2001 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
With limited time remaining, Clemson attempted an onside kick in an effort to retain possession and have a chance to make up some of the scoring deficit. The kick was recovered by Virginia Tech, however, and the Vick-led Tech offense returned to the field at the Clemson 44-yard line. Suggs was stopped for no gain on a run up the middle, Vick threw an incomplete pass, then he completed a 14-yard pass to Wynn for a first down at the Clemson 30-yard line.


2001 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
After the first down, Ferguson gained a few yards on a run up the middle, then Suggs advanced the ball to just short of the first-down marker. On third down, Suggs gained the first down with a run up the middle. Following the first down, Clemson defender Alex Ardley was called for a personal foul and ejected from the game. The penalty gave Virginia Tech a first down at the Clemson 10-yard line. From there, Clemson was called for a five-yard offsides penalty. On the first play after the consecutive penalties, Vick pitched the ball to Suggs, who ran into the end zone untouched. The extra point kick was good, and Virginia Tech extended its lead to 41–20 with 3:41 remaining in the game.


2001 Gator Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Virginia Tech's post-touchdown kickoff was returned to the 23-yard line, and Clemson went three and out after Simmons threw three incomplete passes. The Tigers' punt was returned to the Tech 30-yard line, and the Hokies began another possession. Vick was again replaced by Meyer at the quarterback position, and running back Dwayne Ward ran up the middle of the field for a short gain. Third-string running back Keith Burnell gained more yardage with a run up the middle, then Ward picked up a first down with a run up the left side of the field. During the play, Tech committed a 10-yard penalty, but the resulting yardage was still enough for a first down. Tech proceeded to run out the remaining seconds on the clock, and the Virginia Tech Hokies earned a 41–20 victory.


2001 Gator Bowl, Statistical summary
In recognition of his success in leading the Hokies to a bowl game win, Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick was named the most valuable player of the winning team. Vick finished the game having completed 10 of 18 passes for 205 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Vick also ran the ball nine times for a gain of 21 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked twice, resulting in a loss of two yards. On the opposite side of the ball, Clemson wide receiver Rod Gardner was named the MVP of the losing team. He caught seven passes for 94 yards and a touchdown during the game.


2001 Gator Bowl, Statistical summary
Virginia Tech outgained Clemson on the ground by a nearly 3:1 margin. Tech running back Lee Suggs carried the ball 20 times for 73 yards and three touchdowns. At the time, Suggs' three touchdowns were a Virginia Tech bowl game record and tied the Gator Bowl record for most touchdowns by a player. Fellow running backs Andre Kendrick and Jarrett Ferguson gained 52 yards and 26 yards, respectively. Suggs' scores and the two by Ferguson also marked the first time the Hokies had two players with two or more touchdowns in a bowl game.


2001 Gator Bowl, Statistical summary
On the other side of the ball, Clemson's 44 pass attempts and 21 pass completions were the most allowed by Virginia Tech in any bowl game to that point. The Tigers outgained Virginia Tech through the air by almost 40 yards, and Clemson's two quarterbacks performed consistently throughout the game. Dantzler completed 15 of 32 passes for one touchdown and 180 yards, while Simmons completed six of 12 passes for 63 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. On the ground, Dantzler led all rushers with 18 carries for 81 yards. Clemson's No. 2 rusher was Zachery, who had five carries for 15 yards.


2001 Gator Bowl, Statistical summary
Defensively, Virginia Tech intercepted two Clemson passes and sacked Clemson quarterbacks six times for a loss of 28 yards. The Tech defense held Clemson without a first down and to -2 yards of total offense until less than two minutes were left in the first quarter. Clemson's defense sacked Vick twice for a total loss of two yards.


2001 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects
Virginia Tech's win brought it to a final record of 11–1, while Clemson's loss lowered it to a final record of 9–3. Despite the Hokies' win, they did not advance in either the Associated Press or Coaches' polls. Tech ended the year ranked No. 6 in both polls and No. 5 in the BCS. Clemson also remained relatively stationary in the polls. The Tigers remained at No. 16 in the Associated Press poll and dropped from No. 13 to No. 14 in the Coaches' Poll. The victory was the first in three bowl trips for the Hokies. The loss was Clemson's fifth straight in a bowl game and fourth in eight trips to the Gator Bowl at that point.


2001 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects, Michael Vick
Immediately after the conclusion of the Gator Bowl, Vick was asked by an NBC broadcaster if he intended to return to Virginia Tech for another year of collegiate football. He responded that he would discuss matters with his family and Tech head coach Frank Beamer before making a decision. That announcement sparked a fresh round of speculation from sports pundits and fans wondering if Vick would choose to return to school or enter the 2001 NFL Draft. Virginia Tech, through its football coaching staff, began an intensive lobbying campaign in an effort to convince Vick to stay.


2001 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects, Michael Vick
On January 11, 2001, Vick held a press conference to announce that he would be forgoing his final two years of collegiate eligibility to enter the NFL Draft. Immediately after the announcement, he was predicted to be the No. 1 pick in the draft, a hypothesis realized on April 21, when he was selected by the Atlanta Falcons, who had traded draft picks in order to have the right to select Vick.


2001 Gator Bowl, Postgame effects, 2001 NFL Draft
Vick was not the only player for whom the 2001 Gator Bowl was the final collegiate contest. Virginia Tech had two other players selected in the draft, and Clemson had three. From the Hokies, defensive back Cory Bird was selected with the 91st pick and center Matt Lehr was taken with the 137th selection. Clemson's first NFL draft selection was wide receiver Rod Gardner, who was taken 15th. Also picked was  defensive back Robert Carswell (244th).


2001 Geiyo earthquake
The 2001 Geiyo earthquake (2001年芸予地震 Nisen-ichi-nen Gēyo Jishin) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.7 on March 24 at 15:27 local time near Hiroshima, Japan. One person in Hiroshima and one person in Ehime were reported dead. About 3,700 buildings were damaged in the Hiroshima area. Liquefaction was observed in Hiroshima and Ehime. Power outage occurred in the prefectures of Hiroshima, Ehime, Okayama, Yamaguchi, and Kōchi. The maximum intensity was shindo lower 6 in Hiroshima. This earthquake could be felt along the eastern and southern coasts of South Korea.


2001 Geiyo earthquake
The released seismic moment of the earthquake was 1.3×1019 Nm. This earthquake is a normal faulting intraslab event within the subducting Philippine Sea Plate. The slip of the earthquake was estimated to be about 1.5–2.4 meters (4 ft 11 in–7 ft 10 in). The locations of aftershocks were distributed roughly in N-S direction. It has been suggested that this earthquake was related to the dehydration of the Philippine Sea Plate slab.


2001 Geiyo earthquake
In this region, a strong earthquake occurred in 1905, which was also an intraslab event within the subducting plate.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania
The 2001 Gelsor Open Romania was a men'a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 10 September through 16 September 2001. Seventh-seeded Younes El Aynaoui won the singles title.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania, Finals, Doubles
Aleksandar Kitinov /  Johan Landsberg defeated  Pablo Albano /  Marc-Kevin Goellner 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles
Alberto Martín and Eyal Ran were the defending champions but only Martín competed that year with Paul Rosner.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles
Martín and Rosner lost in the quarterfinals to Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles
Aleksandar Kitinov and Johan Landsberg won in the final 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–6] against Pablo Albano and Marc-Kevin Goellner.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles
Juan Balcells was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Albert Montañés.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles
Younes El Aynaoui won in the final 7–6 (7–5), 7–6 (7–2) against Montañés.


2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Generali Ladies Linz
The 2001 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2001 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–28, 2001 at the TipsArena Linz. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.


2001 Generali Ladies Linz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Generali Ladies Linz, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2001 Generali Ladies Linz, Finals, Doubles
Jelena Dokic /  Nadia Petrova defeated  Els Callens /  Chanda Rubin, 6–1, 6–4.


2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
Amélie Mauresmo and Chanda Rubin were the defending champions, but Mauresmo chose not to participate this year. Rubin participated with Els Callens, but the pair lost in the final to Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 6–4.


2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles
Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Jelena Dokic in the final 6–4, 6–1.


2001 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2001 Generali Open
The 2001 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel, Austria that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 46th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 July until 29 July 2001. Sixth-seeded Nicolás Lapentti won the singles title.


2001 Generali Open, Finals, Doubles
Àlex Corretja /  Luis Lobo defeated  Simon Aspelin /  Andrew Kratzmann 6–1, 6–4


2001 Generali Open – Doubles
Pablo Albano and Cyril Suk were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Albano with Lucas Arnold and Suk with Marius Barnard.


