David Coulthard won the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix after Michael Schumacher's retirement, cutting Schumacher's championship lead to 12 points.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- David Coulthard (McLaren)
- Race length
- 78 laps
- Championship round
- 7th of 2000 F1 World Championship
- Monaco Grand Prix edition
- 58th
- Coulthard's career win number
- 9th Formula One victory
- Margin to 2nd place
- 15.8 seconds seconds
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Michael Schumacher qualified on pole position and led the race, but after the second round of pit stops his exhaust pipe failed, causing a left rear suspension failure. The race was also briefly stopped when race director Charlie Whiting accidentally pressed the red flag button, and a subsequent collision between Jenson Button and Pedro de la Rosa created a traffic jam requiring a second start.
The 2000 Monaco Grand Prix was held on 4 June 2000 at the Circuit de Monaco. Schumacher led into the first corner of the second start but retired on lap 56 due to mechanical failure, allowing McLaren's David Coulthard, running second, to take the lead. Coulthard held on to win ahead of Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello and Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella.
Coulthard's victory narrowed Schumacher's World Drivers' Championship lead to 12 points, while Ferrari's advantage over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship shrank to five points. Fisichella's third place reduced Benetton's gap to third-placed Williams to a single championship point, tightening competition across multiple standings with ten races remaining.