2001 Berlin state election, Issues and campaign
The 2001 election was an early election. In June 2001, the grand coalition under Mayor Eberhard Diepgen (CDU) broke down following a scandal involving CDU's leader in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, Klaus-Rüdiger Landowsky. Landowsky, who served as the CEO of a public mortgage bank (later Landesbank Berlin Holding), had financed a risky deal between two men who were donors to the local CDU branch. The Berlin bank scandal cost the city several billion euros. The SPD subsequently left the coalition, which had governed Berlin since 1990, and formed an interim minority government with the Greens supported by the PDS. Klaus Wowereit became Mayor after a constructive vote of no confidence against Diepgen on 15 June. The House of Deputies then voted to dissolve itself, triggering a new election.


2001 Berlin state election, Issues and campaign
The campaign was strongly influenced by the bad state of the public finances and the bank scandal. The CDU nominated 35-year-old Frank Steffel as their top candidate, and played on fears of potential PDS involvement in government. They also focused on security issues, especially after September 11 attacks.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup
The 2001 Betty Barclay Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany and was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 May until 6 May 2001. First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title and earned $90,000 first-prize money.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Květa Hrdličková /  Barbara Rittner 6–2, 4–6, 6–2


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Doubles
Anna Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Doubles
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 against Květa Hrdličková and Barbara Rittner.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Singles
Venus Williams won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Meghann Shaughnessy.


2001 Betty Barclay Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Bhutan A-Division
The 2001 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the seventh recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Druk Star, their first title and the first time a Bhutanese team other than Druk Pol had won in the last six years. The league was preceded by a qualifying tournament known as the Thimpu League. Qualifiers from this league joined other teams in a round robin group stage to determine the four teams who would proceed to the knock out stage.


2001 Bhutan A-Division, Thimpu League
The 2001 Thimpu League, which started on 15 July, served as a qualifying tournament for the 2001 Bhutan A-Division. 9 teams took part, 5 from Thimpu and 4 from Phuentsholing. It is not known for certain how many teams qualified, but of the four known participants, three qualified as a result of their position.


2001 Bhutan A-Division, A-Division
The A-division commenced on 12 August. Although Druk Star had not qualified via the Thimpu League earlier in the year, they were given a place following the withdrawal of Phuentsholing and Chhuka. The league consisted of two groups of three teams playing in a round robin format. The top two teams from each group then qualified for the semi-final knockout stages.


2001 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 17 through May 21. Nebraska won their third tournament in a row and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament mirrored the format of the College World Series, with two 4-team double-elimination brackets and a final championship game.


2001 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
It was also the final appearance for Iowa State in the tournament, as they discontinued their baseball program following the season.


2001 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
The 2001 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 9 through May 12, 2001. Oklahoma won their second conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2001 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas Tech received bids to the NCAA tournament. Oklahoma would go on to play in the 2001 Women's College World Series.


2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–10, 2001 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.


2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Number 3 seed Iowa State defeated number 1 seed Oklahoma 68–65 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.


2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.


2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2001 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 8 to 11, 2001. The 7-match tournament was held at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio, TX with a combined attendance of 7,482. The 8-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Texas Longhorns in the championship match to win their 2nd conference tournament.


2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kemper Arena. Oklahoma won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.


2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.


2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the seventeenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Seton Hall Pirates won their second tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 2001. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. Seton Hall claimed the third seed over Virginia Tech by tiebreaker.


2001 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award
Isaac Pavlik was the winner of the 2001 Jack Kaiser Award. Pavlik was a junior pitcher for Seton Hall.


2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the two highest seeds in each division received byes in the first round. The six teams with the best conference records in each division were invited to participate for a total of 12 teams. Teams were seeded by division. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the East #1 seed, while Notre Dame received the West #1 seed.


2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Boston College defeated Pittsburgh in the championship game 79–57 for its second and final Big East Tournament championship.


2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
Note: By finishing in last place during the regular season in their respective divisions, Virginia Tech and Rutgers did not qualify for the tournament.


2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Troy Bell, Boston College


2001 Big League World Series
The 2001 Big League World Series youth baseball tournament took place from August 4–11 in Easley, South Carolina, U.S. Westminster, California, U.S., defeated Valencia, Venezuela, in the championship game.


2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10 at the Matadome at California State University, Northridge in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.


2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded hosts Cal State Northridge defeated Eastern Washington in the championship game, 73–58, to win their first, and only, Big Sky men's basketball tournament title (CSUN departed the Big Sky the following season).


2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Matadors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. No other Big Sky members were invited this year.


2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
No new teams were added to the Big Sky prior to the 2000–01 season, leaving total membership at nine.


2001 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
No changes were made to the existing tournament format. Only the top six teams from the regular season conference standings were invited to the tournament. The two top teams were given byes into the semifinals while the third- through sixth-seeded teams were placed and paired into the preliminary quarterfinal round. Following the quarterfinals, the two victorious teams were re-seeded for the semifinal round, with the lowest-seeded remaining team paired with the tournament's highest seed and vis-versa for the other.


2001 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament  was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 16–20, 2001 at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Virginia. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the fourth time and earned an invitation to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.


2001 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Randy McGarvey was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. McGarvey was a catcher for Coastal Carolina.


2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–3, 2001 at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. For the third consecutive year, the tournament was won by the Winthrop Eagles, led by head coach Gregg Marshall.


2001 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Six teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Roanoke Civic Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. As part of their transitional phase, conference members Elon and High Point were ineligible for the tournament.


2001 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bill Davis Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twentieth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Minnesota won their seventh tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 2001 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.


2001 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Jack Hannahan was named Most Outstanding Player. Hannahan was a third baseman for Minnesota.


2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference and was played from March 8 to March 11, 2001 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The championship was won by Iowa who defeated Indiana in the championship game. As a result,  Iowa received the Big Ten's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Due to NCAA sanctions, Ohio State has vacated the records from this tournament.


2001 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season. The top five teams received a first round bye.


2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.


2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Utah State defeated New Mexico State in the championship game, 71–66, to obtain the fourth Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history.


2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Aggies participated in the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament after earning the conference's automatic bid.


2001 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Eight of the nine teams in the conference participated, with Idaho not qualifying. The top eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.


2001 Billboard Music Awards
Here are the finalists and winners at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards.


2001 Birmingham bombing
The 2001 Birmingham bombing was an attack on the city centre of Birmingham.


2001 Birmingham bombing, History
There was a partial detonation of a car bomb in the city centre of Birmingham on Saturday 3 November 2001. The Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), a dissident Irish Republican terror group, was responsible. The RIRA gave a telephone warning before the device exploded outside a busy nightclub on Smallbrook Queensway, near the corner with Hurst Street and 250m south of New Street station - just 135 metres (443 ft) from the location of the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974.


2001 Birmingham bombing, History
The bomb was similar in size to those used in the BBC bombing and Ealing bombing that year, but only the detonator exploded, leaving 30 kilograms (66 lb) of home-made explosives intact. An officer from the West Midlands Police said the bomb, if fully detonated, could have caused a "very serious loss of life" on the busy road. The timing and location of the bombing (10:39 PM on a Saturday night outside a busy nightclub) were likely chosen to maximize damage to the public. It was the final bombing of the Troubles in Great Britain.


2001 Birmingham bombing, History
The attack came during a tense period of the Northern Ireland peace process.


2001 Birmingham bombing, Convictions
In November 2001, three men – Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme and his brother Aiden Hulme – were arrested in connection with the bomb attacks in Birmingham and London that year. They were all later convicted at the Old Bailey on 8 April 2003. Robert and Aiden Hulme were each jailed for 20 years. Noel Maguire, who the judge said played "a major part in the bombing conspiracy", was sentenced to 22 years. Two other men, James McCormack, of County Louth, and John Hannan, of Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, had already admitted the charge at an earlier hearing. McCormack, who played the most serious part of the five, the judge said, was jailed for twenty-two years. John Hannan, who was seventeen at the time of the incidents, was given sixteen years detention. All had links to the Real IRA stronghold of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland.


2001 Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours 2001 was announced on 16 June 2001 for the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), New Zealand (4 June), Australia (11 June), Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Belize and Saint Christopher and Nevis on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday.


