2001 French Grand Prix

The 2001 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Magny-Cours on July 1, 2001.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	72	1:33:35.636	2	10
2	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	72	+10.399	1	6
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	72	+16.381	8	4
4	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+17.106	3	3
5	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	72	+1:08.285	5	2
6	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1 Lap	9	1
7	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	71	+1 Lap	13
8	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	71	+1 Lap	7
9	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	71	+1 Lap	11
10	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	71	+1 Lap	15
11	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	71	+1 Lap	16
12	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	70	+2 Laps	19
13	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	70	+2 Laps	18
14	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	70	+2 Laps	14
15	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	69	+3 Laps	22
16	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	68	Fuel Pressure	17
17	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	65	Engine	21
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	54	Engine	12
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	52	Engine	6
Ret	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	17	Engine	20
Ret	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	5	Engine	10
DNS	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	-	Gearbox	4

Notes

• Lap leaders: Ralf Schumacher 23 (1-23), Michael Schumacher 39 (24-25, 31-45, 51-72), David Coulthard 1 (26), Juan Pablo Montoya 9 (27-30, 46-50)
• Fastest Lap: David Coulthard 1m 16.088s
• Pole Position: Ralf Schumacher 1m 12.989s
• This was Ralf Schumacher's first pole position of his career.
• As usual, this race and the following British Grand Prix were run without any tobacco sponsorship.
• Mika Häkkinen's McLaren failed before the race start due to gearbox trouble. His grid slot was left empty.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	78
2	David Coulthard	47
3	Ralf Schumacher	31
4	Rubens Barrichello	30
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	12

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	108
2	McLaren-Mercedes	56
3	Williams-BMW	43
4	Sauber-Petronas	16
5	Jordan-Honda	15

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

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