2001 French Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 1 July 2001 | ||
| Official name | Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France | ||
| Location | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, Burgundy, France | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.411 km (2.641 mi) | ||
| Distance | 72 laps, 305.886 km (190.069 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-BMW | ||
| Time | 1:12.989 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:16.088 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second |
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Williams-BMW | |
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2001 French Grand Prix (formally the Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, Burgundy, France on 1 July 2001. It was the tenth race of the 2001 Formula One season and the 87th French Grand Prix. The 72-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from second place. Ralf Schumacher finished second for the Williams team with Rubens Barrichello third in the other Ferrari.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Benetton, BAR, Jordan, Arrows, Sauber, Jaguar, Minardi and Prost.
Before the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 68 points; McLaren driver David Coulthard was second on 44 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Rubens Barrichello was third on 26 points in the other Ferrari, with Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya on 25 and twelve points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading on 94 points and McLaren were second with 53 points, with Williams third on 37 points.
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