2001 Generali Open – Doubles
Albano and Arnold lost in the second round to Wolfgang Schranz and Thomas Strengberger.


2001 Generali Open – Doubles
Barnard and Suk lost in the semifinals to Àlex Corretja and Luis Lobo.


2001 Generali Open – Doubles
Corretja and Lobo won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Simon Aspelin and Andrew Kratzmann.


2001 Generali Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2001 Generali Open – Singles
Àlex Corretja was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Stefan Koubek.


2001 Generali Open – Singles
Nicolás Lapentti won in the final 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5 against Albert Costa.


2001 Generali Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners
This is a listing of winners from the 2001 Genesis Awards.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Network Newsmagazine: "Dateline NBC," for two powerful, sobering exposes—on puppy mills and on broadtail fur.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Television Dramatic Series: "Family Law" (CBS), for a story featuring a custody battle for a chimpanzee, exploring the arguments against keeping primates as companion  animals.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Television Comedy Series: "Popular" (The WB), for a script questioning the eating of cows and the wearing of leather.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Television Talk Show: "Politically Incorrect" (ABC), for arguments against hunting and declaring that the animals' right to live supersedes a dying child's wish to kill.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Cable Documentary: "Investigative Reports" (A&E), for a look at the perils facing the buffalo of Yellowstone National Park.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Cable Newsmagazine: "CNN & TIME magazine" (CNN), for exposing greyhound racing.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Cable Documentary Series: "Earth Rescue" (Outdoor Life Network), for an overview of elephants in circuses, exposing the capture, transport, training methods and lifestyles they endure.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
PBS Documentary: "Nature," for an unprecedented look at the history of elephants held captive for human curiosity and entertainment.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
PBS Series: "ITN World News," for exposing some of the worst cases of animal torture around the world.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
News Series: KING-TV (Seattle), for a seven-part series revealing the suffering of cows as they are turned into food.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
News Feature: KARE-TV (Minneapolis), for revealing the cruelty to horses in the production of Premarin.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Reality Programming: "Wild Rescues" (Animal Planet), for a series of powerful segments spotlighting animals in peril, and those people whose valiant efforts save them.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Children's Programming: "Nick News With Linda Ellerbee." (Nickelodeon), for introducing information on myriad animal issues, presented in a format easily embraced by children.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Children's Programming - Animated: "The Wild Thornberrys" (Nickelodeon), for a sterling season of inspired and clever episodes nurturing a sense of compassion and responsibility.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Television
Cartoonist: "Cathy," for challenging the fur industry's hype with style and wit, and for promoting the adoption of older dogs from shelters.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Print
Periodical: The Atlantic Monthly, for "From the Leash to the Laboratory," which unmasks the trade involving the theft of dogs for sale to laboratories.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Special awards
Ark Trust International Award: Daily Express (United Kingdom), for "Terrible Despair of Animals Cut Up in Name of Research," a two-part exposé on xenotransplantation.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Special awards
Brigitte Bardot International Award: (ARTE), for a segment airing in France and Germany that shines the media spotlight on the abuse of U.S. rodeo animals.


2001 Genesis Awards Winners, Special awards
Ark Trust International Award to Lucy Johnston and Jonathan Calvert of The Daily Express, United Kingdom, for "Terrible Despair of Animals Cut Up in the Name of Research."


2001 Gent–Wevelgem
These page shows the results for the 63rd edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycling classic over 214 kilometres, held on Wednesday, April 11, 2001. There were a total number of 187 competitors, with 72 of them finishing the race, which was won by the United States' George Hincapie.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season in the Patriot League, the Hoyas finished last.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
In their ninth year under head coach Bob Benson, the Hoyas compiled a 3–7 record. Brian Blankenship, Aaron Brown and Scott Pogorelec were the team captains.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
This was Georgetown's first year as a football associate member of the Patriot League; the university announced it would switch its football affiliation from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League in January 2000, but competed as a Division I-AA independent that season, and did not officially join its new league until 2001.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Despite playing a league schedule, Georgetown was able to arrange matchups with only six of its seven league-mates, missing Colgate. Half of the league consisted of teams the Hoyas had not faced in decades, or at all. Georgetown had scheduled Bucknell on its independent schedule in 2000, and had faced fellow Jesuit colleges Fordham and Holy Cross as non-league opponents almost every year since 1996. But before 2001, Georgetown had last faced Towson in 1970, Lafayette in 1937 and Lehigh in 1925. The matchup between Georgetown and Colgate in 2002 would be the first one ever.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Like most of the Patriot League, Georgetown played just 10 of its 11 scheduled games, after its September 15 matchup, against MAAC member Wagner, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Georgetown played its home games at Kehoe Field on the university campus in Washington, D.C.


2001 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2001 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with an 8–4 record.


2001 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 2001 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Paul Johnson, in his fifth and final year as head coach for the Eagles.


2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary, who would leave the school before the bowl game to accept the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.


2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Preseason
Coming off of three strong seasons (including 3 straight New Year's Day bowl appearances and 3 wins over the archrival Georgia Bulldogs), the Jackets were expected to contend for the national championship in 2001. In 2000, quarterback George Godsey had picked up where his predecessor Joe Hamilton had left off, passing for 2,906 yards and 23 touchdowns (against just 6 interceptions).


2001 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, Preseason
Armed with targets like Kelly Campbell for his senior season, a number of preseason magazines named Godsey to 1st Team All-ACC honors, and pundits predicted that a loaded Georgia Tech team would win the Atlantic Coast Conference title with the departure of many key players from the defending champion Florida State Seminoles.


2001 German Athletics Championships
The 2001 German Athletics Championships were held at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion in Stuttgart on 29 June – 1 July 2001.


2001 German Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place from January 4 through 7, 2001 in Oberstdorf. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating.


2001 German Figure Skating Championships
Guest skaters from France competed in the pairs, ice dancing, and synchronized events.


2001 German Formula Three Championship
The 2001 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2001 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 21 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.


2001 German Formula Three Championship
Opel Team BSR driver Toshihiro Kaneishi became the first and only Japanese champion and the first champion from Asia. He clinched the title, winning races at Norisring and A1-Ring. Stefan Mücke finished as runner-up with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheim, losing just four points to Kaneishi. Frank Diefenbacher and Pierre Kaffer both won four races to end the season third and fourth in the drivers' standings. Markus Winkelhock won Rookie title and three races. The other race winners was Gary Paffett, João Paulo de Oliveira, Kosuke Matsuura and Björn Wirdheim.


2001 German Formula Three Championship, Teams and drivers
All drivers competed in Dallara chassis and used Yokohama tyres; model listed.


2001 German Formula Three Championship, Calendar
With the exception of round at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.


2001 German Grand Prix
The 2001 German Grand Prix (formally the LXIII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 July 2001 at the Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the 12th round of the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the 63rd German Grand Prix. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher won the 45-lap race starting from second. Rubens Barrichello finished second for Ferrari with BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve third scoring his last F1 podium finish.


2001 German Grand Prix
Juan Pablo Montoya started from pole position alongside Ralf Schumacher. Michael Schumacher, the eventual Drivers' Champion started fourth, behind Mika Häkkinen of McLaren. The race was marked by an airborne accident going into the first corner involving Michael Schumacher and Luciano Burti for Prost, which caused the track to be scattered with shreds of carbon fibre and the race restarted as a result. Both Williams drivers retained their positions at the end of the first lap, with Michael Schumacher passing Häkkinen for third. Over the course of the race, Montoya extended a considerable lead over Ralf Schumacher. Montoya lost the lead on lap 24 when an issue with a refueling rig caused him to be stationary for more than 20 seconds. Ralf Schumacher thus inherited the lead and held it to win his third victory of the season.


