2001 British Formula Three Championship

The 2001 British Formula Three season was the 51st British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 1 April, and ended on 29 September after twenty-six races, with Japanese driver Takuma Sato crowned champion.

The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally.

This was the first British Formula 3 season where all the thirteen scheduled events consisted of two races on the same date.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2001 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars. All cars competed on Avon tyres.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver	Rounds
Championship Class
Manor Motorsport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	1	Derek Hayes	All
			2	Jeffrey Jones	All
			21	Mark Taylor	All
Jaguar Junior Team	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	3	André Lotterer	All
Jaguar Junior Team	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	4	James Courtney	All
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	5	Anthony Davidson	All
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	6	Takuma Sato	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F301	Renault Sodemo	7	Alex Gurney	All
Fortec Motorsport	Dallara F301	Renault Sodemo	8	Gianmaria Bruni	All
RC Prost Junior Team	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	9	Nicolas Kiesa	1–6
RC Prost Junior Team	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	10	Ryan Dalziel	1–5
Promatecme UK	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	11	Bruce Jouanny	All
Promatecme UK	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	12	Atsushi Katsumata	All
Team Avanti	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	14	Matthew Davies	1–7, 9–13
			15	Martin O'Connell	1
				Miloš Pavlović	2–6
				Sakon Yamamoto	12–13
Alan Docking Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	17	Paul Edwards	1–9
			17	Hideaki Nakao	10–11, 13
			18	Andy Priaulx	All
Alain Menu Racing	Dallara F301	Renault Sodemo	19	Tim Spouge	1–4
				Ben Collins	6–7
				Tom Sisley	8
			20	Rob Austin	All
Duma Racing	Dallara F301	Mugen-Honda	27	Jamie Spence	1–12
			27	Philip Giebler	13
			28	Ryan Dalziel	7, 9–13
Scholarship Class
Fred Goddard Racing	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	51	Robert Doornbos	All
Parker F3	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	52	Robbie Kerr	All
Parker F3	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	62	Ernani Judice	All
Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	53	Kazuki Hoshino	All
ME Motorsport	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	54	Parthiva Sureshwaren	1–9
Team Meritus	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	55	Michael Keohane	All
Team Meritus	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	56	Peter Nilsson	1–9, 11–12
Performance Racing	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	57	Iain Brown	1, 12
				Adam Blair	2–8
				Bobby Issazadhe	10
			58	Matthew Gilmore	All
			59	Justin Sherwood	All
Rowan Racing	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	60	Aaron Scott	All
Shift Motorsport	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	63	Stuart King	1–4
Gatellie International	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	64	Stuart Turvey	1
Team Park Motorsport	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	65	Rowland Kinch	1, 3, 6, 9, 11–13
Diamond Racing	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	66	Harold Primat	All
			77	Mark Mayall	All
			88	Shinsuke Yamazaki	1–3
			88	Tetsuji Masuda	12
Head Motorsport	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	67	Julian Harburg	10, 12
Aztech Motorsport	Dallara F398	Mitsubishi	68	Craig Murray	1

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Scholarship Class Winner
1	R1	Silverstone	1 April	Jamie Spence	James Courtney	James Courtney	Jaguar Junior Team	Matthew Gilmore
1	R2	Silverstone	1 April	Matthew Davies	Gianmaria Bruni	Matthew Davies	Team Avanti	Matthew Gilmore
2	R3	Snetterton	15 April	Matthew Davies	Ryan Dalziel	Matthew Davies	Team Avanti	Robert Doornbos
2	R4	Snetterton	15 April	Paul Edwards	Takuma Sato	Andy Priaulx	Alan Docking Racing	Robbie Kerr
3	R5	Donington Park	29 April	André Lotterer	André Lotterer	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Michael Keohane
3	R6	Donington Park	29 April	André Lotterer	Mark Taylor	André Lotterer	Jaguar Junior Team	Robbie Kerr
4	R7	Oulton Park	7 May	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
4	R8	Oulton Park	7 May	Anthony Davidson	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Michael Keohane
5	R9	Croft Circuit	28 May	Derek Hayes	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Mark Mayall
5	R10	Croft Circuit	28 May	Derek Hayes	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
6	R11	Rockinhgam	10 June	Derek Hayes	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
6	R12	Rockinhgam	10 June	Anthony Davidson	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
7	R13	Castle Combe Circuit	24 June	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
7	R14	Castle Combe Circuit	24 June	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Matthew Gilmore
8	R15	Brands Hatch	8 July	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Derek Hayes	Manor Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
8	R16	Brands Hatch	8 July	James Courtney	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
9	R17	Donington Park	22 July	Takuma Sato	Anthony Davidson	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	Michael Keohane
9	R18	Donington Park	22 July	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robbie Kerr
10	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit	19 August	Andy Priaulx	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Ernani Judice
10	R20	Knockhill Racing Circuit	19 August	Anthony Davidson	Race cancelled due to adverse weather^[1]
11	R20	Thruxton Circuit	1 September	Anthony Davidson	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Robert Doornbos
	R21		2 September	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Mark Mayall
	R22		2 September	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Michael Keohane
12	R23	Brands Hatch	16 September	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	Matthew Gilmore
12	R24	Brands Hatch	16 September	James Courtney	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Matthew Gilmore
13	R25	Silverstone	29 September	André Lotterer	Takuma Sato	Andy Priaulx	Alan Docking Racing	Michael Keohane
13	R26	Silverstone	29 September	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Matthew Gilmore

