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2000 French Formula One Grand Prix 
1/ David Coulthard (McLaren);
2/ Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 3/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari);
4/ Villeneuve (BAR); 5/ R.Schumacher (Williams);
6/ Trulli (Jordan)
A solid performance froma superior McLaren
team today, finishing first & second.
Michael Schumacher had his Ferrari on pole position, with the McLaren of David
Coulthard alongside. Coulthard was outgunned at the start, dropping to third into
the 1st corner behind Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello.
Coulthard took the race to the Ferrari, overtaking Barrichello in a classy outbraking
maneourve on lap 22. Michael Schumacher had a clear 7.2 second advantage over the
Scot at this time, but slowly Coulthard was able to whittle into this lead. His
first pitstop was over a second quicker than Schumacher's on lap 24, and from then on he
was over a second a lap quicker than the race leader, and was clearly on a charge.
The McLaren had superior straight line speed and was awesome under brakes. By
lap 33, Coulthard was able to draw alongside Schumacher, but the shrewd German held his
racing line and forced Coulthard wide on the Adelaide Hairpin - Coulthard giving an
uncharacteristic one finger salute!
Coulthard relentlessly pushed Championship Leader Michael Schumacher and on lap 37
was again in an overtaking position - first forcing Schumacher to move wide to defend his
racing line, then cutting in & alongside quickly on the lead into a tight corner.
Under the rules, Schumacher was not able to move twice to defend his racing line,
and could only watch as Coulthard took the lead. Coulthard certainly deserved his
victory after overtaking both Ferrari's on the track.
A long pitstop of 16.8 seconds ruined Barrichello's chances of staying with the race
leaders, Hakkinen out ahead of him. This left Hakkinen a clear track to also catch
Michael Schumacher. On lap 57, Hakkinen caught Schumacher who suffered a gear select
problem into a corner and the Fin was able to pass. Schumacher's Ferrari was not
able to see through the distance, and retired with a blown engine just a few corners
later.
Both Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher also had good races today, finishing in
4th & 5th spot respectively. Ralf particularly was aggressive in his overtaking,
his Williams responding well.
The McLaren 1-2 finish, with Michael Schumacher retiring, tightens up the run away
Schumacher's lead. He is now 12 points clear of Coulthard in the Driver's
Championship, and Ferrari are 6 points ahead of McLaren in the Contsructor's Championship.
Fact - 1/. Honda have signed with the Jordan
team to supply works engines next year.
Fact - 3/. Renault have bought the Benetton team and are renaming it Renault.
Rumour - Villeneuve may be racing for Jordan next year, replacing Trulli.
Rumour - The Prost mechanics down tools (for a few minutes) in protest over
management's words over their poor qualifying times!
2nd July, 2000. Round 9. Hot today, some rain forecast, but did not
eventuate.
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2000 French Formula One Grand Prix - Race Report |
| Start | Barrichello has a great start, coming up from
fourth on the grid to second place into the first corner. Villeneuve & Frentzen
also jumped a couple of places from their grid position (7th & 8th) to be 5th &
6th into the first corner. Irvine was the big loser at the start, dropping four places to 10th. Everyone through the 1st corner safely. |
| 1st Corner | 1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Barrichello; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Hakkinen; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Frentzen; 7/ R.Schumacher; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Salo; 10/ Irvine; 11/ Button; 12/ Herbert; 13/ De La Rosa; 14/ Alesi; 15/ Heidfelf; 16/ Fisichella; 17/ Verstappen; 18/ Zonta; 19/ Diniz; 20/ Wurz; 21/ Gene; 22/ Mazzacane. |
