# 2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship

The 2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 11 different teams, 30 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines. Future Formula One driver Felipe Massa took the title.

## Entries

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| ADM Motorsport | 1 | Vítor Meira | All |
| ADM Motorsport | 2 | "Babalus" | 1-3 |
| ADM Motorsport | 2 | Gabriele Varano | 4-6 |
| ADM Motorsport | 2 | Sergey Zlobin | 8 |
| Sighinolfi Autoracing | 5 | Salvatore Tavano | All |
| Sighinolfi Autoracing | 6 | Alessandro Piccolo | All |
| GP Racing | 9 | Thomas Biagi | All |
| GP Racing | 10 | Gabriele Gardel | All |
| Great Wall Racing Team | 11 | Massimiliano Busnelli | All |
| Great Wall Racing Team | 12 | Valerio Scassellati | All |
| Martello Racing | 14 | Etienne van der Linde | 1-6 |
| Martello Racing | 14 | Tomas Scheckter | 8 |
| Martello Racing | 15 | Jean de Pourtales | 1-7 |
| Durango | 16 | Michele Spoldi | 1-7 |
| Durango | 16 | Gabriele de Bono | 8 |
| Durango | 17 | Marco Cioci | All |
| Draco Junior Team | 18 | Luca Vacis | All |
| Draco Junior Team | 19 | Felipe Massa | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 20 | Alexander Müller | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 21 | Armin Pörnbacher | All |
| Fortec Motorsport | 24 | Polo Villaamil | 1-5 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 24 | Tsuyoshi Takahashi | 6 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 25 | Michael Bentwood | All |
| Uboldi Corse | 26 | Davide Uboldi | 1-3, 6 |
| Uboldi Corse | 26 | Yannick Schroeder | 4-5 |
| Uboldi Corse | 26 | Michele Spoldi | 8 |
| Uboldi Corse | 27 | Leonardo Nienkötter | All |
| B&C Competition | 28 | Sascha Bert | 1-2 |
| B&C Competition | 28 | Giuseppe Burlotti | 3 |
| B&C Competition | 28 | Giovanni Montanari | 4-8 |
| B&C Competition | 29 | Romain Dumas | 1-5 |
| B&C Competition | 29 | Yannick Schroeder | 6-7 |

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit/Location | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed |
| 1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 22 April | 44 | 3.228=142.032 km | 0'49:05.454 | 173.595 km/h |
| 2 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 6 May | 29 | 4.950=143.55 km | 0'45:25.500 | 189.609 km/h |
| 3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 24 June | 25 | 5.793=144.825 km | 0'44:18.209 | 196.136 km/h |
| 4 | Donington Park | 12 August | 36 | 4.023=144.828 km | 0'52:49.068 | 164.522 km/h |
| 5 | Circuit Zolder | 19 August | 35 | 4.194=146.79 km | 0'50:33.479 | 174.204 km/h |
| 6 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | 26 August | 29 | 4.933=143.057 km | 0'50:04.560 | 171.408 km/h |
| 7 | Nürburgring | 16 September | 31 | 4.556=141.236 km | 0'52:04.674 | 162.721 km/h |
| 8 | Circuit de Valencia | 7 October | 35 | 4.051=141.785 km | 0'51:27.597 | 165.315 km/h |

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit/Location | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Winning Team |
| 1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |
| 2 | Autodromo di Pergusa | Felipe Massa | Alessandro Piccolo | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |
| 3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Thomas Biagi | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |
| 4 | Donington Park | Thomas Biagi | Alexander Müller | Thomas Biagi | GP Racing |
| 5 | Circuit Zolder | Felipe Massa | Thomas Biagi | Salvatore Tavano | Sighinolfi Autoracing |
| 6 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |
| 7 | Nürburgring | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |
| 8 | Circuit de Valencia | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Draco Junior Team |

## Championships standings

| Pos | Driver | VLL | PER | MNZ | DON | ZOL | IMO | NÜR | VAL | Pts |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| 2 | Thomas Biagi | 2 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 32 |
| 3 | Alexander Müller | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Salvatore Tavano | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 20 |
| 5 | Vítor Meira | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Alessandro Piccolo | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 14 | 4 | Ret | 15 |
| 7 | Romain Dumas | 6 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 14 | | | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Polo Villaamil | 4 | 14 | 4 | Ret | 15 | | | Ret | 6 |
| 9 | Gabriele Gardel | 13 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Etienne van der Linde | 11 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 9 | Ret | | | 4 |
| 11 | Massimiliano Busnelli | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 4 |
| 12 | Michael Bentwood | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 13 | Luca Vacis | Ret | 11 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | Giovanni Montanari | | | | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 |
| 15 | Yannick Schroeder | | | | Ret | 8 | 9 | 6 | | 1 |
| 16 | Marco Cioci | 8 | 8 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 1 |
| - | Leonardo Nienkotter | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| - | "Babalus" | 7 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Valerio Scassellati | 18† | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| - | Armin Pornbacher | 10 | 15 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 0 |
| - | Michele Spoldi | 16 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| - | Jean de Pourtales | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | | 0 |
| - | Davide Uboldi | 17† | 12 | Ret | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Tsuyoshi Takahashi | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| - | Sergey Zlobin | | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| - | Gabriele Varano | | | | Ret | 16 | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Sascha Bert | 14 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Burlotti | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tomas Scheckter | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Gabriele de Bono | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VLL | PER | MNZ | DON | ZOL | IMO | NÜR | VAL | 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) |
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.