page_title: 2000 Macau Grand Prix
section_title: Leg 2
hierarchical_section_title: 2000 Macau Grand Prix / Race / Leg 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Andre Couto at the Macau Grand Prix in 2002. He competed the 2002 Guia Race for Carly Motors with BMW 320i.
context_page_description: The 2000 Macau Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 19 November 2000. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2000 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race was divided into two aggregate legs: the first leg was held in the morning and lasted fifteen laps. The second took place in the afternoon and lasted fifteen laps. The overall winner was the driver who completed all 30 laps in the shortest amount of time. The 2000 edition was the 47th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 18th for Formula Three cars.
  The Grand Prix was won by Bertram Schafer Racing driver André Couto, having begun the first leg of the race from sixth position. Couto overtook the winner of the first leg Pierre Kaffer of team hms at the start of the second leg and withstood pressure from Paolo Montin for Target Racing to maintain the lead and become the first Macanese driver to win the Macau Grand Prix. Second place went to Montin and Ryō Fukuda in his self-owned car completed the podium in third place.
context_section_description: The second leg commenced later that day at 15:35 local time under cloudy and dry weather conditions. Couto made a better getaway than pole position starter Kaffer off the line and passed him going into Lisboa corner. Kaffer put Couto under heavy pressure until Montin began to challenge him for second. On the fifth lap, Montin entered Kaffer's slipstream as the two drove towards Lisboa turn and he then turned right to make a pass under braking. From that point on, Couto's lead was reduced as Montin began closing up to him and was close behind him at the beginning of the seventh lap. Montin attempted to pass Couto under braking at Lisboa corner on laps seven and eight but was unsuccessful in both tries. Kaffer was passed by the faster Fukuda for the third position on the eighth lap. Montin could not make any further attempts to get ahead of Couto because the safety car was deployed on lap thirteen as Lechner crashed into a wall beside the circuit at the R Bend and no overtaking was prohibited under these conditions.
  The second leg was run behind the safety car for the final two laps in a single line, giving Couto the victory, making him the first Macanese to win the Macau Grand Prix since it adopted Formula Three regulations in 1983. Montin finished in the second position and Fukuda completed the podium placings in third. Off the podium, Kaffer took fourth and Tocacello was fifth after the latter advanced three positions from his first leg result. An engine cut out at the Melco hairpin and the main straight restricted Scheckter to sixth. Seventh place went to Collins and the second British driver competing in the event Priaulx finished eighth overall. Monteiro and Friesacher rounded out the top ten finishers. Outside the top ten, Cochet, Sundberg, Lee, Baumgartner, Takagi, Lei, Ara, Merszei, Zangarelli and Kaneishi were the final classified finishers.
caption: André Couto (pictured in 2002) became the first Macanese to win the Macau Grand Prix under Formula Three regulations.
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