2001 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 1 April 2001
Winner	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW
Circuit	Interlagos, 71 laps
Round	3 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	71	1hr 39m 00.834s	10
2	-1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	+16.164s	6
3	+6	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	70	+1 lap	4
4	+7	(FRA) Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	70	+1 lap	3
5	+2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	70	+1 lap	2
6	+12	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	70	+1 lap	1
7	+5	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	70	+1 lap
8	+7	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	70	+1 lap
9	+13	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	68	+3 laps
10	+10	(GBR) Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	64	+7 laps
11	-3	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	63	DNF
R		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber-Petronas	55	DNF
R		(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	54	DNF
R		(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	54	DNF
R		(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	52	DNF
R		(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	38	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	37	DNF
R		(BRA) Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	30	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	25	DNF
R		(BRA) Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	15	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	DNF

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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:13.780
2	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:14.090	0.310
3	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.122	0.342
4	(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:14.165	0.385
5	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.178	0.398
6	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:14.191	0.411
7	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	1:14.630	0.850
8	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	1:14.633	0.853
9	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.810	1.030
10	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber-Petronas	1:14.924	1.144
11	(FRA) Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:15.046	1.266
12	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:15.182	1.402
13	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:15.192	1.412
14	(BRA) Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:15.371	1.591
15	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	1:15.437	1.657
16	(BRA) Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1:15.657	1.877
17	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1:15.704	1.924
18	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	1:16.175	2.395
19	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1:16.184	2.404
20	(GBR) Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	1:16.229	2.449
21	(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	1:16.520	2.740
22	(BRA) Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1:16.784	3.004

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)