2001 Malaysian Grand Prix
- Date
- 18 Mar 2001
- Circuit
- Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Round
- 2 of 17
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 55 | 1:47:34.801 | 10 | |
| 2 | 2 | BARRubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 2 | 55 | +23.660 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 8 | 55 | +28.555 | 4 | |
| 4 | 11 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 9 | 55 | +46.543 | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Williams | 3 | 55 | +48.233 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 4 | 55 | +48.606 | 1:40.962 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | VERJos Verstappen | Arrows | 18 | 55 | +81.560 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Jordan | 5 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 22 | ALEJean Alesi | Prost | 13 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 19 | BURLuciano Burti | Jaguar | 15 | 54 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 11 | 8 | BUTJenson Button | Benetton | 17 | 53 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 23 | MAZGastón Mazzacane | Prost | 19 | 53 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 21 | ALOFernando Alonso | Minardi | 21 | 52 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| 14 | 20 | MARTarso Marques | Minardi | 20 | 51 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 7 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 16 | 31 | Fuel pressure | 0 | |
| R | 10 | VILJacques Villeneuve | BAR | 7 | 3 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 16 | HEINick Heidfeld | Sauber | 11 | 3 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 15 | BEREnrique Bernoldi | Arrows | 22 | 3 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 6 | MONJuan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 6 | 3 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 18 | IRVEddie Irvine | Jaguar | 12 | 3 | Water leak | 0 | |
| R | 9 | PANOlivier Panis | BAR | 10 | 1 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| R | 17 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Sauber | 14 | 0 | Driveshaft | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher: 2 stops (laps 4, 30), stints of 4, 26, 25 laps
- 2nd
- Rubens Barrichello: 3 stops (laps 4, 21, 41), stints of 4, 17, 20, 14 laps
- 3rd
- David Coulthard: 2 stops (laps 4, 25), stints of 4, 21, 30 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 7 · 3 or more: 7
- First stops
- median lap 4 of 55
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 4 (116.5 s), 30 (39.2 s) | 42625 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 3 | 4 (105.8 s), 21 (40.3 s), 41 (34.5 s) | 4172014 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 4 (41.1 s), 25 (35.1 s) | 42130 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 2 | 4 (42.7 s), 21 (35.4 s) | 41734 |
| SCHRalf Schumacher | 3 | 4 (66.2 s), 18 (36.8 s), 38 (34.9 s) | 4142017 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 3 | 4 (44.0 s), 18 (33.5 s), 40 (34.4 s) | 4142215 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 3 | 4 (47.2 s), 22 (34.3 s), 43 (33.3 s) | 4182112 |
| TRUJarno Trulli | 3 | 4 (50.0 s), 23 (33.5 s), 39 (35.1 s) | 4191615 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 4 (45.5 s), 23 (35.3 s) | 41931 |
| BURLuciano Burti | 2 | 3 (66.4 s), 23 (45.1 s) | 32031 |
| BUTJenson Button | 2 | 3 (59.3 s), 23 (38.8 s) | 32030 |
| MAZGastón Mazzacane | 3 | 4 (50.0 s), 24 (46.7 s), 34 (38.8 s) | 4201019 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 5 | 2 (39.0 s), 3 (60.2 s), 18 (36.7 s), 31 (36.4 s), 40 (36.6 s) | 1513912 |
| MARTarso Marques | 2 | 3 (63.8 s), 28 (58.9 s) | 32523 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 3 (43.6 s), 20 (41.1 s) | 31711 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Sauber | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | BAR | 0 | 0 |