2000 F1 Spanish Grand Prix - Barcelona Formula 1 Race Report

2000 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix
7th May, 2000. Round 5. Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Overcast, 21 degrees Celsius.

1/ Mika Hakkinen (McLaren);
2/ Coulthard
2/ Coulthard (McLaren); 3/ Barrichello 3/ Barrichello (Ferrari);
4/ R.Schumacher
4/ R.Schumacher (Williams); 5/ M.Schumacher 5/ M.Schumacher (Ferrari); 6/ Frentzen 6/ Frentzen (Jordan)

A race lost in the pits for Michael Schumacher, with two disastrous stops - the first when the lollipop man raised too early, sending Michael on his way before the refueller had disengaged (badly injuring the refueller) - the second stop when the replacement refueller took ten seconds longer to engage the fuel hose.
That said though, it was a derserving one-two win for McLaren Mercedes' Mika Hakkinen and teammate David Coulthard in their first win of the 2000 season. Mika was never far behind Schumacher and took full advantage of the German's misfortune. This is Mika's 15th career win.
Schumacher showed his famous arrogance later in the race - after coming out of the second pitstop he was suffering with a slow tyre leak and losing a couple of seconds per lap. Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello was challenging the Williams of Schumacher's brother Ralf for 4th position and these two were catching Michael quickly. Michael unashamedly hindered Ralf as the Williams overtook Michael, allowing Barrichello a clear passage ahead of Ralf.
No brotherly love where Formula 1 is concerned.
Only two drivers have opted for the harder compound Bridgestone tyres for this race - M.Schumacher and Vertsappen.
This was also a fantastic race for second placed David Coulthard. Earlier in the week, the Lear jet in which he was travelling crashed, killing the two pilots. David's fiancee and personal trainer also survived the crash. David raced here with a cracked rib, but was otherwise OK.
Our deepest sympathy goes to the families of both pilots of the Lear.

Rumours - 1/. Toyota have approached Damon Hill to head their entry into F1.
Rumours - 2/. Peugot may buy into the Prost team.
Rumours - 3/. Renault have bought the Benetton team.

