2001 Formula One World Championship

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  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.


 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  1  Michael Schumacher All  Luca Badoer 2  Rubens Barrichello All  West McLaren-Mercedes McLaren McLaren MP4-16 Mercedes FO110K 3.0 L V10  3  Mika Häkkinen All  Alexander Wurz 4  David Coulthard All  BMW-WilliamsF1 Team Williams Williams FW23 BMW P80 3.0 L V10  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  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  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  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  14  Jos Verstappen All  Johnny Herbert 15  Enrique Bernoldi All  Red Bull Sauber-Petronas Sauber Sauber C20 Petronas 01A 3.0 L V10  16  Nick Heidfeld All  Felipe Massa 17  Kimi Räikkönen All  Jaguar Racing Jaguar Racing Jaguar R2 Cosworth CR-3 3.0 L V10  18  Eddie Irvine All  Tomas Scheckter 19  Luciano Burti 1-4  Pedro de la Rosa 5-17  European Minardi F1 Minardi Minardi PS01Minardi PS01B European 3.0 L V10  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  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

 Results and standings 
 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 4DSQ 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 15DNQ 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.

 Constructors 
PosConstructor Carno. 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 4DSQ 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 15DNQ Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 0  21 12 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 14 17 16 10 Ret Ret 13 Ret 11PosConstructor Carno. 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.

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