2001 German Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher retained his points advantage in the Drivers' Championship over nearest rival David Coulthard as both drivers retired from the event. Ralf Schumacher moved ahead of Barrichello to take over third position. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari retained their lead, while Williams reduced the deficit to McLaren by ten points, with five races of the season remaining. This was the last Grand Prix to be held on this layout; the race was held on a shorter reconfigured track starting in 2002.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams with two drivers each. The teams (also known as constructors) were Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Benetton, BAR, Jordan, Arrows, Sauber, Jaguar, Minardi and Prost.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of David Coulthard on 47 points and Rubens Barrichello with 34 points. Ralf Schumacher was fourth on 31 points, and Mika Häkkinen was fifth on 19 points. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 118 points, 52 ahead of second place team McLaren. Williams were third on 46 points, while Sauber with 19 points, and Jordan on 15 points contended for fourth place.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
After the British Grand Prix on 15 July, eight teams conducted mid-season testing at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza between 17–20 July to prepare for the upcoming German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring. Ricardo Zonta set the fastest times on the first day, ahead of McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz. Michael Schumacher lost control of the rear-end of his car at the Seconda Variante chicane, causing him to slide along the barriers and his car rested in the tyre barriers. Testing was suspended for one hour for the barriers to be repaired.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
Ferrari later found the crash occurred by a broken diffuser from riding on the kerbs which created a loss of downforce under braking. Michael Schumacher took a medical check and was declared fit to race. Ralf Schumacher was fastest on the second day where it was held in wet weather conditions during the afternoon. Sauber and BAR went to Circuit Ricardo Tormo for three days where aerodynamic and set-up testing was undertaken. Coulthard was scheduled to join Wurz during the session but withdrew because of food poisoning. Irvine was quickest on the third and final days of testing. Arrows elected not to perform any testing and concentrated on work on aerodynamics at their headquarters at Leafield.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
A total of 11 teams (each representing a different constructors) each entered two drivers for the event. There was one driver change heading into the race. Having been in one of the Jordan cars since the first race of the season in Australia, Heinz-Harald Frentzen was sacked by his team and was replaced by Jordan's third driver Zonta. Frentzen announced he would take legal action against Jordan and team principal Eddie Jordan said that Frentzen's management was not happy with Jordan's current performance but denied rumours that a heated row occurred.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
The Schumacher brothers were sympathetic towards Frentzen who felt unhappy about the manner in which he was sacked. Irvine came to Jordan's defence and said that he believed the decision was influenced by problems Jordan had with 1996 World Champion Damon Hill who had similar poor performances like Frentzen. In an interview with The Sunday Independent in 2005, Jordan later claimed that Frentzen was sacked because engine supplier Honda wanted Japanese driver Takuma Sato to race for Jordan in 2002 and to retain Honda's engine supply. During the week of the race, the organisers of the German Grand Prix signed an extension to continue hosting the event at the Hockenheimring until 2008 with an option for a further five years.


2001 German Grand Prix, Background
Some teams made modifications to their cars in preparation for the Grand Prix. Williams, Jaguar, Ferrari, Sauber and Prost all brought updated front wings. Ferrari also introduced a new underfloor and brought more powerful versions of their V10 engines for qualifying and the race. Williams installed extra cooling on their cars to combat high temperatures in qualifying. Minardi planned to introduce a new revision to their cars aerodynamic package which included a new engine cover, a titanium gearbox and rear suspension geometry. The team decided to only test the gearbox during the first free practice session.


2001 German Grand Prix, Practice
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 and hot weather conditions. Barrichello set the fastest time in the first practice session, at 1 minute and 41.953 seconds, which was three-tenths of a second quicker than Pedro de la Rosa of Jaguar. Coulthard was third fastest despite going off the circuit at the Clark chicane.


2001 German Grand Prix, Practice
Michael Schumacher went off at the Senna chicane en route to recording the fourth quickest lap, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. Häkkinen, Juan Pablo Montoya, Eddie Irvine, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session. In the second practice session, Irvine was running quicker by setting the fastest time of the day of 1:41.424, ahead of Montoya in second. Häkkinen was third quickest, in front of Barrichello in fourth. Michael Schumacher took fifth place, running wide at the circuit's chicanes which prevented him from setting a quicker lap. de la Rosa, Coulthard, Jean Alesi, Trulli and Ralf Schumacher, who collided with the Sudkurve tyre barrier, followed in the top ten.


2001 German Grand Prix, Practice
The weather remained hot and dry for the Saturday practice sessions. Michael Schumacher was the quickest driver in the third practice session, with a time of 1:39.937. Barrichello was second quickest, almost half a second slower than Michael Schumacher. The two Williams drivers were third and fourth; Ralf Schumacher ahead of Montoya. Coulthard secured the fifth fastest time, two-tenths of a second faster than teammate Häkkinen in sixth. Nick Heidfeld, Jacques Villeneuve, Irvine and Kimi Räikkönen rounded out the top ten. Benetton driver Jenson Button did not set a time.


2001 German Grand Prix, Practice
In the final practice session, Ralf Schumacher was the quickest driver with a lap of 1:39.188, almost three-tenths of a second ahead of Montoya. Michael Schumacher was unable to improve his time from the previous session and was third fastest. He was ahead of Häkkinen in fourth, Heidfeld was fifth and Barrichello sixth. Irvine was seventh and Panis eighth. Coulthard, who beached his McLaren in the Agip corner gravel trap, took ninth and Trulli completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
Everybody worked so hard for this. This proves again we have the right package and that everyone at WilliamsF1, BMW and Michelin have been doing a great job. It was a good lap. Ralf ran me pretty close, he did four runs, I did three and my second one went so well. The car was working very well and we did a change for the last run and I was two-tenths up already on my time and then when Ralf crossed the line they told to back off.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the starting 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 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The session was held in dry and hot weather conditions. Montoya clinched his first pole position of his Formula One career, with a time of 1:38.117.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
Although he was pleased with his starting position, he was surprised at his team's performance in qualifying; Montoya lost two-tenths of a second in the second sector and found time in the stadium section. He was joined on the grid's front row by teammate Ralf Schumacher who recorded a lap 0.019 seconds slower than Montoya who displaced Schumacher from pole during the middle of qualifying. It marked the first time since the 1997 British Grand Prix that both Williams cars began a Formula One race from the first two starting positions.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
Häkkinen qualified third and praised the handling of his car for his good performance. Michael Schumacher secured fourth and was disappointed not to be ahead of the two McLaren cars. Coulthard started fifth having suffered from tyre blistering and conserved his tyre use by abandoning his final qualifying run. Barrichello managed sixth having been unable to improve his time because of a spin. Behind the leading six, the two Sauber cars were seventh and eighth, Heidfeld qualifying in front of Räikkönen, with both drivers having their cars modified helping them to run faster (Heidfeld adjusted his set-up while Räikkönen raised his ride height for his third run).


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
De la Rosa and Irvine qualified in ninth and eleventh positions respectively for Jaguar; the pair were separated by Trulli in the Jordan whose engine failed on his third run and was unable to return to the pit lane to use his team's spare car. The three drivers were ahead of Villeneuve in the faster of the two BAR cars, who in turn, qualified in front of teammate Panis; both drivers struggled to find grip throughout the one-hour period.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
Alesi qualified in 14th position, more than four-tenths of a second in front of Prost teammate Luciano Burti; the latter spun off in the circuit's stadium section which caused a yellow flag to be shown. The two were split by Zonta in the slower Jordan car who drove over a kerb at the Senna chicane on his third run of the session which lost him time and he encountered slower cars.


2001 German Grand Prix, Qualifying
The Benetton cars filled the ninth row of the grid with Fisichella 17th and Button 18th; the latter's car had its gearbox changed and pulled to the side of the track with a failed engine. Behind them, the Arrows drivers managed to qualify in 18th and 19th; Enrique Bernoldi qualifying ahead of Jos Verstappen. Bernoldi improved his car's handling although his potential best run was disrupted because of Button's engine failure and Verstappen spun on his final timed lap. The starting order was completed by Fernando Alonso and Tarso Marques in the Minardi cars.


