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= 2001 German Grand Prix =

Qualifying
Unsurprisingly, the two Ferraris of home hero Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were untouchable and they locked out the front row with Schumacher, spurred on by his home fans taking the pole ahead of Barrichello. Juan Pablo Montoya did a good job to take third and beat Mika Häkkinen down to fourth. Championship leader Ralf Schumacher, off form in recent weeks did not improve much either, being down in fifth with one of his main rivals, David Coulthard sixth. As usual, the two Jordans were behind them with Jarno Trulli once again ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen who was having a row with team boss Eddie Jordan.

Race
At the start, polesitter and home hero Michael Schumacher did not have a start as good as that of teammate Rubens Barrichello's but he moved over to prevent any of Barrichello's advances. Behind, David Coulthard quickly charging up to fourth by getting past Mika Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher. At the chicane, Coulthard tried to pass Juan Pablo Montoya and they touched and while Coulthard took third, Montoya dropped behind Ralf (who was able to find a way past Häkkinen), Häkkinen and Jarno Trulli and was also forced to fend off Heinz-Harald Frentzen. At the end of the first lap, Schumacher led Barrichello, Coulthard, Ralf, Häkkinen, Trulli, Montoya and Frentzen. The top three pulled away from the rest at a second a lap but they stayed together. However, Coulthard retired with gearbox troubles on lap 10 leaving the lead battle to be between Schumacher and Barrichello. Behind, Häkkinen was also able to pass Ralf and climb up to third. The first round of stops did not change anything at all, the top 7 staying the same.

After the stops, Häkkinen began lapping at he speed of the Ferraris, albeit 10 seconds behind them. Schumacher and Barrichello stayed together, exchanging fastest laps along with Häkkinen until a fuel pump problem forced Barrichello to retire on lap 25. At the same time, a frustrated Montoya tried to pass Trulli and they touched, with Trulli spinning and Montoya going wide. This allowed Frentzen to sneak ahead of Montoya and by the time Trulli rejoined, he was over 14 seconds behind. At the second round of stops, Montoya jumped Frentzen and now set off after Ralf who was 3.5 seconds ahead. By lap 42, with 3 laps to go, they were right together. Montoya tried to pass on the penultimate lap and they collided, with Ralf being punted into the wall and Montoya losing one of his wheels. Both were out. Schumacher took his third consecutive win ahead of Häkkinen, Frenten, Trulli, Jean Alesi, Nick Heidfeld, Jenson Button and Olivier Panis (who crossed the line on three wheels after a tire punctured on the last lap).

Standings after Grand Prix
Drivers
 * 1. Ralf Schumacher - 63
 * 2. Michael Schumacher - 59
 * 3. Rubens Barrichello - 53
 * 4. David Coulthard - 51
 * 5. Mika Häkkinen - 35
 * 6. Juan Pablo Montoya - 33
 * 7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 28
 * 8. Jarno Trulli - 23

Constructors
 * 1. Ferrari - 112
 * 2. Williams-BMW - 96
 * 3. McLaren-Mercedes - 86
 * 4. Jordan-Honda - 51