2001 San Marino Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 15 April 2001 | ||
| Official name | XXI Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino | ||
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.933 km (3.065 mi) | ||
| Distance | 62 laps, 305.846 km (190.044 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny. Air Temp: 14 °C (57 °F), Track 26 °C (79 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 99,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:23.054 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ralf Schumacher
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Williams-BMW | |
| Time | 1:25.524 on lap 27 | ||
| Podium | |||
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Williams-BMW | |
| Second |
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2001 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the XXI Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagana, Italy on 15 April 2001 at 14:00 CEST; It was the fourth race of the 2001 Formula One season. The 62-lap race was won by Ralf Schumacher driving a Williams car after starting from third position. David Coulthard, who started the Grand Prix from pole position, finished second in a McLaren car, with Rubens Barrichello finished third driving for Ferrari. Schumacher's win was the first of his Formula One career and was the first for Williams since Jacques Villeneuve won the 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix.
As a consequence of the race, Coulthard was level on points with Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher in the driver's championship with both drivers on 26 points after Schumacher retired from the race. In the constructors' championship, McLaren reduced the lead to Ferrari to 10 points. This was the last race for Gastón Mazzacane.
Heading into the 4th race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was the leading the Drivers' Championship with 26 points; McLaren driver David Coulthard was second on 20 points, six points behind Schumacher. Behind Schumacher and Coulthard in the Drivers' Championship, Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello was third on 10 points, in a Ferrari and Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld was fourth with 7 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 36 points, 15 points ahead of McLaren. Sauber were third with 8 points.
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