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Home / Seasons / 2001 F1 World Championship Season / 2001 Australian Grand Prix

2001 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 March 2001
Winner
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 17
Race numbers

The 2001 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 664th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2001 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2000 Malaysian Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari581hr 38m 26.533s10
2+4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes58+1.718s6
3-1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari58+33.491s4
4+6(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas58+1m 11.479s3
5-1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda58+1m 12.807s2
6+7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas58+1m 24.143s1
7+2(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda58+1m 27.050s (25.000s) 
8+13(BRA) Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth57+1 lap 
9+5(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer57+1 lap 
10+5(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech57+1 lap (25.000s) 
11+1(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth57+1 lap 
12+7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European56+2 laps 
13+4(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault55+3 laps 
14+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault52DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW40DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda38DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW4DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda4DNF 
R (BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European3DNF 
R (BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech2DNF 
R (ARG) Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer0DNF 

Notes

  • Olivier Panis and Jos Verstappen received 25-second time penalties for overtaking under yellow flag. The pair originally finished P4 and P9 respectively.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
6(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
7(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda
8(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
9(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas
11(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
12(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth
13(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas
14(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer
15(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech
16(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault
17(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault
18(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech
19(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European
20(ARG) Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer
21(BRA) Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:26.892 
2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:27.2630.371
3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.4610.569
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda1:27.6580.766
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:27.7190.827
6(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.0101.118
7(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda1:28.3771.485
8(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:28.4351.543
9(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:28.5181.626
10(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:28.6151.723
11(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:28.7381.846
12(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:28.9652.073
13(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas1:28.9932.101
14(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer1:29.8933.001
15(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech1:29.9343.042
16(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault1:30.0353.143
17(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault1:30.2093.317
18(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech1:30.5203.628
19(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European1:30.6573.765
20(ARG) Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer1:30.7983.906
21(BRA) Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth1:30.9784.086
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European1:33.2286.336

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher10
2(GBR) David Coulthard6
3(BRA) Rubens Barrichello4
4(DEU) Nick Heidfeld3
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen2
6(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari14
2McLaren-Mercedes6
3Sauber-Petronas4
4Jordan-Honda2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Fernando Alonso
Enrique Bernoldi
Juan Pablo Montoya (first Colombian driver to start a race since 1983)
Kimi Raikkonen
Wins
45th for Michael Schumacher
136th for Ferrari
Podiums
84th for Michael Schumacher
42nd for David Coulthard
16th for Rubens Barrichello
458th & 459th for Ferrari
328th for McLaren
Poles
33rd for Michael Schumacher
138th for Ferrari
1-2 start
48th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
42nd for Michael Schumacher NEW RECORD
145th for Ferrari
Front row starts
58th for Michael Schumacher
6th for Rubens Barrichello
Points finishes
100th for Michael Schumacher
1st for Nick Heidfeld (282nd different point scorer, 15th German driver)
1st for Kimi Raikkonen (283rd different point scorer, 5th Finnish driver)
Pole & win
15th for Michael Schumacher
Win & fastest lap
24th for Michael Schumacher
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
7th for Michael Schumacher (first since 1997; first German driver to complete a hat-trick since 1997)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2001 World Championship season

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