2000 German Grand Prix

  2000 German Grand Prix Race details Race 11 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One season Hockenheimring (last modified in 1994) Date July 30, 2000 Official name LXII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland Location Hockenheim, Germany Course Permanent racing facility 6.823 km (4.240 mi) Distance 45 laps, 307.035 km (190.792 mi) Weather Dry/Wet, Air Temp: 21°C Pole position Driver David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Time 1:45.697 Fastest lap Driver Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Time 1:44.300 on lap 20 Podium First Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Second Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Third David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes The 2000 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 30, 2000 at the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim, Germany. It was the eleventh race of the 2000 Formula One season. Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello scored his first career win after starting from 18th place on the grid. In doing so, he became the first Brazilian to win a Grand Prix since the late Ayrton Senna. Contents 1 Report 2 Classification 3 Notes 4 Standings after the race 5 References Report Qualifying had David Coulthard on pole position with Michael Schumacher second, Giancarlo Fisichella third, Mika Häkkinen fourth, Pedro de la Rosa fifth and Jarno Trulli sixth. At the start, neither Coulthard nor Schumacher nor Fisichella had a good start but Häkkinen had a blinder. Häkkinen was quickly ahead but behind him Coulthard moved across to block Schumacher. Fisichella did not guess that happening and hit Schumacher who had switched sides to make another attack on Coulthard. Both spun off, hit the wall and retired with the two blaming each other. The order at the end of lap 1 was: Häkkinen, Coulthard, Trulli, de la Rosa, Johnny Herbert, Eddie Irvine, Jos Verstappen, Jacques Villeneuve, Ricardo Zonta and Rubens Barrichello. Häkkinen and Coulthard were pulling away from the rest but there were changes behind them as Barrichello and Heinz-Harald Frentzen (both on two-stops) were charging through the field. Barrichello dealt with Villeneuve and Zonta on lap 2 and Frentzen was up to 11th on the same lap. Irvine was under attack from Verstappen and was forced to defend. Verstappen attacked him on lap 4 and pushed him wide. Barrichello got past both of them and soon Frentzen began to attack them. By now, at the front, Häkkinen was a second ahead of Coulthard and 4 seconds ahead of Trulli. But the action was behind them as Barrichello passed Herbert on lap 8 and behind them Frentzen got ahead of Irvine and Verstappen in 3 corners. On the next lap, with the McLarens 7.2 seconds ahead, Barrichello set a lap matching the McLarens. On lap 10, Frentzen passed Herbert to take sixth. On the next lap, Barrichello started to attack de la Rosa for fourth, 8.5 seconds behind Häkkinen. Verstappen passed Herbert for fifth on lap 12 and soon afterwards Barrichello edged past de la Rosa with Frentzen started to close in on de la Rosa as well. Herbert retired on lap 13 with gearbox problems. Barrichello went after Trulli and was right behind him by lap 14. He sneaked ahead of him on the next lap. Häkkinen was 1.1 seconds ahead of Coulthard and 14.3 seconds ahead of Barrichello. Barrichello started to close in on the two up front before pitting on lap 17 and rejoined sixth. Frentzen pitted on the next lap immediately after passing de la Rosa. Häkkinen and Coulthard were now 18 seconds ahead of Trulli and 32 seconds ahead of Barrichello. Barrichello passed de la Rosa for fourth but he was 8 seconds behind Trulli and was 31 seconds behind the McLarens. He closed the gap to Trulli to 4 seconds and the McLarens to 30 seconds but there were dark clouds looming. Then, suddenly a disgruntled former Mercedes employee appeared beside the track with a banner on which was written, 'Mercedes Benz, who knew about my health problems, offered me a job I could not do and then sacked me for physical ineptitude after 20 years service'.12 He crossed the track as marshals chased him and so the safety car was sent out until the man was caught. But the sign only came after the McLarens had started the next lap and so others like Trulli, Barrichello, de la Rosa and others went into the stops. There was confusion in the McLaren garage as they could not handle both cars at the same time. Thus Häkkinen went into the pits first. On the next lap, Coulthard went to the stop but rejoined at the back because of the extra lap. The order was: Häkkinen, Trulli, Barrichello, de la Rosa, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Zonta, Mika Salo, Jenson Button and Nick Heidfeld. When the safety car went back into the pits, Alesi and Pedro Diniz collided taking them both