2001 Birthday Honours
Recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country whose ministers advised The Queen on the appointments, honour, degree and where appropriate by division (i.e. Civil and Military). The Order of Precedence is determined by each individual realm


2001 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 4 June 2001.


2001 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2001 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2001 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Dan Hawkins.


2001 Boise State Broncos football team
The Broncos went 8–4 overall and 6–2 in WAC play, in a tie for second place. This was their first year in the WAC after leaving the Big West Conference, which dropped football. Despite finishing bowl eligible, Boise State was not invited to a bowl game.


2001 Boise State Broncos football team
The loss to Washington State of the Pac-10 on September 8 was BSU's last regular season loss at Bronco Stadium for over a decade. Two weeks later, they began a 65-game regular season home winning streak that continued through October 2011 (BSU lost a bowl game at Bronco Stadium in 2005).


2001 Boise State Broncos football team
This was the first season that BSU and rival Idaho were not in the same conference since 1969, when the Broncos were an NAIA independent. This prompted the introduction of the Governor's Trophy by UI alumnus Dirk Kempthorne to continue the series. The first game for the trophy was easily won by BSU and ironically played out of state, in Pullman, Washington. Idaho joined the WAC in 2005 and it returned to a conference game for six seasons. BSU joined the Mountain West Conference after the 2010 season; that was the most recent meeting and the Broncos hold a twelve-game winning streak over the Vandals, who last won in 1998.


2001 Bolivarian Games
The XIV Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event held between September 7–16, 2001, in Ambato, Ecuador. Some events took place in Guayaquil and in Quito. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).


2001 Bolivarian Games
The opening ceremony took place on September 7, 2001, at the Estadio Bellavista in Ambato, Ecuador. The Games were officially opened by Ecuadorean Minister for Education, Culture and Sports (Spanish: ministro de Educación, Cultura y Deportes) Roberto Hanze as a delegate for president Gustavo Noboa. Torch lighter was racewalker, olympic gold medalist Jefferson Pérez.


2001 Bolivarian Games
Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.


2001 Bolivarian Games, Venues
Ambato hosted the following competitions: athletics, basketball, bodybuilding, boxing, chess, climbing (alpinism), football, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling


2001 Bolivarian Games, Venues
Guayaquil hosted the following competitions: archery, baseball, beach volleyball, billiards, bowling, canoeing, racquetball, rowing,  shooting, softball, surfing, swimming, triathlon, yachting


2001 Bolivarian Games, Participation
About 2000 athletes from 6 countries were reported to participate:


2001 Bolivarian Games, Sports
The following 29 sports (+ 4 exhibition) were explicitly mentioned:


2001 Bolivarian Games, Sports
†: Exhibition event. ‡ : The competition was reserved to youth representatives (U-17).


2001 Bolivarian Games, Medal count
The medal count for these Games is tabulated below. A slightly different number of medals was published elsewhere. This table is sorted by the number of gold medals earned by each country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.


2001 Bolivian census
The Tenth Census of Bolivia was conducted on 5 September 2001. The population was 8,274,325.


2001 Boost Mobile V8 International
The 2001 Boost Mobile V8 International was the twelfth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. This was the first V8 Supercar event in New Zealand since the 1996 Mobil New Zealand Sprints and the first time as part of the official calendar. It was held on the weekend of 9 to 11 November at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand.


2001 Boost Mobile V8 International, Race report
The 2001 Boost Mobile V8 International heralded the first ever overseas championship event for the V8 Supercar series, although it wasn't the first time that V8 Supercar racing was held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway. In 1996, the Mobil New Zealand Sprints saw the V8 Supercars come across the ditch for the first time, although these events were not part of the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship calendar.


2001 Boost Mobile V8 International, Race report
In these events, Greg Murphy dominated the weekend at Pukekohe, grabbing three race wins from three and entered the weekend with high expectations. After grabbing provisional pole position, he went on to convert that into a top-ten shootout pole - a first for the 2001 season.


2001 Boost Mobile V8 International, Race report
The first race was cut short due to torrential downpour which saw cars struggling for grip and reduced visibility down to dangerous levels. Murphy was declared the winner with the race being cut short by five laps. The race also saw Jason Richards and Team Kiwi Racing achieve their best result of the season with a fourth-placed finish.


2001 Boston City Council election
Boston City Council elections were held on November 6, 2001. Nine seats (five representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 1, 5, 8, and 9 ran unopposed. Two seats (districts 3 and 6) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25, 2001.


2001 Boston City Council election, At-large
Councillors Francis Roache, Stephen J. Murphy, and Michael F. Flaherty were re-elected. Councillor Peggy Davis-Mullen did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston, losing in the mayoral election to incumbent Thomas Menino. Davis-Mullen's at-large seat was won by Maura Hennigan, who had been the District 6 councillor since 1984, and a member of the council since 1982.


2001 Boston City Council election, At-large
Francis Roache resigned his council seat after being elected Registrar of Deeds for Suffolk County in November 2002; Felix D. Arroyo joined the council in January 2003 to serve the remainder of Roache's term.


2001 Boston City Council election, District 5, Special election
In February 2002, Conley was named interim district attorney for Suffolk County; he resigned his council seat shortly thereafter. The vacancy was filled by a special election, which took place on June 4, 2002, with the preliminary election on May 7, 2002. Robert Consalvo was elected to serve the remainder of Conley's term.


2001 Boston City Council election, District 6
Councillor Maura Hennigan ran for (and won) an at-large seat on the council; her district seat was won by John M. Tobin Jr.


2001 Boston City Council election, District 9, Special election
Honan died in July 2002, creating a vacancy that was filled by a special election, which took place on December 10, 2002, with the preliminary election on November 12, 2002. Jerry P. McDermott was elected to serve the remainder of Honan's term.


2001 Boston College Eagles football team
The 2001 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.


2001 Boston Marathon
The 2001 Boston Marathon was the 105th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by South Korea's Lee Bong-ju in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:23:53.


2001 Boston Marathon
A total of 13,395 people finished the race, 8586 men and 4809 women.


2001 Boston Red Sox season
The 2001 Boston Red Sox season was the 101st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 82 wins and 79 losses, 13+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the AL championship. The Red Sox did not qualify for the postseason, as the AL wild card went to the Oakland Athletics, who had finished second in the American League West with a record of 102–60.


2001 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases


2001 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Boston Red Sox season, Game log
Note: the Red Sox only played 161 games, as a September 10 rainout against the Yankees in New York was not rescheduled.


2001 Boston Red Sox season, Farm system
In addition to the DSL Red Sox, the team shared a DSL team with the Cleveland Indians. VSL cooperative was with the Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins. Source:


2001 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 2001 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 2001, between incumbent mayor Thomas Menino and City Councilor Peggy Davis-Mullen. Menino was re-elected to a third term.


2001 Boston mayoral election
The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 25, 2001. Davis-Mullen, by finishing second, became the second woman to be a finalist for mayor in city history.


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum
A referendum on judicial reform was held in Botswana on 3 November 2001, having been originally scheduled for 6 October, but later postponed. The referendum asked eight separate questions about judges and courts, all of which were approved, seven by a margin of over 70%. Voter turnout for the referendum was just 4.9%, with 22,600 votes from a total of 460,252 registered voters. The postponement of the referendum by the government, a legal challenge by the Tswana nationalist group Pitso Ya Batswana, and a call by the group for a boycott were all suggested as reasons for the low turnout. Pitso Ya Batswana claimed that the referendum was an attempt by the BaKalanga ethnic group, who are over-represented in the judicial system, to increase their hold over it.


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question I
The first question was regarding qualification of candidates to be appointed judges on the High Court:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question I
Do you agree that, for a person to be appointed a Judge of the High Court, he must qualify and have been qualified to practice as an advocate or attorney for not less than 10 years, or being qualified to practice as an advocate or attorney, has taught law in a recognized university for not less than 10 years, or be a Chief Magistrate who has held that office for not less than 5 years?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question II
The second question was regarding qualification of candidates to be appointed judges on the Court of Appeal:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question II
Do you agree that, for a person to be appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal, he must qualify and have been qualified to practice as an advocate or attorney for not less than 10 years, or being qualified to practice as an advocate or attorney, has taught law in a recognized university for not less than 10 years?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question III
The third question was regarding a change in the designation of High Court judges:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question III
Do you agree that the designation of High Court Judges as "Puisne Judges" be altered to "Judges"?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question IV
The fourth question was regarding raising the retirement age of High Court and Court of Appeal judges:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question IV
Do you agree that the retiring age of the Judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal should be increased from 65 to 70?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question IV
The proposal was passed, although with only a 53.93% approval, far lower than any of the other questions.


