2001 Formula One World Championship

2001 FIA Formula One World Championship
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The 2001 Formula One season was the 52nd edition of the championship. The Driver's Champion (the guy who won for the year) was Michael Schumacher. He dominated (was the fastest) for the most of the season, and won with a record margin of 58 points. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship (the fastest car).

After four years out of the sport, Renault returned as an engine supplier. Michelin returned as a tyre supplier. This was the first time Bridgestone had competition since Goodyear left the sport at the end of the 1998 season.

2001 saw the first Formula One races for future champions Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen. It was the last year Jean Alesi and world champion Mika Häkkinen would race in Formula One.

At the end of the 2001, the Prost team closed down due to lack of money. The French company Renault purchased the Benetton team. Benetton was renamed as the Renault F1 team.

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Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Rounds	Test driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	Ferrari F2001	Ferrari 050 3.0 L V10	B	1	Michael Schumacher	All	Luca Badoer
					2	Rubens Barrichello	All
West McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4-16	Mercedes FO110K 3.0 L V10	B	3	Mika Häkkinen	All	Alexander Wurz
					4	David Coulthard	All
BMW-WilliamsF1 Team	Williams	Williams FW23	BMW P80 3.0 L V10	M	5	Ralf Schumacher	All	Marc Gené Jörg Müller
					6	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
Mild Seven Benetton-Renault	Benetton	Benetton B201	Renault RS21 3.0 L V10	M	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	All	Mark Webber Oliver Gavin
					8	Jenson Button	All
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda	BAR	BAR 003	Honda RA001E 3.0 L V10	B	9	Olivier Panis	All	Anthony Davidson Darren Manning Patrick Lemarié Takuma Sato
					10	Jacques Villeneuve	All
B&H Jordan-Honda	Jordan	Jordan EJ11	Honda RA001E 3.0 L V10	B	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1–7, 9-11	Ricardo Zonta
						Ricardo Zonta	8, 12
						Jarno Trulli	13-17
					12	Jarno Trulli	1-12
						Jean Alesi	13-17
Orange Arrows-Asiatech	Arrows	Arrows A22	Asiatech 001 3.0 L V10	B	14	Jos Verstappen	All	Johnny Herbert
					15	Enrique Bernoldi	All
Red Bull Sauber-Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C20	Petronas 01A 3.0 L V10	B	16	Nick Heidfeld	All	Felipe Massa
					17	Kimi Räikkönen	All
Jaguar Racing	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar R2	Cosworth CR-3 3.0 L V10	M	18	Eddie Irvine	All	Tomas Scheckter
					19	Luciano Burti	1-4
						Pedro de la Rosa	5-17
European Minardi F1	Minardi	Minardi PS01 Minardi PS01B	European 3.0 L V10	M	20	Tarso Marques	1-14	Alex Yoong
						Alex Yoong	15-17
					21	Fernando Alonso	All
Prost-Acer	Prost	Prost AP04	Acer 3.0 L V10	M	22	Jean Alesi	1-12	Stephane Sarrazin Pedro de la Rosa Jonathan Cochet
						Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13-17
					23	Gaston Mazzacane	1-4
						Luciano Burti	5-14
						Tomáš Enge	15-17

Formula One 2001 race schedule

Rnd	Race	Date	Location
1	Australian Grand Prix	March 4	Melbourne
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	March 18	Sepang
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	April 1	Interlagos
4	San Marino Grand Prix	April 15	Imola
5	Spanish Grand Prix	April 29	Catalunya
6	Austrian Grand Prix	May 13	A1-Ring
7	Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco
8	Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
9	European Grand Prix	June 24	Nürburgring
10	French Grand Prix	July 1	Magny-Cours
11	British Grand Prix	July 15	Silverstone
12	German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 19	Hungaroring
14	Belgian Grand Prix	September 2	Spa-Francorchamps
15	Italian Grand Prix	September 16	Monza
16	United States Grand Prix	September 30	Indianapolis
17	Japanese Grand Prix	October 14	Suzuka

