2001 United States Grand Prix
Race 16 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date September 30, 2001
Official name 2001 SAP United States Grand Prix
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway, Indiana[1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.195 km (2.606 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 306.235 km (190.238 miles)
Weather Sunny, cool, Air: 19–21 °C (66–70 °F);
Track 27 °C (81 °F)
Attendance 175,000
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:11.708
Fastest lap
Driver Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW
Time 1:14.448 on lap 36
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2001 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2001 SAP United States Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on September 30, 2001, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana in the United States. The 73-lap race was the sixteenth and penultimate round of the 2001 Formula One season and was won by Mika Häkkinen. It was the first international sporting event held in the United States since the September 11 attacks, which had occurred less than three weeks earlier. The race was both the last win and podium of Häkkinen's career, and took place two days after his 33rd birthday. It was also the last Formula One race to feature TV commentary by longtime English-language broadcaster Murray Walker (although he did return for a one off radio appearance at the 2007 European Grand Prix).

Background

The 2001 United States Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2001 Formula One World Championship and took place at the 4.195 km (2.607 mi) Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) road course in Speedway, Indiana, on September 30, 2001.[1] It was the second United States Grand Prix to occur at Indianapolis, a circuit that had staged the Indianapolis 500 as part of the Formula One World Championship from 1950 to 1960.[3] The Porsche Supercup and the Ferrari Challenge held support races during the weekend.[4]

Before the race, both the World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship were already won, with Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher having secured the World Drivers' Championship three rounds earlier in the Hungarian Grand Prix and Ferrari took the World Constructors' Championship at the same race, with McLaren too many points behind to be able to catch them.[5]

Following the Italian Grand Prix on 16 September, the Arrows, Benetton, British American Racing (BAR), Jordan, Jaguar and McLaren teams tested over three days at the Silverstone Circuit in England to prepare for the United States Grand Prix.[6] All three days were affected by wet weather and teams had only the final day to run on a dry track. Jordan's Jean Alesi was fastest on the first day while McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz led the other two days of testing.[7][8][9] The Williams team tested its Michelin tyres as well as its chassis and engine with regular driver Ralf Schumacher, test driver Marc Gené and Formula 3000 racers Antônio Pizzonia and Ricardo Sperafico at the Circuito do Estoril.[10] Sauber tested for four days at the Mugello Circuit in Italy with Italian Formula 3000 driver Felipe Massa and then with regular driver Nick Heidfeld to develop the C20 car for the American race.[6][11] Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer spent five days at the Fiorano Circuit in Italy testing the F2001's electronics systems, engine mapping, conducting tyre evaluations and components for the F2002 car.[6][12][13]

A tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks on the engine cover of the Jordan EJ11 car

Nineteen days before the race, the September 11 attacks took place, causing several teams to be reluctant to send their staff to Indianapolis amid worries over security at the circuit.[14] Some drivers and team principals publicly questioned whether the race should go ahead over concerns about behavior and personal safety.[15] The race proceeded as scheduled with additional security measures devised by the local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to protect the spectators and participating teams.[16][17] According to IMS president Tony George, he never considered cancelling the event following talks with Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula One's governing body) president Max Mosley and Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone.[18][15] In remembrance of the September 11 attacks' victims, several participants paid tribute to them on their racing helmets and cars.[19][20] The Grand Prix Drivers' Association donated personal racing items to raise funds for the victims.[21]

Eleven constructors entered two drivers each for the event;[22] six of the entered drivers had not driven on the Indianapolis road course before.[23] Michael Schumacher and Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya were the British bookmakers' joint favourites to win the race.[24] Luciano Burti was ordered to rest until at least the end of December 2001 by FIA doctor Gary Hartstein and was replaced by Czech driver Tomáš Enge for the season's final two races.[25] The Minardi team ran into preparation trouble with half of their personnel not holding a visa.[26] The issue was later resolved and the team travelled to Indianapolis.[17] Michael Schumacher, disheartened due to the terrorist attacks, was given the choice to withdraw from the Grand Prix by Ferrari, who had Badoer on standby to replace him if the need arose. He ultimately participated in the event.[27][28] His brother, Ralf Schumacher, also raced despite describing Formula One's plans to hold the race as a "bad joke".[29]

