2000 Austrian Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 10 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One season

Date July 16, 2000
Official name XXIV Großer A1 Preis von Österreich
Location A1-Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
4.326 km (2.688 mi)
Distance 71 laps, 307.146 km (190.852 mi)
Weather Partially cloudy, dry, Air: 17–18 °C (63–64 °F), Track 18–19 °C (64–66 °F)
Pole position
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:10.410
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:11.783 on lap 66
Podium
First Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Second United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Third Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari

The 2000 Austrian Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Großer A1 Preis von Österreich) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 July 2000 at the A1-Ring near Spielberg, Styria, Austria. It was the tenth round of the 2000 Formula One season and the 24th Austrian Grand Prix. The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after starting from pole position. His team-mate David Coulthard finished second with Rubens Barrichello third for the Ferrari team.

Michael Schumacher, the eventual Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race and started from fourth position alongside Barrichello. At the first corner BAR's Ricardo Zonta ran into the rear of Michael Schumacher. The incident forced the German to retire and caused a safety car deployment. After the safety car pulled in after one lap Häkkinen and Coulthard extended a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. When Häkkinen made his pit stop on lap 38, he rejoined behind Coulthard, but ahead of Barrichello. Coulthard pitted on lap 41, allowing Häkkinen back into the lead which he held to clinch his second victory of the 2000 season.

As a consequence of the race, Coulthard's second place narrowed the gap to Michael Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship to six points, while Häkkinen's win meant he closed to within two points of Coulthard. After the Grand Prix, McLaren were deducted 10 points for a post-race technical infringement, resulting in Ferrari maintaining their lead in the Constructors' Championship with a four-point gap over McLaren, with seven races of the season remaining.

Report

Background

The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers.[1] The teams, also known as constructors, were McLaren, Ferrari, Jordan, Jaguar, Williams, Benetton, Prost, Sauber, Arrows, Minardi and BAR.[1] Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre compounds to the race; the Soft and the Medium dry compound tyres.[2] The A1-Ring underwent minor safety changes since the last race the previous year. The modifications were new kerbs placed across the track with flagstones inside the kerbs to prevent dust from accumulating on the circuit. An additional row of tyres were erected at all corners and were designed to increase absorption in the event of a collision.[3]

Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 56 points, ahead of David Coulthard on 44 points and his team-mate Mika Häkkinen on 38 points. Rubens Barrichello was fourth on 32 points while Giancarlo Fisichella was fifth with 18 points.[4] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 88 points, six points ahead of their rivals McLaren in second. Benetton on 18 points and Williams with 17 points contended for third place, while Jordan were fifth on eleven points.[4] McLaren and Ferrari had so far dominated the championship, winning the previous nine races. Championship participants Barrichello and Fisichella had each gained second place podium finishes while Ralf Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen had achieved third place podium finishes.[4]

Following the French Grand Prix on 2 July, six teams conducted testing sessions at the Silverstone Circuit between 4–6 July. Frentzen was fastest on the first day of testing, ahead of Sauber's Pedro Diniz. Alexander Wurz's car was afflicted with an gearbox issue, resulting in repairs which limited his team's testing time.[5] Jaguar driver Eddie Irvine was fastest on the second day.[6] Jos Verstappen for Arrows was quickest on the final day of testing, although his car's front wing was damaged when his engine cover was shed from its chassis.[7] Ferrari and McLaren opted to test at the Mugello Circuit where both teams concentrated their efforts on aerodynamic and suspension set-ups between 4–7 July.[8] Ferrari spent one further day performing shakedown runs of their cars at the Fiorano Circuit with their test driver Luca Badoer.[9] Williams and BAR tested at the Autódromo do Estoril between July 5–7 where testing consisted of tyre, engine, aerodynamic and set-up optimisation.[10]

The Jordan team's plan to introduce its new car, the EJ10B, at this race was postponed as its bodywork was required to undergo Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) safety tests.[11] This was due to a decision made by the Jordan team to develop the car further and create more spare parts.[12] However, this was the last race that the EJ10 competed, as the EJ10B made its début at the next race.[13]

Practice and qualifying

Mika Häkkinen (pictured in 2006) won his second race of the season, after starting from pole position.

