Race · Round 14 of 17 · 2 September 2001

2001 Belgian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 9 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Michael Schumacher set a new record of 52 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Juan Pablo Montoya
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2213 classified

Two sources disagree about this race, in 4 places

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DNFagainstDNS

F1DB's race result, which the race records follow, has Alonso retiring with no lap completed, from his place on the original grid, which counts as a start. The race was stopped on lap five for Irvine's and Burti's accident, declared null and void, and run again from the start over 36 laps. He retired from the first race with a broken gearshaft and took no part in the second. The race's Wikipedia article, citing the 2001 Formula One Annual, says the official results list Raikkonen, Irvine, Burti and Alonso as not having started, because each took part only in the voided race. The FIA's provisional race classification after 36 laps, and formula1.com's result, list none of the four - nor Heidfeld, who retired without completing a lap of the restarted race - beside 13 classified and 4 not classified, so neither settles the reading. The race result is kept as F1DB publishes it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Belgian_Grand_Prix; https://web.archive.org/web/20050302104816/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/1804534710__Belgium_Class_2001.pdf; https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2001/races/716/belgium/race-result

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DNFagainstDNS

F1DB's race result, which the race records follow, has Irvine retiring with no lap completed, from his place on the original grid, which counts as a start. The race was stopped on lap five for Irvine's and Burti's accident, declared null and void, and run again from the start over 36 laps. His Jaguar lost its right-hand wheels in the accident, and he took no part in the second race. The race's Wikipedia article, citing the 2001 Formula One Annual, says the official results list Raikkonen, Irvine, Burti and Alonso as not having started, because each took part only in the voided race. The FIA's provisional race classification after 36 laps, and formula1.com's result, list none of the four - nor Heidfeld, who retired without completing a lap of the restarted race - beside 13 classified and 4 not classified, so neither settles the reading. The race result is kept as F1DB publishes it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Belgian_Grand_Prix; https://web.archive.org/web/20050302104816/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/1804534710__Belgium_Class_2001.pdf; https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2001/races/716/belgium/race-result

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DNFagainstDNS

F1DB's race result, which the race records follow, has Burti retiring with no lap completed, from his place on the original grid, which counts as a start. The race was stopped on lap five for Irvine's and Burti's accident, declared null and void, and run again from the start over 36 laps. He was taken to hospital after the accident and took no part in the second race. The race's Wikipedia article, citing the 2001 Formula One Annual, says the official results list Raikkonen, Irvine, Burti and Alonso as not having started, because each took part only in the voided race. The FIA's provisional race classification after 36 laps, and formula1.com's result, list none of the four - nor Heidfeld, who retired without completing a lap of the restarted race - beside 13 classified and 4 not classified, so neither settles the reading. The race result is kept as F1DB publishes it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Belgian_Grand_Prix; https://web.archive.org/web/20050302104816/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/1804534710__Belgium_Class_2001.pdf; https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2001/races/716/belgium/race-result

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DNFagainstDNS

F1DB's race result, which the race records follow, has Raikkonen retiring with no lap completed, from his place on the original grid, which counts as a start. The race was stopped on lap five for Irvine's and Burti's accident, declared null and void, and run again from the start over 36 laps. He stopped in the first race with a transmission failure and took no part in the second. The race's Wikipedia article, citing the 2001 Formula One Annual, says the official results list Raikkonen, Irvine, Burti and Alonso as not having started, because each took part only in the voided race. The FIA's provisional race classification after 36 laps, and formula1.com's result, list none of the four - nor Heidfeld, who retired without completing a lap of the restarted race - beside 13 classified and 4 not classified, so neither settles the reading. The race result is kept as F1DB publishes it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Belgian_Grand_Prix; https://web.archive.org/web/20050302104816/http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/1804534710__Belgium_Class_2001.pdf; https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2001/races/716/belgium/race-result

