2000 Brazil F1 Formula One Grand Prix race report

2000 Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix

1/ M.Schumacher (Ferarri);
2/ Coulthard (McLaren); 3/ Fisichella (Benetton);
4/ Frentzen (Jordan); 5/ Trulli (Jordan); 6/ R.Schumacher (Williams)

This week German media giant EM-TV bought a 50% stake in FIA, valuing it at over $6 billion AUD. FIA supremo Bernie Ecclestone retains control.

Sauber withdraws from race - their rear wing mounts kept breaking in morning practice due to the bumps in the circuit (others also had similar problems with new sections of the circuit) 1999 Brazil race report here

	2000 Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix
Lap	Race Report
Start	Wurz stalls his Benetton on the start of the warm up lap and starts the race from the pit lane.
Start	Schumacher overtakes Coulthard before the 1st corner and attacks Mika's lead hard. Schumacher overtakes Hakkinen at the end of the first lap.
Lap 1	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Fisichella ...
Lap 1	Barrichello overtakes Coulthard in the same spot as Schumacher move on Hakkinen the previous lap.
Lap 2	1/ M.Schumacher; (1.9 seconds) 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Fisichella; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Zonta; 10/ Vertsppen; 11/ Villeneuve; 12/ Alesi; 13/ R.Schumacher; 14/ Button; 15/ Herbert; 16/ De La Rosa; 17/ Heidfeld; 18/ Gene
Lap 6	Trulli overtakes Fisichella
Lap 7	1/ M.Schumacher; (7.84 seconds) 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Trulli ...
Lap 7	Wurz retires with a smoking car.
Lap 9	1/ M.Schumacher; (10.2 seconds) 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Trulli
Lap 12	Heidfeld blows his Peugot Prost.
Lap 13	Alesi retires his Peugot Prost. Barrichello overtakes Hakkinen.
Lap 14	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Barrichello; 3/ Hakkinen; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Trulli; 7/ Vertsappen; 8/ Fisichella; 9/ Frentzen; 10/ Zonta; 11/ R.Schumacher; 12/ Button ...
Lap 14	Trulli overtakes Irvine.
Lap 18	Villeneuve retires.
Lap 21	M.Schumacher pits very early 10.1 seconds, rejoins in third position.
Lap 21	1/ Barrichello (3.267 seconds) 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ M.Schumacher
Lap 22	Barrichello pitstop 10.7 seconds.
Lap 23	1/ Hakkinen (6.7 seconds) 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Coulthard
Lap 23	Irvine spins off in his Jaguar - retires.
Lap 26	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Trulli; 6/ Verstappen ...
Lap 26	Barrichello blows his Ferrari and retires from 4th place.
Lap 28	Zonta pits - long stop. Trulli pits 9.5 seconds.
Lap 29	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Verstappen; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Frentzen; 7/ Trulli; 8/ R.Schumacher; 9/ De La Rosa; 10/ Button; 11/ Herbert; 12/ Gene ...
Lap 30	Hakkinen retires from the lead with a blown engine.
Lap 30	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Verstappen; 4/ Fisichella; 5/ Frentzen; 6/ Trulli; 7/ R.Schumacher; 8/ De La Rosa; 9/ Button; 10/ Herbert; 11/ Gene; 12/ Mazzacane ...
Lap 30	Gene retires with a blown engine. Verstappen pits.
Lap 37	De La Rosa pits 13.5 seconds.
Lap 37	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Fisichella; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Trulli; 6/ R.Schumacher; 7/ Button; 8/ Herbert; 9/ Verstappen; 10/ De La Rosa; 11/ Mazzacane; 12/ Zonta ...
Lap 39	Mazzacane pits 10.5 seconds.
Lap 42	Frentzen pits 9.4 seconds.
Lap 42	1/ M.Schumacher; (10.105 seconds) 2/ Coulthard.
Lap 42	Coulthard pits 8.8 seconds, rejoins in 2nd place.
Lap 44	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Fisichella; 4/ Trulli; 5/ R.Schumacher; 6/ Button; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Herbert; 9/ Verstappen; 10/ De La Rosa; 11/ Mazzacane; 12/ Zonta ...
Lap 45	Button pits 10.5 seconds. Herbert pits 11.1 seconds.
Lap 46	R.Schumacher pits 11.1 seconds.
Lap 47	M.Schumacher laps 4th placed Trulli
Lap 49	1/ M.Schumacher; (46.710 seconds) 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Fisichella; 4/ Trulli; 5/ Frentzen; 6/ R.Schumacher ...
Lap 50	M.Schumacher pits 7.7 seconds
Lap 51	Fisichella pits 7.1 seconds - rejoins in front of Trulli.
Lap 53	Herbert retires in pits.
Lap 53	1/ M.Schumacher; (26.76 seconds) 2/ Coulthard
Lap 55	R.Schumacher retires. De La Rosa spins off and recovers.
Lap 56	Trulli pits 6.2 seconds, rejoins in 5th place.
Lap 57	Button overtakes Verstappen, who promptly retakes his former position.
Lap 58	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Fisichella; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Trulli; 6/ R.Schumacher
Lap 61	1/ M.Schumacher; (22.444 seconds) 2/ Coulthard
Lap 62	1/ M.Schumacher; (14.2 seconds) 2/ Coulthard
Lap 65	1/ M.Schumacher; (11.528 seconds) 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Fisichella; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Trulli; 6/ R.Schumacher
Lap 70	RACE END: 1/ Michael Schumacher (Ferarri); 2/ David Coulthard (McLaren); (4.3 seconds) 3/G.Fisichella (Jordan);(39.89 seconds) 4/ Heinz-Harad Frentzen (Jordan); (42.268 seconds) 5/ J.Trulli (Jordan); (1:12.780 seconds) 6/ Ralf Schumacher (Williams) - lap down 7/ Button; 8/ Verstappen; 9/ De La Rosa; 10/ Zonta; 11/ Mazzacane

Race Stats.
Completed in 1:31:35.271 (last year 1:36.03.785)
Average Speed 200.403 Km/h (last year 192.994 Km/h)
Distance: 305.909 Km

2000 BRAZILIAN QUALIFYING SESSION
Position	Driver	Team	Time
1/ - POLE 1st row	Hakkinen	McLaren	1:14.111
2/ 1st row	Coulthard	McLaren	1:14.286
3/ 2nd row	M.Schumacher	Ferrari	1:14.508
4/ 2nd row	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:14.636
5/ 3rd row	Fisichella	Benetton	1:15.375
6/ 3rd row	Irvine	Jaguar	1:15.425
7/ 4th row	Frentzen	Jordan	1:15.155
8/ 4th row	Zonta	BAR	1:15.484
9/ 5th row	Button	Williams	1:15.490
10/ 5th row	Villeneuve	BAR	1:15.515
11/ 6th row	R.Schumacher	Williams	1:15.561
12/ 6th row	Trulli	Jordan	1:15.627
13/ 7th row	Wurz	Benetton	1:15.664
14/ 7th row	Verstappen	Arrows	1:15.704
15/ 8th row	Alesi	Prost	1:15.714
16/ 8th row	De La Rosa	Arrows	1:16.002
17/ 9th row	Herbert	Jaguar	1:16.250
18/ 9th row	Gene	Minardi	1:16.380
19/ 10th row	Heidfeld	Prost	1:17.112
20/ 10th row	Diniz	Sauber	1:17.178
21/ 11th row	Mazzacane	Minardi	1:17.512
22/ 11th row	Salo	Sauber	1:18.703