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes.[14] The Friday morning and afternoon practice sessions were held in dry conditions.[15] Barrichello set the first session's fastest time, a 1:13.603, two-tenths of a second quicker than Jarno Trulli. Ricardo Zonta finished with the third fastest time. Verstappen, Michael Schumacher and Coulthard filled in the next three positions. Fisichella, Johnny Herbert, Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Salo rounded out the top ten positions. Häkkinen's car was afflicted with an mechanical fuel pump issue; this restricted him to one out lap and he was slowest overall.[16] In the second practice session, Coulthard set the fastest lap of the day, a 1:12.464; Häkkinen had a trouble free season and ended with the second fastest time. Salo ran quicker during the session and was third fastest. Michael Schumacher and Barrichello had the fourth and seventh fastest times respectively; they were separated by Zonta and Trulli. Villeneuve, Diniz and Fisichella completed the top ten positions.[15] After the second session, Irvine, who had only participated in the first practice session, withdrew from the Grand Prix.[17] He had felt unwell upon arrival at the circuit and was diagnosed with appendicitis at the infield medical centre. He was replaced by Jaguar's test driver Luciano Burti.[18]

The Saturday morning sessions were held in dry conditions and later on a wet track, were grip was poor and some drivers were forced onto the grass after sliding off the track.[19] Häkkinen was fastest in the third practice session, with a time of 1:11.355; Coulthard had the second fastest time. The two Ferrari drivers were third and fourth; Barrichello ahead of Michael Schumacher. Verstappen continued his quick form and set the fifth fastest time, ahead of Fisichella and Villeneuve. Zonta, Trulli and Herbert rounded out the top ten fastest drivers in the session.[20] In the final practice session, Häkkinen again set the fastest time, a 1:11.336, despite spinning into the gravel late in the session; his team-mate Coulthard remained second quickest. Michael Schumacher was third fastest ahead of team-mate Barrichello. Villeneuve was fifth fastest, ahead of Herbert and Frentzen. Salo, Fisichella and Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.[19]

"I am really happy to be back on pole position. I managed to get the maximum out of the car and really enjoyed myself. Even though we lost valuable track time in yesterday's practice, we managed to find an optimum set-up and I was able to go flat out. I am really looking forward to tomorrow's race and we are in good shape."

Mika Häkkinen, commenting on taking pole position.[21]

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. Each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by the drivers' fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race.[14] The session was held in overcast conditions; the air temperature was 13 °C (55 °F) and the track temperature 17 °C (63 °F).[22] Häkkinen clinched his fourth pole position of the season, his second at the circuit, with a time of 1:10.410. He was joined on the front row of the grid by team-mate Coulthard who was three-tenths of a second off Häkkinen's pace.[23] Barrichello qualified third and said that he changed his car's set-up to help him to achieve a better lap time.[24] Michael Schumacher qualified fourth, six-tenths of a second behind Häkkinen, and reported that his car's handling was uneven throughout the circuit.[23] Trulli qualified fifth having used the soft compound tyres to set his fastest lap time.[24] Zonta, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Salo and Verstappen completed the top ten positions.[23] Diniz missed qualifying in the top ten by two-thousands of a second and spun off while setting lap times.[24] de la Rosa managed twelfth, having struggled with the conditions during the session.[25] He qualified ahead of Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld, Wurz and Frentzen.[23] Herbert started from 16th, due to a broken left rear suspension. Alesi qualifed 17th.[24] Jenson Button was forced to his team's spare car because of engine issues and qualified 18th. His team-mate Ralf Schumacher qualified 19th in the Williams team's worst qualifying performance of the season.[23] Burti and the two Minardi drivers qualified at the rear of the field, covering positions 20 to 22.[23]

Race

David Coulthard (pictured in 2009) finished second.

