2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan

Open Telefónica by Nissan

Company type	Single-make racing championship
Industry	Motorsport
Founded	2001
Products	Racing series

The 2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan consisted of 16 races held over 8 weekends. This single-make championship required all competitors to utilize Coloni chassis (Coloni CN1) equipped with 2-liter engines supplied by Nissan. Throughout the season, the series saw participation from 12 teams and a total of 33 drivers.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Campos Motorsport	1	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rafael Sarandeses	Entire season
	2	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Matteo Bobbi	Entire season
	3	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Borja García	Entire season
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Vergani Racing	4	Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tomas Scheckter	Entire season
	5	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Santiago Porteiro	Entire season
	6	Template:Country data VENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Milka Duno	Entire season
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Venturini Racing	7	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jonathan Cochet	Rounds 2-4
		Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Maurizio Mediani	Round 5
		Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Abel Fajas	Rounds 7-8
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall PSN GD Racing	9	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Leandro Iglesias	Entire season
	10	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mariano Acebal	Round 1 only
		Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Brian Smith	Rounds 2-3
		Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolás Filiberti	Rounds 4-7
		Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Andy Priaulx	Round 8 only
Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Epsilon by Graff	11	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny	Entire season

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	""Template:Country data "ESP"Template:Namespace detect showall Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain"	"March 31"	""Template:Country data "ESP"Template:Namespace detect showall Rafael Sarandeses"	"Template:Country data "FRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny"	"Template:Country data "FRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny"	"Template:Country data "FRA"Template:Namespace detect showall Barazi-Epsilon"	2001 Jarama Open Telefónica by Nissan round "

Continue with the following rounds accordingly...

Final championship standings

Points were allocated in each race as follows: 20 points to the winner, 15 for the runner-up, 12 for third place, and descending incrementally to 1 point for the competitor finishing tenth. Competitors placing beyond tenth position did not earn points. An extra 2 points were granted for achieving the fastest lap. Only the top 11 race results per driver contributed to their championship total, with all bonus points included. Five drivers had points deducted, which are indicated in parentheses.

Drivers

• Points Distribution:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Fastest Lap
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	JAR		EST		ALB		VAL		MNZ		MAG		CAT		VAL		Total Points
align=left| Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Franck Montagny	1 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| 5 |4 |"9" |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |Ret |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |Ret |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |5 |1 |bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| 2 |Ret | "211"
align=left| Template:Country data RSATemplate:Namespace detect showall Tomas Scheckter	3 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |1 |bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| 2 |2 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |2 |3 |2 |"5" |2 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |Ret |Ret |"9" | "185"
align=left| Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andrea Belicchi	"6" |4 |2 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |4 |2 |4 |bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| 1 |4 |"6" |4 |"7" |15 |Ret |4 | "138"
align=left| Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rafael Sarandeses	2 |7 |5 |"8" |11 |3 |"9" |2 |3 |3 |5 |3 |"9" |Ret |2 | "132"
align=left| Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ángel Burgueño	"8"  |6  |6  |Ret  |Ret  |'4'  |3  |'4'  |'6'  |'2'  |'Ret'  |'2'  |'3'  |'1'  |'Ret' ! "124"
align=left| Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Matteo Bobbi	'4' |'Ret' |'Ret' |'6' |'Ret' |'Ret' |'5' |'6' |'7' |'8' |'Ret' |'Ret' |'Ret' |'6' |'1' !67
align=left| Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showall Manuel Gião	'5' |'2' |'12' |'Ret' |'7' |'Ret' |'Ret' |'5' |'5' |'4' |'10' |				66
align=left| Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Santiago Porteiro	'10' |'9' |'8' |'Ret' |'3' |'12' |'Ret' |'8' |'13' |'10' |'Ret' |'4' |'4' |'3' |'3'	66
9 !51
10 !47
11 !39
12 !28
13 !24
14 !18
15 !18
16 !18
17 !16
18 !8
19 !7
20 !5
21 !4
22 !3
23 !2
24 !1
25 !1
26 !1
27 !1
28 !0
29 !0
30 !0
31 !0
32 !0
33 !0

Source: Speedsport Magazine results summary

Teams

• Scoring Method:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Fastest Lap
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Position	Team Name	JAR Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall		EST Template:Country data PORTemplate:Namespace detect showall		ALB Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall		VAL Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall		MZA Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall		MAG Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall		BAR Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall		VAL Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall		Total Points
1	Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Epsilon by Graff	1	1	5	4	7	1	6	1	10	1	1	1	5	1	2	5	238
2	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Vergani Racing	10	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	5	2	1	4	3	3	228