Гран-при Испании Формулы-1 2001 года: Победа Шумахера

Fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season

The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season. The 65 lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving a Williams car with Jacques Villeneuve third for the BAR team. The race was Schumacher's third win of the season, and the result that he led the Drivers' Championship, eight points ahead of Coulthard and twenty two ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship, eighteen points ahead of McLaren, and thirty two ahead of Williams, with 12 races of the season remaining. This race marked the return of electronic driver aids, which were made legal and reintroduced by the FIA at this race, and this event marked the first time since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix in which the use of traction control, launch control, and fully automatic gearboxes were all permitted. Formula One cars would not race without these systems again until the 2004 and 2008 Australian Grand Prix, respectively.

The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Benetton, BAR, Jordan, Arrows, Sauber, Jaguar, Minardi and Prost. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading on 40 points and McLaren were second on 30 points, with Williams third on 12 points. There were two driver changes heading into the race. Having been in one of the two Jaguar cars since the start of the season, Luciano Burti was released from the team and replaced by Pedro de la Rosa. The second driver change was Burti moving to the Prost team replacing Gastón Mazzacane. Prost attempted to replace Mazzacane with Jordan test driver Ricardo Zonta, among others.

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. The first Friday session was held in dry and sunny conditions, becoming cloudier during the day. Coulthard was fastest in the first session, with a time of 1:20.107 that was half a second faster than Barrichello. Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Häkkinen and Olivier Panis rounded out the top six. In the second practice session, Coulthard, was quickest with a time of 1:20.107, ahead of Eddie Irvine, Barrichello, Panis, Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen, who were within a second of Coulthard's time. The Saturday morning sessions were again held in dry and sunny conditions. Michael Schumacher was quickest in the third practice session with a time of 1:18.634; Häkkinen was second fastest despite going off into the gravel late in the session. Coulthard, Barrichello, Jarno Trulli and Frentzen rounded off the top six. Michael Schumacher again set the fastest time in the fourth practice session, with a time identical to his fastest in the third practice session that was less than five thousands of a second faster than Barrichello. Coulthard was just off both Ferrari drivers pace. The Sauber drivers were running quicker—Kimi Räikkönen in fourth and Heidfeld in fifth—with Trulli completing the top six in his Jordan.

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Each driver was limited to twelve laps. Coulthard qualified third, though he struggled with the balance on his car, he was confident on beginning the race on the racing line. Barrichello qualified fourth, half a second behind Michael Schumacher, having battled both McLaren drivers for time during the late stages of qualifying. Ralf Schumacher qualified fifth. Trulli, Jacques Villeneuve, Frentzen, Räikkönen and Heidfeld rounded out the top ten.

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:18.201 2 3 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:18.286 +0.085 3 4 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1:18.635 +0.434 4 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:18.674 +0.473 5 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams BMW 1:19.016 +0.815 6 12 Jarno Trulli Jordan Honda 1:19.093 +0.892 7 10 Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 1:19.122 +0.921 8 11 Heinz Harald Frentzen Jordan Honda 1:19.150 +0.949 9 17 Kimi Räikkönen Sauber Petronas 1:19.229 +1.028 10 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber Petronas 1:19.232 +1.031 11 9 Olivier Panis BAR Honda 1:19.479 +1.278 12 6 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams BMW 1:19.660 +1.459 13 18 Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 1:20.326 +2.125 14 23 Luciano Burti Prost Acer 1:20.585 +2.384 15 22 Jean Alesi Prost Acer 1:20.601 +2.400 16 15 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows Asiatech 1:20.696 +2.495 17 14 Jos Verstappen Arrows Asiatech 1:20.737 +2.536 18 21 Fernando Alonso Minardi European 1:21.037 +2.837 19 7 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Renault 1:21.065 +2.864 20 19 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth 1:21.338 +3.137 21 8 Jenson Button Benetton Renault 1:21.916 +3.715 22 20 Tarso Marques Minardi European 1:22.522 +4.321107% time: 1:23.675Source: