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Australian Grand Prix

2001 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 17Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 4 200158 laps

Podium

COUMcLaren

MSCFerrari

BARFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:38:26.533 from P1

PoleMSC1:26.892

Fastest lapMSC1:28.214 on lap 34

Pit stops20recorded stops

Finishers14 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	58	1:38:26.533	10	1:28.214	1
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	6	▲4	58	+1.718s	6	1:28.838	1
3	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	▼1	58	+33.491s	4	1:29.060	1
4	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	10	▲6	58	+71.479s	3	1:30.317	1
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	4	▼1	58	+72.807s	2	1:30.266	1
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	13	▲7	58	+84.143s	1	1:30.229	1
7	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	9	▲2	58	+87.050s		1:30.199	1
8	BURLuciano Burti	Jaguar	21	▲13	57	+1 lap		1:30.903	1
9	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	14	▲5	57	+1 lap		1:31.030	1
10	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	15	▲5	57	+1 lap		1:31.999	2
11	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	12	▲1	57	+1 lap		1:31.267	2
12	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	19	▲7	56	+2 laps		1:32.043	2
13	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	17	▲4	55	+3 laps		1:32.407	2
14	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	16	▲2	52	+6 laps		1:32.001	2
DNF	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	11		40	Engine		1:29.606
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	7		38	Clutch		1:30.432	1
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3		25	Suspension		1:29.612
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	5		4	Collision		1:34.406
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	8		4	Collision		1:34.432
DNF	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	22		3	Battery		1:38.249
DNF	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	18		2	Accident		1:36.689
DNF	MAZGastón Mazzacane	Prost	20		0	Brakes		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	FIS	50	26.0s
2	FRE	37	28.1s
3	HEI	37	28.2s
4	COU	41	28.5s
5	VER	14	28.5s
6	ALO	32	28.6s
7	BAR	39	28.7s
8	MSC	37	28.7s
9	PAN	40	28.8s
10	IRV	39	28.9s
11	ALE	35	29.0s
12	VER	38	29.1s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 20 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.892
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:27.263	+0.371s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:27.461	+0.569s
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:27.658	+0.766s
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:27.719	+0.827s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.010	+1.118s
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	1:28.377	+1.485s
8	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:28.435	+1.543s
9	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	1:28.518	+1.626s
10	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:28.615	+1.723s
11	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:28.738	+1.846s
12	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:28.965	+2.073s
13	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	1:28.993	+2.101s
14	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	1:29.893	+3.001s
15	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	1:29.934	+3.042s
16	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	1:30.035	+3.143s
17	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:30.209	+3.317s
18	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	1:30.520	+3.628s
19	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	1:30.657	+3.765s
20	MAZGastón Mazzacane	Prost	1:30.798	+3.906s
21	BURLuciano Burti	Jaguar	1:30.978	+4.086s
22	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:33.228	+6.336s

Albert Park Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2001. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	David Coulthard	McLaren
1996	Damon Hill	Williams

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