- 2001 Spanish Grand Prix
Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = Spain
Grand Prix = Spanish
Date = April 29
Year = 2001
Official name =
Race_No = 5
Season_No = 17
Location =Circuit de Catalunya ,Barcelona ,Spain
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 2.875
Course_km = 4.627
Distance_laps = 65
Distance_mi = 186.875
Distance_km = 300.755
Weather = Overcast, Mild, Dry
Pole_Driver =Michael Schumacher
Pole_Team = Ferrari
Pole_Time = 1:18.201
Pole_Country = Germany
Fast_Driver =Michael Schumacher
Fast_Team = Ferrari
Fast_Time = 1:21.151
Fast_Country = Germany
Fast_L
First_Driver =Michael Schumacher
First_Team = Ferrari
First_Country = Germany
Second_Driver =Juan Pablo Montoya
Second_Team = Williams-BMW
Second_Country= Colombia
Third_Driver =Jacques Villeneuve
Third_Team = BAR-Honda
Third_Country = CanadaThe 2001 Spanish Grand Prix was aFormula One race held onApril 29 ,2001 at theCircuit de Catalunya .__FORCETOC__
Report
Michael Schumacher won the race even though he was 40 seconds behind Mika Häkkinen on the penultimate lap. The Finn, who had lapped the third placed Juan-Pablo Montoya, suffered from a hydraulic failure on the final lap of the race. This handed Michael Schumacher probably one of his luckier wins as he was suffering with a bad vibration.Jacques Villeneuve gave BAR their first ever podium finish. David Coulthard's race was ruined when his car failed to fire up at the start, and later knocked off his front wing. He would eventually fight back to 5th.
Classification
Notes
*Fastest L
*First podium:Juan Pablo Montoya
*This race gave the B.A.R. team their first podium finish.
*This was the first race to be raced with the reintroduction oftraction control systems, which had been banned since 1994.
*David Coulthard started this race at the back of the grid.
*Mika Häkkinen was on course for his first win of the season, but he had a hydraulic failure on the last lap and retired to give the victory toMichael Schumacher . Häkkinen was still classified 9th.
*Luciano Burti moved to the Prost team from the Jaguar team.Pedro de la Rosa replacedLuciano Burti in the Jaguar team.F1 race report
Name_of_race =Spanish Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 2001
Previous_race_in_season =2001 San Marino Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =2001 Austrian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =2000 Spanish Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =2002 Spanish Grand Prix
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