2001 Malaysian Grand Prix

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Results from the 2001 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix held at Sepang on March 18, 2001

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	55	1:47:34.801	1	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	55	23.66	2	6
3	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	55	28.555	8	4
4	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	55	46.543	9	3
5	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	55	48.233	3	2
6	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	55	48.606	4	1
7	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	55	+1:21.560	18
8	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	54	+1 Lap	5
9	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	54	+1 Lap	13
10	19	Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	54	+1 Lap	15
11	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	53	+2 Laps	17
12	23	Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	53	+2 Laps	19
13	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	52	+3 Laps	21
14	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	51	+4 Laps	20
Ret	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	31	Fuel Pressure	16
Ret	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	3	Spun off	7
Ret	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	3	Spun off	11
Ret	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	3	Spun off	22
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	3	Spun off	6
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	3	Water Leak	12
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1	Oil Leak	10
Ret	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	0	Driveshaft	14

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen 1m 40.962s

Four laps into the race rain started to fall. This rain soon became a monsoon with cars spinning off the track at every opportunity. The races defining moment came when the two Ferraris rejoined the race just ahead of the safety car, preventing themselves from being lapped. This allowed them to slowly follow the pack around the track on their Bridgestone intermediates which were less than suitable to the conditions. But as the track began to dry, the intermediates began to come into their own. The two ferraris scythed their way through the field with frightening speed. Michael Schumacher demonstrated the grip superiorty of his Bridgestone inters as he passed both McLarens along the straight! Predictibly this resulted in yet another Ferrari 1-2.

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