Some teams made modifications to their cars for the race, with most focused on adapting them to the Indianapolis road course.[30][31]: 564–565  The Ferrari and Williams teams brought technical innovations that they intended to use during the 2002 season. Ferrari brought a new steering wheel that featured four extra buttons, two of which were for adjusting the car's traction control system. The team also installed a new extractor profile and a rear wing similar to the one used at the Canadian Grand Prix. Williams fitted new engine exhausts, similar to those built by Ferrari. It also made two chassis available to their drivers but without new bodywork because some bulky radiators were difficult to mount.[30] Jordan installed new Ferrari-style brake ducts on their EJ11 car for qualifying and Minardi supplied titanium gearboxes to their drivers.[31]: 564–565 

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding Sunday's race—two one-hour sessions on Friday, and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday morning.[32]: 220–221  Friday's two practice sessions were held in cool and overcast weather conditions,[33] with fewer spectators in the grandstands as a result of them not attending the event following the September 11 attacks.[34] The circuit was relatively dirty, so most of the first practice session was spent cleaning it and laying tire rubber on it.[35] The lack of grip on the dusty surface meant several drivers lost control of their cars but no crashes happened.[35][36] Michael Schumacher was the fastest driver with a lap time of 1:14.085 that he set late in the session.[37] He was followed by McLaren's David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari), Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber's Kimi Räikkönen and his teammate Heidfeld, as well as Jordan's Jarno Trulli, Benetton's Jenson Button and Arrows's Jos Verstappen.[36] Mika Häkkinen's McLaren was on the jacks because it was afflicted by a pneumatic valve gear failure that necessitated his team's mechanics to change its engine in 45 minutes to rectify the issue;[31]: 147 [33] this restricted him to four laps and was 14th-fastest.[35][36]

In the second practice session, drivers continued to adjust their setups around the circuit.[38] Häkkinen set the fastest time of the day, a 1:13:387, with twelve minutes remaining.[37][39] Michael Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Jaguar's Eddie Irvine, Heidfeld, Prost's Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Irvine's teammate Pedro de la Rosa and the Williams duo of Ralf Schumacher and Montoya were in positions two through ten.[40] Fisichella ended his session early when he spun his Benetton car into the gravel at turn four after five minutes.[37][40] Enge spun through 180 degrees at the exit of turn eight due to oversteer.[33][37] Just as Enge was able to get his car facing in the right direction, the two Jaguars narrowly avoided hitting the rear of his car, causing him to stall and requiring marshals to extricate him.[41][42] An electrical fault caused Verstappen to stop his car at the pit lane entry with two minutes left.[31]: 355 [38]

During Saturday's practice sessions, which took place in dry and sunny weather conditions,[43] Ferrari were the only team to experiment with brake lights at the rear of their cars but no specific conclusions were drawn from running them.[21][31]: 564–565 [44] The third practice session saw Michael Schumacher lead the time sheets with a lap of 1:12.078 recorded a third of the way into the session.[45] His brother Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, Häkkinen, Coulthard, Button, Heidfeld, Fisichella and Trulli followed in positions two through ten.[46] Montoya lost control of the rear of his car under braking because of an oversteer and spun through 180 degrees at turn six but continued driving without damaging his car. Trulli spun his vehicle between turns nine and ten before Bernoldi spun backwards onto the turn eight escape road and stalled the engine.[45][46][47]

Michael Schumacher did not lap faster in the final practice session due to a oil pump failure caused by a drop in oil pressure, forcing him to abandon his Ferrari on the grass beside the pit lane exit. This necessitated a change of engine for qualifying but he remained fastest overall.[48][49] Häkkinen was lapping quicker and moved to second position. The rest of the top ten was Heidfeld, Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, Montoya, Fisichella, Coulthard, Button and Räikkönen.[43][50] Häkkinen slid into the gravel trap between turns three and four before rejoining the race track and Alex Yoong spun twice in his Minardi car midway through the course but continued without stalling his car.[50][51]

