Race · Round 3 of 17 · 1 April 2001

2001 Brazilian Grand Prix

David Coulthard won for McLaren from 5th on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Nick Heidfeld.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: David CoulthardMcLaren
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Ralf Schumacher
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-16	5	71	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2001	1	71	Finished	6
3	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C20	9	70	Finished	4
4	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	3	11	70	Finished	3
5	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	EJ11	7	70	Finished	2
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B201	18	70	Finished	1
7	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	3	12	70	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	15	70	Finished	0
9	Tarso Marques	Minardi	—	22	68	Finished	0
10	Jenson Button	Benetton	B201	20	64	Finished	0
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	EJ11	8	63	Electrical	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C20	10	55	Spun off	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW23	2	54	Spun off	0	fastest lap
DNF	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	21	54	Clutch	0
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	R2	13	52	Spun off	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW23	4	38	Collision damage	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	A22	17	37	Collision	0
DNF	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Racing	R2	14	30	Engine	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	—	19	25	Electrical	0
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A22	16	15	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2001	6	2	Collision	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4-16	3	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 interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 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
David Coulthard	5	1	71
Michael Schumacher	1	2	71
Nick Heidfeld	9	3	70
Olivier Panis	11	4	70
Jarno Trulli	7	5	70
Giancarlo Fisichella	18	6	70
Jacques Villeneuve	12	7	70
Jean Alesi	15	8	70
Tarso Marques	22	9	68
Jenson Button	20	10	64
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	11	63
Kimi Raikkonen	10	DNF	55
Ralf Schumacher	2	DNF	54
Gastón Mazzacane	21	DNF	54
Eddie Irvine	13	DNF	52
Juan Pablo Montoya	4	DNF	38
Jos Verstappen	17	DNF	37
Luciano Burti	14	DNF	30
Fernando Alonso	19	DNF	25
Enrique Bernoldi	16	DNF	15
Rubens Barrichello	6	DNF	2
Mika Hakkinen	3	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:13.780	—	—
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:14.090	+0.310	+0.310
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:14.122	+0.342	+0.032
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:14.165	+0.385	+0.043
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:14.178	+0.398	+0.013
6	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.191	+0.411	+0.013
7	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:14.630	+0.850	+0.439
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:14.633	+0.853	+0.003
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:14.810	+1.030	+0.177
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:14.924	+1.144	+0.114
11	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:15.046	+1.266	+0.122
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:15.182	+1.402	+0.136
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:15.192	+1.412	+0.010
14	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Racing	19	1:15.371	+1.591	+0.179
15	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:15.437	+1.657	+0.066
16	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:15.657	+1.877	+0.220
17	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:15.704	+1.924	+0.047
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:16.175	+2.395	+0.471
19	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:16.184	+2.404	+0.009
20	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:16.229	+2.449	+0.045
21	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:16.520	+2.740	+0.291
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:16.784	+3.004	+0.264

