Between 16 and 19 July 2001, EA held an event at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza race track that saw Ricardo Zonta race against the game's producers. In 25 July another event called Camp EA 2001 held at Redwood Shores featured all of the latest games including F1 2001 on display. IGN viewed a demo of the game at the event and praised the game for its smooth quality and fun playing style which was down to some of the developers who had worked on "Quake III Arena". As a sign of good faith, BAR carried the EA Sports logo on their cars at the 2001 United States Grand Prix. The Xbox version debuted at a pre-ECTS event in September 2001.