The conditions on the grid were dry and cloudy before the race. The air temperature ranged from 17–18 °C (63–64 °F) and the track temperature was between 18–19 °C (64–66 °F);[22][26] weather forecasts indicated a 30% chance of rain.[26] The drivers took to the track at 09:30 CEST (UTC+2) for a 30-minute warm-up session.[14] It took place in dry weather conditions.[27] Both Ferrari drivers maintained their consistent performance from qualifying, although Barrichello had the fastest time of 1:12.480. Michael Schumacher was fifth in the other Ferrari car; Häkkinen split them in the McLaren for third position, ahead of Verstappen. Zonta completed the top six, 1.1 seconds behind Barrichello.[28]

The race started at 14:00 local time.[14] While on an reconnaissance lap, Burti's car developed a water leak and was forced to start with his team's spare car from the pit lane. Michael Schumacher also opted to use his team's spare car. Häkkinen, from pole position on the grid, held onto the lead going into the first corner. Coulthard, who started alongside Häkkinen, maintained second position.[29] Further down the order, Diniz swerved to avoid contact with Verstappen. The resulting manoeuvre resulted in Diniz colliding with Fisichella. Ahead of them, Trulli drove into the back of Barrichello, while Zonta made contact with Michael Schumacher. Diniz made further minor contact with team-mate Salo. Both BAR and Prost drivers were forced wide in avoidance. These incidents resulted in the safety car being deployed. During the safety car period, Verstappen drove to his garage because of a gearbox problem.[30]

The safety car was withdrawn at the end of the second lap and the race got underway again with Häkkinen in the lead.[31] Button, meanwhile, was immediately overtaken by Barrichello and Frentzen for sixth position.[30][31] At the completion of the third lap, the race order was Häkkinen, Coulthard, Salo, de la Rosa, Herbert, Barrichello, Frentzen, Button, Marc Gené, Wurz, Heidfeld, Alesi, Villeneuve, Burti, Zonta, Ralf Schumacher, Mazzacane, Diniz and Verstappen.[31] Both McLaren drivers began to pull away from the rest of the field and exchanged fastest laps,[31] as de la Rosa passed Salo for third at the start of lap four.[30] Frentzen in the Jordan became the fourth retirement of the race with an engine failure on lap five and spun off on his car's oil. Barrichello passed Herbert for fifth position on the same lap, while Zonta passed Burti for 13th.[30] Verstappen set a new fastest lap of the race on lap six as he immediately closed on Diniz in 17th.[31] Alesi overtook his team-mate Heidfeld for tenth position on the following lap.[30] Häkkinen continued to set fastest laps and opened the gap between Coulthard and de la Rosa to five seconds by lap eight. Barrichello claimed fourth position after passing Salo on the same lap and Ralf Schumacher pitted for a new front wing. The first Williams driver pitted for further repairs on the following lap.[30]

Rubens Barrichello (pictured in 2002) finished third after Pedro de la Rosa retired with mechanical problems.

By lap 13, Häkkinen's gap to Coulthard was two seconds, who in turn was a further ten seconds in front of de la Rosa.[30] Barrichello, who had damage to his car,[30] was a further six seconds behind the Arrows driver, but was drawing ahead of Salo in fifth.[31] Verstappen suffered an gearbox failure and became the fifth retirement of the race on lap 14.[30] On lap 17, Diniz and Zonta were given 10 second stop-go penalties, both for their roles in the lap 1 accidents. They took their penalties immediately. Ralf Schumacher emerged from his garage to rejoin the race on the same lap. Häkkinen had extended his already comfortable lead over Coulthard to 10 seconds by lap 24. Alesi, who was on a two-stop strategy, became the first driver to make a scheduled pit stop on the same lap and exited in thirteenth place. On lap 25, Zonta was involved in another collision when he attempted to overtake Minardi driver Gastón Mazzacane at turn 1 which allowed Diniz to move into fourteenth position.[30]

de la Rosa pitted from third position to retire from the race with mechanical issues on lap 32. The result allowed Button to move into the points-scoring positions. Wurz dropped to tenth after running eighth by lap 34. Meanwhile, Häkkinen took his only pit stop on lap 38, emerging behind Coulthard.[30] Alesi, who was fourteenth, but yet to make his final pit stop, attempted to pass team-mate Heidfeld but the two cars collided at the first corner. Both drivers retired from the race.[30][31] Coulthard took his pit stop on the same lap, emerging behind Häkkinen. Salo, Herbert, Barrichello, Button and Villeneuve all made pit stops over the next five laps. At the conclusion of lap 50, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the running order was Häkkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Button, Salo, Herbert, Gené, Wurz, Diniz, Zonta, Burti, Mazzacane and Ralf Schumacher.[31]

