2000 Austrian Grand Prix

The 2000 Austrian Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Großer A1 Preis von Österreich ) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 July 2000, at the A1-Ring near Spielberg , Styria , Austria, attended by 85,112 spectators. The 24th Austrian Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship . McLaren 's Mika Häkkinen won the 71-lap race from pole position , with teammate David Coulthard second and Ferrari 's Rubens Barrichello third.

The 4.326 km (2.688 mi) A1-Ring hosted the tenth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship , the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix , on 16 July 2000. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The event featured eleven teams (each representing a different constructor ), each with two drivers, with no changes from the season entry list. [ 4 ] Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the Soft and Medium dry compound tyres to the event. [ 5 ] Before the race, minimal safety upgrades were made to the A1-Ring. New kerbs were erected across...

Following the French Grand Prix on 2 July, six teams tested for three days at the Silverstone Circuit in Britain from 4 to 6 July in preparation for the Austrian Grand Prix at the A1-Ring. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On the first day of testing, Heinz-Harald Frentzen led Sauber 's Pedro Diniz . Alexander Wurz 's car had a gearbox problem, limiting Benetton's testing time. [ 10 ] Jaguar's Eddie Irvine was fastest on the second day. [ 11 ] Arrows ' Jos Verstappen was fastest on the final day of testing, although ...

Some teams modified their cars for the event. [ 16 ] McLaren brought an extractor profile that had not been utilised in qualifying or the race at the French Grand Prix, as well as a tweaked rear suspension and a new Mercedes-Benz engine. Ferrari tweaked their car's aerodynamic profile and continued to test chimney stacks in free practice. BAR completed its package of aerodynamic modifications developed with Honda in a wind tunnel and introduced in France. [ 16 ] The Jordan team's plan to debut t...

Coulthard lapped faster each time, setting the day's fastest lap, a 1:12.464, after running into the gravel during the second practice session. [ 25 ] Häkkinen had a trouble free season and was second-fastest. Salo ran quicker during the session and was third-fastest. Michael Schumacher and Barrichello set the fourth and seventh quickest times, separated by Zonta and Trulli. Villeneuve, Diniz, and Fisichella rounded out the top ten. [ 20 ] Ralf Schumacher 's Williams car stopped five minutes int...

Irvine withdrew from the event after the second session. When he arrived at the circuit, he felt ill and was diagnosed with suspected appendicitis at the infield medical centre. [ 27 ] On the advice of FIA medical delegate Sid Watkins , Irvine went to London for additional surgical consultation. [ 26 ] [ 28 ] According to hospital tests, Irvine experienced abdominal pain brought on by an enlarged intestine. [ 29 ] He was replaced for the rest of the event by Jaguar test driver Luciano Burti . [ ...

Despite running a wheel on the grass exiting the uphill right-hand Jochen Rindt Kurve corner and getting beached in the gravel trap before the start/finish straight with ten minutes left in the final practice session, Häkkinen set the fastest lap, a 1:11.336, [ 30 ] [ 33 ] despite a brief heavy rain shower that barely affected proceedings 25 minutes in. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] His teammate Coulthard remained second-quickest. Michael Schumacher was third-fastest ahead of teammate Barrichello. Villeneuve wa...

New car aerodynamic packages put Zonta and Villeneuve sixth and seventh respectively, [ 27 ] both drivers spun during the session. [ 43 ] Fisichella, eighth, lost a bargeboard when he went off the track. [ 42 ] He felt he could have started fifth but was slowed by a yellow flag . [ 44 ] Salo and Verstappen were ninth and tenth. [ 42 ] Diniz missed qualifying in the top ten by two-thousands of a second and spun off while setting lap times, [ 43 ] triggering a yellow-flag. [ 45 ] De La Rosa, 12th,...

The drivers took to the track in cloudy, dry weather at 09:30 Central European Summer Time ( UTC +2) for a 30-minute warm-up session. [ 3 ] [ 50 ] Barrichello set the session's fastest lap of 1:12.480 with two minutes remaining. [ 50 ] Coulthard was second, and his teammate Häkkinen was third after being quickest until Barrichello's time. Verstappen finished fourth after leading after 15 minutes. [ 51 ] Michael Schumacher was fifth in the other Ferrari. Zonta finished sixth, 1.1 second slower th...

Further back, Diniz lost control of his car's rear after swerving to avoid hitting Verstappen ahead of him. [ 44 ] Consequently, Diniz veered right across the track and into Fisichella on the inside at around 200 km/h (120 mph); Fisichella veered sharply right into the barrier. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Ahead of them, Zonta outbraked himself and slammed into the rear of Michael Schumacher's car, sending Schumacher into a 180-degree spin. Schumacher stopped on the kerbs beside the outside grass. [ 55 ] [ 57 ...

By the eighth lap, Coulthard and De La Rosa were separated by five seconds because of Häkkinen's consistent fastest laps. Ralf Schumacher made a pit stop for a new front wing while Barrichello overtook Salo for fourth place on the same lap. [ 57 ] Ralf Schumacher entered the garage for repairs to his left-front brake on the following lap. [ 44 ] By lap 13, Häkkinen had a two-second lead over Coulthard, who was ten seconds ahead of De La Rosa. [ 57 ] Although he was pulling away from Salo in fift...

By the 30th lap, Häkkinen had a 15.2-second advantage over Coulthard, his teammate, [ 55 ] McLaren opted to slightly slow them by displaying pit boards instructing them to reduce their revolutions per minute to preserve their engines. [ 44 ] [ 61 ] After Arrows noticed unusually high gearbox temperatures on lap 33, De La Rosa retired from third place in the pit lane due to an gearbox oil leak. [ 62 ] This moved Button to sixth position. Wurz dropped to tenth after running eighth by lap 34. [ 57 ...

At the conclusion of lap 50, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the running order was Häkkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Button, and Salo. [ 60 ] Button ran wide challenging Villeneuve for fourth on lap 51 but remained ahead of Salo. [ 57 ] On lap 60, Zonta experienced engine overheating issues and retired in the gravel at the Remus Kurve corner. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 59 ] Mazzacane was issued a 10-second stop-go penalty on that lap. [ 57 ] He took his penalty on lap 61. [ 54 ] Ralf Sc...

The top three drivers appeared on the podium to receive their trophies and at the following press conference . [ 3 ] Häkkinen expressed satisfaction with winning, believing it would help raise his confidence for the rest of the season. [ 64 ] Häkkinen said that his team displaying pit boards left him confused whether he had a problem or was being told not to go faster. [ 65 ] Coulthard stated that he was satisfied with the outcome of the first lap since it allowed him to race conservatively. [ 6...

Villeneuve was pleased to finish fourth, stating that despite an inclement start, his strategy allowed him to go faster when there were no back markers slowing him. [ 66 ] After Button came fifth, the Williams team principal Frank Williams commented on his performance, "Jenson really excelled himself again driving in difficult circumstances at the end of the race and under a lot of pressure". [ 67 ] Salo earned his third points of the season after finishing fifth in the Monaco Grand Prix . While...

Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship decreased to six championship points as a result of his first-lap retirement. Coulthard was second with 50 championship points, two more than teammate Häkkinen and eight more than Barrichello. Fisichella retained fifth with 18 championship points despite not finishing. [ 7 ] In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari maintained their lead with 92 championship points, while McLaren's 10-point penalty kept them second with 88 champ...

Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold .

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