2001 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season
Date	June 10, 2001
Official name	XXXIX Grand Prix Air Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
Course	Street circuit 4.421 km (2.747 mi)
Distance	69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 mi)
Weather	Fine
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:15.782
Fastest lap
Driver	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time	1:17.205 on lap 50
Podium
First	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Second	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Third	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 10, 2001. It was the 8th round of the 2001 Formula One season.

[edit] Race

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Michael Schumacher leads brother Ralf during the first part of the race.

This race created history for it was the first time two brothers finished first and second in a race.

This time Michael Schumacher was out-raced by his younger brother Ralf who had a much more powerful car for this race.

However with Michael finishing second it only strengthened his championship lead after his nearest challenger David Coulthard retired with mechanical problems.

It was a thrilling battle between the two brothers, Michael lead away at the start, but there was problems behind when Fisichella broke his suspension on the back of his team-mate, then Eddie Irvine clashed with Nick Heidfeld, both were out.

Then about 20 laps into the race Montoya crashed into the wall and Barrichello also crashed trying to avoid him, his traction control wasn't working which didn't help, this brought out the safety car briefly while the wreck was cleared.

The race was decided when Ralf Schumacher drove a series of stunning laps after Michael had pitted, so when Ralf came in he was a long way ahead.

Ralf Schumacher cruised home to take his second win of the season with his brother Michael Schumacher coming home second, history was made, it was a first podium of the season for double world champion Mika Häkkinen who benefited from the high amount of retirements, it was still a subdued Flying Finn though.

Towards the end the Arrows team looked likely to score a valuable point but Jos Verstappen crashed when his brakes failed.

It was also jubilant scenes at Prost when Jean Alesi finished 5th then threw his helmet into the crowd after the race.

[edit] Classification

Jarno Trulli leads the midfield on the first lap of the race.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	69	1:34:31.522	2	10
2	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	69	+20.235	1	6
3	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+40.672	8	4
4	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	69	+1:08.116	7	3
5	22	Jean Alesi	Prost-Acer	69	+1:10.435	16	2
6	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	68	+1 Lap	14	1
7	11	Ricardo Zonta	Jordan-Honda	68	+1 Lap	12
8	23	Luciano Burti	Prost-Acer	68	+1 Lap	19
9	20	Tarso Marques	Minardi-European	66	+3 Laps	21
10	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	65	Brakes	13
11	12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	63	Brakes	4
Ret	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	54	Engine	3
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	38	Brakes	6
Ret	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	34	Halfshaft	9
Ret	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	24	Engine	17
Ret	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	19	Accident	10
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	19	Spun off	5
Ret	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	17	Oil Leak	20
Ret	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	7	Transmission	22
Ret	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	1	Collision	11
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1	Collision	15
Ret	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	0	Collision	18

[edit] Notes

• Lap leaders: Michael Schumacher 45 (1-45), Ralf Schumacher 24 (46-69)
• This was the first sibling 1-2 in the history of Formula 1. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1-2 in the 2003 edition as well.
• This race saw Mika Häkkinen's first podium finish of the season.
• Pedro de la Rosa scored his first world championship point of the season, and his first for the Jaguar team.
• Ricardo Zonta replaced Heinz-Harald Frentzen in this race due to heavy crashes.

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