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question V
The fifth question was regarding the nomination of members of the Judicial Service Commission:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question V
Do you agree that the members of the Judicial Service Commission who are nominated by the Law Society or appointed by the President shall serve a renewable term of two years, and may be removed by the Commission in the first case and by the President in the second for inability or gross misbehavior?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question VI
Do you agree that the members of the Judicial Service Commission, who shall decide by a majority vote, the chairman having a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes, should be the Chief Justice as Chairman, the President or the most senior Justice of the Court of Appeal, the Attorney-General, the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, a member of the Law Society nominated by it, and a person of integrity and experience who is not a legal practitioner appointed by the President?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question VII
Do you agree that the Industrial Court should be a superior court of record?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question VIII
The eighth and last question was regarding the Chief Justice:


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question VIII
Do you agree that the Chief Justice be empowered to appoint a Rules of Court Advisory Committee to advise him on the review of the rules of practice and procedure of the High Court?


2001 Botswana judicial reform referendum, Question VIII
The proposal was passed with a 76.68% approval, the highest of all the proposals.


2001 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 2001 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Urban Meyer and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 83rd season of play for the Falcons.


2001 Brabantse Pijl
The 2001 Brabantse Pijl was the 41st edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 1 April 2001. The race started in Zaventem and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Michael Boogerd.


2001 Bradford Bulls season
This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2001 season, the 6th season of the Super League era.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The Bulls started their defence of the Challenge Cup with a 54–10 win over Championship side Widnes Vikings, Michael Withers was the key man as he crossed for a hat-trick. Bradford backed up this great start with a dominating performance in the 5th Round of the Challenge Cup as they cruised past Halifax Blue Sox 68–18.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford begun their Super League campaign by beating champions St Helens R.F.C. 31–24, new signing Shane Rigon scored a hat-trick which helped the Bulls get off to a winning start. The Bulls continued their Challenge Cup defence with a 38–0 win over Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Bradford kept their winning streak intact as they hammered Salford City Reds 40–6 and then backed this up with a 30–14 win away at Huddersfield Giants.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The Bulls continued their good start to the season with a hard fought 24–6 victory over London Broncos however the next week they were surprised as Wakefield Trinity Wildcats beat Bradford 16–12 to end the Bulls winning streak. Bradford soon got back to winning ways with a great performance by beating Wigan Warriors 35–24, this victory was short lived however as the Bulls drew 24–24 to Hull FC. The Bulls were not able to defend their Challenge Cup title as they fell 13–6 to St Helens R.F.C. in a match which was played under terrible weather as rain swept Twickenham Stadium.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford put the Challenge Cup defeat behind them as they hammered Warrington Wolves 56–24 at Valley Parade. They backed this up with a hard fought 24–22 win against Castleford Tigers. Bradford continued their winning streak with an outstanding 33–14 win over arch rivals Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. The Bulls demolished Halifax Blue Sox at home with an emphatic 64–12 win, Leon Pryce was the star of the match scoring a hat-trick whilst Henry Paul kicked 10 goals. Bradford finished May with a 42–10 victory over Salford City Reds.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford started June with a 38–26 loss at the hands of St Helens R.F.C.. They soon bounced back though with an outstanding 78–18 win against Huddersfield Giants. The Bulls backed up this fine form with a 42–0 win against London Broncos and then recorded another big win as they beat Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 62–10. Bradford finished the month with a 44–30 loss to a fired up Wigan Warriors side.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The Bulls started July with a bang as the outclassed Hull F.C. and beat them 40–0. Bradford posted yet another big score as they took apart Castleford Tigers with a 44–4 victory. The Bulls continued their good form as they smashed rivals Leeds Rhinos 44–22 at Valley Parade. Bradford finished July with a 52–28 win against Halifax Blue Sox.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The month started with a disappointing 18–14 loss to Warrington Wolves. They soon bounced back and Leeds Rhinos were on the wrong end of a 34–6 scoreline, in this match Henry Paul became the joint top scorer for the Bulls in the Super League era as he registered 860 points (joint with Steve McNamara). Henry Paul took over Steve McNamara as highest point scorer for the Bulls in the Super League as he kicked 8 goals in the impressive 27–14 win against St Helens R.F.C.. A Michael Withers hat-trick helped the Bulls to a 56–30 victory over the Castleford Tigers. The Bulls ended the month with an unfortunate 16–10 loss to Wigan Warriors.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford started September with a bang as Graham Mackay and Michael Withers both scored a hat-trick as the Bulls beat Warrington Wolves 84–12. Bradford finished the regular season with a 62–18 win over rivals Leeds Rhinos which meant that the Bulls ended the season on top of the table by points difference. At the end of the month Bradford faced Wigan Warriors in the Qualifying Semi-final, the Bulls won 24–18 thanks to the Paul brother dominating with ball and boot. Robbie Paul scored 2 tries while brother Henry Paul kicked 8 goals.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford's opponents for the Grand Final were Wigan Warriors. The Bulls asserted their dominance early on as they raced into a 22–0 lead in the first half. Michael Withers scored a hat-trick and Stuart Fielden, James Lowes and Graham Mackay (in his last game) also scored for the Bulls. Henry Paul slotted a drop goal over to ensure that the Bulls became Super League champions for a 2nd time.


2001 Bradford Bulls season, Table
^ a: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches


2001 Bradford riots
The Bradford Riots were a brief period of violent rioting which began on 7 July 2001, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They occurred as a result of heightened tension between the large and growing British Asian communities and the city's white majority, escalated by confrontation between the Anti- Nazi League and far right groups such as the British National Party and the National Front. Similar ethnic riots had occurred earlier in other parts of Northern England, such as Oldham in May and Burnley in June.


2001 Bradford riots, Background
Bradford is historically a working class city. Since its rapid growth in the 19th century, there have been several significant waves of immigration, notably Irish (19th century), Poles (1940s–50s) and South Asian people since the 1950s.


2001 Bradford riots, Background
At the time of the riot, Bradford had the second largest population of South Asians of any UK city, with approximately 68,000 Pakistanis, 12,500 Indians, 5,000 Bangladeshis and 3,000 other Asians. However, the majority of people in the city were white (Ethnicity: 78.3% White, and 19.1% S.Asian according to the 2001 census).


2001 Bradford riots, Background
While the South Asian population in Bradford had grown, and there were areas which were still predominantly white and other areas which were predominantly South Asian, it is disputed whether segregation had grown over time, whether the phenomenon of white flight applies to Bradford, and whether one can accurately talk of ghettos in Bradford. At the time of the riot, Bradford Moor was 67% South Asian, Toller was 64% South Asian. Of the 17,512 people of Manningham 13,049 (74.5%) were South Asian. Tong was 93 percent white, and Wibsey was 91 percent white.


2001 Bradford riots, Flashpoint
On 22–24 June, there were riots in Burnley; two months previously, there had been riots in Oldham. Tensions rose after the National Front attempted to organise a march in the city which was banned by Home Secretary David Blunkett under the Public Order Act 1986. The Anti Nazi League organised a rally in Centenary Square in the centre of the city, which was allowed to proceed. During the course of the rally, held on Saturday 7 July, a rumour was spread by some of the marchers that National Front sympathisers were gathering at a pub in the centre of Bradford. A confrontation then occurred outside the pub in the city centre during which an Asian man was stabbed. According to the appeal court, this incident almost certainly triggered the riot. However, subsequent research amongst eyewitnesses contests this view with no single event being identifiable as a flashpoint.


2001 Bradford riots, Riots
The riot was estimated to have involved 1,000 youths. On the nights of 8 and 9 July 2001, groups of between thirty and a hundred white youths attacked police and Asian-owned businesses, in the Ravenscliffe and Holmewood areas. Initially there were 500 police being involved, but later reinforcements increased this to almost 1,000. What began as a riot turned into an ethnic-related disturbance, with targeting of businesses and cars, along with numerous attacks on shops and property. A notable point of the rioting was the firebombing of Manningham Labour Club, at the time a recreational centre.


