2001 Spanish Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 29 April 2001 | ||
| Official name | XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.730 km (2.939 mi) | ||
| Distance | 65 laps, 307.323 km (190.962 mi) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, Mild, Dry, Air Temp: 18°C | ||
| Attendance | 91,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:18.201 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:21.151 on lap 25 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||
| Third | BAR-Honda | ||
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The 2001 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLIII Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2001 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Juan Pablo Montoya finished second driving a Williams car with Jacques Villeneuve third for the BAR team.
The race was Schumacher's third win of the season, and the result that he led the Drivers' Championship, eight points ahead of Coulthard and twenty-two ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Ferrari extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship, eighteen points ahead of McLaren and thirty-two ahead of Williams, with 12 races of the season remaining.
The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Benetton, BAR, Jordan, Arrows, Sauber, Jaguar, Minardi and Prost.
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