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2001 Australian Grand Prix

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2001 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 18 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date March 4, 2001
Official name Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Melbourne, Australia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.303 km (3.30 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.12 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:26.892
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:28.214 on lap 8
Podium
First Williams-BMW
Second Williams-BMW
Third McLaren-Mercedes

Qualifying

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World Champion Michael Schumacher started the defence of his title in style, with a dominant pole position, over half a second ahead of anyone else. David Coulthard edged Ralf Schumacher to take second. Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher's teammate looked lacklustre in fourth but was still ahead of debutant Juan Pablo Montoya and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Mika Häkkinen, whose engine blew up on his first run and got blocked by traffic on his last two runs still managed to set a time on his second run which was enough to beat Jarno Trulli in the battle for seventh.

Race

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From pole position, Michael Schumacher was unchallenged into the first corner but there was action behind, with Mika Häkkinen charging up and Ralf Schumacher pushing David Coulthard wide to take second. Rubens Barrichello dropped backwards, losing three places while Häkkinen made a superb pass on the outside of Juan Pablo Montoya into Turn 6. Schumacher was leading from Ralf, Coulthard, Häkkinen, Montoya, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Barrichello and Jarno Trulli. Coulthard waved teammate Häkkinen through at the first corner and he went after Ralf, making another superb overtaking manoeuvre, again on the outside of Turn 6. This put him right behind Schumacher, and he completed his charge by taking the lead by going up the inside of Schumacher at the start of lap 4. With a clear track, he set the fastest lap on lap 8, a time in which no one could beat at the end of the race but still Schumacher started to reel him back in. On lap 13, Schumacher retook the lead by passing up the inside on Turn 3.

The two stayed together and pitted on lap 17, but Häkkinen was slow and Schumacher rejoined a second ahead. Montoya pitted later than Coulthard and was ahead of him after the stops. Barrichello and Frentzen pitted together on lap 19 and Barrichello was shortfueled in order to get ahead. The plan worked. Schumacher and Häkkinen were first and second, with the gap stabilizing at a second until Häkkinen retired with transmission troubles on lap 24. Schumacher then increased his lead to 15 seconds but he coasted to a halt on the start-finish straight at the end of lap 37 with a hydraulic failure. The main interest was now in the form of Barrichello closing up on Coulthard. He was right on Coulthard's tail with 2 laps to go but was unable to pass. Ralf won with Montoya a fine second to have a Williams 1-2 to start the season. Coulthard held of Barrichello with Frentzen, Trulli, Jenson Button and Olivier Panis rounding off the point scorers.

After the race, Barrichello was given a 25-second time penalty for ignoring yellow flags in the race (he set his personal fastest lap on a lap in which there were yellow flags at Turn 11). This meant that he dropped from fourth to sixth, with Frentzen and Trulli promoted to fourth and fifth.

Classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 58 1:38:26.533 3 10
2 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 58 +17.514 5 8
3 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 58 +27.342 2 6
4 11 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda 58 +35.481 6 5
5 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda 58 +46.114 8 4
6 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 58 +52.765 4 3
7 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault 57 +1 Lap 9 2
8 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 57 +1 Lap 12 1
9 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 57 +1 Lap 17  
10 19 Brazil Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth 57 +1 Lap 13  
11 20 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-European 56 +2 Laps 21  
12 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 56 +2 Laps 18  
13 23 Argentina Gaston Mazzacane Prost-Acer 56 +2 Laps 20  
Ret 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 44 Gearbox 11  
Ret 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas 38 Spun off 14  
Ret 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 37 Hydraulics 1  
Ret 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 35 Engine 22  
Ret 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 32 Suspension 10  
Ret 22 France Jean Alesi Prost-Acer 28 Collision 15  
Ret 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 28 Collision 16  
Ret 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 23 Transmission 7  
Ret 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1 Spun off 19  

Notes

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Standings after Grand Prix

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