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85-422: The EJ12 incorporated heavy design revisions to the front of the chassis compared to the preceding EJ11 , therefore requiring a re-packaged front suspension system. New materials and production techniques were utilised in the chassis to further reduce weight and the centre of gravity position, with the revised side-pods making the side impact structures smaller, but more efficient. Due to a drop in sponsorship money

170-457: A clutch hydraulics problem about half a minute later. In the afternoon session, Trulli recorded the day's fastest lap at 1 minute 38.846 seconds. He was 0.083 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher in second. Barrichello, Coulthard, Irvine, Häkkinen, Frentzen, Burti, Panis and Ralf Schumacher of the Williams team rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Early in the session, Frentzen confronted

255-451: A car balance problem that left him in fourth. Trulli in fifth had a lack of acclimatisation due to an electrical fault and could not fine-tune his car's setup . Montoya, sixth, spun during the session, as Villeneuve, who said later he thought he drove too aggressively, took seventh. Coulthard, eighth, admitted to over-driving in the middle sector during his final attempt, losing him time. Excess understeer put Frentzen, who took ninth, off

340-458: A good car, a fantastic car actually, the best car I have ever driven, like I have said. Once I came on the radio to say that I saw some bits of the car flying, and that's basically was some of the barge boards and maybe the brake duct or something." Coulthard stated he was unsurprised at Ferrari's faster speed, "They clearly have a car advantage at this time, very similar to the sort of advantage we probably had in '98, and that allows you, if you make

425-563: A good result during the race, with both cars retiring whilst running outside the points-paying positions. The team were becoming frustrated with Frentzen's lack of pace in the EJ11, as he had been out qualified by Trulli in all but one race, and had scored fewer points than the Italian . Trulli had a steady race at Magny-Cours and finished in 5th, whilst Frentzen was off his team-mate's pace and finished only 8th, behind both Saubers. Things looked up for

510-405: A lap of 1 minute 49.763 seconds. He was followed by Coulthard, Trulli, Räikkonen, Verstappen, Frentzen, Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld, Panis and Villeneuve. Alonso stopped on the start/finish straight with a fuel pump failure and he took the spare car originally setup for his teammate Marques. Irvine's engine cut out, causing him to drive the spare Jaguar. Fisichella spun twice and his teammate Button

595-461: A much smaller budget and without manufacturer backing, who had 19. The cars were off the pace again in Germany, with a double retirement ending a miserable day. Trulli may have finished on the podium, but spun in the course of a battle with Villeneuve, who went on to finish third. Zonta, again substituting for Frentzen, collided with Jos Verstappen 's Arrows early on. A major aerodynamic upgrade came for

680-417: A row from pole position with his sixth. Barrichello was 23.660 seconds behind in second and Coulthard came third. Frentzen's scheduled two-stop strategy put him fourth despite locking rear wheels and was ordered by Jordan to stop at the end of the pit lane barrier because he needed to have enough fuel in his car to pass a post-race FIA analysis. Ralf Schumacher in fifth held off Häkkinen in sixth. Outside of

765-473: A second on his first attempt. He took his sixth consecutive pole position—becoming the first driver since Häkkinen in 1999 to achieve the feat—and the 34th of his career with a time of 1 minute 35.220 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by his teammate Barrichello who had lost time in the first two turns due to a strengthening wind. Ralf Schumacher initially led and traded pole position with both Ferrari drivers before falling to third. Häkkinen had

850-470: A six-point advisory plan to all 700 circuit personnel including track marshals, firefighters and paramedics to improve safety. There were 11 teams (each represented by a different constructor ) fielded two race drivers for the event with no changes from the season entry list. All cars ran with the same rear wings as in Melbourne since the revised downforce regulations caused aerodynamicists to reclassify

935-412: A steady drive to a mere tenth after a poor qualifying performance and equally poor start. The team were now despairing, as the upgrade had made no difference to the car's performance, and the team were now sixth in the championship, behind BAR and Sauber, despite having the potentially faster car. Spa produced some reward for the team, with Alesi scoring a point for sixth in a chaotic race. However, this

