2001 British Grand Prix

  2001 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season
Silverstone Circuit
Date	July 15, 2001
Official name	Foster's British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.140 km (3.194 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 308.400 km (191.640 mi)
Weather	Partially cloudy, mild, dry, Air Temp: 15°C
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:20.447
Fastest lap
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:23.405 on lap 34
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2001 British Grand Prix (formally the Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on July 15, 2001 at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England. It was the eleventh race of the 2001 Formula One season. The race, which was contested over 60 laps, was won by Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen for the McLaren - Mercedes team, who managed to overtake the driver in pole position, Michael Schumacher.^[1] Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, finished in second behind Häkkinen, while team-mate Rubens Barrichello gained the final spot on the podium.^[2] It was Häkkinen's first victory of the season.

The race saw five drivers retire, as Jarno Trulli's Jordan collided with David Coulthard's McLaren in the first corner; Jacques Villeneuve's BAR pushed his teammate Olivier Panis off the track at the start, forcing Panis to retire; Ralf Schumacher and Luciano Burti also failed to finish the race. Tarso Marques also became the first DNQ of the season, as his Minardi couldn't make the 107% cut.^[3] It was Heinz-Harald Frentzen's last race for the Jordan team as he was sacked by that team after this race following a disappointing season and forced to sit out for the next race, the 2001 German Grand Prix.^[4][5]

Report

Background

Defending constructors title holders Ferrari went into the race with a 52 point lead on McLaren-Mercedes, while Michael Schumacher was 31 points ahead of his nearest rival, McLaren's David Coulthard.^[6]

Practice and qualifying

Tarso Marques was unable to post a qualifying time within the 107% rule and the stewards rejected the subsequent request from Minardi to let the Brazilian race. Marques had suffered a throttle problem during the session and there was not sufficient time to change the settings on the spare car, which had been set up for team-mate Fernando Alonso.

Race

Michael Schumacher maintained his advantage going in to the first corner with Mika Häkkinen following him through in 2nd. Jarno Trulli in the Jordan collided with championship contender David Coulthard at the first corner and went off, ending his race. Coulthard persisted, carrying damage from the incident but a suspension failure which came as result of the contact ended his race not long after. On lap 5, Schumacher ran wide and Häkkinen slipped past going into the 2nd corner. Häkkinen began to pull away at close to 2 seconds per lap while Juan Pablo Montoya in the Williams began to close up on Schumacher. The commentators suspencted Schumacher was either driving conservatively or carrying a problem, it turned out to be the former. Montoya eventually got past Schumacher at around the 1/3 mark in the race.

Häkkinen was one of the first to stop and came out in 2nd behind Montoya and ahead of Schumacher. When Montoya pitted, he came out behind his team mate Ralf Schumacher who was scrapping with Rubens Barrichello in the Ferrari, neither of whom had done their first stops. This was the ruin Montoya's race. Ralf eventually pitted but the damage was done, a poor stop didn't help Montoya's situation and he came out behind Rubens Barrichello who stopped earlier. Schumacher (Michael), rather predictably came out in 2nd ahead of his teammate but was some 30+ seconds behind Häkkinen driving a superb race.

The order at the front continued like this until the end of the race when Häkkinen took his first win of the season, 33 seconds ahead of Schumacher who cruised one step further towards a fourth world title. Barrichello came third ahead of a disappointed Montoya and an astounding Kimi Räikkönen in 5th, in only 11th race which in turn was only his 34th single seater race. Heidfeld, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Irvine and Verstappen rounded off the top 10.

Post-race

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Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.477	-
2	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.529	+ 0.082
3	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.927	+ 0.480
4	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	1:20.930	+ 0.483
5	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	1:21.217	+ 0.770
6	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:21.715	+ 1.268
7	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.023	+ 1.576
8	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:22.219	+ 1.772
9	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.223	+ 1.776
10	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:22.283	+ 1.836
11	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:22.316	+ 1.869
12	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:22.916	+ 2.469
13	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:23.273	+ 2.826
14	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	1:23.392	+ 2.945
15	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:23.439	+ 2.992
16	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	1:23.735	+ 3.288
17	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1:24.067	+ 3.620
18	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	1:24.123	+ 3.676
19	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	1:24.275	+ 3.828
20	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1:24.606	+ 4.159
21	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1:24.792	+ 4.345
107% time: 1:26.078
22	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1:26.506	+ 6.059

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	60	1:25:33.770	2	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	60	+33.646	1	6
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	60	+59.281	6	4
4	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	60	+1:08.772	8	3
5	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	59	+1 Lap	7	2
6	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	59	+1 Lap	9	1
7	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	59	+1 Lap	5
8	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	59	+1 Lap	12
9	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	59	+1 Lap	15
10	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	58	+2 Laps	17
11	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	58	+2 Laps	14
12	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	58	+2 Laps	13
13	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	58	+2 Laps	19
14	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	58	+2 Laps	20
15	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	58	+2 Laps	18
16	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	57	+3 Laps	21
Ret	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	36	Engine	10
Ret	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	6	Engine	16
Ret	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	2	Suspension	3
Ret	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	0	Collision	4
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	0	Collision	11
DNQ	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	-	107% Rule

Notes

• Jarno Trulli collided with David Coulthard
• Olivier Panis collided with team-mate Jacques Villeneuve

Standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 84 2 David Coulthard 47 3 Rubens Barrichello 34 4 Ralf Schumacher 31 5 Mika Häkkinen 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 118 2 McLaren-Mercedes 66 3 Williams-BMW 46 4 Sauber-Petronas 19 5 Jordan-Honda 15

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

External links

• Qualifying results