2000 Spanish Grand Prix

 2000 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 17 races of the Formula 1 World Championship 2000
Surname:	Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana
Date:	May 7, 2000
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.45 km in 65 laps of 4.73 km
Weather:	cloudy and windy
Spectator:	~ 79,000
Pole position
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.974 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 24.470 min (lap 28)
Podium
First:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 7th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2000 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren-Mercedes ) ahead of David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) and Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari ).

Reports

background

After the British Grand Prix , Michael Schumacher led the drivers' standings with 20 points ahead of David Coulthard and with 22 points ahead of Mika Häkkinen . Ferrari led the constructors' championship with 17 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 31 points ahead of Williams-BMW .

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

training

In the first free practice session, Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap ahead of his brother Ralf Schumacher and his team-mate Rubens Barrichello . In the second free practice, Michael Schumacher kept the top position in front of Coulthard and Barrichello.

Qualifying

Another best time followed in qualifying by Michael Schumacher, who achieved pole position ahead of Häkkinen and Barrichello.

Warm up

Michael Schumacher was also the fastest pilot in the warm-up and was therefore in the lead after every training session. Häkkinen and Barrichello followed in second and third place.

run

At the start Michael Schumacher didn't get off to a good start, but with a change of line he kept Hakkinen behind. His brother Ralf Schumacher, on the other hand, had a better start and overtook Barrichello on the inside and then Coulthard on the outside. For Pedro Diniz , the race was over on the first lap after a spin. A lap later, Pedro de la Rosa and Jean Alesi , who collided, were eliminated.

The top group quickly split into three groups. At the front, Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen gradually set themselves apart from the rest of the field. Ralf Schumacher stopped Coulthard and Barrichello behind. Behind the three pilots there was again a bigger gap because Villeneuve Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Jarno Trulli and Jenson Button were holding up. This order remained until the 21st lap when Villeneuve had to retire with an engine failure. Three laps later, Michael Schumacher came into the pits with a lead of three seconds over Häkkinen. Since he left too early, he slightly injured the gas station attendant. A lap later, Barrichello and Coulthard followed with their pit stop. Ferrari had reacted in the meantime and installed the replacement tank attendant. Coulthard stopped a little longer and Barrichello managed to drive past him. Ralf Schumacher retained his position in front of the two even after his pit stop. After Jos Verstappen retired on lap 26 with a gearbox failure, Häkkinen also pitted. Michael Schumacher was able to take the lead again, but his lead over Häkkinen was significantly reduced.

Trulli also had problems with his pit stop and so the duel for sixth place between Button and Frentzen developed. At the front, Schumacher was unable to break away from Häkkinen and the two drivers were within a second for several laps. Behind the two, Barrichello, in contrast to Coulthard in the first section, tried not to drive past Ralf Schumacher. The top positions remained unchanged until the 39th lap. First Coulthard made his stop and managed to overtake the drivers Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello who were ahead of him. The two drivers pitted a lap later and Barrichello did not improve his position after the stop. Behind the first five drivers, Button managed to drive past Frentzen and pull away from him. In the 41st lap, Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen pitted at the same time. Schumacher's pit crew struggled at his stop, which lasted 17 seconds. Häkkinen took over the lead.

Schumacher was slower after the pit stop. Häkkinen broke away from him clearly and Coulthard reduced the gap to him. After Coulthard caught up with Michael Schumacher on lap 46, he managed to overtake his opponent one lap later. Michael Schumacher fell further behind and was put under pressure in the 51st by his brother Ralf Schumacher. Michael blocked his brother who was trying to overtake and they both lost some time. Barrichello took advantage of the situation and passed both of them. A little later Ralf Schumacher also managed to overtake his brother. Michael Schumacher then made another pit stop and had his tires replaced. The left rear tire had lost air and was therefore responsible for Schumacher's loss of performance. With two laps to go, the sixth-placed Button retired with engine failure.

Häkkinen finally managed to claim his first win of the season. With Coulthard in second place, McLaren scored a double victory. It was Häkkinen's third win in a row and Coulthard also finished second in Spain for the third time in a row. Barrichello completed the podium. The other points went to Ralf and Michael Schumacher and Frentzen.

In the world championship, Häkkinen made up more points on Schumacher. In the constructors' world championship, McLaren-Mercedes shortened the gap to Ferrari significantly.

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: 20.974	01
02	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.052	02
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1: 21.416	03
04th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.422	04th
05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1: 21.605	05
06th	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	1: 21.963	06th
07th	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	1: 22.006	07th
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	1: 22.135	08th
09	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 22.370	09
10	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	1: 22.385	10
11	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	1: 22.421	11
12	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	1: 22.443	12
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	1: 22.569	13
14th	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	1: 22.781	14th
15th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	1: 22.841	15th
16	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	1: 22.882	16
17th	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	1: 22.894	17th
18th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	1: 23.010	18th
19th	Nick Heidfeld	Cheers Peugeot	1: 23.033	19th
20th	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	1: 23.486	20th
21st	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	1: 24.257	21st
22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	no time	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Pedro de la Rosa achieved a time of 1: 22.185 minutes, which was canceled due to non-compliant fuel.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	65	2	1: 33: 55.390	02	1: 24.470 (28th)
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	65	2	+ 16.066	04th	1: 24.684 (26.)
03	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	65	2	+ 29.112	03	1: 25.288 (24.)
04th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	65	2	+ 37.311	05	1: 25.326 (25.)
05	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	65	3	+ 47.983	01	1: 24.517 ( 02.)
06th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	65	2	+1: 21.925	08th	1: 25.183 (28.)
07th	Mika Salo	Clean Petronas	64	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 25.896 (29.)
08th	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	64	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 26.241 (26.)
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Supertec	64	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 26,352 (34th)
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Supertec	64	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 26.147 (19.)
11	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	64	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 26.239 (64th)
12	Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen	64	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 25.806 (24.)
13	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	64	3	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 26.685 (40th)
14th	Marc Gené	Minardi fund metal	63	4th	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 25.915 (20.)
15th	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi fund metal	63	3	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 27.538 (24.)
16	Nick Heidfeld	Cheers Peugeot	62	4th	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 26.663 (19.)
17th	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	61	2	DNF	10	1: 24.729 (20.)
-	Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	25th	0	DNF	11	1: 27,152 (18.)
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	21st	1	DNF	06th	1: 26.701 ( 08.)
-	Jean Alesi	Cheers Peugeot	01	0	DNF	17th	1: 38.729 ( 01.)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	01	0	DNF	22nd	1: 39.009 ( 01.)
-	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	00	0	DNF	15th	-

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 36 02  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 22nd 03  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 20th 04th  Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 13 05  Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 12 06th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Supertec 8th 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  Alexander Wurz Benetton Supertec 0 14th  Eddie Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 0 15th  Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 0 16  Pedro Diniz Clean Petronas 0 17th  Marc Gené Minardi fund metal 0 18th  Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 0 19th  Nick Heidfeld Cheers Peugeot 0 20th  Johnny Herbert Jaguar Cosworth 0 21st  Gastón Mazzacane Minardi fund metal 0 22nd  Jean Alesi Cheers Peugeot 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 49 02  McLaren-Mercedes 42 03  Williams-BMW 15th 04th  Jordan-Mugen 9 05  Benetton Supertec 8th 06th  BAR Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Petronas 1 08th  Arrows-Supertec 0 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 January 30, 2011)  
2. ↑ "2. Free training “ ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 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 January 30, 2011)  
3. ↑ "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 January 30, 2011)  

Web links

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com