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.[1]

2001 French Formula Three Championship
Previous: 2000 Next: 2002

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
Entry List[2]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Signature 1 Renaud Derlot Dallara F399 Renault All
2 Bruno Besson Dallara F399 All
64 Lucas Lassere Dallara F399 All
ARTA/Signature 3 Keiko Ihara Dallara F399 Renault All
4 Mathieu Zangarelli Dallara F399 All
ASM 5 Tiago Monteiro Dallara F399 Renault All
6 Tristan Gommendy Dallara F399 All
Saulnier Racing 7 Ryo Fukuda Dallara F399 Renault All
8 Olivier Pla Dallara F399 All
LD Autosport 9 Kevin Nadin Dallara F399 Renault 1–8, 10–11
10 Jeremie de Souza Dallara F399 All
Epsilon by Graff 12 Simon Abadie Martini MK79 Opel All
72 Jerome Dalla Lana Martini MK79 All
Griffith's 17 Gilles Tinguely Dallara F399 Opel 1–9
18 David Moretti Dallara F399 1–2, 5–8
19 Robin Longechal Dallara F399 9–11
Prema Powerteam 41 Ryan Briscoe Dallara F399 Opel 11
42 Thed Björk Dallara F399 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
37 Olivier Maximin Martini MK73 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
24 Sébastien Carcone Dallara F395 1–3, 6–7
Optirace Sport 25 Sylvie Valentin Dallara F395 Fiat 1–3, 5–11
26 Didier Sirgue Dallara F395 6–7, 9
JMP Racing 27 Mohamed Ballahcene Dallara F399 Fiat 1–2
29 Julien Neel Dallara F395 1–2
30 Jean Louis Bianchina Dallara F395 1–2, 4–5, 9–11
32 Anthony Darvey Dallara F395 4
34 Didier Carrere-Gee Dallara F395 4
36 George van Elslande Dallara F395 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
26 Adam Jones Dallara F395 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 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 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
 LÉD
 MAG
 VDV
 SPA
 CRO
 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 Lassere 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
 LÉD
 MAG
 VDV
 SPA
 CRO
 ALB
 LMS
 MAG
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  1. "Race Calendar: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. "Entrylist: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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