Qualifying

Saturday afternoon's one hour qualifying session saw each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107 per cent of the fastest lap time to qualify for the race.[52]: 220–221  The session was held in clear weather conditions.[53] Michael Schumacher secured his tenth pole position of the season and the 42nd of his career with a time of 1:11.708 that was set on his third quick lap with nine minutes left.[31]: 121 [45] He made no more runs, telling Ferrari that he had extracted all of his car's capacity.[54] He was provisionally joined on the grid's front row by Häkkinen, who battled Schumacher for pole position until the latter set the pole deciding lap.[55] Häkkinen did not attempt to improve his time after setting his best time as he was aware that he would not go any faster.[49] Ralf Schumacher was third after a braking error into turn four prevented him from lapping quicker. His teammate Montoya, fourth, experienced handling trouble, slower cars on his third effort and made a driver error on his final run.[54][56] Barrichello took fifth after his attempt to slipstream teammate Michael Schumacher on his second run failed when he encountered Trulli.[49][56] Heidfeld equalled his best qualifying performance of the season in sixth place and felt he could have gone better had he not been required to lose two-tenths of a second by braking early on his quickest lap for an accident involving Enge.[49][57] Coulthard in seventh had a oversteer while running a light fuel load due to his car setup.[49][56] Jordan teammates Alesi and Trulli were eighth and ninth, both drivers performed poorly in the infield section because they ran a lower downforce setup for higher top speed on the main straight;[49] Trulli aborted his final run because of the presence of slower cars.[31]: 225  Button improved his car throughout qualifying and achieved a season-best qualifying result of tenth.[31]: 277 [49]

Räikkönen in 11th was the fastest not to qualify in the top ten due to him being unable to find the ideal chassis balance after small setup alterations proved ineffective and had handling issues.[31]: 199 [49] Fisichella took 12th, having encountered the waving of yellow flags for Enge's crash that required him to slow down during his final run and part of his engine cover detached on the main straight.[31]: 277 [56] BAR's Olivier Panis lacked grip and was restricted to starting from 13th place.[49] Irvine, 14th, had understeer and a major front-end vibration following a setup change for his fourth run in which he lost time on the banking.[31]: 303 [49] Frentzen reported that his team had improved his car's balance and he qualified 15th.[49] De La Rosa took 16th after encountering traffic on his final run and him being unable to generate heat into his tyres.[49][56] Minardi driver Fernando Alonso secured 17th on his fourth and last effort before sensing an engine issue in his race chassis on his third run and switched to the team's spare car that had an older gearbox.[31]: 381 [49][56] Panis's teammate Jacques Villeneuve in 18th drove a car lacking grip after an incorrect chassis setup and tried the spare BAR vehicle.[31]: 251  The Arrows duo of Enrique Bernoldi and Verstappen qualified 19th and 20th; Bernoldi's engine developed a chronic misfire and entered the garage to switch to the team's spare car for the rest of the session. Verstappen made a minor error on his first run and was delayed by Montoya at turn three on his last run.[31]: 355 [56] Enge in 21st suffered a right-front brake failure on his final quick lap and crashed into the turn eight tire barrier at the end of the back straight. He was unhurt.[31]: 329 [49] Yoong completed the starting grid in 22nd after lapping faster on each of his runs despite car balance problems.[49][56]

Warm-up

The drivers took to the track at 08:30 Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00) for a 30-minute warm-up session.[52]: 220–221 [58] It took place in sunny and bright weather conditions with temperatures decreasing gradually.[59] The cooler track temperature meant drivers were slower than they were in qualifying.[60] Ralf Schumacher lapped fastest overall with a time of 1:13.912, followed by the McLaren duo of Coulthard and Häkkinen. Michael Schumacher was fourth-fastest and Verstappen was fifth.[61] Some drivers lost control of their cars during warm-up, with Coulthard damaging his McLaren's undertray mounting the turn five high kerb.[60] Montoya's engine failed in the spare Williams car setup for him eight minutes into the session, dropping oil and metal debris on the circuit between the banked turn 13 and the main straight. The session was stopped for 15 minutes by race officials so that marshals could clean the track.[43][61][62] Häkkinen in the spare McLaren damaged the car's right-hand side in an accident against the turn eight metal barrier shortly before the session was over. He was unhurt.[59][61]

