Michael Schumacher won the season-opening 2000 Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari, marking the start of his dominant 2000 championship campaign.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
- Starting position of winner
- 3rd on grid
- Race length
- 58 laps
- Crowd attendance
- 124,300
- Grand Prix debut drivers
- Jenson Button, Nick Heidfeld, Gastón Mazzacane
- Championship round
- Round 1 of 17 in 2000 F1 World Championship
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
As the opening round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, teams arrived at Albert Park with new machinery and driver lineups. Ferrari paired Michael Schumacher with new teammate Rubens Barrichello, while McLaren's Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard occupied the front row following qualifying.
Held on 12 March 2000 at the Albert Park Circuit before 124,300 spectators, the 58-lap race saw Schumacher advance from third on the grid to victory after both McLarens retired with pneumatic valve failures. Barrichello finished second and Ralf Schumacher third, giving Ferrari a dominant one-two result.
Ferrari's commanding result foreshadowed Schumacher's 2000 world title. The race also introduced three future or notable Grand Prix drivers in Button, Heidfeld, and Mazzacane, and marked the debut of Jaguar Racing as a constructor, formerly known as Stewart Grand Prix.
Result
at Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, Australia