# 2000 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

The 2000 Formula Renault UK season was the 12th British Formula Renault Championship. The season ended after twelve rounds held in the United Kingdom. 32 drivers competed in this series. All drivers used the Tatuus FR2000 (Renault) car.
Rookie Kimi Räikkönen dominated the season, taking seven wins and finishing on the podium in every race he competed in. This performance led to a surprise move to Formula One with Sauber the following year.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Aztec International | 2 | Carl Breeze | All |
| Manor Motorsport | 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1-10 |
| Manor Motorsport | 11 | Danny Watts | 1-2, 4-12 |
| Manor Motorsport | 12 | Jeffrey Jones | All |
| Team DFR | 6 | John Dalziel | 1-2, 4-12 |
| Team DFR | 8 | Ryan Dalziel | All |
| Motaworld Racing | 15 | Tom Sisley | All |
| Motaworld Racing | 16 | Leighton Walker | 1-10 |
| Motaworld Racing | 33 | Marc McLoughlin | 11-12 |
| Falcon Motorsport | 33 | Marc McLoughlin | 1-10 |
| Aztec Race Engineering | 77 | Charles Hall | All |
| Unknown teams | 1 | Michael Keohane | 1-7, 9-12 |
| Unknown teams | 4 | Martyn Smith | 5-6, 8-12 |
| Unknown teams | 5 | Adam Smith | 5-6, 8-12 |
| Unknown teams | 7 | Jeremy Smith | All |
| Unknown teams | 9 | Richard Lyons | 1-2, 5-7 |
| Unknown teams | 9 | Stefan Hodgetts | 8-12 |
| Unknown teams | 10 | Keiko Ihara | All |
| Unknown teams | 13 | Stuart Wood | 1-8 |
| Unknown teams | 13 | Frederic Haglund | 9-10, 12 |
| Unknown teams | 14 | Tom Herridge | All |
| Unknown teams | 17 | James Pickford | All |
| Unknown teams | 18 | Robin Liddell | 1-3 |
| Unknown teams | 20 | Peter Nilsson | 1-6 |
| Unknown teams | 21 | Wesley Grogor | 1-7, 9-10 |
| Unknown teams | 23 | Chris Clark | 7, 10-12 |
| Unknown teams | 24 | Fernando Rama | All |
| Unknown teams | 27 | Jason Coffin | 1-4 |
| Unknown teams | 34 | Dillon Battistini | 1-4 |
| Unknown teams | 34 | Alex Kapadia | 9-12 |
| Unknown teams | 66 | Gavin Smith | All |
| Unknown teams | 78 | Andre D'Cruze | 10 |
| Unknown teams | 99 | Vincent Apple | All |

## Season summary

| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | Brands Hatch | 9 April | Danny Watts | Kimi Räikkönen | Danny Watts | Manor Motorsport |
| 2 | Donington Park | 24 April | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 3 | Thruxton | 1 May | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 4 | Knockhill | 14 May | Tom Sisley | Ryan Dalziel | Ryan Dalziel | Team DFR |
| 5 | Oulton Park | 29 May | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 6 | Silverstone | 11 June | Marc McLoughlin | Marc McLoughlin | Leighton Walker | Motaworld Racing |
| 7 | Croft | 25 June | Kimi Räikkönen | Leighton Walker | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 8 | Snetterton | 8 July | Leighton Walker | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 9 | Donington Park | 30 July | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 10 | Brands Hatch | 28 August | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen | Manor Motorsport |
| 11 | Oulton Park | 10 September | Marc McLoughlin | John Dalziel | John Dalziel | Team DFR |
| 12 | Silverstone | 16 September | Marc McLoughlin | Marc McLoughlin | Charles Hall | Aztec Race Engineering |
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## Results and standings

* Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers, with 2 points for fastest lap.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | FL |
| Points | 32 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |

### Drivers' championship

| Pos. | Driver | BRH | DON | THR | KNO | OUL | SIL | CRO | SNE | DON | BRH | OUL | SIL | Points |
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 316 |
| 2 | Ryan Dalziel | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 260 |
| 3 | Tom Sisley | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 227 |
| 4 | John Dalziel | 11 | 6 | | Ret | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 199 |
| 5 | Carl Breeze | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 195 |
| 6 | Charles Hall | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 191 |
| 7 | Marc McLoughlin | 6 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 191 |
| 8 | Leighton Walker | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | Ret | | | 190 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Jones | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 177 |
| 10 | Danny Watts | 1 | 3 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 17 | 4 | 153 |
| 11 | James Pickford | Ret | 11 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 9 | 11 | 112 |
| 12 | Vincent Apple | 13 | Ret | 18 | 16 | Ret | 21 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 83 |
| 13 | Gavin Smith | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 81 |
| 14 | Tom Herridge | 15 | 12 | 16 | 10 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 13 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 71 |
| 15 | Michael Keohane | Ret | 13 | 10 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 13 | | Ret | Ret | 18 | 12 | 55 |
| 16 | Stuart Wood | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 12 | | | | | 54 |
| 17 | Jeremy Smith | Ret | 18 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 54 |
| 18 | Richard Lyons | Ret | Ret | | | 7 | 6 | 12 | | | | | | 43 |
| 19 | Stefan Hodgetts | | | | | | | | 14 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 |
| 20 | Keiko Ihara | 18 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 20 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 17 | 38 |
| 21 | Martyn Smith | | | | | 10 | Ret | | 16 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 14 | 35 |
| 22 | Fernando Rama | 17 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 35 |
| 23 | Adam Smith | | | | | 16 | 15 | | 19 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 24 | Robin Liddell | 8 | 17 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 25 | Wesley Grogor | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 17 | Ret | | 14 | Ret | | | 27 |
| 26 | Peter Nilsson | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 19 | | | | | | | 23 |
| 27 | Chris Clark | | | | | | | 15 | | | 12 | 13 | Ret | 23 |
| 28 | Dillon Battistini | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 29 | Alex Kapadia | | | | | | | | | 12 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 |
| 30 | Jason Coffin | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 31 | Fredric Haglund | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | 10 | 11 |
| 32 | Andre D'Cruze | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | 7 |
| Pos. | Driver | BRH | DON | THR | KNO | OUL | SIL | CRO | SNE | DON | BRH | OUL | SIL | Points |