 the 2000 italian grand prix (formally the lxxi gran premio vodafone d'italia) was a formula one motor race held on 10 september 2000 at the autodromo nazionale monza near monza, italy. it was the fourteenth race of the 2000 formula one season. the race, contested over 53 laps, was won by ferrari driver michael schumacher after starting from pole position. mika hÃ¤kkinen finished second in a mclaren car with ralf schumacher third for the williams team. michael schumacher's win was his sixth of the season and ferrari's seventh. the event was marred by tragedy as a first lap accident claimed the life of a trackside marshal. == report == ===background=== the grand prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. the teams, also known as constructors were, mclaren, ferrari, jordan, jaguar, williams, benetton, prost, sauber, arrows, minardi and bar. tyre supplier bridgestone brought four different tyre types to the race: two dry compounds, the medium and the hard, and two [[rain tyre|wet-weath
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