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1020-438: A straight-line speed advantage on the main straights, but emitted a large amount of carbon brake dust each time he braked into the heavy braking zones. Michael Schumacher reduced his pace since overtaking caused by blocked radiators was a possible worry for him but maintained the lead to take his second victory of the season, and the 46th of his career, overtaking Nigel Mansell 's and Ascari's joint record of five victories in

1105-534: A yellow flag. Trulli drove strongly and looked set for third when his hydraulics failed, putting him out of the race. At the very next round in Malaysia , Trulli was third after the first lap. When the circuit was doused by a thunderstorm, he briefly held the lead before spinning off and dropping back down the order. Frentzen survived the rainstorm and finished a strong fourth, beating the Williams of Ralf Schumacher and

1190-529: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jordan EJ11 The Jordan EJ11 was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 2001 Formula One World Championship . The car was different from its disappointing predecessor, the Jordan EJ10 . The EJ11 now had seven gears instead of the previous car's six, and also featured a much higher nose (resulting in a shark-based livery ). But, most notably,

1275-525: Is not our style." Following the death of track marshal Graham Beveridge, who was struck in the chest by a wheel from the car of British American Racing (BAR) driver Jacques Villeneuve at the Australian Grand Prix, the organisers of the Malaysian race worked to better protect trackside personnel and drivers; they did not request assistance from Formula One officials. Circuit officials moved back

1360-481: The Fiorano Circuit that the intermediate tyres operated efficiently in deep standing water, "We knew there were dry parts of the track and we knew there were wet parts of the track and we knew the tyres were very good in the morning [warm-up] as well. That was what we ran this morning. We knew it was very good and we knew it would go into the dry." Irvine described the weather conditions that were observed early in

1445-659: The French , British and United States Grands Prix, which was replaced with "Bitten Heroes". This was a reference to the stylized drawing of a shark on the nose and the fin on the side of the car, which had replaced the Hornet since 1998 and the accompanying lettering "Buzzin Hornets". After the September 11 attacks , the team raced in Italian and United States Grands Prix, where the American flag

1530-801: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's governing body, had been held in Malaysia since the 1960s, with the first editions being run in Singapore , then part of the Malaysian Federation, before moving to the Shah Alam Circuit . With the arrival of the Formula One Grand Prix in 1999 , the race was moved to the purpose-built Sepang International Circuit, where all editions were held until 2017 . After winning

1615-455: The 15th lap, Michael Schumacher overtook Verstappen on the inside for second and began to draw closer to Coulthard, who drove with an understeer. He passed Coulthard on the right for the lead on the start/finish straight linking the final and first corners on lap 16. That lap, Barrichello overtook Verstappen and Coulthard to advance to second as Michael Schumacher began to pull away by five seconds. It appeared at this point that Ferrari would win

1700-585: The McLaren of Mika Häkkinen in the process. The trend of strong qualifying but inferior race pace continued in Brazil , where the team threw away the chance for a podium after both cars pitted on the same lap to change tyres in wet conditions. Frentzen retired from third with an electrical problem with eight laps to go, which promoted Trulli to the same position. The wrong choice of tyres, however, would see him passed by Nick Heidfeld 's Sauber and Olivier Panis ' BAR in

1785-464: The Sauber team principal Peter Sauber , who was angered at comments made by the former regarding the fast acceleration of his team's vehicles exiting the corners in the Australian Grand Prix. Both engaged in a verbal argument, which was ended when Jordan team owner Eddie Jordan pulled Frentzen away from Peter Sauber. Battery problems sidelined Montoya and two fuel pump failures limited Alonso's running to

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1870-774: The Sepang International Circuit as a "high-downforce track". After competing the season's first round without a spare vehicle, half of the personnel working for the Minardi team returned to its bases in Italy and the United Kingdom to assemble, test and transport a spare car to Malaysia so that its drivers Fernando Alonso and Tarso Marques had a back-up plan if either one had a problem. Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton ran some aerodynamic modifications on their vehicles while Williams, Sauber, Prost , Arrows and Minardi all ran to

