2001 United States Grand Prix

Circuit: Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana, United States of America
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4-16	4	73	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2001	1	73	Finished	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-16	7	73	Finished	4
4	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	EJ11	8	73	Finished	3
5	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	R2	14	73	Finished	2
6	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C20	6	73	Finished	1
7	Jean Alesi	Jordan	EJ11	9	72	Finished	0
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B201	12	72	Finished	0
9	Jenson Button	Benetton	B201	10	72	Finished	0
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	15	72	Finished	0
11	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	3	13	72	Finished	0
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	R2	16	72	Finished	0
13	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A22	19	72	Finished	0
14	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	21	72	Finished	0
15	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2001	5	71	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	3	18	45	Suspension	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	A22	20	44	Engine	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW23	3	38	Hydraulics	0	fastest lap
DNF	Alex Yoong	Minardi	—	22	38	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW23	2	36	Spun off	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	—	17	36	Driveshaft	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C20	11	2	Driveshaft	0

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

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
Mika Hakkinen	4	1	73
Michael Schumacher	1	2	73
David Coulthard	7	3	73
Jarno Trulli	8	4	73
Eddie Irvine	14	5	73
Nick Heidfeld	6	6	73
Jean Alesi	9	7	72
Giancarlo Fisichella	12	8	72
Jenson Button	10	9	72
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	15	10	72
Olivier Panis	13	11	72
Pedro de la Rosa	16	12	72
Enrique Bernoldi	19	13	72
Tomáš Enge	21	14	72
Rubens Barrichello	5	15	71
Jacques Villeneuve	18	DNF	45
Jos Verstappen	20	DNF	44
Juan Pablo Montoya	3	DNF	38
Alex Yoong	22	DNF	38
Ralf Schumacher	2	DNF	36
Fernando Alonso	17	DNF	36
Kimi Raikkonen	11	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:11.708	—	—
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:11.945	+0.237	+0.237
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:11.986	+0.278	+0.041
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:12.252	+0.544	+0.266
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:12.327	+0.619	+0.075
6	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:12.434	+0.726	+0.107
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:12.500	+0.792	+0.066
8	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:12.605	+0.897	+0.105
9	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:12.607	+0.899	+0.002
10	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:12.805	+1.097	+0.198
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:12.881	+1.173	+0.076
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:12.942	+1.234	+0.061
13	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:13.122	+1.414	+0.180
14	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:13.189	+1.481	+0.067
15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:13.281	+1.573	+0.092
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:13.679	+1.971	+0.398
17	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:13.991	+2.283	+0.312
18	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:14.012	+2.304	+0.021
19	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:14.129	+2.421	+0.117
20	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:14.138	+2.430	+0.009
21	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:14.185	+2.477	+0.047
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:15.247	+3.539	+1.062

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
Mika Hakkinen	1	73	1	46
Michael Schumacher	2	73	1	39
David Coulthard	3	73	1	43
Jarno Trulli	4	73	1	39
Eddie Irvine	5	73	1	52
Nick Heidfeld	6	73	2	27, 48
Jean Alesi	7	72	1	37
Giancarlo Fisichella	8	72	1	41
Jenson Button	9	72	1	35
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10	72	1	42
Olivier Panis	11	72	1	44
Pedro de la Rosa	12	72	1	50
Enrique Bernoldi	13	72	1	37
Tomáš Enge	14	72	1	37
Rubens Barrichello	15	71	2	27, 50
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	45	2	43, 44
Jos Verstappen	DNF	44	1	36
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	38	1	36
Alex Yoong	DNF	38	2	26, 38
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	36	1	24
Fernando Alonso	DNF	36	0	None recorded
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	2	1	2

