2001 Superleague season

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2001 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	GP3
Rounds	3
Mod base
Carshape base
Engine Supplier(s)	Multiple
Tyre Supplier(s)	Bridgestone & Michelin
Drivers	23
Teams	11
Drivers' Champion	Christian Neumann
Teams' Champion	BA Racing
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The 2001 Superleague season was the second GPVWC Superleague season. It used Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 3 and saved qualifying and race files were submitted to the league for checking and classification.

Format

The qualifying, race and in-season testing sessions were all driven off-line and the saved game files were then submitted to the GPVWC for validation and classification in accordance with set deadlines. Saving the game at any point (for the session to be continued) was unrestricted.

The top eleven finishers scored points in the race, plus a single point bonus was available for both pole position and fastest lap.

Report

The season got off to a promising start with no less than 16 teams launching entry bids which were reduced to just 11 in a series of pre-season test races. Things were looking promising as the teams set off for the first race in Australia, but there was trouble ahead. Tensions started to build as several drivers fell foul of the 2001 rules over issues such as corner cutting and driver aids leading to a bitter rift between some drivers and the league administration.

On track reigning champion Jason Endean took a win in the opening race in Melbourne but missed the next two rounds. In his absence German driver Christian Neumann edged out rivals Ton Hoek and Dan Pyrik to win in both Malaysia and Brazil, meaning he took the championship lead.

However things came to a head after the third round in Brazil and as a result the decision was made to suspend the league with GPVWC organizer Dan Lawrence citing issues relating to managers' attitudes, as well as issues in his personal life. Consequently Neumann and BA Racing were crowned as champions. By the end of the year the situation within the league had been reconciled, but the organizers elected to focus on 2002 rather than completing the 2001 season.

Teams and drivers

Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
BA Racing		BA Racing		Ferrari	B	0	Richard Dickson	2
						1	Jason Endean	1
						2	Dan Pyrik	1-3
Connolly Virtual Racing Team		CVRT	CVRT-01	BMW	B	3	Christian Neumann	1-3
						4	Darren White	1-2
Red Arrows		Red Arrows		Ferrari	B	5	Ian McMah	1-3
						6	Luc Lissens	1-2
Dan Lawrence Racing		DL Racing		BMW	B	7	Jason Smith	1-3
						8	Scott Smith	1-3
Team Racebase		Racebase		Mugen-Honda	B	9	Peter Visscher	1-3
						10	Larry Karam	1-3
TBA Racing		TBA Racing		AMT	B	11	Jonas Lindberg	1-3
						12	Stephen Wilson	1-3
Hawkeye Racing		Hawkeye		Audi	M	14	Ben Connolly	2-3
						15	Blair Disley	2-3
Roaldo Racing		Roaldo		AMT - Asiatech	B	16	Ton Hoek	1-3
						17	Bruno Moreira	1-3
Arela Grand Prix Engineering	Perth, Australia	Arela GP	JG01	Audi	B	18	Rob Hagarty	1-3
						19	Marco Rosas	1-3
Dan Prescott International		DPI		Cosworth	B	20	Alan Wilson	1
							Richard Dickson	3
						21	Tim Green	1
							Andrew Dickson	3
XanF1 Racing		XanF1		Mugen-Honda	M	22	Shaun Marshall	3

Other Entrants

The following constructors also launched entries at the start of the 2001 Superleague season, but never competed:

• Feilerfuf
• Goffin Racing
• Autobots
• Repsol Ferrari Racing
• Swiss Car

New entries

There were several new entries for 2001, but through a series of pre-season trials only 4 of them made it into the official lineup. The new teams were Dutch team Roaldo Racing, Australian team Arela GP, British team Dan Prescott International and Belgian team XanF1.

Team changes

The biggest team change in the offseason revolved around reigning Constructors' Champions A-Racing. Having launched the car and signed drivers, team manager Andrew Dickson dramatically announced the team's withdraw in February following the news that lead driver Richard Dickson was no longer able to contest the 2001 season. Within days a rescue deal had been agreed with team press officer Chris Connolly and the team was rebranded as Connolly Virtual Racing Team.

Following a lack of attendances for the team XanF1 leader Gijs Herpers quit the team after the Malaysian Grand Prix. The team was taken over by Kim De Schutter but retained the XanF1 name for the remainder of 2001 for technical reasons. For 2002 the team became Kimpusoft Racing Belgium.

2001 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time
					Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	?th ???—5th Mar	???	23:59
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia	?th ???—19th Mar	???	23:59
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	?nd ???—2nd Apr	???	23:59

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Jason Smith	Christian Neumann (1:29.941)	Jason Endean	BA Racing-Ferrari	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Christian Neumann	Ton Hoek (1:41.084)	Christian Neumann	CVRT-BMW	Report
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	Ton Hoek	Dan Pyrik (1:16.834)	Christian Neumann	CVRT-BMW	Report
4-17	<<<CANCELLED>>>

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 11 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Points	20	16	13	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver AUS MAL BRA Points 1 Christian Neumann 4 1 1 52 2 Dan Pyrik 3 3 2 43 3 Ton Hoek 8 2 3 35 4 Jason Smith 2 5 5 33 5 Jason Endean 1 20 6 Richard Dickson 4 4 20 7 Scott Smith 7 6 7 16 8 Jonas Lindberg 11 8 6 11 9 Ian McMah 5 DNS DNS 8 10 Peter Visscher 13 7 9 8 11 Stephen Wilson 6 DNS DNS 6 12 Marco Rosas 12 10 8 6 13 Larry Karam 9 9 6 14 Bruno Moreira DSQ 11 10 3 15 Rob Haggerty 10 DNS Ret 2 16 Ben Connolly DNS 11 1 17 Luc Lissens 15 12 0 18 Blair Disley DNS 12 0 19 Tim Green 14 0 20 Alan Wilson 16 0 21 Darren White 17 DNS 0 22 Shaun Marshall DNS 0 23 Andrew Dickson DNS 0 Pos Driver AUS MAL BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BRA Points 1 BA Racing - Ferrari 0 - 4 - 73 1 1 - - 2 3 3 2 2 CVRT-BMW 3 4 1 1 52 4 17 DNS - 3 DL Racing-BMW 7 2 5 5 49 8 7 6 7 4 Roaldo-Asiatech 16 8 2 3 38 17 DSQ 11 10 5 TBA-AMT 11 11 8 6 17 12 6 DNS DNS 6 Racebase-Mugen-Honda 9 13 7 9 14 10 9 9 - 7 DPI-Cosworth 20 16 - 4 10 21 14 - DNS 8 Red Arrows-Ferrari 5 5 DNS DNS 8 6 15 12 - 9 Arela-Audi 18 10 DNS Ret 8 19 12 10 8 10 Hawkeye-Audi 14 - DNS 11 1 15 - DNS 12 11 XanF1-Mugen-Honda 22 - - DNS 0 23 - - - Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Preceded by: 2000 Superleague season

2001 Superleague season 2001

Succeeded by: 2002 Superleague season