2000 Italian Grand Prix

The 2000 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXXI Gran Premio Campari d'Italia ) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 2000, at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza near Monza , Lombardy , Italy, in front of an estimated 110,000 to 120,000 people. It was the 14th round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the season's final event in Europe. Ferrari 's Michael Schumacher won the 53-lap race from pole position. McLaren 's Mika Häkkinen took second and Williams ' Ralf Schumacher was ...

On 10 September 2000, the 5.793 km (3.600 mi) clockwise Autodromo Nazionale di Monza near Monza in Lombardy , Italy, hosted the 13th round of 17th in the 2000 Formula One World Championship . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the season's final European race. [ 6 ] The event featured eleven teams (each representing a different constructor ), each with two drivers with no changes to the season entry list. [ 7 ] Control tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the hardest available compounds to the race, the medium and...

McLaren 's Mika Häkkinen led the World Drivers' Championship with 74 championship points going into the race, followed by Ferrari 's Michael Schumacher on 68 championship points and Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard on 61 championship points. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello was fourth with 49 championship points and Williams ' Ralf Schumacher was fifth with 20 championship points. [ 11 ] McLaren led the World Constructors' Championship with 125 championship points, followed by Ferrari and William...

The track was modified by its management to try and allow more overtaking. [ 15 ] The main straight was straightened in July, and the Prima Variante and Seconda Variante chicanes were reconfigured by the race organisers to form a series of narrow corners with the exit away from the entry of turn one. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The run-off areas around the circuit's two sections were expanded, [ 18 ] and its tight kerbs removed. [ 15 ] The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; Formula One's governin...

Following the Belgian Grand Prix on 27 August, the teams conducted a four-day testing session at Monza and concentrated on optimising their car set-ups for low downforce. [ 20 ] Arrows ' Jos Verstappen set the first day's quickest times, ahead of Sauber 's Pedro Diniz . [ 21 ] Coulthard was quickest on the second day. Benetton driver Giancarlo Fisichella crashed at high speed into the Ascari chicane, bringing a brief halt to testing. [ 22 ] He visited Rome for a medical examination and was diagn...

Following a series of crashes at the first corner in recent events, drivers agreed to take a cautious approach at the first chicane at the drivers' meeting on Friday. If they did not gain a position or an advantage after concerns were raised, they would not be penalised ten seconds. [ 32 ] The Saturday practice sessions were again held in dry, sunny weather. [ 33 ] Michael Schumacher set the third session's fastest lap, a 1:24.262. [ 34 ] The Williams drivers were in the top five, with Jenson Bu...

De La Rosa's modified his car and he qualified tenth with a fast lap recorded with two minutes remaining. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] His teammate Verstappen qualified eleventh after having to drive two of his team's cars when they had hydraulic and engine problems, causing him to stop in the gravel at Ascari corner. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Button qualified twelfth after overheading his tyres and lacking control of his car after decreasing downforce. [ 46 ] Wurz, 13th, used the session to familiarise himself with Benet...

The drivers took to the track in dry weather at 09:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC +1) for a 30-minute warm-up session following a spell of mist that fell on the circuit. [ 5 ] [ 48 ] Despite a major oversteer at Parabolica corner, Zonta set the session's fastest lap of 1:26.448 with nine minutes left. [ 9 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] He was six hundredths of a second faster than Häkkinen in warm-up's final seconds. [ 50 ] Michael Schumacher was third, ahead of Coulthard in fourth, Verstappen in fifth a...

Michael Schumacher kept his lead into the first corner, withstanding Häkkinen's attempts to pass on the inside by switching lines. [ 56 ] Barrichello made a slow start on the inside and dropped from second to fifth place, [ 9 ] [ 57 ] leaving the fast starting Villeneuve stuck behind the Ferrari. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Salo and Irvine collided into the first corner, and both drivers crashed into Diniz. Irvine retired with suspension damage, while Salo suffered a left-rear puncture and Diniz's front wing ...

A multi-car accident happened into the Variante della Roggia chicane (the second chicane). [ 61 ] [ 62 ] Barrichello attempted to pass Trulli on the inside as the following Frentzen on a light fuel load struck the left-rear corner of Trulli's vehicle with his right-front corner at nearly 300 km/h (190 mph). Frentzen then hit the right-rear corner of Barrichello's Ferrari with his car's left-front corner. All three cars spun and collected Coulthard, who was trying to turn into the chicane. [ 12 ]...

