2001 Austrian Grand Prix

 2001 Austrian Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXIIX A1 Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	May 13, 2001
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	A1 ring
Length:	307.146 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Weather:	sunny and dry
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 09.562 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 10.843 min (lap 48)
Podium
First:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2001 Austrian Grand Prix took place on May 13th at the A1-Ring in Spielberg and was the sixth race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . David Coulthard ( McLaren-Mercedes ) won the Grand Prix ahead of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello (both Ferrari ).

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with eight points ahead of David Coulthard and with 22 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . In the constructors' championship, Ferrari was 18 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and 32 points on Williams-BMW .

With Mika Häkkinen (twice), Eddie Irvine and Jacques Villeneuve (once each), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, David Coulthard set the fastest lap, followed by his team-mate Mika Häkkinen and Rubens Barrichello. Coulthard was also the fastest in the second free practice. Michael Schumacher was second fastest ahead of Barrichello.

Qualifying

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 09.562 minutes . Juan Pablo Montoya came in second , followed by Ralf Schumacher .

Warm up

The two McLaren drivers were the fastest in the warm-up. With a time of 1: 11.647 minutes, Häkkinen was exactly 0.118 seconds faster than his team-mate Coulthard. Heinz-Harald Frentzen drove the third fastest time in the Jordan .

run

The pre-start to the introductory lap went smoothly for all pilots. At the start of the race, however, four drivers remained standing: Häkkinen, Nick Heidfeld , and both Jordan drivers Jarno Trulli and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. In order to clear the start-finish straight , the cars were first pushed into the pit lane . Frentzen had to give up his race in the pits. Trulli, Heidfeld and Häkkinen managed to resume the race, but Häkkinen retired after a lap with technical problems. Trulli left the pit while the pit lights were still red and was disqualified on lap 14.

At the start of the field there were changes in position. Both Williams drivers overtook Michael Schumacher. Due to the broken down vehicles, the safety car was sent out. It led Montoya ahead of Ralf Schumacher, Michael Schumacher, Barrichello and Coulthard. Irvine got off to a good start from 13th position, and after one lap he was already in sixth place.

When restarting after the third lap, Arrows driver Jos Verstappen managed to take over sixth position from Irvine. Michael Schumacher, meanwhile, put pressure on his brother driving in front of him. After his overtaking maneuver, Verstappen quickly caught up with Coulthard and overtook him on lap four.

On lap six, Verstappen had also approached Barrichello and tried several times to overtake him. Meanwhile, the two leaders managed to break away from the field. Irvine, now in eighth position, was under pressure from the two BAR pilots Olivier Panis and Jacques Villeneuve, as well as the second Arrows pilot Enrique Bernoldi . Panis overtook Irvine on the seventh lap and then pulled away. Bernoldi also passed Irvine one lap later. When Villeneuve tried to overtake, he spun and lost several positions.

On lap ten, Ralf Schumacher drove into the pit lane in second position. He said over the pit radio that it was too unsafe for him to continue driving due to braking problems.

Meanwhile, the first four of the race drove close together. Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen behind them drove faster and were able to catch up.

After several attempts by Schumacher to overtake, there was a near collision with Montoya on lap 15 when Schumacher started to overtake on the outside lane. Both slipped off the racing line and were overtaken by their pursuers. After this maneuver, Schumacher was in sixth, Montoya in seventh.

While Bernoldi parked his car in the pits on lap 17, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap times and quickly caught up with Panis - although he was unable to overtake him.

On lap 23, Verstappen was the first of the leaders to pit. One lap later, Panis made a driving error, Schumacher was able to drive past him and catch up with Raikkonen, which he overtook on lap 27.

After 30 laps, Barrichello is in front of Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Raikkonen, Panis and Montoya.

On lap 36, Montoya passed Panis. Six laps later, however, his Williams suddenly slowed, and shortly afterwards he gave up the race. The first three placed themselves together - there were only two seconds between Barrichello and Schumacher.

On lap 45, Schumacher came into the pits first in the leading group. A lap later, Barrichello made his only pit stop and came back on the track before his teammate. Coulthard now drove faster times than the Ferrari drivers, on lap 48 even the fastest lap of the race and pitted three laps after Barrichello. The lead that was extended was enough to maintain the lead after his stop.

Thus, after the pit stops, Coulthard was ahead of Barrichello, Schumacher, Räikkönen, Panis and Verstappen.

With eight laps to go, Jenson Button retired with engine failure.

One lap before the finish, Barrichello received the instruction from Ferrari team boss Jean Todt : " Let Michael pass for the championship " over the pit radio, the radio message was broadcast live on television. Barrichello followed the instructions and left Schumacher second by driving slowly on the home straight.

Coulthard won the race ahead of Michael Schumacher and Barrichello. The remaining points went to Raikkonen, Panis and Verstappen.

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	Pedro de la Rosa
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	Luciano Burti

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 09.562	01
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 09.686	02
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 09.769	03
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 09.786	04th
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 10.202	05
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 10.211	06th
07th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 10.331	07th
08th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 10.342	08th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 10.396	09
10	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 10.435	10
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 10.923	11
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 11.058	12
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 11.632	13
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 11.752	14th
15th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 11.823	15th
16	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 12.187	16
17th	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	1: 12.206	17th
18th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 12.640	18th
19th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 12.644	19th
20th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 12.910	20th
21st	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 13.459	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 13.585	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 14.432 min (based on the best time of 1: 09.562 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1	1: 27: 45.927	07th	1: 10.843 (48th)
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	71	1	+ 2.190	01	1: 11.030 (69th)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	71	1	+ 2.527	04th	1: 11.009 (68.)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	71	1	+ 41,593	09	1: 11.284 (70th)
05	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	71	1	+ 53.775	10	1: 12.204 (39.)
06th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	70	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 12.423 (36th)
07th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	70	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 12.088 (69.)
08th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	70	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 11.718 (70th)
09	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	69	1	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 11.388 (69.)
10	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	69	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 13,130 (41st)
11	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	69	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 12.642 (69.)
-	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	60	1	DNF	21st	1: 13.498 (38th)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	48	1	DNF	14th	1: 13.978 (35th)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	41	0	DNF	02	1: 11,140 (40th)
-	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	38	0	DNF	18th	1: 14.423 (36th)
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	25th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 15.212 (25.)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	17th	0	DNF	15th	1: 13.587 (15.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	14th	0	DSQ	05	1: 14.082 (12.)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	10	0	DNF	03	1: 13.888 ( 07.)
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 58.438 ( 02.)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	01	0	DNF	08th	7: 26.036 ( 01st)
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	00	0	DNF	11	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Jarno Trulli left the pit lane when red and was then disqualified by the race management.

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 42 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 38 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 18th 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 05  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 8th 06th  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 7th 07th  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 6th 08th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 6th 09  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 5 10  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 4th 11  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 4th 12  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 4th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1 14th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 1 15th  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 0 16  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer 0 17th  Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth / Prost-Acer 0 18th  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 0 19th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 0 20th  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 21st  Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 0 22nd  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0 -  Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 60 02  McLaren-Mercedes 42 03  Williams-BMW 18th 04th  Jordan Honda 13 05  Clean Petronas 12 06th  BAR Honda 9

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grand Prix of Austria 2001. A1-Ring - 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 5, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Austrian Grand Prix 2001. A1-Ring - 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 5, 2013 . 
3. ^ Grand Prix of Austria 2001. A1-Ring - starting grid. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 5, 2013 . 
4. ^ Grand Prix of Austria 2001. A1-Ring - Warm up. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed on March 5, 2013 . 

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com