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2001 Hungarian Grand Prix

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2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 18 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
Hungaroring (GP track)
Hungaroring (GP track)
Race details
Date July 29, 2001
Official name XXII Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.38 km (2.72 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 306.66 km (190.55 miles)
Pole position
Driver Williams-BMW
Time 1:21.261
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:21.693 on lap 69
Podium
First Williams-BMW
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari

Qualifying

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It was clear from the word go that Ferrari, who were almost always dominant were struggling for grip and Juan Pablo Montoya used that opportunity to take pole position well ahead of the field. David Coulthard in second was over seven tenths behind with Michael Schumacher taking third after a superhuman effort. Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a fine fourth in his last race for Jordan, pipping championship leader Ralf Schumacher down to fifth. The major surprise in qualifying was Jos Verstappen who did an extraordinary job to qualify sixth, beating the struggling Rubens Barrichello down to seventh. Mika Häkkinen was eighth, his qualifying poor as usual.

Race

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Juan Pablo Montoya, from pole position kept the lead while behind, Heinz-Harald Frentzen jumped title contenders David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Championship leader Ralf Schumacher kept fifth with Rubens Barrichello get ahead of the qualifying hero, Jos Verstappen. Behind, Mika Häkkinen locked wheels with Jarno Trulli, sending Trulli into the wall while Häkkinen was down in 17th after a trip through the gravel. At the end of the first lap, Montoya led Frentzen, Coulthard, Schumacher, Ralf, Barrichello, Verstappen and Jenson Button. Montoya quickly pulled up a gap, with Frentzen holding up Coulthard, Schumacher, Barrichello and Ralf until the first round of stops. During the stops, both Coulthard and Schumacher jumped him and set off after Montoya, who was 10 seconds up the road. On lap 25, Ralf ran straight into the back of Frentzen and lost his front wing.

During the second round of stops, Schumacher pitted before Coulthard in order to make a try to jump him. Coulthard responded by pitting a lap later and came ahead of Schumacher only for Schumacher to try to pass him. They touched, and while Schumacher took second, Coulthard spun and dropped behind both Frentzen and Barrichello. Barrichello took third on lap 44, passing Frentzen at Turn 1. Montoya kept his lead to 8.2 second to Schumacher after the third round of stops, while behind Frentzen did a superb job to keep ahead of Coulthard only for Coulthard to pass him after a few laps, undoing his team's fine job. The order was now settled down until Button retired from sixth when oil leaked out of his car, putting him out and giving eighth place and the final point to the recovering Ralf. On the last lap, Coulthard's engine blew up in flames from fourth, forcing him to retire. Montoya took his second career victory ahead of Schumacher who was happy to take the championship lead, Barrichello, Frentzen, Verstappen, Jacques Villeneuve, Coulthard (who was classified seventh) and Ralf.

Classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 77 1:41:49.675 1 10
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 77 +7.475 3 8
3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 77 +21.984 7 6
4 11 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda 77 +34.050 4 5
5 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 77 +56.947 6 4
6 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 77 +1:17.225 10 3
7 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 76 Engine 2 2
8 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 76 +1 Lap 5 1
9 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 76 +1 Lap 8  
10 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 76 +1 Lap 13  
11 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 76 +1 Lap 17  
12 22 France Jean Alesi Prost-Acer 76 +1 Lap 14  
13 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas 75 +2 Laps 19  
14 19 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 75 +2 Laps 16  
15 23 Brazil Luciano Burti Prost-Acer 75 +2 Laps 15  
16 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 75 +2 Laps 21  
17 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 74 +3 Laps 20  
18 20 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-European 74 +3 Laps 22  
Ret 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault 66 Oil leak 11  
Ret 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 32 Hydraulics 18  
Ret 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 18 Engine 12  
Ret 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda 0 Collision 9  

Notes

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  • This was Heinz-Harald Frentzen's last race for the Jordan team.
  • At the start,Mika Häkkinen and Jarno Trulli collided and both went wide with Trulli being punted into the wall and Häkkinen rejoining 17th.
  • Michael Schumacher tried to jump David Coulthard at the second round of stops by going earlier than him. He did that and the two were side by side when Schumacher accelerated his car to full speed. They touched, and Schumacher took the place while Coulthard spun and dropped back three places.
  • David Coulthard was running fourth but his engine failed on the last lap. He was classified seventh.

Standings after Grand Prix

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Drivers

Constructors