2001 V8Star Series

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The 2001 V8Star Series season was the inaugural V8Star Series season. It featured nine races at five European racing circuits, in Germany and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series, taking four wins, and beating Germans Marcel Tiemann and Roland Asch to the title.

## Teams and drivers

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Team  | No.  | Drivers  | Rounds

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Grohs Motorsport | 1  |  Patrick Simon | All
Artur Deutgen | –
Christian Hohenadel | –
2  |  Harald Becker | All
SST Engineering | 3  |  Kurt Thiim | All
4  |  Tom Schwister | All
PoleVision Racing | 5  |  Roland Asch | All
6  |  Toby Scheckter | All
Irmscher Motorsport | 9  |  Johnny Cecotto | All
MRS Workshop | 11  |  Ralf Druckenmüller | All
Knüpfing Motorsport | 14  |  Timo Rumpfkeil | All
15  |  Patrick Hildenbrandt | 3–9
Ralf Kelleners | –
Artur Deutgen | –
MIS Mönninghoff | 16  |  Artur Deutgen | 1–4
Klaus Panchryz | 5–6
Robert Lechner | 7–9
Oliver Mayer Motorsport | 18  |  Oliver Mayer  | All
1st Choice Racing | 21  |  Kris Nissen | 5–9
Ryll Racing | 22  |  Artur Deutgen | 7–9
Siegfried Ryll | –
GAG Racing Team | 27  |  Steffen Widmann | All
28  |  Thomas Mutsch | All
JAG Racing Team | 66  |  Sascha Bert | All
88  |  Andrzej Dziurka | 1–6
Andrej Studenic | 7–9
Zakspeed Motorsport | 77  |  Karl Wendlinger | All
99  |  Marcel Tiemann | All

## Race calendar and results

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Round  | Circuit  | Country  | Date  | Pole Position  | Winning Driver  | Winning Team

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1  | R  |  Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | April 29  |  Johnny Cecotto |  Johnny Cecotto |  Irmscher Motorsport
2  | R  |  EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | May 13  |  |  Johnny Cecotto |  Irmscher Motorsport
3  | R  |  Nürburgring | Germany | May 26  |  Roland Asch |  Roland Asch |  PoleVision Racing
4  | R  |  Salzburgring | Austria | June 10  |  |  Johnny Cecotto |  Irmscher Motorsport
5  | R  |  Nürburgring | Germany | July 22  |  Kurt Thiim |  Roland Asch |  PoleVision Racing
6  | R  |  EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Germany | August 5  |  |  Johnny Cecotto |  Irmscher Motorsport
7  | R  |  Hockenheimring | Germany | September 16  |  Roland Asch |  Robert Lechner |  MIS Mönninghoff
8  | R  |  Nürburgring | Germany | September 30  |  |  Robert Lechner |  MIS Mönninghoff
9  | R  |  Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | Germany | October 14  |  Ralf Druckenmüller |  Marcel Tiemann |  Zakspeed Motorsport

## Championship standings

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1  |  Johnny Cecotto | 217
2  |  Roland Asch | 203
3  |  Marcel Tiemann | 203
4  |  Thomas Mutsch | 180
5  |  Ralf Druckenmüller | 175
6  |  Kurt Thiim | 172
7  |  Toby Scheckter | 166
8  |  Steffen Widmann | 153
9  |  Sascha Bert | 150
10  |  Timo Rumpfkeil | 143
11  |  Karl Wendlinger | 142
12  |  Harald Becker | 135
13  |  Tom Schwister | 135
14  |  Patrick Simon | 116
15  |  Robert Lechner | 115
16  |  Kris Nissen | 114
17  |  Artur Deutgen | 113
18  |  Oliver Mayer  | 111
19  |  Andrej Studenic | 83
20  |  Patrick Hildenbrandt | 81
21  |  Andrzej Dziurka | 51
22  |  Siegfried Ryll | 22
23  |  Christian Hohenadel | 18
24  |  Ralf Kelleners | 17
25  |  Klaus Panchryz | 7
Pos  | Driver  | Points
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1  |  PoleVision Racing | 330
2  |  Zakspeed Motorsport | 306
3  |  GAG Racing Team | 289
4  |  SST Engineering | 278
5  |  JAG Racing Team | 260
6  |  Grohs Motorsport | 247
7  |  Knüpfing Motorsport | 235
8  |  Irmscher Motorsport | 191
9  |  MRS Workshop | 161
10  |  MIS Mönninghoff | 148
11  |  1st Choice Racing | 114
12  |  Oliver Mayer Motorsport | 101
13  |  Ryll Racing | 72
Pos  | Team  | Points

Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th

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Points | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2

## References

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## External links

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* driverdb.com V8Star Series 2001
* speedsport-magazine.com V8Star Series 2001
* motorsport-archive.com V8Star Series
* V8Star Series official website