1955-603: The World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari further extended its advantage over second-place McLaren while Sauber fell to fourth behind Jordan with fifteen races left in the season. The 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix was the 2nd of the 17 races in the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the 3rd edition of the event as part of the series. It was held at the 15-turn 5.543 km (3.444 mi) Sepang International Circuit in Sepang , Selangor on 18 March. A race sanctioned by

2040-410: The area one minute before it closed. On the formation lap , Frentzen's engine misfired due to a computer-hardware error that limited his rev limiter to 4,000 rpm as he drove away from his starting slot. Just before the race was due to start, Fisichella was out of position because he missed his starting slot and was stranded in the middle of the grid. He drove to his original starting position and

2125-413: The closing laps. Trulli once again qualified near the head of the field at Imola , and made a quick start to run third in the opening laps. His race pace was not strong, and a queue of faster cars soon developed behind him. Jarno would drop to fifth behind the faster Ferraris, Williamses and McLarens, with Frentzen finishing immediately behind in sixth. This would be the team's only double-points finish in

2210-516: The corner. That caused the left-front corner of Barrichello's Ferrari and the rear of Ralf Schumacher's Williams car to connect; Schumacher spun 180 degrees in front of the pack, sending him to the rear of the field. In doing so, Irvine was sent into a half-spin by Verstappen as Räikkönen drove near the pit lane wall with a broken transmission. Elsewhere, Häkkinen slowed to avoid piling into Ralf Schumacher. He fell from fourth to eighth as his teammate Coulthard moved from eighth to fourth after going into

2295-515: The course of the season. The Spanish Grand Prix saw Trulli finish fourth, but the team were left disappointed that they had been beaten by BAR, with Jacques Villeneuve finishing in third place. In a straight fight the team were beaten by their rivals. Frentzen's race was compromised when his launch control failed, and he collided with Pedro de la Rosa whilst climbing back up through the field. The next two races at Austria and Monaco would see double retirements. Embarrassingly, neither car left

2380-429: The door and that was where we touched." Ron Dennis , the McLaren team principal, said he was certain the decision to run his cars on the wet tyres was correct, "Are we disappointed? Not really, but we are more frustrated. Today was one of those days when you have to make a decision and we made ours to go on wets and they (Ferrari) took a risk and went on intermediates." Brawn stated Ferrari had information from testing at

2465-530: The fast-speed corners before a setup alteration to improve his car's balance put Button 17th. A lack of engine power and understeer left Verstappen in 18th. His teammate Bernoldi was blocked by Räikkönen on his final timed lap and was 19th. Gastón Mazzacane in the slower Prost car had his setup changed and improved his best time to go 20th-fastest. Understeer on Marques' first two attempts and setup improvements to correct it put him 21st. His teammate Alonso could not drive his race car because its gearbox and engine

2550-399: The field on lap two, Panis' engine failed, pitching his car backwards into the gravel trap. Leaking oil pooled on the track and dripped onto his hot exhaust , where it ignited. Fisichella overtook his teammate Button for 11th as Ralf Schumacher moved from 20th to 14th. An unexpected monsoon shower began to fall on lap three. The two Ferraris continued to pull further away from the rest of

2635-411: The field, although they were unaware of Panis' deposited oil because they had not been told of it in time by the marshals. Both drivers slid on the oil and into the gravel trap, and navigated back onto the track in third and seventh. Trulli took the lead with Coulthard in second. None of the leaders made pit stops to switch to wet-weather compound tyres immediately because half of the track was dry while

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2720-522: The fight for the title honours. At the season opener in Australia , Frentzen qualified a strong fourth with Trulli not far behind in seventh. Frentzen ran in third place early on, but was knocked off the track in a collision with Rubens Barrichello 's Ferrari. In a strong comeback drive, the German finished sixth, and was promoted to fifth when arch-rivals BAR had one of their cars penalised for overtaking under

