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2001 British Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
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Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Race details[1][2]
Date 15 July 2001
Official name LIV Foster's British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.140 km (3.194 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 308.400 km (191.640 miles)
Weather Partially cloudy, mild, dry, Air Temp: 16 °C (61 °F), Track 27 °C (81 °F)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:20.447
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:23.405 on lap 34
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2001 British Grand Prix (formally the LIV Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 July 2001 at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England. It was the eleventh race of the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 60-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher took pole position in his Ferrari, with Häkkinen alongside him on the front row; the Finn overtook Schumacher on lap 5 and led for the remainder of the race, except during the first round of pit stops.[3] It was Häkkinen's first victory of the season, and his 19th overall. Schumacher finished over half a minute behind, with teammate Rubens Barrichello third.[4]

There were five retirements during the race: Jarno Trulli's Jordan and Olivier Panis's BAR were eliminated in separate first-corner collisions; David Coulthard's McLaren suffered a suspension failure; and Ralf Schumacher's Williams and Luciano Burti's Prost suffered engine failures. Tarso Marques failed to qualify his Minardi as a result of not setting a time within 107% of Michael Schumacher's pole time.[5] Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished seventh in the other Jordan, in what would turn out to be his last race for the team before he was sacked four days before the next race in Germany.[6][7]

Coulthard's retirement meant that Michael Schumacher extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 37 points with six races remaining.

Background

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The 2001 British Grand Prix was the 11th of 17 Formula One races in the 2001 Formula One World Championship, held on 15 July 2001, at the 5.140 km (3.194 mi) Silverstone Circuit in England, United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 52nd edition of the British Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship since the series began in 1950.[8][9] Before the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 78 points, ahead of McLaren's David Coulthard on 47 points in second and Williams's Ralf Schumacher (30). Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello was fourth with 30 points and Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth on 12 points.[10] Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship with 108 points, 52 ahead of the second-placed McLaren. Williams were third with 43 points. Sauber were fourth with 16 points, one point ahead of Jordan in fifth.[10]

After heavy rain affected the previous year's British Grand Prix, causing the closure of Silverstone's car parks which forced spectators to walk long distances to attend the event, the Grand Prix's organisers, the Motor Sports Association was granted a reprieve by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula One's governing body) after promising to rectify the problems, and the next holding of the British Grand Prix was given a provisional date of 13 May 2001.[11][12] Although FIA president Max Mosley threatened to cancel the race because of Silverstone's inadequate facilities,[12] a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Seville, Spain on 4 October 2000 saw it be granted a July date after the British Racing Drivers' Club, Silverstone's owners, were deemed to have made improvements to the track;[13][14] following a suggestion made by Formula One head Bernie Ecclestone, the organisers of the Austrian Grand Prix agreed to move that race from July to May to accommodate the British Grand Prix.[14][15]

After the French Grand Prix on 1 July,[16] the teams tested car components, car setups, electronics and tyres at various European racing circuits from 3 to 6 July to prepare for the British Grand Prix.[17][18][19] The Jordan, McLaren, Sauber, British American Racing (BAR) and Jaguar teams tested for four days at Italy's Monza Circuit.[17][20] Jaguar's Eddie Irvine withdrew early from testing because of a reoccurring pain in the upper part of his cervical spine he had been suffering since June and was replaced by British Formula Three driver André Lotterer from the afternoon of the second day.[21][22] The Benetton and Williams teams tested for four days at Spain's Circuit de Barcelona.[18][23] Ferrari went to Italy's Mugello Circuit before heading to their private testing facility, the Fiorano Circuit, for three days,[18][24] joined later on by BAR and Minardi.[25] A two-day test session at Fiorano for Luca Badoer saw the Ferrari test driver shakedown the electronics of the F2001 car's launch control system and practice standing starts for the Silverstone race.[26][27] Arrows conducted three days of straight line aerodynamic car setup tests with former Indy Lights driver Jonny Kane at Italy's Vairano circuit,[16][18] while Williams did the same for three days at France's Lurcy-Lévis track.[19][28]

Michael Schumacher, the bookmakers' pre-race favourite for the win,[29][30] had the opportunity to equal Alain Prost's all-time record of 51 career victories at Silverstone. He said he was not prioritising statistics but was instead taking a race-by-race basis and getting the "maximum possible" for both championships.[31] Coulthard had won the British Grand Prix twice in succession in 1999 and 2000 and said he wanted to become the first driver to win the race three years running since Jim Clark in 1964.[32] He added "I really need to win the British GP this year" because it would return him to championship contention and prevent Michael Schumacher from attaining an unassailable points advantage after securing one podium result in the previous four races.[32][33]