Ralf Schumacher spun off the track because of brake failure and retired on lap 50. His team-mate Button ran wide while challenging Villeneuve for fourth position on lap 51 but remained in front of Salo. Zonta became the final retirement of the race when his engine failed on lap 59. On the same lap, Mazzacane was issued with a 10-second stop-go penalty.[30] He took his penalty on lap 61. Coulthard set the fastest lap of the race a 1:11.783 on lap 66, as he closed a nine-second gap to Häkkinen who was running slower on the same lap, although it appeared that the Finn would win the race comfortably.[31] Diniz overtook Wurz to take ninth position four laps later.[30] Häkkinen crossed the finish line on lap 71 to take his second win of the season in a time of 1'28:15.818, at an average speed of 129.737 miles per hour (208.791 km/h). Coulthard finished second 12.5 seconds behind, ahead of Barrichello in third, Villeneuve in fourth, Button in fifth and Salo rounded out the points scoring positions in sixth. Herbert, Gené, Diniz and Wurz filled the next four positions, abeit one lap behind the winner, with Burti and Mazzacane the last of the classified drivers.[32]

Post-race

“I knew my car was quicker (than Coulthard’s). We’re talking about being quicker than David (Coulthard) by only two- or three-tenths per lap. Which is quite a little. But then when you think in the long term, after 30 laps it makes quite a big margin. So you have to keep pushing and stay consistent, not to make mistakes. I did not have any technical problems with the car. The team did show me to drop the revs of the engine, and I don’t know yet whether they asked me to do that because they saw a problem or because they asked me because there was no reason to push.”

Mika Häkkinen, speaking after the race.[33]

The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in the subsequent press conference. Häkkinen said that he was happy with his race victory which he believed would help his confidence throughout the remainder of the season.[34] Häkkinen added that his team showed him pit boards which instructed him not to over rev his engine during the first half of the race.[35] Coulthard said that he was satisfied with the outcome of the first lap as it allowed him to drive a conservative race.[35] He added that his strong finish would not mean that he would think about his potential to clinch the Drivers' Championship.[35] Barrichello explained that his car was loose from contact with Trulli during the race's early stages which prevented him from challenging de la Rosa.[35]

Villeneuve was pleased with his fourth-place finish saying that despite making a bad start, his strategy allowed him to run quicker when no back markers were holding him up.[36] After Button's fifth position at the race, the Williams team principal Frank Williams said of his performance, "Jenson really excelled himself again driving in difficult circumstances at the end of the race and under a lot of pressure".[37] Mika Salo scored points for the third time in the season, having scored fifth in Monaco. He said that he was happy, and that he struggled with excessive oversteer in the high speed corners.[38]

Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) retained the lead in the Drivers' Championship despite his first lap retirement.

Michael Schumacher, who was involved in the first lap incident, believed that the race should have been stopped. However, he praised the work of the marshals who had assisted to recover the cars involved. He also believed that Zonta had "over-estimated his ability" and said that he would have a "quiet word" with the BAR driver.[39] Zonta believed that the incident was not his fault and that Michael Schumacher braked harder than him, but apologised for his retirement from the race.[40] Fisichella also agreed that the race should have been stopped, saying, "Three of the protagonists are out and it was stupid not to red flag."[39] Benetton Technical Director Pat Symonds was highly critical of the driver's actions as he believed Benetton lost valuable points towards the Constructors' Championship. "The driving antics of some of our competitors at the first corner were appalling and ruined the race not only for many of the drivers but also for many of the spectators" he said.[41]

