2000 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix Race Report

2000 San Marino Race Report
62 laps; 305 kms distance; Prior Lap Record 1:25.5 H.H.Frentzen in Willams 1997

1/ Michael Schumacher;
2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Coulthard;
4/ Barrichello; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Salo.

	2000 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix - Race Report
Warm Up Lap	Heidfeld stalls his Benetton - starts at rear.
Start	Barrichello gets a great start and beats Coulthard into the first corner. Incident free first corner.
Lap 1	Villeneuve has superb start - jumping from 9th position to go to 5th during the first few corners. 1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Trulli
Lap 2	1/ Hakkinen; (1.08 seconds) 2/ M.Schumacher
Lap 3	Mazzacane spins off - rejoins race.
Lap 4	Frentzen retires in pits. 1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Trulli; 7/ Irvine; 8/ R.Schumacher; 9/ Salo; 10/ Vertsappen; 11/ Zonta; 12/ Diniz; 13/ De La Rosa; 14/ Alesi; 15/ Wurz; 16/ Button; 17/ Gene.
Lap 5	Button blows his engine - off into the gravel. Gene, who is right behind Button, spins off in Button's oil spill.
Lap 9	1/ Hakkinen; (1.588 seconds) 2/ M.Schumacher; (14.94 secs) 3/ Barrichello; (15.05) 4/ Coulthard; (20.47) 5/ Villeneuve; (21.4) 6/ Trulli; Barrichello's Ferarri is holding up Coulthard's McLaren as 3rd and 4th place fall behind the leading two cars.
Lap 12	Verstappen pitstop - Retires with suspension problem.
Lap 15	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Trulli; 7/ Irvine; 8/ R.Schumacher; 9/ Salo; 10/ Zonta; 11/ Diniz; 12/ Alesi; 13/ De La Rosa; 14/ Wurz; 15/ Herbert; 16/ Fisichella; 17/ Heidfeld; 18/Mazzacane.
Lap 16	Verstappen givena 10 second stop/go penalty for blocking.
Lap 22	Irvine drops back to 9th and goes into pits.
Lap 23	Verstappen takes his 10 second stop/go penalty.
Lap 24	Trulli 9.3 seconds pitstop; Heidfeld off - retires; Mazzacane 8.5 second pitstop.
Lap 25	Coulthard pitstop - 8.5 seconds.
Lap 26	Diniz pits 8.5seconds; Alesi slows - his Peugot powered Prost retires in pits.
Lap 27	Salo 8.5 seconds pitstop.
Lap 28	Hakkinen pitstop 8 seconds. M.Schumacher pitstop 9.9 - Ferrari strategy gives him more fuel!
Lap 29	Barrichello pitstop - 7.6 seconds; Villeneuve pitstop 7.3 seconds.
Lap 30	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Coulthard; 6/ Villeneuve.
Lap 30	R.Schumacher pit stop.
Lap 32	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ R.Schumacher.
Lap 32	Herbert pitstop 12.0 seconds.
Lap 37	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ R.Schumacher; 7/ Salo; 8/ Trulli; 9/ Irvine; 10/ Zonta; 11/ Diniz; 12/ Wurz; 13/ Fisicella; 14/ De La Rosa; 15/ Herbert; 16/ Mazzacane; 17/ Vertsappen.
Lap 37	Zonta spins off but recovers.
Lap 37	Wurz pitstop - 9.5seconds.
Lap 41	Fisicella pits for 8.7 seconds; Verstappen pitstop - 8.6 seconds. New fastest lap set by M.Schumacher.
Lap 43	Salo 8.6 second pits stop; Villeneuve pits stop 7.8 seconds.
Lap 44	Hakkinen 8.3 second pit stop; Mazzacane 8.7 seconds pits; Trulli 10.7 seconds; Irvine pits; De La Rosa 9 seconds pits.
Lap 46	R.Schumacher spins, rejoins, then retires.
Lap 46	Barrichello and Coulthard pit together 7.1 seconds - Coulthard comes out just in front of Barrichello, nearly colliding.
Lap 47	M.Schumacher puts in a blinding fast lap - new lap record 1:26.887.
Lap 48	M.Schumacher 6.2 seconds pits stop - rejoins in first place.
Lap 49	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Salo; 7/ Trulli; 8/ Irvine; 9/ Diniz; 10/ Wurz; 11/ Herbert; 12/ Fisicella.
Lap 53	M.Schumacher laps Salo and Villeneuve.
Lap 57	Hakkinen fastest lap 1:26.7.
Lap 58	Hakkinen fastest lap 1:26.604.
Lap 60	Trulli spins off retiring.
Lap 60	Finish! 1/ M.Schumacher; (1.1 seconds) 2/ Hakkinen; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Villeneuve; 6/ Salo.

Position	Driver	Team
1/ - POLE 1st row	Hakkinen	McLaren
2/ 1st row	M.Schumacher	Ferrari
3/ 2nd row	Coulthard	McLaren
4/ 2nd row	Barrichello	Ferrari
5/ 3rd row	R.Schumacher	Williams
6/ 3rd row	Frentzen