Sepang International Circuit · 18 March 2001
Michael Schumacher won the 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix for Ferrari from 1st on the grid, 23.66s ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Jos Verstappen gained the most places, from 18th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Schumacher 10 + Barrichello 6 | Schumacher 10 + Barrichello 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | McLaren Coulthard 4 + Häkkinen 1 | Coulthard 4 + Häkkinen 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Jordan Frentzen 3 + Trulli 0 | Frentzen 3 + Trulli 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Schumacher 2 + Montoya 0 | Schumacher 2 + Montoya 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arrows Verstappen 0 + Bernoldi 0 | Verstappen 0 + Bernoldi 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Prost Alesi 0 + Mazzacane 0 | Alesi 0 + Mazzacane 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jaguar Burti 0 + Irvine 0 | Burti 0 + Irvine 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Benetton Button 0 + Fisichella 0 | Button 0 + Fisichella 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Minardi Alonso 0 + Marques 0 | Alonso 0 + Marques 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | BAR Villeneuve 0 + Panis 0 | Villeneuve 0 + Panis 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Sauber Heidfeld 0 + Räikkönen 0 | Heidfeld 0 + Räikkönen 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:47:34.801 | 55 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello Ferrari | Ferrari | +23.660s | 55 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | David Coulthard McLaren | McLaren | +28.555s | 55 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan | Jordan | +46.543s | 55 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher Williams | Williams | +48.233s | 55 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Mika Häkkinen McLaren | McLaren | +48.606s | 55 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jos Verstappen Arrows | Arrows | +1:21.560 | 55 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli Jordan | Jordan | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 9 | Jean Alesi Prost | Prost | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 10 | Luciano Burti Jaguar | Jaguar | +1 Lap | 54 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jenson Button Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 53 | — | — | |
| 12 | Gastón Mazzacane Prost | Prost | +2 Laps | 53 | — | — | |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso Minardi | Minardi | +3 Laps | 52 | — | — | |
| 14 | Tarso Marques Minardi | Minardi | +4 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton | Benetton | DNF Fuel pressure | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Villeneuve BAR | BAR | DNF Spun off | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nick Heidfeld Sauber | Sauber | DNF Spun off | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Enrique Bernoldi Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Juan Pablo Montoya Williams | Williams | DNF Spun off | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Irvine Jaguar | Jaguar | DNF Water leak | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Olivier Panis BAR | BAR | DNF Oil leak | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Kimi Räikkönen Sauber | Sauber | DNF Driveshaft | 0 | — | — |