2000 Japanese Grand Prix

2000 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 16 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date 8 October 2000
Official name XXVI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.860[a] km (3.641 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 310.596[a][5] km (192.995 miles)
Weather Dry/wet
Attendance 318,000[6]
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:35.825
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:39.189 on lap 26
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2000 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 2000, in front of 151,000 people at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Mie, Japan. It was the 26th Japanese Grand Prix and the 16th and penultimate race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 53-lap race from pole position. McLaren's Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard finished second and third, respectively. Schumacher's victory confirmed him as the 2000 World Drivers' Champion, as Häkkinen could not overtake Schumacher's points total with one race remaining in the season.

Only Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen were in contention for the World Drivers' Championship entering the race, with Schumacher leading by eight points. Ferrari led McLaren in the World Constructors Championship by ten points. Häkkinen began alongside Michael Schumacher on the grid's first row. Michael Schumacher attempted to defend the lead off the line by moving into Häkkinen's path, but Häkkinen passed Michael Schumacher into the first corner, with Coulthard holding off attempts by Williams driver Ralf Schumacher to get into third. Michael Schumacher closed up to Häkkinen by lap 31 and overtaking him during the second round of pit stops. He maintained his lead over Häkkinen to the end of the race to claim his eighth victory of the season.

Many Formula One individuals praised Michael Schumacher, including former champion Jody Scheckter and Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, but was criticised by former Italian president Francesco Cossiga for his behaviour on the podium during the playing of the Italian National Anthem. The European press congratulated the Ferrari driver as well.[citation needed] Häkkinen's second-place finish secured him second in the World Drivers' Championship, while Ferrari increased its lead over McLaren in the World Constructors' Championship to thirteen points with one race remaining in the season.

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