After the session, Häkkinen's fastest qualifying lap time was deleted by the stewards because he did not notice the red light at the pit lane exit and overtook cars stopped in a line waiting for the session to restart following Montoya's engine failure. His second-fastest qualifying lap of 1:12.309 was used to determine his final grid position and it put him fourth. This promoted Williams teammates Ralf Schumacher and Montoya to second and third, respectively.[31]: 147 [63] McLaren did not appeal the penalty.[64]

Summary

Häkkinen overcame some early race-day adversity and won the race by 11 seconds over newly crowned World Champion and pole-sitter Schumacher before a season-high crowd estimated at 175,000. "This Grand Prix is definitely one of my important victories," Häkkinen said. "Because I rate Monaco, Silverstone and Indianapolis, I think, as the Grands Prix a Grand Prix driver wants to win. It's something special. So this is something I'm never going to forget." It was the twentieth win of Häkkinen's career, and the last before fulfilling his stated plan to take a year off from racing, which wound up being retirement at the end of the season.

At the start, Montoya pulled his Williams from third spot around the outside of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari into Turn 1. Side by side through the initial right-hander, the two avoided contact by inches as Schumacher closed the door and seized the advantage into the left-handed Turn 2. It soon became clear, however, that the fastest car on the track was the Ferrari of Barrichello, ostensibly carrying a light fuel load and on a two-stop strategy. The Brazilian took second from Montoya beginning Lap 3, then passed Schumacher two laps later for the lead.

While Barrichello was making his way to the front, three of the field's youngest drivers, Sauber teammates Heidfeld and Räikkönen, along with Jordan's Trulli, entered the braking zone for Turn 1 three-wide on the second lap. Räikkönen became the meat in the sandwich and had his front wing broken by contact with Trulli. He retired immediately after pitting for repairs, while Heidfeld and Trulli were undamaged and both eventually ended up in the points.

Juan Pablo Montoya leads Michael Schumacher through the infield section during the 2001 United States Grand Prix

Once in the lead, Barrichello quickly opened up a considerable gap back to Schumacher, and by his first pit stop on Lap 27, he led by 12.5 seconds. He returned from the pits in fifth place, behind the two McLarens, as Schumacher returned to the lead. Montoya, meanwhile, was flying as his Michelin tires began to gain traction and provide him an advantage. On Lap 34, just a lap after nearly losing control in Turn 4, Montoya took the lead by outbraking Schumacher down the inside of Turn 1 as they approached the Minardi of Alex Yoong. "I was trying to get close enough coming into the straight," Montoya said later, "and that time I knew I was going to get close enough because of traffic. I just went for it." Michael Schumacher said later, "I don't know where he came from." Almost immediately, Montoya built a 2.3-second advantage, recording the fastest lap of the race before pitting on Lap 36 and returning in fifth. Once again, Schumacher led, this time from Häkkinen, with neither car having visited the pits.

Just two laps later, immediately after Ralf Schumacher had spun and stalled his Williams in Turn 6, the crowd on the front straight groaned as Montoya moved over to the pit wall and rolled to a stop. "It (the Williams) was really good," Montoya said a few minutes later, at the back of his garage. "The car was really competitive. I wanted to really go for the win here, and it's a big disappointment we couldn't finish the race. I think the engine was running really strong. I don't know, I think it was a hydraulic (problem) because I lost all the gears and everything. When I stopped, the engine was still running."

When Schumacher stopped on Lap 39, the McLarens were briefly first and second ahead of Barrichello. Coulthard surrendered second place by pitting on Lap 42 and returned in fourth, while Häkkinen took control of the race by staying out until Lap 46. At Häkkinen's stop, Barrichello led again until his second stop on Lap 50, when Häkkinen took the lead for good, having won the strategy battle with the World Champions.

As Barrichello returned from his second stop in second place, he seemed to be the only one with a chance to challenge Häkkinen. Both Williams were gone, and the teammates of the two front-runners were showing no signs of mounting an attack, but it seemed the Brazilian might indeed have the speed to chase down the Finn's McLaren. The gap dropped steadily, down to 2.2 seconds on Lap 61, until smoke started to appear intermittently at the back of Barrichello's car. The engine note on the long front straight each time by made it clear that the usually reliable Ferrari was on its last legs. On Lap 71, with Coulthard closing in, Schumacher could hope no longer that his teammate would limp home in second. The German took second from Barrichello, and on the next lap, Coulthard took third, just a few turns before the Ferrari's engine failed and spun on the infield straight.

