Formula 1

European GP starting grid

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time S Gap To 1st ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. David Coulthard GB Williams-Renault 1:18.738 1 2. Damon Hill ...

Edited: May 8, 2001, 12:19 PM

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time S Gap To 1st ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. David Coulthard GB Williams-Renault 1:18.738 1 2. Damon Hill GB Williams-Renault 1:18.972 1 0.234 0.234 3. Michael Schumacher D Benetton-Renault 1:19.150 2 0.178 0.412 4. Gerhard Berger A Ferrari 1:19.821 1 0.671 1.083 5. Eddie Irvine GB Jordan-Peugeot 1:20.488 1 0.667 1.750 6. Jean Alesi F Ferrari 1:20.510 2 0.022 1.772 7. Johnny Herbert GB Benetton-Renault 1:20.653 1 0.143 1.915 8. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Sauber-Ford 1:20.749 2 0.096 2.011 9. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.866 1 0.117 2.128 10. Mark Blundell GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.909 1 0.043 2.171 11. Rubens Barrichello BR Jordan-Peugeot 1:21.211 2 0.302 2.473 12. Martin Brundle GB Ligier-Mugen 1:21.541 1 0.330 2.803 13. J.-C. Boullion F Sauber-Ford 1:22.059 1 0.518 3.321 14. Olivier Panis F Ligier-Mugen 1:22.062 1 0.003 3.324 15. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.058 1 0.996 4.320 16. Pedro Lamy P Minardi-Ford 1:23.328 1 0.270 4.590 17. Massimiliano Papis I Arrows-Hart 1:23.689 1 0.361 4.951 18. Luca Badoer I Minardi-Ford 1:23.760 1 0.071 5.022 19. Gabriele Tarquini I Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:24.286 1 0.526 5.548 20. Andrea Montermini I Pacific-Ford 1:24.696 1 0.410 5.958 21. Taki Inoue J Arrows-Hart 1:24.900 2 0.204 6.162 22. Pedro Diniz BR Forti Corse-Ford 1:25.157 2 0.257 6.419 23. Roberto Moreno BR Forti Corse-Ford 1:26.098 2 0.941 7.360 24. Jean-Denis Deletraz CH Pacific-Ford 1:27.853 1 1.755 9.115

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Read also :

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Previous article CHAMPCAR/CART: Villeneuve to drive in F1 in 1996

Next article Argentinian GP fastest laps

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

More from

Taki Inoue



Controversy explodes with new 'double points' finale

Formula 1

Formula 1

Controversy explodes with new 'double points' finale



Fingers point at Pirelli after 'odd' qualifying

Formula 1

Formula 1

Fingers point at Pirelli after 'odd' qualifying



Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 5/15/96), Part 1/2

Formula 1

Formula 1

Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 5/15/96), Part 1/2

More from

Ferrari



Lewis Hamilton buoyed by historic first Ferrari F1 pole: "I still love what I do"

Formula 1

Formula 1

Mexican GP

21 min

Lewis Hamilton buoyed by historic first Ferrari F1 pole: "I still love what I do"



Ferrari downplays expectations for F1 Mexico GP despite blistering Friday

Formula 1

Formula 1

Mexican GP

8 h

Ferrari downplays expectations for F1 Mexico GP despite blistering Friday



What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 United States GP

Formula 1

United States GP

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 United States GP

Latest news



Lewis Hamilton buoyed by historic first Ferrari F1 pole: "I still love what I do"

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

21 min

Lewis Hamilton buoyed by historic first Ferrari F1 pole: "I still love what I do"



2026 F1 Mexico Grand Prix starting grid

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

26 min

2026 F1 Mexico Grand Prix starting grid



F1 Mexico GP: Lewis Hamilton beats George Russell and Charles Leclerc to pole

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

38 min

F1 Mexico GP: Lewis Hamilton beats George Russell and Charles Leclerc to pole



LIVE: F1 Mexico GP updates - Lewis Hamilton takes pole from George Russell

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

2 h

LIVE: F1 Mexico GP updates - Lewis Hamilton takes pole from George Russell

Feature

Discover prime content



Why Isack Hadjar deserves a medal, not a warning, after paddock "incident"

Formula 1

Mexican GP

By Stuart Codling

Why Isack Hadjar deserves a medal, not a warning, after paddock "incident"



What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Mexico GP

Formula 1

Mexican GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Mexico GP



What’s the state of play at F1’s smallest team?

Formula 1

By Jake Boxall-Legge

What’s the state of play at F1’s smallest team?



Is history really repeating itself? What Christian Horner’s Adrian Newey claim says about Aston Martin and Red Bull

Formula 1

By Ronald Vording

Is history really repeating itself? What Christian Horner’s Adrian Newey claim says about Aston Martin and Red Bull

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts

Subscribe