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25px Flag of Malaysia  2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One season
Sepang.svg
Date October 22, 2000
Official name II Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
Course Permanent racing facility
5.543 km (3.44 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 310.352 km (192.64 mi)
Weather Overcast, Very hot, Dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:37.397
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:38.543 on lap 34
Podium
First 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Second 25px UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Third 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari

The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Sepang on October 22, 2000. It was the final race of the 2000 Formula One season.

Race report[]

At the start in a very hot and humid race, Michael Schumacher was again beaten away by Mika Häkkinen as at the previous race, however later it was proved that Häkkinen had moved before the lights went out.

At the first corner there were problems when Nick Heidfeld, Pedro Diniz and Pedro de la Rosa collided putting all three out on the spot, with debris on the track the safety car was deployed, with Häkkinen out in front.

However soon after the safety car came in, Häkkinen was given a stop and go penalty leaving his team mate David Coulthard out in the lead. Häkkinen would in the end fight back up to 4th place.

Coulthard had to pit earlier than planned due to running off track and collecting dirt in the radiators. This left Michael Schumacher out in front, with Coulthard now second ahead of the flu-ridden Barrichello in third place.

Johnny Herbert's last race ended with him being helped out of the car when his suspension failed, causing him to have a big accident.

Michael Schumacher cruised home first for his 9th win of the season, equalling a record he jointly held with Nigel Mansell (1992)

During the press conference David Coulthard apologised for some of his comments about the German throughout the season.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 56 1:35:54.235 1 10
2 2 25px UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 56 +0.732 3 6
3 4 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 56 +18.444 4 4
4 1 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +35.269 2 3
5 22 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 56 +1:10.692 6 2
6 7 25px UK Eddie Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 56 +1:12.568 7 1
7 12 25px Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 56 +1:29.314 5  
8 17 25px Finland Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 55 +1 Lap 17  
9 11 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 55 +1 Lap 13  
10 19 25px Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 55 +1 Lap 15  
11 14 25px France Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 55 +1 Lap 18  
12 6 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 55 +1 Lap 9  
13 21 25px Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 50 Engine 22  
Ret 8 25px UK Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 48 Suspension 12  
Ret 23 25px Brazil Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 46 Engine 11  
Ret 9 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 43 Engine 8  
Ret 20 25px Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 36 Wheel 21  
Ret 10 25px UK Jenson Button Williams-BMW 18 Engine 16  
Ret 5 25px Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 7 Electrical 10  
Ret 18 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 0 Collision 14  
Ret 15 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 0 Collision 19  
Ret 16 25px Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 0 Collision 20  

Notes[]

  • Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen 1m 38.543s
  • Last race: Johnny Herbert, Pedro Diniz, Supertec engines.
  • Mika Häkkinen was penalized after a jump-start.
  • Ferrari win the Constructor's Championship
  • Johnny Herbert retired from F1 after this race in which he suffered a nasty accident following a suspension failure.
  • This was the last race in which a British driver drove for Williams to date.

Standings after the race[]

  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 108
2 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 89
3 25px UK David Coulthard 73
4 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 62
5 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher 24
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Italy Ferrari 170
2 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 152
3 25px UK Williams-BMW 36
4 25px Italy Benetton-Playlife 20
5 25px UK BAR-Honda 20
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

Classification
"2000 Malysian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2000&gp=Malaysian%20GP&r=1. Retrieved 2011-04-28. 



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2000 Japanese Grand Prix
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2001 Australian Grand Prix
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1999 Malaysian Grand Prix
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