Grand Prix of Europe 2000

 Grand Prix of Europe 2000

Racing data
6th of 17 races of the Formula 1 World Championship 2000
Surname:	LI Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	May 21, 2000
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	305.235 km in 67 laps of 4.556 km
Weather:	dry, later rain
Spectator:	~ 142,000
Pole position
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 17.529 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 22.269 min (lap 8)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes

The Grand Prix of Europe 2000 took place on May 21st at the Nürburgring in Nürburg and was the sixth race of the Formula 1 World Championship 2000 . Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari ) was the winner, ahead of Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren-Mercedes ) and David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes).

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Mika Häkkinen and 16 points ahead of David Coulthard . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 7 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 34 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

Jarno Trulli contested his 50th Grand Prix at the European Grand Prix and Johnny Herbert his 150th Grand Prix.

With Michael Schumacher (twice), Jacques Villeneuve , Häkkinen and Herbert (once each), four former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session on Friday, Jenson Button set the fastest lap time ahead of Alexander Wurz and Häkkinen. In the second free practice session on Saturday, Michael Schumacher took over the top position in front of his teammates Rubens Barrichello and Häkkinen.

Qualifying

In qualifying, which initially took place on a dry track and then in the rain, Coulthard set the fastest time and took pole position in front of Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen. For Nick Heidfeld , the race weekend was already over after qualifying. Heidfeld's Prost was 2 kg too light, whereupon the racing driver was disqualified and excluded from the rest of the race weekend.

Warm up

In the warm-up, Michael Schumacher drove the fastest lap ahead of Häkkinen and Heinz-Harald Frentzen .

run

Coulthard hesitated too long at the start of the European Grand Prix, while Häkkinen started the race well. Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher touched lightly, but the touch had no consequences for either of them. Häkkinen led the field in front of Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello and Villeneuve. Behind it, Jarno Trulli collided with Giancarlo Fisichella , causing Trulli to fail. Two laps later, the race for the Jordan team ended prematurely, as Frentzen also retired with an engine failure.

Coulthard had a problem and kept Barrichello behind him and enabled Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher to pull away in the lead. On lap 10 it started to rain and Michael Schumacher managed to overtake Häkkinen at the chicane one lap later. When the rain got heavier, Barrichello also managed to drive past Coulthard. In the next laps, the Ferraris broke away from the McLaren drivers until Coulthard pitted to change tires on lap 14. Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen follow one lap later, with Schumacher retaining the position in front of the McLaren drivers. Barrichello stayed out for one more lap and led the race on that lap. After his stop, however, he fell behind and had to overtake a few drivers over the next few laps.

After Mika Salo was eliminated after 27 laps with a spin, there was a collision between three drivers: Jos Verstappen tried to drive past Eddie Irvine , but Irvine left him no space and both collided. Irvine met Ralf Schumacher's Williams . At the top, Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen had to lap previous pilots. Schumacher managed to increase his lead. While Coulthard fell back bit by bit with gearbox problems, Barrichello improved to fifth place behind Fisichella with an overtaking maneuver against Pedro de la Rosa . After 35 laps, Schumacher came into the pits with a lead of 20 seconds over Häkkinen and made his second stop. When he returned to the track, he was 7 seconds behind the now leading Häkkinen.

While Häkkinen extended his lead at the front with a lightweight car, Barrichello overtook Fisichella and took fourth position. However, he was no longer in the same lap as the leading drivers. After 45 laps, Häkkinen also pitted for his final stop. Schumacher took the lead and was 11 seconds ahead of his opponent. While Villeneuve and Marc Gené were out with technical problems and Ricardo Zonta after a spin, Barrichello shortened his deficit to third-placed Coulthard. Six laps before the end of the race there was a collision between Herbert and Wurz in the position battle for seventh place, in which both drivers were eliminated. A lap later, Button also retired with electrical damage.

Although Häkkinen managed to reduce his gap to Schumacher to five seconds in the meantime, Schumacher finally won with a lead of 13 seconds over Häkkinen. One lap behind, Coulthard, Barrichello, Fisichella and de la Rosa followed in third to sixth.

