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The 2001 End-of-Season Report
by Mark Glendenning
After the Canadian Grand Prix, Atlas F1 evaluated the performance of each driver during the first half of the season. As the dust settles in the wake of the final Grand Prix of the year, it's time to look back at what happened between the European Grand Prix and the Japanese. Mark Glendenning hands out the grades for the Class of 2001
Reflections on 2001
by Roger Horton
While the season began virtually the same as it ended - with Michael Schumacher winning the Australian and Japanese Grand Prix in dominant form - the 2001 Formula One World Championship was hardly an open and shut case; if anything, it had the making of a brand new era in Formula One. Roger Horton reflects on the events that took place this season, and their effect on the future of the sport
The 2001 Season in Quotes
by Pablo Elizalde
Formula One is often fought off-track than on-track, through tape recorders of journalists and video cameras of TV crews. Some comments are controversial, some are just funny. Some things are worth remembering, some things should never have been said. Atlas F1 News Editor Pablo Elizalde compiled the best quotes of the season, telling the story of the 52nd season of Grand Prix racing
2001 Technical Review
by Will Gray
Significant aerodynamic changes and the potential development of a tyre war saw the 2001 season begin with optimism for a closer and more exciting racing series than Formula One had seen for a long time. But Ferrari were on top of their game, easily winning both the Drivers' and the Constructors' Championships. Atlas F1's technical writer Will Gray reviews the year
How Would F1 Score in Other Series
by Marcel Borsboom
The Formula One points system is often criticised by fans and participants alike, primarily for giving so little reward to those who consistently finish races, but don't finish it in the top six. Other motor racing series have different points system, some award every participant, even if he retired on the first lap! Atlas F1's Marcel Borsboom used three different systems from other series - CART, NASCAR and Moto GP - and used them to weigh this year's F1 WC
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Badoer Continues Testing at Fiorano
Jean Alesi was the antithesis of the modern PR-obedient professional, a throwback to another age and another generation, a time when all the clichés about Grand Prix drivers were recited without a cynical smile. He only scored one Grand Prix, but he was loved and worshipped as a World Champion. After his retirement from Formula One, Timothy Collings pays homage to the volatile Frenchman
