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The 2001 Formula Renault UK season was the 13th British Formula Renault Championship. The season ended after thirteen rounds held in the United Kingdom. 43 drivers competed in this series. All driver used the Tatuus FR2000 (Renault) car.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Manor Motorsport	1	James Eaton	1–7, 9–13
	2	Matt Griffin	All
	3	Richard Antinucci	All
	4	Leighton Walker	1–4
		Chris Buncombe	5–13
Cliff Dempsey Racing	5	Keith Dempsey	6–13
Falcon Motorsport	6	Danny Watts	All
	7	Daniel Welch	1–7
		Simon Pearson	8–12
		Jim Edwards Jr.	13
Paston Racing	8	Vincent Apple	1–9
	9	Martin Steyn	All
	12	Hayanari Shimoda	13
Aztec International	10	Chris Buncombe	1–4
		Alex Buncombe	5–6, 8–13
		Gary Catt	7
	11	Andrew Thompson	1–11
		Colin Brown	12–13
	12	Robert Huff	7
Fortec Motorsports	15	Steven Woodley	All
	16	Heikki Kovalainen	All
	17	James Andanson	3–7
		Robby Coleman	8–9
		Robert Bell	10–11
		Ryan Sharp	12
Team DFR	18	Colin Brown	1–6
		Gordon Coleman	8–9
		Judd Coupland	10–13
	19	Robby Coleman	1–6
	20	Julien Piguet	4
		John Dalziel	9–13
Scorpio Motorsport	23	Robert Huff	1–4
		Charles Hall	12
	24	Peter Walsh	1
	34	Michael Grime	9–13
Mach 1 Racing	25	Stuart Turvey	1–2
PBR Racing/Team Brask	27	Allan Simonsen	1–5
Motaworld Racing	30	Carl Breeze	All
	31	Tom Herridge	All
	32	Luis Mussi	1–5
		Tom Sisley	6–13
	33	Mark McLoughlin	1–11
		Andrew Thompson	12–13
Mark Burdett Motorsport	55	Chaz Small	9–12
Saxon International	76	Katherine Legge	13
	77	Charles Hall	1–3
		Jason Coffin	4
		Stuart King	5–13
	78	Fairuz Fauzy	All
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Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	16 April	Carl Breeze	Richard Antinucci	Carl Breeze	Motaworld Racing
2	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	7 May	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport
3	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	20 May	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Motaworld Racing
4	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	2 June	Richard Antinucci	Danny Watts	Danny Watts	Falcon Motorsport
5	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	1 July	Carl Breeze	Heikki Kovalainen	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport
6	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	22 July	James Andanson	Carl Breeze	Danny Watts	Falcon Motorsport
7	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	4 August	Carl Breeze	Stuart King	Keith Dempsey	Cliff Dempsey Racing
8	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	11 August	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Motaworld Racing
9	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	26 August	Carl Breeze	Tom Sisley	Carl Breeze	Motaworld Racing
10	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	9 September	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Fortec Motorsports
11			Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Fortec Motorsports
12	Donington Park (GP), Leicestershire	23 September	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport
13	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	7 October	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

• Points were awarded on a 32-28-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, with 1 point for fastest lap. A driver's 12 best results counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver BHI THR OUL SIL DON KNO SNE CRO OUL SIL DON BGP Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Carl Breeze 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 (5) 343 2 Richard Antinucci 2 1 2 3 1 2 Ret 8 4 2 2 1 1 337 3 Danny Watts 4 3 Ret 1 5 1 9 2 Ret 7 4 5 4 253 4 Heikki Kovalainen 15 14 Ret 7 18 5 5 5 2 1 1 2 3 243 5 Tom Sisley 6 Ret 3 3 Ret 7 4 2 136 6 Matt Griffin Ret 8 10 6 7 DNS Ret 7 8 8 18 11 7 136 7 Fairuz Fauzy 9 6 Ret Ret 4 11 3 Ret 10 10 10 13 15 134 8 Keith Dempsey 9 1 4 13 5 5 11 13 132 9 Martin Steyn Ret 10 14 19 12 7 11 9 9 6 8 14 9 130 10 Chris Buncombe Ret Ret 9 8 16 10 12 6 6 9 Ret 8 11 123 11 Colin Brown 5 4 7 10 8 12 Ret 7 108 12 Mark McLoughlin DNS 13 3 4 3 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 105 13 Leighton Walker 3 5 5 5 85 14 Tom Herridge Ret 16 Ret 12 15 DNS 8 14 5 12 Ret Ret 12 79 15 Vincent Apple 7 7 Ret 16 9 DNS 6 16 16 77 16 James Andanson 4 Ret 6 13 4 70 17 Stuart King 14 DNS Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 9 6 63 18 John Dalziel Ret 4 6 15 8 60 19 Robby Coleman 6 12 15 15 11 DNS 10 Ret 60 20 Andrew Thompson Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 12 11 19 13 Ret Ret 60 21 Daniel Welch 11 9 11 14 10 14 Ret 57 22 Steven Woodley 12 Ret Ret 18 17 Ret 14 11 15 16 15 16 Ret 55 23 Alex Buncombe 13 15 Ret 17 14 12 12 10 54 24 Luis Mussi 10 Ret 6 9 Ret 41 25 James Eaton Ret Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 14 18 Ret 38 26 Allan Simonsen 13 11 12 17 Ret 31 27 Robert Huff 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 30 28 Charles Hall Ret Ret 8 9 25 29 Robert Bell 11 9 22 30 Chaz Small 14 15 17 17 21 31 Ryan Sharp 6 18 32 Judd Coupland 17 14 20 16 17 33 Simon Pearson DSQ 18 13 Ret 19 13 34 Jason Coffin 13 8 35 Michael Grime Ret 18 16 21 Ret 8 36 Stuart Turvey 14 Ret 7 37 Gordon Coleman 15 Ret 6 38 Jim Edwards Jr. 17 4 39 Katherine Legge 18 3 Peter Walsh Ret Julien Piguet Ret Gary Catt Ret Hayanari Shimoda Ret

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

• The official website of the Formula Renault UK Championship
• 2001 standings
• 2001 Entry List and results