The British Grand Prix 2000 was the 4th round of the 2000 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on April 23rd.

David Coulthard won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Mika Häkkinen, and Michael Schumacher completing the podium.

Rubens Barrichello started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he experienced an hydraulic malfunction, and had to retire on lap 35th.

Final results

1
3
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
1:28:50.108
Finished
2
1
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
+1.477
Finished
3
2
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+19.917
Finished
4
3
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Williams
+41.312
Finished
5
1
BUT
Jenson Button
Williams
+57.759
Finished
6
5
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Jordan
+1:19.273
Finished
7
5
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Benetton
+1 Lap
8
10
Mika Salo
Sauber
+1 Lap
9
11
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Benetton
+1 Lap
10
5
Jean Alesi
Prost
+1 Lap
11
2
Pedro Diniz
Sauber
+1 Lap
12
2
Johnny Herbert
Jaguar
+1 Lap
13
4
Eddie Irvine
Jaguar
+1 Lap
14
7
Marc Gené
Minardi
+1 Lap
15
7
Gastón Mazzacane
Minardi
+1 Lap
16
6
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
BAR
+4 Laps
17
15
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Jordan
+6 Laps
18
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Prost
Engine
19
3
ZON
Ricardo Zonta
BAR
Spun off
20
19
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
Hydraulics
21
2
DLR
Pedro de la Rosa
Arrows
Electrical
22
14
Jos Verstappen
Arrows
Electrical
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

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Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 7 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Nick Heidfeld, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 51, Ricardo Zonta, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 36, Rubens Barrichello, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 35, and Pedro de la Rosa, and Jos Verstappen, both suffered from electrical problems.

Engine

  • Nick Heidfeld
    Lap 51

Spun off

  • Ricardo Zonta
    Lap 36

Hydraulics

  • Rubens Barrichello
    Lap 35

Electrical

  • Pedro de la Rosa
    Lap 26
  • Jos Verstappen
    Lap 20

Qualifying

#1
BAR
#2
#3
#4
COU
#5
MSC
#6
BUT
#7
SCH
#8
#9
#10
VIL
#11
TRU
#12
FIS
#13
#14
#15
#16
ZON
#17
HEI
#18
#19
DLR
#20
WUR
#21
#22

From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.

This time around, Rubens Barrichello managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:25.703 seconds, 0.003 seconds faster than Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who completed the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:25.703
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:25.706
    + 0.003
    + 0.003
  • Mika Häkkinen
    1:25.741
    + 0.035
    + 0.038
  • David Coulthard
    1:26.088
    + 0.347
    + 0.385
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:26.161
    + 0.073
    + 0.458
  • Jenson Button
    1:26.733
    + 0.572
    + 1.03
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:26.786
    + 0.053
    + 1.083
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:26.793
    + 0.007
    + 1.09
  • Eddie Irvine
    1:26.818
    + 0.025
    + 1.115
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:27.025
    + 0.207
    + 1.322
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:27.164
    + 0.139
    + 1.461
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:27.253
    + 0.089
    + 1.55
  • Pedro Diniz
    1:27.301
    + 0.048
    + 1.598
  • Johnny Herbert
    1:27.461
    + 0.16
    + 1.758
  • Jean Alesi
    1:27.559
    + 0.098
    + 1.856
  • Ricardo Zonta
    1:27.772
    + 0.213
    + 2.069
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:27.806
    + 0.034
    + 2.103
  • Mika Salo
    1:28.110
    + 0.304
    + 2.407
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:28.135
    + 0.025
    + 2.432
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:28.205
    + 0.07
    + 2.502
  • Marc Gené
    1:28.253
    + 0.048
    + 2.55
  • Gastón Mazzacane
    1:29.174
    + 0.921
    + 3.471