2001 German Formula Three Championship

The 2001 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2001 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 21 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.

2001 German Formula Three Championship

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Opel Team BSR driver Toshihiro Kaneishi became the first and only Japanese champion and the first champion from Asia. He clinched the title, winning races at Norisring and A1-Ring. Stefan Mücke finished as runner-up with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheim, losing just four points to Kaneishi. Frank Diefenbacher and Pierre Kaffer both won four races to end the season third and fourth in the drivers' standings. Markus Winkelhock won Rookie title and three races. The other race winners was Gary Paffett, João Paulo de Oliveira, Kosuke Matsuura and Björn Wirdheim.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis and used Yokohama tyres; model listed.^[2]

Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds Opel Team KMS 1 Robert Lechner F301/016 Opel 1–3 Ronnie Quintarelli R 5–8 Wagner Ebrahim 9 2 Giuseppe Burlotti F301/010 R 1–3 Ronnie Quintarelli R 4 Jaroslav Janiš R 5–10 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 5 Markus Winkelhock F301/001 Opel R All 6 Stefan Mücke F301/006 All Opel Team BSR 7 Bernhard Auinger F399/023 Opel All 8 Toshihiro Kaneishi F300/028 All 9 Frank Diefenbacher F301/010 All Prema Powerteam 10 Kosuke Matsuura F301/009 Opel R All 11 Björn Wirdheim F301/024 All 16 Ryan Briscoe F399/037 7 GM Motorsport 12 Phil Giebler F301/007 Toyota 1–3 Nicolas Kiesa 5–10 14 Tony Schmidt F301/026 All 15 Hannes Lachinger F301/031 R All MOL — Trella Motorsport 17 Zsolt Baumgartner F300/012 Opel 1–9 Van Amersfoort Racing 18 Marc Caldonazzi F300/050 Opel 1–5 André Fibier 6 Allan Simonsen R 7–10 19 Marco du Pau F399/058 1–6 JB Motorsport 20 Nicolas Stelandre F399/003 Opel 1–6 Robert Doornbos 8–10 21 Tom van Bavel F399/041 All Team Kolles Racing 22 Kimmo Liimatainen F300/026 Mugen-Honda R All 23 Pierre Kaffer F300/013 All Swiss Racing Team 24 Andrew Kirkaldy F399/054 Opel 1 Kari Maenpaa 2–9 Gilles Tinguely 10 25 João Paulo de Oliveira F399/068 All Team Rosberg 26 Gary Paffett F301/014 Opel All 27 Laurent Delahaye F301/015 Renault All Josef Kaufmann Racing 28 Thomas Riethmüller F300/041 Opel R 1–8, 10 Cram Competition 31 Matteo Grassotto F301/032 Opel 1–7 Mark Mayall 9 32 Raffaele Giammaria F301/003 All Palfinger F3 Racing Team 33 Norbert Siedler F300/011 Opel All Petutschnig Engineering 34 Sven Heidfeld F399/009 Opel 1–2 35 Clemens Stadler F300/019 1 CCT Racing 36 Marco Schärf F300/023 Opel All Franz Wöss Racing 37 Clemens Stadler F399/021 Opel 9 Team Ghinzani 98 Gottfried Grasser F300/029 Mugen-Honda R All 99 Fabrizio del Monte F300/025 R All

Icon Class R Rookie

Calendar

With the exception of round at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	21 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
	R2			22 April
2	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	5 May	63. ADAC Eifelrennen
	R2			6 May
3	R1	Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 May	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
	R2			20 May
4	R1	Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	16 June	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Sachsenring
	R2			17 June
5	R1	Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	7 July	59. Norisring Speedweekend
	R2			8 July
6	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	28 July	German Grand Prix
	R2			29 July
7	R1	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	11 August	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
	R2			12 August
8	R1	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	25 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
	R2			26 August
9	R1	Spielberg, Austria	A1-Ring	8 September	ADAC Rundstreckenrennen A1-Ring
	R2			9 September
10	R1	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	6 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
	R2			7 October

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
	R2		Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
2	R1	Nürburgring	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
	R2		Frank Diefenbacher	Stefan Mücke	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
3	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Markus Winkelhock	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
	R2		Toshihiro Kaneishi	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
4	R1	Sachsenring	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Kosuke Matsuura	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
	R2		João Paulo de Oliveira	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
5	R1	Norisring	Pierre Kaffer	Gary Paffett	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
	R2		Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR
6	R1	Hockenheimring	João Paulo de Oliveira	Tony Schmidt	João Paulo de Oliveira	Swiss Racing Team
	R2		João Paulo de Oliveira	Stefan Mücke	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
7	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Frank Diefenbacher	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
	R2		Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
8	R1	Nürburgring	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam
	R2		Pierre Kaffer	Markus Winkelhock	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
9	R1	A1-Ring	Markus Winkelhock	João Paulo de Oliveira	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR
	R2		Björn Wirdheim	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam
10	R1	Hockenheimring	Gary Paffett	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
	R2		Stefan Mücke	Nicolas Kiesa	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg

Championship standings

Championship

Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 OSC SAC NOR HOC2 LAU NÜR2 A1R HOC3 Points 1 Toshihiro Kaneishi 5 3 6 2 2 2 2 11 6 1 Ret 8 4 2 7 21 1 6 7 6 182 2 Stefan Mücke 16 2 2 1 Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 8 7 2 2 3 1 178 3 Frank Diefenbacher 1 1 13 16 8 3 3 13 1 4 4 10 2 1 22 3 12 3 Ret DSQ 172 4 Pierre Kaffer 9 4 1 7 4 1 Ret 1 DSQ 2 8 5 6 10 5 1 9 Ret 8 19 156 5 Markus Winkelhock 7 6 3 3 3 13 1 Ret 11 Ret 21 21 1 6 3 2 Ret Ret 1 Ret 141 6 Gary Paffett 2 Ret 8 10 1 Ret 22 Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 5 8 12 15 4 4 2 2 123 7 João Paulo de Oliveira 19 5 24† 11 7 23 Ret 14 18 Ret 1 2 8 Ret 2 4 3 5 4 5 116 8 Kosuke Matsuura Ret 14 4 4 DNS 12 10 12 8 5 2 1 24 9 4 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 83 9 Björn Wirdheim 10 10 Ret 24† 5 7 Ret Ret 14 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 1 11 7 1 Ret 7 80 10 Tony Schmidt 3 Ret Ret 5 6 5 21 Ret 2 11 11 12 18 7 13 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 56 11 Matteo Grassotto DNQ 12 20 Ret 13 14 5 3 10 7 3 6 Ret 12 43 12 Raffaele Giammaria 20 13 12 23† Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 DNQ 6 9 17 20 18 18 5 9 6 4 41 13 Hannes Lachinger Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 19 4 Ret 13 8 14 7 7 17 6 5 21 Ret 18 10 36 14 Kari Maenpaa 11 12 16 Ret 6 2 DNQ DNQ 15 17 14 18 9 6 14 8 32 15 Tom van Bavel 6 11 5 6 21 11 8 7 16 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 22 Ret 12 8 32 16 Kimmo Liimatainen 12 9 7 25† 15 10 18 8 DNQ DNQ 12 15 13 24 11 8 20 Ret Ret 3 25 17 Zsolt Baumgartner 11 7 9 8 18 18 9 6 9 13 Ret 13 9 13 Ret 10 8 Ret 25 18 Norbert Siedler Ret 22† 16 Ret Ret 15 12 4 20 18 7 4 11 15 20 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 24 19 Nicolas Stelandre 4 DNS 18 21 10 26 17 Ret 5 10 Ret Ret 20 20 Nicolas Kiesa 15 12 10 14 Ret 5 24 Ret 6 Ret 19 9 17 21 Bernhard Auinger Ret Ret Ret 15 9 4 20 Ret 21 15 18 Ret 15 22 21 19 15 Ret 10 14 13 22 Jaroslav Janiš DNQ 16 17 16 12 Ret 14 9 11 Ret 5 11 10 23 Gottfried Grasser DNQ 19 Ret 22 20 24 13 5 DNQ DNQ 20 20 21 25 Ret 20 17 Ret Ret 17 8 24 Robert Lechner 13 16 Ret 9 17 6 8 25 Ronnie Quintarelli 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 16 15 Ret 5 26 Laurent Delahaye 8 20 Ret 13 11 21 14 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret 13 Ret 11 Ret 4 27 Andrew Kirkaldy 17 8 3 28 Marc Caldonazzi 14 18 22 18 22 Ret 16 9 22 17 2 29 Marco du Pau Ret DNQ 17 19 12 16 11 Ret 19 9 13 Ret 2 30 Giuseppe Burlotti 18 15 10 14 19 17 1 31 Marco Schärf Ret 21 Ret 20 Ret 25 23 10 DNQ DNQ 19 Ret 23 26 23 Ret DNQ Ret DNS Ret 1 32 Fabrizio del Monte Ret 23† 15 Ret Ret 22 19 Ret DNQ Ret 16 18 19 23 DNS Ret 19 10 DNS 16 1 33 Robert Doornbos 17 14 16 11 15 15 0 34 Allan Simonsen 22 19 19 16 Ret Ret 13 12 0 35 Mark Mayall Ret 12 0 36 Clemens Stadler DNQ DNQ 18 13 0 37 Ryan Briscoe Ret 14 0 38 Thomas Riethmüller DNQ 17 23 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 17 DNQ Ret 19 20 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 0 39 Phil Giebler 15 Ret 19 17 23 20 0 40 Gilles Tinguely 17 18 0 41 Sven Heidfeld Ret DNQ 21 Ret 0 42 André Fibier 22 Ret 0 Wagner Ebrahim Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver HOC1 NÜR1 OSC SAC NOR HOC2 LAU NÜR2 A1R HOC2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings

	Driver	Points
1	Markus Winkelhock	265
2	Kosuke Matsuura	188
3	Hannes Lachinger	145
4	Kimmo Liimatainen	133
5	Jaroslav Janiš	61
6	Ronnie Quintarelli	46
7	Fabrizio del Monte	42
8	Giuseppe Burlotti	37
9	Gottfried Grasser	25
10	Allan Simonsen	18
11	Thomas Riethmüller	18