2001 Bradford riots, Riots
A 48-year-old Asian businessman was jailed for 12 years for the arson attack. The club reopened in the spring of 2006 on a different site, approximately one and a half miles away, on Bullroyd Lane, Four Lane Ends (The original site has now been redeveloped into a health and community centre and chemist).


2001 Bradford riots, Riots
The most expensive act of the riot was the arson attack of a BMW dealership, which had previously been attacked in a 1995 disturbance.


2001 Bradford riots, Aftermath
More than 300 police officers were hurt during the riot. There were 297 arrests in total; 187 people were charged with the offence of riot, 45 with violent disorder and 200 jail sentences totalling 604 years were handed down. The last rioter was sentenced six-and-a-half years after the events. The number of convictions for riot was unprecedented in English legal history; the next highest amount was five for an investigation in London. The estimated damage was put at £7 million. The heaviest sentence handed out in connection with the riots was that of the aforementioned Mohammed Ilyas, a 48-year-old local businessman, who was found guilty of arson and being reckless as to whether life was endangered. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on 3 July 2003.


2001 Bradford riots, Aftermath
The Ouseley Report released 7 March 2005 recommended a "people's programme" to bring harmony to the city. The government subsequently commissioned the Cantle report which made 67 recommendations. In 2006 Channel 4 produced a non-fictional drama, Bradford Riots, directed by Neil Biswas. The film tells the story of 2001 riots from the perspective of an Asian family.


2001 Brasil Open
The 2001 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Costa do Sauipe resort, Mata de São João, in Brazil that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from September 10 through September 16, 2001.


2001 Brasil Open, Winners, Men's Doubles
Enzo Artoni /  Daniel Melo defeated  Gastón Etlis /  Brent Haygarth 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)


2001 Brasil Open, Winners, Women's Doubles
Amanda Coetzer /  Lori McNeil defeated  Nicole Arendt /  Patricia Tarabini 6–7(8–10), 6–2, 6–4


2001 Brasil Open – Men's Doubles
Enzo Artoni and Daniel Melo won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) against Gastón Etlis and Brent Haygarth.


2001 Brasil Open – Men's Singles
Jan Vacek won in the final 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 against Fernando Meligeni.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXX Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 April 2001 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil. It was the third race of the 2001 Formula One season. The 71-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after starting from fifth position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Nick Heidfeld third for the Sauber team.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix
The race was Coulthard's first win of the season, and the result meant he reduced the lead of Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship to six points along with moving up to second place, 10 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello. McLaren reduced the lead to Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship to 15 points, with 14 races of the season remaining.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as constructors, were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Benetton, BAR, Jordan, Arrows, Sauber, Jaguar, Minardi and Prost. Tyre suppliers Bridgestone and Michelin brought five different tyre types to the race: two dry compounds and three wet-weather tyres.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 20 points, ahead of Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard who were tied for second on ten points each. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fourth on five points with Nick Heidfeld in fifth with three points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 30 points; McLaren were second on eleven points. Jordan and Sauber were third and fourth with five and four points, respectively, with Williams fifth on two points. Ferrari and Michael Schumacher had so far dominated the championship, winning the previous two races. Championship competitors Barrichello and Coulthard had both achieved second- and third-place podium finishes.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following the Malaysian Grand Prix on 18 March, the teams conducted testing sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya between 20–23 March to prepare for the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer set the quickest times on the first day, ahead of McLaren's test driver Alexander Wurz. Badoer remained-fastest on the second day. Marc Gené, the Williams test driver, stopped on track with a mechanical failure which brought a brief halt to testing. Michael Schumacher was fastest on the third day of testing. Seven suspensions were required as several drivers were afflicted by car problems or spinning off the circuit. Michael Schumacher stayed fastest for the final day's running.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace underwent safety changes following the previous year's race. Twenty-one cabins were installed to protect marshals across the track in response to the death of marshal Graham Beveridge at the Australian Grand Prix. Animals roaming near the circuit perimeter were rounded up and taken to another location. A guard rail was installed at the Bico do Pato curve after the speed of Formula One cars had greatly increased from 2000. The gravel trap on the Reta Oposta straight was reinforced and the circuit's drainage system was repaired.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The renovation work had been disrupted on 17 March when a contractor became dissatisfied with São Paulo city administration and enquiries were initiated. The dispute, over the delayed delivery of tables and chairs, was confirmed by race organisers and would not interfere with the Grand Prix. Barrichello was critical of the Grand Prix citing the dissatisfaction of some drivers in past years and the quality of the local facilities. However, the director of the event, Carlos Roberto Montagne disputed Barrichello's claims, stating that two engineers from the United Kingdom approved the road surface.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The drivers, however, were unhappy at the work as the track still remained bumpy. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen described the track as "very bumpy indeed. It seems to get worse and worse every year." Minardi's Fernando Alonso claimed that the bumping was so bad that the drivers could have lost their vision of the circuit.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. The Friday practice sessions were held in dry weather conditions and on a dirty track which gradually cleaned up as the session progressed. Michael Schumacher outpaced the other drivers in the first practice session, setting a lap of 1:16.832. Häkkinen was second-fastest and was initially quickest during the first quarter of the session.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The formation continued with Barrichello and Coulthard third- and fourth-fastest, respectively. Olivier Panis was fifth-quickest, ahead of both Jaguars of Eddie Irvine and Luciano Burti. Juan Pablo Montoya, Heidfeld and Jarno Trulli rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session. In the second practice session, Coulthard set the fastest lap of the day, a 1:15.520; one second quicker than Trulli. Michael Schumacher followed with the third-fastest time. The two Williams drivers of Montoya and Ralf Schumacher were fourth and sixth; they were separated by Häkkinen.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Barrichello was seventh-quickest and spun off when his engine lost power because of an oil pressure loss. Frentzen, Heidfeld and Irvine followed in the top ten. It became hotter during the Saturday free practice sessions. Häkkinen set the pace in the third practice session, with a time of 1:14.503 with Coulthard second-quickest. Michael Schumacher and Barrichello were third- and fifth-fastest, separated by Ralf Schumacher. Montoya, Trulli, Frentzen, Heidfeld and Kimi Räikkönen rounded out the top ten. In the final practice session, Montoya was quickest with a lap of 1:13.963; Ralf Schumacher finished with the fourth-fastest time. They were split by the two McLarens, Häkkinen in second and Coulthard in third. Michael Schumacher finished fifth-fastest, ahead of Frentzen. Barrichello, Räikkönen, Panis and Heidfeld completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. Each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The session was held in dry and sunny weather conditions. The air temperature ranged between 27–29 °C (81–84 °F) and the track temperature was between 33–39 °C (91–102 °F). The hot conditions prevented the front-running teams from improving their lap times towards the end of the session.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Michael Schumacher clinched his seventh consecutive pole position, his third of the season and his first at the Interlagos circuit, with a time of 1:13.780. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Ralf Schumacher who set a qualifying time 0.310 seconds slower, equalling his team's best qualifying position since the 1998 Italian Grand Prix. The two became the first siblings to share the front row of the grid in a Formula One World Championship event.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
After the session had ended, Ralf Schumacher's car was investigated by the stewards for an fuel irregularity and was allowed to race when the fuel was declared legal. Häkkinen and Coulthard set the third- and fifth-fastest times for McLaren, respectively, both drivers agreed that their cars had a reduced tendency to understeer. Montoya separated the McLaren drivers in the second Williams, who complained that his car was difficult to drive having spun on his first quick lap and switched to the spare Williams for the remainder of the session.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Barrichello was four tenths of a second slower than Michael Schumacher in sixth place, and blamed excessive understeer which caused him to have problems with handling. The two Jordans filled the fourth row of the grid with Trulli seventh and Frentzen eighth. This formation continued onto the fifth row which was occupied by Heidfeld and Räikkönen in the Saubers, with the former changing his set-up to move ahead of his teammate. The sixth row was filled by the BARs of Panis and Jacques Villeneuve and both drivers complained they had a lack of grip in the slow-speed corners.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Irvine and Burti recorded the 13th- and 14th-fastest times in their Jaguars, ahead of Jean Alesi in the faster of the two Prosts. Enrique Bernoldi was 16th-quickest for the Arrows team, ahead of teammate Jos Verstappen. Giancarlo Fisichella and Jenson Button for the Benetton team secured the 18th and 20th positions, respectively, the pair endured poor balance and oil leaks in their engines. They were sandwiched by Alonso in the faster Minardi car. Gastón Mazzacane and Tarso Marques completed the final two positions on the grid.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The conditions on the grid were dry before the race; the air temperature was 30 °C (86 °F) and the track temperature ranged from 36 and 40 °C (97 and 104 °F). The drivers took to the track at 11:30 BRT (UTC-3) for a 30-minute warm-up session. It took place in dry and hot weather conditions. Both Ferrari cars were running quickly throughout the session; Michael Schumacher had the fastest time, a 1:15.971 and also drove his race car and Ferrari's spare car in the half-hour period. Barrichello finished with the second-quickest time. Häkkinen was third-quickest, and Ralf Schumacher rounded out the top four, with a lap four tenths of a second slower than Michael Schumacher. Alonso went into the gravel trap and his car rested in the tyre barriers which caused damage to his front wing.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race started at 14:00 local time. A significant overtaking maneuver took place very early in the race. The safety car was brought onto the track because McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen had stalled on the starting grid. When the safety car came in, F1 rookie Juan Pablo Montoya overtook defending champion Michael Schumacher.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Local hero Rubens Barrichello had problems before he even got on the grid and had to switch to the spare car. He then slammed into the back of Ralf Schumacher on the restart, retiring on the spot. Ralf Schumacher limped back to the pits, but was in for a long time replacing the rear wing; he later spun off when the track was wet.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
As Juan Pablo Montoya extended his lead, the stewards informed the Jaguar team that Eddie Irvine would be served with a 10-second stop-go penalty. Eddie Irvine took his penalty on Lap 6.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 39 Montoya was leading by more than 30 seconds over Michael Schumacher. However, he retired after a crash while he was lapping Jos Verstappen. Verstappen let Montoya by, but as he pulled in behind Montoya while braking for turn 4 his Arrows slammed violently into the back of Montoya's Williams and both men were out of the race.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Soon after Montoya's retirement, a thunderstorm moved over the circuit and it began to rain heavily, which forced everyone to change tyres. Some went onto full-wet tyres, while others chose the intermediates.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher was fighting understeer all race, and despite planning to stop twice instead of once was only able to run at the pace of Montoya and Coulthard. However, he was right back in the hunt after he had pitted early. He still needed to pit again for fuel anyway but was able to change tyres as well. Coulthard, who had made his one and only stop, stayed out an extra lap which at that point looked costly.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
But then Schumacher, with a dry-weather set-up on his car, spun soon after exiting the pit lane, allowing Coulthard right back on his tail.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
This led to a second important overtaking move of the race, this one by David Coulthard. He passed Schumacher with the aid of a backmarker, rather similar to his teammate Mika Häkkinen's move on Schumacher at the Belgian Grand Prix the previous season.


