On this day in 2001, Ferrari celebrated a one-two victory in Monaco where Michael Schumacher won in front of his teammate Rubens Barrichello and former team-mate Eddie Irvine in Jaguar.

David Coulthard was in form of his life in 2001 and beat both Hakkinen and Schumacher in qualifying for the Monaco GP.

But unfortunately for him, his McLaren Mercedes MP4-16 remained standing at the start of the race and had to start the last. Monaco is the most difficult race to pass on the track so Coulthard  had a difficult task in front of him to get back to the points.

Monaco GP F1 2001 start Foto Ferrari
Schumacher leads at the start of the 2001 Monaco GP after pole sitter Coulthard stalled on the grid – Ferrari will wait until 2017 for the next Monaco GP victory (Photo: Ferrari)

Schumacher has cruised to his fourth win in the first seven races of the season, which was his fifth win in Monaco (1994-1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001), Barrichello finished second and third was Eddie Irvine in Jaguar.

Coulthard managed to get back through the field and secure a fifth place after spending much of the race behind Enrique Bernard in Arrows.

After 2001, Ferrari had a 15-year winless period in Monaco, although in 2002 and 2004 they had a dominant car with which Schumacher won the title of several races before the end, while Vettel and Raikkonen in 2017 finally broke the Monaco curse to seal 1-2 for Scuderia.

(Photo: Ferrari)

David Coulthard stopped them in 2002 in his McLaren MP4-17 (the only race where F2002 did not win), and Jarno Trulli sealed his only F1 career victory in Monaco in 2004.

Ferrari had celebrated in Monaco  in 1999 and 1997 with Michael Schumacher, and before that, Ferrari celebrated with Gilles Villeneuve in 1981 in Ferrari 126CK.

STARTING GRID

1 4 David Coulthard McLaren/Mercedes 1:17.430 –
2 1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1:17.631 0.201
3 3 Mika Häkkinen McLaren/Mercedes 1:17.749 0.319
4 2 R.Barrichello Ferrari 1:17.856 0.426
5 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams/BMW 1:18.029 0.599
6 18 Eddie Irvine Jaguar/Cosworth 1:18.432 1.002
7 6 J.P.Montoya Williams/BMW 1:18.751 1.321
8 12 Jarno Trulli Jordan/Honda 1:18.921 1.491
9 10 J.Villeneuve BAR/Honda 1:19.086 1.656
10 7 G.Fisichella Benetton/Renault 1:19.220 1.790
11 22 Jean Alesi Prost/Acer 1:19.245 1.815
12 9 Olivier Panis BAR/Honda 1:19.294 1.864
13 11 H-H.Frentzen Jordan/Honda 1:19.316 1.886
14 19 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar/Cosworth 1:20.033 2.603
15 17 Kimi Räikkönen Sauber/Petronas 1:20.081 2.651
16 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber/Petronas 1:20.261 2.831
17 8 Jenson Button Benetton/Renault 1:20.342 2.912
18 21 Fernando Alonso Minardi/European 1:20.788 3.358
19 14 Jos Verstappen Arrows/Asiatech 1:20.823 3.393
20 15 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows/Asiatech 1:21.336 3.906
21 23 Luciano Burti Prost/Acer 1:21.771 4.341
22 20 Tarso Marques Minardi/European 1:22.201 4.771

RACE RESULTS

1 1 M.Schumacher Ferrari 78 1:47:22.561
2 2 R.Barrichello Ferrari 78 1:47:22.992 0.431
3 18 Eddie Irvine Jaguar/Cosworth 78 1:47:53.259 30.698
4 10 J.Villeneuve BAR/Honda 78 1:47:55.015 32.454
5 4 David Coulthard McLaren/Mercedes 77 1:47:31.433 1 lap
6 22 Jean Alesi Prost/Acer 77 1:47:48.652 1 lap
7 8 Jenson Button Benetton/Renault 77 1:48:16.971 1 lap
8 14 Jos Verstappen Arrows/Asiatech 77 1:48:35.060 1 lap
9 15 Enrique Bernoldi Arrows/Asiatech 76 1:48:25.166 2 laps
10 17 Kimi Räikkönen Sauber/Petronas 73 1:48:17.285 5 laps
(3) 5 Ralf Schumacher Williams/BMW 57 1:18:50.345 Electrical
(11) 20 Tarso Marques Minardi/European 56 1:22:16.011 Transmission
(10) 21 Fernando Alonso Minardi/European 54 1:17:10.160 Gearbox
(7) 11 H-H.Frentzen Jordan/Honda 49 1:08:19.124 Spun-off
(6) 7 G.Fisichella Benetton/Renault 43 1:00:02.209 Gearbox
(5) 12 Jarno Trulli Jordan/Honda 30 42:04.997 Hydraulics
(16) 23 Luciano Burti Prost/Acer 24 35:27.411 Gearbox
(10) 19 Pedro de la Rosa Jaguar/Cosworth 18 25:49.969 Hydraulics
(16) 3 Mika Häkkinen McLaren/Mercedes 15 22:05.752 Steering
(20) 9 Olivier Panis BAR/Honda 13 30:23.929 Steering
(5) 6 J.P.Montoya Williams/BMW 2 2:57.342 Spun-off
16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber/Petronas 0 – Collision

Fastest lap: David Coulthard – 1:19.424 (lap 68)

DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 7/17 RACES

1 Michael Schumacher 52   10 10 6 – 10 6 10
2 David Coulthard 40   6 4 10 6 2 10 2
3 Rubens Barrichello 24   4 6 – 4 – 4 6
4 Ralf Schumacher 12   – 2 – 10 – – –
5 Nick Heidfeld 8   3 – 4 – 1 – –
6 Jacques Villeneuve 7   – – – – 4 – 3
7 Jarno Trulli 7   – – 2 2 3 – –
8 Juan Pablo Montoya 6   – – – – 6 – –
9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6   2 3 – 1 – – –
10 Olivier Panis 5   – – 3 – – 2 –
11 Eddie Irvine 4   – – – – – – 4
12 Kimi Räikkönen 4   1 – – – – 3 –
13 Mika Häkkinen 4   – 1 – 3 – – –
14 Jos Verstappen 1   – – – – – 1 –
15 Jean Alesi 1   – – – – – – 1
16 Giancarlo Fisichella 1   – – 1 – – – –
17 Jenson Button 0   – – – – – – –
18 Luciano Burti 0   – – – – – – –
19 Enrique Bernoldi 0   – – – – – – –
20 Tarso Marques 0   – – – – – – –
21 Fernando Alonso 0   – – – – – – –
22 Gastón Mazzacane 0   – – – –
– Ricardo Zonta 0  
– Pedro de la Rosa 0   – – –
– Tomas Enge 0  
– Alex Yoong 0  

CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Ferrari 76   14 16 6 4 10 10 16
2 McLaren/Mercedes 44   6 5 10 9 2 10 2
3 Williams/BMW 18   – 2 – 10 6 – –
4 Jordan/Honda 13   2 3 2 3 3 – –
5 BAR/Honda 12   – – 3 – 4 2 3
6 Sauber/Petronas 12   4 – 4 – 1 3 –
7 Jaguar/Cosworth 4   – – – – – – 4
8 Arrows/Asiatech 1   – – – – – 1 –
9 Benetton/Renault 1   – – 1 – – – –
10 Prost/Acer 1   – – – – – – 1
11 Minardi/European 0   – – – – – – –
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