The 2001 German Formula Three Championship (german: 2001 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event
motor racing
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championship for single-seat
open wheel
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formula racing cars that held across
Europe
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. The championship featured drivers competing in
two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by
Dallara
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which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 21 April at
Hockenheim
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and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.
Opel Team BSR driver
Toshihiro Kaneishi
is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula Nippon and Super GT
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became the first and only Japanese champion and the first champion from Asia. He clinched the title, winning races at
Norisring
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and
A1-Ring.
Stefan Mücke
Stefan Mücke (born 22 November 1981) is a German professional racing driver.
Racing career
Born in Berlin, Mücke started his racing career in 1998, when he won the Formula BMW ADAC series, with his father's Mücke Motorsport team, also making ...
finished as runner-up with wins at
Nürburgring
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and Hockenheim, losing just four points to Kaneishi.
Frank Diefenbacher
Frank Diefenbacher (born 19 March 1982 in Pforzheim) is a German auto racing driver.
Career
Diefenbacher won the German Junior Kart Championship in 1996. His first steps out of karting were in Formula Ford in Germany in 1998, where he finished th ...
and
Pierre Kaffer
Pierre Kaffer (born 7 November 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driver from Germany, currently living in Switzerland.
Career
In 1990, Kaffer started in Karting, moving in 1994 to Formula Ford, later Formula Opel ...
both won four races to end the season third and fourth in the drivers' standings.
Markus Winkelhock
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won Rookie title and three races. The other race winners was
Gary Paffett
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,
João Paulo de Oliveira
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,
Kosuke Matsuura
is a Japanese race car driver currently competing in the Super GT series. He previously competed in the Formula Nippon and IRL IndyCar Series.
Early career
After winning the Japanese Formula Dream Championship in 2001, Kosuke attracted the atte ...
and
Björn Wirdheim
Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim (born 4 April 1980) is a Swedish professional racing driver. He is the son of Örnulf Wirdheim, also a racing driver. Björn began racing karts, competing in his first race, at the age of 10. His main achievement to ...
.
Teams and drivers
All drivers competed in
Dallara
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chassis and used Yokohama tyres; model listed.
Calendar
With the exception of round at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.
Results
Championship standings
Championship
*† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
References
External links
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German Formula Three Championship seasons
Formula Three season
German
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