| Lap 1 | M.Schumacher; Fastest Lap 1:20.117 Trulli overtakes R.Schumacher who promptly retakes his original position. |
| Lap 4 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 3.273 seconds ahead of
2/ Barrichello. M.Schumacher Fastest Lap 1:19.656 |
| Lap 6 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 3.682 seconds: 2/ Barrichello; 4.670 secs: 3/ Coulthard. |
| Lap 9 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 4.254 seconds: 2/ Barrichello. |
| Lap 10 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 5.063 seconds: 2/ Barrichello. |
| Lap 11 | Alesi is touched from behind by his teamate
Heidfeld, Alesi spins and drops to 19th place. Button passed Salo. |
| Lap 14 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 52.018 seconds: 22/ Mazzacane |
| Lap 15 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 5.2 second: 2/ Barrichello;
6.2 secs: 3/ Coulthard; 8.4 secs: 4/ Hakkinen; 19.2 seconds: 5/ Villeneuve; 26.0 secs 6/
Frentzen... M.Schumacher Fastest Lap 19.656 |
| Lap 16 | Zonta off - retires. |
| Lap 16 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Barrichello; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Hakkinen; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Frentzen; 7/ R.Schumacher; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Button; 10/ Salo; 11/ Irvine; 12/ Diniz; 13/ De La Rosa; 14/ Heldfeld; 15/ Fisichella; 16/ Verstappen; 17/ Alesi; 18/ Diniz... |
| Lap 16 | Alesi pit stop 10.9 seconds Herbert pit stop 18.4 seconds. |
| Lap 18 | Heldfeld pit stop - stalls (Alain Prost was not a happy chappy) |
| Lap 20 | Herbert retires with gearbox failure. |
| Lap 21 | Wurz pit stop 7.8 seconds. |
| Lap 22 | Coulthard overtakes Barrichello in a good maneourve under brakes coming into a tight corner - the Adelaide Hairpin. |
| Lap 22 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 7.2 seconds: 2/ Coulthard; 8.2 seconds: 3/ Barrichello ... |
| Lap 23 | Pit stops for Villeneuve; Frentzen, Button
& R.Schuamcher. Hakkinen pits stop 7.5 seconds. |
| Lap 24 | M.Schumacher pits 8.8 seconds. |
| Lap 24 | 1/ Coulthard; 2.179 seconds: 2/ Barrichello Coulthard pits 7.3 seconds - rejoins ahead of Hakkinen. Barrichello pits - a longer stop - rejoins behind Hakkinen. |
| Lap 25 | The two Jordan's touch, Trulli forcing Frentzen
aside. 1/ M.Schumacher; 5.3 seconds: 2/ Coulthard; 7.1 secs: 3/ Hakkinen; 9.2 secs: 4/ Barrichello; 27.2 secs: 5/ Villeneuve; 32.5 secs: 6/ Trulli... Heldfeld's Prost goes off. Verstappen retires. |
| Lap 26 | Coulthard is on a charge, cutting into race
leader Michael Schumacher's margin by a second a lap. The two leading cars now begin
to go through back markers. Dinz pits. |
| Lap 28 | Coulthard Fastest lap 1:19.479 |
| Lap 30 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 1.946 secs: 2/ Coulthard. |
| Lap 31 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 1.357 secs: 2/ Coulthard. |
| Lap 31 | Mazzacane goes off at high speed, crashing into the barrier, and retiring. |
| Lap 31 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Hakkinen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Trulli; 7/ Frentzen; 8/ R.Schumacher; 9/ Button; 10/ Fisichella; 11/ Salo; 12/ De La Rosa; 13/ Diniz; 14/ Heidfeld; 15/ Alesi; 16/ Wurz; 17/ Gene; 18/ Irvine |
| Lap 32 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 0.579 secs: 2/ Coulthard. |
| Lap 33 | Coulthard draws alongside M.Schumacher coming into the Adelaide Hairpin, but Schumacher holds the racing line and forces the McLaren wide - Coulthard gives a one finger salute. |
| Lap 34 | Wurz goes off and retires trying to overtake Alesi. |
