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2001 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 2 Sep 2001
- Name
- 2001 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/677
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: ONE_SESSION
Grand Prix context
2001 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2001 Formula 1 World Championship · round 14
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:08:05.002 · 36 laps · ferrari | 10 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:08:15.100 · 36 laps · mercedes | 6 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:08:32.744 · 36 laps · renault | 4 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:08:41.089 · 36 laps · mercedes | 3 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:08:59.523 · 36 laps · ferrari | 2 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Jordan | 1:09:04.686 · 36 laps · honda | 1 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:09:04.988 · 36 laps · bmw | Unknown / not applicable |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:09:09.972 · 36 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Prost | Time not recorded · 35 laps · acer | Unknown / not applicable |
| 10 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Time not recorded · 35 laps · asiatech | Unknown / not applicable |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | BAR | Time not recorded · 35 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows | Time not recorded · 35 laps · asiatech | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | Time not recorded · 32 laps · european | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | Engine · Time not recorded · 31 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Jenson Button | Benetton | Accident · Time not recorded · 17 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | Engine · Time not recorded · 1 laps · bmw | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 1 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · petronas | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Kimi Räikkönen | Sauber | Transmission · Time not recorded · 0 laps · petronas | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Luciano Burti | Prost | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · acer | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Fernando Alonso | Minardi | Gearbox · Time not recorded · 0 laps · european | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:52.072 · 7 laps · bmw | |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:52.959 · 10 laps · bmw | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:54.685 · 8 laps · ferrari | |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Prost | 1:55.233 · 10 laps · acer | |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:56.116 · 7 laps · ferrari | |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:57.038 · 11 laps · honda | |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:57.043 · 12 laps · mercedes | |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:57.668 · 7 laps · renault | |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:58.008 · 10 laps · mercedes | |
| 10 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar | 1:58.519 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | BAR | 1:58.838 · 8 laps · honda | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Sauber | 1:59.050 · 8 laps · petronas | |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Jordan | 1:59.128 · 10 laps · honda | |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:59.302 · 9 laps · petronas | |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Benetton | 1:59.587 · 7 laps · renault | |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:59.647 · 10 laps · honda | |
| 17 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:59.689 · 9 laps · cosworth | |
| 18 | Luciano Burti | Prost | 1:59.900 · 7 laps · acer | |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 2:02.039 · 10 laps · asiatech | |
| 20 | Fernando Alonso | Minardi | 2:02.594 · 8 laps · european | |
| 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows | 2:03.048 · 10 laps · asiatech | |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 2:04.204 · 10 laps · european |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:52.072 · bmw | |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:52.959 · bmw | |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:54.685 · ferrari | |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Prost | 1:55.233 · acer | |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:56.116 · ferrari | |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:57.038 · honda | |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:57.043 · mercedes | |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:57.668 · renault | |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:58.008 · mercedes | |
| 10 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar | 1:58.519 · cosworth | |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | BAR | 1:58.838 · honda | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Sauber | 1:59.050 · petronas | |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Jordan | 1:59.128 · honda | |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:59.302 · petronas | |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Benetton | 1:59.587 · renault | |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:59.647 · honda | |
| 17 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:59.689 · cosworth | |
| 18 | Luciano Burti | Prost | 1:59.900 · acer | |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 2:02.039 · asiatech | |
| 20 | Fernando Alonso | Minardi | 2:02.594 · european | |
| 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows | 2:03.048 · asiatech | |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 2:04.204 · european |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 104 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 57 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 48 |
