2001 CART season
FedEx Championship Series
Season
Races	21 20
Start date	March 11
End date	November 4
Awards
Drivers' Championship	Gil de Ferran
Constructors' Cup	Reynard
Manufacturers' Cup	Honda
Nations' Cup	Brazil
Rookie of the Year	Scott Dixon
Most Pole Positions	Kenny Bräck
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2000	2002

The 2001 CART season, the twenty-third in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Monterrey, Mexico on March 11 and concluding in Fontana, California on November 4. A twenty-first race in Fort Worth, Texas was canceled after qualifying due to safety concerns. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Gil de Ferran. Rookie of the Year was Scott Dixon.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 2 Grands Prix 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Race Results 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Nation's Cup 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed for the 2001 CART Championship Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers
Team Penske	Reynard 01i	Honda	Firestone	1	Gil de Ferran
				3	Hélio Castroneves
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B1/00	Toyota	Firestone	4	Bruno Junqueira
				12	Nicolas Minassian Memo Gidley
Walker Motorsport	Reynard 01i	Toyota	Firestone	5	Tora Takagi
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola B1/00	Toyota	Firestone	6	Cristiano da Matta
				11	Christian Fittipaldi
Team Rahal	Lola B1/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	7	Max Papis
				8	Kenny Bräck
Bettenhausen Racing	Lola B1/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	16	Michel Jourdain Jr.
PacWest Racing	Reynard 01i	Toyota	Firestone	17	Maurício Gugelmin
				18	Scott Dixon
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	19	Michael Krumm
				21	Luiz Garcia Jr.
Patrick Racing	Reynard 01i	Toyota	Firestone	19	Townsend Bell
				20	Roberto Moreno
				40	Jimmy Vasser
Sigma Autosport	Lola B1/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	22	Oriol Servià
Arciero-Blair Racing	Lola B2K/00	Phoenix	Firestone	25	Max Wilson Alex Barron
Team Green	Reynard 01i	Honda	Firestone	26	Paul Tracy
				27	Dario Franchitti
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 01i	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	32	Patrick Carpentier
				33	Alex Tagliani
				77	Bryan Herta
Team Motorola	Reynard 01i	Honda	Firestone	39	Michael Andretti
Fernández Racing	Reynard 01i	Honda	Firestone	51	Adrián Fernández
				52	Shinji Nakano
Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 01i	Honda	Firestone	55	Tony Kanaan
				66	Alex Zanardi Casey Mears

[edit] Grands Prix

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Monterrey Grand Prix	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico	March 11
2	Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 8
3	Firestone Firehawk 600	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	April 29
4	Lehigh Valley Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	May 6
5	Firestone Firehawk 500	Twin Ring Motegi	Motegi, Japan	May 19
6	Miller Lite 225	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 3
7	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	June 17
8	Freightliner/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 24
9	Marconi Cleveland Grand Prix	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 1
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Canada	July 15
11	Harrah´s 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 22
12	Target Grand Prix	Chicago Motor Speedway	Cicero, Illinois	July 29
13	Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 12
14	Motorola 220	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 19
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, Canada	September 2
16	The American Memorial	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Klettwitz, Germany	September 15
17	Rockingham 500	Rockingham Motor Speedway	Rockingham, United Kingdom	September 22
18	Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix	Streets of Houston	Houston, Texas	October 7
19	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	October 14
20	Honda Indy 300	Streets of Surfers Paradise	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 28
21	The 500 by Toyota	California Speedway	Fontana, California	November 4

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Race Results

Rd	Name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Monterrey Grand Prix	Kenny Bräck	Dario Franchitti	Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
2	Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
3	Firestone Firehawk 600	Kenny Bräck				Report
4	Lehigh Valley Grand Prix	Bruno Junqueira	Tony Kanaan	Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	Report
5	Firestone Firehawk 500	Hélio Castroneves	Alex Zanardi	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	Report
6	Miller Lite 225	Kenny Bräck	Dario Franchitti	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	Report
7	ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix	Hélio Castroneves	Michael Andretti	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
8	Freightliner/G.I.Joe's 200	Max Papis	Max Papis	Max Papis	Team Rahal	Report
9	Marconi Cleveland Grand Prix	Maurício Gugelmin	Roberto Moreno	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	Report
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	Report
11	Harrah's 500	Kenny Bräck	Patrick Carpentier	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	Report
12	Target Grand Prix	Tony Kanaan	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	Report
13	Miller Lite 220	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
14	Motorola 220	Kenny Bräck	Bruno Junqueira	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Alex Tagliani	Hélio Castroneves	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	Report
16	The American Memorial	Gil de Ferran	Tony Kanaan	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	Report
17	Rockingham 500	Kenny Bräck	Patrick Carpentier	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
18	Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix	Gil de Ferran	Jimmy Vasser	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
19	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Max Papis	Team Rahal	Report
20	Honda Indy 300	Roberto Moreno	Jimmy Vasser	Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
21	The 500 by Toyota	Alex Tagliani	Gil de Ferran	Cristiano da Matta	Newman-Haas Racing	Report

