2001 Monaco Grand Prix

 2001 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 17 races in the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LIIX Grand Prix de Monaco
Date:	May 27, 2001
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	262.86 km in 78 laps of 3.37 km
Pole position
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 17.430 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 19.424 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third:	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth

The 2001 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 27th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the seventh race of the 2001 Formula 1 World Championship . Michael Schumacher was the winner ahead of Rubens Barrichello (both Ferrari ) and Eddie Irvine ( Jaguar-Cosworth ).

Reports

background

After the Austrian Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with four points ahead of David Coulthard and with 24 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello . Ferrari led in the constructors' championship with 18 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 42 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Olivier Panis , Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time in the first free practice. He was 0.463 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher, the third fastest was Ralf Schumacher , who was already more than a second behind. In the second free practice, the order of the first three did not change. However, the distances between the drivers had shortened. Michael Schumacher was now 0.174 seconds off Häkkinen, Ralf Schumacher 0.443 seconds.

Qualifying

In qualifying, Coulthard secured pole position with a time of 1: 17.430 minutes . Michael Schumacher placed second, 0,201 seconds behind, followed by Häkkinen.

Warm up

In the warm-up, the two McLaren drivers drove the fastest times - Coulthard drove the faster time than Häkkinen. Michael Schumacher was third fastest.

run

Coulthard, starting from pole position, stopped at the start of the warm-up lap. However, his mechanics managed to restart his car quickly so that he could follow the field. However, he was not allowed to take his original starting position again, so he started from the last position.

The start then went smoothly for all drivers. Juan Pablo Montoya overtook Eddie Irvine in the first corner and was the only one of the top six to make up a position.

On the first lap, Nick Heidfeld made a driving mistake and collided with the barrier, the race was over for him. After the first lap, Michael Schumacher led ahead of Häkkinen, Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya and Irvine. After the first lap, Coulthard was at the end of the field.

While Michael Schumacher began to break away from his pursuers, Irvine was unable to keep the pace of those in front of him. Montoya lost control of his racing car and drove into the guardrail, which meant his retirement.

On lap twelve, Häkkinen suddenly had problems with his McLaren. He drove very slowly and was overtaken by Barrichello. One lap later, Häkkinen pitted and had his monoposto checked by the mechanics. Although no repairs had been carried out, he left the pit lane again. Two laps later he came back in the pits, but now to give up the race. Two other drivers also had to come in for unscheduled pit stops: Panis finished his race, Kimi Räikkönen continued his race after a long stop several laps behind.

After 20 laps, Michael Schumacher continued to lead in front of his team-mate Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Irvine, Jarno Trulli and Jacques Villeneuve . At the end of the field Coulthard was behind Enrique Bernoldi . This stopped him for many laps without Coulthard having a chance to overtake. In lap 26, Michael Schumacher lapped the duo.

After lap 40, the first drivers began their planned pit stops. Bernoldi pitted on lap 44, so that Coulthard had a clear run. He implemented this immediately and drove the fastest lap of the race to date on the following lap. He quickly caught up with Fernando Alonso in front of him and overtook him on lap 47.

On lap 50 there was an accident at the fastest part of the track. Heinz-Harald Frentzen lost control of his car in the tunnel and collided with the guardrail on the side. Despite the high speed, he got out of his Jordan unharmed.

Michael Schumacher came into the pits on lap 54 and temporarily lost the lead to his team-mate Barrichello, who for his part had not yet made the pit stop. Ralf Schumacher pitted four laps later. For him, however, this meant the end of his race because he had problems with his vehicle for safety reasons. A lap later Barrichello made his only pit stop and Michael Schumacher took the lead again.

On lap 66, Coulthard was the last to complete his scheduled pit stop. Before his stop he had moved up to position six and thus in the points. Due to the lighter car, Coulthard drove many fast laps before his stop. The resulting lead over Jenson Button was enough to keep him in sixth position.

Jean Alesi , who was fifth after the pit stops, made another unscheduled pit stop eight laps before the end after touching the guardrail in order to have his vehicle checked for consequential damage. Alesi lost fifth place to Coulthard through this stop.

Michael Schumacher won after 1: 47: 22.561 hours ahead of Barrichello and Irvine. The remaining points went to Villeneuve, Coulthard and Alesi.

Michael Schumacher increased his lead in the world championship by eight points over Coulthard. With the one-two victory, Ferrari extended its lead by 14 points over McLaren-Mercedes.

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	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17.430	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 17.631	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17.749	03
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 17.856	04th
05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 18.029	05
06th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 18.432	06th
07th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1: 18.751	07th
08th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	1: 18.921	08th
09	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 19.086	09
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	1: 19.220	10
11	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	1: 19.245	11
12	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	1: 19.294	12
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	1: 19.316	13
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 20.033	14th
15th	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	1: 20.081	15th
16	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	1: 20.261	16
17th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	1: 20.342	17th
18th	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1: 20.788	18th
19th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 20.823	19th
20th	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1: 21.336	20th
21st	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	1: 21.771	21st
22nd	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1: 22,201	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 22.851 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.430 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	78	1	1: 47: 22.561	02	1: 19.770 (50th)
02	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	78	1	+ 0.431	04th	1: 20.329 (57.)
03	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	78	1	+ 30.698	06th	1: 20.681 (76.)
04th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	78	1	+ 32.454	09	1: 20.417 (75.)
05	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	77	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 19.424 (68.)
06th	Jean Alesi	Cheers-Acer	77	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 21,151 (73.)
07th	Jenson Button	Benetton Renault	77	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 21,580 (65th)
08th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	77	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 21.732 (74.)
09	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	76	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 22.053 (75th)
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Clean Petronas	73	2	+ 5 rounds	15th	1: 20.705 (60th)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	57	0	DNF	05	1: 20.975 (47th)
-	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	56	1	DNF	22nd	1: 24,570 (33rd)
-	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	54	1	DNF	18th	1: 22,956 (28.)
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Honda	49	0	DNF	13	1: 20.810 (46.)
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Renault	43	0	DNF	10	1: 21.646 (37th)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Honda	30th	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.345 (30.)
-	Luciano Burti	Cheers-Acer	24	1	DNF	21st	1: 24.206 (18.)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Cosworth	18th	0	DNF	14th	1: 23.483 (18.)
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	15th	1	DNF	03	1: 21.682 (12.)
-	Olivier Panis	BAR Honda	13	2	DNF	12	1: 24.719 (10.)
-	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	02	0	DNF	07th	1: 25.773 ( 02.)
-	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Petronas	00	0	DNF	16	-

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 52 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 40 03  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 24 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 05  Nick Heidfeld Clean Petronas 8th 06th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 7th 07th  Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 7th 08th  Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 6th 09  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 6th 10  Olivier Panis BAR Honda 5 11  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 4th 12  Kimi Raikkonen Clean Petronas 4th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 4th 14th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1 15th  Jean Alesi Cheers-Acer 1 16  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 1 17th  Jenson Button Benetton Renault 0 18th  Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth / Prost-Acer 0 19th  Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 0 20th  Tarso Marques Minardi-European 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 76 02  McLaren-Mercedes 44 03  Williams-BMW 18th 04th  Jordan Honda 13 05  BAR Honda 12 06th  Clean Petronas 12

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monaco Grand Prix 2001. Monte Carlo - 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 10, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Monaco Grand Prix 2001. Monte Carlo - 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 10, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Monaco Grand Prix 2001. Monte Carlo - Starting grid. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed March 10, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Monaco Grand Prix 2001. Monte Carlo - Warm up. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed on March 10, 2013 . 

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com