Sunday 10th June 2001

It was a Schumacher 1-2 in Montreal at the Canadian Grand Prix, the first time brothers had finished winner and runner-up in an F1 race. But for once it was younger brother Ralf who took the chequered flag, his Williams 20.2 seconds in front of Michael’s Ferrari to take his second win of the season. Michael led until a fuel stop on lap 46 and Ralf took the chance to reel off a succession of fastest laps to open up a decisive gap. Championship aspirant David Coulthard had a wretched day in his McLaren, retiring 16 laps from the end and suffering a badly-blistered behind. “I knew I had a problem from the start when I reached down in the car and found a large nut during the parade lap,” he said. “The car was pulling to the left and the suspension dropped. As a result I ended the race with a huge blister on my backside. Unfortunately there was not enough time to change the car at the start so I had to carry on.”