Häkkinen's win and a post-race points deduction for McLaren shifted the 2000 Formula One championship balance, keeping Ferrari ahead in the Constructors' standings.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Mika Häkkinen (McLaren)
- Laps completed
- 71 laps
- Attendance
- 85,112 spectators
- Championship round
- 10th of 2000 season
- McLaren points deduction
- 10 points (technical infringement)
- Häkkinen's F1 career wins
- 16th victory
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship entering the race, while Ferrari held an advantage over McLaren in the Constructors' standings. At the first corner, BAR's Ricardo Zonta collided with Schumacher, triggering incidents involving five other drivers and forcing Schumacher's retirement, which triggered a safety car deployment.
Mika Häkkinen started from pole and, after the safety car withdrew, built a commanding lead alongside teammate David Coulthard. Strategic pit stops on laps 38 and 43 ultimately left Häkkinen in front, and he crossed the line first, with Coulthard second and Rubens Barrichello third in a McLaren one-two finish.
Coulthard's second place reduced Schumacher's championship deficit to six points, while Häkkinen closed to within two points of Coulthard. However, a post-race technical infringement cost McLaren ten constructors' points, restoring Ferrari's four-point lead in the Constructors' Championship with seven rounds remaining.