2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan

The 2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan was contested over 8 race weekends/16 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni chassis (Coloni CN1) and Nissan engines (Nissan 2L). 12 different teams and 33 different drivers competed.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Campos Motorsport	1	Rafael Sarandeses	All
	2	Mateo Bobbi	All
	3	Borja García	All
Vergani Racing	4	Tomas Scheckter	All
	5	Santiago Porteiro	All
	6	Milka Duno	All
Venturini Racing	7	Jonathan Cochet	2-4
		Maurizio Mediani	5
		Abel Fajas	7-8
PSN GD Racing	9	Leandro Iglesias	All
	10	Mariano Acebal	1
		Brian Smith	2-3
		Nicolás Filiberti	4-7
		Andy Priaulx	8
Epsilon by Graff	11	Franck Montagny	All
	12	Grégoire de Galzain	1-4, 6
		Jean-Christophe Ravier	7-8
	26	Geoffret Dellus	All
Sitec Motorsport	14	Andrea Belicchi	All
	15	Filippo Zadotti	1-4
		Angelo Ferrazano	5-6
G-Tec	16	Jordi Nogués	1-4, 6
	17	Carlos Martín	3-4
	27	Philippe Benoliel	1-3
Scuderia Famà	18	Manuel Gião	1-7
	19	Paulo Alho	1-7
Repsol YPF - Meycom	20	Victor Ordóñez	All
	21	Ricardo Megre	1-3
		Fernando Navarrete	7-8
	22	Ángel Burgueño	All
Skualo Competición	23	Sergi Iborra	1, 3-5, 7
	24	Abel Fajas	3-6
		Antonio Oriol	7-8
G-Tec Formax	28	Benoit Garnier	1-2

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián, Spain	March 31	Rafael Sarandeses	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
	R2		April 1	Franck Montagny	Rafael Sarandeses	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
2	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal	April 21	Tomas Scheckter	Franck Montagny	Tomas Scheckter	Vergani Racing
	R2		April 22	Tomas Scheckter	Jonathan Cochet	Tomas Scheckter	Vergani Racing
3	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete, Spain	May 12	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Andrea Belicchi	Sitec Motorsport
	R2		May 13	Tomas Scheckter	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
4	R1	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	June 9	Tomas Scheckter	Ángel Burgueño	Tomas Scheckter	Vergani Racing
	R2		June 10	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	July 14	Franck Montagny	Rafael Sarandeses	Andrea Belicchi	Sitec Motorsport
	R2		July 15	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Nevers, France	August 31	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
	R2		September 1	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
7	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	September 29	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Vergani Racing
	R2		September 30	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Franck Montagny	Epsilon by Graff
8	R1	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	October 27	Tomas Scheckter	Franck Montagny	Ángel Burgueño	Repsol YPF-Meycom
	R2		October 28	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Matteo Bobbi	Campos Motorsport

Final points standings

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 11 race results count, but all additional points count. Five drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Drivers

• Points System:

Pos Driver JAR EST ALB VAL MZA MAG BAR VAL Dropped Points Pts 1 Franck Montagny 1 1 5 4 9 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 1 5 1 2 Ret (221 - 10) 211 2 Tomas Scheckter 10 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 5 2 1 Ret Ret 9 (196 - 11) 185 3 Andrea Belicchi 5 6 4 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 6 4 7 15 Ret 4 (154 - 16) 138 4 Rafael Sarandeses 2 2 7 5 8 11 3 9 2 3 3 5 3 9 Ret 2 (139 - 7) 132 5 Ángel Burgueño 4 8 6 6 Ret Ret 4 3 4 6 2 Ret 2 3 1 Ret (127 - 3) 124 6 Matteo Bobbi 7 4 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 6 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 1 67 7 Manuel Gião 3 5 2 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 5 4 10 EX EX 66 8 Santiago Porteiro 13 10 9 8 Ret 3 12 Ret 8 13 10 Ret 4 4 3 3 66 9 Jonathan Cochet 3 3 5 5 5 10 51 10 Borja García 12 15 Ret 7 Ret DNS 8 7 Ret 9 11 3 6 Ret 4 6 47 11 Víctor Ordóñez 6 9 14 Ret 3 13 14 12 12 11 7 6 Ret 6 11 8 39 12 Leandro Iglesias Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 6 9 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 28 13 Jean-Christophe Ravier 10 2 Ret 5 24 14 Geoffrey Dellus 11 12 13 14 Ret Ret 6 Ret 10 12 Ret Ret Ret 5 8 11 18 15 Paulo Alho 16 7 8 16 Ret 6 11 13 7 DNS Ret Ret 11 10 18 16 Nicolás Filiberti 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 8 7 18 17 Jordi Nogués 8 18 12 19 4 9 10 Ret DNS DNS 16 18 Andy Priaulx 5 Ret 8 19 Grégoire De Galzain Ret 21 Ret 11 7 12 Ret DNS 12 8 7 20 Filippo Zadotti Ret 11 Ret 9 10 Ret 9 11 5 21 Ricardo Megre 9 17 10 Ret 12 10 4 22 Philippe Benoliel 14 14 17 15 11 8 3 23 Fernando Navarrete 12 11 9 Ret 2 24 Brian Smith 11 10 EX EX 1 25 Maurizio Mediani 11 10 1 26 Abel Fajas 15 16 16 16 Ret Ret 13 12 13 12 Ret 10 1 27 Milka Duno Ret 19 16 18 14 15 Ret 17 13 Ret Ret 13 14 13 10 12 1 28 Angelo Ferrazano Ret Ret 14 11 0 29 Antonio Oriol 15 14 Ret 13 0 30 Carlos Martín 13 Ret 17 14 0 31 Sergi Yborra Ret 16 Ret 14 15 15 14 14 16 DNS 0 32 Benoit Garnier 15 20 15 17 0 33 Mariano Acebal Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver JAR EST ALB VAL MZA MAG BAR VAL Dropped Points Pts

Teams

• Points System:

Pos	Team	JAR		EST		ALB		VAL		MZA		MAG		BAR		VAL		Pts
1	Epsilon by Graff	1	1	5	4	7	1	6	1	10	1	1	1	5	1	2	5	238
2	Vergani Racing	10	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	5	2	1	4	3	3	228
3	Campos Motorsport	2	2	7	5	6	11	3	5	2	3	3	3	3	9	4	1	167
4	Sitec Motorsport	5	6	4	2	1	4	2	4	1	4	6	4	7	15	Ret	4	154
5	Repsol YPF-Meycom	4	8	6	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	4	6	2	6	2	3	1	8	149
6	Scuderia Famà	3	5	2	12	Ret	6	11	13	5	5	4	10	11	10			69
7	Venturini Racing			3	3	5	5	5	10	11	10			13	12	Ret	10	53
8	PSN GD Racing	Ret	13	11	10	Ret	Ret	7	6	9	8	9	7	8	7	5	7	41
9	G-Tec	8	14	12	15	4	8	10	14			DNS	DNS					17
10	Skualo Competición	Ret	16			15	14	15	15	14	14			15	14	Ret	13	0
11	G-Tec Formax	15	20	15	17													0
Pos	Team	JAR		EST		ALB		VAL		MZA		MAG		BAR		VAL		Pts

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