	2000 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix - Race Report
Start	Ralf Schumacher has great start, up from 5th on the grid to 3rd. Everyone through the 1st corner safely.
1st Corner	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Villeneuve ...
Lap 1	1/ M.Schumacher; 1.142 seconds: 2/ Hakkinen.
Lap 1	Alesi and De La Rosa collide, retiring both cars.
Lap 3	1/ M.Schumacher; 1.69 seconds: 2/ Hakkinen. M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:42.517
Lap 4	1/ M.Schumacher; 2.45 seconds: 2/ Hakkinen.
Lap 7	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Villeneuve; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Button; 10/ Salo; 11/ Zonta; 12/ Vertsappen; 13/ Herbert; 14/ Irvine; 15/ Wurz; 16/ Fisicella; 17/ Gene; 18/ Heidfeld
Lap 9	1/ M.Schumacher; 3.08 seconds: 2/ Hakkinen. 1/ M.Schumacher; 22.549 seconds: 6/ Villeneuve
Lap 15	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Villeneuve; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Button; 10/ Salo; 11/ Zonta; 12/ Vertsappen; 13/ Irvine; 14/ Wurz; 15/ Herbert; 16/ Fisicella; 17/ Gene; 18/ Heidfeld
Lap 13	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Frentzen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Trulli; 6/ Villeneuve.
Lap 16	Benetton's Wurz pits 8.2 seconds Heidfeld pits 8.0 seconds
Lap 18	William's Button pits 7.7 seconds Herbert pits 9.5 seconds
Lap 22	Villeneuve pits 8.7 seconds - then retires with hydraulics problem. Irvine pits 10.0 seconds. Trulli pits.
Lap 23	R.Schumacher pits 7.8 seconds.
Lap 24	M.Schumacher 7.3 seconds - lollipop man lifted early before the refueller is clear. Michael went, injuring the refueller who is rushed to hospital (nothing broken, but a badly injured leg).
Lap 26	Hakkinen pits 7.8 seconds Verstappen pits and takes on a new steering wheel - retires.
Lap 26	1/ M.Schumacher; 1.610 seconds: 2/ Hakkinen. Hakkinen new fastest lap 1:24.470
Lap 28	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Barrichello; 5/Coulthard; 6/ Button; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Salo; 9/ Zonta; 10/ Wurz; 11/ Fisicella; 12/ Irvine; 13/ Herbert ...
Lap 38	Wurz pits 14.9 seconds
Lap 40	Jaguar's Herbert pits 10.1 seconds Coulthard pits 7.5 seconds
Lap 41	Barrichello pits 9.8 seconds R.Schumacher pits 8.6 seconds
Lap 42	Coulthard overtakes Barrichello and R.Schumacher.
Lap 43	M.Schumacher pits 17.5 seconds with new refueller. Hakkinen pits 6.4 seconds
Lap 44	Button pits 9.2 seconds.
Lap 44	1/ Hakkinen; 10.226 seconds: 2/ M.Schumacher; 5.9 seconds: 3/ Coulthard; 2.8 seconds: 4/ R.Schumacher; 1.023 seconds: 5/ Barrichello; 16.0 seconds: 6/ Salo
Lap 45	Trulli pits 8.2 seconds Salo pits 7.4 seconds
Lap 46	Coulthard overtakes M.Schumacher who is losing ground due to a slow puncture
Lap 46	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ M.Schumacher; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Button; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Salo; 9/ Zonta; 10/ Fisichella; 11/ Wurz; 12/ Irvine.
Lap 46	Mazzacane given a 10 seconds Stop/Go Penalty for Blocking.
Lap 51	M.Schumacher is losing about two seconds per lap due to his puncture. 4th and 5th placed R.Schumacher and Barrichello approach behind Michael, and M.Schumacher tussles with his brother Ralf, allowing Barrichello through ahead of Ralf.
Lap 51	M.Schumacher pits 5.9 seconds - new tyres only.
Lap 54	1/ Hakkinen; (22.5 seconds) 2/ Coulthard; (33 seconds) 3/Barrichello; (18 seconds) 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ M.Schumacher; 6/ Button; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ Salo; 9/ Zonta; 10/ Fisichella; 11/ Wurz; 12/ Irvine; 13/ Herbert; 14/ Trulli; 15/ Gene; 16/ Mazzacane; 17/ Heidfeld.
Lap 55	Heidfeld pits 7.3 seconds
Lap 61	Herbert pits 5.7 seconds
Lap 62	Gene pits 5.9 seconds
Lap 64	Button retires from 6th position with a blown engine
Lap 65 RACE END	1/ Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 2/ David Coulthard (McLaren); 3/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari); (Ferrari); 4/ Ralf Schumacher (Williams); (Williams); 5/ Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); (Ferrari); 6/ Heinz-Harad Frentzen (Jordan); (Jordan); 7/ Salo ; 8/ Zonta; 9/ Fisichella; 10/ Wurz; 11/ Irvine; 12/ Herbert; 13/ Trulli; 14/ Gene; 15/ Mazzacane; 16/ Heidfeld.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Comment
1/ - POLE 1st row	M.Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.974	(24th Career Pole)
2/ 1st row	Hakkinen	McLaren	1:21.052	-
3/ 2nd row	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:21.416	-
4/ 2nd row	Coulthard	McLaren	1:21.422	-
5/ 3rd row	R.Schumacher	Williams	1:21.685	-
6/ 3rd row	Villeneuve	BAR	1:21.963	-
7/ 4th row	Trulli	Jordan	1:22.066	-
8/ 4th row	Frentzen	Jordan	1:22.370	-
9/ 5th row	Irvine	Benetton	1:22.370	-
10/ 5th row	Button	Williams	1:22.385	-
11/ 6th row	Verstappen	Arrows	1:22.421	-
12/ 6th row	Salo	Sauber	1:22.443	-
13/ 7th row	Fisichello	Jaguar	1:22.569	-
14/ 7th row	Herbert	Jaguar	1:22.781	-
15/ 8th row	Diniz	Sauber	1:22.841	-
16/ 8th row	Zonta	BAR	1:22.882	-
17/ 9th row	Alesi	Prost	1:22.894	-
18/ 9th row	Wurz	Benetton	1:23.010	-
19/ 10th row	Heidfeld	Prost	1:23.033	-
20/ 10th row	Gene	Minardi	1:23.486	-
21/ 11th row	Mazzacane	Minardi	1:24.257	-
22/ 11th row	De La Rosa	Arrows	Delegated to rear after a fuel discrepancy following Qualifying for 9th position.