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
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 4	2 · 1	39 · 46	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 5	1 · 15	46 · 27	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	1 · 7	2 · 3	39 · 43	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · David Coulthard	6 · 7	6 · 3	27 · 43	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jarno Trulli	7 · 8	3 · 4	43 · 39	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Eddie Irvine	8 · 14	4 · 5	39 · 52	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jean Alesi	8 · 9	4 · 7	39 · 37	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Eddie Irvine	6 · 14	6 · 5	27 · 52	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Eddie Irvine	13 · 14	11 · 5	44 · 52	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	14 · 15	5 · 10	52 · 42	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	5 · 6	15 · 6	27 · 27	Same lap	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Jean Alesi	6 · 9	6 · 7	27 · 37	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Giancarlo Fisichella	9 · 12	7 · 8	37 · 41	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Jenson Button	9 · 10	7 · 9	37 · 35	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Giancarlo Fisichella	10 · 12	9 · 8	35 · 41	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Olivier Panis	12 · 13	8 · 11	41 · 44	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10 · 15	9 · 10	35 · 42	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13 · 15	11 · 10	44 · 42	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pedro de la Rosa	15 · 16	10 · 12	42 · 50	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Pedro de la Rosa	13 · 16	11 · 12	44 · 50	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Enrique Bernoldi	16 · 19	12 · 13	50 · 37	Enrique Bernoldi	Kept their order
Enrique Bernoldi · Tomáš Enge	19 · 21	13 · 14	37 · 37	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Tomáš Enge	5 · 21	15 · 14	27 · 37	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:13.387	—	—	30
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:13.552	+0.165	+0.165	43
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:13.584	+0.197	+0.032	44
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:13.656	+0.269	+0.072	41
5	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:13.806	+0.419	+0.150	52
6	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:13.827	+0.440	+0.021	48
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:13.858	+0.471	+0.031	37
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:13.917	+0.530	+0.059	50
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:13.919	+0.532	+0.002	42
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:13.983	+0.596	+0.064	45
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:14.027	+0.640	+0.044	45
12	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:14.057	+0.670	+0.030	33
13	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:14.186	+0.799	+0.129	47
14	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:14.215	+0.828	+0.029	38
15	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:14.368	+0.981	+0.153	52
16	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:14.767	+1.380	+0.399	40
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:14.911	+1.524	+0.144	21
18	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:14.999	+1.612	+0.088	33
19	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:15.131	+1.744	+0.132	48
20	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:15.449	+2.062	+0.318	48
21	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:15.547	+2.160	+0.098	26
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:16.318	+2.931	+0.771	47

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:12.078	—	—	21
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:12.330	+0.252	+0.252	30
3	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:12.407	+0.329	+0.077	27
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:12.454	+0.376	+0.047	26
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:12.463	+0.385	+0.009	29
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:12.668	+0.590	+0.205	23
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:12.672	+0.594	+0.004	31
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:12.724	+0.646	+0.052	29
9	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:12.955	+0.877	+0.231	22
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:13.186	+1.108	+0.231	21
11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:13.205	+1.127	+0.019	29
12	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:13.521	+1.443	+0.316	30
13	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:13.675	+1.597	+0.154	33
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:13.753	+1.675	+0.078	33
15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:13.870	+1.792	+0.117	25
16	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:13.978	+1.900	+0.108	24
17	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:14.052	+1.974	+0.074	39
18	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:14.205	+2.127	+0.153	31
19	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:14.346	+2.268	+0.141	25
20	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:14.867	+2.789	+0.521	32
21	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:14.902	+2.824	+0.035	34
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:15.604	+3.526	+0.702	29

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	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:13.912	—	—	15
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:13.982	+0.070	+0.070	13
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:14.025	+0.113	+0.043	16
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.029	+0.117	+0.004	14
5	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:14.036	+0.124	+0.007	15
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:14.063	+0.151	+0.027	19
7	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:14.083	+0.171	+0.020	18
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:14.145	+0.233	+0.062	16
9	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.220	+0.308	+0.075	12
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:14.528	+0.616	+0.308	18
11	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:14.597	+0.685	+0.069	16
12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	11	1:14.778	+0.866	+0.181	17
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:14.979	+1.067	+0.201	8
14	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:15.122	+1.210	+0.143	19
15	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:15.201	+1.289	+0.079	15
16	Jean Alesi	Jordan	12	1:15.344	+1.432	+0.143	14
17	Tomáš Enge	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:15.437	+1.525	+0.093	15
18	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:15.649	+1.737	+0.212	15
19	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:15.958	+2.046	+0.309	16
20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:16.037	+2.125	+0.079	15
21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:16.332	+2.420	+0.295	14
22	Alex Yoong	Minardi	20	1:16.646	+2.734	+0.314	14

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

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

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4 more photographs

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

BAR 003
Jacques Villeneuve 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

Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 2001
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 30 Sep 2001
Layout raced: Infield road course · 4.192 km · 13 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
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.