2001 Prost Grand Prix Series season

The 2001 Prost Grand Prix Series season was the first season of the Prost Grand Prix Series, a single-make series consisting entirely of Prost AP03s.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car #	Driver	Rounds
FSK Racing	54	Nathan Nurmester	1-13, 15-19
		Niko Nurminen 8	14
	56	Dietrich Anger	All
GP Racing	17	Shane Sparks	All
	18	Gerald Pereria	All
Fractal Developments	89	Boris Offenhauser	All
	88	Sun-hoon Roh	All
Rosenforth Engineering	26	Jimmy Rosenforth	All
	62	Mike Stern	All
Falcon Motorsport	39	Liam Cambell-Fray	All
	40	Raymond Bramm	All
MW Motorsport	65	Stephen Byrne	All
	66	Carl Jordan	2-19
Dominic Racing Team	34	Robert Anderson 1	1-4
		Murray Varsha 7	5-11
		Carter Roberts 9	12-14
		Satoru Kagawa	15-19
	35	Ralf Alden	9-19
Mazzacane Motorsport	21	José Pablo Mazzacane	All
	22	Jasper Lerby 3	1-6
		Mattias Kjellerup	19
Scuderia Asso di Fiori	5	Volker Bromberger	All
	6	Eric Basso 2	1-4
		Casper Larsson 5	5-10
Scuderia Vittore	0	Denis van Walwijk	1-17, 19
		Leonhard von Gottorp 10	18
	3	Pedro Renales	All
New Dawn Racing	27	José Alvarez	1-9
DSR Racing	11	Nikola Nikolov	All
	12	Nikolay Djurov	1-9, 11-19
		Leonhard von Gottorp 6	10
S7 Konglomerat	7	Sergej Madunochev	All
Goldrush Racing	30	Rafael Verwest	All
	31	Jase van der Boom	All
Simon's Motorsport Team	85	Charlie Darrell	1-7, 9-19
		Leonhard von Gottorp 4	8
Pas Du Tout Ligier	19	Dennis Mignolet	All
Ambrose-Milan Autosport	41	Jacques Malenfant	2-19
	42	Joey Alliot	2-19
Restov Racing	69	Edward Restov	2-19
Alstom Grand Prix Engineering	2	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	5-19
	4	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	12-19
Al Smith Racing Enterprises	77	Geoff Donnelly	10-19
Fast Car Racing U.K.	π	Julio Gonzalez	12-17
		Dan Mifsud 11	18-19

• 1 Robert Anderson was arrested after the San Marino GP for money laundering and involvement in a robbery case (although he was later acquitted for both). Dominic Racing Team replaced him with Murray Varsha.
• 2 Eric Basso was sacked after the San Marino GP after poor results and was replaced with Casper Larsson.
• 3 Jasper Lerby left the series after the Austrian GP. For financial reasons, Mazzacane did not find a replacement, although they did use a second car for the last round with another Dane, Mattias Kjellerup at the wheel.
• 4 Charlie Darrell was given a one race ban for dangerous driving in the Scottish GP. He was replaced by Leonhard von Gottorp.
• 5 Scuderia Asso di Fiori scaled down to 1 car after the English GP to focus their efforts on Volker Bromberger.
• 6 Nikolay Djurov was banned for one race after his antics in the English GP. Von Gottorp took his place.
• 7 Murray Varsha left the series after the Dutch GP over a pay dispute with his team.
• 8 Nathan Nurmester was banned for one race after taking off Ralf Alden in the Luxembourg GP.
• 9 Carter Roberts was banned for three races for dangerous driving. Following criticism of hiring a kart driver without experience, which led to his ban, Roberts was fired and replaced by Satoru Kagawa.
• 10 Denis van Walwijk was injured on the first lap of the Californian GP and forced to miss one race.
• 11 Julio Gonzalez was banned for 2 races after the Californian GP for causing Nikola Nikolov's retirement.

