2001 European Grand Prix

 2001 European Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLV Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	June 24, 2001
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	305.235 km in 67 laps of 4.556 km
Weather:	mild but dry at 21 ° C
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 14.960 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 18.354 min (lap 27)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Third:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2001 European Grand Prix took place on June 24th at the Nürburgring in Nürburg and was the ninth race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari ) before Juan Pablo Montoya ( Williams-BMW ) and David Coulthard ( McLaren-Mercedes ).

Reports

background

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 18 points ahead of David Coulthard and 34 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 34 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 54 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

Heinz-Harald Frentzen returned to the Jordan after a missed race , which was driven by Ricardo Zonta in the previous race .

With Michael Schumacher (three times), Mika Häkkinen and Jacques Villeneuve (once each), three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, Häkkinen set the fastest time ahead of his teammate Coulthard. Ralf Schumacher drove the third fastest time .

The two Williams drivers finished the second free practice session in the front seats. Ralf Schumacher was faster than his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and Barrichello.

Qualifying

Michael Schumacher won qualifying. He took pole position in front of his brother Ralf. Montoya secured third place on the grid.

Warm up

In the warm up, Barrichello set the fastest time ahead of Michael and Ralf Schumacher.

run

The start of the race went without any major problems for everyone involved. At the head of the field, Michael Schumacher maintained his lead over his younger brother Ralf. Barrichello, who started the race from fourth place, started poorly and fell back to seventh place behind Jarno Trulli . After the first lap, Michael led ahead of Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Coulthard, Häkkinen and Trulli.

In the first few laps the field expanded. Only Barrichello was able to follow the man in front and exert pressure. On the eighth lap, Tarso Marques was the first driver to end the race prematurely. His Minardi had problems with electronics.

From lap eleven onwards, Ralf Schumacher suddenly drove faster lap times until, on lap 17, he was driving directly behind his brother and exerting pressure. By then, the two were far ahead of the rest of the field. However, since Ralf did not come by, Montoya gradually caught up with the duo.

On lap 29, the two leaders went into the pits at the same time. The Ferrari team's pit stop was a little shorter, so Michael came back out on the track before his brother. Meanwhile, Montoya had taken the lead. However, he gave it up again on the following lap, as he also made his first pit stop. Shortly afterwards, Ralf Schumacher received a stop-and-go penalty because he had driven over the white lane markings on the exit of the pit lane. After completing the penalty, Ralf Schumacher was fourth behind Coulthard.

On lap 44, Trulli slowed and had to give up his race prematurely - his Jordan had a gearbox defect. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher drove faster than the rest of the field and increased his lead. Similar to the start of the race, the pursuer in the Williams, in this case Montoya, drove faster than Michael Schumacher after a few laps and again reduced the lead. However, until the next pit stops, Montoya had not been able to get close enough to attempt to overtake. The two leaders pitted on the same lap. Michael Schumacher did not lose his lead this time and did not give it up until the end. During the lap of honor after the race, some fans climbed over the fence and bowed as Schumacher drove by.

Michael Schumacher achieved his 49th Grand Prix victory ahead of Montoya and Coulthard and increased his lead in the world championship by six points. The remaining points went to Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello and Häkkinen.

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: 14.960	01
02	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 15.226	02
03	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 15.490	03
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 15.622	04th
05	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.717	05
06th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.776	06th
07th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 16.138	07th
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 16.376	08th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 16.402	09
10	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 16.438	10
11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 16.439	11
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 16.588	12
13	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 16.872	13
14th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 17.251	14th
15th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 17.378	15th
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 17.627	16
17th	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	1: 18.113	17th
18th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 18.151	18th
19th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 18.262	19th
20th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 18.626	20th
21st	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 18.630	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 18.689	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 20.208 min (based on the best time of 1: 14.960 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	67	2	1: 29: 42.724	01	1: 18.612 (49.)
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	67	2	+ 4.217	03	1: 18.354 (27.)
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1	+ 24.993	05	1: 18.883 (63rd)
04th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	67	3	+ 33.345	02	1: 18,498 (54th)
05	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	67	1	+ 45.495	04th	1: 18,537 (59th)
06th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1	+1: 04.868	06th	1: 19.273 (65.)
07th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	67	1	+1: 06.198	12	1: 18.674 (34th)
08th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	66	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 19.737 (65th)
09	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	66	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 19.797 (65th)
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	66	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 20.498 (34th)
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	66	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 20.729 (26.)
12	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	65	2	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 19.105 (57.)
13	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	65	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 20.069 (25.)
14th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	65	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 20.937 (29.)
15th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	64	1	DNF	14th	1: 20.049 (48th)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	58	2	DNF	19th	1: 21.154 (23.)
-	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	54	1	DNF	10	1: 20.976 (53.)
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	48	1	DNF	08th	1: 19.892 (31st)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	44	1	DNF	07th	1: 19.484 (32nd)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	29	1	DNF	18th	1: 21,188 (25.)
-	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	23	0	DNF	13	1: 21.314 (23.)
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	07th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 23.778 ( 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 68 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 44 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 26th 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 25th 05  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 12 06th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 9 07th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 8th 08th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 7th 09  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 7th 10  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 7th 11  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 6th 12  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 5

Item driver constructor Points 13  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 4th 14th  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer 3 15th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1 16  Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 1 17th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 1 18th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 0 19th  Ricardo Zonta Jordan Honda 0 20th  Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth / Prost-Acer 0 21st  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 0 22nd  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 23  Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 0 24  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 94 02  McLaren-Mercedes 53 03  Williams-BMW 37 04th  Clean Petronas 15th 05  Jordan Honda 13 06th  BAR Honda 12

Item constructor Points 07th  Jaguar Cosworth 5 08th  Cheers-Acer 3 09  Arrows-Asiatech 1 10  Benetton Renault 1 11  Minardi-European 0

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Grand Prix 2001. Nürburg - 1st free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on March 24, 2007 ; accessed on March 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ European Grand Prix 2001. Nürburg - 2nd free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on November 28, 2015 ; accessed on March 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ European Grand Prix 2001. Nürburg - Qualifying. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 15, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ European Grand Prix 2001. Nürburg - Warm up. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 15, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.