After the race, it was announced that the FIA was investigating irregularities with an electronic box in Hakkinen's car. This was due to Formula One's governing body discovering that one mandatory seal was missing.[42] Further samples from the electronic box were taken after the race; this was software downloaded which did not discover any issues with the coding.[43] A spokesman for the McLaren team said that: "No one changed the software, so there's no reason for us to be worried."[44] At the hearing on 25 July, the FIA ruled that McLaren did not gain an advantage from the missing seal and that Häkkinen's victory would stand. However, McLaren were docked 10 points from the Constructors' Championship and were fined $50,000 for contravening Article 7 of the 2000 Formula One Sporting Regulations, which stated that competitors had to maintain some conditions of safety and eligibility during the event.[45] McLaren International Managing Director Martin Whitmarsh announced that the team would not appeal the penalty.[46]

As a consequence of the race, Michael Schumacher's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to six points. Coulthard, who finished second, was second on 50 points, two points ahead of team-mate Häkkinen and eight ahead of Barrichello. Despite not finishing, Fisichella maintained fifth place with 18 points.[4] In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari maintained their lead with 92 points, McLaren's 10 point penalty meant that they remained second on 88 points. Williams jumped to third on 19 points, pushing Benetton down into fourth on 18 points and BAR with 12 points moved ahead of Jordan into fifth, with seven rounds of the season remaining.[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.410
2 2 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.795 +0.385
3 4 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:10.844 +0.434
4 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.046 +0.636
5 6 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:11.640 +1.230
6 23 Brazil Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 1:11.647 +1.237
7 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 1:11.649 +1.239
8 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:11.658 +1.246
9 17 Finland Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 1:11.761 +1.351
10 19 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 1:11.905 +1.495
11 16 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:11.931 +1.521
12 18 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 1:11.978 +1.568
13 15 Germany Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 1:12.037 +1.627
14 12 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:12.038 +1.628
15 5 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:12.043 +1.633
16 8 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 1:12.238 +1.828
17 14 France Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 1:12.304 +1.894
18 10 United Kingdom Jenson Button Williams-BMW 1:12.337 +1.927
19 9 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:12.347 +1.937
20 20 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 1:12.722 +2.312
21 7 Brazil Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth 1:12.822 +2.412
22 21 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 1:13.419 +3.009
107% time: 1:15.339
Source:[47]

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 71 1:28:15.818 1 10
2 2 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 71 +12.535 2 6
3 4 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 71 +30.795 3 4
4 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Honda 70 +1 Lap 7 3
5 10 United Kingdom Jenson Button Williams-BMW 70 +1 Lap 18 2
6 17 Finland Mika Salo Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap 9 1
7 8 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Jaguar-Cosworth 70 +1 Lap 16  
8 20 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Fondmetal 70 +1 Lap 20  
9 16 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap 11  
10 12 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 70 +1 Lap 14  
11 7 Brazil Luciano Burti Jaguar-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps 21  
12 21 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Minardi-Fondmetal 68 +3 Laps 22  
Ret 23 Brazil Ricardo Zonta BAR-Honda 58 Engine 6  
Ret 9 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 52 Brakes 19  
Ret 15 Germany Nick Heidfeld Prost-Peugeot 41 Collision 13  
Ret 14 France Jean Alesi Prost-Peugeot 41 Collision 17  
Ret 18 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Supertec 32 Gearbox 12  
Ret 19 Netherlands Jos Verstappen Arrows-Supertec 14 Engine 10  
Ret 5 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 4 Oil Leak/Spun off 15  
Ret 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 0 Collision 4  
Ret 6 Italy Jarno Trulli Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 Collision 5  
Ret 11 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 0 Collision 8  
Source:[32]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings[4]
Pos Driver Points
1 Germany Michael Schumacher 56
2 United Kingdom David Coulthard 50
3 Finland Mika Häkkinen 48
4 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 36
5 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 18
Constructors' Championship standings[4]
Pos Constructor Points
1 Italy Ferrari 92
2 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 88
3 United Kingdom Williams-BMW 19
4 Italy Benetton-Playlife 18
5 United Kingdom BAR-Honda 12

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