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2001	3	36	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-16	9	36	Finished	6
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B201	8	36	Finished	4
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4-16	7	36	Finished	3
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2001	5	36	Finished	2
6	Jean Alesi	Jordan	EJ11	13	36	Finished	1
7	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW23	2	36	Finished	0
8	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	3	6	36	Finished	0
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	4	35	Finished	0
10	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	A22	19	35	Finished	0
11	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	3	11	35	Finished	0
12	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A22	21	35	Finished	0
13	Tarso Marques	Minardi	—	22	32	Finished	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	EJ11	16	31	Engine	0
DNF	Jenson Button	Benetton	B201	15	17	Accident	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW23	1	1	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	R2	10	1	Collision damage	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C20	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C20	12	0	Transmission	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	R2	17	0	Collision	0
DNF	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	18	0	Collision	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	—	20	0	Gearbox	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Michael Schumacher	3	1	36
David Coulthard	9	2	36
Giancarlo Fisichella	8	3	36
Mika Hakkinen	7	4	36
Rubens Barrichello	5	5	36
Jean Alesi	13	6	36
Ralf Schumacher	2	7	36
Jacques Villeneuve	6	8	36
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	9	35
Jos Verstappen	19	10	35
Olivier Panis	11	11	35
Enrique Bernoldi	21	12	35
Tarso Marques	22	13	32
Jarno Trulli	16	DNF	31
Jenson Button	15	DNF	17
Juan Pablo Montoya	1	DNF	1
Pedro de la Rosa	10	DNF	1
Nick Heidfeld	14	DNF	0
Kimi Raikkonen	12	DNF	0
Eddie Irvine	17	DNF	0
Luciano Burti	18	DNF	0
Fernando Alonso	20	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:52.072	—	—
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:52.959	+0.887	+0.887
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:54.685	+2.613	+1.726
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:55.233	+3.161	+0.548
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:56.116	+4.044	+0.883
6	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:57.038	+4.966	+0.922
7	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:57.043	+4.971	+0.005
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:57.668	+5.596	+0.625
9	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:58.008	+5.936	+0.340
10	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:58.519	+6.447	+0.511
11	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:58.838	+6.766	+0.319
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:59.050	+6.978	+0.212
13	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:59.128	+7.056	+0.078
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:59.302	+7.230	+0.174
15	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:59.587	+7.515	+0.285
16	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:59.647	+7.575	+0.060
17	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:59.689	+7.617	+0.042
18	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:59.900	+7.828	+0.211
19	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	2:02.039	+9.967	+2.139
20	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	2:02.594	+10.522	+0.555
21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	2:03.048	+10.976	+0.454
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	2:04.204	+12.132	+1.156