out, bringing out the safety car again. In between, Coulthard was able to pass Heidfeld and Button and thus gained 4 places. There was more drama because after the safety car went on lap 34, Villeneuve and Zonta collided, tipping Villeneuve into a spin. Later in the lap, Coulthard passed Salo to take sixth and then the rains began to fall down. Trulli was given a 10-sec stop and go penalty for overtaking under yellow flags. Häkkinen pitted for wets and so did many others. The ones who did not pit now occupied the top four positions – Barrichello, Frentzen, Coulthard and Zonta with Häkkinen fifth, Salo sixth, Button seventh having passed de la Rosa. Zonta was given a 10-sec stop go penalty for the same reason as Trulli and thus he lost concentration and spun out on lap 38. Coulthard pitted soon after for dries and rejoined fourth, just ahead of Salo and Button. On lap 40, Frentzen had an electrical failure and retired from second. As Hockenheim is one of the longest tracks of the year, different parts of the circuit had different levels of wetness. Häkkinen was 7.5 seconds behind Barrichello and gained significantly on the wetter parts of the circuit before losing most of the time he had gained on the dryer parts. On lap 42, Button passed Salo for fourth and Salo could do nothing as Button pulled away from him. It did not rain until the end of the race and so Barrichello won from Häkkinen, Coulthard, Button, Salo and de la Rosa. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 45 1:25:34.418 18 10 2 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 45 +7.452 4 6 3 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 45 +21.168 1 4 4 10 Jenson Button Williams-BMW 45 +22.685 16 3 5 17 Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 45 +27.112 15 2 6 18 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 45 +29.080 5 1 7 9 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 45 +30.898 14   8 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 45 +47.537 9   9 6 Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 45 +50.901 6   10 7 Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 45 +1:19.664 10   11 21 Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 45 +1:29.504 21   12 15 Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 40 Alternator 13   Ret 5 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 39 Gearbox 17   Ret 19 Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 39 Spun off 11   Ret 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 37 Spun off 12   Ret 20 Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 33 Engine 22   Ret 12 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 31 Electrical 7   Ret 16 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 29 Collision 19   Ret 14 Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 29 Collision 20   Ret 8 Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 12 Gearbox 8   Ret 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 0 Collision 2   Ret 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 0 Collision 3   Notes Lap Leaders: Mika Häkkinen 33 (1-25, 28-35), David Coulthard 2 (26-27), Rubens Barrichello 10 (36-45) Fastest lap: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, 1:44.300. First Grand Prix win for Rubens Barrichello and also the first Formula One win for a Brazilian driver since Ayrton Senna at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. Jarno Trulli ran as high as second for Jordan but was called into the pits for a stop-and-go penalty, having overtaken under the safety-car conditions according to FIA officials. Apparently after Trulli took the penalty, the Jordan team was informed that Trulli had never committed such an offence and never should have been penalised.citation needed The fact that some parts of the circuit were wet whilst others were dry may have influenced the demands of F1 officials to truncate the 6.8 km circuit down to the current length of 4.57 km in 2002.citation needed Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 56 2 Mika Häkkinen 54 3 David Coulthard 54 4 Rubens Barrichello 46 5 Giancarlo Fisichella 18 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 102 2 McLaren-Mercedes 98 3 Williams-BMW 22 4 Benetton-Playlife 18 5 BAR-Honda 12 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References ^ "Official Formula 1 report". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. http://www.webcitation.org/5iSt7gfVG. Retrieved 2009-07-08.  ^ "everything2.com report". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. http://www.webcitation.org/5iSt8kQPs. Retrieved 2009-07-08.  Classification "2000 German Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2000/61/. Retrieved 2007-08-03.  "2000 German GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=2000&gp=German%20GP&type=res. 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