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1 2001 European Grand Prix
2 Qualifying
3 Race
4 Classification
5 Notes
- 5.1 Standings after Grand Prix

[edit] 2001 European Grand Prix

**2001 European Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 4 of 18 in the 2001 Formula One season.
The Nürburgring (GP track)
Date	15 April 2001
Official name	LI Grand Prix of Europe
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.199 mi / 5.148 km
Distance	60 laps, 191.919 mi / 308.863 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1.32.582
Fastest lap
Driver	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Time	1:32.771 on lap 53
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda

[edit] Qualifying

The two Ferraris were dominant and locked out the front row with no trouble, with Rubens Barrichello taking pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher did a good job to take third and beat the two McLarens of David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen down to fourth and fifth respectively. Jarno Trulli did a good job to beat teammate Heinz-Harald Frentzen once again while Juan Pablo Montoya, racing in a spare chassis after a shunt in practice had to be content with eighth.

[edit] Race

Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard had no trouble maintaining their positions but Mika Häkkinen bumpstarted and dropped behind Jarno Trulli, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Juan Pablo Montoya. Barrichello led from Schumacher, Ralf, Coulthard, Trulli, Frentzen, Montoya and Häkkinen. Barrichello and Schumacher quickly pulled away from the rest. On lap 12, Coulthard's engine blew and he was out. Soon after, Montoya tried to pass Frentzen, locked up, went wide forcing Frentzen to do so as well in order to take avoiding actions allowing Häkkinen to go up to sixth. During the first round of stops, Häkkinen jumped Trulli and Montoya jumped Frentzen. The order after the stops was Barrichello ahead of Schumacher, Ralf, Häkkinen, Trulli, Montoya, Frentzen and Jacques Villeneuve.

Nothing changed until lap 31 when Montoya tried to pass Trulli but hit the apex and spun off into the gravel trap and into retirement. On lap 39, Barrichello's left rear tyre blew before his stop and he was forced to coast into the pitlane. Thus, by the time, the others had pitted, he rejoined behind all of them, down in sixth. On lap 42, Frentzen passed Trulli at the chicane. Two laps later, Schumacher's suspension failed, sending him into the wall. He was out. This left Ralf 3 seconds ahead of Häkkinen who was closing on him. With 8 laps to go, Barrichello passed Trulli and closed up on Frentzen. He then dropped back because of excessive tyre wear on his right rear. With 3 laps to go, at the front, Häkkinen was right on Ralf's tail. On the penultimate lap, at the chicane, he took the inside line and went past to take the lead. Behind, Barrichello retired when he spun into the gravel trap because his right rear also burst. Häkkinen took a superb win to finally open up his account for the season ahead of Ralf, Frentzen, Trulli, Villeneuve, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jenson Button and Kimi Räikkönen.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	60	1:30:44.817	5	10
2	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	60	+0.981	3	8
3	11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Honda	60	+34.547	7	6
4	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	60	+43.857	6	5
5	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	59	+1 Lap	9	4
6	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	59	+1 Lap	12	3
7	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	59	+1 Lap	10	2
8	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	59	+1 Lap	14	1
9	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	58	Tyre	1
10	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	58	+2 Laps	15
11	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	58	+2 Laps	16
12	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	58	+2 Laps	13
13	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	58	+2 Laps	20
14	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	57	+3 Laps	19
15	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	57	+3 Laps	22
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	51	Gearbox	11
Ret	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	46	Hydraulics	21
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	43	Suspension	2
Ret	23	Gaston Mazzacane	Prost-Acer	39	Collision	17
Ret	19	Luciano Burti	Jaguar-Cosworth	39	Collision	18
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	30	Spun off	8
Ret	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	11	Engine	4

[edit] Notes

Lap Leaders: Rubens Barrichello 39 (1-39), Michael Schumacher 4 (40-43), Ralf Schumacher 15 (44-58) and Mika Häkkinen 2 (59-60)
Last Race: Gaston Mazzacane
This was Mika Häkkinen's first points of the season.
The blow up of David Coulthard's engine was the third Mercedes engine to blow up in three races.
Mika Häkkinen made a superb passing manoeuvre on the outside of Ralf Schumacher on the penultimate lap to win.
This was Luciano Burti's last race for the Jaguar team before he moved to the Prost team, replacing Gaston Mazzacane.