After the safety car period ended on lap 11, Michael Schumacher bunched the field on the back straight between the Ascari chicane and Parabolica turn to prepare for the return to racing speeds. He braked and accelerated hard to generate heat into his brakes and tyres. [ 57 ] [ 67 ] This rapid drop in speed in the concertina effect surprised the five cars behind Michael Schumacher. [ 6 ] [ 46 ] [ 59 ] In order to avoid colliding with Villeneuve, Button veered left onto the grass, hitting the guar...

Michael Schumacher led Häkkinen by 1.4 seconds at the start of lap 13. [ 66 ] Further back, Zonta passed Heidfeld to take ninth. On lap 14, Zonta moved into seventh after passing Gené and Wurz. [ 12 ] Verstappen overtook Fisichella on the inside into the first chicane for fifth on the 15th lap. [ 12 ] [ 59 ] Villeneuve retired from third on the side of the track on that lap due to an electrical fault. [ 54 ] [ 63 ] On the 16th lap, Ralf Schumacher briefly lost control of his car and was overtake...

Salo passed Mazzacane for ninth place on lap 17. [ 54 ] Verstappen attempted to pass Zonta at the start of the 19th lap as they approached the Variante Goodyear chicane; Verstappen quickly took a defensive position to stop Zonta. [ 54 ] Two laps later, Zonta made an attempt to pass Verstappen on the inside into the Variante della Rogia chicane for third but was unsuccessful because he ran wide and allowed Verstappen to draw alongside on the outside. After leaving the chicane on the same lap, Ver...

On lap 25, Salo passed Wurz for sixth place. Zonta overtook Mazzacane and Diniz on laps 26 and 27 to take eighth. Salo's second pit stop came on lap 29 and he emerged in tenth. [ 54 ] Verstappen made his pit stop four laps later and returned to the circuit in seventh. [ 12 ] [ 54 ] Zonta made his third and final pit stop for fuel on lap 37 and dropped to eighth place. [ 12 ] [ 59 ] Zonta's final pit stop timing prevented him from finishing in the top three. [ 60 ] Because little fuel was used du...

The top three drivers collected their trophies on the podium and appeared in the subsequent press conference . [ 5 ] Michael Schumacher began crying when asked if tying Senna's win total meant a lot to him. [ 6 ] Later, when he had recovered his composure, he stressed the importance of maintaining engine's life at Monza. [ 69 ] Michael Schumacher revealed that the reason for his emotion was because he was remembering Senna's death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix . He also expressed his surpris...

Following discussions with the drivers involved in the first lap accidents, the stewards deemed it was "a racing accident" with no single driver to blame. [ 58 ] Barrichello blamed Frentzen for starting the lap one crash at the Variante della Roggia corner. He demanded that Frentzen be banned for ten races. Barrichello also stated that his helmet was damaged in the collision with De La Rosa. [ 74 ] Frentzen responded by suggesting that Barrichello braked too early, causing him to collide with te...

Bernie Ecclestone , the owner of Formula One's commercial rights, called for the removal of chicanes from racing circuits, calling them "silly and unnecessary". [ 76 ] Following that, FIA President Max Mosley announced that safety measures would be reviewed, as well as a review of the Monza track. [ 78 ] Mosley believed that no driver was to blame for the accident but emphasised to competitors that it was their responsibility to be attentive when bunched up at a race start. [ 79 ] Former driver ...

Gislimberti never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at hospital. [ 9 ] [ 64 ] The Trento -born volunteer firefighter and provincial head water control engineer, who was vice-president of the CEA Squadra Corse firefighting organisation, predeceased his wife of two years, Elena (who was pregnant with his child), and other family members. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] His autopsy released two days later determined he died from head trauma. [ 83 ] On 15 September, he was given a funeral at the San Ulde...

Michael Schumacher's victory reduced Häkkinen's lead in the World Drivers' Championship to two points. Coulthard remained in third with 61 points. Barrichello's retirement at the race ended his chances of becoming World Champion and Ralf Schumacher's third-place finish kept him in fifth place with 24 points. [ 11 ] Ferrari's victory lowered McLaren's lead in the World Constructors' Championship to four points. Williams maintained third place with 34 points. Benetton in fourth strengthened its ga...

Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold .

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