2001 San Marino Grand Prix

 2001 San Marino Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXV Grand Prix of San Marino
Date:	April 15, 2001
Place:	Imola
Course:	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Length:	305.609 km in 62 laps of 4.933 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 23.054 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 25.524 min (lap 27)
Podium
First:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2001 San Marino Grand Prix took place on April 15th at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola and was the fourth race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Ralf Schumacher ( Williams-BMW ) ahead of David Coulthard ( McLaren-Mercedes ) and Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari ).

Reports

background

After the Brazilian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher was 6 points ahead of David Coulthard and 16 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello in the drivers' standings . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 15 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 28 points ahead of Sauber-Petronas .

With Michael Schumacher (three times), Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Coulthard (once each), three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In free practice on Friday, Michael Schumacher achieved the fastest lap ahead of his team-mate Barrichello and his brother Ralf Schumacher. In Saturday training, the Ferraris were again the fastest, Michael Schumacher again ahead of Barrichello. Coulthard was third fastest.

Qualifying

In qualifying Coulthard achieved pole position in front of Mika Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher.

Warm up

The fastest in the warm up was Jenson Button . He was followed by Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher.

run

The start was not good for the McLaren drivers on the first two starting positions and they were overtaken by Ralf Schumacher directly. Also JT improved by two positions and joined on three position between Coulthard and Häkkinen a. After the first lap, Ralf Schumacher was in front of Coulthard, Trulli, Häkkinen, Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya .

In the first laps the two leaders pulled away from the third-placed Trulli. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher had brief problems with his Ferrari and fell behind Montoya, Olivier Panis and Barrichello. The problems did not recur afterwards, so that Schumacher was able to set the same lap times as his teammate in front of him. Meanwhile, the latter put pressure on the Panis driving in front of him and finally overtook him on the seventh lap. On the following lap, Michael Schumacher also managed to overtake Panis.

At the top of the field, the rankings remained unchanged. Ralf Schumacher and Coulthard continuously separated themselves from Trulli, behind whom the pursuers piled up one after the other. After a few laps, the chasing group consisted of Trulli, Häkkinen, Montoya, Barrichello and Schumacher.

While Ralf Schumacher pulled away from Coulthard a little, Kimi Raikkonen dropped out due to a broken steering. On lap 20, Schumacher's Ferrari suffered a tire damage and had to slowly drive into the pit lane. There they changed the tire and sent it back to the racetrack. Shortly afterwards, however, Schumacher had to give up the race because part of the suspension had come loose.

On lap 24, Trulli was the first driver in the leading group to initiate the pit stop phase. He was followed three laps later by Montoya, who overtook Trulli due to three faster laps - Häkkinen did the same. Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher also pitted. Ralf Schumacher, who stayed one lap longer on the track, increased his lead over Coulthard from five to eight seconds. Barrichello was the last of the top 6 to pit. His pit stop just before halfway through the race was shorter than that of his rivals and he came back on track before Häkkinen.

After the first pit stops, Ralf Schumacher was leading ahead of Coulthard, Barrichello, Häkkinen and Montoya.

With 18 laps to go, it was Coulthard who was the first driver of the top teams to make the final pit stop. He was followed one lap later by Ralf Schumacher, who didn't lose the lead. The other drivers also pitted for the last time. At Montoya there were problems driving off, the engine of the Williams stopped for a short time. After more than a minute, Montoya was able to leave the pits again, but had to give up the race on the same lap with a gearbox failure.

Nothing at the top positions changed until the end of the race. Ralf Schumacher took his first Formula 1 victory in his 70th Grand Prix. Coulthard was second ahead of Barrichello. The remaining points went to Häkkinen, Trulli and Frentzen.

Coulthard caught up six points on Schumacher in the world championship, so that both were now tied. However, Schumacher retained the lead.

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	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.054	01
02	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.282	02
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 23.357	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 23.593	04th
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 23.658	05
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 23.786	06th
07th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 24.141	07th
08th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 24.213	08th
09	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 24.436	09
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 24.671	10
11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 24.769	11
12	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 25.007	12
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 25.392	13
14th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 25.411	14th
15th	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 25.572	15th
16	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 25.872	16
17th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 26.062	17th
18th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 26.855	18th
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 26.902	19th
20th	Gastón Mazzacane	Cheers-Acer	1: 27.750	20th
21st	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 27.758	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 28.281	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 28.868 min (based on the best time of 1: 23.054 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	62	2	1: 30: 44.817	03	1: 25.524 (27.)
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	62	2	+ 4.352	01	1: 25,569 (44th)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	62	2	+ 34.766	06th	1: 26,117 (46.)
04th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	62	2	+ 36.315	02	1: 26.308 (61.)
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	62	2	+1: 25.558	05	1: 27.358 (20.)
06th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	61	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 27.243 (36.)
07th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	61	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 27,350 (57.)
08th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	61	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 27.582 (47.)
09	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	61	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 28,369 (44th)
10	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	60	2	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 28,956 (37.)
11	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Cosworth	60	1	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 27.932 (29.)
12	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	60	3	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 29.096 (38th)
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	50	2	DNF	22nd	1: 31.725 (38th)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	48	2	DNF	07th	1: 26.385 (46.)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	42	1	DNF	13	1: 27.854 (28th)
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	31	1	DNF	19th	1: 29.644 (14th)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	30th	1	DNF	11	1: 27.614 (27.)
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Cheers-Acer	28	1	DNF	20th	1: 28,954 (21.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	24	1	DNF	04th	1: 27.229 (21.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	17th	0	DNF	10	1: 28.604 (17.)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	06th	0	DNF	17th	1: 30.403 ( 04.)
-	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	05	0	DNF	18th	1: 31.671 ( 04th)

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 26th 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 26th 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 14th 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 05  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 7th 06th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 6th 07th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 4th 08th  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 4th 09  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 3 10  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 1 11  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 1

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 0 13  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 0 14th  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer 0 15th  Luciano Burti Jaguar Cosworth 0 16  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 0 17th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 0 18th  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 19th  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 0 20th  Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 0 21st  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0 -  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 40 02  McLaren-Mercedes 30th 03  Williams-BMW 12 04th  Jordan Honda 10 05  Clean Petronas 8th 06th  BAR Honda 3

Item constructor Points 07th  Benetton Renault 1 08th  Arrows-Asiatech 0 09  Cheers-Acer 0 10  Jaguar Cosworth 0 11  Minardi-European 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "1. Free Training " ( Memento from March 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 24, 2012)
2. ↑ 2nd free practice ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 24, 2012)
3. ↑ Qualification training ( memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 24, 2012)
4. ↑ Warm up ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on April 24, 2012)

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com