2001 Australian Grand Prix

 2001 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVI Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Date:	March 4, 2001
Place:	Melbourne
Course:	Albert Park Circuit
Length:	307.574 km in 58 laps of 5.303 km
Weather:	dry
Spectator:	~ 128,500
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.892 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 28.214 min (lap 34)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2001 Australian Grand Prix took place on March 4th at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne and was the first race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari ) before David Coulthard ( McLaren-Mercedes ) and Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari ).

Reports

background

With Michael Schumacher , David Coulthard , Mika Häkkinen and Eddie Irvine (once each), four former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso , Juan Pablo Montoya , Enrique Bernoldi and Kimi Räikkönen made their Formula 1 debuts in this race. Tarso Marques returned to Formula 1.

The marshal Graham Beveridge died in this race. He was fatally hit by a flying wheel from Jacques Villeneuve's BAR-Honda . Beveridge died at the scene of the accident.

training

In the first free practice session on Friday, Rubens Barrichello was the fastest, followed by Jarno Trulli . Michael Schumacher drove the third fastest time. David Coulthard set the fastest time in free practice on Saturday . Michael Schumacher was second ahead of Mika Häkkinen .

Qualifying

In qualifying Michael Schumacher was able to secure the pole position. Second fastest was Rubens Barrichello, ahead of Mika Häkkinen . Tarso Marques did not qualify for the time being, he failed by 0.254 seconds at the 107 percent limit . After a pardon from the race management, he was allowed to start.

Warm up

David Coulthard set the best time in the warm-up, followed by Mika Häkkinen and Jos Verstappen.

run

At the start Michael Schumacher kept the lead. His team-mate Rubens Barrichello, however, lost four places. Mika Häkkinen was second after the first lap ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher. Gaston Mazzacane did not finish the first lap, his Prost had braking problems. Rubens Barrichello put a lot of pressure on Ralf Schumacher and passed him on the second lap. David Coulthard and Jarno Trulli also passed Ralf Schumacher. Barrichello then quickly caught up with Frentzen and started to overtake before Turn 9. The two vehicles touched and came off the track, but remained undamaged. Barrichello lost little time, but Heinz Harald Frentzen spun and was able to continue the race in 16th position. In the meantime, Enrique Bernoldi (accident) and Tarso Marques (battery defect) were eliminated.

On lap 4 there was a collision between Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve. Before Turn 3, Villeneuve braked later than Ralf Schumacher in front of him and drove him into the rear at around 280 km / h, Villeneuve's car lifted off and hit the wall. Both drivers were uninjured. In the accident, however, a 52-year-old marshal was killed when the right rear wheel of Villeneuves BAR flew through an opening in the fence. Seven spectators were also injured by debris flying around. The safety car was immediately sent out to lead the field safely past the danger zone.

After eleven laps behind the safety car, the race was restarted. Michael Schumacher stayed ahead of Häkkinen and the two separated a little from third-placed Barrichello. Shortly after the restart, Jenson Button served his stop-and-go penalty . With him, the mechanics were on the car too long before it started on the grid. In the back field, Heinz-Harald Frentzen worked his way forward. He benefited from a pit stop by Jos Verstappen and the penalty from Button. Frentzen also overtook Giancarlo Fisichella , who was however very slow at the time.

On lap 25, Mika Häkkinen retired due to a broken suspension. Rubens Barrichello was second and was ten seconds behind his team-mate. Third was David Coulthard followed by Jarno Trulli, Olivier Panis and Nick Heidfeld.

Schumacher drove faster than Barrichello on almost every lap and increased his lead to 15 seconds. On lap 36, David Coulthard overtook Rubens Barrichello, who was lying in front of him, by first sitting to the left of the Brazilian in a right-hand bend and staying on the outside line, only to have the shorter path inside in the following bend. Two laps after this maneuver, Michael Schumacher pitted 15 seconds ahead of Coulthard. As a result, he fell back to third place. Two laps later, Barrichello made his pit stop and had to give up the position he had won. In the meantime, Jarno Trulli had to give up the race because his Jordan Honda misfired.

David Coulthard drove the fastest times after the Ferrari pit stop because his McLaren was lighter than the Ferrari. With a lead of 18.2 seconds over Michael Schumacher, the Scot pitted on lap 40. This was not enough time to keep the lead. He fell back to second position, ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Meanwhile, Juan Pablo Montoya had to park his Williams BMW with an engine failure.

After lap 44 Michael Schumacher was leading ahead of David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello, Olivier Panis, Nick Heidfeld and Heinz Harald Frentzen. In the final laps, David Coulthard drove faster than Michael Schumacher and was able to catch up. Heinz Harald Frentzen also caught up with Nick Heidfeld, who was driving in front of him, but who withstood the pressure until the end of the race.

With six laps to go, Jenson Button had to end the race early due to an electrical fault. However, he was rated 14th.

