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 four wins, and beating Germans Marcel Tiemann and Roland Asch to the title.

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Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Germany.svg Grohs Motorsport 1 Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Simon All
Flag of Germany.svg Artur Deutgen
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hohenadel
2 Flag of Germany.svg Harald Becker All
Flag of Germany.svg SST Engineering 3 Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt Thiim All
4 Flag of Germany.svg Tom Schwister All
Flag of France.svg PoleVision Racing 5 Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch All
6 Flag of South Africa.svg Toby Scheckter All
Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport 9 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto All
Flag of Germany.svg MRS Workshop 11 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Druckenmüller All
Flag of Germany.svg Knüpfing Motorsport 14 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Rumpfkeil All
15 Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Hildenbrandt 3–9
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Flag of Germany.svg Artur Deutgen
Flag of Germany.svg MIS Mönninghoff 16 Flag of Germany.svg Artur Deutgen 1–4
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Panchryz 5–6
Flag of Austria.svg Robert Lechner 7–9
Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Mayer Motorsport 18 Flag of Germany.svg Oliver MayerAll
Flag of Germany.svg 1st Choice Racing 21 Flag of Denmark.svg Kris Nissen 5–9
Flag of Germany.svg Ryll Racing 22 Flag of Germany.svg Artur Deutgen 7–9
Flag of Germany.svg Siegfried Ryll
Flag of Germany.svg GAG Racing Team 27 Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Widmann All
28 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Mutsch All
Flag of Germany.svg JAG Racing Team 66 Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Bert All
88 Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Dziurka 1–6
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Studenic 7–9
Flag of Germany.svg Zakspeed Motorsport 77 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger All
99 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Tiemann All

Race calendar and results

RoundCircuitCountryDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team
1R Flag of Germany.svg Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany April 29 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport
2R Flag of Germany.svg EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany May 13 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport
3R Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Germany May 26 Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch Flag of France.svg PoleVision Racing
4R Flag of Austria.svg Salzburgring Austria June 10 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport
5R Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Germany July 22 Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt Thiim Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch Flag of France.svg PoleVision Racing
6R Flag of Germany.svg EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany August 5 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport
7R Flag of Germany.svg Hockenheimring Germany September 16 Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch Flag of Austria.svg Robert Lechner Flag of Germany.svg MIS Mönninghoff
8R Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring Germany September 30 Flag of Austria.svg Robert Lechner Flag of Germany.svg MIS Mönninghoff
9R Flag of Germany.svg Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany October 14 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Druckenmüller Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Tiemann Flag of Germany.svg Zakspeed Motorsport

Championship standings

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Johnny Cecotto 217
2 Flag of Germany.svg Roland Asch 203
3 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Tiemann 203
4 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Mutsch 180
5 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Druckenmüller 175
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Kurt Thiim 172
7 Flag of South Africa.svg Toby Scheckter 166
8 Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Widmann 153
9 Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Bert 150
10 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Rumpfkeil 143
11 Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger 142
12 Flag of Germany.svg Harald Becker 135
13 Flag of Germany.svg Tom Schwister 135
14 Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Simon 116
15 Flag of Austria.svg Robert Lechner 115
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Kris Nissen 114
17 Flag of Germany.svg Artur Deutgen 113
18 Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Mayer111
19 Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Studenic 83
20 Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Hildenbrandt 81
21 Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Dziurka 51
22 Flag of Germany.svg Siegfried Ryll 22
23 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hohenadel 18
24 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners 17
25 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Panchryz 7
PosDriverPoints
PosTeamPoints
1 Flag of France.svg PoleVision Racing 330
2 Flag of Germany.svg Zakspeed Motorsport 306
3 Flag of Germany.svg GAG Racing Team 289
4 Flag of Germany.svg SST Engineering 278
5 Flag of Germany.svg JAG Racing Team 260
6 Flag of Germany.svg Grohs Motorsport 247
7 Flag of Germany.svg Knüpfing Motorsport 235
8 Flag of Germany.svg Irmscher Motorsport 191
9 Flag of Germany.svg MRS Workshop 161
10 Flag of Germany.svg MIS Mönninghoff 148
11 Flag of Germany.svg 1st Choice Racing 114
12 Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Mayer Motorsport 101
13 Flag of Germany.svg Ryll Racing 72
PosTeamPoints
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th
Points2624232221201918171615141312111098765432

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