin | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 1–3, 5–11 |
| Optirace Sport | 26 | Didier Sirgue | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 6–7, 9 |
| JMP Racing | 27 | Mohamed Ballahcene | Dallara F399 | Fiat | 1–2 |
| JMP Racing | 29 | Julien Neel | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 1–2 |
| JMP Racing | 30 | Jean Louis Bianchina | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 1–2, 4–5, 9–11 |
| JMP Racing | 32 | Anthony Darvey | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 4 |
| JMP Racing | 34 | Didier Carrere-Gee | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 4 |
| JMP Racing | 36 | George van Elslande | Dallara F395 | Fiat | 5, 9–10 |
| Roger Péracchia | 31 | Sylvian Jot | Dallara F397 | Opel | 1–4, 6–7 |
| JH Racing | 35 | Jacques Hulbert | Dallara F395 | Opel | 1–2, 4, 6–8, 10–11 |
| Stardrive Motorsport | 25 | Nassim Sidi Said | Dallara F395 | Opel | 8–11 |
| Stardrive Motorsport | 26 | Adam Jones | Dallara F395 | Opel | 10–11 |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Class B Winner |
| 1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 15 April | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | ASM | Sylvie Valentin |
| 2 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 16 April | Tristan Gommendy | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Roger Maurice Lemartin |
| 3 | Circuit de Lédenon | 6 May | Ryo Fukuda | Bruno Besson | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Sylvie Valentin |
| 4 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 20 May | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Jean Louis Bianchina |
| 5 | Circuit du Val de Vienne | 24 June | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | ASM | Olivier Maximin |
| 6 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 8 July | Mathieu Zangarelli | Mathieu Zangarelli | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Roger Maurice Lemartin |
| 7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 8 July | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Olivier Maximin |
| 8 | Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois | 22 July | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | ASM | Olivier Maximin |
| 9 | Circuit d'Albi, Le Sequestre | 2 September | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | Tiago Monteiro | ASM | Nassim Sidi Said |
| 10 | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 30 September | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Olivier Maximin |
| 11 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 14 October | Tiago Monteiro | Ryo Fukuda | Ryo Fukuda | Saulnier Racing | Adam Jones |

## Standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | FL |
| 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | LÉD | MAG | VDV | SPA | SPA | CRT | ALB | LMS | MAG | Pts |
| 1 | Ryo Fukuda | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 191 |
| 2 | Tiago Monteiro | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 171 |
| 3 | Bruno Besson | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 148 |
| 4 | Renaud Derlot | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 118 |
| 5 | Mathieu Zangarelli | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 99 |
| 6 | Tristan Gommendy | 4 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 94 |
| 7 | Lucas Lasserre | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 22 | 76 |
| 8 | Olivier Pla | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 74 |
| 9 | Jeremie de Souza | 10 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 58 |
| 10 | Simon Abadie | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 25 | 55 |
| 11 | Jerome Dalla Lana | 6 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 18 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| 12 | Kevin Nadin | Ret | 8 | 11 | 11 | 19 | Ret | 9 | 9 | | Ret | 13 | 25 |
| 13 | Keiko Ihara | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 22 |
| 14 | Gilles Tinguely | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | | | 6 |
| 15 | David Moretti | 14 | 10 | | | Ret | 12 | 11 | 13 | | | | 5 |
| 16 | Robin Longechal | | | | | | | | | 10 | 19 | 24 | 5 |
| guest drivers ineligible for championship points ||||||||||||||
| | Ryan Briscoe | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 |
| | Rob Austin | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 0 |
| | Thed Björk | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| Class B ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philippe Hottinguer | 13 | 16 | | 13 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 145 |
| 2 | Olivier Maximin | | | | | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 115 |
| 3 | Patrick d'Aubreby | 18 | 12 | | 14 | | Ret | 15 | | 12 | 13 | 19 | 96 |
| 4 | Sylvie Valentin | 15 | Ret | 12 | | 17 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | 92 |
| 5 | Roger Maurice Lemartin | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 14 | 20 | Ret | Ret | | | 63 |
| 6 | Jacques Hulbert | 21 | 17 | | Ret | | 21 | 18 | 17 | | 17 | 23 | 62 |
| 7 | Jean Louis Bianchina | 19 | DNS | | 12 | Ret | | | | 17 | 15 | 20 | 57 |
| 8 | Nassim Sidi Said | | | | | | | | Ret | 11 | 12 | 15 | 52 |
| 9 | Sébastien Carcone | 17 | 15 | Ret | | | 17 | 16 | | | | | 50 |
| 10 | Sylvian Jot | 20 | Ret | Ret | 16 | | 20 | 19 | | | | | 35 |
| 11 | Adam Jones | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 12 | Didier Sirgue | | | | | | 19 | 17 | | 15 | | | 18 |
| 13 | Philippe Le Sommer | Ret | Ret | | 15 | | | | | | | 21 | 28 |
| 14 | George van Elslande | | | | | 18 | | | | 16 | 20 | | 25 |
| 15 | Julien Neel | 22 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 16 | Anthony Darvey | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 9 |
| | Didier Carrere-Gee | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mohamed Ballahcene | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | LÉD | MAG | VDV | SPA | SPA | CRO | ALB | LMS | MAG | Pts |
| 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) |