2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Coulthard went on to win, while Schumacher suffered another off on his way to second place. Nick Heidfeld took his first-ever podium driving for Sauber. It was also Sauber's first podium since Jean Alesi's at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.


2001 Brickyard 400
The 2001 Brickyard 400, the 8th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 5, 2001 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.


2001 Brickyard 400, Background
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.


2001 Bridgeport Barrage season
The Bridgeport Barrage played their first season, as a charter member of the MLL, during the 2001 season of Major League Lacrosse. The Barrage ended up in 3rd place in the American Division with a record of 3–11. The Barrage failed to qualify for the 2001 season MLL playoffs.


2001 Bridgeport Barrage season, Schedule
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2001 Brisbane Broncos season
The 2001 Brisbane Broncos season was the fourteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2001 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in fifth position, going on to play in the finals and coming within one match of the grand final.


2001 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary
As the 2000 season's premiers, the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England in January to contest the 2001 World Club Challenge. The players wore black armbands during the match in memory of the club's co-founder Paul "Porky" Morgan who had died from a heart attack the previous day. Brent Tate made his NRL debut for the Broncos this season. The 2001 NRL season was unusual for the Broncos in that they were unable to string together more than three wins at any time during the season.


2001 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary
They lost six games from rounds 20 to 25, at the time the club's worst-ever losing streak. However they finished in 5th position and made it as far as the preliminary final which they lost to Parramatta, in what was a rematch of the preliminary final from the previous season in which the Broncos won 16–10.


2001 Brisbane Lions season
The Brisbane Lions' 2001 season was its fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won the first premiership in its history.


2001 Brisbane Sevens
The 2001 Brisbane Sevens, officially the 2001 Brisbane International Sevens, was a cancelled international rugby sevens tournament, originally scheduled to be part of the second season of the World Sevens Series in 2000-01. The International Rugby Board (IRB) withdrew the World Series hosting rights in response to the Australian government's sporting sanctions against Fiji.


2001 Brisbane Sevens
The Australian federal government had refused to provide visas to the Fijian 7s squad following the Fiji military coup which had taken place in May 2000.


2001 Brisbane Sevens
While it is appreciated that the decision to ban the Fijians has been taken by the Australian government and not the ARU (Australian Rugby Union), the IRB, after careful consideration, has decided that the Host Union Agreement cannot in this instance be honoured and that, as a consequence, it will not be possible for the Series to be held in Brisbane.


2001 Brisbane Sevens
The Board has recognised that if the ARU wishes to proceed with the Tournament without Fiji, then it may do so, but it will not be a World Series event, nor will it be accorded status as an IRB event.


2001 Brisbane Sevens
The event had been planned to be held in Brisbane on the weekend of 16–17 February 2001, but was cancelled. It would have been the 2nd edition of the Australian Sevens tournament but that had to wait for the 2002 Brisbane Sevens in the 2001-02 season.


2001 Bristol City Council election
The 2001 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 2001, on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party made a small number of gains and maintained overall control of the council.


2001 Brit Awards
The 2001 Brit Awards were the 21st edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 26 February 2001 at Earls Court in London.


2001 Brit Awards, Notable moments, Noel Gallagher and A1
During the ceremony, boy band A1 picked up the 'Award for Best Newcomer'. At the end of the night, Oasis Guitarist Noel Gallagher walked onto stage to present U2 with their 'Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music'. As Gallagher took the microphone at the start of his presenting speech, he said "This award ceremony over the years has been accused of not having a sense of humour, but when you see A1 winning best newcomer, you know that someone's taking the piss somewhere". A1 were apparently offended, and in April 2001 they performed a cover version of the Oasis song "Don't Look Back in Anger" in a mocking way, live using instruments, and not a backing track, as Gallagher had also called the band "manufactured".


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships
The 2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was held from 18 June through 24 June 2001. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 6–2


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Doubles
Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sugiyama with Daniela Hantuchová and Tauziat with Kimberly Po-Messerli.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Doubles
Po-Messerli and Tauziat lost in the first round to Dája Bedáňová and Conchita Martínez.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Doubles
Hantuchová and Sugiyama lost in the semifinals to Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Black and Likhovtseva.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Singles
The Singles competition of the 2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships was part of the 27th edition of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament, Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. Julie Halard-Decugis was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–2, 6–0 against Magüi Serna.


2001 Britannic Asset Management International Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia
The 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia was a series of matches played by the British & Irish Lions rugby union team in Australia.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia
The Lions squad was captained by Martin Johnson, the first player to lead the Lions on two tours. The head coach was New Zealander Graham Henry. After winning the first of their matches against Australia, the Lions lost the remaining two matches of the test series. This was the first time that Australia defeated the Lions in a series. The tour was noted for tension between the test squad and the midweek squad as well as controversial newspaper columns written by scrum-halves Matt Dawson and Austin Healey, accusing the coaching staff of poor scheduling and training regimes and lack of team spirit.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, First Test
Jason Robinson scored the first try of the match, putting the Lions up 5–0. Andrew Walker successfully kicked a penalty goal for Australia's first points. The Lions scored through Dafydd James, which was converted by Wilkinson. The score at half-time was 12–3.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, First Test
Brian O'Driscoll scored for the Lions in the second half. Wilkinson converted the try before kicking a penalty goal to make the score 22–3. Scott Quinnell then scored for the Lions, with Wilkinson converting. Walker then scored a try for Australia. The Lions won the first Test.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, First Test, Teams
Lions: Perry (Balshaw h-t); James, O'Driscoll, Henderson, Robinson; Wilkinson, Howley; T Smith (Leonard 74), Wood, Vickery, Johnson (capt), Grewcock, Corry, Hill, Quinnell (Charvis 61).


