2001 Japanese Grand Prix

 2001 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXVII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Date:	October 14, 2001
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	310.427 km in 53 laps of 5.859 km
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 32.484 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time:	1: 36.944 min (lap 46)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Third:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2001 Japanese Grand Prix took place on October 14th at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka and was the 17th and final race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the US Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 52 points ahead of David Coulthard and 59 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari was leading the constructors' championship with 72 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 94 points ahead of Williams-BMW . Michael Schumacher and Ferrari were already established as world champions.

With Michael Schumacher (three times) and Mika Häkkinen (twice) two former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Jean Alesi and Häkkinen drove their last Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, which consisted of two joint timekeeping sessions, Alesi set the fastest time ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la Rosa . During the first session Tomáš Enge had an accident in the 130R corner . He was uninjured, but his car was not repaired in time for the second session.

In the second free practice session, the two Williams BMW drivers took the lead. Ralf Schumacher drove faster than Montoya. Coulthard followed in third place.

Qualifying

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher secured pole position ahead of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher.

Warm up

Michael Schumacher was also the fastest in the warm-up. He was followed by Coulthard and Nick Heidfeld .

run

Michael Schumacher won the race ahead of Montoya and Coulthard. Häkkinen finished fourth in his last Grand Prix. The fastest lap went to Ralf Schumacher.

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: 32.484	01
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 33.184	02
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 33.297	03
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 33.323	04th
05	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 33.662	05
06th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 33.830	06th
07th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 33.916	07th
08th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 34.002	08th
09	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 34.375	09
10	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 34.386	10
11	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	1: 34.420	11
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 34.581	12
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 34.851	13
14th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 35.109	14th
15th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	1: 35.132	15th
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 35.639	16
17th	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 35.766	17th
18th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 36.410	18th
19th	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	1: 36.446	19th
20th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 36.885	20th
21st	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 36.973	21st
22nd	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	1: 38.246	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 38.958 min (based on the best time of 1: 32.484 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	53	2	1: 27: 33.298	01	1: 37.133 (29.)
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	2	+ 3.154	02	1: 37.017 (20.)
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	2	+ 23.262	07th	1: 37.313 (51.)
04th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	2	+ 35,539	05	1: 37.298 (40.)
05	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	3	+ 36.544	04th	1: 36.970 (17.)
06th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	53	3	+ 37.122	03	1: 36.944 (46.)
07th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	53	2	+1: 37.102	09	1: 38.526 (36th)
08th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	52	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 38.857 (28th)
09	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	52	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 38.647 (21.)
10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	52	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 38.887 (22.)
11	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	52	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 39,153 (36.)
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Cheers-Acer	52	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 38,240 (48th)
13	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	51	2	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 39.299 (44.)
14th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	51	3	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 40.940 (46.)
15th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	51	3	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 41.383 (16.)
16	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	50	2	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 42,915 (42nd)
17th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	47	2	DNF	06th	1: 38.361 (13th)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	45	2	DNF	16	1: 39.182 (40.)
-	Tomáš Enge	Cheers-Acer	42	4th	DNF	19th	1: 39.827 (27.)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	24	1	DNF	13	1: 38.620 (22.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	05	0	DNF	12	1: 39,991 ( 04.)
-	Jean Alesi	Jordan Honda	05	0	DNF	11	1: 40.225 ( 04.)

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 123 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 65 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 56 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 49 05  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 37 06th  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 31 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 179 02  McLaren-Mercedes 102 03  Williams-BMW 80 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 09  Arrows-Asiatech 1 11  Minardi-European 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championship stand before the race. World Cup stand after the US Grand Prix. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed December 18, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Alesi: "In 2002 I will definitely no longer drive Formula 1". Motorsport-Total.com, accessed December 19, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Japanese Grand Prix 2001. Suzuka - 1st free practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on March 19, 2007 ; Retrieved December 19, 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. ↑ Cheers: Frentzen quickly, narrow with an accident. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed December 19, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Japanese Grand Prix 2001. Suzuka - 2nd Free Practice. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, archived from the original on March 27, 2007 ; Retrieved December 19, 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. ↑ 2001 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuka - Qualifying. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 19, 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.    
7. ↑ 2001 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuka - Warm Up. (No longer available online.) Motorsportarchiv.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 19, 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.    

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com