| 4 | Ralf Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 44 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 24 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 15 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 11 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 11 |
| 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 15 | Eddie Irvine | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 19 | Ricardo Zonta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Luciano Burti | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 21 | Enrique Bernoldi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 22 | Tarso Marques | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 24 | Gastón Mazzacane | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1:48.655 |
| freePractice1Results | Jarno Trulli | 2 | 1:49.404 |
| freePractice1Results | Rubens Barrichello | 3 | 1:49.456 |
| freePractice1Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 4 | 1:50.192 |
| freePractice1Results | Mika Häkkinen | 5 | 1:50.239 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 6 | 1:50.495 |
| freePractice1Results | Ralf Schumacher | 7 | 1:50.801 |
| freePractice1Results | Eddie Irvine | 8 | 1:51.555 |
| freePractice1Results | Jean Alesi | 9 | 1:51.631 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 10 | 1:51.673 |
| freePractice1Results | Olivier Panis | 11 | 1:52.071 |
| freePractice1Results | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 12 | 1:52.073 |
| freePractice1Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 13 | 1:52.119 |
| freePractice1Results | Nick Heidfeld | 14 | 1:52.436 |
| freePractice1Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 15 | 1:52.804 |
| freePractice1Results | Juan Pablo Montoya | 16 | 1:52.829 |
| freePractice1Results | Jos Verstappen | 17 | 1:52.955 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 18 | 1:55.021 |
| freePractice1Results | Tarso Marques | 19 | 1:55.099 |
| freePractice1Results | Enrique Bernoldi | 20 | 1:55.491 |
| freePractice1Results | Luciano Burti | 21 | 2:11.037 |
| freePractice1Results | David Coulthard | 22 | 12:37.913 |
| freePractice2Results | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | 1:47.494 |
| freePractice2Results | Ralf Schumacher | 2 | 1:47.768 |
| freePractice2Results | Mika Häkkinen | 3 | 1:48.465 |
| freePractice2Results | David Coulthard | 4 | 1:48.698 |
| freePractice2Results | Rubens Barrichello | 5 | 1:49.071 |
| freePractice2Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 6 | 1:49.511 |
| freePractice2Results | Eddie Irvine | 7 | 1:49.857 |
| freePractice2Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 8 | 1:49.953 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 9 | 1:50.130 |
| freePractice2Results | Jean Alesi | 10 | 1:50.485 |
| freePractice2Results | Jarno Trulli | 11 | 1:50.494 |
| freePractice2Results | Olivier Panis | 12 | 1:50.501 |
| freePractice2Results | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 13 | 1:50.765 |
| freePractice2Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 14 | 1:52.267 |
| freePractice2Results | Luciano Burti | 15 | 1:52.740 |
| freePractice2Results | Enrique Bernoldi | 16 | 1:52.906 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 17 | 1:53.546 |
| freePractice2Results | Tarso Marques | 18 | 1:53.861 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 19 | 1:57.257 |
| freePractice2Results | Jos Verstappen | 20 | 1:57.477 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 21 | 1:58.547 |
| freePractice2Results | Nick Heidfeld | 22 | 2:55.816 |
| warmingUpResults | Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1:49.495 |
| warmingUpResults | Mika Häkkinen | 2 | 1:50.694 |
| warmingUpResults | Kimi Räikkönen | 3 | 1:50.738 |
| warmingUpResults | Ralf Schumacher | 4 | 1:50.776 |
| warmingUpResults | Eddie Irvine | 5 | 1:50.818 |
| warmingUpResults | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 6 | 1:50.908 |
| warmingUpResults | Juan Pablo Montoya | 7 | 1:50.993 |
| warmingUpResults | Jarno Trulli | 8 | 1:51.062 |
| warmingUpResults | Nick Heidfeld | 9 | 1:51.317 |
| warmingUpResults | Rubens Barrichello | 10 | 1:51.394 |
| warmingUpResults | Pedro de la Rosa | 11 | 1:51.418 |
| warmingUpResults | David Coulthard | 12 | 1:51.750 |
| warmingUpResults | Jean Alesi | 13 | 1:52.338 |
| warmingUpResults | Giancarlo Fisichella | 14 | 1:52.436 |
| warmingUpResults | Fernando Alonso | 15 | 1:52.479 |
| warmingUpResults | Olivier Panis | 16 | 1:52.519 |
| warmingUpResults | Jacques Villeneuve | 17 | 1:52.903 |
| warmingUpResults | Tarso Marques | 18 | 1:52.908 |
| warmingUpResults | Luciano Burti | 19 | 1:53.083 |
| warmingUpResults | Jos Verstappen | 20 | 1:53.737 |
| warmingUpResults | Enrique Bernoldi | 21 | 1:54.472 |
| warmingUpResults | Jenson Button | 22 | 2:34.526 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarno Trulli | 1 | 6 | 30.386 |
| Mika Häkkinen | 1 | 7 | 29.850 |
| Jean Alesi | 1 | 7 | 31.149 |
| Olivier Panis | 1 | 7 | 30.331 |
| Jos Verstappen | 1 | 8 | 30.840 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 9 | 31.067 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 9 | 30.437 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 1 | 9 | 30.820 |
| Enrique Bernoldi | 1 | 9 | 32.852 |
| Tarso Marques | 1 | 9 | 31.732 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1 | 10 | 31.443 |
| David Coulthard | 1 | 10 | 28.483 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 10 | 29.298 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 11 | 28.708 |
| Olivier Panis | 2 | 12 | 33.763 |
| Tarso Marques | 2 | 15 | 30.786 |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 | 16 | 32.714 |
| Tarso Marques | 3 | 16 | 46.104 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 18 | 32.623 |
| Tarso Marques | 4 | 17 | 4:23.621 |
| Jarno Trulli | 2 | 19 | 32.910 |
| Jean Alesi | 2 | 20 | 31.401 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 21 | 30.146 |
| Olivier Panis | 3 | 21 | 49.764 |
| Jos Verstappen | 2 | 22 | 30.636 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 23 | 29.077 |
| Mika Häkkinen | 2 | 23 | 28.912 |
| David Coulthard | 2 | 24 | 28.569 |
| Michael Schumacher | 2 | 25 | 29.779 |
| Enrique Bernoldi | 2 | 24 | 34.320 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 2 | 25 | 31.092 |