2001 Italian Grand Prix

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	1:16:58.493	1	10
2	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	+5.175	2	6
3	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	53	+17.335	4	4
4	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+24.991	3	3
5	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	53	+1:14.984	10	2
6	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	53	+1:22.469	15	1
7	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	53	+1:23.107	9
8	12	Jean Alesi	Jordan-Honda	52	+1 Lap	16
9	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	52	+1 Lap	17
10	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	52	+1 Lap	14
11	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 Lap	8
12	23	Tomáš Enge	Prost-Acer	52	+1 Lap	20
13	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	51	+2 Laps	21
Ret	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	46	Crankshaft	18
Ret	20	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	44	Spun off	22
Ret	22	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost-Acer	28	Gearbox	12
Ret	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	25	Fuel Pressure	19
Ret	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	19	Gearbox	7
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	14	Engine	13
Ret	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	6	Engine	6
Ret	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	4	Engine	11
Ret	11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	0	Collision	5

First race: Alex Yoong (first Malaysian driver), Tomáš Enge (first Czech driver).

Jarno Trulli was involved into a collision and forced to retire at the first turn in the start.

This was the first F1 race held after the September 11, 2001 attacks; the Ferraris ran without any sponsorship livery and had matte black nose-cones in remembrance.

The pre-race build-up was notable for the fact that Michael Schumacher attempted to organise a pact that would see the drivers treat the first lap as if it were taking place behind the safety car. The plan failed, with Jacques Villeneuve and Benetton's Flavio Briatore refusing to accept the pact. Schumacher had been keen to avoid any accidents at the start, due to a combination of the effects of the September 11, 2001 attacks earlier that week; the death of a marshal in a pile-up at the beginning of the previous year's race; and the horrific accident in the previous day's ChampCar race in Germany, in which former F1 driver Alex Zanardi was critically injured, leading to the amputation of both legs.^{[citation needed]}

Rubens Barrichello showed obvious pace early in the race and it soon became evident that he was on a two-stop strategy, while the Williams-BMW's of Ralf Schumacher and Juan-Pablo Montoya were fuelled heavily and stopping just once, as is traditionally the case at Monza. Michael Schumacher was also two-stopping, but he struggled with pace and was never in the hunt for victory. So it was Barrichello who was the man for Ferrari. However, he couldn't make the strategy work and had to settle for 2nd behind a jubiliant Montoya, who celebrated his maiden win in Formula 1. Ralf Schumacher was third, with a strangely lacklustre Michael Schumacher in fourth.

This was the only race of the season which Michael Schumacher finished in a position other than 1st or 2nd.

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