Italian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 16th September 2001 (UTC)
Sun 16th September 2001 (Local)

Timestamp
2001-09-16T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2001

Round
15

Status

Location
Monza Circuit

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Description

The 2001 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXXII Gran Premio Campari d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 September 2001 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the fifteenth round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 72nd Italian Grand Prix. The 53-lap race was won by Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya after starting from pole position. Rubens Barrichello finished second in a Ferrari with Montoya's teammate Ralf Schumacher third.

Montoya maintained his start-line advantage and led until he was passed by Barrichello on the ninth lap. Barrichello pulled away from Montoya and held the lead until his one and only pit stop on lap 19 which proved problematic because of a faulty refuelling rig. Montoya was utilising a one-stop strategy and pitted on lap 29, which allowed his teammate Ralf Schumacher to lead for six laps. Barrichello regained the lead on lap 36, until Montoya took over the position on lap 42 when Barrichello pitted for the second time. Barrichello started to reduce the gap between himself and Montoya but was unable to challenge the Williams driver who won his first Formula One victory.

The result meant Montoya moved up into fifth place in the Drivers' Championship, 83 points behind leader Michael Schumacher who clinched the title two races beforehand. Barrichello's third position finish allowed him to close the gap to David Coulthard. Williams' strong finish meant the gap between themselves and McLaren was reduced to eight points with two races remaining in the season.

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Result List

01	Juan Pablo Montoya	1:16:58.493
02	Rubens Barrichello	+0:05.175
03	Ralf Schumacher	+0:17.335
04	Michael Schumacher	+0:24.991
05	Pedro de la Rosa	+1:14.984
06	Jacques Villeneuve	+1:22.469
07	Kimi Raikkonen	+1:23.107
08	Jean Alesi	+1 Lap
09	Olivier Panis	+1 Lap
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	+1 Lap
11	Nick Heidfeld	+1 Lap
12	Tomáš Enge	+1 Lap
13	Fernando Alonso	+2 Laps
14	Enrique Bernoldi	DNF
15	Alex Yoong	DNF
16	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF
17	Jos Verstappen	DNF
18	Mika Häkkinen	DNF
19	Eddie Irvine	DNF
20	David Coulthard	DNF
21	Jenson Button	DNF
22	Jarno Trulli	DNF