Eleven two-driver teams competed, each representing a different constructor, with no changes to the season entry list.[34] Irvine entered the race despite his neck pain.[35] Some teams modified their cars for the race.[36] Ferrari reused a qualifying-specification engine and a minor modification was made to the F2001's lower front wing endplates.[37] McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen ran a qualifying-specification car for the race which included no end side chimneys to optimise the MP4-16 car's drag co-efficiency.[36] Benetton had launch control for the first time.[37] Jaguar introduced a revised floor along with new bargeboards, whilst McLaren introduced minor aerodynamic revisions which included new front brake ducts. Sauber had brought new brake ducts and revised their bargeboards and Williams also brought new bargeboards for the race weekend and also improved cooling by cutting the engine cover's rear edge above the rear suspension. Prost reverted to an older undertray for Jean Alesi's car who preferred it over a new version débuted for the race.[37][38] BAR introduced Honda-built rear suspensions featuring carbon fibre pushrods while Jordan debuted a new rear wing.[36][37] Arrows debuted new brake ducts with the middle part moved forwards to improve cooling on the A22 car while Minardi introduced no new components to their car because it was focused on building a new titanium gearbox.[37]

Practice

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The race was preceded by four practice sessions, two one-hour sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday.[39] The first session on Friday morning was held in dry and cloudy conditions.[40][41] Michael Schumacher lapped fastest at 1:23.619 after 46 minutes, 0.786 seconds faster than teammate Barrichello in second. Häkkinen, Coulthard. Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Irvine, the BAR duo Olivier Panis and Jacques Villeneuve, Frentzen's teammate Jarno Trulli and Kimi Räikkönen (Sauber) were in positions three to ten.[40][42] Räikkönen spun at Abbey corner but continued. Montoya spun into Vale corner after pushing hard with ten minutes to go but continued. His Williams teammate Ralf Schumacher lost the rear-end of his car at the exit of Bridge turn but managed to continue.[40] Pedro de la Rosa stopped his Jaguar in the centre of the track with a fuel supply issue and set no lap times during the session.[43]

It was sunny and windy for the start of the second session but dark clouds gathered low around Silverstone and rain fell in the closing ten minutes.[42][44] Häkkinen set the day's fastest lap of 1:22.827 with 14 minutes left, 0.067 seconds quicker than teammate Coulthard.[45] The Ferrari pair of Barrichello and Michael Schumacher were third and fourth.[46] Frentzen's car developed an oil leak at the start of the session but duplicated his first-session result in fifth.[38][45] Heidfeld, De La Rosa, Ralf Schumacher, Trulli and Räikkönen completed the top ten.[46] Villeneuve lost control of the rear of his car at Copse corner after the start/finish straight due to a front suspension failure, spun 360 degrees and damaged the front wing endplates.[37][43][44] Fernando Alonso spun at Copse turn but returned to the pit lane with damage to the rear of his Minardi car. He spun again when he mounted the kerb driving onto the Hangar straight and spun into the grass. Alonso's undertray was damaged and could not continue since the sodden grass stopped him from generating traction in his car.[38][46]

Rain fell on the circuit during the third practice session before it eased up later on and it was cold.[43][47] it was 15 minutes before cars circulated the track and several drivers lost control of their cars on the sodden track surface; a large amount of spray was lifted from the circuit, reducing visibility.[43][48] Michael Schumacher led the session with a lap of 1:31.430, followed by Frentzen, the McLarens of Häkkinen and Coulthard, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Panis and Montoya.[49] After 11 minutes,[48] Villeneuve was unable to set a lap due to a gearbox problem, which caused him to stop on the grass at the exit of the pit lane.[47] Irvine had to drive slowly to the pit lane with a hydraulic throttle failure on his R2 car.[43][47]

More rain fell during the interval between the third and fourth practice sessions, meaning that most drivers were unable to improve on their lap times that were more than four seconds a lap slower than the preceding session and they continued to slide off the track.[48][50] The rain later eased off slightly and the circuit dried slowly with standing water becoming less prevalent.[43][51] Michael Schumacher remained the fastest driver, ahead of Frentzen, Häkkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Trulli, Räikkönen (who took evasive action to avoid a collision with a hare which had breached circuit perimeters), Panis and Ralf Schumacher in positions two to ten.[50] Tarso Marques was the only driver to not set a lap time during the session when he lost control of his Minardi car while scrubbing his tyres and spun backwards into the gravel trap at Abbey chicane.[50][51]

