2001 Spanish Grand Prix
Fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
2001 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 29 April 2001 | ||||
Official name | XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana | ||||
Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1] | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.730 km (2.939 miles) | ||||
Distance | 65 laps, 307.323 km (190.962 miles) | ||||
Weather | Overcast, Mild, Dry, Air Temp: 18°C | ||||
Attendance | 91,000 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:18.201 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:21.151 on lap 25 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Williams-BMW | ||||
Third | BAR-Honda | ||||
Lap leaders |
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.[2][3][4][5]