Race 5 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
29 April 2001
Official name
XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana
Location
Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain[1]
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.730 km (2.939 miles)
Distance
65 laps, 307.323 km (190.962 miles)
Weather
Overcast, Mild, Dry, Air Temp: 18°C
Attendance
91,000
Pole position
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Time
1:18.201
Fastest lap
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Time
1:21.151 on lap 25
Podium
First
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Second
Juan Pablo Montoya
Williams-BMW
Third
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR-Honda
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving a Williams car with Jacques Villeneuve third for the BAR team.
The race was Schumacher's third win of the season, and the result that he led the Drivers' Championship, eight points ahead of Coulthard and twenty-two ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship, eighteen points ahead of McLaren, and thirty-two ahead of Williams, with 12 races of the season remaining.
This race marked the return of electronic driver aids, which were made legal and reintroduced by the FIA at this race, and this event marked the first time since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix in which the use of traction control, launch control, and fully-automatic gearboxes were all permitted. Formula One cars would not race without these systems again until the 2004 and 2008 Australian Grand Prix, respectively.[2][3][4][5]
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^Eustice, Charlie (8 May 2015). "Montmelo Memories: 2001 Spanish Grand Prix". badgergp.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^"Teams come to grips with return of traction control". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.[permanent dead link]
^"Traction control returns; but it's not quite as simple as that". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^"Preview: Spanish Grand Prix 2001". Crash.net. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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