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2001 Hungarian Grand Prix

2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 18 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
Hungaroring (GP track)
Race details
Date	July 29, 2001
Official name	XXII Magyar Nagydíj
Location	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.38 km (2.72 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 306.66 km (190.55 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:21.261
Fastest lap
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1:21.693 on lap 69
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

Qualifying

It was clear from the word go that Ferrari, who were almost always dominant were struggling for grip and Juan Pablo Montoya used that opportunity to take pole position well ahead of the field. David Coulthard in second was over seven tenths behind with Michael Schumacher taking third after a superhuman effort. Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a fine fourth in his last race for Jordan, pipping championship leader Ralf Schumacher down to fifth. The major surprise in qualifying was Jos Verstappen who did an extraordinary job to qualify sixth, beating the struggling Rubens Barrichello down to seventh. Mika Häkkinen was eighth, his qualifying poor as usual.

Race

Juan Pablo Montoya, from pole position kept the lead while behind, Heinz-Harald Frentzen jumped title contenders David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Championship leader Ralf Schumacher kept fifth with Rubens Barrichello get ahead of the qualifying hero, Jos Verstappen. Behind, Mika Häkkinen locked wheels with Jarno Trulli, sending Trulli into the wall while Häkkinen was down in 17th after a trip through the gravel. At the end of the first lap, Montoya led Frentzen, Coulthard, Schumacher, Ralf, Barrichello, Verstappen and Jenson Button. Montoya quickly pulled up a gap, with Frentzen holding up Coulthard, Schumacher, Barrichello and Ralf until the first round of stops. During the stops, both Coulthard and Schumacher jumped him and set off after Montoya, who was 10 seconds up the road. On lap 25, Ralf ran straight into the back of Frentzen and lost his front wing.

During the second round of stops, Schumacher pitted before Coulthard in order to make a try to jump him. Coulthard responded by pitting a lap later and came ahead of Schumacher only for Schumacher to try to pass him. They touched, and while Schumacher took second, Coulthard spun and dropped behind both Frentzen and Barrichello. Barrichello took third on lap 44, passing Frentzen at Turn 1. Montoya kept his lead to 8.2 second to Schumacher after the third round of stops, while behind Frentzen did a superb job to keep ahead of Coulthard only for Coulthard to pass him after a few laps, undoing his team's fine job. The order was now settled down until Button retired from sixth when oil leaked out of his car, putting him out and giving eighth place and the final point to the recovering Ralf. On the last lap, Coulthard's engine blew up in flames from fourth, forcing him to retire. Montoya took his second career victory ahead of Schumacher who was happy to take the championship lead, Barrichello, Frentzen, Verstappen, Jacques Villeneuve, Coulthard (who was classified seventh) and Ralf.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	77	1:41:49.675	1	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	77	+7.475	3	8
3	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	77	+21.984	7	6
4	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	77	+34.050	4	5
5	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	77	+56.947	6	4
6	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	77	+1:17.225	10	3
7	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	76	Engine	2	2
8	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	76	+1 Lap	5	1
9	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	76	+1 Lap	8
10	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	76	+1 Lap	13
11	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	76	+1 Lap	17
12	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	76	+1 Lap	14
13	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	75	+2 Laps	19
14	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	75	+2 Laps	16
15	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	75	+2 Laps	15
16	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	75	+2 Laps	21
17	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	74	+3 Laps	20
18	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	74	+3 Laps	22
Ret	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	66	Oil leak	11
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	32	Hydraulics	18
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	18	Engine	12
Ret	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	0	Collision	9

Notes

• This was Heinz-Harald Frentzen's last race for the Jordan team.
• At the start,Mika Häkkinen and Jarno Trulli collided and both went wide with Trulli being punted into the wall and Häkkinen rejoining 17th.
• Michael Schumacher tried to jump David Coulthard at the second round of stops by going earlier than him. He did that and the two were side by side when Schumacher accelerated his car to full speed. They touched, and Schumacher took the place while Coulthard spun and dropped back three places.
• David Coulthard was running fourth but his engine failed on the last lap. He was classified seventh.

Standings after Grand Prix

Drivers

• 1. Michael Schumacher - 67
• 2. Ralf Schumacher - 64
• 3. Rubens Barrichello - 59
• 4. David Coulthard - 53
• 5. Juan Pablo Montoya - 43
• 6. Mika Häkkinen - 35
• 7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 33
• 8. Jarno Trulli - 23

Constructors

• 1. Ferrari - 126
• 2. Williams-BMW - 107
• 3. McLaren-Mercedes - 88
• 4. Jordan-Honda - 56