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| Race 8 of 17 in the 2001 Formula One season. | ||
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| Date | June 10 2001 | |
| Official name | XXXIX Grand Prix Air Canada | |
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada | |
| Course | Street circuit 4.361 km (2.71 mi) |
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| Distance | 69 laps, 300.91 km (186.99 mi) | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| Time | 1:15.782 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Ralf Schumacher |
Williams-BMW |
| Time | 1:17.205 on lap 50 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ralf Schumacher |
Williams-BMW |
| Second | Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
| Third |  Mika Häkkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes |
Results from the 2001 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 10, 2001.
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Race
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This race created history for it was the first time two brothers finished first and second in a race.
This time Michael Schumacher was out-raced by his younger brother Ralf who had a much more powerful car for this race.
However with Michael finishing second it only strengthened his championship lead after his nearest challenger David Coulthard retired with mechanical problems.
It was a thrilling battle between the two brothers, Michael lead away at the start, but there was problems behind when Fisichella broke his suspension on the back of his team-mate, then Eddie Irvine clashed with Nick Heidfeld, both were out.
Then about 20 laps into the race Montoya crashed into the wall and Barrichello also crashed trying to avoid him, his traction control wasn't working which didn't help, this brought out the safety car briefly while the wreck was cleared.
The race was decided when Ralf Schumacher drove a series of stunning laps after Michael had pitted, so when Ralf came in he was a long way ahead.
Ralf Schumacher cruised home to take his second win of the season with his brother Michael Schumacher coming home second, history was made, it was a first podium of the season for double world champion Mika Häkkinen who benefitted from the high amount of retirements, it was still a subdued flying finn though.
Towards the end the Arrows team looked likely to score a valuable point but Jos Verstappen crashed when his brakes failed.
It was also jubilant scenes at Prost when Jean Alesi finished 5th then threw his helmet into the crowd after the race.
Classification
Notes
- This was the first sibling 1-2 in the history of Formula 1. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1-2 in the 2003 edition as well.
- This race saw Mika Häkkinen's first podium finish of the season.
- Pedro de la Rosa scored his first world championship point of the season, and his first for the Jaguar team.
- Ricardo Zonta replaced Heinz-Harald Frentzen in this race due to heavy crashes.
External links
| Previous race: 2001 Monaco Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 2001 season |
Next race: 2001 European Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2000 Canadian Grand Prix |
Canadian Grand Prix | Next race: 2002 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by 2000 United States Grand Prix |
Formula One Promotional Trophy for Race Promoter 2001 |
Succeeded by 2002 Hungarian Grand Prix |
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