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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.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Grohs Motorsport 1 Germany Patrick Simon All
Germany Artur Deutgen
Germany Christian Hohenadel
2 Germany Harald Becker All
Germany SST Engineering 3 Denmark Kurt Thiim All
4 Germany Tom Schwister All
France PoleVision Racing 5 Germany Roland Asch All
6 South Africa Toby Scheckter All
Germany Irmscher Motorsport 9 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto All
Germany MRS Workshop 11 Germany Ralf Druckenmüller All
Germany Knüpfing Motorsport 14 Germany Timo Rumpfkeil All
15 Germany Patrick Hildenbrandt 3–9
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Germany Artur Deutgen
Germany MIS Mönninghoff 16 Germany Artur Deutgen 1–4
Germany Klaus Panchryz 5–6
Austria Robert Lechner 7–9
Germany Oliver Mayer Motorsport 18 Germany Oliver Mayer All
Germany 1st Choice Racing 21 Denmark Kris Nissen 5–9
Germany Ryll Racing 22 Germany Artur Deutgen 7–9
Germany Siegfried Ryll
Germany GAG Racing Team 27 Germany Steffen Widmann All
28 Germany Thomas Mutsch All
Germany JAG Racing Team 66 Germany Sascha Bert All
88 Poland Andrzej Dziurka 1–6
Slovakia Andrej Studenic 7–9
Germany Zakspeed Motorsport 77 Austria Karl Wendlinger All
99 Germany Marcel Tiemann All

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany April 29 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
2 R Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany May 13 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
3 R Germany Nürburgring Germany May 26 Germany Roland Asch Germany Roland Asch France PoleVision Racing
4 R Austria Salzburgring Austria June 10 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
5 R Germany Nürburgring Germany July 22 Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Roland Asch France PoleVision Racing
6 R Germany EuroSpeedway Lausitz Germany August 5 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Irmscher Motorsport
7 R Germany Hockenheimring Germany September 16 Germany Roland Asch Austria Robert Lechner Germany MIS Mönninghoff
8 R Germany Nürburgring Germany September 30 Austria Robert Lechner Germany MIS Mönninghoff
9 R Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany October 14 Germany Ralf Druckenmüller Germany Marcel Tiemann Germany Zakspeed Motorsport

Championship standings

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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
Points 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

References

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