2805-478: The final hairpin was flooded as some areas did not have adequate drainage. On lap four, Montoya, Bernoldi, Heidfeld and Villeneuve aquaplaned into a gravel trap and retired. Whiting deployed the safety car on the lap though several cars, including Trulli, Coulthard and Barrichello, aquaplaned into the turn 15 hairpin. During the safety car period, several drivers made pit stops for rain tyres. Although he had no radio communication with his team, Coulthard exited

2890-562: The final 20 minutes. His teammate Marques had an engine problem and Benetton's Jenson Button set his first lap times after missing the first session due to an overheating gearbox . It continued to be clear, hot and humid for the two Saturday morning practice sessions. With a time of 1 minute 36.814 seconds, Coulthard was fastest in the third session, followed by Barrichello in second and his Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher in third. Häkkinen, Ralf Schumacher, Heidfeld,. Frentzen, Montoya, Panis and Irvine were in positions four through ten. In

2975-409: The final session, Barrichello led with a lap of 1 minute 36.188 seconds. Second was Ralf Schumacher and Häkkinen third. Fourth was Michael Schumacher, Coulthard fifth and Frentzen improved to sixth. Trulli, Irvine, Panis and Sauber's Kimi Räikkönen occupied seventh to tenth places. Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella ran into a gravel trap beside the circuit and Alonso stopped with smoke billowing from

3060-461: The first driver since the two-time world champion Alberto Ascari in 1952 to achieve the feat. He said he would not over relax after his victory in Melbourne: "Every year we say here at Ferrari that it is our best car ever and this time, like Rubens, I feel it is true. But we have experience and we know things can go up and down very quickly so we are not going to be complacent or over-confident. That

3145-462: The first two laps until he and Barrichello skidded on oil left by Olivier Panis ' British American Racing (BAR) car, as a tropical monsoon begin to fall. They ran into a gravel trap and Jordan driver Jarno Trulli took the lead for one lap until he and several drivers aquaplaned in the deteriorating weather. Coulthard led for 11 laps after a phase of pit stops for wet-weather tyres before Michael Schumacher passed him on lap 16. Schumacher led

3230-399: The grass to avoid the incidents. Verstappen moved from 18th to sixth by the end of the first lap by driving on the inside, as Ralf Schumacher fell from third to 20th over the same distance. At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led his teammate Barrichello in second by 1.3 seconds, with Trulli a further 1.8 seconds behind in third. As the two Ferraris pulled away from the rest of

3315-571: The grid in Austria, when Trulli's launch control failed and Frentzen's gearbox failed. A possible podium finish was lost by unreliability in Monaco due to Trulli retiring from fifth with an engine failure, and Frentzen crashed heavily exiting the tunnel. Frentzen again crashed in the practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix . He subsequently complained of dizziness and headaches, and was replaced for

3400-505: The kerbs at turns five and six, and moved guard rails at turns two and 15 back by 2 m (6.6 ft). FIA race director and safety delegate Charlie Whiting approved both modifications. Safety marshals were urged by clerk of the course to be extra attentive while observing vehicles and to maintain care for fellow marshals. This came as executive director of the Malaysian Grand Prix and former driver Philippe Gurdjian presented

3485-406: The lap after. Around this time, Häkkinen duelled Verstappen for fifth though he could not pass and allowed Frentzen to gain on the pair. Verstappen defended fifth by out-braking Häkkinen at the turn 15 hairpin on lap 38; the manoeuvre put Häkkinen wide and allowed Frentzen to overtake him for sixth. Barrichello made his final pit stop three laps later and he remained in second. Verstappen entered

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3570-499: The lap, Schumacher, on a light fuel load and whose engine almost overheated in the pit lane, went onto the dirt to pass Barrichello, who went to the left of Trulli at turn five and was blocked by him. Michael Schumacher overtook Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher and Häkkinen off the racing line on the 13th lap. He approached Verstappen in second on the next lap though Verstappen twice blocked his path. Further back, his teammate Barrichello passed Ralf Schumacher and Häkkinen took fourth. On

