France 2001: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Williams	1:12.989
2	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:12.999	+0.010
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:13.186	+0.197
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:13.268	+0.279
5	Trulli	Jordan	1:13.310	+0.321
6	Montoya	Williams	1:13.625	+0.636
7	Frentzen	Jordan	1:13.815	+0.826
8	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:13.867	+0.878
9	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:14.095	+1.106
10	Villeneuve	BAR	1:14.096	+1.107
11	Panis	BAR	1:14.181	+1.192
12	Irvine	Jaguar	1:14.441	+1.452
13	Räikkönen	Sauber	1:14.536	+1.547
14	De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:15.020	+2.031
15	Burti	Prost	1:15.072	+2.083
16	Fisichella	Benetton	1:15.220	+2.231
17	Button	Benetton	1:15.420	+2.431
18	Verstappen	Arrows	1:15.707	+2.718
19	Alesi	Prost	1:15.774	+2.785
20	Bernoldi	Arrows	1:15.828	+2.839
21	Alonso	Minardi	1:16.039	+3.050
22	Marques	Minardi	1:16.500	+3.511

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 Schumacher	Ferrari	2	72	1:33:35.636	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1	72	+10.399	2	BMW	Michelin
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	8	72	+16.381	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
4	David CoulthardFastest lap	McLaren	3	72	+17.106	3	Mercedes	Bridgestone
5	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	5	72	+1:08.285	2	Honda	Bridgestone
6	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	9	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber	13	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	7	71	+1 lap	2	Honda	Bridgestone
9	Olivier Panis	BAR	11	71	+1 lap	2	Honda	Bridgestone
10	Luciano Burti	Prost	15	71	+1 lap	2	Acer	Michelin
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	16	71	+1 lap	2	Renault	Michelin
12	Jean Alesi	Prost	19	70	+2 laps	2	Acer	Michelin
13	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	18	70	+2 laps	2	Asiatech	Bridgestone
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	PL	70	+2 laps	2	Cosworth	Michelin
15	Tarso Marques	Minardi	22	69	+3 laps	2	European	Michelin
16	Jenson Button	Benetton	17	68	Fuel pressure	2	Renault	Michelin
17	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	65	Engine	1	European	Michelin
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	12	54	Engine	2	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	52	Engine	2	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	20	17	Engine	0	Asiatech	Bridgestone
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	10	5	Engine	0	Honda	Bridgestone
DNS	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4		Gearbox	0	Mercedes	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Alesi19→12+7
Marques22→15+7
Räikkönen13→7+6
Barrichello8→3+5
Burti15→10+5
Fisichella16→11+5
Verstappen18→13+5
Alonso21→17+4
Heidfeld9→6+3
Panis11→9+2
Schumacher2→1+1
Button17→16+1
Trulli5→50
De la RosaPL→140
Schumacher1→2-1
Coulthard3→4-1
Frentzen7→8-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Barrichello23.585R21
2Schumacher24.167R25
3Coulthard24.232R51
4Barrichello24.262R54
5Fisichella24.324R20
6Panis24.669R23
7De la Rosa24.712R28
8Barrichello24.747R36
9Trulli25.172R47
10Alesi25.312R22

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher2520272 stops
Schumacher2420282 stops
Barrichello211518183 stops
Coulthard26619213 stops
Trulli2522252 stops
Heidfeld2121292 stops · +1 lap
Räikkönen1525312 stops · +1 lap
Frentzen2422252 stops · +1 lap
Panis2322262 stops · +1 lap
Burti2523232 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

ButtonFuel pressure, classified P16Benetton
AlonsoEngine, classified P17Minardi
IrvineEngineJaguar
MontoyaEngineWilliams
BernoldiEngineArrows
VilleneuveEngineBAR
HäkkinenGearboxMcLaren

This race in history

10 races here since 1991Won from pole: 2 of 10

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

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

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