In the world championship, Michael Schumacher succeeded in increasing the lead over Häkkinen a little, and Ferrari also set itself a little more apart from McLaren-Mercedes. Behind the first two designers and the third-placed Williams-BMW, ​​a larger gap had already formed.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
West McLaren Mercedes	1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren MP4 / 15	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	B.
	2	David Coulthard
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F1-2000	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.
	4th	Rubens Barrichello
Benson and Hedges Jordan	5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan EJ10	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	6th	Jarno Trulli
Jaguar Racing	7th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar R1	Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.
	8th	Johnny Herbert
BMW Williams F1 Team	9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams FW22	BMW 3.0 V10	B.
	10	Jenson Button
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton B200	Supertec 3.0 V10	B.
	12	Alexander Wurz
Gauloises cheers Peugeot	14th	Jean Alesi	Cheers AP03	Peugeot 3.0 V10	B.
	15th	Nick Heidfeld
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	16	Pedro Diniz	Clean C19	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.
	17th	Mika Salo
Arrows F1 team	18th	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows A21	Supertec 3.0 V10	B.
	19th	Jos Verstappen
Telefonica Minardi Fondmetal	20th	Marc Gené	Minardi M02	Fondmetal 3.0 V10	B.
	21st	Gastón Mazzacane
Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda	22nd	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR 002	Honda 3.0 V10	B.
	23	Ricardo Zonta

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17.529	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 17.667	02
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17.785	03
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 18.227	04th
05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 18.515	05
06th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	1: 18.612	06th
07th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	1: 18.697	07th
08th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 18.703	08th
09	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 18.742	09
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	1: 18.830	10
11	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	1: 18.887	11
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	1: 19.024	12
13	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	1: 19.190	13
14th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	1: 19.378	14th
15th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	1: 19.422	15th
16	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 19.638	16
17th	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	1: 19.651	17th
18th	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	1: 19.766	18th
19th	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	1: 19.814	19th
20th	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	1: 20.162	20th
21st	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	1: 21.015	21st
-	Nick Heidfeld	Cheers Peugeot	1: 19.147	EX

Remarks

1. ↑ Nick Heidfeld was disqualified for being underweight and excluded from the rest of the race weekend.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	67	2	1: 42: 00,307	02	1: 22.269 (8.)
02	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	67	2	+ 13.822	03	1: 22.288 (8.)
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	66	2	+ 1 lap	01	1: 22.289 (7.)
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	66	3	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 22.339 (8th)
05	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	66	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 23.255 (5.)
06th	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	66	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 23.125 (8.)
07th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	65	2	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 24.798 (8th)
08th	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	65	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 24.772 (8.)
09	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	65	4th	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 23.898 (7.)
10	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	62	2	DNF	11	1: 23.688 (5.)
11	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	61	2	DNF	16	1: 24.715 (8.)
12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	61	2	DNF	14th	1: 23.485 (8.)
-	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	51	2	DNF	18th	1: 24.620 (8.)
-	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	47	2	DNF	20th	1: 24.018 (8.)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	46	1	DNF	09	1: 23.390 (8.)
-	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	29	1	DNF	08th	1: 24.008 (8.)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	29	1	DNF	13	1: 23.369 (8.)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	29	1	DNF	05	1: 23.802 (9.)
-	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	27	1	DNF	19th	1: 24.346 (5.)
-	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	02	0	DNF	10	1: 24.937 (2.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	00	0	DNF	06th	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 46 02  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 28 03  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 24 04th  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 16 05  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 06th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Supertec 10 07th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen 5 08th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 5 09  Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen 4th 10  Jenson Button Williams-BMW 3 11  Mika Salo Clean Petronas 1

Item driver constructor Points 12  Ricardo Zonta BAR Honda 1 13  Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 1 14th  Pedro Diniz Clean Petronas 0 15th  Alexander Wurz Benetton Supertec 0 16  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 0 17th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 0 18th  Gastón Mazzacane Minardi fund metal 0 19th  Marc Gené Minardi fund metal 0 20th  Jean Alesi Cheers Peugeot 0 21st  Nick Heidfeld Cheers Peugeot 0 22nd  Johnny Herbert Jaguar Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 62 02  McLaren-Mercedes 52 03  Williams-BMW 15th 04th  Benetton Supertec 10 05  Jordan-Mugen 9 06th  BAR Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Petronas 1 08th  Arrows-Supertec 1 09  Jaguar Cosworth 0 10  Minardi fund metal 0 11  Cheers Peugeot 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "1. Free training “ ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 3, 2011)  
2. ↑ "2. Free training ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 3, 2011)  
3. ↑ "3. Qualification training "  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 3, 2011)  
4. ↑ “Nick Heidfeld excluded from European GP” ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsport.com on May 20, 2000)  
5. ↑ "4. Warm up ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on February 3, 2011)  

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com