Japan 2001: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:32.484
2	Montoya	Williams	1:33.184	+0.700
3	Schumacher	Williams	1:33.297	+0.813
4	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:33.323	+0.839
5	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:33.662	+1.178
6	Fisichella	Benetton	1:33.830	+1.346
7	Coulthard	McLaren	1:33.916	+1.432
8	Trulli	Jordan	1:34.002	+1.518
9	Button	Benetton	1:34.375	+1.891
10	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:34.386	+1.902
11	Alesi	Jordan	1:34.420	+1.936
12	Räikkönen	Sauber	1:34.581	+2.097
13	Irvine	Jaguar	1:34.851	+2.367
14	Villeneuve	BAR	1:35.109	+2.625
15	Frentzen	Prost	1:35.132	+2.648
16	De la Rosa	Jaguar	1:35.639	+3.155
17	Panis	BAR	1:35.766	+3.282
18	Alonso	Minardi	1:36.410	+3.926
19	Enge	Prost	1:36.446	+3.962
20	Bernoldi	Arrows	1:36.885	+4.401
21	Verstappen	Arrows	1:36.973	+4.489
22	Yoong	Minardi	1:38.246	+5.762

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	1	53	1:27:33.298	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	2	53	+3.154	2	BMW	Michelin
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	53	+23.262	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
4	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	53	+35.539	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	4	53	+36.544	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
6	Ralf SchumacherFastest lap	Williams	3	53	+37.122	3	BMW	Michelin
7	Jenson Button	Benetton	9	53	+1:37.102	2	Renault	Michelin
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	8	52	+1 lap	2	Honda	Bridgestone
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	10	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Bridgestone
10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	14	52	+1 lap	2	Honda	Bridgestone
11	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	18	52	+1 lap	2	European	Michelin
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost	15	52	+1 lap	3	Acer	Michelin
13	Olivier Panis	BAR	17	51	+2 laps	2	Honda	Bridgestone
14	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	PL	51	+2 laps	3	Asiatech	Bridgestone
15	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	21	51	+2 laps	3	Asiatech	Bridgestone
16	Alex Yoong	Minardi	PL	50	+3 laps	2	European	Michelin
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	6	47	Gearbox	2	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar	16	45	Oil leak	2	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Tomáš Enge	Prost	19	42	Brakes	4	Acer	Michelin
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	13	24	Fuel rig	1	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber	12	5	Collision	0	Petronas	Bridgestone
DNF	Jean Alesi	Jordan	11	5	Collision	0	Honda	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Alonso18→11+7
BernoldiPL→14+6
Verstappen21→15+6
YoongPL→16+6
Coulthard7→3+4
Villeneuve14→10+4
Panis17→13+4
Frentzen15→12+3
Button9→7+2
Häkkinen5→4+1
Heidfeld10→9+1
Schumacher1→10
Montoya2→20
Trulli8→80
Barrichello4→5-1
Schumacher3→6-3
Fisichella6→17-11

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

Fastest pit stops

1Enge25.302R35
2Coulthard27.890R39
3Coulthard28.174R23
4Irvine28.285R23
5Barrichello28.534R41
6Frentzen28.720R38
7Häkkinen28.774R38
8Häkkinen28.918R24
9Barrichello28.936R15
10Montoya29.195R38

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher1818172 stops
Montoya2117152 stops
Coulthard2316142 stops
Häkkinen2414152 stops
Barrichello151412123 stops
Schumacher23610143 stops
Button2018152 stops
Trulli1617192 stops · +1 lap
Heidfeld1914192 stops · +1 lap
Villeneuve1915182 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

FisichellaGearbox, classified P17Benetton
De la RosaOil leakJaguar
EngeBrakesProst
IrvineFuel rigJaguar
RäikkönenCollisionSauber
AlesiCollisionJordan

This race in history

14 races here since 1987Won from pole: 5 of 14

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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

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