2001 German Grand Prix, Warm-up
The drivers took to the track at 09:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) for a 30-minute warm-up session. It took place in dry weather conditions. Both Williams drivers maintained their good place from qualifying; Ralf Schumacher had the fastest time, 1:42.621. Montoya finished with the second fastest time. Coulthard was third quickest, and Michael Schumacher completed the top four, one-tenth of a second behind Ralf Schumacher. Alonso spun at the Sudkurve corner and skated across the gravel trap towards the tyre barriers.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
The weather conditions on the grid were dry before the race; the air temperature was 28 °C (82 °F) and the track temperature 32 °C (90 °F). The race started at 14:00 local time. A total of approximately 100,000 spectators attended the race. As the drivers were preparing to start the formation lap, both Minardis were in the pit lane due to technical difficulties. Both Alonso and Marques initially started from the pit lane. Both Williams drivers maintained first and second positions going into the first corner.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Further back, Michael Schumacher slowed with an issue with his gear selection, which resulted in drivers being forced to swerve to avoid him. Burti was unable to view the Ferrari as Panis was blocking his view and hit the rear of Schumacher's car, launching Burti into the air and he rolled over the top on Bernoldi's vehicle's and narrowly landed on Verstappen's Arrows. Burti's car lost one of its wheels, landing of Bernoldi's Arrows which resulted in a broken engine cover and rear wing for the Brazilian. Burti's car bounced across the gravel trap and came to a rest on the Nordkurve corner tyre barriers. The race was red-flagged as strands of carbon fibre were scattered across the track and marshals were needed to clear the debris.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Burti and Michael Schumacher cars had been damaged beyond repair, both were thus required to race their team's spare vehicles. The Minardi cars were able to undergo further repairs and both drivers started on the grid for the restart. Barrichello's rear wing was replaced after Häkkinen made contact with him, for which the latter apologised. At the restart, Montoya and Ralf Schumacher again held their positions, while Häkkinen led the Ferrari cars and his teammate Coulthard going into the first corner.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Further down the field, de la Rosa lost control of his Jaguar as he braked late going into the Clark chicane entry and hit the Sauber of Heidfeld. Michael Schumacher clinched third place from Häkkinen heading into the same area. Going into the stadium section, Barrichello passed Coulthard on the outside for fifth position. Verstappen made the best start of the field, moving from 20th to eleventh by the end of the first lap, while Button made up five positions over the same distance. As the drivers completed the first lap, Montoya led by 1.4 seconds from Ralf Schumacher, who was followed in turn by Michael Schumacher, Häkkinen, Barrichello, Coulthard, Räikkönen, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Verstappen, Zonta, Button, Panis, Bernoldi, Fisichella, Burti, Alesi, Alonso and Marques.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Montoya began to gradually pull away from Ralf Schumacher. Bernoldi passed Fisichella to take 14th place on lap two. Barrichello overtook Häkkinen at the Ostkurve corner to move into third one lap later. Further down the field, Button lost 13th position when he was passed by Panis on the same lap. On lap five, Panis made up a further position as he overtook Zonta for twelfth, while Bernoldi passed Button to take 14th. Barrichello moved into second position after he overtook Michael Schumacher at the Senna chicane on lap six.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
On the same lap, Zonta went into the rear of Verstappen's car, causing Zonta to lose his front wing. Verstappen fell behind Panis after the collision. Zonta made a pit stop for repairs, but retired after driving one exploratory lap. Verstappen made his pit stop and rejoined at the back of the field. Alesi passed Burti to move into 15th position on lap nine, and Panis overtook teammate Villeneuve for tenth place one lap later. On the tenth lap, Panis attempted to overtake Trulli for ninth by taking the inside line, but was unable to complete the manoeuvre.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Panis again tried to pass Trulli but by taking the outside line on the next lap, although he could not execute the pass because of a lack of straight line speed. During the twelfth lap, Panis made his third attempt at passing Trulli and managed to get ahead of the Italian. Trulli pulled into the slipstream of Panis, and attempted to reclaim the position but spun at the Ostkurve corner, and fell to 17th.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Häkkinen retired from the race when he slowed and later pulled to the side of the track with fluid leaking from his engine on lap 14. His retirement allowed Räikkonen to move into the first points-scoring position of sixth. By lap 15, Montoya had a lead of 8.3 seconds over Ralf Schumacher, who in turn was 3.3 seconds in front of Barrichello. Michael Schumacher was a further 9.2 seconds behind his Ferrari teammate, but was drawing ahead of Coulthard in fifth. Barrichello and Panis were the first drivers to make scheduled pit stops on lap 16.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
The Ferrari and Williams teams were employing different pit stop strategies – the Ferrari were planning a two stop strategy for Barrichello whereas the Williams team were only planning for one stop. Räikkonen slowed on track with an driveshaft failure but managed to return to the pit lane and retire on the same lap, while Irvine retired with an misfiring engine. Two laps later, Burti lost tenth position after he spun and was passed by Trulli and Panis.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Barrichello attempted to get past Coulthard for fourth position on lap 19, but Coulthard moved onto a defensive line to keep the position. Montoya continued to pull away from Ralf Schumacher—setting the race's fastest lap of 1:41.808 on lap 20—to maintain his first position after his one and only pit stop. Barrichello was able to overtake Coulthard at the Agip corner on the same lap.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Montoya made his pit stop on lap 22. However, his pit stop proved problematic: the signal lights at his pit box stopped working, causing the Williams refuller to switch to the fuel rig for Ralf Schumacher and Montoya remained stationary for 20 seconds longer than usual. Montoya was also fuelled for longer than his team planned. Ralf Schumacher thus inherited the lead with Michael Schumacher behind him and Montoya re-emerged in fourth place.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
One lap later, Michael Schumacher took his pit stop and he came out with a fuel pressure problem which meant he pulled to the side of the main straight and retired. Burti spun off and beached his car in the gravel trap at Nordkurve on the same lap. Ralf Schumacher made his pit stop on lap 24 and rejoined with a 10-second advantage. Villeneuve, Button and Alonso all followed Ralf Schumacher into the pit lane on the same lap.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Alonso encountered a problem when leaving his pit box: the Minardi refuelling valve had a problem, and his car's afterburner remained on, though the flames extinguished themselves when Alonso accelerated out of the pit lane. Montoya pulled over to the side of the track on lap 25, with smoke billowing from his engine, and retired. Fisichella made a pit stop from fourth on lap 26 and re-emerged in fifth behind Villeneuve. Marques retired from the race with a gearbox problem on the same lap.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard made a pit stop on lap 27 and immediately became the race's next retirement when he accelerated away from his pit box with a blown engine. The resulting event meant he pulled to the side of the circuit. Panis made his pit stop on lap 31 and came out behind Button and Alesi. Barrichello became the final driver to make a scheduled pit stop on the 32nd lap.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
At the completion of lap 33, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the race order was, Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Button, Alesi, Panis, Trulli, Bernoldi, Verstappen and Alonso. Trulli became the final retirement after stopping at the side of the circuit because his car developed a hydraulic pump issue on lap 35. Ralf Schumacher began to reduce his pace by lap 37 but managed to lap quicker than Barrichello. He received a pit board message three laps later which advised him to refill his car's fluids.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race
Fisichella went off the circuit on lap 43 while he was catching Villeneuve, and both Arrows drivers avoided a collision for eighth position. With his closest challenger over 46 seconds behind, Ralf Schumacher crossed the finish line on lap 45 to secure his third victory of the season in a time of 1 hour 18 minutes and 17.873 seconds, at an average speed of 146.240 miles per hour (235.350 km/h). Barrichello finished in second 46.1 seconds behind, ahead of Villeneuve in third, Fisichella in fourth, Button fifth, and Alesi rounded out the points-scoring positions in sixth. Panis in seventh was the final driver on the lead lap, with Bernoldi, Verstappen and Alonso the last of the classified finishers. The attrition rate was high, with ten of the twenty-two starters finishing the race.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
It has been an unbelieveable day and I am very, very happy. It is just great for a German driver, with a German engine to win the German Grand Prix. I have to admit that at the beginning my teammate was faster than me. Before the re-start I changed tyres to be on the safe side, because there was so much debris on the track. I started early on to save fuel and be easy on the engine, as I knew it would be a race of attrition. I want to thank the team who did a perfect job. I am now looking forward to take a couple of days off at home before thinking about Hungary.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in the subsequent press conference. Ralf Schumacher said that it was "a great feeling" when he asked to describe how he felt by winning his "home" Grand Prix. He also revealed that he had brakes issues during the start of the race and that he was ensuring that his engine would last the full race distance. Barrichello said that he was "happy" with finishing in second and revealed that before the race he believed that he would finish no higher than third. Villeneuve stated that he was "surprised" that he achieved a podium position. Furthermore, he believed that more work was undertaken to improve his car than his previous third place in the Spanish Grand Prix.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Both Benetton drivers managed to finish both their cars in the points for the first time in the season. Fisichella said he was "very happy, for Jenson and myself" and thanked members of his team for his result. Button believed that his team's good result was because of improved changes to the balance on his Benetton. He later revealed that he removed his water bottle tube from his mouth which caused water to spray on his face under braking.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The result lead to Benetton technical director Mike Gascoyne to describe the race as "a useful kick-start before the final races of the season" and said Benetton would ensure that the result was not "a one-off". Alesi described the weekend as "a very important one for the team" because of his sixth-place finish.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Montoya admitted to feeling disappointed after the race, having been leading until his only pit stop on lap 22. He stated: "I am so disappointed I cannot find the words to describe how I feel. Up to the pit stop the race was going perfectly for me." Williams technical director Patrick Head was not happy with the refueling rigs supplied by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). One of the rigs was sent back to manufacturer Intertechnique who said they could not find any issues with the system.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Michael Schumacher, placed fourth before his retirement from a fuel pressure problem on lap 23, shared similar feelings to Montoya: "I am not too disappointed as the situation in the championship remains the same and there is one less race to go. It was a shame not to finish the race and pick up a further six points."


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
After the crash between himself and Burti on the first lap, Michael Schumacher said that although he saw Burti in his rear-view mirrors, he did not know which line he wanted to take and he could not take avoiding action because of his gear selection problem. Burti said that the accident "looked worse on TV" and that he stated his spin on lap 18 was caused because his left arm was aching from the crash. Coulthard questioned the decision to stop the race by saying: "Accidents or injury off the track is not normally a reason to stop the race.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
There's lots of races that would have benefited from being red-flagged to give people a show." He also said he felt consistency was needed but accepted that the organisers had the final say on stopping a race. Villeneuve also agreed with Coulthard's view. A spokesman for the FIA confirmed and defended the red-flag decision and they said it was shown to prevent a larger accident. Michelin Motorsport Director Pierre Dupasquier agreed with the FIA's view and stated he was concerned about cars hitting the strands of debris and catching a puncture.


2001 German Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The race result meant that Michael Schumacher still retained his lead in the Drivers' Championship, ahead of Coulthard. Race winner Ralf Schumacher, on 41 points, moved into the third place and Barrichello's second-place resulted in him being relegated to fourth. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren's failure to score points, resulted in Ferrari extending their lead to be fifty-eight points in front. Williams retained third on 56 points, but were ten points closer to McLaren, with five races of the season remaining. This was the final Formula One event to be held at the high-speed configuration of the Hockenheimring circuit; the circuit was shortened by 1.5 miles and the new layout was used starting from the 2002 season.


2001 German Skeleton Championship
The 35th German Skeleton Championship 2001 was organized on 14 January 2001 in Königssee.


2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 2001 at the Sachsenring.


2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.


2001 Germany v England football match
On 1 September 2001 Germany met England during the qualifying stages of the 2002 World Cup, at the Olympiastadion in Munich. England won the game 5–1, helped by a hat-trick from Michael Owen.


2001 Germany v England football match
The two teams had met most recently in 2000, in the final match at the old Wembley stadium. The match ended with a 1–0 victory for Germany, with a goal from Dietmar Hamann. The last time that England had beaten Germany had been during the Euro 2000 competition in June 2000, with a 1–0 win at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi in Belgium. Alan Shearer had scored the winning goal in the twilight of his international career. Before that match, England had not beaten Germany in competitive football since the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final.


2001 Germany v England football match, Context
The two sides have met on a number of important occasions in their footballing histories.


2001 Germany v England football match, Context
They had played in the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, in which England had beaten West Germany 4–2 after extra time. Revenge came just four years later, in the quarter-final of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico when the English side forfeited a 2–0 lead, losing 3–2 after extra time. West Germany then defeated England in the semi-final of the 1990 competition, this time on penalties. In Euro 1996, Germany again defeated England in a semi-final on penalties. Germany was then beaten by England in the same tournament four years later, a goal by courtesy of Alan Shearer. In the last match at Wembley before it was closed for redevelopment in October 2000, Germany won 1–0, causing England's manager Kevin Keegan to resign.


2001 Germany v England football match, Context
Germany were the clear group leaders in the qualifying tournament before the game. With only the group winners advancing directly to the 2002 World Cup, the qualifying group table was:


2001 Germany v England football match, Context
A German victory would have confirmed their qualification and seen England competing with Greece and Finland for a place in the play-offs. A draw would have resulted in Germany requiring just another draw from their final game, and England requiring two victories, a German loss, and an improvement in their goal difference. Germany had lost just one of their previous sixty qualification games, in qualification for the 1986 World Cup, and had been unbeaten at the Munich Olympic stadium since 1973. Indeed, the German Football Association were so confident that Germany would finish at the top of the qualifying table that they had arranged friendlies on the dates of the play-offs.


2001 Germany v England football match, Context
England named four strikers in their squad, with Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole having started the recent friendly with the Netherlands. However, Sven-Göran Eriksson recalled the in-form Michael Owen and his strike partner Emile Heskey in an attacking line-up for the match in Munich.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, First half
The match was an evening game, and began nervously, with both teams attempting to maintain possession. However, after just six minutes, Germany scored when Oliver Neuville headed down a lofted pass into England's penalty area, and Carsten Jancker tapped the ball past the England goalkeeper David Seaman.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, First half
The lead did not last long, and after Michael Owen was fouled outside the German penalty area in the 12th minute, England were given a free kick. England's captain David Beckham took the kick, which neither the attacking nor defending players managed to touch. However, Gary Neville headed the ball back into the penalty area, where Nick Barmby headed it down to Owen, who volleyed the ball past Oliver Kahn.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, First half
Both teams then had chances during the rest of the first half, notably Sebastian Deisler for Germany; Seaman and Kahn both made some good saves. Just before the half-time, England won another free kick on the edge of the German penalty area, which was again taken by Beckham. Though he failed to beat the German wall, he crossed the ball back into the penalty area. Rio Ferdinand headed it back to Steven Gerrard, who shot the ball into the bottom-left corner of the goal from 25 yards out, putting England 2–1 up.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, Second half
Three minutes after the kick-off, a cross from Beckham found Emile Heskey, who headed the ball down to Owen, who was unmarked. Owen hit the ball into right-hand corner of the net. Kahn managed to get a hand to the ball, but was unable to stop England claiming a 3–1 lead.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, Second half
Although Germany were able to create further chances, it was England who struck again in the 66th minute. Gerrard's successful tackle gave him possession, and he played a through ball to Owen, who sprinted into the box and fired the ball over Kahn's head to give England a 4–1 lead. This made Owen the first England player since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup Final to score a hat-trick against Germany or West Germany.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, Second half
England began to defend their heavy lead. However, in the 74th minute, they extended it further following a counter-attack. Ferdinand won the ball in defence and gave it to Paul Scholes, who progressed up the pitch through a one-two passing move with Beckham. Scholes passed the ball to Heskey, who ran past the German defender Marko Rehmer and hit the ball low past Kahn to make it 5–1.


2001 Germany v England football match, Match, Second half
The final twenty minutes were quiet, with Germany beaten and England not needing to create any more chances. Some German fans left the game early in disgust, whilst the English fans celebrated their biggest victory since a 6–0 win over Luxembourg in 1999. It was England's biggest away win since 1993, when they had beaten San Marino 7–1. It was the first time that Germany had conceded five goals or more since West Germany's 6–3 defeat by France in 1958, and only the third time in their history that they had lost by four goals or more. Germany went on to lose 5–1 again, against Romania, in 2004.


2001 Germany v England football match, Aftermath
The game provided a boost for the England squad's morale, and greatly increased the popularity of their manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson. It was a low point for the German national team, whose performances had been worsening after the mid-1990s. It spawned two hit records: "England 5 – Germany 1" by The Business and "Sven Sven Sven" by Bell & Spurling. German manager Rudi Völler's father was reported to have suffered a heart attack watching the game.


2001 Germany v England football match, Aftermath
England beat Albania 2–0 in their next match, four days later. This meant that England and Germany entered the final qualifying game with an equal number of points, though England now had a better goal difference. Neither team managed to win their final group game, with a last minute Beckham free kick earning England a 2–2 draw with Greece. This sent England directly through, whilst Germany went into the play-offs, in which they defeated Ukraine to qualify for the World Cup.


2001 Germany v England football match, Aftermath
At the World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan, Germany enjoyed more success, finishing as runners-up, which made them the most successful European team in that year's tournament. They also scored the tournament's biggest win that year, an 8–0 rout of Saudi Arabia. Their goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won FIFA's Golden Ball, becoming the first goalkeeper to do so. England were only able to reach the quarter-finals, where they were knocked out after losing 1–2 to Brazil, who went on to defeat Germany 2–0 in the final.


2001 Gerry Weber Open
The 2001 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place from 11 June through 17 June 2001. Seventh-seeded Thomas Johansson won the singles title.


2001 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Max Mirnyi /  Patrick Rafter 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillström were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Sandon Stolle won in the final 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 against Max Mirnyi and Patrick Rafter.


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
David Prinosil was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Roger Federer.


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
Thomas Johansson won in the final 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 against Fabrice Santoro.


2001 Gerry Weber Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Girabola
The 2001 Girabola was the 23rd season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 17 March to 16 December 2001. Petro de Luanda were the defending champions.


2001 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2002 Gira Angola.


2001 Girabola
Petro de Luanda were crowned champions, winning their 13th title, while Bravos do Maquis, Primeiro de Maio and Progresso do Sambizanga, were relegated.


2001 Girabola
Flávio Amado of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 23 goals.


2001 Girabola, Changes from the 2000 season
Relegated: ARA da Gabela, Sporting Cabinda and Sporting do Bié Promoted: Benfica do Lubango, Primeiro de Maio and Progresso do Sambizanga


2001 Giro d'Italia
The 2001 Giro d'Italia was the 84th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began with a 7 km (4 mi) prologue that went from Montesilvano to Pescara. The race came to a close on June 10 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Gilberto Simoni of the Lampre–Daikin team. Second and third were the Spanish riders Abraham Olano and Unai Osa.


2001 Giro d'Italia
In the race's other classifications, Selle Italia–Pacific rider Fredy González won the mountains classification, Massimo Strazzer of the Mobilvetta Design–Formaggi Trentini team won the intergiro classification and the points classification. Alessio finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was also won by Fassa Bortolo.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 180 cyclists. Out of the 180 riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 136 riders made it to the finish in Milan.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Teams
The 20 teams that took part in the race were:


2001 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 2001 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano and organizers RCS Sport on 11 November 2000 in Milan at the Verdi theatre. It contained two time trial events, both of which were individual. In the stages containing categorized climbs, four had summit finishes: stage 4, to Mercogliano; stage 13, to Passo Pordoi; and stage 18, to Santuario. The organizers chose to include one rest day. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 320 km (199 mi) shorter, contained the same amount of rest days, and one less individual time trial. In addition, this race had an opening prologue like the year before. It was the longest Grand Tour of the season.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The race will only leave Italy once during its twenty-two racing days as it enters Slovenia where the day finishes in Ljubljana. The lone rest day came after sixteen racing days, on 5 June.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
A Cycling News writer felt there were two very tough stages in the race, stages 13 and stage 18. In particular the writer felt the two passes of the Passo Pordoi and the climbs of Passo Rolle and Passo Fedaia made stage 13 particularly difficult. The eighteenth stage contained the Cima Coppi Colle Fauniera which was an 14.5 km (9 mi) climb with an average gradient of 9.5%. The previous year's winner Garzelli described the route to be a "hard Giro, but not the hardest."


2001 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
Pantani said it was an "uncertain Giro" and that the limited time trial distances and fewer climbing kilometers would help Jan Ullrich. Former winner Three-time winner Felice Gimondi agreed with Pantani regarding Ullrich and the route, stating that "it should make certain the presence of Ullrich." Cipollini commented that it's a "Giro with something for everyone."


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
In the 2001 Giro d'Italia, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2001 was the Colle Fauniera, afforded more points than the other first-category climbs.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
The fourth jersey represented the intergiro classification, marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Classification Leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, Minor classifications
Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Italian Massimo Strazzer won the Most Combative classification. The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. Mario Cipollini won the Azzurri d'Italia classification. Paolo Savoldelli won the combination classification.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Doping cases
During the Giro, test for EPO performed on Sergio Barbero in the 2001 Tour of Romandie came back positive. For this reason, Barbero did not start the twelfth stage, pending confirmation of his penalty.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Doping cases
Riccardo Forconi and Pascal Hervé tested positive for EPO, and were not allowed to start stage 17. After stage 17, the Italian police held a doping raid in the cyclists' hotels. Doping was found in Dario Frigo's room, and he was removed from the race, and banned for 6 months. Noan Lelarge tested positive for a banned steroid, and was consequently fired by his team Bonjour.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10
The 2001 Giro d'Italia was the 84th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Montesilvano, with a Prologue individual time trial on 19 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 29 May with a stage to Ljubljana, Slovenia. The race finished in Milan on 10 June.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Prologue
19 May 2001 — Montesilvano to Pescara, 7.6 km (4.7 mi) (ITT)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 1
20 May 2001 — Giulianova to Francavilla al Mare, 202 km (126 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 2
21 May 2001 — Fossacesia to Lucera, 167 km (104 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 3
22 May 2001 — Lucera to Potenza, 149 km (93 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 4
23 May 2001 — Potenza to Mercogliano, 169 km (105 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 5
24 May 2001 — Avellino to Nettuno, 229 km (142 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 6
25 May 2001 — Nettuno to Rieti, 150 km (93 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 7
26 May 2001 — Rieti to Montevarchi, 239 km (149 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 8
27 May 2001 — Montecatini Terme to Reggio Emilia, 185 km (115 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 9
28 May 2001 — Reggio Emilia to Rovigo, 142 km (88 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10, Stage 10
29 May 2001 — Lido di Jesolo to Ljubljana, 212 km (132 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21
The 2001 Giro d'Italia was the 84th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Montesilvano, with a Prologue individual time trial on 19 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 30 May with a stage from Bled, Slovenia. The race finished in Milan on 10 June.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 11
30 May 2001 — Bled to Gorizia, 187 km (116 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 12
31 May 2001 — Gradisca d'Isonzo to Montebelluna, 139 km (86 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 13
1 June 2001 — Montebelluna to Passo Pordoi, 255 km (158 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 14
2 June 2001 — Cavalese to Arco, 163 km (101 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 15
3 June 2001 — Sirmione to Salò, 55.5 km (34.5 mi) (ITT)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 16
4 June 2001 — Erbusco to Parma, 142 km (88 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 17
6 June 2001 — Sanremo to Sanremo, 119 km (74 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 18
The stage was cancelled, after a police raid uncovered widespread doping in the peloton.


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 19
8 June 2001 — Alba to Busto Arsizio, 163 km (101 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 20
9 June 2001 — Busto Arsizio to Arona, 181 km (112 mi)


2001 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 21
10 June 2001 — Arona to Milan, 121 km (75 mi)


2001 Giro del Trentino
The 2001 Giro del Trentino was the 25th edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 30 April to 4 May 2001. The race started in Tione and finished in Arco. The race was won by Francesco Casagrande.


2001 Giro di Lombardia
The 2001 Giro di Lombardia was the 95th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 20 October 2001. The race started in Varese and finished in Bergamo. The race was won by Danilo Di Luca of the Cantina Tollo team.


2001 Gold Flake Open
The 2001 Gold Flake Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai in India and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 1 January through 7 January 2001. Unseeded Michal Tabara won the singles title.


2001 Gold Flake Open, Finals, Doubles
Byron Black /  Wayne Black defeated  Barry Cowan /  Mosé Navarra 6–3, 6–4


2001 Gold Flake Open – Doubles
Julien Boutter and Christophe Rochus were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Gold Flake Open – Doubles
Byron Black and Wayne Black won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Barry Cowan and Mosé Navarra.


2001 Gold Flake Open – Singles
Jérôme Golmard was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Adrian Voinea.


2001 Gold Flake Open – Singles
Michal Tabara won in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–4) against Andrei Stoliarov.


2001 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 2001 Golden Globes (Portugal) were held at the Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon on 7 April 2001.


2001 Goodwill Games
The 2001 Goodwill Games was the fifth and final edition of the international multi-sport event. The competition was held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 9 September 2001. A total around 1300 athletes took part in 14 sporting competitions.


2001 Goodwill Games
The opening ceremony was held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at Boondall and featured The Corrs and Keith Urban. There was a live audience of 10,000 and the ceremony was broadcast live to an international audience of 450 million viewers.


2001 Goodwill Games
The Goodwill Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist bridge spanning the Brisbane River, is named after the games.


2001 Goodwill Games, Participation
Athletes from 58 countries took part in the 2001 Goodwill Games.


2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing
2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing on 1 June 2001, a bomb exploded at Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing resulting in the death of 10 people and the injury of 26 people.


2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing, Background
Bangladesh is a Muslim majority country where the catholic population is .3 percent of the population. Religiously motivated attacks against the Christian community had been described as "rare".


2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing, Attack
The bombs exploded at the Catholic church at Banaripara of Gopalganj district. Ten people were killed at the explosion. Gopalganj is the home District of then Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. The Police suspected Islamists. The church was holding its weekly prayers when the bomb went off.


2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing, Investigation
According to media reports Shaikh Abdur Rahman the leader of the terrorist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh confessed to the police that his group was behind the bombing of the church. Mufti Abdul Hannan chief of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (Huji) Bangladesh was taken into remand over the bombing.


2001 Gopalganj Roman Catholic church bombing, Reactions
Michael Rosario the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh described the attack as "barbaric" and hoped the government would find the perpetrators.


2001 Governor General's Awards
The 2001 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on November 14. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000.


2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship
The 2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship was the second season of the Rolex Sports Car Series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The season involved five classes: Sports Racing Prototype I and II (SRP-I and SRP-II), Grand Touring Sport (GTS), Grand Touring (GT), and American GT (AGT). 10 races were run from February 3, 2001 to November 3, 2001, with Watkins Glen International gaining a date in August.


2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship, Schedule
Some events featured two races of different length, with a break-up of the five competing classes.


2001 Grand National
The 2001 Grand National (officially known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 154th official running of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 7 April 2001.


2001 Grand National
The steeplechase was won by a distance by 33/1 shot Red Marauder, ridden by jockey Richard Guest, in a time of over 11 minutes. The winner was also trained by his jockey and owned by Norman Mason, in whose name the training licence was held, with Guest as his assistant, though Guest did all the training at his base in Crook, County Durham and ran in the trainer's colours of red with a blue hoop, three blue hoops on the sleeves and a red and blue hooped cap.


