2001 Spanish Formula Three Championship

The 2001 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the first Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 27 May at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia and ended on 11 November at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after fourteen races.^[1] Ander Vilariño was crowned series champion.^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Spanish-registered. All cars were powered by Toyota engines, Dallara F300 chassis and Dunlop tyres.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Racing Engineering	1	Ander Vilariño	All
	4	Benjamin Poron	1–3
	4	Daniel Martín	4–7
E.V. Racing	2	Daniel Martín	1–3
	2	Álvaro Parente	4–7
	5	Miguel Ramos	All
	6	Paul Robinson	All
Azteca Motorsport	3	Frederic Haglund	1–2
		Hannu Viinikainen	4–6
		Jordi Palomeras	7
Paco Ortí Racing	7	Peter Sundberg	1–4
		César Campaniço	5–6
		Diego Puyo	7
Escuela Lois Circuit	8	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	All
Escuela Lois Circuit	9	Félix Porteiro	All
G-Tec	10	Philippe Bénoliel	1
		Jordi Palomeras	2
		Álvaro Parente	3
		Ricardo Ferrando Vicente	6
		Pedro Salvador	7
	11	Henri Niskanen	7
Romero Racing		Ángel Romero Redono	1, 4
Romero Racing		Abel Fajas	3
ABV		Ricardo Ferrando Vicente	5
Meycom	12	Carlos Martin	1
	12	Juan Antonio del Pino	2–7
	16	Nassim Sidi Said	1–2
		Ricardo Megre	3
		Jordi Nogues	4–7
GTA Motor Competición	14	Lucas Guerrero	All
GTA Motor Competición	17	Marcel Costa	All
Skualo Competición	15	María de Villota	1–2
		Emilio de Villota Jr.	3–6
		Sergei Yborra	7
	18	Sergei Yborra	1–4
	18	María de Villota	5–7

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	27 May	Ander Vilariño	Daniel Martín	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
1	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	27 May	Félix Porteiro	Ander Vilariño	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Escuela Lois Circuit
2	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	24 June	Marcel Costa	Peter Sundberg	Peter Sundberg	Paco Ortí Racing
2	R2	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	24 June	Peter Sundberg	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
3	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	8 July	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
3	R2	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	8 July	Peter Sundberg	Ander Vilariño	Félix Porteiro	Escuela Lois Circuit
4	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	16 September	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
4	R2	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	16 September	Félix Porteiro	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
5	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	7 October	Ander Vilariño	Ander Vilariño	Marcel Costa	GTA Motor Competición
5	R2	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	7 October	The race was cancelled due to heavy rain
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	14 October	Ander Vilariño	Daniel Martín	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Escuela Lois Circuit
6	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	14 October	Ander Vilariño	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Ander Vilariño	Racing Engineering
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	11 November	Ander Vilariño	Jordi Palomeras	Jordi Palomeras	Azteca Motorsport
7	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	11 November	Daniel Martín	Daniel Martín	Daniel Martín	Racing Engineering

Standings

Drivers' standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	PP	FL
Pts	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	2

Pos	Driver	VAL		JAR		EST		ALB		JAR		VAL		CAT		Pts
1	Ander Vilariño	1	3	DSQ	1	1	7	1	1	2	C	Ret	1	5	Ret	196
2	Daniel Martín	7	4	7	Ret	7	4	3	3	7	C	2	3	Ret	1	157
3	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Ret	1	5	6	4	2	2	10	6	C	1	4	DNS	5	156
4	Félix Porteiro	2	DNS	10	3	2	1	5	2	4	C	Ret	15	Ret	10	131
5	Paul Robinson	5	6	3	4	13	3	Ret	11	5	C	7	6	9	7	123
6	Peter Sundberg	3	2	1	2	3	Ret	4	4							120
7	Marcel Costa	6	8	2	10	Ret	13	8	8	1	C	5	7	6	Ret	113
8	Lucas Guerrero	Ret	7	4	7	5	6	9	Ret	9	C	8	8	Ret	9	91
9	Jordi Nogues							7	5	Ret	C	3	2	3	2	89
10	Miguel Ramos	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	10	C	10	12	10	Ret	79
11	Juan Antonio del Pino			Ret	13	Ret	Ret	11	7	11	C	4	9	4	3	73
12	Álvaro Parente					9	9	12	Ret	12	C	9	13	8	6	50
13	Hannu Viinikainen							6	6	3	C	Ret	5			48
14	Frederic Haglund	4	5	8	5											46
15	Jordi Palomeras			6	9									1	13	42
16	Sergei Yborra	11	13	11	Ret	10	10	Ret	13					Ret	8	36
17	Pedro Salvador													2	4	32
18	Benjamin Poron	8	10	Ret	12	11	11									28
19	Ricardo Megre					6	5									22
20	María de Villota	12	12	Ret	11					DNS	C	12	14	Ret	Ret	19
21	César Campaniço									8	C	6	Ret			18
22	Emilio de Villota Jr.					DSQ	Ret	13	14	14	C	11	10			18
23	Henri Niskanen													7	12	13
24	Nassim Sidi Said	9	11	DSQ	Ret											12
25	Diego Puyo													11	11	10
26	Abel Fajas					12	12									8
27	Ricardo Ferrando Vicente									13	C	Ret	11			8
28	Ángel Romero Redono	15	14					Ret	12							7
29	Philippe Bénoliel	13	Ret													3
30	Carlos Martin	14	15													3
Pos	Driver	VAL		JAR		EST		ALB		JAR		VAL		CAT		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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	Car No.	VAL		JAR		EST		ALB		JAR		VAL		CAT		Pts
1	Racing Engineering	1	1	3	DSQ	1	1	7	1	1	2	C	Ret	1	5	Ret	113
1	Racing Engineering	4	8	10	Ret	12	11	11	3	3	7	C	2	3	Ret	1	113
2	Escuela Lois Circuit	8	Ret	1	5	6	4	2	2	10	6	C	1	4	DNS	5	94
2	Escuela Lois Circuit	9	2	DNS	10	3	2	1	5	2	4	C	Ret	15	Ret	10	94
3	Meycom Sport	12	14	15	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	11	7	11	C	4	9	4	3	48
3	Meycom Sport	16	9	11	DSQ	Ret	6	5	7	5	Ret	C	3	2	3	2	48
4	Paco Ortí Racing - Elide	7	3	2	1	2	3	Ret	4	4	8	C	6	Ret	11	11	46
5	E.V. Racing	2	7	4	7	Ret	7	4	12	Ret	12	C	9	13	8	6	30
		5	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	10	C	10	12	10	Ret
		6	5	6	3	4	13	3	Ret	11	5	C	7	6	9	7
6	Azteca Motorsport	3	4	5	8	5			6	6	3	C	Ret	5	1	13	29
7	GTA Motor Competición	14	Ret	7	4	7	5	6	9	Ret	9	C	8	8	Ret	9	28
7	GTA Motor Competición	17	6	8	2	10	Ret	13	8	8	1	C	5	7	6	Ret	28
8	G-Tec	10	13	Ret	6	9	9	9					Ret	11	2	4	12
8	G-Tec	11	15	14			12	12	Ret	12	13	C			7	12	12
9	Skualo Competición	15	12	12	Ret	11	DSQ	Ret	13	14	14	C	11	10	Ret	8	0
9	Skualo Competición	18	11	13	11	Ret	10	10	Ret	13	DNS	C	12	14	Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Team	Car No.	VAL		JAR		EST		ALB		JAR		VAL		CAT		Pts

References

^ "Race Calendar: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ "Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
^ "Entrylist: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

External links

Official Site

[1] "Race Calendar: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[2] "Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[3] "Entrylist: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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