2001 All-Japan Formula Three Championship

2001 All-Japan Formula Three Championship
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The 2001 All-Japan Formula Three Championship was the 23rd edition of the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. It began on 25 March at Suzuka and ended on 21 October at Motegi.[1] French driver Benoît Tréluyer took the championship title by winning 15 of 19 races.[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
TOM'S 0 Italy Paolo Montin Dallara F301 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
7 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Dallara F301 All
8 Japan Norihiko Tasaki Dallara F301 All
Mugen Dome Project 1 France Benoît Tréluyer Dallara F300/301 Mugen-Honda MF204B All
11 Japan Shinya Hosokawa Dallara F300 10
Toda Racing 2 Japan Masataka Yanagida Dallara F399/301 Toda-Honda MF204B All
Inging 3 France Jeremie Dufour Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE All
4 France Bruce Jouanny Dallara F399 10
XO Racing Japan Keiichi Nisimiya XOR-99F Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2–3, 5
Team 5Zigen 5 Japan Hideshi Nishimura Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5, 7, 9
6 Japan Takahiro Ogawa Dallara F300 1–6, 9–10
Pal Sport 9 Japan Akitsugu Matsunaga Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–5
ThreeBond Racing 12 Japan Yuji Ide Dallara F399/301 Tomei Nissan SR20VE All
Team Daikokuya 16 Japan Yousuke Shimojima Dallara F300 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 10
Aim Sports Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Dallara F300 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 9
18 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama Dallara F399 All
Lian Racing 17 Sweden Peter Sundberg Dallara F399 Toda-Honda MF204B All
DTM 19 Japan Keita Sawa Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–3, 7, 9–10
20 Ukraine Vladimir Tchekanine Dallara F399 6
Team Echigoya 21 Japan Shigeki Ebihara Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2
Kondō Racing 24 Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE 1–2, 4–5, 9
Maejima 32 Japan Saturo Gotou Dallara F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 2
Japan Shigeki Ebihara Toyota-TOM'S 5–10
Now Motor Sports 33 Japan Takashi Kogure Dallara F399 Toyota-TOM'S 3S-GE All
Nobel France Racing Team 37 Japan Motonari Higuchi Dallara F399 Torii-Toyota 3S-GE 1–2, 5
Nakajima Racing 64 Japan Shinya Sato Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda MF204B All
Skill Speed 77 Japan Hiroshi Nakamura Dallara F399 Toda-Honda MF204B 2–10

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 25 March France Jeremie Dufour Italy Paolo Montin France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 Italy Paolo Montin France Benoît Tréluyer Italy Paolo Montin TOM'S
2 R1 Tsukuba Circuit, Shimotsuma 8 April France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
3 R1 Fuji Speedway, Oyama 4 May France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Jeremie Dufour TOM'S
R2 France Jeremie Dufour Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin TOM'S
4 R1 Mine Circuit, Mine 20 May France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
5 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 10 June France Benoît Tréluyer Italy Paolo Montin France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer Italy Paolo Montin France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
6 Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 1 July Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin Italy Paolo Montin TOM'S
7 R1 Sportsland SUGO, Murata 29 July France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
8 R1 Sendai Hi-Land Raceway, Aoba-ku 26 August France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
9 R1 Okayama International Circuit 9 September France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
10 R1 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 21 October France Jeremie Dufour France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project
R2 France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer France Benoît Tréluyer Mugen Dome Project

Standings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts
1 France Benoît Tréluyer 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 260
2 Italy Paolo Montin 3 1 6 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 8 3 3 3 2 201
3 France Jeremie Dufour 2 3 2 2 1 Ret 2 6 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 Ret 12 2 3 177
4 Japan Sakon Yamamoto DNS 9 12 10 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 3 Ret 3 3 4 2 2 5 4 117
5 Japan Yuji Ide Ret 4 7 7 5 Ret 4 3 Ret 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 8 8 8 100
6 Sweden Peter Sundberg 4 Ret 3 6 4 2 7 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 6 5 7 12 94
7 Japan Masataka Yanagida DNS 8 13 5 14 Ret 6 4 4 6 7 8 9 7 9 7 Ret 4 5 80
8 Japan Shinya Sato 9 7 8 3 Ret Ret 10 8 Ret 7 6 4 8 5 7 4 6 6 Ret 79
9 Japan Shogo Mitsuyama 8 Ret 4 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 6 9 8 10 6 Ret Ret 10 7 10 7 57
10 Japan Norihiko Tasaki Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 4 9 7 12 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 11 8 4 Ret 6 54
11 Japan Takashi Kogure 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 5 5 7 Ret Ret 6 13 9 5 15 Ret 12 11 44
12 Japan Keita Sawa 5 6 5 8 6 5 11 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 41
13 Japan Takahiro Ogawa 10 Ret 10 Ret 11 6 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 10 13 14 10
14 Japan Akitsugu Matsunaga 7 10 14 12 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 13 7
15 Japan Hideshi Nishimura 11 11 9 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 14 Ret 13 12 16 9 7
16 Japan Shigeki Ebihara 12 Ret Ret 16 11 11 9 12 11 8 12 14 Ret 15 Ret 5
17 Japan Hiroshi Nakamura Ret 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret 11 9 10 Ret 10 13 11 14 13 5
18 Japan Kazuyuki Nishizawa 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 DNS 12 Ret 3
19 France Bruce Jouanny 9 10 3
20 Japan Saturo Gotou 11 9 2
21 Japan Shinya Hosokawa 11 9 2
22 Japan Motonari Higuchi Ret 12 Ret 14 13 12 0
23 Ukraine Vladimir Tchekanine 12 0
24 Japan Keiichi Nisimiya DNS DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 0
25 Japan Yousuke Shimojima 17 Ret 0
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver SUZ TSU FUJ MIN MOT SUZ SUG SEN OKA MOT Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. "Race Calendar: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. "Formula 3 Japan 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. "Entrylist: All-Japan Formula 3 Championship – Season 2001". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

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