2000 Monaco Grand Prix

 2000 Monaco Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 17 races of the Formula 1 World Championship 2000
Surname:	LVIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Date:	June 4, 2000
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	262.86 km in 78 laps of 3.37 km
Weather:	beautiful and mild
Spectator:	~ 140,000
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 19.475 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 21.571 min (lap 57)
Podium
First:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
Third:	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec

The Monaco Grand Prix 2000 took place on June 4th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the seventh race of the Formula 1 World Championship 2000 . The winner was David Coulthard ( McLaren-Mercedes ) ahead of Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari ) and Giancarlo Fisichella ( Benetton-Supertec ).

Reports

background

After the European Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 18 points ahead of Mika Häkkinen and with 22 points ahead of David Coulthard . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 10 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 47 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

With Michael Schumacher (four times) and Häkkinen (once) two former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, which traditionally took place in Monaco on Thursday, Coulthard achieved the fastest lap ahead of Michael Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella . In the free practice on Saturday the order at the top remained unchanged: Coulthard was leading ahead of Michael Schumacher and Fisichella.

Qualifying

In qualifying, Michael Schumacher posted the fastest lap and took pole position . Jarno Trulli was second ahead of Coulthard.

Warm up

In the warm-up, the Ferrari drivers took a double lead: Rubens Barrichello posted the fastest lap ahead of Michael Schumacher and his brother Ralf Schumacher .

run

The start had to be canceled twice. When the engine was broken off for the first time, Alexander Wurz's engine was responsible for the failure. The second crash resulted from a collision between Pedro de la Rosa and Jenson Button . De la Rosa was unable to take part in the third start due to the lack of a replacement car.

At the third start, Michael Schumacher again retained the lead in front of Trulli, who was put under pressure by Coulthard. Heinz-Harald Frentzen kept fourth place in front of Häkkinen, while Barrichello had to let Ralf Schumacher and Jean Alesi pass. Since the two Jordan drivers were unable to drive the same pace as they did in qualifying, there were gaps in the field. Michael Schumacher benefited from this and took off from the rest of the field. Since overtaking maneuvers were difficult to carry out on the narrow street course, the positions initially remained unchanged.

After Button and Marc Gené were eliminated with technical problems and Wurz and Gastón Mazzacane after accidents, Alesi had to retire in seventh place on lap 30 with a drive damage. Due to the failure of Alesi, Barrichello now had free travel and he drove in about the same times as Michael Schumacher at the top.

After Diniz was eliminated due to an accident, Häkkinen slowed down and pitted for a longer pit stop. The reason for this was part of the telemetry, which got stuck behind the accelerator pedal. One lap later, Trulli also slowed down and finally gave up with a differential damage, so that Coulthard, who was more than half a minute behind Michael Schumacher, was able to drive freely. Shortly afterwards there was another shift in the front seats because Ralf Schumacher drove his car into the wall. He suffered a cut on his leg, which had to be sewn with three stitches. At this point in time Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Frentzen, Barrichello, Fisichella and Eddie Irvine were in the first six places.

A little later there were further failures. First Ricardo Zonta dropped out after an accident. On the 55th lap, Schumacher, who was 39 seconds ahead, slowed down and pitted. Due to an exhaust and suspension defect, the race was over for him in the lead. Coulthard thus took over the lead before Frentzen. Five laps later, Jos Verstappen also had an accident.

Barrichello put more and more pressure on Frentzen in the final stages of the race. Frentzen then lost control of his vehicle on lap 71 and retired. Coulthard finally won his second race of the season ahead of Barrichello and Fisichella. Irvine was fourth ahead of Mika Salo and Häkkinen. Häkkinen's attempts to drive past Salo failed. The McLaren driver also had to forego sixth and seventh gear at the end of the race.

With the win, Coulthard took second place in the drivers' world championship from his team-mate Häkkinen. Michael Schumacher continued to lead the world championship. With the designers, McLaren-Mercedes was able to halve the gap to Ferrari.

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	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 19.475	01
02	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	1: 19.746	02
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.888	03
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	1: 19.961	04th
05	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 20.241	05
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 20.416	06th
07th	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	1: 20.494	07th
08th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	1: 20.703	08th
09	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 20.742	09
10	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 20.743	10
11	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 20.792	11
12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	1: 20.871	12
13	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	1: 21.561	13
14th	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	1: 21.605	14th
15th	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	1: 21.738	15th
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	1: 21.832	16
17th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 21.848	17th
18th	Nick Heidfeld	Cheers Peugeot	1: 22.017	18th
19th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	1: 22.136	19th
20th	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	1: 22.324	20th
21st	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	1: 23.721	21st
22nd	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	1: 23.794	22nd

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1	1: 49: 28,213	03	1: 21.787 (54th)
02	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	78	1	+ 15.889	06th	1: 21.910 (73.)
03	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	78	1	+ 18,522	08th	1: 21,905 (58th)
04th	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	78	1	+1: 05.924	10	1: 22.424 (67.)
05	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	78	1	+1: 20.775	13	1: 22.634 (58th)
06th	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	77	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 21,571 (57.)
07th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	77	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 23.393 (73.)
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Cheers Peugeot	77	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 23.261 (67.)
09	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	76	2	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 23.245 (32nd)
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	70	1	DNF	04th	1: 22,123 (68.)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	60	1	DNF	15th	1: 24.486 (30.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	55	1	DNF	01	1: 21.912 (45th)
-	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	48	1	DNF	20th	1: 23,514 (48th)
-	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	37	0	DNF	09	1: 23.769 (35th)
-	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	36	0	DNF	02	1: 23.446 (35.)
-	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	30th	0	DNF	19th	1: 24.590 (30.)
-	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	29	0	DNF	07th	1: 23.949 (27.)
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	22nd	0	DNF	22nd	1: 25.039 (21.)
-	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	21st	0	DNF	21st	1: 24.351 (18.)
-	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	18th	0	DNF	12	1: 25.484 (18.)
-	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	16	0	DNF	14th	1: 25.740 (14th)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	00	0	DNF	16	-

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  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 34 03  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 29 04th  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 22nd 05  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Supertec 14th 06th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 07th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen 5 08th  Jacques Villeneuve BAR Honda 5 09  Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen 4th 10  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 3 11  Mika Salo Clean Petronas 3

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jenson Button Williams-BMW 3 13  Ricardo Zonta BAR Honda 1 14th  Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 1 15th  Pedro Diniz Clean Petronas 0 16  Alexander Wurz Benetton Supertec 0 17th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 0 18th  Nick Heidfeld Cheers Peugeot 0 19th  Gastón Mazzacane Minardi fund metal 0 20th  Marc Gené Minardi fund metal 0 21st  Johnny Herbert Jaguar Cosworth 0 22nd  Jean Alesi Cheers Peugeot 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 68 02  McLaren-Mercedes 63 03  Williams-BMW 15th 04th  Benetton Supertec 14th 05  Jordan-Mugen 9 06th  BAR Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 07th  Jaguar Cosworth 3 08th  Clean Petronas 3 09  Arrows-Supertec 1 10  Minardi fund metal 0 11  Cheers Peugeot 0

Individual evidence

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Web links

Commons : Monaco Grand Prix 2000  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files

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