2001 German Grand Prix

  2001 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season
Hockenheimring (last modified in 1994)
Date	July 29, 2001
Official name	LXIII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.823 km (4.240 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 307.035 km (190.792 mi)
Weather	Partially cloudy, very hot, dry, Air Temp: 29°C
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:38:117
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Time	1:41:808
Podium
First	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2001 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheim on July 29, 2001. It was the 12th round of the 2001 Formula One season. Juan Pablo Montoya dominated qualifying and the first part of the race in his Williams car, until he retired after the first pit stop with a broken engine. The race was won by the other Williams driver Ralf Schumacher. Rubens Barrichello finished second in his Ferrari and Jacques Villeneuve finished third in his BAR-Honda.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	1:38.117	-
2	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:38.136	+0.019
3	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.811	+0.694
4	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:38.941	+0.824
5	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:39.574	+1.457
6	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:39.682	+1.565
7	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1:39.921	+1.804
8	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	1:40.072	+1.955
9	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:40.265	+2.148
10	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	1:40.322	+2.205
11	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:40.371	+2.254
12	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:40.437	+2.320
13	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	1:40.610	+2.493
14	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	1:40.740	+2.623
15	11	Ricardo Zonta	Jordan-Honda	1:41.174	+3.057
16	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	1:41.213	+3.096
17	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	1:41.299	+3.182
18	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	1:41.438	+3.321
19	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	1:41.668	+3.551
20	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	1:41.870	+3.753
21	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	1:41.913	+3.796
22	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	1:42.716	+4.599

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	45	1:18:17.873	2	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	45	+46.117	6	6
3	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	45	+1:02.806	12	4
4	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	45	+1:03.477	17	3
5	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	45	+1:05.454	18	2
6	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	45	+1:05.950	14	1
7	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	45	+1:17.527	13
8	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	44	+1 Lap	19
9	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	44	+1 Lap	20
10	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	44	+1 Lap	21
Ret	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	34	Hydraulics	10
Ret	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	27	Engine	5
Ret	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	26	Gearbox	22
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	24	Engine	1
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	23	Fuel Pressure	4
Ret	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	23	Spun off	16
Ret	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	16	Halfshaft	8
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	16	Fuel Pressure	11
Ret	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	13	Engine	3
Ret	11	Ricardo Zonta	Jordan-Honda	7	Collision	15
Ret	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	7
Ret	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	0	Collision	9

Notes

• First pole position: Juan Pablo Montoya
• Last podium: Jacques Villeneuve
• Last points (Team): Prost
• First and only points of 2001 for Jenson Button.
• The race was stopped on the first lap due to Luciano Burti's Prost hitting the back of the slow-starting Ferrari of Michael Schumacher. It was restarted over the original distance. Burti was launched several feet into the air during the incident, but escaped injury and made the restart. He eventually spun off on lap 24.
• The two Minardis started from the pit lane at the first start, but took their original grid positions at the second start.
• Heinz-Harald Frentzen was sacked by the Jordan team and forced to miss his home race.
• Ricardo Zonta replaced Frentzen for this race, having done the same in Canada earlier in the season.
• Last technical failure during a race on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari until the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix.
• It was the last time that both drivers from the Benetton team scored world championship points.
• Last Grand Prix at the old Hockenheimring.
• This was Jean Alesi's last race for the Prost team. He would take Frentzen's place at Jordan from the next race onwards, and Frentzen would take Alesi's place at Prost.

Standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 84 2 David Coulthard 47 3 Ralf Schumacher 41 4 Rubens Barrichello 40 5 Mika Häkkinen 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 124 2 McLaren-Mercedes 66 3 Williams-BMW 56 4 Sauber-Petronas 19 5 BAR-Honda 16

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