2002 V8Star Series | |||
Previous: | 2001 | Next: | 2003 |
The 2002 V8Star Series season was the second V8Star Series season. It featured ten races at six European racing circuits, in Germany, Belgium and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series for a second time, taking three wins in all and beating Austrian Robert Lechner to the title.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Irmscher Motorsport | 1 | Johnny Cecotto | All |
SST Engineering | 3 | Kurt Thiim | All |
4 | Steffen Widmann | All | |
PoleVision Racing | 5 | Ellen Lohr | 1–7 |
Toby Scheckter | 8 | ||
Benjamin Leuenberger | 9–10 | ||
6 | Roland Asch | All | |
MRS Workshop | 11 | Ralf Druckenmüller | All |
Motopark Oschersleben | 14 | Dennis Rostek | All |
MIS Mönninghoff | 16 | Thomas Mutsch | All |
Becker Motorsport | 18 | Harald Becker | All |
1st Choice Racing | 20 | Patrick Michels | All |
21 | Kris Nissen | All | |
Ryll Racing | 22 | Siegfried Ryll | All |
23 | Tom Schwister | 1 | |
Gianni Giudici | 2–4, 6–10 | ||
Oliver Mayer | 5 | ||
GAG Racing Team | 27 | Hubert Haupt | 1–7 |
Franz Engstler | 8, 10 | ||
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 9 | ||
28 | Dirk Adorf | All | |
Grohs Motorsport | 44 | Christian Hohenadel | 1–5, 8–9 |
Marc Duez | 6–7 | ||
55 | Markus Oestreich | All | |
JAG Racing Team | 66 | Sascha Bert | All |
77 | Patrick Simon | 1–6 | |
Christian Danner | 7 | ||
Ellen Lohr | 8–10 | ||
Zakspeed Motorsport | 88 | Pedro Lamy | All |
99 | Robert Lechner | All |
Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | April 27 | Ralf Druckenmüller | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
2 | R | Hockenheimring | Germany | May 11 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
3 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | June 1 | Robert Lechner | Pedro Lamy | Zakspeed Motorsport |
4 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | June 15 | Pedro Lamy | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
5 | R | Zolder | Belgium | July 6 | Thomas Mutsch | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
6 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | July 20 | Johnny Cecotto | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
7 | R | Salzburgring | Austria | August 10 | Markus Oestreich | Thomas Mutsch | MIS Mönninghoff |
8 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | August 31 | Thomas Mutsch | Johnny Cecotto | Irmscher Motorsport |
9 | R | Nürburgring | Germany | September 21 | Robert Lechner | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |
10 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | October 12 | Pedro Lamy | Robert Lechner | Zakspeed Motorsport |
|
|
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 | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Christian Klien is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the International GT Open.
Alexander Charles Yoong Loong, is a Malaysian professional racing driver of Chinese and English parentage.
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB-FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 grand touring cars, replacing the Class One touring cars of earlier years.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, also known as simply Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR), is an American auto racing organization with teams competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and Extreme E. They have formerly competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Global Rallycross Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship and the Rolex Sports Car Series. It was founded in 1990 by businessman and former race driver Chip Ganassi, from the assets of Patrick Racing to compete in the CART IndyCar World Series.
Anthony James "A. J." Allmendinger is an American professional racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Kaulig, also driving the No. 16 Camaro, as well as part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing.
Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) is an American professional auto racing organization that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded in 1984 as All Star Racing by Rick Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports has won a NASCAR-record 274 Cup Series races and 13 Cup Series owners and drivers championships to go with three Truck Series owners and drivers titles and one Xfinity Series drivers crown. Additionally, the team has 26 Xfinity Series race wins, 26 Truck Series race wins, and 7 ARCA Racing Series race wins.
Nicky Pastorelli is a Dutch professional racing driver.
Team Penske is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One, Can-Am, Trans Am, IMSA and Australian Supercars. Altogether, Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. The team president is Tim Cindric.
BAM Racing was a NASCAR racing team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, owned by Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau. The team began racing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2000 before moving to NASCAR in 2001. They sat out 2009 due to the recession, and have not raced since.
Samuel Jon Hornish Jr. is an American semi-retired professional auto racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske in 2017.
Richard Westbrook is a British professional racing driver noted for his success in racing Porsche and International sports cars. As a junior, he attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich. He has won both the Porsche Supercup international championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup in his native Britain (2004). At the end of the 2007 season, Richard signed a factory contract deal with the German marque Porsche, and the British ace proceeded to take on the world's best on the other side of the Atlantic. The next year (2009), Westbrook won the highly coveted FIA GT2 Championship, taking four victories in the process, establishing himself firmly on the World motor sport stage and in the upper echelons of elite sports car drivers.
Michael Caruso is an Australian professional motor racing driver. Caruso competes in the Pirtek Enduro Cup, co-driving a Holden ZB Commodore for Team 18 alongside Mark Winterbottom.
James Jakes is a British racing driver.
The V8Star Series was a touring car racing series based in Germany that ran for three seasons between 2001 and 2003.
The Formula Chrysler Euroseries was an open wheel racing series based in Europe. It ran only in 2001.
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.
The 2011 JK Racing Asia Series was the first season of the rebranded Formula BMW Pacific Series, which ran for seven seasons in Asia. The championship began on 9 April in Sepang and was scheduled to finish on 30 October in India after eighteen races held at six meetings. However, due to unexpected cancellations, the final meeting was held on 4 December in Sepang.
Markus Oestreich is a German racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. He previously competed in the British Touring Car Championship, World Touring Car Championship and Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft.
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series is the 73rd season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 50th season for the modern era Cup Series. The season started at Daytona International Speedway with the Busch Clash, where it was the first year that the non-points event was run on the track's road course layout instead of the oval. That race was followed by the Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races, and the 63rd running of the Daytona 500, the first points race of the season. The regular season will also end at Daytona with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 28. The NASCAR playoffs will end with the Season Finale 500 at Phoenix Raceway on November 7.
The 2021 FIM MotoGP World Championship is the premier class of the 73rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Joan Mir began the season as defending riders' champion.