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
David Coulthard	1	71	2	40, 47
Michael Schumacher	2	71	2	25, 46
Nick Heidfeld	3	70	2	38, 45
Olivier Panis	4	70	2	28, 45
Jarno Trulli	5	70	2	44, 45
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	70	2	42, 44
Jacques Villeneuve	7	70	3	12, 42, 44
Jean Alesi	8	70	2	24, 44
Tarso Marques	9	68	2	38, 44
Jenson Button	10	64	2	28, 39
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	63	2	43, 45
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	55	2	37, 46
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	54	4	3, 41, 42, 48
Gastón Mazzacane	DNF	54	2	25, 45
Eddie Irvine	DNF	52	2	6, 46
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	38	0	None recorded
Jos Verstappen	DNF	37	0	None recorded
Luciano Burti	DNF	30	0	None recorded
Fernando Alonso	DNF	25	0	None recorded
Enrique Bernoldi	DNF	15	0	None recorded
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	2	0	None recorded
Mika Hakkinen	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
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	1 · 5	2 · 1	25 · 40	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Nick Heidfeld	1 · 9	2 · 3	25 · 38	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 9	11 · 3	43 · 38	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Olivier Panis	9 · 11	3 · 4	38 · 28	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Olivier Panis	7 · 11	5 · 4	44 · 28	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Jacques Villeneuve	11 · 12	4 · 7	28 · 12	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Giancarlo Fisichella	7 · 18	5 · 6	44 · 42	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7 · 8	5 · 11	44 · 43	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Giancarlo Fisichella	12 · 18	7 · 6	12 · 42	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Jean Alesi	12 · 15	7 · 8	12 · 24	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Tarso Marques	15 · 22	8 · 9	24 · 38	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Tarso Marques	20 · 22	10 · 9	28 · 38	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jenson Button	8 · 20	11 · 10	43 · 28	Jenson Button	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	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:15.220	—	—	37
2	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:16.224	+1.004	+1.004	42
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:16.598	+1.378	+0.374	37
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:16.851	+1.631	+0.253	43
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:16.882	+1.662	+0.031	39
6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:16.929	+1.709	+0.047	22
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.994	+1.774	+0.065	23
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:17.072	+1.852	+0.078	36
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:17.102	+1.882	+0.030	41
10	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:17.295	+2.075	+0.193	35
11	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Racing	19	1:17.430	+2.210	+0.135	47
12	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:17.432	+2.212	+0.002	40
13	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:17.455	+2.235	+0.023	40
14	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:17.518	+2.298	+0.063	43
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:17.712	+2.492	+0.194	38
16	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:17.792	+2.572	+0.080	32
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:18.096	+2.876	+0.304	33
18	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:18.222	+3.002	+0.126	40
19	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:18.233	+3.013	+0.011	38
20	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:18.269	+3.049	+0.036	40
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:19.005	+3.785	+0.736	35
22	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:19.585	+4.365	+0.580	24

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	1:13.963	—	—	30
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:14.108	+0.145	+0.145	29
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:14.182	+0.219	+0.074	28
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:14.282	+0.319	+0.100	33
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.652	+0.689	+0.370	27
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:14.837	+0.874	+0.185	31
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.895	+0.932	+0.058	27
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:15.031	+1.068	+0.136	23
9	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:15.039	+1.076	+0.008	29
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:15.096	+1.133	+0.057	28
11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:15.163	+1.200	+0.067	12
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:15.409	+1.446	+0.246	31
13	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Racing	19	1:15.470	+1.507	+0.061	33
14	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:15.735	+1.772	+0.265	28
15	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:15.972	+2.009	+0.237	36
16	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:16.135	+2.172	+0.163	16
17	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:16.160	+2.197	+0.025	31
18	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:16.347	+2.384	+0.187	30
19	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:16.411	+2.448	+0.064	28
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:16.439	+2.476	+0.028	24
21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:16.602	+2.639	+0.163	32
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:18.212	+4.249	+1.610	16

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	1:15.971	—	—	14
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:16.145	+0.174	+0.174	13
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:16.308	+0.337	+0.163	16
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:16.375	+0.404	+0.067	13
5	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:16.449	+0.478	+0.074	16
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:16.679	+0.708	+0.230	15
7	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:16.711	+0.740	+0.032	14
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:17.008	+1.037	+0.297	16
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:17.135	+1.164	+0.127	17
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:17.138	+1.167	+0.003	15
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:17.213	+1.242	+0.075	15
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:17.405	+1.434	+0.192	19
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:17.420	+1.449	+0.015	16
14	Luciano Burti	Jaguar Racing	19	1:17.674	+1.703	+0.254	13
15	Gastón Mazzacane	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:17.681	+1.710	+0.007	14
16	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:17.728	+1.757	+0.047	13
17	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:18.016	+2.045	+0.288	11
18	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:18.074	+2.103	+0.058	17
19	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:18.460	+2.489	+0.386	15
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:18.773	+2.802	+0.313	12
21	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:19.126	+3.155	+0.353	12
22	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:20.008	+4.037	+0.882	4

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

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

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

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

Jordan EJ11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2001
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Apr 2001
Layout raced: Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 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.