3655-587: The morning session with a 1-minute 39.502 seconds lap, 0.621 seconds faster than his teammate Michael Schumacher in second. Jordan driver Jarno Trulli , Coulthard, Irvine, Heinz Frentzen, McLaren's Mika Häkkinen , Olivier Panis for BAR, Jaguar's Luciano Burti and Heidfeld in positions three to ten. Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya set no lap times due to a fuel pump failure and the Arrows car of Jos Verstappen stopped at turn three with an engine sensor fault. His teammate Enrique Bernoldi stopped at turn four with

3740-517: The next Grand Prix in Hungary . A large amount of time and money had been used on the first upgrade of the season. Jean Alesi also joined the team in a surprise move after leaving the Prost team (Frentzen, ironically, would take his vacated seat for the balance of the season). Trulli started fifth, but gradually fell back and retired outside of the points after holding up a huge queue of cars early on. Alesi had

3825-457: The penultimate round of the championship, held in the USA . Trulli finished fourth, with Alesi finishing his 200th Grand Prix in seventh. However, Jarno was disqualified from the results after a technical infringement was found on his car. However, in an appeal held after the season had finished the team won the case and had Trulli's result reinstated. This was a crucial victory off the track, as it raised

3910-453: The pit lane for the third time on the 43rd lap to take on enough fuel to complete the race. The track was entirely dry by lap 47 as Coulthard lowered the deficit behind Barrichello to 4.5 seconds. One lap later, Häkkinen set the race's overall fastest lap , at 1 minute 40.962 seconds, as he pursued Ralf Schumacher in fifth. However, he did not have enough traction exiting the corners to pass Ralf Schumacher, whose more powerful engine gave him

3995-405: The pit lane leading while Ferrari had a fraught stop. Barrichello's second error and Michael Schumacher being three seconds behind on the lap before meant Ferrari believed that the latter was ahead. After Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn called both Michael Schumacher and his teammate Barrichello for their first pit stops, Schumacher sat behind Barrichello for 1 minute and 12 seconds because

4080-401: The points-scoring positions, Verstappen, Trulli, Alesi, Burti, Button and Mazzacane followed in positions seven to twelve. The Minardi cars were the final two finishers, Alonso ahead of Marques; the latter was delayed by a right-rear puncture . The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Michael Schumacher called

4165-428: The race "exciting" and said it reminded him of his victory at the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix , "It was probably the same story, but honestly it's great being somehow dominant, but we know that won't be the case for every coming race now. It was special conditions, special circumstances, and we used them well for us." Barrichello said that he made an extra pit stop to have debris removed from his car, adding, "I think we have

4250-431: The race after colliding with Räikkönen. Trulli was not on the pace, driving to a pointless eighth position. As in previous years, the basic color of the car was yellow; Front and rear fenders, T-Cam and side pads were black. The main sponsor remained the tobacco brand Benson & Hedges , which advertised on both fenders, the nose, the side boxes and the driver's helmet. Jordan used 'Benson & Hedges' logos, except at

4335-472: The race as "worse than Spa proportions, the rain was of Suzuka proportions – just like the weather at the race in Japan in 1995." Villeneuve said that "It was just undriveable in those conditions. It was a big downpour. I couldn't see anything and what made it more dangerous was that everyone was on dry tyres and did not have their red lights on." Verstappen said that although he was disappointed to score no points he

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4420-483: The race by the team's test driver, Ricardo Zonta . Once again the EJ11 performed well in qualifying, but was unable to keep the same pace up in the race. Trulli however once again looked set for a strong finish and maybe a podium when his brake master cylinder failed. Zonta finished a disappointing 7th, outside the points positions. The EJ11s qualified on the fourth row of the grid at the Nürburgring , but did not achieve

