2000 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix Race Report

2000 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix
78 laps; 262.626 kms distance; June 4, 2000. Round 7. Monte Carlo circuit.
Temperature 23 Celsius, track 41 Celsius. Sunny.

1/ David Coulthard (McLaren Mercedes);
2/ Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari); 3/ Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton);
4/ Irvine (Jaguar); 5/ Salo (Sauber); 6/ Hakkinen (McLaren).

	2000 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix - Race Report
Warm Up Lap	Absolute chaos at the start. Diniz didn't get away and Wurz stalled when he got to the grid (thus ruled to start at the rear of the grid. Start aborted.
Start	The field gets through the first few corners when the red flags come out - aborting the race, due to computer failure on the circuit, meaning no times could be given. Verstappen is tapped by Button on the hairpin - and Vertsappen has to retire, blocking the road.
Restart	De La Rosa retires. The mechanics haul their gear back to the cars for the third start, and with clutches and engines at their limits, fans are brought in to blow cold air into the cars. Both Button and Wurz start from the pits.
Restart	The field gets away, with an incident free first corner. R.Schumacher has a great start, gaining two places. Alesi passes Barrichello.
Lap 1	1/ M.Schumacher; 2.3 seconds 2/ Trulli; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Hakkinen; 6/ R.Schumacher ...
Lap 2	1/ M.Schumacher; 2.776 seconds 2/ Trulli; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Hakkinen; 6/ R.Schumacher; 7/ Alesi; 8/ Barrichello; 9/ Fisichella; 10/ Herbert; 11/ Irvine; 12/ Salo; 13/ Verstappen; 14/ Diniz; 15/ Villeneuve; 16/ Zonta; 17/ Mazzacane; 18/ Wurz; 19/ Button; 20/ Heidfeld; 21/ Gene.
Lap 3	1/ M.Schumacher 3.517 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:25.192
Lap 5	1/ M.Schumacher 5.839 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:24.336, which is two seconds a lap faster than Hakkinen in 5th place.
Lap 8	1/ M.Schumacher 8.445 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:24.261
Lap 10	1/ M.Schumacher 10.861 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:23.968
Lap 14	1/ M.Schumacher 13.561 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:23.626
Lap 15	M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:23.196
Lap 17	1/ M.Schumacher 18.452 seconds 2/ Trulli
Lap 18	Button pits from 21st position - retires.
Lap 19	Wurz hits the barrier and retires.
Lap 21	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Trulli; 3/ Coulthard; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ Hakkinen; 6/ R.Schumacher; 7/ Alesi; 8/ Barrichello; 9/ Fisichella; 10/ Irvine; 11/ Herbert; 12/ Salo; 13/ Verstappen; 14/ Diniz; 15/ Villeneuve; 16/ Zonta; 17/ Mazzacane; 18/ Gene.
Lap 22	Gene stops and retires. 1/ M.Schumacher 22.566 seconds 2/ Trulli
Lap 23	Mazzacane hits the barrier and retires his Minardi.
Lap 24	While M.Schumacher streaks away to a lead of over 23 seconds, there is only 4.8 seconds seperating 2nd placed Trulli from 6th placed Hakkinen.
Lap 28	Herbert pits - long and unscheduled, but rejoins a lap down behind 8th placed Barrichello, then allows Barrichello, Fisichella and Irvine through.
Lap 29	1/ M.Schumacher 28.185 seconds 2/ Trulli M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:22.948
Lap 29	Alesi drives down escape route and retires from 7th position.
Lap 31	Diniz retires his Sauber after hitting the barrier. Brave marshalls push the car back to within reach of a crane to avoid the safety car coming out.
Lap 34	M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:22.832
Lap 37	Hakkinen slows dramatically with an unknown problem. Trulli pits and retires from 2nd position. R.Schumacher crashes out and retires from 6th position.
Lap 38	With Trulli's Jordan out the way, Coulthard is able to immediately clock the fastest lap of 1:22.36
Lap 37	1/ M.Schumacher; (34.582 seconds) 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Frentzen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Irvine ...
Lap 39	Coulthard fastest lap of 1:22.303
Lap 40	Hakkinen fastest lap 1:22.123
Lap 40	Herbert pits 9.4 seconds.
Lap 41	Coulthard fastest lap 1:22.104
Lap 41	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Frentzen; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Irvine; 7/ Salo; 8/ Villeneuve; 9/ Zonta; 10/ Heidfeld; 11/ Hakkinen; (who has been lapped) 12/ Verstappen; 13/ Herbert. Only 13 cars remain.
Lap 44	Coulthard fastest lap 1:21.977 - the lap times are markedly different from the first laps due to the extra grip on the track that a lot of rubber provides.
Lap 45	M.Schumacher fastest lap 1:21.912 Coulthard fastest lap 1:21.799 These times are quicker than Hakkinen's record last year.
Lap 46	Zonta and Heidfeld pit together from 9th and 10th position (8.2 seconds) - Zonta gets out just ahead. Hakkinen goes up to 9th position. M.Schumacher is 33.506 seconds ahead of 2nd placed Coulthard.
Lap 46	R.Schumacher is stretchered off with a deep cut to his left leg. Brother Michael said after the race that is isn't bad, but will require a lot of stitches.
Lap 49	Race leader Michael Schumacher pits 7.7 seconds and rejoins in first place.
Lap 50	1/ M.Schumacher (11.137 seconds) 2/ Coulthard
Lap 50	Zonta hits the barrier and retires.
Lap 51	Gap between M.Schumacher and Coulthard is down to 7.607 seconds. Irvine pits and rejoins behind Salo in 7th place.
Lap 52	Fisichella pits for 7.6 seconds. All cars up to 7th position are lapped by Schumacher.
Lap 53	Into the pits together come Frentzen's Jordan and Barrichello's Ferrari for a 7.2 second stop - Frentzen comes out just ahead.
Lap 54	Coulthard fastest lap 1:21.787
Lap 56	Race leader Michael Schumacher race is over when his right read suspension fails. He limps back to the pits and retires from 1st place. Ferarri had 33 races without a mechanical problem - an impressive record!
Lap 56	Villeneuve pits Race leader David Coulthard pits for 7.1 seconds.
Lap 57	1/ Coulthard; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Fisichella; 5/ Herbert; 6/ Salo; 7/ Hakkinen; 8/ Villeneuve; 9/ Verstappen; 10/ Heidfeld.
Lap 60	1/ Coulthard (17.769 seconds) 2/ Frenzten
Lap 63	Verstappen hits the barrier and retires from 9th place. Agin the marshalls are to be praised for pushing the wreck off to the side of the track.
Lap 69	1/ Coulthard (16.941 seconds) 2/ Frenzten
Lap 71	1/ Coulthard; 2/ Frenzten; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Fisichella; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Salo; 7/ Hakkinen; 8/ Villeneuve; 9/ Heidfeld; 10/ Herbert.
Lap 71	Frenzten hits the barrier and retires from 2nd place!
Lap 78 End	1/ Coulthard (McLaren) 19.330 seconds; 2/ Barrichello (Ferarri) 3.731 seconds; 3/ Fisichella (Bennetton) 41.460; 4/ Irvine (Jaguar); 5/ Salo (Sauber); 6/ Hakkinen (McLaren); 7/ Villeneuve; 8/ Heidfeld; 9/ Herbert. Time 1:49:28.213 Av. Speed 144.072 Km/H