2001 Grand National
The field was limited to a maximum of 40 competitors, of which only two completed the course without mishap (two others were re-mounted to complete) and the race was run in heavy going. It was notable for an unusually high number of falls, including eight at the first Canal Turn, and it came in for criticism in some quarters, believing that the conditions were too wet and muddy. However, supporters of the race were quick to point out that the slow pace and bottomless ground benefitted the race as there were no injuries sustained to any horse or rider.


2001 Grand National, Background
The 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease had led to the Cheltenham Festival and many other fixtures being abandoned before the Grand National meeting. However, the National got the go-ahead from racing officials. On the day, the race went ahead despite adverse weather, with high winds and an extremely heavy going.


2001 Grand National, Background
Jockey Paul Flynn was the subject of a frantic search when Mick Fitzgerald was forced to stand down as rider of Esprit De Cotte less than two hours before the race. When Flynn did not respond to calls and texts to his mobile phone, two Tannoy announcements were sent out around the course for him to report to the weighing room. When he still did not respond an urgent message was sent out over the BBC via its live coverage of the build-up of the race. Flynn, who had never before ridden in a National, could not be located in time and the ride instead went to Tom Doyle. Flynn never got another chance to ride in the race.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Edmond was the winner of the 1999 Welsh National and was made 10/1 joint-favourite on the horse's preference for soft ground. He ran prominently at the head of the field for most of the first circuit and was still leading when he fell into the ditch at The Chair, catapulting rider Richard Johnson over the fence.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Moral Support was also supported to joint-favouritism on the back of a preference for soft ground and a good showing in the Welsh National four months prior. Partnered by Noel Fehily, he was towards the rear of the field when caught in a pile-up at the Canal Turn on the first circuit and brought to a standstill.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Inis Cara was the third joint-favourite but was backed purely on the basis of being a mudlark. His form lacked that of the other two joint-favourites however as he had failed to make a serious impression in any of his six previous races. His jockey Robert Widger was hoping to emulate his great-uncle who won the race over a century before, but the partnership was severed by a heavy fall at the fourth fence.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Beau was the 12/1 mount of two-time winning jockey Carl Llewellyn and had won the Whitbread Gold Cup, a respected Aintree trial, by a distance in 1999. His form in 2000 had been less impressive and his heavy weight handicap was also considered a tough ask, but the horse was coping well with it during the race and was leading the only four runners left in the race when an awkward jump at the 19th fence put his reins over his head. Jockey Llewellyn fought to try to save the situation but, without steering, was unseated at the next fence. The rider desperately chased his mount to the next fence in a bid to remount and possibly claim third place, but was unable to do so.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Mely Moss was sent off at 14/1, having finished second in the race the previous year, despite it being his only run of the season. He was again kept off the racecourse until Aintree and partnered by Norman Williamson, but they were unable to avoid the melee at the Canal Turn.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
Papillon beat Mely Moss to win the previous year's National and this, coupled with his trainer risking a foot-and-mouth quarantine to bring him to Aintree, saw him well supported at 14/1. His partner in victory, Ruby Walsh again took the ride and they avoided the carnage on the first circuit to be among the only seven still continuing when a loose horse took them out at the 19th fence. Walsh remounted and hacked around the remainder of the course with the remounted Blowing Wind before being left behind at the final flight to be the last of four to complete.


2001 Grand National, Leading contenders
The eventual winner, Red Marauder, was freely available as an each-way chance at 33/1 after disappointingly falling at Becher's Brook on the first circuit the previous year. Another fall at Haydock before the National had punters feeling that the horse was not a safe enough jumper.


2001 Grand National, The race
The heavy conditions contributed greatly to the horses that fell during the race; eight had already fallen by the third fence. One of the horses that fell in the opening stages, Paddy's Return, carried on as a loose horse and caused pandemonium at the Canal Turn, where he brought down several nearby runners. Nine horses were lost at the Turn overall, including Moral Support, one of the favourites, and future winner Amberleigh House. No Retreat, who was one of the rank outsiders, was also carried out at the Turn but managed to retake the fence and continued over a fence behind the rest of the remaining runners.


2001 Grand National, The race
Only 13 horses remained after the Turn, going onto the racecourse proper for the first time. At the 13th, Noble Lord fell, leaving only 12 to tackle The Chair, the large standside jump. This year it claimed three horses including joint-favourite Edmond, each-way shot Supreme Charm and largely unfancied Moondigua. Listen Timmy made a major mistake, recovered, but was pulled up immediately after the fence. No Retreat, who was completely tailed off at the time was eventually pulled up by jockey Jason Maguire before the start of the second circuit. As the field left for the second circuit, only seven horses remained: Red Marauder, Papillon, Beau, Blowing Wind, Brave Highlander, Unsinkable Boxer, and Smarty, with Lance Armstrong, who remounted, around half a mile behind.


2001 Grand National, The race
Approaching the 19th, a couple of loose horses veered across the ditch, similar to what had happened earlier at the Canal Turn, and hampered Papillon, Blowing Wind and Brave Highlander, resulting in their refusals. Unsinkable Boxer also refused at the big ditch. This left three. The leader of the trio and top weight, Beau, unseated jockey Llewellyn at the 20th fence after his reins broke. Two fences back, Tony McCoy remounted Blowing Wind and Ruby Walsh remounted Papillon. McCoy later said, "I looked up at the big screen and saw there were only two horses still racing. I shouted to Ruby [Walsh], 'Come on, let's get back up'". Blowing Wind and Papillon both continued the course to take third and fourth place respectively.


2001 Grand National, The race
Going into the last few fences Smarty had a lead over Red Marauder. However, by the second-last, Guest on Red Marauder had drawn level with Smarty, and ultimately won by a distance. A mud-covered Guest celebrated crossing the finish line in the slowest Grand National winning time for over 100 years. It was the first time since Ben Nevis won in 1980 that just four horses finished the race, and the first time since 1967 that there were only two unhampered finishers when the largely unnoticed Packed Home successfully negotiated the infamous 23rd fence pile up behind Foinavon to complete unhindered.


2001 Grand National, Jockeys
Twice former winner Carl Llewellyn was the most experienced rider in the weighing room, weighing out for a Grand National for the 11th time, including the void race of 1993, and unusually was the only rider in the field with ten rides under his belt. In addition there was also a higher-than-average number of rookies in the weighing room, though the ability of all 12 riders making their debut could not be questioned or offered as having any effect on the carnage that followed in the race.


2001 Grand National, Jockeys
Noel Fehily carried the best chance of a winning debut but was among those knocked out of the race at the Canal Turn pile-up. Indeed, none of the 12 debutants completed the first circuit, Jason Maguire going the farthest when pulling his mount up at the water jump. The remainder of the group included Tom Doyle, drafted in when Mick Fitzgerald was injured, John McNamara, Brian Crowley, Shay Barry, Fran Flood and Leslie Jefford.


2001 Grand National, Jockeys
The remainder of the group was made up of Tom Scudamore, whose father and grandfather had both previously taken part in the race, the latter winning in 1959, and a trio of riders whose only ride in the race this proved to be for different circumstances; Jim Crowley, who went on to become Champion Jockey on the flat in 2016, Jamie Goldstein who missed the ride on the eventual winner the following year when suffering a broken leg weeks before the race, and Kieran Kelly who was killed racing in Ireland in 2003.


2001 Grand National, Controversy
There were numerous suggestions in the press that the race should not have been run due to the conditions. Racing Post journalist and lead presenter of Channel 4 Racing, Alastair Down, wrote: "You can wash the mud off the jockeys' silks, but not the stain off the race", under a front page headline: Gutless, Witless and Utterly Reckless. John Maxse, spokesman of the Jockey Club, said: "It was fairly shocking, uncomfortable viewing".


2001 Grand National, Controversy
However, many in racing leapt to Aintree's defence, as it was loose horses that had caused most problems. Despite more than 30 of the 40 horses either falling or being brought down, all of the horses and jockeys were fine afterwards and no major injuries were sustained.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
The BBC retained the rights to broadcast the race live on terrestrial television in the United Kingdom as they had done every year since 1960. BBC One's Saturday afternoon sports show Grandstand covered the race as a Grand National special, which began at 12:45pm BST and was presented by Sue Barker and Clare Balding. This consisted of race build-up, with previews of the main contenders, interviews with connections of the runners, and celebrity spectators, as well as nostalgic segments from the history of the race, while Angus Loughran provided regular updates on the betting market.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
As they race up now towards the elbow now it's Red Marauder who's out in front. Battling on in second is Smarty. Looking well back down the track to try and find Papillon who's been remounted... This is a famous victory for Red Marauder and Richard Guest... Up on the run-in now. The cheers of the crowd, they are applauding a very brave horse and a great rider. It's a great ride by Richard Guest to go on and win the 2001 Martell Grand National on Red Marauder. Red Marauder comes home, alone. Red Marauder the winner of the Grand National, has won it by a distance!


