2001 British Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Great Britain 2001 was held on 15 July at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone place and was the eleventh round of the Formula 1 season 2001. Winner was Mika Häkkinen (McLaren -Mercedes) ahead of Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari) and Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari).
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
After the French Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher led the drivers' championship with 31 points ahead of David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher with 47 points ahead. Ferrari resulted in the constructors' championship with 52 points ahead of McLaren -Mercedes with 65 points ahead of Williams - BMW.
With Jacques Villeneuve, David Coulthard (each twice) and Michael Schumacher ( once) were three former winners of this Grand Prix.
Training
The first practice session was divided into two sections with a common timing. The first segment took place under dry conditions. Here first the Ferrari had the better lap times. In the second segment of the training, the McLaren pilots these times, however, undercut. Shortly before the end of the session it started to rain, so finally Mika Hakkinen had completed the fastest lap. He was followed by his team-mate David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello.
The two sections of the second free practice session took place under wet conditions. Here Michael Schumacher set the fastest time ahead of Heinz- Harald Frentzen and Mika Häkkinen.
Qualifying
The qualifying session was again held under dry weather conditions. Michael Schumacher set the fastest time here and secured his 40th pole position of his career. With just 82 thousandths of a second behind Mika Häkkinen to place on the grid, followed by David Coulthard.
Tarso Marques failed because of the 107- percent - time and did not qualify for the race.
Warm Up
In the warm-up David Coulthard drove the fastest time before Jarno Trulli and Mika Häkkinen.
Race
Mika Hakkinen won the race ahead of the Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. The remaining points were awarded to Juan Pablo Montoya and the two Sauber drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Nick Heidfeld, so the fourth position Sauber in the constructors championship strengthened.
It was Häkkinen's first victory of the season. Schumacher's closest rival Coulthard retired after a collision early in the race from, so that the larger the projection Schumacher in the championship by six points.
Comments of the first three riders
"This is a great feeling, I have long ceased on the podium at the top. I've always wanted to win at Silverstone because it is one of the home race for West McLaren Mercedes. The car ran perfectly and the strategy it was no less. "
"My car ran today, unfortunately, not as I would have liked. I had a few problems, especially at the entrance to the Copse curve where I slipped several times. The car was not well balanced and I could not get the maximum so. At that time mattered to me but just that I keep the car on the track. As Mika then drove next to me I had nothing to oppose him. The strategy was, as always, a decision which the team met together. Another tactic would not necessarily change my opinion on the race result something. With the new tires we had unfortunately only able to gather little experience because on Friday I had a set of tires slashed and then the changing weather approached us. So it was not easy to find a proper strategy. Today we were just here not fast enough, however, the look different again in the next race. Whatever the situation in the championship is even now, I want to continue to win races. "
"I'm satisfied with this result, because this is my first time at Silverstone on the podium. I won a couple of positions at the start and make a pretty late pit stop was the best thing today. The car was not as balanced as I would like it to be honest it was totally different than it was here in testing. I am therefore driven very carefully, but I was still fast. Even with a lot of fuel on board, I have beaten me well. Output of Beckett was my car well, so I was able to keep Williams behind me. I then came to my pit stop before Montoya returned to the track and stopped in front of him, which was also due to the second set of tires, which was better. At the end I was able to get some rest myself even. To have scored two podiums in two races, what more could you want? I'm really happy. "
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).