The 2001 V8Star Series season was the inaugural V8Star Series season. It featured nine races at five European racing circuits, in Germany and Austria. Venezuelan ex-Formula One and Grand Prix motorcycle racing driver Johnny Cecotto was crowned champion of the series, taking four wins, and beating Germans Marcel Tiemann and Roland Asch to the title.
Teams and drivers
edit| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Grohs Motorsport
|
1 | Patrick Simon
|
All |
| Artur Deutgen
|
– | ||
| Christian Hohenadel
|
– | ||
| 2 | Harald Becker
|
All | |
| SST Engineering
|
3 |  Kurt Thiim
|
All |
| 4 | Tom Schwister
|
All | |
 PoleVision Racing
|
5 | Roland Asch
|
All |
| 6 |  Toby Scheckter
|
All | |
| Irmscher Motorsport
|
9 |  Johnny Cecotto
|
All |
| MRS Workshop
|
11 | Ralf Druckenmüller
|
All |
| Knüpfing Motorsport
|
14 | Timo Rumpfkeil
|
All |
| 15 | Patrick Hildenbrandt
|
3–9 | |
| Ralf Kelleners
|
– | ||
| Artur Deutgen
|
– | ||
| MIS Mönninghoff
|
16 | Artur Deutgen
|
1–4 |
| Klaus Panchryz
|
5–6 | ||
 Robert Lechner
|
7–9 | ||
| Oliver Mayer Motorsport
|
18 | Oliver Mayer
|
All |
| 1st Choice Racing
|
21 | Kris Nissen
|
5–9 |
| Ryll Racing
|
22 | Artur Deutgen
|
7–9 |
| Siegfried Ryll
|
– | ||
| GAG Racing Team
|
27 | Steffen Widmann
|
All |
| 28 | Thomas Mutsch
|
All | |
| JAG Racing Team
|
66 | Sascha Bert
|
All |
| 88 |  Andrzej Dziurka
|
1–6 | |
 Andrej Studenic
|
7–9 | ||
| Zakspeed Motorsport
|
77 | Karl Wendlinger
|
All |
| 99 | Marcel Tiemann
|
All |
Race calendar and results
edit| Round | Circuit | Country | Date | Pole Position | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
|
Germany | April 29 | Johnny Cecotto
|
Johnny Cecotto
|
Irmscher Motorsport
|
| 2 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz
|
Germany | May 13 | Johnny Cecotto
|
Irmscher Motorsport
| |
| 3 | R | Nürburgring
|
Germany | May 26 | Roland Asch
|
Roland Asch
|
PoleVision Racing
|
| 4 | R | Salzburgring
|
Austria | June 10 | Johnny Cecotto
|
Irmscher Motorsport
| |
| 5 | R | Nürburgring
|
Germany | July 22 | Kurt Thiim
|
Roland Asch
|
PoleVision Racing
|
| 6 | R | EuroSpeedway Lausitz
|
Germany | August 5 | Johnny Cecotto
|
Irmscher Motorsport
| |
| 7 | R | Hockenheimring
|
Germany | September 16 | Roland Asch
|
Robert Lechner
|
MIS Mönninghoff
|
| 8 | R | Nürburgring
|
Germany | September 30 | Robert Lechner
|
MIS Mönninghoff
| |
| 9 | R | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
|
Germany | October 14 | Ralf Druckenmüller
|
Marcel Tiemann
|
Zakspeed Motorsport
|
Championship standings
edit| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Cecotto
|
217 |
| 2 | Roland Asch
|
203 |
| 3 | Marcel Tiemann
|
203 |
| 4 | Thomas Mutsch
|
180 |
| 5 | Ralf Druckenmüller
|
175 |
| 6 | Kurt Thiim
|
172 |
| 7 | Toby Scheckter
|
166 |
| 8 | Steffen Widmann
|
153 |
| 9 | Sascha Bert
|
150 |
| 10 | Timo Rumpfkeil
|
143 |
| 11 | Karl Wendlinger
|
142 |
| 12 | Harald Becker
|
135 |
| 13 | Tom Schwister
|
135 |
| 14 | Patrick Simon
|
116 |
| 15 | Robert Lechner
|
115 |
| 16 | Kris Nissen
|
114 |
| 17 | Artur Deutgen
|
113 |
| 18 | Oliver Mayer
|
111 |
| 19 | Andrej Studenic
|
83 |
| 20 | Patrick Hildenbrandt
|
81 |
| 21 | Andrzej Dziurka
|
51 |
| 22 | Siegfried Ryll
|
22 |
| 23 | Christian Hohenadel
|
18 |
| 24 | Ralf Kelleners
|
17 |
| 25 | Klaus Panchryz
|
7 |
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PoleVision Racing
|
330 |
| 2 | Zakspeed Motorsport
|
306 |
| 3 | GAG Racing Team
|
289 |
| 4 | SST Engineering
|
278 |
| 5 | JAG Racing Team
|
260 |
| 6 | Grohs Motorsport
|
247 |
| 7 | Knüpfing Motorsport
|
235 |
| 8 | Irmscher Motorsport
|
191 |
| 9 | MRS Workshop
|
161 |
| 10 | MIS Mönninghoff
|
148 |
| 11 | 1st Choice Racing
|
114 |
| 12 | Oliver Mayer Motorsport
|
101 |
| 13 | Ryll Racing
|
72 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |