Malaysia 2001: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:35.220
2	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:35.319	+0.099
3	Schumacher	Williams	1:35.511	+0.291
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.040	+0.820
5	Trulli	Jordan	1:36.180	+0.960
6	Montoya	Williams	1:36.218	+0.998
7	Villeneuve	BAR	1:36.397	+1.177
8	Coulthard	McLaren	1:36.417	+1.197
9	Frentzen	Jordan	1:36.578	+1.358
10	Panis	BAR	1:36.681	+1.461
11	Heidfeld	Sauber	1:36.913	+1.693
12	Irvine	Jaguar	1:37.140	+1.920
13	Alesi	Prost	1:37.406	+2.186
14	Räikkönen	Sauber	1:37.728	+2.508
15	Burti	Jaguar	1:38.035	+2.815
16	Fisichella	Benetton	1:38.086	+2.866
17	Button	Benetton	1:38.258	+3.038
18	Verstappen	Arrows	1:38.509	+3.289
19	Mazzacane	Prost	1:39.006	+3.786
20	Marques	Minardi	1:39.714	+4.494
21	Alonso	Minardi	1:40.249	+5.029
22	Bernoldi	Arrows

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	55	1:47:34.801	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	55	+23.660	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	8	55	+28.555	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	9	55	+46.543	2	Honda	Bridgestone
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	3	55	+48.233	3	BMW	Michelin
6	Mika HäkkinenFastest lap	McLaren	4	55	+48.606	3	Mercedes	Bridgestone
7	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	18	55	+1:21.560	3	Asiatech	Bridgestone
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	5	54	+1 lap	3	Honda	Bridgestone
9	Jean Alesi	Prost	13	54	+1 lap	2	Acer	Michelin
10	Luciano Burti	Jaguar	15	54	+1 lap	2	Cosworth	Michelin
11	Jenson Button	Benetton	17	53	+2 laps	2	Renault	Michelin
12	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost	19	53	+2 laps	3	Acer	Michelin
13	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	52	+3 laps	5	European	Michelin
14	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	51	+4 laps	2	European	Michelin
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	16	31	Fuel pressure	2	Renault	Michelin
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	7	3	Spun off	0	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	11	3	Spun off	0	Petronas	Bridgestone
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	22	3	Spun off	0	Asiatech	Bridgestone
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	PL	3	Spun off	0	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	12	3	Water leak	0	Cosworth	Michelin
DNF	Olivier Panis	BAR	10	1	Engine	0	Honda	Bridgestone
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber	14	0	Driveshaft	0	Petronas	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen18→7+11
Alonso21→13+8
Mazzacane19→12+7
Button17→11+6
Marques20→14+6
Coulthard8→3+5
Frentzen9→4+5
Burti15→10+5
Alesi13→9+4
Schumacher1→10
Barrichello2→20
Schumacher3→5-2
Häkkinen4→6-2
Trulli5→8-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Verstappen33.263R43
2Trulli33.459R23
3Häkkinen33.462R18
4Verstappen34.323R22
5Häkkinen34.383R40
6Barrichello34.462R41
7Schumacher34.925R38
8Trulli35.076R39
9Coulthard35.080R25
10Alesi35.348R23

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

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher426252 stops
Barrichello41720143 stops
Coulthard421302 stops
Frentzen417342 stops
Schumacher41420173 stops
Häkkinen41422153 stops
Verstappen41821123 stops
Trulli41916153 stops · +1 lap
Alesi419312 stops · +1 lap
Burti320312 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

FisichellaFuel pressureBenetton
VilleneuveSpun offBAR
HeidfeldSpun offSauber
BernoldiSpun offArrows
MontoyaSpun offWilliams
IrvineWater leakJaguar
PanisEngineBAR
RäikkönenDriveshaftSauber

This race in history

2 races here since 1999Won from pole: 1 of 2

Win from furthest back (P2): 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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