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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
ESP Campos Motorsport	1	ESP Rafael Sarandeses	All
2	ITA Matteo Bobbi	All
3	ESP Borja García	All
ITA Vergani Racing	4	RSA Tomas Scheckter	All
5	ESP Santiago Porteiro	All
6	VEN Milka Duno	All
ITA Venturini Racing	7	FRA Jonathan Cochet	2-4
ITA Maurizio Mediani	5
ESP Abel Fajas	7-8
ITA PSN GD Racing	9	ARG Leandro Iglesias	All
10	ARG Mariano Acebal	1
ARG Brian Smith	2-3
ARG Nicolás Filiberti	4-7
GBR Andy Priaulx	8
FRA Epsilon by Graff	11	FRA Franck Montagny	All
12	FRA Grégoire de Galzain	1-4, 6
FRA Jean-Christophe Ravier	7-8
26	FRA Geoffrey Dellus	All
ITA Sitec Motorsport	14	ITA Andrea Belicchi	All
15	ITA Filippo Zadotti	1-4
ITA Angelo Ferrazano	5-6
FRA G-Tec	16	ESP Jordi Nogués	1-4, 6
17	ESP Carlos Martín	3-4
27	FRA Philippe Benoliel	1-3
ITA Scuderia Famà	18	POR Manuel Gião	1-7
19	POR Paulo Alho	1-7
ESP Repsol YPF-Meycom	20	ESP Victor Ordóñez	All
21	POR Ricardo Megre	1-3
ESP Fernando Navarrete	7-8
22	ESP Ángel Burgueño	All
ESP Skualo Competición	23	ESP Sergi Iborra	1, 3-5, 7
24	ESP Abel Fajas	3-6
ESP Antonio Oriol	7-8
FRA G-Tec Formax	28	FRA Benoit Garnier	1-2
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Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
ESP Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain	March 31	ESP Rafael Sarandeses	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff	[Report](2001-jarama-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
April 1	FRA Franck Montagny	ESP Rafael Sarandeses	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
POR Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal	April 21	RSA Tomas Scheckter	FRA Franck Montagny	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ITA Vergani Racing	[Report](2001-estoril-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
April 22	RSA Tomas Scheckter	FRA Jonathan Cochet	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ITA Vergani Racing
ESP Circuito de Albacete, Albacete, Spain	May 12	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	ITA Andrea Belicchi	ITA Sitec Motorsport	[Report](2001-albacete-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
May 13	RSA Tomas Scheckter	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
ESP Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	June 9	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ESP Ángel Burgueño	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ITA Vergani Racing	[Report](2001-ricardo-tormo-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
June 10	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	July 14	FRA Franck Montagny	ESP Rafael Sarandeses	ITA Andrea Belicchi	ITA Sitec Motorsport	[Report](2001-monza-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
July 15	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Nevers, France	August 31	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff	[Report](2001-magny-cours-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
September 1	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
ESP Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	September 29	RSA Tomas Scheckter	RSA Tomas Scheckter	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ITA Vergani Racing	[Report](2001-catalunya-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
September 30	RSA Tomas Scheckter	RSA Tomas Scheckter	FRA Franck Montagny	FRA Epsilon by Graff
ESP Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain	October 27	RSA Tomas Scheckter	FRA Franck Montagny	ESP Ángel Burgueño	ESP Repsol YPF-Meycom	[Report](2001-ricardo-tormo-2nd-open-telefonica-by-nissan-round)
October 28	RSA Tomas Scheckter	RSA Tomas Scheckter	ITA Matteo Bobbi	ESP Campos Motorsport
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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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL	Pts
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	JAR
ESP	EST
POR	ALB
ESP	VAL
ESP	MNZ
ITA	MAG
FRA	CAT
ESP	VAL
ESP	Pts	1	211	2	185	3	138	4	132	5	124	6	67	7	66	8	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	Pos	Driver	JAR
ESP	EST
POR	ALB
ESP	VAL
ESP	MZA
ITA	MAG
FRA	BAR
ESP	VAL
ESP	Pts
FRA Franck Montagny	1	1	5	4	*9*	1	Ret	*1*	Ret	*1*	*1*	*1*	5	1	2	Ret
RSA Tomas Scheckter	10	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	5	2	*1*	*Ret*	Ret	*9*
ITA Andrea Belicchi	5	6	4	2	1	4	2	4	1	4	6	4	7	15	Ret	4
ESP Rafael Sarandeses	2	2	7	5	8	11	3	9	2	3	3	5	3	9	Ret	2
ESP Ángel Burgueño	4	8	6	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	4	6	2	Ret	2	3	1	Ret
ITA Matteo Bobbi	7	4	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	6	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	1
POR Manuel Gião	3	5	2	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	5	4	10	EX	EX
ESP Santiago Porteiro	13	10	9	8	Ret	3	12	Ret	8	13	10	Ret	4	4	3	3
FRA Jonathan Cochet			3	3	5	5	5	10
ESP Borja García	12	15	Ret	7	Ret	DNS	8	7	Ret	9	11	3	6	Ret	4	6
ESP Víctor Ordóñez	6	9	14	Ret	3	13	14	12	12	11	7	6	Ret	6	11	8
ARG Leandro Iglesias	Ret	13	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	6	9	8	9	9	9	8	7	7
FRA Jean-Christophe Ravier													10	2	Ret	5
FRA Geoffrey Dellus	11	12	13	14	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	11
POR Paulo Alho	16	7	8	16	Ret	6	11	13	7	DNS	Ret	Ret	11	10
ARG Nicolás Filiberti							7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	8	7
ESP Jordi Nogués	8	18	12	19	4	9	10	Ret			DNS	DNS
UK Andy Priaulx															5	Ret
FRA Grégoire De Galzain	Ret	21	Ret	11	7	12	Ret	DNS			12	8
ITA Filippo Zadotti	Ret	11	Ret	9	10	Ret	9	11
POR Ricardo Megre	9	17	10	Ret	12	10
FRA Philippe Benoliel	14	14	17	15	11	8
ESP Fernando Navarrete													12	11	9	Ret
ARG Brian Smith			11	10	EX	EX
ITA Maurizio Mediani									11	10
ESP Abel Fajas					15	16	16	16	Ret	Ret	13	12	13	12	Ret	10
VEN Milka Duno	Ret	19	16	18	14	15	Ret	17	13	Ret	Ret	13	14	13	10	12
ITA Angelo Ferrazano									Ret	Ret	14	11
ESP Antonio Oriol													15	14	Ret	13
ESP Carlos Martín					13	Ret	17	14
ESP Sergi Yborra	Ret	16			Ret	14	15	15	14	14			16	DNS
FRA Benoit Garnier	15	20	15	17
ARG Mariano Acebal	Ret	DNS
Source:

Teams

Points System:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL	Pts
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

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

References

"Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2001: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
"Formula Euro Open Nissan - Season 2001: Results". Speedsport Magazine.
"Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2001: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine.
"Formula Euro Open Nissan - 2001: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine.

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