Australia 2001: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.892
2	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:27.263	+0.371
3	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:27.461	+0.569
4	Frentzen	Jordan	1:27.658	+0.766
5	Schumacher	Williams	1:27.719	+0.827
6	Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.010	+1.118
7	Trulli	Jordan	1:28.377	+1.485
8	Villeneuve	BAR	1:28.435	+1.543
9	Panis	BAR	1:28.518	+1.626
10	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:28.615	+1.723
11	Montoya	Williams	1:28.738	+1.846
12	Irvine	Jaguar	1:28.965	+2.073
13	Räikkönen	Sauber	1:28.993	+2.101
14	Alesi	Prost	1:29.893	+3.001
15	Verstappen	Arrows	1:29.934	+3.042
16	Button	Benetton	1:30.035	+3.143
17	Fisichella	Benetton	1:30.209	+3.317
18	Bernoldi	Arrows	1:30.520	+3.628
19	Alonso	Minardi	1:30.657	+3.765
20	Mazzacane	Prost	1:30.798	+3.906
21	Burti	Jaguar	1:30.978	+4.086
NC	Marques	Minardi	1:33.228	+6.336

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	58	1:38:26.533	1	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	6	58	+1.718	1	Mercedes	Bridgestone
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	58	+33.491	1	Ferrari	Bridgestone
4	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	10	58	+1:11.479	1	Petronas	Bridgestone
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	4	58	+1:12.807	1	Honda	Bridgestone
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber	13	58	+1:24.143	1	Petronas	Bridgestone
7	Olivier Panis	BAR	9	58	+1:27.050	1	Honda	Bridgestone
8	Luciano Burti	Jaguar	21	57	+1 lap	1	Cosworth	Michelin
9	Jean Alesi	Prost	14	57	+1 lap	1	Acer	Michelin
10	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	15	57	+1 lap	2	Asiatech	Bridgestone
11	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	12	57	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
12	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	19	56	+2 laps	2	European	Michelin
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	17	55	+3 laps	2	Renault	Michelin
14	Jenson Button	Benetton	16	52	Electrical	2	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	11	40	Engine	0	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	7	38	Clutch	1	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	25	Suspension	0	Mercedes	Bridgestone
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	4	Collision	0	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	8	4	Collision	0	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	22	3	Battery	0	European	Michelin
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	18	2	Accident	0	Asiatech	Bridgestone
DNF	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost	20	0	Brakes	0	Acer	Michelin

Race

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Places gained

Burti21→8+13
Räikkönen13→6+7
Alonso19→12+7
Heidfeld10→4+6
Alesi14→9+5
Verstappen15→10+5
Coulthard6→2+4
Fisichella17→13+4
Panis9→7+2
Button16→14+2
Irvine12→11+1
Schumacher1→10
Barrichello2→3-1
Frentzen4→5-1

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Fisichella25.972R50
2Frentzen28.142R37
3Heidfeld28.247R37
4Coulthard28.516R41
5Verstappen28.519R14
6Alonso28.632R32
7Barrichello28.658R39
8Schumacher28.717R37
9Panis28.763R40
10Irvine28.852R39

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher37211 stop
Coulthard41171 stop
Barrichello39191 stop
Heidfeld37211 stop
Frentzen37211 stop
Räikkönen36221 stop
Panis40181 stop
Burti36211 stop · +1 lap
Alesi35221 stop · +1 lap
Verstappen1424192 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

ButtonElectrical, classified P14Benetton
MontoyaEngineWilliams
TrulliClutchJordan
HäkkinenSuspensionMcLaren
SchumacherCollisionWilliams
VilleneuveCollisionBAR
MarquesBatteryMinardi
BernoldiAccidentArrows
MazzacaneBrakesProst

This race in history

5 races here since 1996Won from pole: 1 of 5

Win from furthest back (P6): Eddie Irvine 1999

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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