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

2001 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 March 2001
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload 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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari581hr 38m 26.533s10
2+4United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes58+1.718s6
3-1Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloFerrari58+33.491s4
4+6Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas58+1m 11.479s3
5-1Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda58+1m 12.807s2
6+7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas58+1m 24.143s1
7+2France flag lazyload Olivier PanisBAR-Honda58+1m 27.050s (25.000s) 
8+13Brazil flag lazyload Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth57+1 lap 
9+5France flag lazyload Jean AlesiProst-Acer57+1 lap 
10+5Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech57+1 lap (25.000s) 
11+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth57+1 lap 
12+7Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European56+2 laps 
13+4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault55+3 laps 
14+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault52DNF 
R Colombia flag lazyload Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW40DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda38DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes25DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW4DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda4DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-European3DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech2DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload 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
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda
5Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
6United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda
8Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
9France flag lazyload Olivier PanisBAR-Honda
10Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas
11Colombia flag lazyload Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth
13Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas
14France flag lazyload Jean AlesiProst-Acer
15Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault
17Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault
18Brazil flag lazyload Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech
19Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European
20Argentina flag lazyload Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer
21Brazil flag lazyload Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth
22Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-European

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:26.892 
2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:27.2630.371
3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.4610.569
4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda1:27.6580.766
5Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:27.7190.827
6United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.0101.118
7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda1:28.3771.485
8Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:28.4351.543
9France flag lazyload Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:28.5181.626
10Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:28.6151.723
11Colombia flag lazyload Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:28.7381.846
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:28.9652.073
13Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas1:28.9932.101
14France flag lazyload Jean AlesiProst-Acer1:29.8933.001
15Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech1:29.9343.042
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault1:30.0353.143
17Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault1:30.2093.317
18Brazil flag lazyload Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech1:30.5203.628
19Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European1:30.6573.765
20Argentina flag lazyload Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer1:30.7983.906
21Brazil flag lazyload Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth1:30.9784.086
22Brazil flag lazyload Tarso MarquesMinardi-European1:33.2286.336

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2001 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher10
2United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard6
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello4
4Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld3
5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen2
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari14
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes6
3Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas4
4Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-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
Qualifying 1-2
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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