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  2001 Japan Grand Prix

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 5.807 km (3.608 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 307.771 km (191.224 mi)
Weather	Cloudy, Mild, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:32.484
Fastest lap
Driver	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
Time	1:36.944 on lap 46
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW
Third	David Coulthard	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, 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.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:27:33.298	1	10
2	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	53	+3.154	2	6
3	4	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+23.262	7	4
4	3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+35.539	5	3
5	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	53	+36.544	4	2
6	5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	53	+37.122	3	1
7	8	Jenson Button	Benetton-Renault	53	+1:37.102	9
8	11	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Honda	52	+1 Lap	8
9	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 Lap	10
10	10	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	52	+1 Lap	14
11	21	Fernando Alonso	Minardi-European	52	+1 Lap	18
12	22	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Prost-Acer	52	+1 Lap	15
13	9	Olivier Panis	BAR-Honda	51	+2 Laps	17
14	15	Enrique Bernoldi	Arrows-Asiatech	51	+2 Laps	20
15	14	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Asiatech	51	+2 Laps	21
16	20	Alex Yoong	Minardi-European	50	+3 Laps	22
17	7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Renault	47	Gearbox	6
Ret	19	Pedro de la Rosa	Jaguar-Cosworth	45	Oil Leak	16
Ret	23	Tomáš Enge	Prost-Acer	42	Brakes	19
Ret	18	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	24	Fuel Rig	13
Ret	17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sauber-Petronas	5	Collision	12
Ret	12	Jean Alesi	Jordan-Honda	5	Collision	11

Notes

• 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.

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