2001 Italian Grand Prix

 2001 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXII Gran Premio Campari d'Italia
Date:	September 16, 2001
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	306.793 km in 53 laps of 5.793 km
Weather:	sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 22.216 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 25.073 min (lap 39)
Podium
First:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Second:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW

The 2001 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 16 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the 15th race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Belgian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings unassailable with 47 points ahead of David Coulthard and 56 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari was also unassailable in the constructors' championship with 71 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and 93 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

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

Two drivers made their debut in this race. Tomáš Enge replaced the injured Luciano Burti for the rest of the season. He was the first Czech Formula 1 racing driver. Also Tarso Marques was replaced for the remainder of the season. Alex Yoong , the first Malaysian Formula 1 racing driver , drove for him .

Due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the week before the race, some teams started with different liveries. The Ferraris, for example, drove without sponsor stickers and had a black painted nose. The engine covers of the Jaguar R2 were also painted black. A minute's silence was observed at 12 noon on Friday. The first free practice, which should have taken place at that time, had been brought forward.

training

In the first free practice, the Williams drivers set the fastest times, Ralf Schumacher was faster than Juan Pablo Montoya . Michael Schumacher drove the third fastest time.

Michael Schumacher finished the second free practice with the fastest time ahead of Montoya and Jarno Trulli .

Qualifying

In qualifying, Montoya set the fastest time, securing pole position from Ferrari drivers Barrichello and Michael Schumacher.

Warm up

In the warm-up, Michael Schumacher set the fastest time ahead of Mika Häkkinen and Kimi Räikkönen .

run

There were two drivers on the grid who had technical problems with their vehicles. Nick Heidfeld and Giancarlo Fisichella were pushed into the pits before the start of the introductory lap and switched to the replacement vehicles with which they had to start out of the pit lane.

All drivers got off their starting positions well. Montoya maintained his lead over Barrichello. Ralf Schumacher started well from fourth position and overtook Michael Schumacher, who however managed to get past his brother on the first lap.

In the first corner the very well started Jenson Button collided with Jarno Trulli. Trulli turned as a result and resumed the race at the end of the field. However, since his vehicle was too badly damaged, he did not finish the first lap. Button lost the front wing of his car and pitted at the end of the first lap. He also had to end the race early on lap five with engine failure.

After the first lap, Montoya was leading in front of Barrichello, Michael and Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard and Pedro de la Rosa .

In the following laps, the first four drivers pulled away from the rest of the field. Montoya was always under pressure from Barrichello. For Coulthard, the race was over after six laps, his McLaren suffered an engine failure. A little later, Ralf Schumacher lost touch with the leaders. On lap nine, Barrichello finally overtook Montoya and led the race. Michael Schumacher put Montoya under pressure but was unable to overtake him.

On lap 15, Eddie Irvine also had an engine failure. Five laps later, Häkkinen ended his race with a gearbox failure.

Michael Schumacher pitted for his first stop on lap 19 and drove back onto the track in fourth. A lap later, Barrichello also made his first pit stop, where he lost time due to problems with the tank system. Montoya took the lead again. The Williams drivers stayed longer on the track and only had to stop once. Montoya pitted on lap 28, Ralf Schumacher on lap 40. Montoya stayed ahead of Ralf Schumacher after his pit stop, but was behind Barrichello, who had to make a second stop. Then Barrichello came back on the track in third place. With seven laps to go, he managed to overtake Ralf Schumacher.

Montoya stayed in the lead until the end. It was the first victory in his Formula 1 career and also the first victory of a Colombian in the Formula 1 World Championship.

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	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 22.216	01
02	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 22.528	02
03	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 22.624	03
04th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 22.841	04th
05	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 23.126	05
06th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.148	06th
07th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.394	07th
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 23.417	08th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 23.595	09
10	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 23.693	10
11	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 23.892	11
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	1: 23.943	12
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 24.031	13
14th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 24.090	14th
15th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 24.164	15th
16	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	1: 24.198	16
17th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 24.677	17th
18th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 25.444	18th
19th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 25.511	19th
20th	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	1: 26.039	20th
21st	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 26.218	21st
22nd	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	1: 27.463	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 27.971 min (based on the best time of 1: 22.216 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	1	1: 16: 58.493	01	1: 25.657 (52nd)
02	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	2	+ 5.175	02	1: 25.221 (39.)
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	53	1	+ 17.335	04th	1: 25.073 (39.)
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	53	2	+ 24.991	03	1: 25.525 (52nd)
05	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	53	1	+1: 14.984	10	1: 26.381 (34th)
06th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	53	1	+1: 22.469	15th	1: 26.657 (31st)
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	53	1	+1: 23.107	09	1: 26.656 (51st)
08th	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	52	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 26.365 (28th)
09	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 26.386 (31st)
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 27.283 (29.)
11	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	52	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 26.825 (52nd)
12	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	52	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 27.643 (52nd)
13	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	51	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 27,709 (50th)
-	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	46	1	DNF	18th	1: 28.578 (24.)
-	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	44	1	DNF	22nd	1: 30.605 (21.)
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	28	0	DNF	12	1: 27.394 (28th)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	25th	1	DNF	19th	1: 27.945 (22.)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	19th	0	DNF	07th	1: 27.627 (15.)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	14th	0	DNF	13	1: 29.262 ( 02.)
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	06th	0	DNF	06th	1: 27.323 ( 04th)
-	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	04th	1	DNF	11	1: 28.268 ( 04th)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	00	0	DNF	05	-

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 107 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 57 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 54 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 48 05  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 25th 06th  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 24 07th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 12 08th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 11 09  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 9 10  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 9 11  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 8th 12  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda / Prost-Acer 6th 13  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 5

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer / Jordan-Honda 5 15th  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 4th 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  Gastón Mazzacane Cheers-Acer 0 25th  Tomáš Enge Cheers-Acer 0 -  Alex Yoong Minardi-European 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 161 02  McLaren-Mercedes 81 03  Williams-BMW 73 04th  Clean Petronas 20th 05  BAR Honda 17th 06th  Jordan Honda 16

Item constructor Points 07th  Benetton Renault 10 08th  Jaguar Cosworth 7th 09  Cheers-Acer 4th 09  Arrows-Asiatech 1 11  Minardi-European 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championship stand before the race. World Cup stand after the Belgian Grand Prix. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed April 26, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Ferrari starts with a blank paint job - minute's silence. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed April 26, 2013 . 
3. ↑ 2001 Italian Grand Prix. Monza - 1st free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on December 6, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 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.  
4. ↑ Italian Grand Prix 2001. Monza - 2nd free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 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.  
5. ↑ 2001 Italian Grand Prix. Monza - Qualifying. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 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.  
6. ^ Grand Prix of Italy 2001. Monza - Warm up. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on December 6, 2013 ; Retrieved April 10, 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.  

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com