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, First Test, Teams
Australia: Latham (Burke h-t); Walker, Herbert, Grey, Roff; Larkham (Flatley 52), Gregan; Stiles, Paul (Foley 52), Panoho (Darwin 61), Giffin, Eales (capt; Cockbain 61), Finegan (Lyons 72), G Smith, Kefu.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Second Test
The second test was played at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne. Wilkinson was successful with two penalty goals, giving the Lions a 6–0 lead. Burke then kicked a penalty goal for Australia. Neil Back scored the first try of the match, giving the Lions an 11–3 lead over Australia. Burke kicked another penalty goal to make the score 11–6 to the Lions.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Second Test
Joe Roff scored a try for Australia in the second half, making the score 11–11. Burke kicked a penalty goal to give Australia the lead. The score became 21–11 when Roff scored his second try. Wilkinson then kicked a penalty goal to make it 21–14. Burke then scored a try for Australia, making it 29–14. Burke kicked another two penalty goals. Australia won the second Test.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Second Test, Teams
British Lions: Perry, James, O'Driscoll, Henderson, Robinson, Wilkinson, Howley, Smith, Wood, Vickery, Johnson, Grewcock, Hill, Back, Quinnell. Replacements: Leonard, West, Corry, Williams, Dawson, Jenkins, Balshaw.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Second Test, Teams
Australia: Burke, Walker, Herbert, Grey, Roff, Larkham, Gregan, Stiles, Foley, Moore, Giffin, Eales, Finegan, G. Smith, Kefu. Replacements: Cannon, Darwin, Cockbain, Lyons, Whitaker, Flatley, Latham.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Third Test
With the Lions winning the opening test, and Australia coming back to win the second, the third game at Stadium Australia in Sydney was the decider and was refereed by New Zealander Paddy O'Brien. The scoring began in the third minute with a penalty to Australia – Burke was successful with the penalty goal, taking Australia to a 3–0 lead. Wilkinson, who was under an injury cloud leading up to the match, levelled the scores in the fifth minute with a successful penalty goal. Burke then landed another penalty goal for Australia.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Third Test
Four minutes later, Burke kicked another penalty goal, giving Australia a 9–3 lead. Robinson scored the first try of the match, which was converted by Wilkinson, giving the Lions a 10–9 lead. Daniel Herbert scored Australia's first try which was converted by Burke, giving Australia a 16–10 lead. Wilkinson was successful with a penalty goal that made the score 16–13.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Tests, Third Test
The Lions took the lead in the second half, with Wilkinson crossing the line to score a try and then converting it, giving the Lions a 20–16 lead. Herbert scored his second try in the 49th minute, Burke converted, giving Australia a 23–20 lead. Wilkinson kicked a penalty goal, levelling scores at 23–23. Burke was successful with a subsequent penalty goal five minutes after. Burke kicked another in the 76th minute, to make the score 29–23.


2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Television coverage
In Australia, Seven Network and Fox Sports jointly televised the British & Irish Lions matches. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, matches were shown on Sky Sports.


2001 British Academy Television Awards
The 2001 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 13 May 2001. The ceremony took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London and was broadcast live on BBC One.


2001 British Academy Television Craft Awards
The British Academy Television Craft Awards of 2001 are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and were held on 22 April 2001 at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, the ceremony was hosted by Liza Tarbuck.


2001 British Columbia general election
The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001 and held on May 16, 2001. Voter turnout was 55.4 per cent of all eligible voters.


2001 British Columbia general election
The incumbent British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), in office since 1991, had been rocked by two major scandals—the Fast Ferries Scandal and a bribery scandal involving Premier Glen Clark. With the NDP's ratings flatlining, Clark resigned in August 1999, and Deputy Premier Dan Miller took over as caretaker premier until Ujjal Dosanjh was elected his permanent successor in February. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the BC NDP suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals), led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province's electoral history.


2001 British Columbia general election
The BC NDP, on the other hand, suffered a near-total political collapse. The party lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, while its seat count fell from 39 seats to only two—those of Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joy MacPhail and Community Development Minister Jenny Kwan. It was easily the worst defeat of a sitting government in British Columbia.


2001 British Columbia general election
It was also the second-worst defeat of a sitting provincial government in Canada, eclipsed only by the New Brunswick election of 1987, the Alberta election of 1935, and the Prince Edward Island election of 1935. In those elections, the governing party–the New Brunswick Tories, the United Farmers of Alberta and the PEI Tories–was completely wiped off the map. Dosanjh resigned as party leader soon after the election; he had actually conceded defeat a week before voters went to the polls. Despite being the only other party in the Assembly, the BC NDP lacked the four seats required for official party status.


2001 British Columbia general election
The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the British Columbia Party, and the Family Coalition Party had joined under the "BC Unity" umbrella. By the time the election was called, however, only the Family Coalition Party and a large majority of Reform BC segments had remained in the BC Unity coalition. The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC continued his opposition to conservative mergers, consistently proclaiming a "Say No to Chris Delaney & BC Unity" policy, until Unity's eventual collapse in 2004 after a failed second attempt at a merger with BC Conservatives.


2001 British Columbia general election, Results
* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


2001 British Columbia general election, Results
Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.


2001 British Columbia general election, Riding results
Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers and former premiers. Incumbents denoted with a dagger (†) did not seek re-election.


2001 British Formula Three Championship
The 2001 British Formula Three season was the 51st British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 1 April, and ended on 29 September after twenty-six races, with Japanese driver Takuma Sato crowned champion.


2001 British Formula Three Championship, Drivers and teams
The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2001 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars. All cars competed on Avon tyres.


2001 British Formula Three Championship, Standings
Championship's point system was 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 with an extra point for the fastest lap.


2001 British Grand Prix
The 2001 British Grand Prix (formally the LIV Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 July 2001 at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England. It was the eleventh race of the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship.


2001 British Grand Prix
The 60-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher took pole position in his Ferrari, with Häkkinen alongside him on the front row; the Finn overtook Schumacher on lap 5 and led for the remainder of the race, except during the first round of pit stops. It was Häkkinen's first victory of the season, and his 19th overall. Schumacher finished over half a minute behind, with teammate Rubens Barrichello third.


2001 British Grand Prix
There were five retirements during the race: Jarno Trulli's Jordan and Olivier Panis's BAR were eliminated in separate first-corner collisions; David Coulthard's McLaren suffered a suspension failure; and Ralf Schumacher's Williams and Luciano Burti's Prost suffered engine failures. Tarso Marques failed to qualify his Minardi as a result of not setting a time within 107% of Michael Schumacher's pole time. Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished seventh in the other Jordan, in what would turn out to be his last race for the team before he was sacked four days before the next race in Germany.


