2001 French Formula Three Championship

Last updated October 24, 2025

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

All cars competed on Michelin tyres.

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 Lasserre	Dallara F399		All
ARTA/Signature	3	Keiko Ihara	Dallara F399	Renault	All
ARTA/Signature	4	Mathieu Zangarelli	Dallara F399	Renault	All
ASM	5	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F399	Renault	All
ASM	6	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F399	Renault	All
Saulnier Racing	7	Ryo Fukuda	Dallara F399	Renault	All
Saulnier Racing	8	Olivier Pla	Dallara F399	Renault	All
LD Autosport	9	Kevin Nadin	Dallara F399	Renault	1–8, 10–11
LD Autosport	10	Jeremie de Souza	Dallara F399	Renault	All
Epsilon by Graff	12	Simon Abadie	Martini MK79	Opel	All
Epsilon by Graff	72	Jerome Dalla Lana	Martini MK79	Opel	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
Prema Powerteam	42	Thed Björk	Dallara F399	Opel	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
Griffith's	37	Olivier Maximin	Martini MK73	Opel	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
PLS Compéticion	24	Sébastien Carcone	Dallara F395	Renault	1–3, 6–7
Optirace Sport	25	Sylvie Valentin	Dallara F395	Fiat	1–3, 5–11
Optirace Sport	26	Didier Sirgue	Dallara F395	Fiat	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
Stardrive Motorsport	26	Adam Jones	Dallara F395	Opel	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	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	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	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	8 July	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		CRT	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 Lasserre	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (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

References

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

External links

Standings on Driver Database

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[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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