2001 CART Championship Series season
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Bryan Herta's #77 Forsythe Reynard at Rockingham Motor Speedway in 2001

The 2001 CART Championship Series was the twenty-third season. It begin on March 11, 2001 and ended on November 4 after 20 races. It was due to be 21 races but Fort Worth was cancelled due to safety concerns.

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Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers are competing for the 2001 CART Championship Series.

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No Drivers
Flag of the United States Team Penske Reynard 01i Honda Firestone 1 Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran
3 Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves
Flag of the United States Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B1/00 Toyota Firestone 4 Flag of Brazil Bruno Junqueira
12 Flag of France Nicolas Minassian
Flag of the United States Memo Gidley
Flag of the United States Walker Motorsport Reynard 01i Toyota Firestone 5 Flag of Japan Tora Takagi
Flag of the United States Newman-Haas Racing Lola B1/00 Toyota Firestone 6 Flag of Brazil Cristiano da Matta
11 Flag of Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Flag of the United States Team Rahal Lola B1/00 Ford Cosworth Firestone 7 Flag of Italy Max Papis
8 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck
Flag of the United States Bettenhausen Racing Lola B1/00 Ford Cosworth Firestone 16 Flag of Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.
Flag of the United States PacWest Racing Reynard 01i Toyota Firestone 17 Flag of Brazil Mauricio Gugelmin
18 Flag of New Zealand Scott Dixon
Flag of the United States Dale Coyne Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford Cosworth Firestone 19 Flag of Germany Michael Krumm
21 Flag of Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr.
Flag of the United States Patrick Racing Reynard 01i Toyota Firestone 19 Flag of the United States Townsend Bell
20 Flag of Brazil Roberto Moreno
40 Flag of the United States Jimmy Vasser
Flag of the United States Sigma Autosport Lola B1/00 Ford Cosworth Firestone 22 Flag of Spain Oriol Servia
Flag of the United States Arciero-Blair Racing Lola B2K/00 Phoenix
Ford Cosworth		 Firestone 25 Flag of Brazil Max Wilson
Flag of the United States Alex Barron
Flag of the United States Team Green Reynard 01i Honda Firestone 26 Flag of Canada Paul Tracy
27 Flag of the United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
Flag of the United States Forsythe Racing Reynard 01i Ford Cosworth Firestone 32 Flag of Canada Patrick Carpentier
33 Flag of Canada Alex Tagliani
77 Flag of the United States Bryan Herta
Flag of the United States Team Motorola Reynard 01i Honda Firestone 39 Flag of the United States Michael Andretti
Flag of Mexico Fernández Racing Reynard 01i Honda Firestone 51 Flag of Mexico Adrián Fernández
52 Flag of Japan Shinji Nakano
Flag of the United States Mo Nunn Racing Reynard 01i Honda Firestone 55 Flag of Brazil Tony Kanaan
66 Flag of Italy Alex Zanardi
Flag of the United States Casey Mears

Team changes

Still to come....

Driver changes

Still to come....

Grands Prix

Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location Date
1 Flag of Mexico Monterrey Grand Prix Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico March 11
2 Flag of the United States Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 8
3 Flag of the United States Firestone Firehawk 600 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 29
4 Flag of the United States Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania May 6
5 Flag of Japan Firestone Firehawk 500 Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Japan May 19
6 Flag of the United States Miller Lite 225 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 3
7 Flag of the United States ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan June 17
8 Flag of the United States Freightliner/G.I.Joe´s 200 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 24
9 Flag of the United States Marconi Cleveland Grand Prix Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio July 1
10 Flag of Canada Molson Indy Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Canada July 15
11 Flag of the United States Harrah´s 500 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan July 22
12 Flag of the United States Target Grand Prix Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois July 29
13 Flag of the United States Miller Lite 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 12
14 Flag of the United States Motorola 220 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 19
15 Flag of Canada Molson Indy Vancouver Streets of Vancouver Vancouver, Canada September 2
16 Flag of Germany The American Memorial EuroSpeedway Lausitz Klettwitz, Germany September 15
17 Flag of the United Kingdom Rockingham 500 Rockingham Motor Speedway Rockingham, United Kingdom September 22
18 Flag of the United States Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix Streets of Houston Houston, Texas October 7
19 Flag of the United States Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California October 14
20 Flag of Australia Honda Indy 300 Streets of Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise, Australia October 28
21 Flag of the United States The 500 by Toyota California Speedway Fontana, California November 4

Full Series Results

Race Results

Rd Name Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Flag of Mexico Monterrey Grand Prix Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of the United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Flag of Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman-Haas Racing Report
2 Flag of the United States Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report
3 Flag of the United States Firestone Firehawk 600 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Report
4 Flag of the United States Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Bruno Junqueira Flag of Brazil Tony Kanaan Flag of New Zealand Scott Dixon PacWest Racing Report
5 Flag of Japan Firestone Firehawk 500 Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Italy Alex Zanardi Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Report
6 Flag of the United States Miller Lite 225 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of the United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Report
7 Flag of the United States ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report
8 Flag of the United States Freightliner/G.I.Joe´s 200 Flag of Italy Max Papis Flag of Italy Max Papis Flag of Italy Max Papis Team Rahal Report
9 Flag of the United States Marconi Cleveland Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Mauricio Gugelmin Flag of Brazil Roberto Moreno Flag of the United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Team Green Report
10 Flag of Canada Molson Indy Toronto Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of the United States Michael Andretti Team Motorola Report
11 Flag of the United States Harrah´s 500 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of Canada Patrick Carpentier Flag of Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Report
12 Flag of the United States Target Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Tony Kanaan Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Report
13 Flag of the United States Miller Lite 220 Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report
14 Flag of the United States Motorola 220 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of Brazil Bruno Junqueira Flag of Brazil Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing Report
15 Flag of Canada Molson Indy Vancouver Flag of Canada Alex Tagliani Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Brazil Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing Report
16 Flag of Germany The American Memorial Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of Brazil Tony Kanaan Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Report
17 Flag of the United Kingdom Rockingham 500 Flag of Sweden Kenny Bräck Flag of Canada Patrick Carpentier Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Team Penske Report
18 Flag of the United States Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of the United States Jimmy Vasser Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Team Penske Report
19 Flag of the United States Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of Brazil Helio Castroneves Flag of Italy Max Papis Team Rahal Report
20 Flag of Australia Honda Indy 300 Flag of Brazil Roberto Moreno Flag of the United States Jimmy Vasser Flag of Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman-Haas Racing Report
21 Flag of the United States The 500 by Toyota Flag of Canada Alex Tagliani Flag of Brazil Gil de Ferran Flag of Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman-Haas Racing Report

Points System: To be confirmed...

Drivers

Pos Driver MTY Flag of Mexico LGB Flag of the United States TEX Flag of the United States NAZ Flag of the United States MOT Flag of Japan MIL Flag of the United States DET Flag of the United States POR Flag of the United States CLE Flag of the United States TOR Flag of Canada MIC Flag of the United States CHI Flag of the United States MDO Flag of the United States ROA Flag of the United States VAN Flag of Canada LAU Flag of Germany ROC Flag of the United Kingdom HOU Flag of the United States LAG Flag of the United States SUR Flag of Australia FON Flag of the United States Pts
1 Flag of Brazil de Ferran 2 3 Ret Ret 7 6 13 4 14 Ret 3 2 5 2 8 1 1 3 4 6 199
2 Flag of Sweden Bräck 5 Ret 2 1 1 9 11 6 Ret Ret 1 20 14 8 1 2 7 Ret 5 Ret 163
3 Flag of the United States Andretti 4 Ret 6 Ret 2 4 8 15 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 3 4 5 Ret 14 2 7 147
4 Flag of Brazil Castroneves 8 1 11 2 Ret 1 17 12 Ret 8 7 1 7 18 12 4 5 6 20 Ret 141
5 Flag of Brazil da Matta 1 2 10 Ret Ret 7 10 7 15 5 19 10 6 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 1 1 140
6 Flag of Italy Papis 12 17 Ret 6 8 11 1 18 8 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret 2 11 9 1 9 2 107
7 Flag of the United Kingdom Franchitti 9 6 8 Ret 9 2 6 1 Ret 2 15 16 Ret 9 Ret 9 2 Ret Ret Ret 105
8 Flag of New Zealand Dixon (R) 13 19 1 9 3 Ret 7 20 5 10 4 12 4 13 9 Ret Ret 4 15 Ret 98
9 Flag of Brazil Kanaan 7 7 16 3 6 WD Ret 16 10 Ret 8 5 12 4 7 8 12 8 17 5 93
10 Flag of Canada Carpentier Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 8 5 Ret Ret 1 2 3 9 16 3 16 10 Ret 11 10 91
11 Flag of Canada Tagliani Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 Ret 12 9 2 6 6 7 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 3 3 80
12 Flag of the United States Vasser 6 5 4 5 Ret Ret 16 5 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 15 7 11 5 6 12 77
13 Flag of Brazil Moreno Ret 11 12 10 15 3 2 8 11 12 20 6 11 1 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 76
14 Flag of Canada Tracy 3 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 7 12 4 Ret Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 14 Ret 73
15 Flag of Brazil Fittipaldi Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 5 3 11 12 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 9 8 13 70
16 Flag of Brazil Junqueira (R) Ret 9 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 13 9 17 13 1 12 11 Ret Ret 7 Ret 4 68
17 Flag of the United States Gidley Ret 2 17 14 5 11 Ret 10 14 18 3 2 10 14 65
18 Flag of Mexico Fernández Ret 16 Ret Ret 5 12 19 Ret