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2001 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round10 of 17
Race numbers

The 2001 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 673rd World Championship race
  • 51st World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari721hr 33m 35.636s10
2-1(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW72+10.399s6
3+5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari72+16.381s4
4-1(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes72+17.106s3
5 (ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda72+1m 08.285s2
6+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas71+1 lap1
7+6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
8-1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda71+1 lap 
9+2(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda71+1 lap 
10+5(BRA) Luciano BurtiProst-Acer71+1 lap 
11+5(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault71+1 lap 
12+7(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer70+2 laps 
13+5(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech70+2 laps 
14PL(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth70+2 laps 
15+7(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European69+3 laps 
16+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault68DNF 
17+4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European65DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth54DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW52DNF 
R (BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech17DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda5DNF 
Did not start
  (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes   

Notes

  • Jenson Button ended lap 68 in P12 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Fernando Alonso ended lap 65 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:12.989 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:12.9990.010
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.1860.197
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:13.2680.279
5(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Honda1:13.3100.321
6(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams-BMW1:13.6250.636
7(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Honda1:13.8150.826
8(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:13.8670.878
9(DEU) Nick HeidfeldSauber-Petronas1:14.0951.106
10(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:14.0961.107
11(FRA) Olivier PanisBAR-Honda1:14.1811.192
12(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:14.4411.452
13(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenSauber-Petronas1:14.5361.547
14(ESP) Pedro de la RosaJaguar-Cosworth1:15.0202.031
15(BRA) Luciano BurtiProst-Acer1:15.0722.083
16(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault1:15.2202.231
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonBenetton-Renault1:15.4202.431
18(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Asiatech1:15.7072.718
19(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Acer1:15.7742.785
20(BRA) Enrique BernoldiArrows-Asiatech1:15.8282.839
21(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMinardi-European1:16.0393.050
22(BRA) Tarso MarquesMinardi-European1:16.5003.511

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher78
2(GBR) David Coulthard47
3(DEU) Ralf Schumacher31
4(BRA) Rubens Barrichello30
5(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya12
6(DEU) Nick Heidfeld9
7(FIN) Mika Hakkinen9
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli9
9(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve7
10(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen7
11(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
12(FRA) Olivier Panis5
13(GBR) Eddie Irvine4
14(FRA) Jean Alesi3
15(NLD) Jos Verstappen1
16(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1
17(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari108
2McLaren-Mercedes56
3Williams-BMW43
4Sauber-Petronas16
5Jordan-Honda15
6BAR-Honda12
7Jaguar-Cosworth5
8Prost-Acer3
9Arrows-Asiatech1
10Benetton-Renault1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Olivier Panis (46th driver to start 100 races, 8th French driver)
400th for Williams (5th constructor to start 400 races)
Wins
50th for Michael Schumacher (2nd driver to win 50 races, 1st German driver)
141st for Ferrari
Podiums
92nd for Michael Schumacher
21st for Rubens Barrichello
12th for Ralf Schumacher
471st & 472nd for Ferrari
256th for Williams
Poles
1st for Ralf Schumacher (81st different polesitter, 4th German driver; last until 2003)
109th for Williams (first since 1997)
Fastest laps
17th for David Coulthard
105th for McLaren
Front row starts
66th for Michael Schumacher
4th for Ralf Schumacher