The 2001 Belgian Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Wallonia on 2 September 2001. It was the 14th round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 48th edition of the event as part of the series.
Scuderia Ferrari driver and Drivers’ Champion Michael Schumacher won the 36-lap race starting from third place on the grid, also setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 3 (1:49.758). Michael thus took his fifth win at the Circuit de-Spa Francorchamps to equal the triple world champion Ayrton Senna’s record number of wins at the track. It was his eighth victory of 2001 and the 52nd of his career, overtaking the four-time world champion Alain Prost’s all-time record of 51 wins. Rubens Barrichello, in the other Ferrari car, finished fifth.
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