2001 CART season
2001 CART season | |
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Reynard | |
Manufacturers' Cup | Honda |
Nations' Cup | Brazil |
Rookie of the Year | Scott Dixon |
The 2001 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-third in the
Rookie of the Year was Scott Dixon
.
Off the track, the 2001 season was an unmitigated disaster for CART under the leadership of Joseph Heitzler. It included two race cancellations; a disastrous European tour that coincided with the
Indy Racing League
(IRL) at the conclusion of the season.
Team Penske and
.Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2001 CART Championship Series season. All cars ran on Firestone Tires.[1][2]
Team | Chassis | Engine | No | Drivers | Races | Primary Sponsors |
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Team Penske | Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 | 1 | Gil de Ferran | All | 2 |
3 | Hélio Castroneves | All | ||||
Chip Ganassi Racing | Lola B01/00
|
Toyota RV8E | 4 | Bruno Junqueira R | All | Target |
12 | Nicolas Minassian R | 1–7 | ||||
Memo Gidley | 8–21 | |||||
Walker Motorsport
|
Reynard 01i | Toyota RV8E | 5 | Toranosuke Takagi R | All | Walker Racing 1
|
Newman-Haas Racing
|
Lola B01/00 | Toyota RV8E | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | All | Texaco-Havoline |
11 | Christian Fittipaldi | All | Kmart
| |||
Team Rahal
|
Lola B01/00 | Ford-Cosworth XF | 7 | Max Papis | All | Miller Genuine Draft 4
|
8 | Kenny Bräck | All | Shell
| |||
Bettenhausen Racing | Lola B01/00 | Ford-Cosworth XF | 16 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | All | Herdez
|
PacWest Racing | Reynard 01i | Toyota RV8E | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | All | Nextel
|
18 | Scott Dixon R | All | Nextel 2
| |||
Patrick Racing | Reynard 01i | Toyota RV8E | 19 | Townsend Bell | 16–17 | Visteon |
20 | Roberto Moreno | All | ||||
40 | Jimmy Vasser | All | 15 | |||
Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B2K/00 | Ford-Cosworth XF | 19 | Michael Krumm | 1–2 | The Dark Dog |
21 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | 1–2 | Embratel | |||
Sigma Autosport | Lola B01/00 | Ford-Cosworth XF | 22 | Oriol Servià | All | Sigma Autosport |
Arciero-Blair Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ilmor | 25 | Max Wilson R | 1–4 | winnerB2B.com 9 Driving 101 10 |
Ford-Cosworth XF | 6–10, 13–19 | |||||
Alex Barron | 20–21 | |||||
Team Green
|
Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 | 26 | Paul Tracy | All | Team Green 2
|
27 | Dario Franchitti | All | ||||
Forsythe Racing
|
Reynard 01i | Ford-Cosworth XF | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | All | Player's 19 Racing Since 1961 2 |
33 | Alex Tagliani | All | ||||
77 | Bryan Herta | All | Indeck | |||
Team Motorola
|
Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 |
39 | Michael Andretti | All | Motorola |
Fernández Racing | Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 | 51 | Adrián Fernández | All | Tecate
|
52 | Shinji Nakano | All | Avex
| |||
Mo Nunn Racing
|
Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1 | 55 | Tony Kanaan | All | Hollywood Cigarettes 19 No Limits 2 |
66 | Alex Zanardi | 1–16 | Mo Nunn Racing 1
| |||
Casey Mears R | 18–21 |
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year
Season summary
Schedule
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course
- The original calendar called for 22 races on five continents, by far the most ambitious calendar CART had ever attempted. With the race at Texas being canceled and the Rio 200 being dropped, the 2001 season ultimately had the same number of races as the previous year.
- For the first time, CART would race in the United Kingdom and Germany and also return to Mexico for the first time in almost twenty years.
- The original calendar released on August 5, 2000, had the first round of the season at Jacarepaguá in Brazil, but disagreements with the track owners several months later led to the event being dropped.
- The events at Homestead-Miami and Gateway were dropped after negotiations with the owners of the track; rival series Indy Racing League secured the contracts instead, and both tracks were featured in the 2001 Indy Racing League season.
- The removal of Gateway from the calendar meant that Memorial Day weekend would be empty, allowing several teams and drivers the opportunity to compete at the Indianapolis 500.
- The 2001 season was the final time Michigan Speedway appeared on the calendar.
- The Indianapolis 500 was an Indy Racing Leagueevent that was also sanctioned by CART but awarded no points towards the CART Championship.
Race results
Final driver standings
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- ^ Kenny Bräck also awarded 1 point for his pole position in Fort Worth. The race was canceled after qualifying due to excessively high speeds.
- ^ Toranosuke Takagi was penalized 2 points for rough driving in Toronto.
- ^ Alex Zanardi's car was impacted from the side by Alex Tagliani's car at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. He lost both of his lower legs in the impact. This signaled the end of his open-wheel racing career.
Nations' Cup
- Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.
Pos | Country | NAZ | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIC | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LAG | SUR | FON | Pts | |||
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1 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 341 |
2 | United States | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 240 |
3 | Canada | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 187 |
4 | Sweden | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 163 |
5 | Italy | 12 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 118 |
6 | United Kingdom | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 105 |
7 | New Zealand | 13 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 98 |
8 | Mexico | 17 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 75 |
9 | Japan | 10 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 42 |
10 | Spain | 14 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 42 |
11 | France | 11 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Germany | 23 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Country | NAZ | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIC | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LAG | SUR | FON | Pts |
Chassis Constructors' Cup
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | Reynard 01i | 378 |
2 | Lola B1/00 & B2K/00 | 335 |
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
Engine Manufacturers' Cup
Pos | Engine | Pts |
---|---|---|
1 | Honda | 342 |
2 | Toyota | 309 |
3 | Ford-Cosworth | 297 |
4 | Ilmor | 0 |
Pos | Engine | Pts |
References
- Åberg, Andreas. "CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 2001". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "2001 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "CART Postpones Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer Due to Unprecedented Physical Demands on Drivers" (Press release). CART / PR Newswire. 2001-04-30.
- "Standings after Fontana". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-05-19.