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The Arrows A21 car of 2000 carried the team to a seventh place finish in the constructors championship after scoring seven points. For 2001, the team had higher hopes with their Mike Coughlan and Sergio Rinland designed Arrows A22. The A21 was driven in 2000 by Pedro de la Rosa and Jos Verstappen. For 2001, Jos Verstappen took the lead car and was joined by Enrique Bernoldi. The engine in the A21 had been by Supertec, but now Arrows was getting their engines from Asiatech for their A22 car. The Asiatech engine, a Peugeot based engine, had been used in the prior season by the Prost team. This was the second year in a row that Arrows switched engine suppliers. This engine was less powerful than its predecessor and was plagued with reliability issues.

The A22 was an evolution of the A21. It was lighter and had improved aerodynamics. The fuel tank was smaller than most of the ones used by other Formula 1 competition cars. This made for some rather exciting races as the team often gambled with low-fuel strategies. This was not enough and the team found themselves sinking behind in the points. Their lack of proper testing and being hamstringed by a minimalistic budget left them 10th in the Constructors Championship points. The prior year they had finished in seventh place.

The team shifted their focus to the 2002 season and were able to secure Cosworth/Ford engines. This would, of course, mean the third year in a row in which they changed engines.

By Daniel Vaughan | Feb 2007

2001 Formula One Season
PosTeamConstructorChassisDriversPoints
 Scuderia Ferrari MarlboroFerrariF2001 Brazil Rubens Gonçalves 'Rubinho' Barrichello
Germany Michael Schumacher 
 West McLaren MercedesMcLaren
MP4-16 
United Kingdom David Marshall Coulthard
Finland Mika Pauli Hakkinen 
 BMW WilliamsF1 TeamWilliams
FW23 
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Germany Ralf Schumacher 
 Mild Seven Benetton PlaylifeBenetton United Kingdom Jenson Alexander Lyons Button
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 
 Lucky Strike British American Racing HondaBAR
003 
France Olivier Panis
Canada Jacques Villeneuve 
 Benson and Hedges JordanJordan
EJ11 
France Jean Alesi
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Italy Jarno Trulli
Brazil Ricardo Luiz Zonta 
 Orange ArrowsArrows
A22 
Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
Netherlands Johannes Franciscus 'Jos' Verstappen 
 Sauber PetronasSauber Germany Nick Lars Heidfeld
Finland Kimi-Matias Raikkonen 
 Jaguar RacingJaguar Brazil Luciano Pucci Burti
Spain Pedro Martínez de la Rosa
United Kingdom Edmund 'Eddie' Irvine, Jr. 
 European Minardi F1Minardi
PS01 
Spain Fernando Alonso
Malaysia Alexander Charles Yoong 'Alex Yoong' Loong
Brazil Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques 
 Prost AcerProst United Kingdom George Edgar Abecassis
France Jean Alesi
Czech Republic Tomas Enge
Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Argentina Gastón Hugo Mazzacane 

2001 Season Review
RaceCircuitDateWinning DriverConstructor
 Australian Grand Prix  Melbourne Grand Prix CircuitMar 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Malaysian Grand Prix  SepangMar 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Brazilian Grand Prix  Autódromo José Carlos Pace, InterlagosApr 2001  David Marshall CoulthardMcLaren 
 San Marino Grand Prix  Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariApr 2001  Michael SchumacherWilliams 
 Spanish Grand Prix  Circuit de CatalunyaApr 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Austrian Grand Prix  SpielbergMay 2001  David Marshall CoulthardMcLaren 
 Monaco Grand Prix  MonacoMay 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Canadian Grand Prix  Circuit Gilles VilleneuveJun 2001  Michael SchumacherWilliams 
 European Grand Prix  NürburgringJun 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 French Grand Prix  Magny-CoursJul 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 British Grand Prix  SilverstoneJul 2001  Mika Pauli HakkinenMcLaren 
 German Grand Prix  HockenheimringJul 2001  Ralf SchumacherWilliams 
 Hungarian Grand Prix  HungaroringAug 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Belgian Grand Prix  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps,Spa,BelgiumSep 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Italian Grand Prix  MonzaSep 2001  Juan Pablo MontoyaWilliams 
 United States Grand Prix  IndianapolisSep 2001  Mika Pauli HakkinenMcLaren 
 Japanese Grand Prix  Fuji SpeedwayOct 2001  Michael SchumacherFerrari 

Formula One World Drivers' Champions
1950 G. Farina
1951 J. Fangio
1952 A. Ascari
1953 A. Ascari
1954 J. Fangio
1955 J. Fangio
1956 J. Fangio
1957 J. Fangio
1958 M. Hawthorn
1959 S. Brabham
1960 S. Brabham
1961 P. Hill, Jr
1962 N. Hill
1963 J. Clark, Jr.
1964 J. Surtees
1965 J. Clark, Jr.
1966 S. Brabham
1967 D. Hulme
1968 N. Hill
1969 S. Stewart
1970 K. Rindt
1971 S. Stewart
1972 E. Fittipaldi
1973 S. Stewart
1974 E. Fittipaldi
1975 A. Lauda
1976 J. Hunt
1977 A. Lauda
1978 M. Andretti
1979 J. Scheckter
1980 A. Jones
1981 N. Piquet
1982 K. Rosberg
1983 N. Piquet
1984 A. Lauda
1985 A. Prost
1986 A. Prost
1987 N. Piquet
1988 A. Senna
1989 A. Prost
1990 A. Senna
1991 A. Senna
1992 N. Mansell
1993 A. Prost
1994 M. Schumacher
1995 M. Schumacher
1996 D. Hill
1997 J. Villeneuve
1998 M. Hakkinen
1999 M. Hakkinen
2000 M. Schumacher
2001 M. Schumacher
2002 M. Schumacher
2003 M. Schumacher
2004 M. Schumacher
2005 F. Alonso
2006 F. Alonso
2007 K. Raikkonen
2008 L. Hamilton
2009 J. Button
2010 S. Vettel
2011 S. Vettel
2012 S. Vettel

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