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
3	Brazilian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
4	San Marino Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
6	Austrian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
7	Monaco Grand Prix	David Coulthard	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
9	European Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
10	French Grand Prix	Ralf Schumacher	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
11	British Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
12	German Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
15	Italian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
16	United States Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	1	1	2	Ret	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	Ret	1	1	4	2	1	123
2	David Coulthard	2	3	1	2	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	3	3	65
3	Rubens Barrichello	3	2	Ret	3	Ret	3	2	Ret	5	3	3	2	2	5	2	15†	5	56
4	Ralf Schumacher	Ret	5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	2	Ret	1	4	7	3	Ret	6	49
5	Mika Häkkinen	Ret	6	Ret	4	9†	Ret	Ret	3	6	DNS	1	Ret	5	4	Ret	1	4	37
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	Ret	8	Ret	1	Ret	2	31
7	Jacques Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	3	8	4	Ret	9	Ret	8	3	9	8	6	Ret	10	12
8	Nick Heidfeld	4	Ret	3	7	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	6	Ret	11	6	9	12
9	Jarno Trulli	Ret	8	5	5	4	DSQ	Ret	11†	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	8	12
10	Kimi Räikkönen	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	4	10	4	10	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	9
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	Ret	6	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	4	Ret	3	10	8	17†	8
12	Eddie Irvine	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	4	11†	6	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	8	7		Ret	9	Ret	10	12	6
14	Olivier Panis	7	Ret	4	8	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	9	11	13	5
15	Jean Alesi	9	9	8	9	10	10	6	5	15†	12	11	6	10	6	8	7	Ret	5
16	Pedro de la Rosa					Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	14	12	Ret	11	Ret	5	12	Ret	3
17	Jenson Button	14†	11	10	12	15	Ret	7	Ret	13	16†	15	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	2
18	Jos Verstappen	11	7	Ret	Ret	12	6	8	10†	Ret	13	10	9	12	10	Ret	Ret	14	1
19	Ricardo Zonta								7				Ret						0
20	Luciano Burti	8	10	Ret	11	11	11	Ret	8	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
21	Enrique Bernoldi	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	8	Ret	12	Ret	13	15	0
22	Tarso Marques	Ret	14	9	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	15	DNQ	Ret	Ret	13				0
23	Fernando Alonso	12	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17†	16	10	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	11	0
24	Tomáš Enge															12	14	Ret	0
25	Gastón Mazzacane	Ret	12	Ret	Ret														0
26	Alex Yoong															Ret	Ret	16	0
Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

Key

Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
					Non-classified finish (NC)		Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)		Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank

Did not practice (DNP)

Excluded (EX)

Did not arrive (DNA)

Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	Points
1	Ferrari	1	1	1	2	Ret	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	Ret	1	1	4	2	1	179
		2	3	2	Ret	3	Ret	3	2	Ret	5	3	3	2	2	5	2	15	5
2	McLaren-Mercedes	3	Ret	6	Ret	4	9	Ret	Ret	3	6	DNS	1	Ret	5	4	Ret	1	4	102
		4	2	3	1	2	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	3	3
3	Williams-BMW	5	Ret	5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	2	Ret	1	4	7	3	Ret	6	80
		6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	Ret	8	Ret	1	Ret	2
4	Sauber-Petronas	16	4	Ret	3	7	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	6	Ret	11	6	9	21
		17	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	4	10	4	10	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret
5	Jordan-Honda	11	5	4	11	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	8	7	Ret	10	6	8	7	Ret	19
		12	Ret	8	5	5	4	DSQ	Ret	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	8
6	BAR-Honda	9	7	Ret	4	8	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	9	11	13	17
		10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	3	8	4	Ret	9	Ret	8	3	9	8	6	Ret	10
7	Benetton-Renault	7	13	Ret	6	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	4	Ret	3	10	8	17	10
		8	14	11	10	12	15	Ret	7	Ret	13	16	15	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7
8	Jaguar-Cosworth	18	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	9
		19	8	10	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	14	12	Ret	11	Ret	5	12	Ret
9	Prost-Acer	22	9	9	8	9	10	10	6	5	15	12	11	6	Ret	9	Ret	10	12	4
		23	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	8	12	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	14	Ret
10	Arrows-Asiatech	14	11	7	Ret	Ret	12	6	8	10	Ret	13	10	9	12	10	Ret	Ret	14	1
		15	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	8	Ret	12	Ret	13	15
11	Minardi-European	20	Ret	14	9	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	15	DNQ	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	16	0
		21	12	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	16	10	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	11
Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Car did not finish the Grand Prix. Car was classified (ranked) because it finished over 90% of the race distance.

Key

Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
					Non-classified finish (NC)		Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)		Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank

Did not practice (DNP)

Excluded (EX)

Did not arrive (DNA)

Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

2001 Formula One World Championship Media

• Minardi Ps01.jpg

  Fernando Alonso started his first season in Formula One with the Minardi team.

• Button 2001 French Grand Prix.jpg

  Jenson Button moved to the Benetton team because his Williams seat had been taken over by Juan Pablo Montoya.

• Alesi 2001 (cropped).jpg

  During the season, Jean Alesi quit his Prost drive and later joined the Jordan team.

• Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2001 Canada.jpg

  Heinz-Harald Frentzen drove for the Jordan team at the start of the season, but later moved to Prost.

• Jacques Villeneuve 2001 Canada 2.jpg

  Jacques Villeneuve gave the BAR team their first-ever podium finish at the Spanish Grand Prix.

• Ralf Schumacher 2001 Canada.jpg

  Ralf Schumacher won the Canadian Grand Prix, after a closely fought battle with his brother Michael.

• Mika Hakkinen 2001 Canada.jpg

  Mika Häkkinen completed his final season in Formula One by taking two victories, in Britain and in the United States.

• Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2001 (8968595731) (cropped).jpg

  Michael Schumacher clinched his fourth World Championship with a victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

• Flag crowd.jpg

  The United States Grand Prix was the first international sporting event held in the USA after 9/11.