The 2001 FIA European Super Touring Championship was the 28th season of European touring car racing and the first
European Touring Car Championship
The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World ...
since 1988.
/ref> The championship started at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza on 1 April and ended after ten events at Estoril
Estoril () is a town in the civil parish of Cascais e Estoril of the Portuguese Municipality of Cascais, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a popular tourist destination, with hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numero ...
on 21 October. The championship was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi
Fabrizio Giovanardi (born 14 December 1966 in Sassuolo) is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car racing, touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most successful touring car driver ...
, who drove for Alfa Romeo Team Nordauto in an Alfa Romeo 156
The Alfa Romeo 156 (Type 932) is a compact executive car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Alfa Romeo. It was introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show#1997, 1997 Frankfurt Motor Show as the replacement for the Alfa Romeo 155. The 156 ...
. A secondary championship for Super Production cars was run alongside the ETCC and was won by Peter Kox
Petrus Dionysius Lambertus Theodorus Kox (born 23 February 1964 in Eindhoven) is a racing driver from the Netherlands.
Kox began racing in karts in 1978, winning five titles until 1982. In 1983 he moved to automobiles, winning the Marlboro For ...
driving for Ravaglia Motorsport
ROAL Motorsport (previously known as Ravaglia Motorsport) is an Italian auto racing team, which operated the BMW Team Italy-Spain team in the World Touring Car Championship, and currently competes as BMW Team Italia in the Italian GT Championship ...
in a BMW 320i
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The ...
.
Teams and drivers
Super Touring
Super Production
Results and standings
Races
Round 1 Monza
Qualifying Grid 1
* Pigoli: times disallowed, for engine change
Race 1
*Sardelli: 10 seconds time penalty, for cutting a chicane
Grid 2
* Starting from the pit lane, for neutralization of parc-fermé
Race 2
*Sambataro: 20 seconds time penalty, for cutting a chicane
Championship standings after Round 1
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 2
Brno Circuit
The Masaryk circuit () or Masarykring, also referred to as the Brno Circuit, refers to two motorsport race tracks located in Brno, Czech Republic.
The original street circuit was made up of public roads, and at its longest measured . The track i ...
Qualifying Grid 1
* Pigoli, Toccacelo, Lucchetti Cigarini and Sambataro: times disallowed, for engine change
Race 1
* Lancelotti: excluded, for ignoring a black/orange flag
Grid 2
* Starting from the pit lane, for neutralization of parc-fermé
Race 2
* Colciago: 20 seconds time penalty, for team working on the car in the pit-lane before the start
Championship standings after Round 2
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 3 Magny-Cours
Qualifying Grid 1
Race 1
Grid 2
* Starting from the pit lane, for neutralization of parc-fermé
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 3
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 4
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 British Grand ...
Qualifying Grid 1
* Colciago and Roda: times disallowed, for engine change
Race 1
Grid 2
*Starting from the pit lane, for neutralization of parc-fermé
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 4
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 5
Circuit Zolder
The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlamen, is an undulating motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
History
Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, ...
Qualifying Grid 1
*Toccacelo: times disallowed for engine change
Race 1
*Neal: black flagged, for collision with Giovanardi
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 5
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 6
Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtai ...
Qualifying Grid 1
Race 1
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 6
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 7 A1-Ring
Qualifying Grid 1
* Sardelli: times disallowed for engine change
Race 1
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 7
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 8
Nürburgring
The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...
Qualifying Grid 1
Race 1
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 8
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 9
Circuito del Jarama
The Circuito de Madrid Jarama - RACE, formerly known as ''Circuito del Jarama'' and ''Circuito Permanente del Jarama'' is a motorsport racetrack located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, north of Madrid. It was home to the Spanish Grand Prix ni ...
Qualifying Grid 1
Race 1
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Round 9
;Drivers' Championship standings
Round 10
Autódromo do Estoril
The Circuito do Estoril or Autódromo do Estoril (Estoril Circuit), officially known as Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, is a motorsport race track on the Portuguese Riviera, outside of Lisbon, owned by state-run holding management company ...
Qualifying Grid 1
Race 1
Grid 2
Race 2
Championship standings after Final Round 10
;Drivers' Championship standings
Standings
Super Touring
Championship standings
*No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
Drivers' Championship
Teams' Championship
*only the two highest placed cars from each team scored points. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
Amateurs' Trophy
* No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
Super Production
Drivers' Championship
Championship standings
* No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
Teams' Championship
Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race, however only the two highest placed cars from each team scored points. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
Under 25 Trophy
Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in each race. No bonus points were awarded for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship.
References
External links
FIATouringCars.com
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European Touring Car Championship seasons
European Touring Car Championship
The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World ...
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