2000 Formula One Season

The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st season of Formula One motor racing. The championship will be contested concurrently over an eleven race series that commenced on 26th March and ended on 15th October.
Florian Delacroix was due to defend his 1999 championship but left the sport prior to the start of 2000. Williams entered the 2000 season as the defending Constructors' champion.
== Pre-Season ==
Florian Delacroix won the 1999 Championship with ease, taking five wins over the season ahead of his teammate Tatsuno Takamori. However, Delacroix would have a heavy accident whilst testing the team's new car at Silverstone. He reportedly had a brake failure into Stowe corner and was kept in hospital for a number of days as precaution before being released. Shortly after leaving hospital, Williams shockingly announced that Delacroix would leave the team. The Sun then released a story insinuating that Delacroix had been involved in a relationship with Claire Williams, Frank Williams' daughter. However, this has not been confirmed by the team, Claire, or Delacroix. Williams opted to sign Carlinhos da Silva to replace the outgoing Delacroix.
== Season Summary ==
== Results and Standings ==
=== Grands Prix ===
Rnd	Race 	Date 	Circuit 	Pole Position 	Fastest Lap 	Race Winner 	Constructor
1 	Australian Grand Prix 	26th March 	Albert Park 	Imre Futy 	Katashi Kimura 	Otto Makkinen 	Jordan
2 	Brazilian Grand Prix 	9th April 	Interlagos 	Imre Futy 	Otto Makkinen 	Otto Makkinen 	Jordan
3 	United States Grand Prix	14th May 	Indianapolis 	Stine Olander 	Katashi Kimura 	Stine Olander 	Jaguar
4* 	British Grand Prix 	11th June 	Silverstone 	Tatsuno Takamori	Tatsuno Takamori	Tatsuno Takamori 	Williams
5 	German Grand Prix 	25th June 	Hockenheimring 	Katashi Kimura 	Eric Flynn 	Katashi Kimura 	Dingley
6 	Austrian Grand Prix 	6th August 	A1-Ring 	Imre Futy 	Imre Futy 	Imre Futy 	Benetton
7 	Belgian Grand Prix 	20th August 	Spa-Francorchamps	Imre Futy 	Otto Makkinen 	Otto Makkinen 	Jordan
8 	Italian Grand Prix 	3rd September	Monza 	Tatsuno Takamori	Rodrigo Morais 	Tatsuno Takamori 	Williams
9 	Malaysian Grand Prix 	1st October 	Sepang 	Eric Flynn 	Otto Makkinen 	Eric Flynn 	Ferrari
10 	Japanese Grand Prix 	15th October 	Suzuka 	Collin McDougall	Collin McDougall	Jenrick Armitage-Barnes IV	McLaren
*The Monaco Grand Prix was originally due to be held as Round 4, but the race was cancelled due to Storm Ronald. 
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