2000 German Grand Prix

2000 German Grand Prix
Race 11 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One World Championship
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A track map of the Hockenheimring circuit. The track has 16 corners, which range in sharpness from hairpins to chicanes. There are four long straights that link the corners together. The pit lane splits off from the track on the inside of Turn 15, and rejoins the track after the exit of Turn One.
Hockenheimring (last modified in 1994)
Race details[1][2]
Date 30 July 2000
Official name Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2000
Location Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[3]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.825 km (4.240 miles)
Distance 45 laps, 307.125 km (190.783 miles)
Weather Dry/Wet
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:45.697
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
Time 1:44.300 on lap 20
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2000 German Grand Prix (formally the Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2000)[5] was a Formula One motor race contested on 30 July 2000, at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in front of 102,000 people. It was the 62nd German Grand Prix and the 11th round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello won the 45-lap race after starting 18th. McLaren's Mika Häkkinen finished second, with teammate David Coulthard third.

Before the race, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship and Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship. Coulthard began alongside Michael Schumacher on pole position after qualifying fastest. Coulthard's teammate Häkkinen started fourth. At the first corner, Michael Schumacher moved to the left, colliding with Giancarlo Fisichella, and both drivers retired. Häkkinen took the race lead, which he retained until lap 25 when an intruder breached circuit limits, forcing drivers to pit under safety car conditions. Meanwhile, until the first safety car period, Barrichello had gained thirteen positions to fifth. After Coulthard's stop on lap 27, Häkkinen reclaimed the lead. Barrichello stayed out on dry slick tyres, grabbing the lead and retaining it to claim his maiden Formula One victory. It was also the first Formula One victory for a Brazilian driver since Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

Barrichello's victory was widely celebrated among the Formula One paddock as it came after a career setback. The race result tied Häkkinen and Coulthard for second, but it decreased Schumacher's points lead in the World Drivers' Championship to two. Barrichello trailed the McLaren drivers by eight points. With six races remaining in the season, McLaren was four points behind Ferrari and 76 points ahead of Williams in the World Constructors' Championship. The track intruder, named as 47-year-old Frenchman Robert Sehli, eventually apologised and was fined by track administration.

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