2000 United States Grand Prix
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The 2000 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2000 SAP United States Grand Prix)[4] was a Formula One motor race held on 24 September 2000 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana before a crowd of 250,000. It was the 15th round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the first United States Grand Prix to be held in Indianapolis. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 73-lap race from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second with Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen third.
2000 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2] | |||||
Date | 24 September 2000 | ||||
Official name | 2000 SAP United States Grand Prix | ||||
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana[3] | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.192 km (2.604 miles) | ||||
Distance | 73 laps, 306.016 km (190.238 miles) | ||||
Weather |
Cloudy, drying, Air 12 °C (54 °F); Track 14 °C (57 °F) | ||||
Attendance | 250,000 | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:14.266 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:14.711 on lap 40 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | ||||
Lap leaders |
Before the race, McLaren's Mika Häkkinen led Michael Schumacher by two points in the World Drivers' Championship while his team McLaren led Ferrari in the World Constructors' Championship by four points. Michael Schumacher qualified on pole position by setting the fastest lap in the one hour qualifying session. McLaren driver David Coulthard started second, alongside Michael Schumacher. However, Coulthard was forced to serve a ten-second stop-go penalty on lap eight because he moved forward into the lead before the start. Häkkinen started from third but he retired with a blown engine as a result of a pneumatic valve system failure on lap 26. Michael Schumacher thus had an unchallenged lead after passing Coulthard on lap seven and was able to achieve his seventh win of the season and the 42nd of his career, despite losing control of his Ferrari in the final five laps of the race. Barrichello finished 12.1 seconds behind in second and Frentzen came third after holding off British American Racing's Jacques Villeneuve in the final laps of the event.
As a consequence of the final race result, Michael Schumacher retook the lead in the World Drivers' Championship by eight points over Häkkinen. Coulthard's fifth place result in the Grand Prix eliminated any mathematical opportunity of him winning the Drivers' Championship, and reduced his lead over fourth-placed Barrichello to eight points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari took over the lead formerly held by McLaren and established a ten-point advantage, with two races of the season remaining.