2000 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 12 March 2000
Winner	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	1 of 17
Race numbers	The 2000 Australian Grand Prix was the: 647th World Championship race 16th World Championship Australian Grand Prix 5th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	1999 Japanese Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	58	1hr 34m 01.987s	10
2	+2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	58	+11.415s	6
3	+8	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	58	+20.009s	4
4	+4	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	58	+44.447s	3
5	+4	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	58	+45.165s	2
DQ		(FIN) Mika Salo	Sauber-Petronas	58	+45.644s
6	+10	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Honda	58	+46.468s	1
7	+7	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	58	+46.915s
8	+10	(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Fondmetal	57	+1 lap
9	+6	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Prost-Peugeot	56	+2 laps
R		(GBR) Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	46	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	41	DNF
R		(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Minardi-Fondmetal	40	DNF
R		(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	39	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	35	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Peugeot	27	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	18	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	16	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	11	DNF
R		(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	6	DNF
R		(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	6	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Jaguar-Cosworth	1	DNF

Notes

Mika Salo was disqualified post-race due to a front wing infringement.
Mika Hakkinen ended lap 18 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.556
2	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.910	0.354
3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.075	0.519
4	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:31.102	0.546
5	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:31.359	0.803
6	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:31.504	0.948
7	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:31.514	0.958
8	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Honda	1:31.968	1.412
9	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:31.992	1.436
10	(FIN) Mika Salo	Sauber-Petronas	1:32.018	1.462
11	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW	1:32.220	1.664
12	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows-Supertec	1:32.323	1.767
13	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Arrows-Supertec	1:32.477	1.921
14	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:32.775	2.219
15	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	Prost-Peugeot	1:33.024	2.468
16	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Honda	1:33.117	2.561
17	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Prost-Peugeot	1:33.197	2.641
18	(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Fondmetal	1:33.261	2.705
19	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.378	2.822
20	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Jaguar-Cosworth	1:33.638	3.082
21	(GBR) Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	1:33.828	3.272
22	(ARG) Gaston Mazzacane	Minardi-Fondmetal	1:34.705	4.149

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Jenson Button; Nick Heidfeld; Gaston Mazzacane; Jaguar
Milestone race start: 50th for Ralf Schumacher (98th driver to start 50 races, 6th German driver); 50th for Prost (32nd constructor to start 50 races)
Wins: 36th for Michael Schumacher; 126th for Ferrari
Race 1-2: 47th for Ferrari
Podiums: 72nd for Michael Schumacher; 7th for Rubens Barrichello (first for Ferrari); 7th for Ralf Schumacher; 437th & 438th for Ferrari; 249th for Williams
Poles: 22nd for Mika Hakkinen; 104th for McLaren
1-2 start: 48th for McLaren
Fastest laps: 1st for Rubens Barrichello (102nd different fastest lap setter, 7th Brazilian driver; first Brazilian driver to set a fastest since 1993); 140th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 29th for Mika Hakkinen; 24th for David Coulthard
Points finishes: 1st for Ricardo Zonta (280th different point scorer, 14th Brazilian driver)