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

2001 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 April 2001
Winner
  • David Coulthard
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Ralf Schumacher
  • Williams-BMW
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round3 of 17
Race numbers

The 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 666th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Interlagos
More 2001 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes711hr 39m 00.834s10
2-1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari71+16.164s6
3+6(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas70+1 lap4
4+7(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda70+1 lap3
5+2(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda70+1 lap2
6+12(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault70+1 lap1
7+5(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda70+1 lap 
8+7(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer70+1 lap 
9+13(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European68+3 laps 
10+10(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault64+7 laps 
11-3(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda63DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas55DNF 
R (ARG) Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer54DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW54DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth52DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW38DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech37DNF 
R (BRA) Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth30DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European25DNF 
R (BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech15DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari2DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen ended lap 63 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Juan Pablo Montoya ended lap 38 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:13.780 
2(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:14.0900.310
3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:14.1220.342
4(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:14.1650.385
5(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:14.1780.398
6(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:14.1910.411
7(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda1:14.6300.850
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda1:14.6330.853
9(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:14.8101.030
10(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas1:14.9241.144
11(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:15.0461.266
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:15.1821.402
13(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:15.1921.412
14(BRA) Luciano BurtiJaguar-Cosworth1:15.3711.591
15(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer1:15.4371.657
16(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech1:15.6571.877
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech1:15.7041.924
18(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault1:16.1752.395
19(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European1:16.1842.404
20(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault1:16.2292.449
21(ARG) Gaston MazzacaneProst-Acer1:16.5202.740
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European1:16.7843.004

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher26
2(GBR) David Coulthard20
3(BRA) Rubens Barrichello10
4(DEU) Nick Heidfeld7
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen5
6(FRA) Olivier Panis3
7(ITA) Jarno Trulli2
8(DEU) Ralf Schumacher2
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella1
10(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari36
2McLaren-Mercedes21
3Sauber-Petronas8
4Jordan-Honda7
5BAR-Honda3
6Williams-BMW2
7Benetton-Renault1

Stats & milestones

Wins
10th for David Coulthard (25th driver to win ten races, 8th British driver)
131st for McLaren
Podiums
86th for Michael Schumacher
44th for David Coulthard
1st for Nick Heidfeld (181st different podium finisher, 10th German driver; last podium until 2005)
462nd for Ferrari
330th for McLaren
5th for Sauber (first since 1998)
Poles
35th for Michael Schumacher
140th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
2nd for Ralf Schumacher (first since 1999)
112th for Williams
Front row starts
60th for Michael Schumacher (3rd driver to achieve 60 front row starts, 1st German driver)
1st for Ralf Schumacher (127th different front row starter, 6th German driver)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2001 World Championship season

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