Finally, Michael Schumacher crossed the line ahead of David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello. Olivier Panis was the last to get points, followed by Nick Heidfeld and Heinz Harald Frentzen. Panis received a subsequent time penalty of 25 seconds after the race and fell back to seventh place. So Kimi Raikkonen got a point in his first race.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F2001	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.
	02	Rubens Barrichello
West McLaren Mercedes	03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4-16	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	B.
	04th	David Coulthard
BMW WilliamsF1 Team	05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams FW23	BMW 3.0 V10	M.
	06th	Juan Pablo Montoya
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	07th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton B201	Renault 3.0 V10	M.
	08th	Jenson Button
Lucky Strike BAR Honda	09	Olivier Panis	BAR 003	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	10	Jacques Villeneuve
B&H Jordan Honda	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan EJ11	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	12	Jarno Trulli
Orange Arrows Asiatech	14th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows A22	Asiatech 3.0 V10	B.
	15th	Enrique Bernoldi
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	16	Nick Heidfeld	Clean C20	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.
	17th	Kimi Raikkonen
Jaguar Racing	18th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar R2	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.
	19th	Luciano Burti
European Minardi F1	20th	Tarso Marques	Minardi PS01	European 3.0 V10	M.
	21st	Fernando Alonso
Cheers to Acer	22nd	Jean Alesi	Cheers AP04	Acer 3.0 V10	M.
	23	Gastón Mazzacane

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 26.892	01
02	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 27.263	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 27.461	03
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 27.658	04th
05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 27.719	05
06th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 28.010	06th
07th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 28.377	07th
08th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 28.435	08th
09	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 28.518	09
10	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 28.615	10
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 28.738	11
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 28.965	12
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 28.993	13
14th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 29.893	14th
15th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 29.934	15th
16	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 30.035	16
17th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 30.209	17th
18th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 30.520	18th
19th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 30.657	19th
20th	Gastón Mazzacane	Cheers-Acer	1: 30.798	20th
21st	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 30.978	21st
107 percent time : 1: 32.975 min (based on the best time of 1: 26.892 min)
DNQ	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 33.228	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	58	1	1: 38: 26.533	01	1: 28.214 (34.)
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1	+ 1.718	06th	1: 28.838 (40th)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	58	1	+ 33.491	02	1: 29.060 (33.)
04th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	58	1	+1: 11.479	10	1: 30.317 (35th)
05	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	58	1	+1: 12.807	04th	1: 30.266 (35.)
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	58	1	+1: 24.143	13	1: 30.229 (35.)
07th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	58	1	+1: 27.050	09	1: 30.199 (36th)
08th	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Cosworth	57	1	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 30.903 (31.)
09	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	57	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 31.030 (31st)
10	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	57	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 31.999 (56th)
11	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	57	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 31.267 (29.)
12	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	56	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 32.043 (56.)
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	55	2	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 32.407 (23.)
14th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	52	2	DNF	16	1: 32.001 (24.)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	40	0	DNF	11	1: 29.606 (40th)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	38	1	DNF	07th	1: 30.432 (29.)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	25th	0	DNF	03	1: 29.612 (25.)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	04th	0	DNF	05	1: 34.406 ( 03.)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	04th	0	DNF	08th	1: 34.432 ( 03rd)
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	03	0	DNF	22nd	1: 38.249 ( 02.)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	02	0	DNF	18th	1: 36.689 ( 02.)
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Cheers-Acer	00	0	DNF	20th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Olivier Panis finished fourth, but was given a 25-second time penalty for overtaking under yellow.
2. ↑ Jos Verstappen crossed the finish line in ninth place, but was given a 25-second time penalty for overtaking under yellow.

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 10 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 6th 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 4th 04th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 3 05  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 2 06th  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 1 07th  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 0 08th  Luciano Burti Jaguar Cosworth 0 09  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer 0 10  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 0 11  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 0

Item driver constructor Points 12  Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 0 13  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 0 14th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 0 -  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 0 -  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 0 -  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 0 -  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 0 -  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 0 -  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 0 -  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 -  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 14th 02  McLaren-Mercedes 6th 03  Clean Petronas 4th 04th  Jordan Honda 2 05  BAR Honda 0 06th  Jaguar Cosworth 0

Item constructor Points 07th  Cheers-Acer 0 08th  Arrows-Asiatech 0 09  Minardi-European 0 10  Benetton Renault 0 -  Williams-BMW 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "1. Free Training " ( Memento from April 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 3, 2012)
2. ↑ 2nd Free Practice ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 3, 2012)
3. ↑ Qualification training ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 3, 2012)
4. ↑ Warm up ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 3, 2012)
5. ↑ [1] (accessed November 28, 2017)
6. ^ "Accident between Villeneuve and R. Schumacher" ( http://www.rennsportnews.de ; accessed on April 11, 2012)