Editing 2001 Canadian Grand Prix (section)

==Background==
The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth of seventeen scheduled races of the [[2001 Formula One World Championship]] and the thirty-third edition of the [[Canadian Grand Prix|event]] as part of the Formula One World Championship. It was held on 10 June at the {{Convert|4.421|km|mi|abbr=on}} thirteen-turn [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com:80/news/headlines01/06/s5803.html|title=Canadian Grand Prix history|date=5 June 2001|publisher=Formula1.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010820063200/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines01/06/s5803.html|archive-date=20 August 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=15 November 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2001_Air_Canada_Grand_Prix/F|title=2001 Air Canada Grand Prix|publisher=Racing-Reference|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> Going into the eighth round of the season, [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] led the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship]] with 52 [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|points]], ahead of his nearest championship rival [[David Coulthard]] of [[McLaren]] (40) and [[Rubens Barrichello]] in the second Ferrari (24). [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]' [[Ralf Schumacher]] was in fourth on twelve points and [[Nick Heidfeld]] of [[Sauber]] was fifth with eight points.<ref name="points">{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/f1/2001/championship/content.html|title=Formula One Points Tables – 2001|publisher=Crash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721062859/http://www.crash.net/f1/2001/championship/content.html|archive-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ferrari led the [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructors' Championship]] with 76 points; McLaren and Williams were second and third with 44 and 18 points respectively. [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] with 13 points and Sauber with twelve contended for fourth place in the standings.<ref name="points" />

Michael Schumacher had won the Canadian Grand Prix four times in his career up until the 2001 race and spoke of his confidence that he could win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the fifth time despite his dislike of the track due to his preference of high-speed corners, "The records I have in Montreal are good but that means nothing now as it is a new challenge. We need to be prepared to do a good job. It will be a tight competition between us and probably McLaren and Williams, and anyone else who has improved a lot."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasf1.com/news/2001/jun/report.php/id/4573/.html|title=Schumacher Eyeing Fifth Canada Win|date=6 June 2001|website=Atlas F1|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> His brother Ralf Schumacher stated that he hoped to extend his points tally after a poor performance at the preceding [[2001 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]], "I think the Circuit Giles Villeneuve could be pretty favourable to our car as we have a powerful engine, which is essential there. It's not particularly demanding on the drivers, as it is basically a "stop-and-go" track. I like Montreal and I am looking forward to being there, hoping this time I will be able to finish my race and be in the points."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.f1racing.net:80/en/news.php?newsID=26673|title=Ralf and Juan ready for Canada|date=6 June 2001|publisher=F1Racing.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041111084219/http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=26673|archive-date=11 November 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=15 November 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>