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F1 2001
The 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 55th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2001 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 2001 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 4 March and ended on 14 October. Defending champions Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari were again awarded the World Drivers' Championship and World Constructors' Championship, respectively. Schumacher won the title with a record margin of 58 points over David Coulthard (McLaren), after achieving nine victories and five-second places. He also became the driver the most wins thus far, his victory at the Belgian Grand Prix marking his 52nd career win. The season saw the debut of two future world champions: Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen as well as it being the last season for double world champion Mika Häkkinen. Teams and drivers The following teams and driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of Open wheel car, open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The List of Formula One seasons, Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as , held usually on purpose-built List of Formula One circuits, circuits, and in a few cases on street circuit, closed city streets. The World Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems, points system based on individual Grand Prix results. The World Championship is won when it is no longer mathematically possible for another competitor to overtake their points total regardless of the outcome of the remaining races, although it is not o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Formula One Constructors
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheel racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The ''formula'' in the name alludes to a series of rules established by the FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform. Each year, the List of Formula One seasons, F1 World Championship season is held, consisting of a series of races, known as , held usually on purpose-built List of Formula One circuits, circuits, and in a few cases on Street circuit, closed city streets. Formula One#Constructors, Constructors are awarded points based on the finishing position of each of their two drivers at each Grand Prix, and the constructor who accumulates the most points over each championship is crowned that year's List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions, World Constructors' Champion. As of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, there have been 172 Formula One constructors who have raced at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW E41 / P80 Engine
The BMW E41 and P80 series is a family of Naturally aspirated engine, naturally-aspirated Formula One Motor racing, racing gasoline engine, engines, designed and developed by BMW, and introduced in in partnership with WilliamsF1, Williams, and continued through , during their partnership with Sauber Motorsport, Sauber. Overview E41 The BMW E41 was a Formula One V10 engine manufactured by BMW. BMW was the engine supplier to the Brabham Formula 1 team from 1982 to 1987. The team became world champion in 1983 with the turbocharged in-line four-cylinder BMW M12, BMW M12/13. In addition to Brabham, ATS, Arrows, and Benetton also drove with BMW engines at times. After BMW officially withdrew from Formula 1 in 1988, the engines were used under the name of the US company Megatron until turbo engines were banned in 1989. However, BMW did not completely abandon the design of Formula 1 engines. Various naturally aspirated 3.5-litre twelve-cylinder engines emerged. A new regulation presc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams FW23
The Williams FW23 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 2001 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by German Ralf Schumacher, who was in his third year with the team, and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, a previous Formula 3000 and CART champion who was making his F1 début. This was the first Williams car supplied with Michelin tyres since the FW07 in 1981. Overview Car and season 2001 was Williams' second year with engine partners BMW and the promise shown in translated into raw speed and some good results throughout the year, including the team's first win since , at Imola. The powerful engine, well-designed chassis, the Michelin tyres' tendency to work well in hot conditions and the efforts of two quick drivers resulted in a haul of four victories and the team's re-emergence at the top of the sport, alongside Ferrari and McLaren. The car was especially strong on faster circuits such as Hockenheim and Monza, where the BMW engine put Williams a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMW In Formula One
The German automobile manufacturer/brand BMW has been involved in Formula One in a number of capacities since the inauguration of the World Drivers' Championship in . The company entered occasional races in the 1950s and 1960s (often under Formula Two regulations), before building the BMW M12/13 inline-four turbocharged engine in the 1980s. This engine was the result of a deal between BMW and Brabham, which resulted in the team's chassis being powered by BMW engines from until , a period in which Nelson Piquet won the championship driving a Brabham BT52-BMW. BMW also supplied the M12/13 on a customer basis to the ATS, Arrows, Benetton and Ligier teams during this period, with various degrees of success. In , Brabham temporarily withdrew from the sport and BMW withdrew its official backing from the engines, which were still used by the Arrows team under the Megatron badge. Turbocharged engines were banned by the revised Formula One Technical Regulations for , rendering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams F1
Williams Racing, legally known as Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited and competing as Atlassian Williams Racing, is a British Formula One team and constructor. It was founded by Frank Williams (Formula One), Frank Williams (1942–2021) and Patrick Head. The team was formed in after Frank Williams's earlier unsuccessful F1 operation, Frank Williams Racing Cars (which later became Frank Williams Racing Cars#Wolf–Williams Racing (1976), Wolf–Williams Racing in 1976). The team is based in Grove, Oxfordshire, on a site. The team's first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March Engineering, March chassis for Patrick Nève. Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year, and Clay Regazzoni won Williams's first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997 British Grand Prix, Jacques Villeneuve scored the team's 100th race victory, making Williams one of only five teams in Formula One, alongside Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, McLa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz FO Engine
The Mercedes-Benz FO engine series (badged as a ''Sauber'' engine in 1993) is a family of naturally-aspirated V8 and V10 racing engines, designed, developed and produced by Mercedes, in partnership and collaboration with Ilmor, for Formula One, and used between and . Over years of development, engine power managed to increase, from 690 @ 15,600 rpm, to later 930 hp @ 19,000 rpm. The customer engines were used by Sauber, McLaren, Brawn GP, and Force India. List of Formula One engines Applications * Sauber C12 * Sauber C13 * McLaren MP4/10 * McLaren MP4/11 * McLaren MP4/12 * McLaren MP4/13 * McLaren MP4/14 * McLaren MP4/15 * McLaren MP4-16 * McLaren MP4-17 * McLaren MP4-18 *McLaren MP4-19 * McLaren MP4-20 * McLaren MP4-21 * McLaren MP4-22 * McLaren MP4-23 *McLaren MP4-24 *McLaren MP4-25 * McLaren MP4-26 * McLaren MP4-27 * McLaren MP4-28 * Brawn BGP 001 * Force India VJM02 * Force India VJM03 * Force India VJM04 * Force India VJM05 * Force India VJM06 * Mercedes MGP W01 * Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren MP4-16
The McLaren MP4-16 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 2001 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey, Steve Nichols, Neil Oatley and Peter Prodromou, with Mario Illien designing the bespoke Ilmor engine. It was driven by double world champion Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard in what would be their sixth and final season together as McLaren teammates. Competition history After being narrowly pipped to both titles by Ferrari in , the goal of 2001 was to get McLaren back on top. However, the season proved to be frustrating in more ways than one. The chassis was good, but it was not developed enough to keep pace with Ferrari or new rivals Williams and also suffered from niggling aerodynamic problems; the Mercedes-Benz engines were less powerful than Williams's BMW units and less reliable than Ferrari's in-house efforts; and the team did not do a good enough job regarding the return of electronic driver aids. Moreover, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (previously known as Ilmor Engineering and Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines) is a Formula One engine manufacturer, owned by Mercedes-Benz. The company supplied Sauber during the season, McLaren from to and from , Force India from to , Brawn in , the Mercedes factory team since , Williams since , Lotus in , Manor Racing in , Racing Point Force India in , Racing Point from to , Aston Martin from onwards, and will supply Alpine from . Their engines have won eleven Formula One Drivers' Championships (7 for the Mercedes factory team, 3 for McLaren, and 1 for Brawn) and eleven Formula One Constructors' Championships (8 for the Mercedes factory team, 2 for McLaren, and 1 for Brawn). Beside those Formula One constructors, the company currently supplies road-legal engines for the Mercedes-AMG ONE sports car. Background Ilmor was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in 1983, as an independent British Formula One engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West (cigarette)
West is a brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Brands. History West was introduced to the German market in 1981 and initially were only available in specialised tobacco shops. The launch of the new brand was accompanied by a dynamic advertising campaign under the slogan ''"Let's go West!"''. Thanks to a successful pricing policy and positioning quality at a reasonable price, a year later the brand became one of the leading in Germany. Since approximately 1987 West became available in supermarkets and cigarette vending machines. West is the second-strongest cigarette brand in Germany. In 1986, a new ''"Test the West!"'' advertising campaign was launched; the simplicity and originality of the new marketing strategies have been cited as key factors behind the uptick in brand recognition that was soon to follow. The campaign employed a strategy of placing paid promoters inside pubs, bars, restaurants and discotheques from which brand interest could be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrari V10 Engine
Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari manufactured a series of 3.0-litre, Naturally aspirated engine, naturally-aspirated, V10 engine, V10 Motor racing, racing Internal combustion engine, engines, exclusively for their Formula One car, Formula One race cars, between and . They chose a V10 engine configuration, because it offered the best compromise between power and fuel efficiency; the V12 was powerful but thirsty while the V8 was weaker but economical. They switched to 2.4-litre naturally-aspirated V8 engine configuration for . Over its decade-long evolution, power levels varied; from at 15,500 rpm in 1996, to over 900 horsepower, around at 19,000 rpm, toward the end of the season. The ''Tipo 05'' series of engines, produced between 2001 and 2005, was officially stated to produce between at 17,800 rpm, and at 18,300 rpm. In qualifying mode, these engine were reputed to develop up to, or at times over, at 19,000 rpm. First generation: ''Tipo 04x'' engine (1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrari F2001
The Ferrari F2001 was a highly successful Formula One car that the Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari team competed with for the 2001 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Ignazio Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison (motorsport), James Allison with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli (engineer), Paolo Martinelli assisted by Gilles Simon (Formula One), Giles Simon leading the engine design and operations. Overview The F2001 was designed around new regulation changes which mandated a higher-mounted front wing assembly to reduce downforce. This resulted in a distinctive 'droopsnoot' nose section and spoon-shaped front wing. The season also saw the re-introduction of traction control system, traction and launch control (automotive), launch control systems, therefore the car and its suspension (vehicle), suspension were designed with this in mind. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
