Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Sun 29th April 2001 (UTC)
Sun 29th April 2001 (Local)

Timestamp
2001-04-29T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2001

Round
5

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Location
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

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Description

The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving a Williams car with Jacques Villeneuve third for the BAR team.

The race was Schumacher's third win of the season, and the result that he led the Drivers' Championship, eight points ahead of Coulthard and twenty-two ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship, eighteen points ahead of McLaren and thirty-two ahead of Williams, with 12 races of the season remaining.

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Result List

01	Michael Schumacher	1:31:03.305
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	+0:40.738
03	Jacques Villeneuve	+0:49.626
04	Jarno Trulli	+0:51.253
05	David Coulthard	+0:51.616
06	Nick Heidfeld	+1:01.893
07	Olivier Panis	+1:04.977
08	Kimi Raikkonen	+1:19.808
09	Mika Häkkinen	DNF
10	Jean Alesi	+1 Lap
11	Luciano Burti	+1 Lap
12	Jos Verstappen	+2 Laps
13	Fernando Alonso	+2 Laps
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	+2 Laps
15	Jenson Button	+3 Laps
16	Tarso Marques	+3 Laps
17	Rubens Barrichello	DNF
18	Eddie Irvine	DNF
19	Ralf Schumacher	DNF
20	Enrique Bernoldi	DNF
21	Pedro de la Rosa	DNF
22	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF