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2001 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

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The 2001 Formula Renault UK season was the 13th British Formula Renault Championship. The season ended after thirteen rounds held in the United Kingdom. 43 drivers competed in this series. All driver used the Tatuus FR2000 (Renault) car.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver name Rounds
Manor Motorsport 1 Canada James Eaton 1–7, 9–13
2 Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin All
3 United States Richard Antinucci All
4 United Kingdom Leighton Walker 1–4
United Kingdom Chris Buncombe 5–13
Cliff Dempsey Racing 5 Republic of Ireland Keith Dempsey 6–13
Falcon Motorsport 6 United Kingdom Danny Watts All
7 United Kingdom Daniel Welch 1–7
United Kingdom Simon Pearson 8–12
United Kingdom Jim Edwards Jr. 13
Paston Racing 8 United States Vincent Apple 1–9
9 South Africa Martin Steyn All
12 Japan Hayanari Shimoda 13
Aztec International 10 United Kingdom Chris Buncombe 1–4
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe 5–6, 8–13
United Kingdom Gary Catt 7
11 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson 1–11
United Kingdom Colin Brown 12–13
12 United Kingdom Robert Huff 7
Fortec Motorsports 15 United Kingdom Steven Woodley All
16 Finland Heikki Kovalainen All
17 France James Andanson 3–7
Republic of Ireland Robby Coleman 8–9
United Kingdom Robert Bell 10–11
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp 12
Team DFR 18 United Kingdom Colin Brown 1–6
Republic of Ireland Gordon Coleman 8–9
United Kingdom Judd Coupland 10–13
19 Republic of Ireland Robby Coleman 1–6
20 France Julien Piguet 4
United Kingdom John Dalziel 9–13
Scorpio Motorsport 23 United Kingdom Robert Huff 1–4
United Kingdom Charles Hall 12
24 Republic of Ireland Peter Walsh 1
34 United Kingdom Michael Grime 9–13
Mach 1 Racing 25 United Kingdom Stuart Turvey 1–2
PBR Racing/Team Brask 27 Denmark Allan Simonsen 1–5
Motaworld Racing 30 United Kingdom Carl Breeze All
31 United Kingdom Tom Herridge All
32 Brazil Luis Mussi 1–5
United Kingdom Tom Sisley 6–13
33 United Kingdom Mark McLoughlin 1–11
United Kingdom Andrew Thompson 12–13
Mark Burdett Motorsport 55 United Kingdom Chaz Small 9–12
Saxon International 76 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 13
77 United Kingdom Charles Hall 1–3
United Kingdom Jason Coffin 4
United Kingdom Stuart King 5–13
78 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy All
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Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 16 April United Kingdom Carl Breeze United States Richard Antinucci United Kingdom Carl Breeze Motaworld Racing
2 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 7 May United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci Manor Motorsport
3 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 20 May United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Carl Breeze Motaworld Racing
4 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 2 June United States Richard Antinucci United Kingdom Danny Watts United Kingdom Danny Watts Falcon Motorsport
5 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 1 July United Kingdom Carl Breeze Finland Heikki Kovalainen United States Richard Antinucci Manor Motorsport
6 Knockhill Circuit, Fife 22 July France James Andanson United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Danny Watts Falcon Motorsport
7 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 4 August United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Stuart King Republic of Ireland Keith Dempsey Cliff Dempsey Racing
8 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 11 August United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Carl Breeze Motaworld Racing
9 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 26 August United Kingdom Carl Breeze United Kingdom Tom Sisley United Kingdom Carl Breeze Motaworld Racing
10 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 9 September Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsports
11 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsports
12 Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire 23 September United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci Manor Motorsport
13 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 7 October United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci United States Richard Antinucci Manor Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

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  • Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 12 best results counted towards the championship.
Pos Driver BHI THR OUL SIL DON KNO SNE CRO OUL SIL DON BGP Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 United Kingdom Carl Breeze 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 (5) 343
2 United States Richard Antinucci 2 1 2 3 1 2 Ret 8 4 2 2 1 1 337
3 United Kingdom Danny Watts 4 3 Ret 1 5 1 9 2 Ret 7 4 5 4 253
4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 15 14 Ret 7 18 5 5 5 2 1 1 2 3 243
5 United Kingdom Tom Sisley 6 Ret 3 3 Ret 7 4 2 136
6 Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin Ret 8 10 6 7 DNS Ret 7 8 8 18 11 7 136
7 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 9 6 Ret Ret 4 11 3 Ret 10 10 10 13 15 134
8 Republic of Ireland Keith Dempsey 9 1 4 13 5 5 11 13 132
9 South Africa Martin Steyn Ret 10 14 19 12 7 11 9 9 6 8 14 9 130
10 United Kingdom Chris Buncombe Ret Ret 9 8 16 10 12 6 6 9 Ret 8 11 123
11 United Kingdom Colin Brown 5 4 7 10 8 12 Ret 7 108
12 United Kingdom Mark McLoughlin DNS 13 3 4 3 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 105
13 United Kingdom Leighton Walker 3 5 5 5 85
14 United Kingdom Tom Herridge Ret 16 Ret 12 15 DNS 8 14 5 12 Ret Ret 12 79
15 United States Vincent Apple 7 7 Ret 16 9 DNS 6 16 16 77
16 France James Andanson 4 Ret 6 13 4 70
17 United Kingdom Stuart King 14 DNS Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 9 6 63
18 United Kingdom John Dalziel Ret 4 6 15 8 60
19 Republic of Ireland Robby Coleman 6 12 15 15 11 DNS 10 Ret 60
20 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 12 11 19 13 Ret Ret 60
21 United Kingdom Daniel Welch 11 9 11 14 10 14 Ret 57
22 United Kingdom Steven Woodley 12 Ret Ret 18 17 Ret 14 11 15 16 15 16 Ret 55
23 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe 13 15 Ret 17 14 12 12 10 54
24 Brazil Luis Mussi 10 Ret 6 9 Ret 41
25 Canada James Eaton Ret Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 14 18 Ret 38
26 Denmark Allan Simonsen 13 11 12 17 Ret 31
27 United Kingdom Robert Huff 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 30
28 United Kingdom Charles Hall Ret Ret 8 9 25
29 United Kingdom Robert Bell 11 9 22
30 United Kingdom Chaz Small 14 15 17 17 21
31 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp 6 18
32 United Kingdom Judd Coupland 17 14 20 16 17
33 United Kingdom Simon Pearson DSQ 18 13 Ret 19 13
34 United Kingdom Jason Coffin 13 8
35 United Kingdom Michael Grime Ret 18 16 21 Ret 8
36 United Kingdom Stuart Turvey 14 Ret 7
37 Republic of Ireland Gordon Coleman 15 Ret 6
38 United Kingdom Jim Edwards Jr. 17 4
39 United Kingdom Katherine Legge 18 3
Republic of Ireland Peter Walsh Ret
France Julien Piguet Ret
United Kingdom Gary Catt Ret
Japan Hayanari Shimoda Ret
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Renault UK 2001 Season". forix.autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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