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Malaysian Grand Prix

2001 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix

Round 2 of 17Sepang International Circuit, SepangMar 18 200155 laps

Podium

BARFerrari

MSCFerrari

COUMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:47:34.801 from P1

PoleMSC1:35.220

Fastest lapHAK1:40.962 on lap 48

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers14 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	–	55	1:47:34.801	10	1:41.833	2
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	–	55	+23.660s	6	1:42.037	3
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	8	▲5	55	+28.555s	4	1:42.839	2
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	9	▲5	55	+46.543s	3	1:42.119	2
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	3	▼2	55	+48.233s	2	1:41.503	3
6	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	▼2	55	+48.606s	1	1:40.962	3
7	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	18	▲11	55	+81.560s		1:43.029	3
8	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	5	▼3	54	+1 lap		1:43.559	3
9	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	13	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:43.853	2
10	BURLuciano Burti	Jaguar	15	▲5	54	+1 lap		1:43.697	2
11	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	17	▲6	53	+2 laps		1:44.891	2
12	MAZGastón Mazzacane	Prost	19	▲7	53	+2 laps		1:43.991	3
13	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	21	▲8	52	+3 laps		1:45.585	5
14	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	20	▲6	51	+4 laps		1:46.016	2
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	16		31	Fuel pressure		1:46.982	2
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	7		3	Spun off		1:43.470
DNF	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	11		3	Spun off		1:45.328
DNF	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	22		3	Spun off		1:47.294
DNF	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	PL		3	Spun off		1:43.926
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	12		3	Water leak		1:51.532
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	10		1	Engine		–
DNF	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	14		0	Driveshaft		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	43	33.3s
2	TRU	23	33.5s
3	HAK	18	33.5s
4	VER	22	34.3s
5	HAK	40	34.4s
6	BAR	41	34.5s
7	RSC	38	34.9s
8	TRU	39	35.1s
9	COU	25	35.1s
10	ALE	23	35.3s
11	FRE	21	35.4s
12	ALO	31	36.4s

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

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:35.220
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:35.319	+0.099s
3	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:35.511	+0.291s
4	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.040	+0.820s
5	TRUJarno Trulli	Jordan	1:36.180	+0.960s
6	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	Williams	1:36.218	+0.998s
7	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:36.397	+1.177s
8	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:36.417	+1.197s
9	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:36.578	+1.358s
10	PANOlivier Panis	BAR	1:36.681	+1.461s
11	HEINick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:36.913	+1.693s
12	IRVEddie Irvine	Jaguar	1:37.140	+1.920s
13	ALEJean Alesi	Prost	1:37.406	+2.186s
14	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Sauber	1:37.728	+2.508s
15	BURLuciano Burti	Jaguar	1:38.035	+2.815s
16	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:38.086	+2.866s
17	BUTJenson Button	Benetton	1:38.258	+3.038s
18	VERJos Verstappen	Arrows	1:38.509	+3.289s
19	MAZGastón Mazzacane	Prost	1:39.006	+3.786s
20	MARTarso Marques	Minardi	1:39.714	+4.494s
21	ALOFernando Alonso	Minardi	1:40.249	+5.029s
22	BEREnrique Bernoldi	Arrows	–

Sepang International Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

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