Qualifying

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Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver to set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[39] The rain had stopped around an hour before qualifying and it became sunny. The track dried up quickly but no driver ventured onto the track for the first 24 minutes as they waited for the track temperatures to increase and the circuit to become sufficiently dry.[52][53] Lap times progressively got faster as qualifying progressed.[54] Michael Schumacher took the 40th pole position of his career and his eighth out of the 11 races held thus far in the 2001 season with a time of 1:20.477 set with seven minutes remaining.[53][55] He reported qualifying was difficult for him and he used his first two quick runs to fine tune his car's set-up because of the lack of running on a dry track during Saturday's practice sessions.[54] Häkkinen took second and was 0.082 seconds slower than Michael Schumacher and had pole until the latter's fastest lap.[55][56] He lost time after being was held up by a Benetton car on his final quick run, feeling it cost him the chance to take pole position.[37][54] Coulthard took third and said he was unable to find the optimum balance for his McLaren before qualifying was over because of the changing track conditions.[37][57] Trulli qualified fourth despite running over a kerb at the exit of Becketts corner on his fourth run, damaging his front-left suspension pushrod causing him to slow and then pulled over to the side of the circuit.[37][54][57] His Jordan teammate Frentzen secured fifth, reporting no problems with his car.[54] Barrichello took sixth place after being demoted to the position in the final minutes.[52] He spent his first two runs on his set-up,[54] and lost time on his fourth run because he was twice blocked by Enrique Bernoldi's Arrows (who was on an in-lap), preventing Barrichello from lapping faster.[57] Räikkönen and Heidfeld took seventh and ninth respectively for Sauber;[52] Räikkönen was satisfied with seventh as he made small changes to the handling balance of his C20 chassis,[54] whilst Heidfeld was delayed by Ralf Schumacher and both McLarens who were driving slowly in the final section of the track, causing Heidfeld to go up across an inside kerb and onto grass which lost him three-tenths of a second.[57]

Montoya separated the Sauber drivers; he bent a front suspension push-rod on his first run after clipping the kerb at the exit of Becketts and took over the spare car set up for Ralf Schumacher for the rest of qualifying.[54][56][57] Ralf Schumacher, tenth, said he felt unlucky as his fastest lap was set on his second run and was held up by traffic when track conditions had improved.[54] Panis was 11th and reported the balance of his car was good but had a accelerator pedal sensor issue on his first lap that was quickly rectified by his engineers.[43][57] Villeneuve, 12th, had an engine problem on his first run and went into the spare BAR car until his race car was fixed.[37][57] He was ahead of the faster Jaguar of De La Rosa, who reported no issues. Alesi found the old version of his Prost's undertray gave him more consistent handling and recorded the 14th fastest lap.[54] Irvine qualified in 15th and had a front-left suspension pushrod failure that forced him to drive the spare Jaguar which was set-up for De La Rosa.[37][54] Prost's Luciano Burti had a large amount of understeer, leaving him 16th.[43][54] Verstappen gradually improved his car throughout the session and secured 17th;[54] his teammate Bernoldi took 20th and had a throttle issue on his first run which affected his momentum and was held up by Verstappen on his final run.[57][54] The two Arrows were separated by the Benettons of Jenson Button and Giancarlo Fisichella; Button could not lap faster because he was held up by traffic and Fisichella complained of understeer and poor grip.[54] Alonso secured 21st and completed the starting order.[53] His teammate Marques failed to set a lap within 107% of Michael Schumacher's pole time and was not allowed to start the race after an appeal by Minardi was rejected by the stewards.[58] Marques had experienced a throttle problem with his car, and with the spare car set up for Alonso, there was no time to change the settings to allow Marques to use it.[37]