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver MTY LGB TEX NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON Pts 1 de Ferran 2 3 Ret Ret 7 6 13 4 14 Ret 3 2 5 2 8 1 1 3 4 6 199 2 Bräck 5 Ret 2 1 1 9 11 6 Ret Ret 1 20 14 8 1 2 7 Ret 5 Ret 163 3 Andretti 4 Ret 6 Ret 2 4 8 15 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 3 4 5 Ret 14 2 7 147 4 Castroneves 8 1 11 2 Ret 1 17 12 Ret 8 7 1 7 18 12 4 5 6 20 Ret 141 5 da Matta 1 2 10 Ret Ret 7 10 7 15 5 19 10 6 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 1 1 140 6 Papis 12 17 Ret 6 8 11 1 18 8 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 2 11 9 1 9 2 107 7 Franchitti 9 6 8 Ret 9 2 6 1 Ret 2 15 16 Ret 9 Ret 9 2 Ret Ret Ret 105 8 Dixon (R) 13 19 1 9 3 Ret 7 20 5 10 4 12 4 13 9 Ret Ret 4 15 Ret 98 9 Kanaan 7 7 16 3 6 WD Ret 16 10 Ret 8 5 12 4 7 8 12 8 17 5 93 10 Carpentier Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 8 5 Ret Ret 1 2 3 9 16 3 16 10 Ret 11 10 91 11 Tagliani Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 9 2 6 6 7 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 3 3 80 12 Vasser 6 5 4 5 Ret Ret 16 5 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 7 11 5 6 12 77 13 Moreno Ret 11 12 10 15 3 2 8 11 12 20 6 11 1 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 76 14 Tracy 3 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 7 12 4 Ret Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 14 Ret 73 15 Fittipaldi Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 5 3 11 12 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 9 8 13 70 16 Junqueira (R) Ret 9 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 9 17 13 1 12 11 Ret Ret 7 Ret 4 68 17 Gidley Ret 2 17 14 5 11 Ret 10 14 18 3 2 10 14 65 18 Fernández Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 12 19 Ret 3 Ret 10 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 14 10 19 Ret 45 19 Servià 14 14 9 Ret 14 Ret 9 17 Ret 11 18 9 10 5 5 10 Ret Ret Ret 11 42 20 Jourdain 17 13 13 11 13 Ret 15 Ret 16 3 Ret 17 17 6 17 19 Ret Ret 7 16 30 21 Takagi (R) 10 Ret 14 Ret DSQ Ret 18 14 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 4 13 16 15 29 22 Herta 16 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 3 Ret 4 21 Ret Ret 17 Ret 15 13 12 18 Ret 28 23 Zanardi Ret Ret Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 13 4 Ret 9 19 13 Ret Ret 24 24 Gugelmin 15 Ret 12 10 10 Ret 10 7 15 22 14 Ret 15 16 20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 25 Wilson (R) Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 4 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 21 16 Ret 12 26 Nakano 18 12 15 8 16 13 Ret Ret 9 Ret 16 18 15 14 Ret 17 15 Ret 12 Ret 11 27 Mears (R) 17 11 Ret 8 7 27 Minassian (R) 11 8 18 Ret Ret Ret 7 29 Barron 13 9 4 30 Bell (R) 13 12 1 31 Krumm (R) Ret 15 0 31 Garcia Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver MTY LGB TEX NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON Pts

Rookie Tora Takagi was parked by chief steward Chris Kniefel for the remainder of the Milwaukee 225 for avoidable Turn 1 contact with Jimmy Vasser, resulting in a crash for the 1996 CART Champion.

[edit] Nation's Cup

Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	MTY	LGB	TEX	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SUR	FON	Points
1	Brazil	1	1		5	2	4	1	2	4	7	5	3	1	1	1	7	1	1	3	1	1	341
2	United States	4	5		4	5	2	4	8	2	1	4	5	11	2	3	4	5	3	2	2	7	240
3	Canada	3	4		3	Ret	12	8	5	9	2	1	2	3	8	16	3	6	10	15	3	3	187
4	Sweden	5	Ret		2	1	1	9	11	6	Ret	Ret	1	20	14	8	1	2	7	Ret	5	Ret	163
5	Italy	12	17		Ret	6	8	11	1	18	4	Ret	9	19	13	Ret	2	11	9	1	9	2	118
6	Scotland	9	6		8	Ret	9	2	6	1	Ret	2	15	16	Ret	9	Ret	9	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	105
7	New Zealand	13	19		1	9	3	Ret	7	20	5	10	4	12	4	13	9	Ret	Ret	4	15	Ret	98
8	Mexico	17	13		9	11	5	12	15	Ret	3	3	10	17	3	6	17	19	14	10	7	16	75
9	Japan	10	12		14	8	16	13	18	14	9	13	11	18	15	7	6	17	4	13	12	15	42
10	Spain	14	14		9	Ret	14	Ret	9	17	Ret	11	18	9	10	5	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	42
11	France	11	8		18	Ret	Ret	Ret															7
Pos	Country	MTY	LGB	TEX	NAZ	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LAG	SUR	FON	Points

[edit] References

• Åberg, Andreas. "CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 2001". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.webcitation.org/5h6xAPZgA. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
• "2001 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.webcitation.org/5h6xApGrT. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
• CART / PR Newswire (2001-04-30). "CART Postpones Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer Due to Unprecedented Physical Demands on Drivers". Press release. 
• "Standings after Fontana". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.webcitation.org/5h6xBDEyQ. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

[edit] See also

• 2001 Formula Atlantic season
• 2001 Indianapolis 500
• 2001 in Indy Lights
• 2001 in IRL

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