2001 British Grand Prix
Coulthard's retirement meant that Michael Schumacher extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship to 37 points with six races remaining.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 78 points, ahead of his main rival David Coulthard (47 points) and Ralf Schumacher (30). Rubens Barrichello was a close fourth with 30 points and his Williams teammate Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth on twelve points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari was leading with 108 points, fifty-two ahead of their rival McLaren in second. Williams were third on 43 points, whilst Sauber (16) and Jordan (15) were in a close battle for fourth place. Ferrari had so far won the most of the races of the season with six, compared to McLaren and Williams with two each. Championship drivers Barrichello and Montoya had secured second-place finishes whilst Nick Heidfeld, Jacques Villeneuve, Eddie Irvine and Mika Häkkinen had all taken third-place finishes.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
After the previous year's British Grand Prix had been afflicted with heavy rain, causing the closure of Silverstone's car parks which forced spectators to walk long distances to attend the event, the organisers of the British Grand Prix, the Motor Sports Association was granted a reprieve by Formula One's governing body the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile after promising to rectify the problems, and the next holding of the British Grand Prix was given a provisional date of 13 May 2001.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
After the French Grand Prix on 1 July the teams conducted testing sessions at various circuits across Europe between 3–6 July to prepare for the British Grand Prix. The Jordan, McLaren, Sauber, BAR and Jaguar teams tested at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit. Heinz-Harald Frentzen set the fastest time on the first day, two-tenths of a second in front of Heidfeld. McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz recorded the fastest lap time on the second day.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Irvine pulled out of the test sessions early because of reoccurring neck pains he had been suffering since June and was replaced by the team's test driver André Lotterer from the afternoon of the second day. Coulthard was quickest on the third day's running. Testing was suspended when Jordan test driver Ricardo Zonta spun off into a gravel trap after his car sustained a component failure and sustained heavy damage. Kimi Räikkönen for the Sauber team was fastest on the fourth and final day of testing. A crash by Häkkinen and a spin by Olivier Panis in the afternoon of the fourth day brought out the red-flags.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Some teams made alterations to their cars in preparation for the race. Jaguar introduced a revised floor along with new bargeboards, whilst McLaren introduced minor aerodynamic revisions which included new front brake ducts. Sauber had brought new brake ducts and revised their bargeboards and Williams also brought new bargeboards for the race weekend. Prost reverted to an older undertray for Jean Alesi's car who preferred it over a new version débuted for the race.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. Conditions were cloudy and blustery for the Friday practice sessions with heavy rain hitting the circuit before the day's running ended, preventing drivers from recording faster lap times. Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of the first session after 45 minutes with a time of 1:23.619, almost eight-tenths of a second faster than teammate Barrichello in second.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
The two McLaren drivers were third and fourth with Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard. Frentzen (with a lap of 1:25.234) was fifth fastest, ahead of Irvine and Panis. Villeneuve, Jarno Trulli and Räikkönen (despite spinning at the Abbey chicane) rounded out the top ten fastest drivers of the session. Montoya (who set the thirteenth quickest time) spun at Vale corner after pushing hard with ten minutes remaining in the session but continued, and his Williams teammate Ralf Schumacher lost the rear-end of his car at the exit of Bridge corner and managed to continue.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
In the second practice session, Häkkinen set the fastest time of the day with a lap of 1:22.827; Coulthard finished with the second-fastest time which was half a second off his teammate's pace. Both Ferrari drivers were third and fourth fastest with Barrichello ahead of Michael Schumacher. Frentzen's car developed an oil leak at the start of the session but duplicated his first-session result in fifth. Heidfeld was sixth, with Pedro de la Rosa seventh fastest. Ralf Schumacher, Trulli and Räikkönen completed the top ten. Fernando Alonso damaged the undertray of his Minardi after he found it difficult to drive around Copse corner and drove back to his garage.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Heavy rain continued to affect the track in the Saturday free practice sessions, with several drivers spinning off on the slippery surface. Michael Schumacher set the pace in the third practice session with a lap of 1:31.430. Frentzen was second-quickest, three-tenths of a second off Michael Schumacher's pace. The McLarens of Häkkinen and Coulthard had the third and fourth fastest times respectively. Barrichello set the fifth-fastest time, ahead of Heidfeld in sixth and Trulli in seventh. Ralf Schumacher, Panis and Montoya completed the top ten.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Villeneuve was unable to record a lap time due to a gearbox problem, which caused him to stop at the exit of the pit lane. More rain fell during the interval between the third and fourth practice sessions, meaning that drivers were unable to improve on their lap times and continued to slide off the track. Michael Schumacher remained the fastest driver, followed by Frentzen, Häkkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello and Heidfeld, with Trulli, Räikkönen (who took evasive action to avoid a collision with a hare which had breached circuit perimeters), Panis and Ralf Schumacher completing the top ten ahead of qualifying.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver to set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The track was clean from the heavy rain showers and lap times progressively got faster as the session progressed. The weather conditions were sunny and the air temperature was 14 °C (57 °F) and the track temperature ranged between 10 and 26 °C (50 and 79 °F).