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.477
2 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.529 +0.082
3 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.927 +0.480
4 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda 1:20.930 +0.483
5 11 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda 1:21.217 +0.770
6 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.715 +1.268
7 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas 1:22.023 +1.576
8 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:22.219 +1.772
9 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:22.223 +1.776
10 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:22.283 +1.836
11 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 1:22.316 +1.869
12 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:22.916 +2.469
13 19 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1:23.273 +2.826
14 22 France Jean Alesi Prost-Acer 1:23.392 +2.945
15 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:23.439 +2.992
16 23 Brazil Luciano Burti Prost-Acer 1:23.735 +3.288
17 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1:24.067 +3.620
18 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault 1:24.123 +3.676
19 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 1:24.275 +3.828
20 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 1:24.606 +4.159
21 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 1:24.792 +4.345
107% time: 1:26.078
DNQ 20 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-European 1:26.506 +6.059
Source:[59]

Warm-up

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The drivers took to the track at 08:30 BST for a 30-minute warm-up session[60] in dry and partly sunny weather conditions. The McLarens maintained their good form from qualifying; Coulthard had the fastest time of 1:22.994 set in the closing minutes of the session. Häkkinen finished the session with the third-fastest time and was fastest in the middle part of the session. Trulli was second fastest and his teammate Frentzen rounded out the top four fastest drivers having held the fastest lap early in the session.[61]

Race

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The race started at 13:00 local time. The conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the air temperature was 16 °C (61 °F) and the track temperature was 27 °C (81 °F).[60] Michael Schumacher maintained his starting line advantage heading into Copse corner followed by Häkkinen.[62] Coulthard, driving on the inside line heading into Copse, was hit in the rear-end by Trulli who took the inside line and both spun with Trulli going into the gravel trap at Copse and Coulthard went across the grass verge and onto the pit lane exit road.[63] Further back, Villeneuve was unable to shift into a higher gear because his automatic upshifting system failed and was forced to use to switch to a manual start.[63] He then drove in a gear he did not intend to drive in, and applied his brakes hard locking his front wheels, rendering him unable to steer and made contact with teammate Panis, who retired from the race after going into the gravel trap at Copse next to Trulli's car.[63][64] Montoya made a quick gateway, moving up from eighth to third by the end of the first lap and his teammate Ralf Schumacher made up five positions over the same distance. Frentzen, however, made a poor start and lost three positions before the first lap ended.[63] Further behind, Verstappen made the best start in the field as he moved up from 17th to eleventh and Alesi moved up four positions.[62] At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led by 0.3 seconds from Häkkinen and both drivers were followed by Montoya, Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Räikkönen, Heidfeld, Frentzen, Alesi, Villeneuve, Verstappen, de la Rosa, Button, Bernoldi, Irvine, Burti, Fisichella, Coulthard and Alonso.[65]

Michael Schumacher started to maintain a 0.2-second lead over Häkkinen who began a challenge for the lead.[62][66] Häkkinen set the fastest lap of the race so far on the third lap – a 1:25.861 – to close the gap to Michael Schumacher to one-tenth of a second.[65] Coulthard suffered a rear-suspension failure and spun off into the gravel trap at Priory corner, ending his race.[62][63] Verstappen passed Villeneuve and Alesi to take over ninth position on lap 4, whilst Fisichella went off the track and drove through the gravel trap at Copse and rejoined behind Alonso on the same lap.[62][66] Michael Schumacher lost control of his car at the entry to Copse, allowing Häkkinen to take advantage and move into the lead at the start of lap 5;[63] the Finn then started to pull away.[66] Burti became the third retirement of the race when his engine blew on lap 6 and dropped oil on the track, causing the marshals to display the red and yellow striped warning flag.[62][66] As Häkkinen continued to extend his lead, Montoya closed the gap to Michael Schumacher to 1.6 seconds by lap 10.[65] Villeneuve overtook Alesi at Stowe corner and moved into tenth position on lap 11.[62] By lap 15, Montoya had further closed the gap to Michael Schumacher and passed the Ferrari driver to take over second position as he drove down the start/finish straight heading towards Stowe.[62][66] By lap 20, Häkkinen had a lead of 25.2 seconds over Montoya, who in turn was 4.5 seconds in front of Michael Schumacher and was pulling away from the Ferrari driver. Barrichello was a further 10.9 seconds behind his teammate and was being caught by Ralf Schumacher in fifth.[65]

