2001 Brooklands Racing League season

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	Template:GBR Jaguar Nova Racing
Manufacturers' Cup	Template:GBR 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.

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
Template:GBR Jaguar Nova Racing	Lola B2K/00	Jaguar XF V8t	2	Template:GBR Dario Franchitti	All
			3	Andre Lotterer	All
			4	Template:AUS James Courtney	All
			5	Template:GBR Johnny Herbert	All
			91	Eddie Irvine	4
Petrobras Jaguar Brasil	Lola B2K/00	Jaguar XF V8t	6	Antonio Pizzonia	All
Template:GBR West Project Four Competition	Lola B2K/00	McLaren KV+ V8t	7	Template:GBR Gary Paffett	All
			8	Tomas Scheckter	All
			9	Mario Haberfeld	All
Template:GBR Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	10	Template:GBR Justin Wilson	All
			11	Kevin McGarrity	All
Template:GBR Kid Jensen Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	12	Template:FRA Nicolas Minassian	All
Template:GBR Singha Arden International	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	14	Template:GBR Darren Manning	All
			15	Viktor Maslov	1, 3, 5, 7, 9-10
				Derek Higgins	2, 4, 6, 8
Template:GBR Fortec Motorsport	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	16	Template:GBR Dan Wheldon	All
			17	Template:GBR Allan McNish	All
Durango Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	18	Template:GBR Jamie Davies	1, 3-6, 9-10
				Stephen Watson	2
				Template:FRA Laurent Redon	7-8
			19	Template:FRA Patrick Lemarie	All
Template:GBR Manor Motorsport	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	20	Narain Karthikeyan	1, 3-10
Template:GBR Carlin Motorsport	Lola B2K/00	Judd-Zytek KV+ V8t	21	Template:USA Alex Gurney	All
			22	Takuma Sato	All
Template:GBR Alan Docking Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	23	Template:GBR Jonny Kane	1, 3-6, 8-10
			24	Template:GBR Guy Smith	4, 6
Template:SUI Alain Menu Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	25	Template:FRA Sebastien Bourdais	All
Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR Richard Lyons	All
Template:GBR Diamond Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth XF V8t	30	Template:GBR Mark Blundell	2, 4, 6, 8
			31	Template:GBR Mark Hynes	4, 6

Calendar

	Event	Venue			Laps	Race Distance
1	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	National Circuit	R	64	125.25 miles	201.53 km
4	Template:GBR Great British 500	Rockingham Motor Speedway	Oval Circuit	O	210	310.59 miles	499.80 km
5	Template:GBR Birmingham Superprix	Birmingham Street Circuit		S	38	93.86 miles	151.05 km
6	Template:GBR The Big Lake 300	Mallory Park	Oval Circuit	O	186	185.96 miles	299.27 km
7	Template:FRA 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	Template:GBR Anglian Grand Prix	Snetterton Circuit		R	64	124.91 miles	201.02 km
10	Template:GBR Race of Champions	Brands Hatch	Grand Prix Circuit	R	47	123.27 miles	198.39 km

Championship Standings

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	Template:GBR INT	PHK	Template:GBR DON	Template:GBR 500	Template:GBR BIR	Template:GBR MAL	Template:FRA BGN	EUR	Template:GBR ANG	Template:GBR ROC	Pts
1	Tomas Scheckter	1	1	2	2	9	5	Ret	15	3	3	40
2	Template:GBR Dario Franchitti	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	14	1	Ret	36
3	Template:GBR Justin Wilson	5	3	5	1	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	2	4	27
4	Template:GBR Johnny Herbert	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	8	1	23
5	Template:GBR Dan Wheldon	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	8	1	10	10	6	21
6	Template:FRA Nicolas Minassian	Ret	2	13	14	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	17	16
7	Template:GBR Mark Blundell		Ret		Ret		3		1			14
8	Template:GBR Alan McNish	4	5	3	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	9	4	9	14
9	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:AUS 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:FRA Sebastien Bourdais	9	Ret	8	6	10	Ret	Ret	20	7	Ret	1
20	Template:GBR 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	Template:USA Alex Gurney	15	10	10	12	Ret	11	Ret	7	17	11	0
24	Template:GBR Jonny Kane	Ret		17	7	Ret	10		13	11	16	0
25	Template:FRA 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	Template:GBR Guy Smith				17		12					0
30	Template:GBR Marc Hynes				16		13					0
31	Dino Morelli	DNQ		15	18	14	DNQ					0
32	Template:FRA Laurent Redon							Ret	16			0
33	Stephen Watson		Ret									0

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Template:GBR INT	PHK	Template:GBR DON	Template:GBR 500	Template:GBR BIR	Template:GBR MAL	Template:FRA BGN	EUR	Template:GBR ANG	Template:GBR ROC	Pts
1	Template:GBR Jaguar Nova Racing	2	8	1	5	4	1	2	5	1	1	59
2	Template:GBR West Project Four Competition	1	1	2	2	6	5	3	2	3	3	51
3	Template:GBR Fortec Motorsport	4	5	3	Ret	1	8	1	9	4	6	33
4	Template:GBR Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	5	3	5	1	12	7	Ret	18	2	4	27
5	Template:GBR Kid Jensen Racing	Ret	2	13	14	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	17	16
6	Template:GBR Singha Arden International	8	6	6	10	Ret	2	5	12	12	2	16
7	Template:GBR Diamond Racing		Ret		16		3		1			14
8	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:SUI 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	Template:GBR Alan Docking Racing	Ret		17	7	Ret	10		13	11	16	0
15	Template:GBR Fred Goddard Racing	DNQ		15	18	14	DNQ	8	11	DNQ	12	0

Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Template:GBR INT	PHK	Template:GBR DON	Template:GBR 500	Template:GBR BIR	Template:GBR MAL	Template:FRA BGN	EUR	Template:GBR ANG	Template:GBR ROC	Pts
1	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR 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

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