2000 F1 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne Formula 1 Race Report

2001 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix
58 laps, 307.574 kms. Round 1, 4 March 2001, Melbourne Australia
Lap record: Frentzen - 1min 30.585secs

1/ Michael Schumacher (Ferrari);
2/ David Coulthard (McLaren); 3/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari);
4/ N. Heidfeld (Sauber); 5/ H.H.Frentzen (Jordan); 6/ Raikkonen (Sauber)

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Australian GP history and trivia
    Officially, there have only been twelve Australian Grands Prix counting towards the world championship, dating back to 1985 in Adelaide. However, a race bearing that title was held as far back as 1928 at Philip Island, just outside Melbourne. It was won by Captain Arthur Waite at the wheel of an Austin 7.
    The first time a grand prix was held in Albert Park was 1953, which makes one wonder why the environmentalists made such a fuss about the event when it returned here in 1996. 40 cars were entered to tackle 64 laps of a five kilometre track.
    1956 saw the Olympic Games come to Montreal and a grand prix to Albert Park. Stirling Moss was the winner, beating local boy Jack Brabham amongst others.
    The first Australian race to be officially part of the world championship was run on the Adelaide city centre street circuit as the final race of the 1985 championship. Keke Rosberg, now Mika Hakkinen's manager, took his last grand prix win here for Williams. Ayrton Senna started from pole in a Lotus. He was the quickest qualifier on six of his nine attempts at the event.
    Adelaide hosted the 500th GP in the history of the sport in 1990. It was won by Nelson Piquet in a Benetton, who just managed to hold off Nigel Mansell's Ferrari in a thrilling finish.
    The following year, the Australian race once again earned a place in the record books; this time for the shortest ever GP. The race had to be abandoned after just 14 laps, because of a heavy rain.
    Sir Jack Brabham is without doubt the most famous Australian F1 racer. He won back to back world championships in 1959 and 1969 and in 1966 he made history as the first man to win the title driving a car which bore his own name; in this case the Repco Brabham. Tim Schenken, now head of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport raced F1 in the Seventies scoring points three times from 33 starts. Alan Jones brought the title back to Australia, winning the championship in 1980 for Williams. He won a total of 12 grands prix during his career.
    McLaren has been the most successful team in the 15 Australian Grands Prix held to date, with seven wins. Williams has five, Ferrari two and Benetton one. Of the drivers, Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger, Ayrton Senna and Damon Hill have both won it twice.

A brilliant start to the 2001 season by reigning World Champion Michael Schumacher

2001 Race Facts

This year`s race sees the celebration of the 100th Grand Prix for Mercedes-Benz with McLaren. Also Mobil and Loctite have been with the team for 100 races so everyone will be hoping for a great result.
Australia first hosted a round of the Formula One World Championship in 1985. Traditionally, it was the last race of the year and thus played a part in many title showdowns.
Prior to the Australian Grand Prix finding a home at Albert Park, the race ran for 11 years on the streets of Adelaide.
Over the past five years that the race has taken place at Melbourne, McLaren has been the most successful team, scoring a total of 32 points.
The Australian Grand Prix has been won by McLaren 7 times, Williams 5 times, Ferrari twice and Benetton once.

2001 Australian Formula One Grand Prix

Lap

Race Report

Lap 58
RACE END

1/ Michael Schumacher (Ferrari);
2/ David Coulthard (McLaren);
3/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari);
4/ N. Heidfeld ();
5/ H.H.Frentzen();
6/ Raikkonen ()

2001 AUSTRALIAN QUALIFYING SESSION
Position	Driver	Team	Time	Comment
1/ - POLE 1st row	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	1.26.892
2/ 1st row	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	1.27.263
3/ 2nd row	M. Häkkinen	McLaren	1.27.461
4/ 2nd row	H. Frentzen	Jordan	1.27.658
5/ 3rd row	R. Schumacher	Williams	1.27.719
6/ 3rd row	D. Coulthard	McLaren	1.28.010
7/ 4th row	J. Trulli	Jordan	1.28.377
8/ 4th row	J. Villeneuve	BAR	1.28.435
9/ 5th row	O. Panis	BAR	1.28.518
10/ 5th row	N. Heidfeld	Sauber	1.28.615
11/ 6th row	J.P. Montoya	Williams	1.28.738
12/ 6th row	E. Irvine	Jaguar	1.28.865
13/ 7th row	K. Räikkönen	Sauber	1.28.893
14/ 7th row	J. Alesi	Prost	1.29.893
15/ 8th row	J. Verstappen	Arrows	1.29.934
16/ 8th row	J. Button	Benetton	1.30.035
17/ 9th row	G. Fisichella	Benetton	1.30.209
18/ 9th row	E. Bernoldi	Arrows	1.30.520
19/ 10th row	F. Alonso	Minardi	1.30.657
20/ 10th row	G. Mazzacane	Prost	1.30.798
21/ 11th row	L. Burti	Jaguar	1.30.978
22/ 11th row	T. Marques	Minardi	1.33.228	Not Classified

Previous winners
Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1996	Hill (Williams)	Villeneuve (Williams)	Irvine (Ferrari)
1997	Coulthard (West McLaren Mercedes)	M. Schumacher (Ferrari)	Hakkinen (West McLaren Mercedes)
1998	Hakkinen (West McLaren Mercedes)	Coulthard (West McLaren Mercedes)	Frentzen (Williams)
1999	Irvine (Ferrari)	Frentzen (Jordan)	R. Schumacher (Williams)
2000	M.Schumacher (Ferrari)	Barrichello (Ferrari)	R. Schumacher (Williams)
2001	M.Schumacher (Ferrari)	Coulthard (West McLaren Mercedes)	Barrichello (Ferrari)