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French Grand Prix

Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 2001

Round 10 of 17Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJul 1 200172 laps

Podium

RSCWilliams

MSCFerrari

BARFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:33:35.636 from P2

PoleRSC1:12.989

Fastest lapCOU1:16.088 on lap 53

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers17 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	72	1:33:35.636	10	1:16.286	2
2	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1	▼1	72	+10.399s	6	1:16.585	2
3	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	8	▲5	72	+16.381s	4	1:16.181	3
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3	▼1	72	+17.106s	3	1:16.088	3
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	5	–	72	+68.285s	2	1:17.369	2
6	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	▲3	71	+1 lap	1	1:17.538	2
7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	13	▲6	71	+1 lap		1:17.311	2
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	7	▼1	71	+1 lap		1:17.540	2
9	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	11	▲2	71	+1 lap		1:18.250	2
10	BURLuciano Burti	Prost	15	▲5	71	+1 lap		1:18.253	2
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	16	▲5	71	+1 lap		1:17.968	2
12	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	19	▲7	70	+2 laps		1:18.817	2
13	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	18	▲5	70	+2 laps		1:18.662	2
14	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Jaguar	PL		70	+2 laps		1:17.508	2
15	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	22	▲7	69	+3 laps		1:19.608	2
16	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	17	▲1	68	+4 laps		1:18.359	2
17	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	21	▲4	65	+7 laps		1:19.199	1
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	12		54	Engine		1:17.304	2
DNF	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6		52	Engine		1:16.355	2
DNF	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	20		17	Engine		1:19.181
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	10		5	Engine		1:18.181
DNS	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4		0	Gearbox		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BAR	21	23.6s
2	MSC	25	24.2s
3	COU	51	24.2s
4	BAR	54	24.3s
5	FIS	20	24.3s
6	PAN	23	24.7s
7	DLR	28	24.7s
8	BAR	36	24.7s
9	TRU	47	25.2s
10	ALE	22	25.3s
11	ALE	47	25.3s
12	RSC	44	25.4s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 39 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:12.989
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:12.999	+0.010s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:13.186	+0.197s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:13.268	+0.279s
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	1:13.310	+0.321s
6	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:13.625	+0.636s
7	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:13.815	+0.826s
8	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:13.867	+0.878s
9	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:14.095	+1.106s
10	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:14.096	+1.107s
11	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	1:14.181	+1.192s
12	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:14.441	+1.452s
13	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	1:14.536	+1.547s
14	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:15.020	+2.031s
15	BURLuciano Burti	Prost	1:15.072	+2.083s
16	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:15.220	+2.231s
17	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	1:15.420	+2.431s
18	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	1:15.707	+2.718s
19	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	1:15.774	+2.785s
20	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	1:15.828	+2.839s
21	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	1:16.039	+3.050s
22	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:16.500	+3.511s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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

Previous winners here

2000	David Coulthard	McLaren
1999	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan
1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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