The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Ignazio Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli assisted by Giles Simon leading the engine design and operations.

A test with the 2000 car-which featured a high nose-that was adapted to the new regulations made that design impractical, so a low nose was adopted instead.

[5] He failed to finish only twice, but his teammate Rubens Barrichello had bad luck and looked poised to take wins himself, being hindered only by unreliability.

While he did not achieve pole position (which went to his teammate Rubens Barrichello), Schumacher put up a competitive performance during the race and ultimately emerged as the victor.

However, during the first corner of the race, Schumacher was involved in a collision with Juan Pablo Montoya, which affected his chances of securing a higher finishing position.

Ferrari used the Marlboro logos, except at the French, British, Italian (sponsorships were removed and nose cone was painted black in response of the September 11 attack) and United States (an American flag on the bargeboards) Grand Prix.