Formula One Championship Season of 2001

Driver Changes

 * After the first round of the official 2001 season of Formula One which has been the Bahrain Grand Prix new drivers were signed to replace the AI's such of Villeneuve and Panis for example who got replaced by Jules Moreau and Kulap Nguyen.
 * Arrows driver Enrique Bernoldi was released from the team for unacceptable behaivour off-track towards the team and was replaced shortly after the Bahrain Grand Prix by Felix Lechner.
 * Luciano Burti was swapped from Jaguar for Pedro De La Rosa after the Bahrain Grand Prix. Burti then signed with Prost in return.
 * Benjamin Carter, Joshua Moore, Lucas Mertens, Nico Neumann and Theo Dupont got a early taste of an Formula 1 car in Free Practice of the French Grand Prix, racing for Henk Schaaphok, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jarno Trulli, Kimi Raikkonen and Tobi Kress.
 * Marvin Hanf was replaced by Martijn Huisman at the German Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix, due to a broken hand from the Indy 500 event.
 * Bekir Atasoy replaced Martijn Huisman at the German Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix, for him replacing Marvin Hanf due to injury.