2001 V8Star Series

2001 V8Star Series
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The 2001 V8Star Series season was the inaugural V8Star Series season. It featured nine races at five European racing circuits, in Germany and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series, taking only the one win but beating Germans Marcel Tiemann and Roland Asch to the title.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Grohs Motorsport 1 Germany Patrick Simon All
Germany Artur Deutgen –
Germany Christian Hohenadel –
2 Germany Harald Becker All
Germany SST Engineering 3 Denmark Kurt Thiim All
4 Germany Tom Schwister All
France PoleVision Racing 5 Germany Roland Asch All
6 South Africa Toby Scheckter All
Germany Irmscher Motorsport 9 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto All
Germany MRS Workshop 11 Germany Ralf Druckenmüller All
Germany Knüpfing Motorsport 14 Germany Timo Rumpfkeil All
15 Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt 3–9
Germany Ralf Kelleners –
Germany Artur Deutgen –
Germany MIS Mönninghoff 16 Germany Artur Deutgen 1–4
Germany Klaus Panchryz 5–6
Austria Robert Lechner 7–9
Germany Oliver Mayer Motorsport 18 Germany Oliver Mayer All
Germany 1st Choice Racing 21 Denmark Kris Nissen 5–9
Germany Ryll Racing 22 Germany Artur Deutgen 7–9
Germany Siegfried Ryll –
Germany GAG Racing Team 27 Germany Steffen Widmann All
28 Germany Thomas Mutsch All
Germany JAG Racing Team 66 Germany Sascha Bert All
88 Poland Andrzej Dziurka 1–6
Slovakia Andrej Studenic 7–9
Germany Zakspeed Motorsport 77 Austria Karl Wendlinger All
99 Germany Marcel Tiemann All

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany April 29 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
2 R Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany May 13 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
3 R Germany Nürburgring Germany May 26 Germany Roland Asch Germany Roland Asch France PoleVision Racing
4 R Austria Salzburgring Austria June 10 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
5 R Germany Nürburgring Germany July 22 Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Roland Asch France PoleVision Racing
6 R Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany August 5 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
7 R Germany Hockenheimring Germany September 16 Germany Roland Asch Austria Robert Lechner Germany MIS Mönninghoff
8 R Germany Nürburgring Germany September 30 Austria Robert Lechner Germany MIS Mönninghoff
9 R Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany October 14 Germany Ralf Druckenmüller Germany Marcel Tiemann Germany Zakspeed Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos Driver Points
1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto 217
2 Germany Roland Asch 203
3 Germany Marcel Tiemann 203
4 Germany Thomas Mutsch 180
5 Germany Ralf Druckenmüller 175
6 Denmark Kurt Thiim 172
7 South Africa Toby Scheckter 166
8 Germany Steffen Widmann 153
9 Germany Sascha Bert 150
10 Germany Timo Rumpfkeil 143
11 Austria Karl Wendlinger 142
12 Germany Harald Becker 135
13 Germany Tom Schwister 135
14 Germany Patrick Simon 116
15 Austria Robert Lechner 115
16 Denmark Kris Nissen 114
17 Germany Artur Deutgen 113
18 Germany Oliver Mayer 111
19 Slovakia Andrej Studenic 83
20 Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt 81
21 Poland Andrzej Dziurka 51
22 Germany Siegfried Ryll 22
23 Germany Christian Hohenadel 18
24 Germany Ralf Kelleners 17
25 Germany Klaus Panchryz 7
Pos Driver Points

Pos Team Points
1 France PoleVision Racing 330
2 Germany Zakspeed Motorsport 306
3 Germany GAG Racing Team 289
4 Germany SST Engineering 278
5 Germany JAG Racing Team 260
6 Germany Grohs Motorsport 247
7 Germany Knüpfing Motorsport 235
8 Germany Irmscher Motorsport 191
9 Germany MRS Workshop 161
10 Germany MIS Mönninghoff 148
11 Germany 1st Choice Racing 114
12 Germany Oliver Mayer Motorsport 101
13 Germany Ryll Racing 72
Pos Team Points
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
Points 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

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