British Touring Car Championship 2000

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The 43rd season of the British Touring Car Championship began on April 7, 2000 at Brands Hatch and ended in a night race on September 16, 2000 at Silverstone . After 24 races in 1997, Alain Menu again won ahead of Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell (all with Ford Mondeo ). Ford won the constructors' championship .

Changes

1999 champion Laurent Aïello did not compete in the BTCC in 2000 to defend his title. Instead, he drove for Audi at Le Mans and in the newly launched DTM .
Honda brought 1994 champion Gabriele Tarquini and Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen into the team to support James Thompson .
Rickard Rydell switched to Ford after Volvo pulled out.
Jason Plato from Renault , who has also left the BTCC , and Vincent Radermecker , formerly Volvo , joined the Vauxhall team . Yvan Muller started for Vauxhall in 1999 in the BTCC.

Results and ratings

calendar

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3
1, 2	7th-8th April	England England	Brands Hatch (GP)	Alain Menu	Yvan Muller	Rickard Rydell
1, 2	7th-8th April	England England	Brands Hatch (GP)	Jason Plato	Anthony Reid	Yvan Muller
3, 4	23–24 April	England England	Donington Park (National)	Alain Menu	Rickard Rydell	Anthony Reid
3, 4	23–24 April	England England	Donington Park (National)	Alain Menu	Gabriele Tarquini	Rickard Rydell
5, 6	April 30th - May 1st	England England	Thruxton	Yvan Muller	Anthony Reid	Jason Plato
5, 6	April 30th - May 1st	England England	Thruxton	Yvan Muller	Jason Plato	Alain Menu
7, 8	13-14 May	Scotland Scotland	Knockhill	Rickard Rydell	Alain Menu	Anthony Reid
7, 8	13-14 May	Scotland Scotland	Knockhill	Gabriele Tarquini	James Thompson	Rickard Rydell
9, 10	28-29 May	England England	Oulton Park	Alain Menu	Vincent Radermecker	Tom Kristensen
9, 10	28-29 May	England England	Oulton Park	Tom Kristensen	Jason Plato	Anthony Reid
11, 12	10-11 June	England England	Silverstone	James Thompson	Anthony Reid	Tom Kristensen
11, 12	10-11 June	England England	Silverstone	Yvan Muller	Gabriele Tarquini	Alain Menu
13, 14	24.-25. June	England England	Croft	Rickard Rydell	Anthony Reid	Matt Neal
13, 14	24.-25. June	England England	Croft	Rickard Rydell	Alain Menu	Matt Neal
15, 16	7th-8th July	England England	Snetterton (night race)	Jason Plato	Tom Kristensen	Rickard Rydell
15, 16	7th-8th July	England England	Snetterton (night race)	Alain Menu	Jason Plato	James Thompson
17, 18	29-30 July	England England	Donington Park (GP)	Anthony Reid	Matt Neal	James Thompson
17, 18	29-30 July	England England	Donington Park (GP)	Gabriele Tarquini	Matt Neal	Anthony Reid
19, 20	27.-28. August	England England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Matt Neal	Tom Kristensen	Rickard Rydell
19, 20	27.-28. August	England England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Alain Menu	Rickard Rydell	Jason Plato
21, 22	9-10 September	England England	Oulton Park	Anthony Reid	Gabriele Tarquini	Yvan Muller
21, 22	9-10 September	England England	Oulton Park	Gabriele Tarquini	Anthony Reid	Yvan Muller
23, 24	15.-16. September	England England	Silverstone (night race)	Tom Kristensen	Rickard Rydell	James Thompson
23, 24	15.-16. September	England England	Silverstone (night race)	Tom Kristensen	Jason Plato	Alain Menu

Score

driver

Pl.	driver	Points
1.	Switzerland Alain Menu	195
2.	Scotland Anthony Reid	193
3.	Sweden Rickard Rydell	178
4th	France Yvan Muller	168
5.	England Jason Plato	160
6th	Italy Gabriele Tarquini	149
7th	Denmark Tom Kristensen	143

Pl.	driver	Points
8th.	England Matt Neal	129
9.	England James Thompson	129
10.	Belgium Vincent Radermecker	81
11.	Scotland Colin Blair	26th
12.	Scotland David Leslie	15th
13.	Netherlands Peter Kox	2

brand

Pl.	brand	Points
1.	ford	515
2.	Honda	411
3.	Vauxhall	399

Web links

Commons : British Touring Car Championship 2000 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

2000 season at btccpages.com (English)
Season 2000 ( memento from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at btccaction.co.uk (English)