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2000 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round9 of 17
Race numbers

The 2000 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 655th World Championship race
  • 50th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes721hr 38m 05.538s10
2+2(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes72+14.748s6
3 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari72+32.409s4
4+3(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda72+1m 01.322s3
5 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW72+1m 03.981s2
6+3(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Mugen-Honda72+1m 15.605s1
7+1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda71+1 lap 
8+2(GBR) Jenson ButtonWilliams-BMW71+1 lap 
9+5(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife71+1 lap 
10+2(FIN) Mika SaloSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
11+4(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas71+1 lap 
12+4(DEU) Nick HeidfeldProst-Peugeot71+1 lap 
13-7(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth70+2 laps 
14+4(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Peugeot70+2 laps 
15+6(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Fondmetal70+2 laps 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari58DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows-Supertec45DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife34DNF 
R (ARG) Gaston MazzacaneMinardi-Fondmetal31DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Supertec25DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertJaguar-Cosworth20DNF 
R (BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Honda16DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth
7(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda
9(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Mugen-Honda
10(GBR) Jenson ButtonWilliams-BMW
11(GBR) Johnny HerbertJaguar-Cosworth
12(FIN) Mika SaloSauber-Petronas
13(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows-Supertec
14(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
15(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas
16(DEU) Nick HeidfeldProst-Peugeot
17(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
18(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Peugeot
19(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Honda
20(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Supertec
21(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Fondmetal
22(ARG) Gaston MazzacaneMinardi-Fondmetal

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:15.632 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.7340.102
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:16.0470.415
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.0500.418
5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-BMW1:16.2910.659
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineJaguar-Cosworth1:16.3990.767
7(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Honda1:16.6531.021
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:16.6581.026
9(ITA) Jarno TrulliJordan-Mugen-Honda1:16.6691.037
10(GBR) Jenson ButtonWilliams-BMW1:16.9051.273
11(GBR) Johnny HerbertJaguar-Cosworth1:17.1761.544
12(FIN) Mika SaloSauber-Petronas1:17.2231.591
13(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows-Supertec1:17.2791.647
14(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:17.3171.685
15(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:17.3611.729
16(DEU) Nick HeidfeldProst-Peugeot1:17.3741.742
17(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:17.4081.776
18(FRA) Jean AlesiProst-Peugeot1:17.5691.937
19(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Honda1:17.6682.036
20(NLD) Jos VerstappenArrows-Supertec1:17.9332.301
21(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Fondmetal1:18.1302.498
22(ARG) Gaston MazzacaneMinardi-Fondmetal1:18.3022.670

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Michael Schumacher56
2(GBR) David Coulthard44
3(FIN) Mika Hakkinen38
4(BRA) Rubens Barrichello32
5(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella18
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher14
7(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve8
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli6
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen5
10(GBR) Eddie Irvine3
11(FIN) Mika Salo3
12(GBR) Jenson Button3
13(NLD) Jos Verstappen2
14(BRA) Ricardo Zonta1
15(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari88
2McLaren-Mercedes82
3Benetton-Playlife18
4Williams-BMW17
5Jordan-Mugen-Honda11
6BAR-Honda9
7Jaguar-Cosworth3
8Sauber-Petronas3
9Arrows-Supertec3

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for David Coulthard
127th for McLaren
Race 1-2
38th for McLaren
Podiums
42nd for Mika Hakkinen
36th for David Coulthard
11th for Rubens Barrichello
447th for Ferrari
315th & 316th for McLaren
Poles
27th for Michael Schumacher
132nd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
12th for David Coulthard
95th for McLaren
Front row starts
51st for Michael Schumacher
28th for David Coulthard
Win & fastest lap
2nd for David Coulthard (first since 1995; first British driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1996; first for McLaren)