| Series | Driver | Season article |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Michael Schumacher | 2001 Formula One World Championship |
Constructors: Ferrari |
| CART FedEx Championship Series | Gil de Ferran | 2001 CART season |
Manufacturers: Honda |
Rookies: Scott Dixon |
| Indy Racing League | Sam Hornish Jr. | 2001 Indy Racing League |
Manufacturers: Oldsmobile |
Rookies: Felipe Giaffone |
| Indy Lights | Townsend Bell | 2001 Indy Lights season |
| Historic Formula One Championship | John Bladon | 2001 Historic Formula One Championship |
| Atlantic Championship | Hoover Orsi | 2001 Atlantic Championship season |
| Australian Drivers' Championship | Rick Kelly | 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Barber Dodge Pro Series | Nicolas Rondet | 2001 Barber Dodge Pro Series |
| Euro Formula 3000 Championship | Felipe Massa | 2001 Euro Formula 3000 Championship |
| Formula Chrysler Euroseries | Ricardo van der Ende | 2001 Formula Chrysler Euroseries |
Teams: Alpie Motorsport |
| EuroBOSS Series | Tony Worswick | 2001 EuroBOSS Series |
Teams: Worswick Engineering |
| Formula Nippon Championship | Satoshi Motoyama | 2001 Formula Nippon Championship |
Teams: 5ZIGEN |
| International Formula 3000 Championship | Justin Wilson | 2001 International Formula 3000 Championship |
Teams: Coca-Cola Nordic Racing |
| Open Telefonica by Nissan | Franck Montagny | 2001 Open Telefonica by Nissan season |
| Star Mazda Championship | Scott Bradley | 2001 Star Mazda Championship |
| Formula Palmer Audi | Steve Warburton | 2001 Formula Palmer Audi |
| Formula Three |
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Benoît Tréluyer | 2001 Japanese Formula 3 Championship |
Teams: TOM'S |
| Asian Formula Three Championship | JoJo Silverio | 2001 Asian Formula Three Championship |
Teams: TOM'S |
| Australian Formula 3 Championship | Peter Hackett | 2001 Australian Formula 3 Championship |
Level 2: Frank Cascone |
Level 2 26 mm: Peter Rees |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Diego Romanini | 2001 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
Trophy: Luca lannaccone |
| British Formula 3 Championship | Takuma Sato | 2001 British Formula 3 season |
National: Robbie Kerr |
| Chilean Formula Three Championship | Giuseppe Bacigalupo | 2001 Chilean Formula Three Championship |
| Finnish Formula Three Championship | Jari Koivisto | 2001 Finnish Formula Three Championship |
Teams: Jari Koivisto Racing |
| French Formula Three Championship | Ryō Fukuda | 2001 French Formula Three Championship |
Teams: Saulnier Racing |
Class B: Philippe Hottinguer |
| German Formula Three Championship | Toshihiro Kaneishi | 2001 German Formula Three Championship |
Rookie: Markus Winkelhock |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Lorenzo Del Gallo | |
| Mexican Formula Three Championship | Gilberto Jiménez | 2001 Mexican Formula Three Championship |
| Formula Three Nordic | Sanna Pinola | |
| Russian Formula Three Championship | Maurizio Mediani | |
| Spanish Formula Three Championship | Ander Vilariño | 2001 Spanish Formula Three season |
Teams: Racing Engineering |
Copa Rookie: Juan Antonio del Pino |
| Formula Three Sudamericana | Juliano Moro | |
Light: Daniel Scandian |
| Swiss Formula Three Championship | Jo Zeller | 2001 Swiss Formula Three Championship |
Class B: Jurg Felix |
| United States Formula Three Championship | Luciano Gomide | 2001 United States Formula Three Championship |
Teams: EuroInternational |
| Formula Renault |
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | Augusto Farfus | 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season |
Teams: Prema Powerteam |
| Formula Renault 2000 UK | Carl Breeze | |
Winter Series: Robert Bell |
| Championnat de France Formula Renault 2000 | Éric Salignon | |
| Formula Renault BARC | Martin Wallbank | |
| Formula Renault 2000 Italia | Ryan Briscoe | |
Teams: Prema Powerteam |
Winter Series: Roberto Streit |
| Formula Renault 2000 Germany | Marcel Lasee | |
| Formula Campus by Renault and Elf | Bruce Lorgere-Roux | |
| Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina | Rafael Morgenstern | |
| Formula BMW |
| Formula BMW ADAC | Timo Glock | |
Teams: BMW Rookie Team |
| F. Baviera Junior Cup | Filipe Figueiredo e Silva | |
| Formula Ford |
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | Will Davison | 2001 Australian Formula Ford Championship |
| Benelux Formula Ford Championship | Jaap van Lagen | 2001 Benelux Formula Ford Championship |
| British Formula Ford Championship | Robert Dahlgren | 2001 British Formula Ford Championship |
| Dutch Formula Ford Championship | Stefan de Groot | 2001 Dutch Formula Ford Championship |
| Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series | Jason Lapoint | 2001 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series |
| European Formula Ford Championship | Richard Göransson | 2001 European Formula Ford Championship |
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | James Cressey | 2000–01 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship |
| Other junior formulae |
| United States Speedway Series | Ken Petrie | 2001 United States Speedway Series |
| Barber Dodge Pro Series | Nicolas Rondet | 2001 Barber Dodge Pro Series |
| Formula Volkswagen Germany | Walter Lechner Jr. | 2001 Formula Volkswagen Germany season |
| Formula Asia | Karun Chandhok | 2001 Formula Asia |
| Formula Dream | Shinya Hosokawa | 2001 Formula Dream |
| JAF Japan Formula 4 | Kantō: Naohiro Kawano | 2001 JAF Japan Formula 4 |
Kansai: Kenji Kanehisa |
| Formula Dodge National Championship | Júlio Campos | |
Masters: Roland Isra | |
| Formula Dodge Eastern Championship | E. J. Viso | |
Masters: Mark Patterson | |
| Formula Dodge Midwestern Championship | Chris Baker | |
Masters: Roland Isra | |
| Formula Dodge Southern Championship | Craig Duerson | |
Masters: Bud Risser | |
| Formula Dodge Western Championship | Leonardo Maia | |
Masters: Peter Ponder-Pistor | |
| Formula König | Thomas Westarp | 2001 Formula König season |
Teams: Kern Motorsport |
| Formula Lista Junior | Ken Allemann | 2001 Formula Lista Junior season |
| Formula Toyota | Naoki Yokomizo | 2001 Formula Toyota season |
| Russian Formula 1600 Championship | Dmitriy Shcheglov | 2001 Russian Formula 1600 Championship |
Teams: LogoVAZ-Belyaevo |