Räikkönen was the first driver to make a pit stop on lap 20, rejoining in tenth place.[62] The McLaren and Ferrari teams were employing different strategies – the McLaren team were planning a two-stop strategy whereas the Ferrari team were planning to make pit stop.[63] Häkkinen made his pit stop from the lead on the following lap and came out behind Montoya. Heideld also had a pit stop on the same lap, coming out in tenth position. Montoya took over the lead of the race for four laps before taking his pit stop on lap 25 having been placed under pressure by Häkkinen who moved back into first place. Montoya re-emerged in fourth position, behind the duel between Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher for position.[62] With a clear road ahead of him, Häkkinen increased his lead to ten seconds over Michael Schumacher by lap 27 as he set two consecutive fastest laps.[62][63] Further back, Montoya was being held up by teammate Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello. Seven laps later, the Williams team showed Ralf Schumacher a switch sign on his pit board, asking him to let Montoya through.[62] Ralf Schumacher did not let Montoya past as he felt he was driving quickly to be able to overtake Barrichello but was unable to pass the Brazilian driver.[63] Ralf Schumacher made his pit stop on the 35th lap, allowing Montoya to battle Barrichello for third place.[62] His pit stop took longer than usual as his mechanics had difficulties removing the refuelling nozzle from his car.[63] Ralf Schumacher pulled over to the side of the circuit two laps later when his engine cut out, forcing him to retire.[62][63]

Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher both made their pit stops on lap 39, with Häkkinen retaining his lead and Schumacher coming out behind teammate Barrichello and Montoya.[66] On lap 40[62] Alonso, who was battling with both Benetton drivers and Bernoldi in the second Arrows for position, had his left-front wheel become detached from his Minardi close to the pit lane entry and the wheel rolled into a gravel trap before hitting a tyre wall. This resulted in his pit stop becoming longer than originally planned,[66][67][68] Montoya, Heidfeld and Frentzen all made pit stops one lap later. Barrichello made a pit stop on lap 42 and came out holding third position ahead of Montoya and both Sauber cars. Further down the field, Bernoldi and Fisichella stopped for their second pit stops and both drivers ran side-by-side exiting the pit lane and Bernoldi slowed down to allow Fisichella to move in front.[62] Irvine was the final driver to pit for tyres and fuel on lap 46.[65]

At the conclusion of lap 47, with the scheduled pit stops completed, Häkkinen led Michael Schumacher by 23.9 seconds, followed by Barrichello, Montoya, Räikkönen and Heidfeld.[65] Häkkinen continued to lap consistently faster than Michael Schumacher,[66] stretching his lead to 33.6 seconds by the chequered flag. It was his first win of the season, and the 19th of his Formula One career.[62] Michael Schumacher finished 25.6 seconds ahead of teammate Barrichello, with Montoya the last driver on the lead lap. Räikkonen took fifth with teammate Heidfeld scoring the final point for sixth. Frentzen, Villeneuve, Irvine and Verstappen completed the top ten finishers. Alesi, de la Rosa, Fisichella, Bernoldi and Button took the next five positions with Alonso the last of the classified finishers.[65]

Post-race

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The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in a later press conference.[39] Häkkinen stated it felt "really good" to win the race as he had endured a difficult season so far. He also said that he hoped he would win more races before the season was over and it was "very important" that he passed Michael Schumacher for the lead as it would have been "difficult to get the distance and the gap" he required for his two pit stops.[69] Michael Schumacher said that he had a "difficult day" because his car was hard to drive but praised Häkkinen for taking the victory. He also denied suggestions from Formula One commentators that he had problems with his traction control system.[69] Barrichello said that he was happy with third place and that his Ferrari team believed their tyres would not last for a long period time around the Silverstone circuit. He also felt it was the right decision to stay out on the race track longer than Montoya.[69]

Race classification

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Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 60 1:25:33.770 2 10
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 + 33.646 1 6
3 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 60 + 59.281 6 4
4 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 60 + 1:08.772 8 3
5 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas 59 + 1 Lap 7 2
6 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 59 + 1 Lap 9 1
7 11 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Honda 59 + 1 Lap 5  
8 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 59 + 1 Lap 12  
9 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 59 + 1 Lap 15  
10 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 58 + 2 Laps 17  
11 22 France Jean Alesi Prost-Acer 58 + 2 Laps 14  
12 19 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 58 + 2 Laps 13  
13 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 58 + 2 Laps 19  
14 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 58 + 2 Laps 20  
15 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault 58 + 2 Laps 18  
16 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 57 + 3 Laps 21  
Ret 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 36 Engine 10  
Ret 23 Brazil Luciano Burti Prost-Acer 6 Engine 16  
Ret 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 2 Suspension/Spun off 3  
Ret 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda 0 Collision 4  
Ret 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 0 Collision 11  
DNQ 20 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-European 107% Rule
Source:[70]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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