2001 USA Grand Prix

 2001 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXX SAP United States Grand Prix
Date:	September 30, 2001
Place:	Indianapolis
Course:	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Length:	306.135 km in 73 laps of 4.195 km
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 11.708 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 14.448 min (lap 36)
Podium
First:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2001 USA Grand Prix took place on September 30th at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis and was the 16th race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Italian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 50 points ahead of David Coulthard and 53 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 80 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 88 points ahead of Williams-BMW . Michael Schumacher and Ferrari were already established as world champions.

With Michael Schumacher (once) a former winner competed in this Grand Prix.

Jordan Grand Prix with modified livery

Because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the accident of Alessandro Zanardi at the American Memorial on the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , many drivers drove with different helmet and vehicle paintwork. For example, Jarno Trulli , Michael and Ralf Schumacher had the US flag painted on their helmets, Jaguar drove with black engine covers and BAR had the words USA 2001 and a convalescent greeting to Zanardi affixed to their vehicles.

training

In the first free practice session, Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time ahead of Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Barrichello. Michael Schumacher finished the second free practice as the fastest. He was followed by Häkkinen and Nick Heidfeld .

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher was also the fastest in qualifying and achieved pole position . Second fastest was Häkkinen, but his best time was canceled because he had left the pit lane during the warm-up at a red light. With his second fastest time, he qualified in fourth place. Ralf Schumacher moved up to second place, Juan Pablo Montoya to third.

Warm up

Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time in the warm-up. He was followed by McLaren drivers Coulthard and Häkkinen.

run

At the start of the race, Montoya got away well and attacked Michael Schumacher towards the first corner. This successfully fought back and maintained the leadership position. Barrichello also started well and overtook both McLaren drivers and Ralf Schumacher.

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

In the second lap, both Sauber pilots and Trulli crossed the start-finish line almost simultaneously. When braking into the first bend, Kimi Raikkonen collided with Trulli and knocked off his front wing, whereupon he had to drive into the pit lane for repair work. In the third lap the leaders were close together and Barrichello sat down on the start-finish straight to the left of Montoya and passed him on the outside lane. Shortly afterwards Barrichello took over the lead without a fight from his team-mate Michael Schumacher, who drove with more fuel and therefore a heavier car, only to make one pit stop instead of two.

On lap 24, Ralf Schumacher was the first of the leaders to pit. It dropped from fourth to ninth place. Meanwhile, Barrichello set faster lap times than Michael Schumacher and extended his lead to 13 seconds before he made his first pit stop on lap 27. Montoya was also faster than Michael Schumacher and on lap 34 he overtook him on the start-finish straight. Two laps later, however, he pitted and Schumacher took the lead again. Montoya fell behind the McLaren drivers and Barrichello after his stop. Shortly afterwards the race for Montoya was over, so it was a total failure for Williams, as Ralf Schumacher had spun two laps before and ended his race in the gravel. At the same time, Michael Schumacher went to his first and only stop. Then the McLaren drivers were in the lead.

In second place, Coulthard turned into the pit lane for his only stop on lap 43 and then fell behind the two Ferrari drivers. Häkkinen stayed outside three laps longer. His lead was enough to place himself in second place after his pit stop over Schumacher.

After Barrichello had also completed his pit stop, Häkkinen led in front of Barrichello, Michael Schumacher and Coulthard. With two laps to go, the race was over for Barrichello, his Ferrari had an engine failure.

It won Häkkinen before Michael Schumacher and Coulthard. The other points went to Trulli, Eddie Irvine and Heidfeld.

It was Häkkinen's last Formula 1 victory.

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	Jarno Trulli	Jordan EJ11	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	12	Jean Alesi
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	Pedro de la Rosa
European Minardi F1	20th	Alex Yoong	Minardi PS01	European 3.0 V10	M.
	21st	Fernando Alonso
Cheers to Acer	22nd	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers AP04	Acer 3.0 V10	M.
	23	Tomáš Enge

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 11.708	01
02	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 11.986	02
03	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 12.252	03
04th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 12.309	04th
05	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 12.327	05
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 12.434	06th
07th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 12,500	07th
08th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 12.605	08th
09	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	1: 12.607	09
10	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 12.805	10
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 12.881	11
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 12.942	12
13	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 13.122	13
14th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 13.189	14th
15th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	1: 13.281	15th
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 13.679	16
17th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 13.991	17th
18th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 14.012	18th
19th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 14.129	19th
20th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 14.138	20th
21st	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	1: 14.185	21st
22nd	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	1: 15.247	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 16.728 min (based on the best time of 1: 11.708 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Häkkinen's best time in qualifying (1: 11.945) was canceled because he left the pit lane during the warm-up at a red light.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	73	1	1: 32: 42.840	04th	1: 14,481 (45th)
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	73	1	+ 11.046	01	1: 14.841 (32nd)
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	73	1	+ 12.043	07th	1: 14.641 (39.)
04th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	73	1	+ 57.423	08th	1: 15.199 (63.)
05	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	73	1	+1: 12.434	14th	1: 15,139 (58th)
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	73	1	+1: 12.996	06th	1: 15.169 (29.)
07th	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	72	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 15.659 (67th)
08th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	72	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 15.457 (40th)
09	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	72	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 15.252 (71.)
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	72	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 15.296 (38th)
11	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	72	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 15.919 (67.)
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	72	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 15.758 (68.)
13	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	72	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 16.068 (68.)
14th	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	72	1	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 16,155 (71.)
15th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	2	DNF	05	1: 14.629 (47th)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	45	2	DNF	18th	1: 16.680 (40th)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	44	1	DNF	20th	1: 16.342 (35.)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	38	1	DNF	03	1: 14.448 (35th)
-	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	38	2	DNF	22nd	1: 17.079 (25.)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	36	1	DNF	02	1: 14.706 (22.)
-	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	36	0	DNF	17th	1: 16.694 (30.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	02	1	DNF	11	1: 26.103 ( 01.)

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 113 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 61 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 54 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 48 05  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 34 06th  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 25th 07th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 12 08th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 12 09  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 12 10  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 9 11  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 8th 12  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 6th 13  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda / Prost-Acer 6th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 5 15th  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer / Jordan-Honda 5 16  Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 3 17th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 2 18th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1 19th  Ricardo Zonta Jordan Honda 0 20th  Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth / Prost-Acer 0 21st  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 22nd  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 0 23  Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 0 24  Tomáš Enge Cheers-Acer 0 25th  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0 26th  Alex Yoong Minardi-European 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 167 02  McLaren-Mercedes 95 03  Williams-BMW 73 04th  Clean Petronas 21st 05  Jordan Honda 19th 06th  BAR Honda 17th

Item constructor Points 07th  Benetton Renault 10 08th  Jaguar Cosworth 9 09  Cheers-Acer 4th 010  Arrows-Asiatech 1 11  Minardi-European 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championship stand before the race. World Cup stand after the Italian Grand Prix. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed December 5, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Michael Schumacher in Indianapolis on pole position. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed December 10, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Mika Häkkinen only starts from position four. Motorsport-Total.com, September 30, 2001, accessed December 10, 2013 . 

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com