Calendar

GP	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	April 14	Prost Grand Prix of Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia	Rafael Verwest	Jimmy Rosenforth	Jimmy Rosenforth	Rosenforth Engineering
2	April 28	Prost Gran Premio de Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico	Joey Alliot	Jimmy Rosenforth	Jimmy Rosenforth	Rosenforth Engineering
3	May 12	Prost Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Quebec, Canada	Mike Stern	Dennis Mignolet	Jacques Malenfant	Ambrose-Milan Autosport
4	May 26	Prost Gran Premio di San Marino	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Florence, Italy	Dennis Mignolet	Joey Alliot	Charlie Darrell	Simon's Motorsport Team
5	June 9	Prost Gran Premio de España	Circuito de Jerez, Andalucia, Spain	Charlie Darrell	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Charlie Darrell	Simon's Motorsport Team
6	June 23	Prost Großer Preis von Österreich	A1 Ring, Spielberg, Austria	Charlie Darrell	Dennis Mignolet	Charlie Darrell	Simon's Motorsport Team
7	July 7	Prost Grand Prix of Scotland	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife, Scotland	Nikolay Djurov	Dennis Mignolet	Dennis Mignolet	Pas Du Tout Ligier
8	July 21	Prost Grand Prix of Britain	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire, England	Jacques Malenfant	Sergej Madunochev	Dennis Mignolet	Pas Du Tout Ligier
9	August 4	Prost Grand Prix of England	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire, England	Pedro Renales	Murray Varsha	Volker Bromberger	Scuderia Asso di Fiori
10	August 18	Prost Grand Prix de France	Circuit Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France	Dennis Mignolet	Sergej Madunochev	Volker Bromberger	Scuderia Asso di Fiori
11	August 25	Prost Grote Prijs van Nederland	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	Dennis Mignolet	Charlie Darrell	Charlie Darrell	Simon's Motorsport Team
12	September 8	Prost Großer Preis von Deutschland	Eurospeedway Lausitz, Germany	Joey Alliot	Charlie Darrell	Charlie Darrell	Simon's Motorsport Team
13	September 15	Prost Großer Preis von Luxemburg	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	Ralf Alden	Dennis Mignolet	Jase van der Boom	Goldrush Racing
14	September 22	Prost Gran Premio d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	Sergej Madunochev	Sergej Madunochev	Dietrich Anger	FSK Racing
15	October 6	Prost 日本グランプリ	Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, Japan	Dennis Mignolet	Geoff Donnelly	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Grand Prix Engineering
16	October 20	Prost Grand Prix of the United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California, USA	Volker Bromberger	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Jase van der Boom	Goldrush Racing
17	November 3	Prost Grand Prix of California	San Francisco Street Circuit, California, USA	Sergej Madunochev	Volker Bromberger	Sergej Madunochev	S7 Konglomerat
18	November 10	Prost Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil	Joey Alliot	Dennis Mignolet	Jacques Malenfant	Ambrose-Milan Autosport
19	November 24	Prost Grand Prix de Belgique	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Joey Alliot	Sergej Madunochev	S7 Konglomerat

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	AUS	MEX	CAN	SMR	ESP	AUT	SCO	GBR	ENG	FRA	NED	GER	LUX	ITA	JPN	USA	CAL	BRA	BEL	Pts
1	Frederic-Maxime Voeckler																				76
2	Charlie Darrell																				60
3	Sergej Madunochev																				59
4	Jase van der Boom																				58
5	Volker Bromberger																				54
=	Jimmy Rosenforth																				54
7	Dennis Mignolet																				48
8	Joey Alliot																				39
9	Jacques Malenfant																				32
=	Edward Restov																				32
=	Denis van Walwijk																				32
=	Boris Offenhauser																				32
13	Nathan Nurmester																				21
=	Stephen Byrne																				21
15	Geoff Donnelly																				20
16	Pedro Renales																				19
17	Murray Varsha																				18
=	Ralf Alden																				18
19	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler																				16
=	Rafael Verwest																				16
21	Nikola Nikolov																				15
=	Liam Cambell-Fray																				15
23	Dietrich Anger																				13
=	Satoru Kagawa																				13
25	Raymond Bramm																				10
26	Robert Anderson																				9
27	Julio Gonzalez																				8
=	Jasper Lerby																				8
29	Nikolay Djurov																				6
=	José Pablo Mazzacane																				6
=	Sun-hoon Roh																				6
32	Gerald Pereria																				5
=	Carl Jordan																				5
34	Shane Sparks																				4
35	Dan Misfud																				3
36	Jose Alvarez																				2
=	Mike Stern																				2
38	Leonhard von Gottorp																				0
=	Eric Basso																				0
=	Casper Larsson																				0
=	Niko Nurminen																				0

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	No.	AUS	MEX	CAN	SMR	ESP	AUT	SCO	GBR	ENG	FRA	NED	GER	LUX	ITA	JAP	USA	CAL	BRA	BEL	Pts
1	Rosenforth	26	1	1																		24
		62	7	Ret
2	Falcon	39	Ret	4																		12
		40	5	6
3	FSK	54	2	Ret																		10
		56	Ret	Ret
4	Goldrush	30	Ret	Ret																		10
		31	Ret	2
5	Mazzacane	21	Ret	Ret																		8
		22	3	Ret
6	Restov	69		3																		8
7	Dominic	34	4	Ret																		5
8	MW	65	Ret	Ret																		4
		66		5
9	S7	7	6	Ret																		3
10	Vittore	0	11	7																		2
		3	Ret	Ret
11	New Dawn	27	Ret	8																		1
12	Fiori	5	Ret	Ret																		0
		6	10	Ret
13	DSR	11	Ret	Ret																		0
		12	Ret	11
14	Fractal	88	Ret	Ret																		0
		89	Ret	Ret
15	GP	17	Ret	Ret																		0
		18	Ret	Ret
16	Ambrose	41		Ret																		0
		42		Ret
17	Simon's	85	Ret	Ret																		0