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Michael Schumacher	1	36	2	10, 25
David Coulthard	2	36	2	10, 24
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	36	2	11, 23
Mika Hakkinen	4	36	2	7, 23
Rubens Barrichello	5	36	2	9, 18
Jean Alesi	6	36	2	7, 20
Ralf Schumacher	7	36	2	9, 25
Jacques Villeneuve	8	36	2	9, 21
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	35	1	16
Jos Verstappen	10	35	2	8, 22
Olivier Panis	11	35	3	7, 12, 21
Enrique Bernoldi	12	35	2	9, 24
Tarso Marques	13	32	4	9, 15, 16, 17
Jarno Trulli	DNF	31	2	6, 19
Jenson Button	DNF	17	1	10
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Eddie Irvine	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Luciano Burti	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Fernando Alonso	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Ralf Schumacher · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	7 · 1	9 · 10	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	3 · 9	1 · 2	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3 · 4	1 · 9	10 · 16	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · David Coulthard	8 · 9	3 · 2	11 · 10	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Giancarlo Fisichella	7 · 8	4 · 3	7 · 11	Mika Hakkinen	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Mika Hakkinen	5 · 7	5 · 4	9 · 7	Mika Hakkinen	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Mika Hakkinen	6 · 7	8 · 4	9 · 7	Mika Hakkinen	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 5	9 · 5	16 · 9	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Jean Alesi	5 · 13	5 · 6	9 · 7	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jacques Villeneuve	5 · 6	5 · 8	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Jean Alesi	2 · 13	7 · 6	9 · 7	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Jacques Villeneuve	2 · 6	7 · 8	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jacques Villeneuve	4 · 6	9 · 8	16 · 9	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jos Verstappen	4 · 19	9 · 10	16 · 8	Jos Verstappen	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Jos Verstappen	11 · 19	11 · 10	7 · 8	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Enrique Bernoldi	11 · 21	11 · 12	7 · 9	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Enrique Bernoldi · Tarso Marques	21 · 22	12 · 13	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:48.655	—	—	28
2	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:49.404	+0.749	+0.749	34
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:49.456	+0.801	+0.052	35
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:50.192	+1.537	+0.736	30
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:50.239	+1.584	+0.047	29
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:50.495	+1.840	+0.256	34
7	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:50.801	+2.146	+0.306	23
8	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:51.555	+2.900	+0.754	34
9	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:51.631	+2.976	+0.076	30
10	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:51.673	+3.018	+0.042	21
11	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:52.071	+3.416	+0.398	24
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:52.073	+3.418	+0.002	33
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:52.119	+3.464	+0.046	31
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:52.436	+3.781	+0.317	31
15	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:52.804	+4.149	+0.368	20
16	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:52.829	+4.174	+0.025	24
17	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:52.955	+4.300	+0.126	34
18	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:55.021	+6.366	+2.066	26
19	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:55.099	+6.444	+0.078	30
20	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:55.491	+6.836	+0.392	30
21	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	2:11.037	+22.382	+15.546	13
22	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	12:37.913	+10:49.258	+10:26.876	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:47.494	—	—	12
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:47.768	+0.274	+0.274	15
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:48.465	+0.971	+0.697	12
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:48.698	+1.204	+0.233	13
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:49.071	+1.577	+0.373	10
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:49.511	+2.017	+0.440	12
7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:49.857	+2.363	+0.346	12
8	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:49.953	+2.459	+0.096	14
9	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:50.130	+2.636	+0.177	12
10	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:50.485	+2.991	+0.355	13
11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:50.494	+3.000	+0.009	11
12	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:50.501	+3.007	+0.007	15
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:50.765	+3.271	+0.264	14
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:52.267	+4.773	+1.502	9
15	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:52.740	+5.246	+0.473	16
16	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:52.906	+5.412	+0.166	15
17	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:53.546	+6.052	+0.640	14
18	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:53.861	+6.367	+0.315	12
19	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:57.257	+9.763	+3.396	7
20	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:57.477	+9.983	+0.220	7
21	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:58.547	+11.053	+1.070	5
22	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	2:55.816	+1:08.322	+57.269	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:49.495	—	—	11
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:50.694	+1.199	+1.199	9
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:50.738	+1.243	+0.044	11
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:50.776	+1.281	+0.038	12
5	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:50.818	+1.323	+0.042	11
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:50.908	+1.413	+0.090	12
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:50.993	+1.498	+0.085	8
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:51.062	+1.567	+0.069	8
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:51.317	+1.822	+0.255	11
10	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:51.394	+1.899	+0.077	6
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:51.418	+1.923	+0.024	10
12	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:51.750	+2.255	+0.332	9
13	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:52.338	+2.843	+0.588	11
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:52.436	+2.941	+0.098	12
15	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:52.479	+2.984	+0.043	9
16	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:52.519	+3.024	+0.040	10
17	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:52.903	+3.408	+0.384	12
18	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:52.908	+3.413	+0.005	8
19	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:53.083	+3.588	+0.175	9
20	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:53.737	+4.242	+0.654	13
21	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:54.472	+4.977	+0.735	13
22	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	2:34.526	+45.031	+40.054	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Ferrari F2001
Schumacher Ferrari F2001 at Laguna Seca · DonFrance-photos · CC BY 2.0

Jordan EJ11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Williams FW23
Ralf Schumacher 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

BAR 003
Jacques Villeneuve 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

4 more photographs

Prost AP04
Enge indianapolis 2001 · agentura HOCH2 · CC BY 3.0 · unchecked

Jaguar R2
Pedro de la Rosa 2001 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 14 of 2001
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Sep 2001
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.