It was a disappointing end for Barrichello, whose chance for second place in the Driver's Championship slipped further away, but a tremendously popular and rewarding win for Mika Häkkinen. Having endured a frustrating and unproductive season, not a Championship contender for the first time in four years, and one race away from a voluntary "sabbatical" from racing, Häkkinen basked in the crowd's glow, for what would prove to be the last time.

Trulli's three points for fourth place moved Jordan ahead of fellow Honda-powered BAR in the Constructor's Championship, a result that endured after the final race in Japan. Irvine finished fifth, his first time in the points since making the podium in Monaco, and Nick Heidfeld's sixth place was a fitting reward for a fine weekend.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGap
1 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.708 —
2 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:11.986 +0.278
3 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:12.252 +0.544
4 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.309 +0.601
5 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:12.327 +0.619
6 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas 1:12.434 +0.726
7 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.500 +0.792
8 11 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda 1:12.605 +0.897
9 12 France Jean Alesi Jordan-Honda 1:12.607 +0.899
10 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault 1:12.805 +1.097
11 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas 1:12.881 +1.173
12 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 1:12.942 +1.234
13 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda 1:13.122 +1.414
14 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:13.189 +1.481
15 22 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Prost-Acer 1:13.281 +1.573
16 19 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth 1:13.679 +1.971
17 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European 1:13.991 +2.283
18 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:14.012 +2.304
19 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech 1:14.129 +2.421
20 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech 1:14.138 +2.430
21 23 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Prost-Acer 1:14.185 +2.477
22 20 Malaysia Alex Yoong Minardi-European 1:15.247 +3.539
107% time: 1:16.728
Source:[65]

Notes

  • ^1  – Mika Häkkinen's best qualifying time was actually 1:11.945[66] but it was deleted due to Häkkinen ignoring a red light during the final practice session. This demoted him from 2nd to 4th on the grid.[67]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 3 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes B 73 1:32:42.840 4 10
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 73 +11.046 1 6
3 4 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes B 73 +12.043 7 4
4 11 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Honda B 73 +57.423 8 3
5 18 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth M 73 +1:12.434 14 2
6 16 Germany Nick Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas B 73 +1:12.996 6 1
7 12 France Jean Alesi Jordan-Honda B 72 +1 Lap 9  
8 7 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault M 72 +1 Lap 12  
9 8 United Kingdom Jenson Button Benetton-Renault M 72 +1 Lap 10  
10 22 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Prost-Acer M 72 +1 Lap 15  
11 9 France Olivier Panis BAR-Honda B 72 +1 Lap 13  
12 19 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth M 72 +1 Lap 16  
13 15 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Arrows-Asiatech B 72 +1 Lap 19  
14 23 Czech Republic Tomáš Enge Prost-Acer M 72 +1 Lap 21  
15 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 71 Engine 5  
Ret 10 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda B 45 Suspension 18  
Ret 14 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Asiatech B 44 Engine 20  
Ret 20 Malaysia Alex Yoong Minardi-European M 38 Gearbox 22  
Ret 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW M 38 Hydraulics 3  
Ret 21 Spain Fernando Alonso Minardi-European M 36 Driveshaft 17  
Ret 5 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW M 36 Spun off 2  
Ret 17 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Sauber-Petronas B 2 Driveshaft 11  
Source:[68][69]

Notes

  • At the start of the race, Enge did not get away and stalled on the dummy grid.
  • Prior to the race, John Mellencamp performed his song "Peaceful World," since the race was less than 3 weeks after September 11.
  • In the race, Jean Alesi's Jordan carried the number "200" on its sidepods, commemorating his 200th (and penultimate) Grand Prix.
  • Several hours after the race, Jarno Trulli had his fourth-place result taken away for having too much wear on the plank under his Jordan, but the team's appeal of the decision was accepted four weeks later and the result was reinstated.

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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