2001 Spanish Grand Prix

  2001 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season
Date	April 29, 2001
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.730 km (2.939 mi)
Distance	65 laps, 307.450 km (191.041 mi)
Weather	Overcast, Mild, Dry, Air Temp: 18°C
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:18.201
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:21.151 on lap 25
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Third	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda

The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 29, 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Report

Michael Schumacher won the race even though he was 40 seconds behind Mika Häkkinen on the penultimate lap. The Finn, who had lapped the third placed Juan-Pablo Montoya, suffered from a hydraulic failure on the final lap of the race. This handed Michael Schumacher probably one of his luckier wins as he was suffering with a bad vibration. Jacques Villeneuve gave BAR their first ever podium finish. David Coulthard's race was ruined when his car failed to fire up at the start, and later knocked off his front wing. He would eventually fight back to 5th.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	65	1:31:03.305	1	10
2	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	65	+40.738	12	6
3	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	65	+49.626	7	4
4	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	65	+51.253	6	3
5	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+51.616	3	2
6	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	65	+1:01.893	10	1
7	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	65	+1:04.977	11
8	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	65	+1:19.808	9
9	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	64	Clutch	2
10	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	64	+1 Lap	15
11	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	64	+1 Lap	14
12	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	63	+2 Laps	17
13	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	63	+2 Laps	18
14	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	63	+2 Laps	19
15	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	62	+3 Laps	21
16	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	62	+3 Laps	22
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	49	Suspension	4
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	48	Engine	13
Ret	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	20	Brakes	5
Ret	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	8	Fuel Pressure	16
Ret	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	5	Collision	20
Ret	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	5	Collision	8

Notes

• Lap leaders: Michael Schumacher 39 (1-22, 28-43, 65) Mika Häkkinen 26 (23-27, 44-64)
• First podium: Juan Pablo Montoya, B.A.R.
• This was the first race to be raced with the reintroduction of traction control systems, which had been banned since 1994.
• David Coulthard started this race at the back of the grid.
• Mika Häkkinen was on course for his first win of the season, but his clutch failed on the last lap and forced him to retire to hand the victory to Michael Schumacher. Häkkinen was still classified 9th.
• Luciano Burti moved to the Prost team from the Jaguar team. Pedro de la Rosa replaced Luciano Burti in the Jaguar team.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	36
2	David Coulthard	28
3	Rubens Barrichello	14
4	Ralf Schumacher	12
5	Nick Heidfeld	8

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	50
2	McLaren-Mercedes	32
3	Williams-BMW	18
4	Jordan-Honda	13
5	Sauber-Petronas	9

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

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