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
In addition to the race itself the programme also broadcast live coverage of three other races on the Aintree card — the Cordon Bleu Handicap Hurdle, the Martell Maghull Novices Steeplechase and the Martell Aintree Hurdle, none of which were run over the Grand National course.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
The commentator for  these races was Jim McGrath, who also called home the winner of the National where he was joined by a commentary team of John Hanmer and Tony O'Hehir (however O'Hehir played no part in the commentary of the race as rain caused a power failure at his commentary position at Becher's Brook). Hanmer, whose role was to commentate on the runners over the first four fences and the last three along the Canal side of the course took over and continued commentary of both circuits from fences one to 12 and 17 to 28. McGrath continued his normal commentary of the race as on the racecourse proper.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
48 cameras were used to film the action, including inside two jockeys' caps and some inside fences. The majority of these shots were used in a detailed post-race re-run with Richard Pitman, Peter Scudamore and Mick Fitzgerald. The BBC's coverage was also syndicated across the world for live coverage in China, the United States, Canada and large parts of Europe and Asia for an estimated global viewing audience of 650 million people during the eleven minutes of the race itself.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
BBC Radio covered the race for the 59th time since its first broadcast in 1927 and was part of its Five Live Sports broadcast hosted by Mark Pougatch. The radio commentary team was headed by Peter Bromley who had announced that this would be his last commentary of the National, his first having been in 1960. He was joined by Lee McKenzie, Cornelius Lysaght and Dave Smith.


2001 Grand National, Media coverage
The race was also streamed live on the Internet using BBC pictures to an undisclosed audience.


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2001 Grand Prix Hassan II was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Complexe Al Amal in Casablanca, Morocco that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 April until 15 April 2001. Guillermo Cañas, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, won the singles title.


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II, Finals, Doubles
Michael Hill /  Jeff Tarango defeated  Pablo Albano /  David Macpherson 7–6(7–2), 6–3


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango won in the final 7–6(7–2), 6–3 against Pablo Albano and David Macpherson.


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Fernando Vicente was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Mariano Zabaleta.


2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Guillermo Cañas won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Tommy Robredo.


2001 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2001 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco that was part of the Tier V category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 23 July until 29 July 2001. Unseeded Zsófia Gubacsi won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2001 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Finals, Doubles
Lubomira Bacheva /  Åsa Carlsson defeated  María José Martínez Sánchez /  María Emilia Salerni 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1


2001 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
In the first edition of the tournament, Lubomira Bacheva and Åsa Carlsson won the title by defeating María José Martínez Sánchez and María Emilia Salerni 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 in the final.


2001 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
In the first edition of the tournament, Zsófia Gubacsi won the title by defeating Maria Elena Camerin 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2001 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2001 Grand Prix de Denain was the 43rd edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 26 April 2001. The race was won by Jaan Kirsipuu.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The 2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and took place from 8 October until 14 October 2001. Unseeded Ivan Ljubičić on the singles title.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Finals, Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić defeated  Arnaud Clément /  Sébastien Grosjean 6–1, 6–2


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions but only Stolle competed that year with Sjeng Schalken.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Schalken and Stolle lost in the first round to Pablo Albano and David Macpherson.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Arnaud Clément was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Xavier Malisse.


2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles
Ivan Ljubičić won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Younes El Aynaoui.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 53rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
2001 was the end of the 500 cc era in Grand Prix motorcycle racing; in 2002 the premier class would be renamed MotoGP and dominated by 4-stroke 990 cc machines. However, 2001 was the beginning of another era, that of Valentino Rossi's run of championships in the top class. His learning year past him, he won 11 races in 2001, far outdistancing his nearest competitor, Max Biaggi.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Rossi and Biaggi began the season with a controversial incident at Suzuka, where Biaggi seemed to have tried to push Rossi into the dirt at 150 mph and Rossi responded two laps later with an aggressive pass and an extended middle finger. Rossi would win that race and sew-up the championship with two rounds to go. As of 2020, it was the last season where a satellite rider won the rider championship title in the premier class.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
The 500 cc Rookie of the Year award went to Shinya Nakano. At the 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Katja Poensgen became the first female competitor to qualify for a 250cc Grand Prix race.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
As of 2020, it was the last year where a single constructor (Honda) won the championship in all three categories.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2001 Grand Prix season calendar
In the weekend of 20 to 22 October 2000, the FIM confirmed the 2001 calendar. The following sixteen Grands Prix were scheduled to take place:


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 500cc riders' standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 250cc riders' standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Standings, 125cc riders' standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.


2001 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
The 2001 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio was the eighth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio, on August 25, 2001.


2001 Grand Prix of Mosport
The 2001 Gran Turismo 3 Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 17 to the 19, 2001. It is named after Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, a racing game released on July 10th, 2001, a month prior to this event. It was the seventh round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season and the 16th IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.


2001 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
The overall race victory went to Audi Sport North America drivers Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro marking the Audi R8's second consecutive win at Mosport. Second place went to Jan Magnussen and David Brabham in the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S, with Team Cadillac drivers Emmanuel Collard and Christophe Tinseau picking up the first American Le Mans Series podium for the Cadillac Northstar LMP01.


2001 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
Dick Barbour Racing took the LMP675 victory with drivers Bruno Lambert and Didier de Radigues in the Reynard 01Q.


2001 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
Corvette Racing drivers Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to the GTS class victory with BMW Schnitzer Motorsport drivers Jörg Müller and JJ Lehto taking the GT win in the BMW M3 GTR.


2001 Grand Prix of Mosport, Race
The race was held under cool and rainy conditions and was broadcast across North America on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.


2001 Grand Prix of Portland
The 2001 Grand Prix of Portland was the sixth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Portland International Raceway, Oregon, on August 5, 2001.


2001 Grand Prix of Portland, Official results
† - #4 Corvette Racing was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was below the legal weight limit.


2001 Grand Prix of Sonoma
The 2001 X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma was the fifth round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Infineon Raceway, California, on July 22, 2001.


2001 Grand Prix of Texas
The 2001 Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas was the opening round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Texas Motor Speedway, Texas, on March 4, 2001.


2001 Grand Prix of Texas
This event is the only time in the history of the American Le Mans Series that the 12 Hours of Sebring was not the first race on the schedule. This race was also the last time the American Le Mans Series ran on a roval − a combined oval track and road course.


2001 Grand Valley State Lakers football team
The 2001 Grand Valley State Lakers football team that represented the Grand Valley State University in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division II football season. In their 11th season under head coach Brian Kelly, the Lakers compiled a 13–1 record (9–0 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 707 to 231, and won the GLIAC championship. The team qualified for the playoffs and advanced to the national championship game where they lost to North Dakota.


2001 Grand Valley State Lakers football team
The team played its home games at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan.


2001 Green Bay Packers season
The 2001 Green Bay Packers season was their 83rd season overall and their 81st season in the National Football League.


2001 Green Bay Packers season
The Packers returned to the postseason after two years of missing the playoffs in the 1999 and 2000 seasons.


2001 Green Bay Packers season
They finished with a 12–4 record. After easily defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the wild card round, Green Bay's season ended with a loss to the 14–2 St. Louis Rams in the NFC divisional playoff game, in which quarterback Brett Favre threw a career high six interceptions.


2001 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, 2001 NFL draft
With their first round pick (10th overall) in the 2001 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected defensive end Jamal Reynolds.


2001 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Schedule
The second game in 2001 was the first time since 1988 that the Packers played the Washington Redskins. because before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team’s division were influenced much more by table position during the previous season, and there was no rotation of opponents in other divisions of a team’s own conference. The Packers finished 12–4 overall, placing 2nd in the NFC Central Division (behind the Chicago Bears), and qualifying for a wild card playoff spot.


2001 Green Party of Ontario leadership election
The 2001 Green Party of Ontario leadership election took place November 3, 2001 when Frank de Jong's leadership was challenged by GPO deputy leader Judy Greenwood-Speers of Waterloo, Ontario.


2001 Green Party of Ontario leadership election
De Jong, who had led the GPO since 1993, received 271 votes and defeated Greenwood-Speers.


2001 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 2001 Coca-Cola GM was the 31st edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Sisimiut. It was won by Nagdlunguaq-48 for the eighth time in its history.


2001 Greyhound bus attack
The 2001 Greyhound bus attack occurred on October 3, 2001, near Manchester, Tennessee, when Damir Igrić (September 21, 1972 – October 3, 2001), a Croatian, commandeered a Greyhound Lines bus en route from Chicago to Orlando, Florida. He slashed the throat of the driver with a utility knife, causing the bus to crash into oncoming traffic. Seven people, including Igrić, died as a result of the crash.