4505-487: The race comfortably barring a mechanical issue. Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher were the first two drivers to enter the pit lane and switch from the full wet compound tyres to the dry compound tyres on lap 17. Barrichello made his second stop four laps later in which the second bargeboard was removed from his car, emerging in fourth. Coulthard fell to 40 seconds behind the Ferraris by the time of his second stop on lap 25. He rejoined

4590-429: The race in third, more than 20 seconds behind Barrichello. In the meantime, Ralf Schumacher overtook Frentzen for fifth on lap 24 and Häkkinen for fourth four laps later. On lap 27 Mazzacane delayed Häkkinen and Verstappen, who were in the act of lapping him. When Häkkinen got past, Button followed through for 14th after being previously unable to overtake Mazzacane. Light rain began to fall again on lap 28 though it

4675-542: The rear of his car because of debris accumulation overheating his engine. Saturday afternoon's one-hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by each's fastest lap. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver to set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Weather conditions were hot and sunny. Michael Schumacher completed two timed laps with new tyres and another two on used front wheels; he lost two-tenths of

4760-545: The remainder of the race to achieve his second victory of the season and the 46th of his career. Michael Schumacher's victory was his sixth in succession from pole position, bettering a record jointly held by former world champions Nigel Mansell and Alberto Ascari . The result left him ten points clear of Barrichello and Coulthard, who were tied in second, in the World Drivers' Championship. Heinz-Harald Frentzen of Jordan moved past Sauber 's Nick Heidfeld for fourth. In

4845-434: The right calls, to really drive at the pace you want to relative to others. So it's quite clear to everyone that they're the class of the field at the moment and we have a lot of work to do to catch up." Ralf Schumacher said he felt the first lap collision with Barrichello prevented him from finishing on the podium and noted it was the second collision the latter had with a German driver in the past two races, "He should learn

4930-408: The rules. It is a racing accident but it difficult to understand how it happened because the car in front usually has the priority in the corner." Barrichello argued that Ralf Schumacher had not provided him with enough space to negotiate through, "If he comes around the outside, he leaves some room for a line. But I had no room or line and I had to let the car roll. He was in front and suddenly he shut

5015-452: The same specification as in Australia. McLaren installed larger brake cooling ducts to their MP4/16s and Jaguar on their R2s . There were four practice sessions preceding Sunday's race—two one-hour sessions on Friday, and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday. Conditions for the two Friday practice sessions were clear, hot and humid with several cars struggling for grip . Barrichello led

5100-659: The season-opening Australian Grand Prix , Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with ten points , ahead of McLaren 's David Coulthard with six and Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari with four. Nick Heidfeld of the Sauber team was fourth with three points and Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fifth on two points. In the World Constructors' Championship , Ferrari led with 14 points; McLaren were in second on six points. Sauber

5185-403: The soft compound tyres. Most teams had anticipated the possibility of rain but it was not much of a threat for them to make their cars suitable for wet-weather. Five minutes before the pit lane was officially closed, Michael Schumacher's race car had an oil leak, prompting him to drive the spare Ferrari that was setup for his teammate Barrichello. He avoided a pit lane start because he exited

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5270-406: The spare vehicle because his race car had an engine problem. Michael Schumacher, from the pole position, made a brisk getaway to maintain his startline advantage going into the first corner. His teammate Barrichello made a slow start and fell from second to fourth as Trulli was to the left of him and Ralf Schumacher to his right. Ralf Schumacher slid before turn one and he defended his position at

5355-569: The team at their home Grand Prix at Silverstone . The cars were fourth and fifth on the grid, but Trulli wasted his chance by colliding with David Coulthard 's McLaren at the first corner. Frentzen was again beaten by the Sauber C20s , and finished seventh. Eddie Jordan had had enough, and Frentzen was fired from the team following the race. At this stage, the team were only fifth in the Constructors' Championship with 15 points, behind Sauber, with

5440-481: The team back up to fifth in the Constructors' Championship, and back ahead of BAR. The final race at Suzuka saw the team's final effort to score the three points it needed to finish 4th in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of Sauber. It was also Alesi's final race, and an opportunity to achieve a 100% finishing record through the season. Alesi topped the timesheets in Friday Free Practice, but retired from

