2001 French Grand Prix

 2001 French Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXXVII Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 1, 2001
Place:	Magny-Cours
Course:	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Length:	305.886 km in 72 laps of 4.251 km
Weather:	nice and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 12.989 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 16.088 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2001 French Grand Prix took place on July 1st at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours and was the tenth race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari ) ahead of Ralf Schumacher ( Williams-BMW ) and Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari).

Reports

background

After the European Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 24 points ahead of David Coulthard and 42 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 41 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 57 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

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

training

In the first free practice, Coulthard set the fastest time ahead of Eddie Irvine and Jacques Villeneuve .

Michael Schumacher won the second free practice session. Ralf Schumacher was second fastest, ahead of David Coulthard.

Qualifying

Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time in qualifying and thus secured the first pole position of his career. Michael Schumacher drove only a hundredth of a second slower and started from position two. McLaren driver David Coulthard set the third fastest time.

Warm up

The fastest time in the warm up was Mika Häkkinen . He was followed by Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Barrichello.

run

During the pre-start to the formation lap stopped Hakkinen - the engine of his McLaren-Mercedes had gone out. Häkkinen's mechanics were unable to restart the car, so he and his car were pushed into the pit lane . Since the mechanics there couldn't get the McLaren running again, Häkkinen had to stop the race.

During the induction lap, Pedro de la Rosa suddenly became slow. His Jaguar had problems with propulsion. However, he managed to slowly follow the field and into the pits, where the problem was fixed. De la Rosa took up the race again with a long gap.

When the race was released, Ralf Schumacher started well. Michael Schumacher behind initially had problems keeping Coulthard behind him. Juan Pablo Montoya managed to overtake Jarno Trulli in the first corner and was fourth. Barrichello also made up positions - after the first two corners he had already overtaken Frentzen and Trulli.

After the first lap, Ralf was leading in front of Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Montoya, Barrichello and Trulli.

In the following laps, the drivers at the front of the field drove similar lap times, so that no driver could attempt to overtake.

On lap six, Villeneuve's BAR Honda slowed and coasted. Irvine drove faster than the man in front, Olivier Panis . While Irvine had an advantage in the slower corners, Panis was faster on the straights, so there was no way Irvine could get past the end of the long straight. On lap 21 he started to overtake in the last corner and passed Panis. In the meantime, Enrique Bernoldi had rolled out with an engine failure and finished his race.

From lap 19, Ralf Schumacher set better lap times than his brother behind him and had gained a small lead. The laps also worked better with Ralf. On lap 24 he came in for the first pit stop. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher stayed out two laps longer. His pit stop, however, was faster than Ralf's, so that Michael, despite Ralf's advantage, came back out on the track ahead of his brother.

One lap later, David Coulthard also made his pit stop and came out behind Ralf Schumacher. However, shortly thereafter, he received a stop-and-go penalty for driving too fast in the pit lane. Coulthard completed this penalty at the end of the 32nd lap. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher drove significantly faster times than Ralf Schumacher.

Until lap 30, Juan Pablo Montoya was the only one of the drivers at the sprayer of the field who had not yet made the pit stop. His lap times had already decreased and he was losing a lot of time. After his pit stop, he came back on track in fifth behind Barrichello. Michael Schumacher, meanwhile, was able to significantly increase his lead over Ralf.

Ralf Schumacher had problems with his tires at this point in the race, so Rubens Barrichello put a lot of pressure on from lap 35. However, since he couldn't get past him and Montoya was clearly catching up time behind him, Ferrari decided to switch to a three-stop strategy and make a short pit stop.

A few laps later, Montoya caught up with Ralf. In order to avoid an overtaking maneuver, Ralf Schumacher's second pit stop was preferred by the team.

After Michael Schumacher also completed his second pit stop a few laps later, Montoya led briefly. After his pit stop, however, he fell behind Ralf again.

With 20 laps to go, Montoya suddenly slowed down and parked his car with an engine failure. Barrichello made his third and final pit stop a little later and came back on the track in third position, just ahead of David Coulthard. Coulthard stayed right behind Barrichello until the end of the race.

Michael Schumacher finally won his 50th Grand Prix in front of his brother Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. The remaining points went to David Coulthard, Jarno Trulli and Nick Heidfeld.

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	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 12.989	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 12.999	02
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 13.186	03
04th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 13.268	04th
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 13.310	05
06th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 13.625	06th
07th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 13.815	07th
08th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 13.867	08th
09	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 14.095	09
10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 14.096	10
11	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 14.181	11
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 14.441	12
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 14.536	13
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 15.020	14th
15th	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	1: 15.072	15th
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 15.220	16
17th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 15.420	17th
18th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 15.707	18th
19th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 15.774	19th
20th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 15.828	20th
21st	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 16.039	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 16,500	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 18.099 min (based on the best time of 1: 12.989 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	72	2	1: 33: 35.636	02	1: 16.286 (27.)
02	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	72	2	+ 10.399	01	1: 16.585 (18.)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	72	3	+ 16.381	08th	1: 16.181 (23.)
04th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	72	3	+ 17.106	03	1: 16.088 (53rd)
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	72	2	+1: 08.285	05	1: 17.369 (29.)
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	71	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 17.538 (23.)
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	71	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 17.311 ( 08.)
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	71	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 17,540 (20.)
09	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	71	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 18,250 (68.)
10	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	71	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 18.253 (50.)
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	71	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 17.968 (26.)
12	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	70	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 18.817 (14th)
13	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	70	2	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 18.662 (47th)
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	70	2	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 17.508 (67.)
15th	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	69	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 19.608 (54th)
16	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	68	2	DNF	17th	1: 18.359 (25.)
17th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	65	1	DNF	21st	1: 19,199 (62nd)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	54	2	DNF	12	1: 17.304 (23.)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	52	2	DNF	06th	1: 16.355 (34th)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	17th	0	DNF	20th	1: 19.181 (13th)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	05	0	DNF	10	1: 18.181 ( 04th)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	00	0	DNS	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 78 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 47 03  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 31 04th  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 30th 05  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 12 06th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 9 07th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 9 08th  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 9 09  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 7th 10  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 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 108 02  McLaren-Mercedes 56 03  Williams-BMW 43 04th  Clean Petronas 16 05  Jordan Honda 15th 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. ↑ French Grand Prix 2001. Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours - 1st free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on March 23, 2007 ; Retrieved April 4, 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. ↑ French Grand Prix 2001. Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours - 2nd free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 4, 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.    
3. ↑ French Grand Prix 2001. Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours - Qualifying. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 4, 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. ^ Birthday pole for Ralf Schumacher in Magny-Cours. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed June 25, 2013 . 
5. ^ Grand Prix of France 2001. Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours - Warm up. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 4, 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.