2000 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2000 Belgian Grand Prix, otherwise officially known as the LVIII Foster's Grand Prix de Belgique, was the thirteenth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged on the 27 August 2000 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.'Belgian GP, 2000', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 2014), https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr659.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019) The race would see Mika Häkkinen claim victory ahead of Michael Schumacher, having pulled off one of the most audacious overtakes in F1 history to pass the German ace late on.
Häkkinen would start the weekend by claiming pole position, beating Jarno Trulli by three quarters of a second in qualifying. Schumacher, meanwhile, would line up in fourth behind Jenson Button, with David Coulthard, the third man in the title fight, down in fifth.
Rain would pound the circuit before the race, with a lot of water lying on the circuit meaning that the race would start behind the Safety Car. Furthermore, everyone bar Pedro Diniz would start on full wet tyres, a wise decision given that the Brazilian racer proceeded to spin behind the safety car.
The safety car came in at the end of the opening tour, releasing Häkkinen to claim the lead. The Finn duly began to ease clear of Trulli, being the only man to have a clear, sprayless, view. Diniz, meanwhile, would tumble to the back of the field, but would opt to remain on his slick tyres.
The early stages saw Häkkinen continue to ease away, while Trulli came under attack from both Button and Schumacher. The Brit's first attack on the Italian would end in failure, running wide at the Bus Stop to gift Schumacher third, before the German ace lunged past the Italian at La Source on lap five.
Button tried to follow Schumacher through, but only managed to tip Trulli into a race ending spin, while he was passed by Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher. The Schumacher brothers subsequently became the first of the lead drivers to pit for slicks on the following lap, with Jean Alesi, the first to swap to slicks on lap four, setting fastest laps.
The rest of the field duly made their stops over the following three laps, leaving Häkkinen at the head of the field ahead of Schumacher, while Ralf Schumacher leapt up to third. Alesi was, however, the biggest winner, climbing to fourth ahead of Button, while Coulthard slipped back to ninth.
Häkkinen was forced to push now that Michael Schumacher was behind him, and duly made his first mistake of the weekend, sending himself spinning after clipping a kerb. The Finn rejoined behind the #3 after scrambling across the grass, with the German ace able to ease clear of the Finn.
Schumacher duly made his scheduled stop a few laps later, prompting McLaren to tell Häkkinen to push on once again. He subsequently stopped on lap 27, with the rest of the field making their stops by the end of lap 34.
Into the closing stages and Häkkinen was slowly catching Schumacher, and duly launched his bid for the lead on lap 40, sending a lunge at Les Combes that was swatted aside, literally, by the Ferrari. The Finn then sat back and plotted his next attempt, which would come a lap later at the very same spot.
Crucially, however, the pair would come across Ricardo Zonta as they shot towards Les Combes, with Schumacher going to the outside of the , while Häkkinen squeezed inside the Brazilian. The McLaren duly pulled level with the Ferrari as Zonta backed off, before lunging on the brakes later than Schumacher's Ferrari to claim the lead.
With that the race was over, with Häkkinen sliding through to claim victory by a second from Schumacher. Schumacher's brother Ralf duly secured third ahead of a recovering Coulthard, while Button and Heinz-Harald Frentzen claimed the remaining points.
==Background==
Mika Häkkinen moved to the top of the Championship with his third win of the campaign, leaving Hungary with 64 points to his name. That left him two clear of former leader Michael Schumacher, while David Coulthard was four points further back in third. Behind, Rubens Barrichello had lost enough ground that he was committed to a supporting role for his teammate Schumacher, while Giancarlo Fisichella had retained his spot in the top five.
There had also been a change atop the Constructors Championship, with leaving Hungary a point clear at the head of the field. They had overtaken to claim the lead, leaving on 112 points to the Scuderia's 111, with those two mathematically the only teams in the hunt. Indeed, with 80 points left to fight for in third were too far back to challenge, having ended the weekend on 24 points.
