2001 Brooklands Racing League season
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| 2001 Brooklands Racing League | |
|---|---|
| |
| Tomas Scheckter, 2001 Champion | |
| Season | |
| Races | 10 |
| Start date | 26th May |
| End date | 8th September |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion |  Tomas Scheckter
|
| Teams' champion |  Jaguar Nova Racing
|
| Manufacturers' Cup | Ford Cosworth
|
| Seasons | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| None | 2002 |
The 2001 Brooklands Racing League was the first season of the of BRL championship, which aimed to bring a top-level open wheel racing series to British shores. For the first time, a non-American open-wheel series would combine oval, road and street circuits across the season; the champion would be crowned at Brands Hatch in September. The championship's flagship event would be the Great British 500 - an oval race at the newly-built Rockingham Motor Speedway that would run for 500 kilometres.
Contents
Teams and Drivers
- All teams were required to use the Lola B2K/00 chassis originally designed for the American CART series.
- Most teams used the Ford Cosworth XF, while the Judd-Zytek KV+ was also available. Jaguar Nova and Project Four rebadged these engines as "Jaguar" and "McLaren" respectively.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | # | Driver | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguar Nova Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Jaguar XF V8t | 2 | Dario Franchitti
|
All |
| 3 |  Andre Lotterer
|
All | |||
| 4 |  James Courtney
|
All | |||
| 5 | Johnny Herbert
|
All | |||
| 91 |  Eddie Irvine
|
4 | |||
 Petrobras Jaguar Brasil
|
Lola B2K/00 | Jaguar XF V8t | 6 | Antonio Pizzonia
|
All |
| West Project Four Competition
|
Lola B2K/00 | McLaren KV+ V8t | 7 | Gary Paffett
|
All |
| 8 | Tomas Scheckter
|
All | |||
| 9 | Mario Haberfeld
|
All | |||
| Coca-Cola Nordic Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 10 | Justin Wilson
|
All |
| 11 | Kevin McGarrity
|
All | |||
| Kid Jensen Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 12 |  Nicolas Minassian
|
All |
| Singha Arden International
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 14 | Darren Manning
|
All |
| 15 |  Viktor Maslov
|
1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10 | |||
 Derek Higgins
|
2, 4, 6, 8 | ||||
| Fortec Motorsport
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 16 | Dan Wheldon
|
All |
| 17 | Allan McNish
|
All | |||
 Durango Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 18 | Jamie Davies
|
1, 3-6, 9-10 |
| Stephen Watson
|
2 | ||||
| Laurent Redon
|
7-8 | ||||
| 19 | Patrick Lemarie
|
All | |||
| Manor Motorsport
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 20 |  Narain Karthikeyan
|
1, 3-10 |
| Carlin Motorsport
|
Lola B2K/00 | Judd-Zytek KV+ V8t | 21 |  Alex Gurney
|
All |
| 22 |  Takuma Sato
|
All | |||
| Alan Docking Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 23 | Jonny Kane
|
1, 3-6, 8-10 |
| 24 | Guy Smith
|
4, 6 | |||
 Alain Menu Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 25 | Sebastien Bourdais
|
All |
| Fred Goddard Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 26 | Dino Morelli
|
1, 3-6 |
 Tomas Enge
|
7-10 | ||||
 Performance Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 28 | Bobby Issazadhe
|
All |
| 29 | Richard Lyons
|
All | |||
| Diamond Racing
|
Lola B2K/00 | Ford Cosworth XF V8t | 30 | Mark Blundell
|
2, 4, 6, 8 |
| 31 | Mark Hynes
|
4, 6 |
Calendar
| Event | Venue | Laps | Race Distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Trophy
|
Silverstone Circuit | International Circuit | R | 55 | 123.69 miles | 199.04 km |
| 2 | Phakisa 400
|
Phakisa Freeway | Oval Circuit | O | 166 | 248.99 miles | 400.72 km |
| 3 | Donington Grand Prix
|
Donington Park | National Circuit | R | 64 | 125.25 miles | 201.53 km |
| 4 | Great British 500
|
Rockingham Motor Speedway | Oval Circuit | O | 210 | 310.59 miles | 499.80 km |
| 5 | Birmingham Superprix
|
Birmingham Street Circuit | S | 38 | 93.86 miles | 151.05 km | |
| 6 | The Big Lake 300
|
Mallory Park | Oval Circuit | O | 186 | 185.96 miles | 299.27 km |
| 7 | Burgundy Grand Prix
|
Circuit Dijon-Prenois | National Circuit | R | 51 | 123.15 miles | 198.19 km |
| 8 | Euro 400
|
EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Superspeedway Circuit | O | 123 | 248.83 miles | 400.48 km |
| 9 | Anglian Grand Prix
|
Snetterton Circuit | R | 64 | 124.91 miles | 201.02 km | |
| 10 | Race of Champions
|
Brands Hatch | Grand Prix Circuit | R | 47 | 123.27 miles | 198.39 km |
Championship Standings
Drivers Championship
| Pos | Driver | INT |
PHK |
DON |
500 |
BIR |
MAL |
BGN |
EUR |
ANG |
ROC |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas Scheckter
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 15 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti
|
2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 14 | 1 | Ret | 36 |
| 3 | Justin Wilson
|
5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert
|
3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Dan Wheldon
|
7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Nicolas Minassian
|
Ret | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 17 | 16 |
| 7 | Mark Blundell
|
Ret | Ret | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| 8 | Alan McNish
|
4 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | Darren Manning
|
8 | Ret | 6 | 11 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Takuma Sato
|
16 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | Gary Paffett
|
14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 12 | Antonio Pizzonia
|
10 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | James Courtney
|
6 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 14 | Mario Haberfeld
|
12 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 15 | Ret | 5 |
| 15 | Narain Karthikeyan
|
19 | 11 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | 3 | |
| 16 | Jamie Davies
|
Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Viktor Maslov
|
13 | DNQ | Ret | 5 | DNQ | Ret | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Eddie Irvine
|
5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 19 | Sebastien Bourdais
|
9 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 7 | Ret | 1 |
| 20 | Richard Lyons
|
17 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 1 |
| 21 | Derek Higgins
|
6 | 10 | DNQ | 21 | 1 | ||||||
| 22 | Andre Lotterer
|
11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Gurney
|
15 | 10 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | Jonny Kane
|
Ret | 17 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Patrick Lemarié
|
DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 7 | 22 | DNQ | 15 | 0 |
| 26 | Tomas Enge
|
8 | 11 | DNQ | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Bobby Issazadhe
|
DNQ | Ret | 16 | 19 | 15 | DNQ | 9 | 19 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| 28 | Kevin McGarrity
|
18 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 14 | Ret | 0 |
| 29 | Guy Smith
|
17 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | Marc Hynes
|
16 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| 31 | Dino Morelli
|
DNQ | 15 | 18 | 14 | DNQ | 0 | |||||
| 32 | Laurent Redon
|
Ret | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| 33 | Stephen Watson
|
Ret | 0 |
Teams Championship
| Pos | Team | INT |
PHK |
DON |
500 |
BIR |
MAL |
BGN |
EUR |
ANG |
ROC |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaguar Nova Racing
|
2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| 2 | West Project Four Competition
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 51 |
| 3 | Fortec Motorsport
|
4 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola Nordic Racing
|
5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 18 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Kid Jensen Racing
|
Ret | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 17 | 16 |
| 6 | Singha Arden International
|
8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Diamond Racing
|
Ret | 16 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| 8 | Carlin Motorsport
|
15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Petrobras Jaguar Brasil
|
10 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Manor Motorsport
|
19 | 11 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | 3 | |
| 11 | Durango Racing
|
Ret | Ret | 12 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | Alain Menu Racing
|
9 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 7 | Ret | 1 |
| 13 | Performance Racing
|
17 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 13 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 1 |
| 14 | Alan Docking Racing
|
Ret | 17 | 7 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Fred Goddard Racing
|
DNQ | 15 | 18 | 14 | DNQ | 8 | 11 | DNQ | 12 | 0 |
Manufacturers Championship
| Pos | Manufacturer | INT |
PHK |
DON |
500 |
BIR |
MAL |
BGN |
EUR |
ANG |
ROC |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford Cosworth c. 13 cars per race |
4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 102 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Jaguar c. 5 cars per race |
2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 3 | McLaren 3 cars per race |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
| 12 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 15 | Ret | |||
| 4 | Zytek-Judd 2 cars per race |
15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| 15 | Ret | 10 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 11 |
All information on this page is not part of canon.
