2001 European Grand Prix

Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F2001	1	67	Finished	10
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	FW23	3	67	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4-16	5	67	Finished	4
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW23	2	67	Finished	3
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	F2001	4	67	Finished	2
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4-16	6	67	Finished	1
7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	R2	12	67	Finished	0
8	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	R2	16	66	Finished	0
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	3	11	66	Finished	0
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C20	9	66	Finished	0
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B201	15	66	Finished	0
12	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	17	65	Finished	0
13	Jenson Button	Benetton	B201	20	65	Finished	0
14	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	—	21	65	Finished	0
15	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	AP04	14	64	Spun off	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	A22	19	58	Engine	0
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C20	10	54	Driveshaft	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	EJ11	8	48	Traction control	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	EJ11	7	44	Transmission	0
DNF	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	A22	18	29	Gearbox	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	3	13	23	Electrical	0
DNF	Tarso Marques	Minardi	—	22	7	Electrical	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
Michael Schumacher	1	1	67
Juan Pablo Montoya	3	2	67
David Coulthard	5	3	67
Ralf Schumacher	2	4	67
Rubens Barrichello	4	5	67
Mika Hakkinen	6	6	67
Eddie Irvine	12	7	67
Pedro de la Rosa	16	8	66
Jacques Villeneuve	11	9	66
Kimi Raikkonen	9	10	66
Giancarlo Fisichella	15	11	66
Luciano Burti	17	12	65
Jenson Button	20	13	65
Fernando Alonso	21	14	65
Jean Alesi	14	15	64
Jos Verstappen	19	DNF	58
Nick Heidfeld	10	DNF	54
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	DNF	48
Jarno Trulli	7	DNF	44
Enrique Bernoldi	18	DNF	29
Olivier Panis	13	DNF	23
Tarso Marques	22	DNF	7

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.960	—	—
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:15.226	+0.266	+0.266
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:15.490	+0.530	+0.264
4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.622	+0.662	+0.132
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:15.717	+0.757	+0.095
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:15.776	+0.816	+0.059
7	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:16.138	+1.178	+0.362
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:16.376	+1.416	+0.238
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:16.402	+1.442	+0.026
10	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:16.438	+1.478	+0.036
11	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:16.439	+1.479	+0.001
12	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:16.588	+1.628	+0.149
13	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:16.872	+1.912	+0.284
14	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:17.251	+2.291	+0.379
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:17.378	+2.418	+0.127
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:17.627	+2.667	+0.249
17	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:18.113	+3.153	+0.486
18	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:18.151	+3.191	+0.038
19	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:18.262	+3.302	+0.111
20	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:18.626	+3.666	+0.364
21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:18.630	+3.670	+0.004
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:18.689	+3.729	+0.059