| Lap 37 | 1/ M.Schumacher; 3.8 secs: 4/ Barrichello and a further 32 secs ahead of 5th places Villeneuve - demonstrating the dominance of the Ferrari and McLaren teams. |
| Lap 37 | Coulthard draws M.Schumacher wide to defend his
racing line, only to cut in and alongside on the inside coming into the Adelaide Hairpin
and M.Schumacher gives up his lead. The McLaren is superb under brakes, clearly outclassing the Ferrari today. |
| Lap 41 | Frentzen & De La Rosa pits. |
| Lap 41 | 1/ Coulthard; 0.477 secs: 2/ M.Schumacher. Coulthard is being held up by backmarkers. |
| Lap 42 | Trulli pits 8.3 seconds |
| Lap 43 | M.Schumacher pits 7.3 seconds Hakkinen pits 8.9 secs. Barrichello pits 16.8 seconds - the crew have problems with the right front tyre. Irvine pits. |
| Lap 44 | 1/ Coulthard; 22 secs: 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Hakkinen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ R.Shumacher; 6/ Villeneuve; 7/ Trulli; 8/ Frentzen; 9/ Button; 10/ Fisichella; 11/ Salo; 12/ Diniz... |
| Lap 44 | Coulthard pits with a 23.3 second lead and
rejoins in first place. De La Rosa retires. |
| Lap 47 | 1/ Coulthard; 3.00 secs: 2/ M.Schumacher; 2.169
secs: 3/ Hakkinen; 9.6 secs: 4/ Barrichello; 18.5 secs: 5/ R.Schumacher; 6/ Villeneuve. Hakkinen takes an unintentional shortcut throught the chicane. Coulthard about a second a lap quicker than rival M.Schumacher. |
| Lap 51 | Gene runs into the rear of his team mate Alesi. |
| Lap 52 | 1/ Coulthard; 8 secs: 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Hakkinen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ R.Schumacher; 7/ Trulli; 8/ Frentzen; 9/ Button; 10/ Fisichella; 11/ Salo; 12/ Diniz... |
| Lap 53 | Both Barrichello & Diniz take a shortcut through the high speed chicane. |
| Lap 56 | 1/ Coulthard; 10.7 secs: 2/ M.Schumacher M.Schumacher lost 1.9 seconds on this lap. |
| Lap 57 | M.Schumacher locks the rear under brakes, possibly due to a gearbox sticking, and lets Hakkinen through. |
| Lap 58 | M.Schumacher blows his engine just a few corners later and retires from 3rd position. |
| Lap 63 | 1/ Coulthard; 14.246 secs: 2/ Hakkinen; 10.129 secs: 3/ Barrichello; 35.014 secs: 4/ Villeneuve; 0.9 secs: 5/ R.Schumacher; 11.332 secs: 6/ Trulli... |
| Lap 72 RACE END
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1/ David Coulthard (McLaren); 2/ Mika Hakkinen (McLaren); 3/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari); 4/ Jacques Villeneuve (BAR); 5/ Ralf Schumacher (Williams); 6/ Jano Trulli (Jordan); 7/ Frenzten; 8/ Button; 9/ Fisichella; 10/ Salo; 11/ Diniz; 12/ Irvine... |
2000 FRENCH QUALIFYING SESSION
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Comment |
| 1/ - POLE 1st row |
M.Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:15.632 | |
| 2/ 1st row | Coulthard | McLaren | 1:15.734 | |
| 3/ 2nd row | Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:16.047 | |
| 4/ 2nd row | Hakkinen | McLaren | 1:16.050 | |
| 5/ 3rd row | R.Schumacher | Williams | 1:16.291 | |
| 6/ 3rd row | Irvine | Benetton | 1:16.399 | |
| 7/ 4th row | Villeneuve | BAR | 1:16.653 | |
| 8/ 4th row | Frentzen | Jordan | 1:16.658 | |
| 9/ 5th row | Trulli | Jordan | 1:16.669 | |
| 10/ 5th row | Button | Williams | 1:16.905 | |
| 11/ 6th row | Herbert | Jaguar | 1:17.176 | |
| 12/ 6th row | Salo | Sauber | 1:17.223 | |
| 13/ 7th row | De La Rosa | Arrows | 1:17.279 | |
| 14/ 7th row | Fisichello | Jaguar | 1:17.317 | |
| 15/ 8th row | Diniz | Sauber | 1:17.361 | |
| 16/ 8th row | Heidfeld | Prost | 1:17.374 | |
| 17/ 9th row | Wurz | Benetton | 1:17.408 | |
| 18/ 9th row | Alesi | Prost | 1:17.569 | |
| 19/ 10th row | Zonta | BAR | 1:17.668 | |
| 20/ 10th row | Verstappen | Arrows | 1:17.933 | |
| 21/ 11th row | Gene | Minardi | 1:18.130 | |
| 22/ 11th row | Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:18.302 |
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