Standings

Championship's point system was 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 with an extra point for the fastest lap.

Pos	Driver	SIL		SNE		DON		OUL		CRO		ROC		CAS		BRH		DON		KNO^[a]		THR			BRH		SIL		Pts
Championship Class
1	Takuma Sato	12	4	Ret	2	1	Ret	1	1	DSQ	1	1	1	2	2	9	1	12	1	1	C	1	2	8	2	1	18	1	345
2	Anthony Davidson	7	11	8	13	8	Ret	3	3	1	12	4	2	1	1	5	19	Ret	5	2	C	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	272
3	Derek Hayes	3	3	2	4	4	3	8	4	DSQ	3	3	7	4	5	1	6	3	6	5	C	5	6	3	3	5	Ret	6	234
4	James Courtney	1	8	6	6	7	2	7	Ret	3	9	6	4	3	3	2	2	Ret	8	3	C	4	5	2	10	2	4	4	227
5	Gianmaria Bruni	5	2	3	10	3	6	2	9	Ret	5	DNS	Ret	8	11	8	10	1	7	6	C	Ret	3	11	7	8	5	3	156
6	Andy Priaulx	2	5	11	1	11	4	6	6	2	Ret	2	10	11	14	10	8	8	20	10	C	3	9	6	9	Ret	1	Ret	146
7	André Lotterer	Ret	9	7	9	2	1	Ret	16	6	7	5	3	6	6	3	7	2	4	Ret	C	8	13	7	DNS	6	20	8	143
8	Matthew Davies	6	1	1	8	12	Ret	4	2	8	8	10	8	9	9			Ret	2	Ret	C	10	10	5	5	7	8	5	136
9	Mark Taylor	14	10	10	Ret	13	Ret	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	6	3	5	13	4	C	7	4	4	Ret	4	3	Ret	91
10	Bruce Jouanny	Ret	15	Ret	14	DNS	15	5	Ret	Ret	6	7	9	5	10	13	5	11	3	7	C	6	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	6	11	65
11	Jamie Spence	Ret	Ret	14	18	9	Ret	11	5	Ret	2	9	Ret	10	4	7	Ret	6	14	Ret	C	13	7	13	4	10			63
12	Paul Edwards	4	Ret	13	3	5	11	DNS	11	7	10	11	Ret	13	17	4	4	9	12										57
13	Ryan Dalziel	Ret	13	4	7	10	5	12	12	10	11			7	7			7	11	9	C	11	8	9	6	13	7	10	55
14	Nicolas Kiesa	8	7	5	5	16	Ret	13	8	4	4	DNQ	Ret																46
15	Jeffrey Jones	11	12	12	16	6	7	Ret	14	5	Ret	28	6	12	12	14	9	4	9	11	C	16	11	12	11	14	12	12	38
16	Alex Gurney	16	Ret	15	12	17	9	14	13	9	DNS	17	DNS	16	18	12	15	16	10	8	C	9	15	Ret	8	9	13	9	17
17	Miloš Pavlović			9	11	14	Ret	10	7	11	Ret	Ret	5																15
18	Martin O'Connell	9	6																										8
19	Rob Austin	13	17	16	19	15	8	15	21	DNS	13	12	23	14	15	Ret	12	17	21	13	C	12	14	Ret	13	11	10	7	8
20	Ben Collins											8	16	DNS	DNS														3
21	Atsushi Katsumata	10	14	17	17	18	22	Ret	15	DNS	DNS	16	Ret	17	13	Ret	17	10	25	Ret	C	26	12	10	Ret	12	14	13	3
22	Philip Giebler																										9	Ret	2
23	Tim Spouge	20	16	18	DNS	DNS	10	17	Ret																				1
24	Hideaki Nakao																			12	C	23	24	16			Ret	17	0
25	Sakon Yamamoto																								Ret	15	Ret	Ret	0
	Tom Sisley															Ret	DNS												0
Scholarship Class
1	Robbie Kerr	32	22	Ret	15	Ret	12	16	DSQ	18	14	13	11	15	19	11	11	14	15	3	C	19	17	15	15	20	Ret	16	335
2	Matthew Gilmore	15	18	20	21	23	14	20	20	14	23	22	14	18	16	15	16	15	18	2	C	15	19	18	14	16	Ret	14	333
3	Michael Keohane	17	Ret	27	24	19	13	24	17	16	15	15	12	Ret	Ret	18	13	13	16	Ret	C	18	20	14	16	17	11	Ret	280
4	Mark Mayall	18	19	DNQ	23	20	19	21	19	12	18	23	18	20	21	Ret	25	18	22	5	C	17	16	17	21	23	Ret	19	212
5	Robert Doornbos	21	21	19	Ret	Ret	18	19	22	Ret	17	19	17	19	Ret	17	18	Ret	19	4	C	14	Ret	19	19	18	Ret	Ret	182