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	67	2	28, 50
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	67	2	29, 50
David Coulthard	3	67	1	38
Ralf Schumacher	4	67	3	28, 39, 52
Rubens Barrichello	5	67	1	44
Mika Hakkinen	6	67	1	33
Eddie Irvine	7	67	1	37
Pedro de la Rosa	8	66	1	44
Jacques Villeneuve	9	66	1	43
Kimi Raikkonen	10	66	1	32
Giancarlo Fisichella	11	66	2	21, 42
Luciano Burti	12	65	2	12, 49
Jenson Button	13	65	2	23, 43
Fernando Alonso	14	65	2	25, 46
Jean Alesi	15	64	1	42
Jos Verstappen	DNF	58	2	26, 46
Nick Heidfeld	DNF	54	1	33
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	48	1	29
Jarno Trulli	DNF	44	1	30
Enrique Bernoldi	DNF	29	1	23
Olivier Panis	DNF	23	0	None recorded
Tarso Marques	DNF	7	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 · Juan Pablo Montoya	1 · 3	1 · 2	28 · 29	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Ralf Schumacher	1 · 2	1 · 4	28 · 28	Same lap	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Juan Pablo Montoya	2 · 3	4 · 2	28 · 29	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Juan Pablo Montoya · David Coulthard	3 · 5	2 · 3	29 · 38	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Juan Pablo Montoya · Rubens Barrichello	3 · 4	2 · 5	29 · 44	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · David Coulthard	2 · 5	4 · 3	28 · 38	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · David Coulthard	4 · 5	5 · 3	44 · 38	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Mika Hakkinen	5 · 6	3 · 6	38 · 33	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello	2 · 4	4 · 5	28 · 44	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Mika Hakkinen	4 · 6	5 · 6	44 · 33	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Eddie Irvine	6 · 12	6 · 7	33 · 37	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Eddie Irvine	11 · 12	9 · 7	43 · 37	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Pedro de la Rosa	12 · 16	7 · 8	37 · 44	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Pedro de la Rosa	11 · 16	9 · 8	43 · 44	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Pedro de la Rosa	15 · 16	11 · 8	21 · 44	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Pedro de la Rosa · Luciano Burti	16 · 17	8 · 12	44 · 12	Luciano Burti	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Jacques Villeneuve	9 · 11	10 · 9	32 · 43	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Giancarlo Fisichella	9 · 15	10 · 11	32 · 21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Giancarlo Fisichella	14 · 15	15 · 11	42 · 21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Luciano Burti	15 · 17	11 · 12	21 · 12	Luciano Burti	Kept their order
Luciano Burti · Jenson Button	17 · 20	12 · 13	12 · 23	Luciano Burti	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	20 · 21	13 · 14	23 · 25	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Fernando Alonso	14 · 21	15 · 14	42 · 25	Fernando Alonso	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	1:16.408	—	—	40
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:16.579	+0.171	+0.171	38
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:17.355	+0.947	+0.776	43
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:17.507	+1.099	+0.152	49
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:17.665	+1.257	+0.158	41
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:17.737	+1.329	+0.072	45
7	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:18.133	+1.725	+0.396	39
8	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:18.196	+1.788	+0.063	38
9	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:18.352	+1.944	+0.156	47
10	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:18.410	+2.002	+0.058	50
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:18.413	+2.005	+0.003	37
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:18.434	+2.026	+0.021	38
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:18.473	+2.065	+0.039	47
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:19.339	+2.931	+0.866	34
15	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:19.503	+3.095	+0.164	23
16	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:19.640	+3.232	+0.137	23
17	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:19.822	+3.414	+0.182	39
18	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:19.978	+3.570	+0.156	32
19	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:19.988	+3.580	+0.010	17
20	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:20.094	+3.686	+0.106	30
21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:20.183	+3.775	+0.089	45
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:21.129	+4.721	+0.946	21

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	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:15.355	—	—	30
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:15.749	+0.394	+0.394	28
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.855	+0.500	+0.106	30
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:16.038	+0.683	+0.183	27
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:16.237	+0.882	+0.199	32
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:16.308	+0.953	+0.071	12
7	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:16.385	+1.030	+0.077	31
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:16.407	+1.052	+0.022	29
9	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:16.625	+1.270	+0.218	33
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:16.852	+1.497	+0.227	21
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:16.941	+1.586	+0.089	23
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:17.006	+1.651	+0.065	28
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:17.609	+2.254	+0.603	28
14	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:17.686	+2.331	+0.077	25
15	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:17.688	+2.333	+0.002	37
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:17.785	+2.430	+0.097	31
17	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:17.839	+2.484	+0.054	24
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:18.048	+2.693	+0.209	31
19	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:18.123	+2.768	+0.075	28
20	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:18.674	+3.319	+0.551	29
21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:19.164	+3.809	+0.490	29
22	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:20.208	+4.853	+1.044	22

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	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:18.209	—	—	13
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:18.371	+0.162	+0.162	15
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	1:18.392	+0.183	+0.021	13
4	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Racing	18	1:18.466	+0.257	+0.074	15
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	4	1:18.674	+0.465	+0.208	13
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams	6	1:18.843	+0.634	+0.169	13
7	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	12	1:19.002	+0.793	+0.159	14
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	3	1:19.164	+0.955	+0.162	11
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	16	1:19.732	+1.523	+0.568	14
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	17	1:19.787	+1.578	+0.055	16
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar Racing	19	1:19.796	+1.587	+0.009	11
12	Olivier Panis	British American Racing	9	1:19.808	+1.599	+0.012	16
13	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	22	1:19.854	+1.645	+0.046	15
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	11	1:19.917	+1.708	+0.063	17
15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows	15	1:20.098	+1.889	+0.181	14
16	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	1:20.115	+1.906	+0.017	17
17	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	10	1:20.320	+2.111	+0.205	14
18	Luciano Burti	Prost Grand Prix	23	1:20.608	+2.399	+0.288	15
19	Tarso Marques	Minardi	20	1:20.988	+2.779	+0.380	13
20	Fernando Alonso	Minardi	21	1:21.367	+3.158	+0.379	13
21	Jenson Button	Benetton	8	1:21.423	+3.214	+0.056	8
22	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	1:21.766	+3.557	+0.343	16

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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At the 2001 European Grand Prix — Drivers Europe 2001 · Vunz · CC BY-SA 3.0

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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

Williams FW23
Ralf Schumacher 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

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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 2001
Grand Prix: European Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Jun 2001
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.