===Entry list===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Mika Häkkinen 	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4/15 	 	FO110J 3.0 V10 	
2 	David Coulthard 	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4/15 	 	FO110J 3.0 V10 	
3 	Michael Schumacher 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F399 	 	049 3.0 V10 	
4 	Rubens Barrichello 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F399 	 	049 3.0 V10 	
5 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	EJ10B 	 	MF-301HE 3.0 V10 	
6 	Jarno Trulli 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	EJ10B 	 	MF-301HE 3.0 V10 	
7 	Eddie Irvine 	Jaguar Racing 	 	R1 	 	CR-2 3.0 V10 	
8 	Johnny Herbert 	Jaguar Racing 	 	R1 	 	CR-2 3.0 V10 	
9 	Ralf Schumacher 	BMW Williams F1 Team 	 	FW22 	 	E41 3.0 V10 	
10 	Jenson Button 	BMW Williams F1 Team 	 	FW22 	 	E41 3.0 V10 	
11 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 	 	B200 	 	FB02 3.0 V10 	
12 	Alexander Wurz 	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 	 	B200 	 	FB02 3.0 V10 	
14 	Jean Alesi 	Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	 	AP03 	 	A20 3.0 V10 	
15 	Nick Heidfeld 	Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	 	AP03 	 	A20 3.0 V10 	
16 	Pedro Diniz 	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	C19 	 	SPE-04A 3.0 V10 	
17 	Mika Salo 	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	C19 	 	SPE-04A 3.0 V10 	
18 	Pedro de la Rosa 	Arrows F1 Team 	 	A21 	 	FB02 3.0 V10 	
19 	Jos Verstappen 	Arrows F1 Team 	 	A21 	 	FB02 3.0 V10 	
20 	Marc Gené 	Telefonica Minardi Fondmetal 	 	M02 	 	RV10 3.0 V10 	
21 	Gastón Mazzacane 	Telefonica Minardi Fondmetal 	 	M02 	 	RV10 3.0 V10 	
22 	Jacques Villeneuve 	Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda 	 	002 	 	RA000E 3.0 V10 	
23 	Ricardo Zonta 	Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda 	 	002 	 	RA000E 3.0 V10 	
Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/engages.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Report===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Gap 	Ave. Speed
1 	1 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	1:50.646 	— 	226.712 km/h
2 	6 	Jarno Trulli 	 	1:51.419 	+0.773s 	225.139 km/h
3 	10 	Jenson Button 	 	1:51.444 	+0.798s 	225.089 km/h
4 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	1:51.552 	+0.906s 	224.871 km/h
5 	2 	David Coulthard 	 	1:51.587 	+0.941s 	224.800 km/h
6 	9 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	1:51.743 	+1.097s 	224.487 km/h
7 	22 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	1:51.799 	+1.153s 	224.374 km/h
8 	5 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	1:51.926 	+1.280s 	224.120 km/h
9 	8 	Johnny Herbert 	 	1:52.242 	+1.596s 	223.489 km/h
10 	4 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	1:52.444 	+1.798s 	223.087 km/h
11 	11 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	1:52.756 	+2.110s 	222.470 km/h
12 	7 	Eddie Irvine 	 	1:52.885 	+2.239s 	222.216 km/h
13 	23 	Ricardo Zonta 	 	1:53.002 	+2.356s 	221.985 km/h
14 	15 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	1:53.193 	+2.547s 	221.611 km/h
15 	16 	Pedro Diniz 	 	1:53.211 	+2.565s 	221.576 km/h
16 	18 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	1:53.237 	+2.591s 	221.525 km/h
17 	14 	Jean Alesi 	 	1:53.309 	+2.663s 	221.384 km/h
18 	17 	Mika Salo 	 	1:53.357 	+2.711s 	221.290 km/h
19 	12 	Alexander Wurz 	 	1:53.403 	+2.757s 	221.200 km/h
20 	19 	Jos Verstappen 	 	1:53.912 	+3.266s 	200.212 km/h
21 	20 	Marc Gené 	 	1:54.680 	+4.034s 	218.737 km/h
22 	21 	Gastón Mazzacane 	 	1:54.784 	+4.138s 	218.539 km/h
107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391 	107% Time: 1:58.391
Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'2000 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2000/races/59/belgium/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 05/09/2019)'Belgium 2000: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
*Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	44 	1:28:14.494 	1 	10
2 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	44 	+1.104s 	4 	6
3 	9 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	44 	+38.096s 	6 	4
4 	2 	David Coulthard 	 	44 	+43.281s 	5 	3
5 	10 	Jenson Button 	 	44 	+49.914s 	3 	2
6 	5 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	44 	+55.984s 	8 	1
7 	22 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	44 	+1:12.380 	7 	
8 	8 	Johnny Herbert 	 	44 	+1:27.808 	9 	
9 	17 	Mika Salo 	 	44 	+1:28.670 	18 	
10 	7 	Eddie Irvine 	 	44 	+1:31.555 	12 	
11 	16 	Pedro Diniz 	 	44 	+1:34.123 	15 	
12 	23 	Ricardo Zonta 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	13 	
13 	12 	Alexander Wurz 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	19 	
14 	20 	Marc Gené 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	21 	
15 	19 	Jos Verstappen 	 	43 	+1 Lap 	20 	
16 	18 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	42 	+2 Laps 	16 	
17 	21 	Gastón Mazzacane 	 	42 	+2 Laps 	22 	
Ret 	4 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	32 	Fuel pressure 	10 	
Ret 	14 	Jean Alesi 	 	32 	Fuel pressure 	17 	
Ret 	15 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	12 	Engine 	14 	
Ret 	11 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	8 	Electrical 	11 	
Ret 	6 	Jarno Trulli 	 	4 	Collision 	2 	
Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)	Source:'Belgium 2000: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique/classement.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.
==Milestones==
* made their 250th Grand Prix appearance.'13. Belgium 2000', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2000/belgique.aspx, (Accessed 05/09/2019)
* 26th and final pole position for Mika Häkkinen.
** Also the 110th pole for as a constructor.
* Häkkinen claimed his eighteenth career victory.
* 130th win for McLaren as a constructor.
** 35th win for as an engine supplier.
* Ralf Schumacher secured the 250th podium finish for a chassis.
==Standings==
Mika Häkkinen moved six points clear atop the Championship after his fourth win of the campaign, moving onto 74 points for the season. Michael Schumacher was his closest threat, leaving the Belgian race on 68 points, while David Coulthard had slipped thirteen off the lead in third. Behind Rubens Barrichello was still mathematically in the hunt in fourth, while Ralf Schumacher completed the top five on 20 points.
In the Constructors Championship it was who had left Spa as the best team in the field, holding 125 points to their name. were still second, eight off the lead, with those two the only teams capable of taking the crown. , meanwhile, were in an increasingly secure third, with trying to get back on terms with fourth placed .
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Mika Häkkinen 	74 	
2 	Michael Schumacher 	68 	
3 	David Coulthard 	61 	
4 	Rubens Barrichello 	49 	
5 	Ralf Schumacher 	20 	1
6 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	18 	1
7 	Jacques Villeneuve 	11 	
8 	Jenson Button 	10 	
9 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	7 	
10 	Jarno Trulli 	6 	
11 	Mika Salo 	6 	
12 	Eddie Irvine 	3 	
13 	Jos Verstappen 	2 	
14 	Pedro de la Rosa 	2 	
15 	Ricardo Zonta 	1 	
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	125 	
2 	 	117 	
3 	 	30 	
4 	 	18 	
5 	 	13 	
6 	 	12 	
7 	 	6 	
8 	 	4 	
9 	 	3 	
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
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