6	Ernani Judice	19	30	Ret	25	Ret	DNQ	DNS	25	17	16	18	15	25	Ret	16	14	20	17	1	C	25	21	20	18	19	Ret	15	164
7	Kazuki Hoshino	22	Ret	DNS	22	24	DNQ	18	18	21	Ret	20	DNS	21	22	Ret	21	Ret	24	Ret	C	20	18	21	17	21	16	Ret	133
8	Justin Sherwood	25	25	21	26	21	17	Ret	24	15	20	21	20	24	20	Ret	20	Ret	23	Ret	C	21	Ret	22	20	22	15	Ret	119
9	Adam Blair		20	24	20	Ret	16	DNS	DNS	13	DNQ	14	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	23												87
10	Aaron Scott	26	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	23	22	28	20	21	24	21	23	Ret	20	Ret	21	28	6	C	22	Ret	Ret	23	24	21	20	51
11	Parthiva Sureshwaren	28	27	23	Ret	Ret	20	23	23	19	19	25	19	22	23	Ret	22	Ret	DNS										49
12	Harold Primat	33	29	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	26	DNQ	DNQ	26	22	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNS	19	27	7	C	24	22	Ret	Ret	26	17	18	41
13	Peter Nilsson	29	26	25	DNQ	22	24	DNQ	27	DNQ	22	27	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	19	24	DSQ	26				Ret	23	22	25			33
14	Stuart King	23	24	22	Ret	Ret	21	DNQ	DNS																				20
15	Rowland Kinch	31	Ret			DNQ	DNQ					DNQ	DNQ					DNQ	DNQ				23	24	26	28	19	Ret	12
16	Craig Murray	24	23																										9
17	Shinsuke Yamazaki	30	28	26	DNQ	25	25																						7
18	Julian Harburg																			8	C					Ret			3
19	Iain Brown	27																							24	Ret			0
20	Tetsuji Masuda																								25	27			0
	Stuart Turvey	Ret	Ret																										0
	Bobby Issazadhe																			Ret	C								0
Pos	Driver	SIL		SNE		DON		OUL		CRO		ROC		CAS		BRH		DON		KNO^[a]		THR			BRH		SIL		Pts

Notes

^ ^a ^b Stand-alone races were held for the Championship and Scholarship classes due to the grid size.^[2]

References

^ McLaren, Peter (19 August 2001). "Rain stops play at Knockhill". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ Wilkins, Robert (15 August 2001). "British F3 returns to Scotland". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2020. New to F3 in 2001 is a double-header, two-race, format at each event and with the tight Knockhill circuit allowing just 28 starters, the two classes will have split races for the first time this season.

External links

[Knockhill-3] Stand-alone races were held for the Championship and Scholarship classes due to the grid size.^[2]

[1] McLaren, Peter (19 August 2001). "Rain stops play at Knockhill". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[2] Wilkins, Robert (15 August 2001). "British F3 returns to Scotland". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2020. New to F3 in 2001 is a double-header, two-race, format at each event and with the tight Knockhill circuit allowing just 28 starters, the two classes will have split races for the first time this season.

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