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Michael Schumacher clinched the 40th pole position of his career, his eighth of the 2001 season and his first at the Silverstone circuit, with a time of 1:20.477. He reported that the qualifying session was difficult for him and he used his first two quick runs to fine tune his car's set-up because of the lack of running on a dry track during Saturday's practice sessions. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Häkkinen who recorded a lap time 0.082 seconds off Michael Schumacher's pace.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
He said he was pleased to be on the front row and close to the pole position, but lost time because he was held up on his final quick run which he felt cost him the chance to secure the pole position. Coulthard took third and said he was unable to find the optimum balance for his McLaren because of the changing track conditions. Trulli qualified fourth despite running over a kerb at the exit of Becketts corner which damaged his front-left suspension causing him to slow and then pulled over to the side of the circuit.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
His Jordan teammate Frentzen secured fifth position and reported no problems with his car. Barrichello took sixth place and he spent his first two runs on his set-up, and lost time on his fourth run because he was twice blocked by Enrique Bernoldi's Arrows (who was on an in-lap), preventing Barrichello from improving on his lap time.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Räikkönen and Heidfeld took seventh and ninth positions respectively for Sauber; Räikkönen was satisfied with his starting position as he made small changes to the handling balance of his C20 chassis, whilst Heidfeld was held up by Ralf Schumacher and both McLarens who were driving slowly in the final section of the track, causing Heidfeld to go up across an inside kerb and onto grass which lost him three-tenths of a second.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
The two Saubers were sandwiched by Montoya in the faster Williams who bent a push-rod on his first run after clipping the kerb at the exit of Becketts and took over the spare car set up for Ralf Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher rounded out the top ten qualifiers and said he felt unlucky as his fastest lap was set on his second run and was held up by traffic when track conditions had improved.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Panis recorded the eleventh fastest lap time and reported the balance of his car was good but had a problem with his traction control system which was quickly rectified by his engineers. Villeneuve had an engine problem on his first run and went into the spare BAR monocoque until his race car was fixed and was twelfth fastest. He was ahead of de la Rosa in the faster of the two Jaguars and did not report any problems. Alesi found the old version of his Prost's undertray gave him more consistent handling and recorded the 14th fastest lap.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
Irvine qualified in 15th position and had a suspension failure and switched to the spare Jaguar which was set-up for de la Rosa. Burti had a large amount of understeer which restricted him to 16th on the grid. Verstappen gradually improved his car throughout the session and secured 17th place; his teammate Bernoldi took the 20th position and had a throttle issue on his first run which affected his momentum and was held up by Verstappen on his final run.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying sessions
The two Arrows were separated by the Benettons of Jenson Button and Giancarlo Fisichella; Button was unable to record a faster lap time because he was held up by traffic and Fisichella complained of understeer and poor grip. Alonso secured 21st and completed the grid. His teammate Tarso Marques failed to set a lap within 107% of Michael Schumacher's pole time and was not allowed to start the race after an appeal by Minardi was rejected by the stewards.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
The drivers took to the track at 08:30 BST for a 30-minute warm-up session in dry and partly sunny weather conditions. The McLarens maintained their good form from qualifying; Coulthard had the fastest time of 1:22.994 set in the closing minutes of the session. Häkkinen finished the session with the third-fastest time and was fastest in the middle part of the session. Trulli was second fastest and his teammate Frentzen rounded out the top four fastest drivers having held the fastest lap early in the session.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race started at 13:00 local time. The conditions on the grid were dry and sunny before the race; the air temperature was 16 °C (61 °F) and the track temperature was 27 °C (81 °F). Michael Schumacher maintained his starting line advantage heading into Copse corner followed by Häkkinen. Coulthard, driving on the inside line heading into Copse, was hit in the rear-end by Trulli who took the inside line and both spun with Trulli going into the gravel trap at Copse and Coulthard went across the grass verge and onto the pit lane exit road.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Further back, Villeneuve was unable to shift into a higher gear because his automatic upshifting system failed and was forced to use to switch to a manual start. He then drove in a gear he did not intend to drive in, and applied his brakes hard locking his front wheels, rendering him unable to steer and made contact with teammate Panis, who retired from the race after going into the gravel trap at Copse next to Trulli's car.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya made a quick gateway, moving up from eighth to third by the end of the first lap and his teammate Ralf Schumacher made up five positions over the same distance. Frentzen, however, made a poor start and lost three positions before the first lap ended. Further behind, Verstappen made the best start in the field as he moved up from 17th to eleventh and Alesi moved up four positions. At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led by 0.3 seconds from Häkkinen and both drivers were followed by Montoya, Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, Räikkönen, Heidfeld, Frentzen, Alesi, Villeneuve, Verstappen, de la Rosa, Button, Bernoldi, Irvine, Burti, Fisichella, Coulthard and Alonso.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher started to maintain a 0.2-second lead over Häkkinen who began a challenge for the lead. Häkkinen set the fastest lap of the race so far on the third lap – a 1:25.861 – to close the gap to Michael Schumacher to one-tenth of a second. Coulthard suffered a rear-suspension failure and spun off into the gravel trap at Priory corner, ending his race. Verstappen passed Villeneuve and Alesi to take over ninth position on lap 4, whilst Fisichella went off the track and drove through the gravel trap at Copse and rejoined behind Alonso on the same lap.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Michael Schumacher lost control of his car at the entry to Copse, allowing Häkkinen to take advantage and move into the lead at the start of lap 5; the Finn then started to pull away. Burti became the third retirement of the race when his engine blew on lap 6 and dropped oil on the track, causing the marshals to display the red and yellow striped warning flag. As Häkkinen continued to extend his lead, Montoya closed the gap to Michael Schumacher to 1.6 seconds by lap 10.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Villeneuve overtook Alesi at Stowe corner and moved into tenth position on lap 11. By lap 15, Montoya had further closed the gap to Michael Schumacher and passed the Ferrari driver to take over second position as he drove down the start/finish straight heading towards Stowe. By lap 20, Häkkinen had a lead of 25.2 seconds over Montoya, who in turn was 4.5 seconds in front of Michael Schumacher and was pulling away from the Ferrari driver. Barrichello was a further 10.9 seconds behind his teammate and was being caught by Ralf Schumacher in fifth.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen was the first driver to make a pit stop on lap 20, rejoining in tenth place. The McLaren and Ferrari teams were employing different strategies – the McLaren team were planning a two-stop strategy whereas the Ferrari team were planning to make pit stop. Häkkinen made his pit stop from the lead on the following lap and came out behind Montoya. Heideld also had a pit stop on the same lap, coming out in tenth position.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Montoya took over the lead of the race for four laps before taking his pit stop on lap 25 having been placed under pressure by Häkkinen who moved back into first place. Montoya re-emerged in fourth position, behind the duel between Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher for position. With a clear road ahead of him, Häkkinen increased his lead to ten seconds over Michael Schumacher by lap 27 as he set two consecutive fastest laps. Further back, Montoya was being held up by teammate Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Seven laps later, the Williams team showed Ralf Schumacher a switch sign on his pit board, asking him to let Montoya through. Ralf Schumacher did not let Montoya past as he felt he was driving quickly to be able to overtake Barrichello but was unable to pass the Brazilian driver. Ralf Schumacher made his pit stop on the 35th lap, allowing Montoya to battle Barrichello for third place. His pit stop took longer than usual as his mechanics had difficulties removing the refuelling nozzle from his car. Ralf Schumacher pulled over to the side of the circuit two laps later when his engine cut out, forcing him to retire.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher both made their pit stops on lap 39, with Häkkinen retaining his lead and Schumacher coming out behind teammate Barrichello and Montoya. On lap 40 Alonso, who was battling with both Benetton drivers and Bernoldi in the second Arrows for position, had his left-front wheel become detached from his Minardi close to the pit lane entry and the wheel rolled into a gravel trap before hitting a tyre wall. This resulted in his pit stop becoming longer than originally planned, Montoya, Heidfeld and Frentzen all made pit stops one lap later.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Barrichello made a pit stop on lap 42 and came out holding third position ahead of Montoya and both Sauber cars. Further down the field, Bernoldi and Fisichella stopped for their second pit stops and both drivers ran side-by-side exiting the pit lane and Bernoldi slowed down to allow Fisichella to move in front. Irvine was the final driver to pit for tyres and fuel on lap 46.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the conclusion of lap 47, with the scheduled pit stops completed, Häkkinen led Michael Schumacher by 23.9 seconds, followed by Barrichello, Montoya, Räikkönen and Heidfeld. Häkkinen continued to lap consistently faster than Michael Schumacher, stretching his lead to 33.6 seconds by the chequered flag. It was his first win of the season, and the 19th of his Formula One career. Michael Schumacher finished 25.6 seconds ahead of teammate Barrichello, with Montoya the last driver on the lead lap. Räikkonen took fifth with teammate Heidfeld scoring the final point for sixth. Frentzen, Villeneuve, Irvine and Verstappen completed the top ten finishers. Alesi, de la Rosa, Fisichella, Bernoldi and Button took the next five positions with Alonso the last of the classified finishers.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in a later press conference. Häkkinen stated it felt "really good" to win the race as he had endured a difficult season so far. He also said that he hoped he would win more races before the season was over and it was "very important" that he passed Michael Schumacher for the lead as it would have been "difficult to get the distance and the gap" he required for his two pit stops.


2001 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Michael Schumacher said that he had a "difficult day" because his car was hard to drive but praised Häkkinen for taking the victory. He also denied suggestions from Formula One commentators that he had problems with his traction control system. Barrichello said that he was happy with third place and that his Ferrari team believed their tyres would not last for a long period time around the Silverstone circuit. He also felt it was the right decision to stay out on the race track longer than Montoya.


2001 British National Track Championships
The 2001 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 5–11 August 2001 at the Manchester Velodrome. The Championships were organised by the British Cycling Federation.


2001 British Open
The 2001 Stan James British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 29 September–7 October 2001 at the Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.


2001 British Open
John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Graeme Dott nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Peter Ebdon, was defeated by Mark King in the quarter-final.


2001 British Rowing Championships
The 2001 British Rowing Championships known as the National Championships at the time, were the 30th edition of the National Championships, held from 20–22 July 2001 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.


2001 British Speedway Championship
The 2001 British Speedway Championship was the 41st edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 26 May at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Mark Loram, with Stuart Robson winning a run-off against Martin Dugard for second place on the rostrum.


2001 British Superbike Championship
The 2001 British Superbike Championship season was the 13th season. The title was won by John Reynolds aboard the Reve Red Bull Ducati winning 12 of the 26 races. Reynolds' nearest challenger Steve Hislop was in title contention until he was injured in the second race at Rockingham ruled him out for the rest of the season. Changes to the qualifying structure to try and make it more of a spectacle with the introduction of the Superpole format. With the British Superbike Championship being broadcast on the BBC for this season superbikes became more popular with a rise in audience of 42%.


2001 British Touring Car Championship
The 2001 theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 44th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the beginning of a new era of lower-cost rules and regulations for the series.


2001 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2001
2001 saw a complete overhaul of the BTCC, aimed at reducing the cost of competition, improving the quality of racing and making the series more appealing to the fans. The running of the championship was taken over by British Motorsport Promoters (BMP), replacing TOCA who had run the series since 1992.


2001 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2001, New regulations
The escalating costs of Supertouring in the late 1990s had seen manufacturers withdrawing as they were no longer able to justify spending the vast amounts of money required to stay competitive and in the British championship in particular independent entries had dropped to an all time low. In 1999 TOCA had begun looking at the next generation of touring car with changes that included simplified aerodynamics, less expensive carbon fibre and more common parts.


2001 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2001, New regulations
In June 2000 BMP unveiled plans for the new look formula designed to be "both spectacular and cost effective..." this included allowing manufacturers to use 2 or 3 door cars, no complicated aerodynamics, and standardized parts such as brakes, wheels, gearbox and differential. It also initially stipulated that only front wheel drive cars would be eligible, however this was later changed to allow rear wheel drive cars.


2001 British Touring Car Championship, Changes for 2001, New regulations
2001 saw the field divided into two classes: BTC-T (Touring class for the new specification cars) and BTC-P (Production for super production based cars, known previously as Class B).