5525-479: The team had made progress from its pre-season testing form. After a change of left-rear suspension wishbone, Räikkönen took 14th; he ran wide due to an understeer and was prevented from doing a fourth lap because he was called to the weighbridge . A light fuel road and a changed car balance put Burti 15th. Fisichella switched to the spare B201 car setup for his teammate Button due to a minor chassis technical issue on his race car and he took 16th. An oversteer in

5610-459: The team now had full-works Honda engines (the same engine as it was used by BAR 003 ), replacing the Mugen Honda engines used for the previous three years. This put the team into direct competition with fellow-Honda users British American Racing . Much was expected of the EJ11. After the disappointing 2000 season, where the team finished only sixth in the Constructors' Championship, the EJ11

5695-504: The team slipped backwards. Fisichella often exceeded the car's abilities in qualifying, a sixth place on the grid for Montreal surprising many onlookers. Yet results-wise, the Italian had to make do with a trio of fifth places and a final point from Hungary . Sato showed flashes of speed, but managed just two points, at Suzuka . Despite the drop in form, Jordan still managed sixth in the championship with nine points, ahead of BAR . However, it

5780-402: The team was missing Barrichello's front-right wheel since Brawn mistakenly told the mechanics that Schumacher was ahead; debris also had to be removed from Barrichello's bargeboard that was removed. The duo emerged in 10th and 11th. Rain stopped falling by lap seven although there was a large amount of standing water as the safety car remained on track for the next three laps. The safety car

5865-454: The track. Panis in tenth lost four-tenths of a second on his last timed lap. Heidfeld was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten after driving on worn tyres on his first two timed laps and new front tyres on his third. He was followed by Irvine in 12th, who had understeer going into the second corner and Villeneuve slowed him into the final corner. Jean Alesi was the faster of the two Prost cars in 13th and spoke of his belief that

5950-570: The vehicle ahead of him. The Benetton team principal Flavio Briatore did not reprimand Fisichella, but praised him for moving to seventh place before retiring. The result extended Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 10 points over Barrichello and Coulthard, tied for second place. Frentzen moved past his compatriot Heidfeld for fourth. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari further increased their advantage over McLaren to 19 points while Jordan passed Sauber for third and Williams in fifth registered their first points of

6035-537: Was a Formula One motor race held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang , Selangor , Malaysia in front of a crowd of 75,000 spectators on 18 March 2001. It was the second round of the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the third Malaysian Grand Prix to be part of the series. The race was won from pole position by Michael Schumacher , driving for Ferrari . His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second and McLaren 's David Coulthard

6120-437: Was achieved at the expense of Trulli, who retired from fifth place when his engine failed with only a few laps to go. Trulli had his fifth successive retirement at Monza after he was taken out at the first turn by Jenson Button 's late-braking Benetton . It was another waste of a strong top six qualifying effort. Alesi finished a distant eighth, behind Villeneuve's BAR and Kimi Räikkönen 's Sauber. Things came good again at

6205-443: Was expected to return the team to the very front of the grid. The car was very fast in pre-season testing, regularly topping the time sheets at many tracks. The team's lead driver, Heinz-Harald Frentzen , claimed it was the best car he had ever driven, and that he could become champion driving it. Jarno Trulli , the team's other driver, was equally optimistic. Many predicted that the EJ11 would be close behind Ferrari and McLaren in

6290-400: Was held on Sunday morning, in hot and humid weather and on a saturated track created by a tropical thunderstorm that ended around 30 minutes before the session began, prompting most teams run the intermediate tyres on their cars. A dry line appeared towards the session's end helped by warm temperatures and the top three runners set their fastest times this way. Barrichello was fastest with

