2000 Formula One season facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
2000 FIA Formula One World Championship season

Champion driver	Michael Schumacher
Second driver	Mika Häkkinen
Third driver	David Coulthard
Champion constructor	Ferrari
Previous season: 1999   Next season: 2001

The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st edition of the championship. The Driver's Champion was Michael Schumacher in a close battle. Ferrari won the Constructor's Championship.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
West McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4/15	Mercedes FO110J 3.0 L V10	B	1	Mika Häkkinen	Olivier Panis
					2	David Coulthard
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	Ferrari F1-2000	Ferrari 049 3.0 L V10	B	3	Michael Schumacher	Luca Badoer
					4	Rubens Barrichello
Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	Jordan EJ10 Jordan EJ10B	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE 3.0 L V10	B	5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Tomáš Enge
					6	Jarno Trulli
Jaguar Racing	Jaguar	Jaguar R1	Cosworth CR-2 3.0 L V10	B	7	Eddie Irvine	Luciano Burti
						Luciano Burti
					8	Johnny Herbert
BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams	Williams FW22	BMW E41 3.0 L V10	B	9	Ralf Schumacher	Bruno Junqueira Jörg Müller
					10	Jenson Button
Mild Seven Benetton-Playlife	Benetton	Benetton B200	Playlife FB02 3.0 L V10	B	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Hidetoshi Mitsusada
					12	Alexander Wurz
Gauloises Prost-Peugeot	Prost	Prost AP03	Peugeot A20 3.0 L V10	B	14	Jean Alesi	Stephane Sarrazin
					15	Nick Heidfeld
Red Bull Sauber-Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C19	Petronas SPE 04A 3.0 L V10	B	16	Pedro Diniz	Enrique Bernoldi Kimi Räikkönen
					17	Mika Salo
Orange Arrows	Arrows	Arrows A21	Supertec FB02 3.0 L V10	B	18	Pedro de la Rosa	Mark Webber
					19	Jos Verstappen
Telefónica Fondmetal Minardi	Minardi	Minardi M02	Fondmetal 3.0 L V10	B	20	Marc Gené	Fernando Alonso
					21	Gaston Mazzacane
Lucky Strike Reynard British American Racing-Honda	BAR	BAR 002	Honda RA000E 3.0 L V10	B	22	Jacques Villeneuve	Darren Manning
					23	Ricardo Zonta

Formula One 2000 race schedule

Round	Race	Date	Location
1	Australian Grand Prix	March 12	Melbourne
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 26	Interlagos
3	San Marino Grand Prix	April 9	Imola
4	British Grand Prix	April 23	Silverstone
5	Spanish Grand Prix	May 7	Catalunya
6	European Grand Prix	May 21	Nürburgring
7	Monaco Grand Prix	June 4	Monaco
8	Canadian Grand Prix	June 18	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
9	French Grand Prix	July 2	Magny-Cours
10	Austrian Grand Prix	July 16	A1-Ring
11	German Grand Prix	July 30	Hockenheimring
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 13	Hungaroring
13	Belgian Grand Prix	August 27	Spa-Francorchamps
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza
15	United States Grand Prix	September 24	Indianapolis
16	Japanese Grand Prix	October 8	Suzuka
17	Malaysian Grand Prix	October 22	Sepang

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen	Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
4	British Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
6	European Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
9	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
11	German Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Mika Hakkinen	Rubens Barrichello	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Italian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
15	United States Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
17	Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS BRA SMR GBR ESP EUR MON CAN FRA AUT GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN MAL Points 1 M.Schumacher 1 1 1 3 5 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 2 1 1 1 1 108 2 Häkkinen Ret Ret 2 2 1 2 6 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 4 89 3 Coulthard Ret DSQ 3 1 2 3 1 7 1 2 3 3 4 Ret 5 3 2 73 4 Barrichello 2 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 Ret Ret 2 4 3 62 5 R.Schumacher 3 5 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 14 5 Ret 7 5 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 24 6 Fisichella 5 2 11 7 9 5 3 3 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 14 9 18 7 Villeneuve 4 Ret 5 16 Ret Ret 7 15 4 4 8 12 7 Ret 4 6 5 17 8 Button Ret 6 Ret 5 17 10 Ret 11 8 5 4 9 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 9 Frentzen Ret 3 Ret 17 6 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 3 Ret Ret 11 10 Trulli Ret 4 15 6 12 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 9 7 22 Ret Ret 13 12 6 11 Salo DSQ DNS 6 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 10 6 5 10 9 7 Ret 10 8 6 12 Verstappen Ret 7 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 15 4 Ret Ret 10 5 13 Irvine Ret Ret 7 13 11 Ret 4 13 13 ILL 10 8 10 Ret 7 8 6 4 14 Zonta 6 9 12 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 6 6 9 Ret 3 15 Wurz 7 Ret 9 9 10 12 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 11 13 5 10 Ret 7 2 16 de la Rosa Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 16 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 2 17 Herbert Ret Ret 10 12 13 11 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 7 Ret 0 18 Diniz Ret DNS 8 11 Ret 7 Ret 10 11 9 Ret Ret 11 8 8 11 Ret 0 19 Gené 8 Ret Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 16 15 8 Ret 15 14 9 12 Ret Ret 0 20 Heidfeld 9 Ret Ret Ret 16 EX 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 0 21 Mazzacane Ret 10 13 15 15 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 15 13 0 22 Alesi Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 0 23 Burti 11 0 Pos Driver AUS BRA SMR GBR ESP EUR MON CAN FRA AUT GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN MAL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	F1-2000	Ferrari 049 V10	B	170	10	21	10
2	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4/15	Mercedes FO110J V10	B	152	7	22	7
3	Williams-BMW	FW22	BMW E41 V10	B	36		3
4	Benetton-Playlife	B200	Playlife FB02 V10	B	20		3
5	BAR-Honda	002	Honda RA000E V10	B	20
6	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	EJ10 EJ10B	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE V10	B	17		2
7	Arrows-Supertec	A21	Supertec FB02 V10	B	7
8	Sauber-Petronas	C19	Petronas SPE 04A V10	B	6
9	Jaguar-Cosworth	R1	Ford Cosworth CR-2 V10	B	4
10	Minardi-Fondmetal	M02	Fondmetal V10	B
11	Prost-Peugeot	AP03	Peugeot A18 V10	B

Images for kids

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  Michael Schumacher won his third title, and his first for Ferrari, in 2000. This title started the streak of five championships in a row.

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  Defending double world champion Mika Häkkinen finished second.

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  Häkkinen's teammate, David Coulthard (pictured in 1995), finished the season ranked third.

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  Heinz-Harald Frentzen (pictured In 2001) finished third in Brazil.

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  At the Italian Grand Prix, Jos Verstappen finished fourth, his team's best result of the season.

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 2000 de Fórmula 1 para niños