2001 German Grand Prix

Results from the 2001 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Hockenheim on July 29, 2001.

Classification

Notes

*Fastest L
Juan Pablo Montoya - 1m 41.808s
*First pole position: Juan Pablo Montoya
*Last podium: Jacques Villeneuve
*Last points (Team): Prost
*The race was stopped on the first lap due to Luciano Burti's Prost hitting a slow starting Michael Schumacher's Ferrari. The race was restarted over the original distance.
*The Minardi team started from the pit lane at the first start. But due to the first lap crash, the race was red-flagged. Both Minardis started from their original grid positions at the 2nd start.
*Luciano Burti was launched several feet into the air after hitting the back of a slow starting Michael Schumacher. He escaped injury and made the restart, but spun off on lap 24.
*Heinz-Harald Frentzen was sacked by the Jordan team and forced to miss his home race.
*Ricardo Zonta replaced Heinz-Harald Frentzen for this race.
*Last technical failure during a race on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari until the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix.
*It was the last time that both drivers from the Benetton team score world championship points.
*Last race at the old Hockenheimring.
*This race saw Jean Alesi's last race for the Prost team. He would move to the Jordan team.

F1 race report
Name_of_race = German Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 2001
Previous_race_in_season = 2001 British Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 2000 German Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 2002 German Grand Prix