2001 Japanese Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season | ||
| Date | October 14, 2001 | |
| Official name | XXVII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.859 km (3.641 mi) |
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| Distance | 53 laps, 310.527 km (192.953 mi) | |
| Weather | Cloudy, Mild, Dry | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:32.484 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Williams-BMW | |
| Time | 1:36.944 on lap 46 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ferrari | |
| Second | Williams-BMW | |
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | |
The 2001 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on on October 14, 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit. The race was won by Michael Schumacher who started from pole position.
Häkkinen was running in third place shortly before the end of the race. However, he let his team-mate Coulthard past and took fourth place instead. The reason for this is unknown. It could be speculated that it was his way of repaying Coulthard for what he did in the 1998 Australian Grand Prix and avoiding the press and the inevitable questions about his sabbatical.
Enrique Bernoldi and Alex Yoong started the race from the pit lane. In his last Formula One race before switching to DTM for 2002, Jean Alesi collided with Kimi Räikkönen. It was Alesi's only retirement of the season.
Following the race, the Prost team went bankrupt and closed down.
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- Last race: Jean Alesi, Mika Häkkinen, Tomáš Enge
- This race saw Kimi Räikkönen racing for Sauber team for the last time, he would move to McLaren the following year until 2006.
- This was the last race for the Prost and Benetton teams; Prost went bankrupt and closed down after this race; Benetton was renamed as Renault for 2002.
- This was also the last time that the McLaren team raced with Bridgestone tyres until all teams used Bridgestone in 2007; they switched to Michelin tyres from 2002 to 2006.
- That was last race the F1 in Hungary broadcasting on MTV, then F1's broadcasting in Hungary switched to RTL Klub from 2002 to present.
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