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 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 |
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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 |
4 | James Courtney | All | |||
Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F301 | Mugen-Honda | 5 | Anthony Davidson | All |
6 | Takuma Sato | All | |||
Fortec Motorsport | Dallara F301 | Renault Sodemo | 7 | Alex Gurney | All |
8 | Gianmaria Bruni | All | |||
RC Prost Junior Team | Dallara F301 | Spiess-Opel | 9 | Nicolas Kiesa | 1–6 |
10 | Ryan Dalziel | 1–5 | |||
Promatecme UK | Dallara F301 | Mugen-Honda | 11 | Bruce Jouanny | All |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | |||
Tetsuji Masuda | 12 | ||||
Head Motorsport | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | 67 | Julian Harburg | 10, 12 |
Aztech Motorsport | Dallara F398 | Mitsubishi | 68 | Craig Murray | 1 |
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 [lower-alpha 1] | THR | BRH | SIL | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | THR | BRH | SIL | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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