2001 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 4 March 2001
Winner	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 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
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Previous race	2000 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	58	1hr 38m 26.533s	10
2	+4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1.718s	6
3	-1	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	58	+33.491s	4
4	+6	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	58	+1m 11.479s	3
5	-1	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	58	+1m 12.807s	2
6	+7	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber-Petronas	58	+1m 24.143s	1
7	+2	(FRA) Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	58	+1m 27.050s (25.000s)
8	+13	(BRA) Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	57	+1 lap
9	+5	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	57	+1 lap
10	+5	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	57	+1 lap (25.000s)
11	+1	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	57	+1 lap
12	+7	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	56	+2 laps
13	+4	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	55	+3 laps
14	+2	(GBR) Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	52	DNF
R		(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	40	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	38	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	25	DNF
R		(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	4	DNF
R		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	4	DNF
R		(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	3	DNF
R		(BRA) Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	2	DNF
R		(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	0	DNF

Notes

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.892
2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:27.263	0.371
3	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.461	0.569
4	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	1:27.658	0.766
5	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:27.719	0.827
6	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.010	1.118
7	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	1:28.377	1.485
8	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:28.435	1.543
9	(FRA) Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:28.518	1.626
10	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.615	1.723
11	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:28.738	1.846
12	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:28.965	2.073
13	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.993	2.101
14	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	1:29.893	3.001
15	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1:29.934	3.042
16	(GBR) Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	1:30.035	3.143
17	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	1:30.209	3.317
18	(BRA) Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1:30.520	3.628
19	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1:30.657	3.765
20	(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	1:30.798	3.906
21	(BRA) Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:30.978	4.086
22	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1:33.228	6.336

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)