Ferrari F2001

Ferrari F2001

Michael Schumacher at the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix
Constructor:	Ferrari
Designer:	Ross Brawn (Technical Director) Rory Byrne (Chief Designer) Nicolas Tombazis (Head of Aerodynamics)
Predecessor:	Ferrari F1-2000
Successor:	Ferrari F2002
Technical specifications
Chassis:	Monocoque in sandwich construction : core made of aluminum in a honeycomb structure, outer layers made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic
Engine:	Ferrari Tipo 050, 3 liter V10
Length:	4,445 mm
Width:	1,796 mm
Height:	959 mm
Tires:	Bridgestone
Petrol:	Shell
statistics
Driver:	01. Michael Schumacher 2. Rubens Barrichello  0
First start:	2001 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2002 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 20th 10 12 3
World Cup points:	193
Podiums:	26th
Leadership laps:	2102 over 3,259,534 km

The Ferrari F2001 was the 34th Formula 1 - racing cars of the Scuderia Ferrari . It took part in all 17 races of the 2001 Formula 1 season and the first three races of the 2002 Formula 1 season , and was powered by a Ferrari V10 engine. With this racing car Michael Schumacher defended his world championship title and Ferrari the constructors' championship.

technology

Ferrari type 050 engine

Ferrari F2001 Basic Info

The F2001 was developed for the changes in the regulations prescribed at the beginning of the season, which stipulate a higher-mounted front wing section in order to reduce downforce. This led to the distinctive "droopsnoot" nasal area (which in German can perhaps best be translated as "hanging nose") and a new, spoon-shaped front wing. This season the traction and take-off control systems were also reintroduced, which is why the car and its chassis were designed with these criteria in mind.

Ferrari again installed the periscope exhaust systems developed by the team in 1998 and the small bargeboards (side wings), which were already a feature of the previous models. The F2001 was equipped with the same transmission as its predecessor. However, aerodynamic efficiency and tire wear have been significantly improved over the F300 (1998), F399 (1999) and F1-2000 (2000).

Adjusting the cars to the respective routes was easier and faster than with the competitors McLaren MP4-16 and Williams FW23 . The Ferrari was also significantly more reliable than its competitors when it came to engines.

Painting and sponsorship

Like its predecessors since 1997, the F2001 was painted in a lighter red than the classic Rosso Corsa . The main sponsor was the cigarette maker Philip Morris with its Marlboro brand . The tobacco advertising ban in F1, which was not valid worldwide at the time , forced the teams at some races in countries where the ban was already in place to resort to rather creative changes to the existing brandings .

Smaller sponsor spaces included Tic Tac , FedEx , Magneti Marelli , General Electric, and TIM . Shell and the tire supplier Bridgestone were also represented as sponsors.

On the weekend immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Ferrari refrained from any sponsorship advertising for the Italian Grand Prix as a token of sympathy. The vehicles were painted a single color red, the driver's suits without patches. Only the nose of the vehicle was painted black in memory of the victims and out of sympathy.

driver

The driver duo Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello did not change. In addition, neither driver was replaced by another driver in a race. The only test driver was Luca Badoer .

2001 season

The F2001 was the dominant vehicle of the 2001 season. With it 9 victories were achieved (all by Schumacher), including 3 double victories. In every race there was at least one driver on the podium, Schumacher and Barrichello were on the podium together six times, and in three races they achieved double victories.

In addition to its speed, the F2001 was also characterized by its reliability. Only six times did one of the pilots fail to cross the finish line (two Schumacher, four Barrichello), with Barrichello not failing until the penultimate lap of the US Grand Prix , but still being ranked 15th. The only one who was more reliable this season was Jean Alesi , who only retired once in all races as a driver for Prost and Jordan .

2002 season

Ferrari started the 2002 season with the F2001. In the first two races, both drivers drove the previous year's model. In the third race, Schumacher switched to the F2002 , Barrichello only switched to the new racing car one race later.

Results

Ferrari F2001
(Museo Ferrari, Maranello )

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2001 Formula 1 season																			179	1.
M. Schumacher	1	1	1	2	DNF	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	DNF	1	1	4th	2	1
R. Barrichello	2	3	2	DNF	3	DNF	3	2	DNF	5	3	3	2	2	5	2	15 *	5
Formula 1 season 2002																			221 / 14¹	1.
M. Schumacher	1	1	3
R. Barrichello	2	DNF	DNF	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

¹ Of the total of 221 points scored this season, the F2001 scored 14 points. The remaining 207 points were achieved with the F2002.

Trivia

At a Sotheby’s auction in November 2017, the Ferrari F2001 with chassis number 211 was auctioned for 7.5 million US dollars (= approx. 6.4 million euros ). Michael Schumacher won the Monaco Grand Prix with this vehicle and achieved his fourth world title at the Hungarian Grand Prix .

gallery

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  Ferrari F1 Championship Cars, from left to right: F399, F1-2000, F2001, F2002, F2003-GA, F2004, F2007, F2008

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  Ferrari_F2001 M Schumacher F1 Champion`s car in Laguna Seca

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  Michael Schumacher on the exit lap for the European Grand Prix 2001 (Nürburgring)

literature

• Sabine Kehm (Ed.): MSC - The career of Michael Schumacher, told based on his racing cars. (= Official book for the Michael Schumacher Private Collection ). Offizin Scheufele, Stuttgart 2018, pp. 86–87.
• Claus Mühlberger, Michael Schmidt: 50 years of Michael Schumacher: Man - The career - The victories. (= auto motor und sport Edition - 50 years Michael Schumacher ). Motor Presse, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-613-30890-9 , pp. 62–63.

Web links

Commons : Ferrari F2001  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ferrari F2001 . In: formula1.ferrari.com (English)
• Ferrari F2001 . In: f1technical.net (English)
• YouTube: Ferrari F2001 onboard lap (Michael Schumacher) on the "old" Hockenheimring
• YouTube: Ferrari F1 V10 Pure Sound at Monza Circuit - Ferrari F2001, F2002 & F2005 Comparison of several Ferrari F1s during test runs
• Ferrari F2001 . In: conceptcarz.com (English)
• Ferrari F2001 . In: statsf1.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basile Davoine / Stefan Ehlen: How Formula 1 circumvented the tobacco advertising ban. motorsport.com, December 31, 2016, accessed February 6, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Ferrari cars without advertising. Spiegel, September 14, 2001, accessed May 27, 2020 . 
3. ^ Ferrari F2001 (chassis No. 211). In: RMSothebys.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Jonas Fehling: Michael Schumacher: World Cup Ferrari auctioned - with a world record. In: Motorsport-Magazin.com. November 17, 2017, accessed December 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Marko Knab: Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F2001 auctioned at record price. In: Motorsport-Total.com. November 18, 2017, accessed December 4, 2019 .