6375-446: Was in third place with four points and Jordan in fourth had two points. The press and bookmakers considered Michael Schumacher the favourite to win the Malaysian Grand Prix, his team Ferrari had won every single running of the race up to that point: Eddie Irvine in 1999 and Schumacher in 2000 . Some of the media attention focussed on the possibility of Michael Schumacher taking his sixth consecutive victory, which would have made him

6460-595: Was not enough to retain the works Honda package, with the Japanese manufacturer having long announced before the end of the season that they would be concentrating solely on their partnership with BAR from 2003 onwards. With an arrival of DHL as a title sponsor however Benson & Hedges was still their main sponsor. Jordan used the Benson & Hedges logos, except at the British , French and United States Grands Prix; which

6545-416: Was not heavy enough to affect the race. Michael Schumacher led by 67 seconds when he made his second pit stop on lap 30 for a front wing adjustment and fuel to complete the race. He rejoined 28 seconds ahead of his teammate Barrichello in second. Further back, Verstappen lost fourth to Ralf Schumacher on lap 31. Fisichella in ninth became the race's final retiree with no fuel pressure at the pit lane entrance

6630-513: Was observed driving on the dry compound tyres for three laps towards the end of warm-up. The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 MST and in front of a crowd of 75,000 spectators. The weather at the start was overcast but hot and humid. The air temperature ranged from 32 to 33 °C (90 to 91 °F) and the track temperature 41 to 44 °C (106 to 111 °F); forecasts four days earlier predicted conditions to be consistent with sunny skies. Every driver, except for Burti, began on

6715-423: Was on the engine cover. Alesi also raced at the same event and had "200" written on the side soles, which was his 200th race start. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix 2°45′39″N 101°44′18″E  /  2.76083°N 101.73833°E  / 2.76083; 101.73833 The 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2001 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix )

6800-464: Was perpendicular across the track with not enough steering lock and rolled between the two cars ahead and behind him. Because series regulations barred drivers from reversing, this resulted in an aborted start. A new start time of 14:10 MST was planned and the race was shortened from 56 to 55 laps over a distance of 304.865 km (189.434 mi) since drivers were required to do a second formation lap. During this lap Montoya ran to his garage to take

6885-464: Was replaced with text "Be on Edge". As of 2023, the EJ12 chassis number 1, driven by Sato, is in the ownership of a driving experience company called Drift Limits. Drift Limits owner Jonathan Barden and instructor David Went both drove this car at the 2023 British Grand Prix race weekend during the historic demo. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) This Formula One –related article

6970-621: Was replaced. He took the spare Minardi and was 22nd. 31 minutes into qualifying, the stewards deleted all of Bernoldi's lap times because the FIA technical delegate discovered the dimension of the Arrows A22 's front wing and parts of its bodywork lying on the step plane were less than a respective 100 mm (10 cm) and 50 mm (5.0 cm) above the plane of reference. The penalty promoted Mazzacane to 19th, Marques to 20th, Alonso to 21st and dropped Bernoldi to 22nd. A 30-minute warm-up session

7055-514: Was still pleased, "It was great to play with the big boys. It showed all the F1 teams that I can drive. You need equipment to win races, and I think that if I had the right equipment, I could do it." Fisichella apologised to the Benetton team over the radio for missing his starting position that led to the start being aborted. He said that he was focused on ensuring his car was setup to his liking and only saw

7140-476: Was third. After winning the preceding Australian Grand Prix , the first race of the season, Michael Schumacher was first in the World Drivers' Championship and his team Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship . The Grand Prix was delayed and shortened from 56 to 55 laps because Giancarlo Fisichella of the Benetton team was out of position on the starting grid . When it did start, Michael Schumacher led

7225-467: Was withdrawn at the end of lap 10, and Coulthard led from Frentzen and Verstappen at the lap-11 restart. He began to pull away from the rest of the field as Verstappen slipstreamed Frentzen on the back straight and out-braked him for second at the turn 15 hairpin. On lap 12, Frenzten fell to fifth when Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher passed him. Barrichello radioed Brawn about dirt on the track and that his teammate Michael Schumacher should take care. During

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