2000 San Marino Grand Prix

The 2000 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the XX Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 9 April 2000. The 62-lap race was the third round of the 2000 Formula One season and was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari.[1]

2000 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 3 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 9 April 2000
Official name XX Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
Distance 62 laps, 305.609 km (189.897 mi)
Weather Overcast, Mild, Dry, 16 °C
Attendance 80,000
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:24.714
Fastest lap
Driver Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:26.523 on lap 60
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third McLaren-Mercedes

Report

Qualifying saw Mika Häkkinen on pole position with Michael Schumacher second, David Coulthard third, Rubens Barrichello fourth, Ralf Schumacher fifth and Heinz-Harald Frentzen sixth. During qualifying Schumacher took pole position for a brief moment, beating Häkkinen's time by 0.025 seconds. Häkkinen's final timed lap of the session however, was quick enough reclaim pole position. In the first 2 sectors of the circuit, Häkkinen was slower than Schumacher by 0.085 and 0.089 seconds respectively. A small mistake at turn 12 forced the Finn to run wide off the track for a moment, and as he exited the final corner onto the pit straight, the car oversteered. Despite these two errors, Häkkinen reclaimed pole position by 0.091 seconds.

As raceday dawned, it seemed that the McLarens were faster than the Ferraris. At the start, Schumacher did not make a good getaway and, in order to defend his position, moved to the left to block Coulthard. As the two tussled while reaching Tamburello, Coulthard had to lift off, allowing Barrichello to get level with him. In the next corner, Rubens was ahead. At the same time, Jacques Villeneuve had a superb start and got past four cars in front of him. Following Jacques were Jarno Trulli and Eddie Irvine in sixth and seventh respectively. All this had allowed Häkkinen to get a 1.2 second lead over Schumacher and a further 1.9 seconds over Barrichello and Coulthard. Heinz-Harald Frentzen retired early on from 6th position with gearbox problems on lap 5 when he pulled into the pits.

It soon became clear that the race was developing into a battle between Häkkinen and Schumacher. Barrichello and Coulthard were dropping away at a second a lap and they were quite a bit ahead of third group consisting of Villeneuve, Trulli, Irvine, Ralf and Mika Salo. At the front, Häkkinen soon began to edge away from Schumacher, slowly but surely. On lap 20, the gap was out to 3 seconds before it stabilized until the pitstops. Meanwhile, Irvine accidentally pushed the speed limiter button, allowing Ralf and Salo to get ahead. On lap 26, over 25 seconds behind the leaders, Coulthard dived into the pits. On the next lap, Häkkinen stopped to refuel with a 3.2 second lead. He was stationary for 7.6 seconds unlike Schumacher who was there for 10 seconds. This nearly doubled Häkkinen's lead, up to 5.7 seconds. Barrichello was the last driver in the top 4 to stop and he came out in front of Coulthard again.

Behind the top four, Villeneuve, Ralf and Salo were battling for fifth, sixth and seventh and left Irvine and Trulli to battle for eighth and ninth. At the front, Häkkinen hit a piece of wreckage which destroyed the front of the floor, making the car more difficult to drive. He recovered and increased his lead back up to over five seconds by lap 39. But then Schumacher began to close in. On lap 41, it came down by a second, after something in the electronics went wrong on Häkkinen's car. It immediately reset itself but Häkkinen had lost two seconds. On lap 43, however, Schumacher had to deal with the Sauber of Pedro Diniz who tried to be a bit gentle and the two nearly collided. Schumacher lost over a second. When Häkkinen pitted on lap 44 with a 3-second lead, Michael took over the lead.

Next lap, Barrichello and Coulthard went into the pits from third. Coulthard's stop was faster, and he came out just in front of the Ferrari. McLaren had won the smaller battle, i.e. the battle for third. Now it was left to Schumacher to get ahead of Häkkinen. Ralf Schumacher would benefit from the retirement of Frentzen and the button pressing issues regarding Eddie Irvine in the leading Jaguar had moved up to 6th would soon retire on lap 46 with the result of fuel pressure problems whilst battling for 5th with Villeneuve. Michael Schumacher came into the pits on lap 49. His stop was short and he came ahead of Häkkinen. There was a massive difference in their in and out lap times, which made the difference. Coulthard still could not match the pace of the leaders, around three tenths slower but he pulled away from Barrichello at over two seconds a lap. In behind them, Salo was hounding Villeneuve. On lap 58, Trulli had gearbox problems and stopped from eighth but would be classified 15th. Häkkinen pushed in the closing stages, but it was not enough to disturb Schumacher, who won from Häkkinen. Coulthard was a distant third, while Barrichello was nearly being lapped in fourth. Villeneuve held off Salo for fifth.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
1 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.714
2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:24.805 +0.091
3 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.014 +0.300
4 4 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:25.242 +0.528
5 9 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:25.871 +1.157
6 5 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:25.892 +1.178
7 7 Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:25.929 +1.215
8 6 Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:26.002 +1.288
9 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:26.124 +1.410
10 16 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:26.238 +1.524
11 12 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:26.281 +1.567
12 17 Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 1:26.336 +1.622
13 18 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 1:26.349 +1.635
14 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 1:26.814 +2.100
15 14 Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 1:26.824 +2.110
16 19 Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 1:26.845 +2.131
17 8 Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 1:27.051 +2.337
18 10 Jenson Button Williams-BMW 1:27.135 +2.421
19 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:27.253 +2.539
20 21 Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 1:28.161 +3.447
21 20 Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 1:28.333 +3.619
22 15 Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 1:28.361 +3.647
107% time: 1:30.644
Source:[2]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 62 1:31:39.776 2 10
2 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 62 +1.168 1 6
3 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 62 +51.008 3 4
4 4 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 62 +1:29.276 4 3
5 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 61 +1 Lap 9 2
6 17 Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 61 +1 Lap 12 1
7 7 Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 61 +1 Lap 7  
8 16 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 61 +1 Lap 10  
9 12 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 61 +1 Lap 11  
10 8 Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 61 +1 Lap 17  
11 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 61 +1 Lap 19  
12 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 61 +1 Lap 14  
13 21 Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 60 +2 Laps 20  
14 19 Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 59 +3 Laps 16  
15 6 Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 58 Gearbox 8  
Ret 18 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 49 Spun off 13  
Ret 9 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 45 Fuel pressure 5  
Ret 14 Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 25 Hydraulics 15  
Ret 15 Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 22 Hydraulics 22  
Ret 10 Jenson Button Williams-BMW 5 Engine 18  
Ret 20 Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 5 Spun off 21  
Ret 5 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 4 Gearbox 6  
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. F1 Racing. May 2000.
  2. F1, STATS. "San Marino 2000 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. "2000 San Marino Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. "San Marino 2000 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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