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1/ - POLE 1st row	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	1:19.475
2/ 1st row	J. Trulli	Jordan	1:19.746
3/ 2nd row	D. Coulthard	McLaren	1:19.888
4/ 2nd row	H. Frentzen	Jordan	1:19.961
5/ 3rd row	M. Hakkinen	McLaren	1:20.241
6/ 3rd row	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	1:20.416
7/ 4th row	J. Alesi	Prost	1:20.494
8/ 4th row	G. Fisichella	Benetton	1:20.703
9/ 5th row	R. Schmacher	Williams	1:20.742
10/ 5th row	E. Irvine	Jaguar	1:20.743
11/ 6th row	J. Herbert	Jaguar	1:20.792
12/ 6th row	A. Wurz	Benetton	1:20.871
13/ 7th row	M. Salo	Sauber	1:21.561
14/ 7th row	J. Button	Williams	1:21.605
15/ 8th row	J. Verstappen	Arrows	1:21.738
16/ 8th row	P. De La Rosa	Arrows	1:21.832
17/ 9th row	J. Villeneuve	BAR	1:21.848
18/ 9th row	N. Heidfeld	Prost	1:22.017
19/ 10th row	P.Diniz	Sauber	1:22.136
20/ 10th row	R. Zonta	BAR	1:22.324
21/ 11th row	M. Gene	Minardi	1:23.721
21/ 11th row	G. Mazzacane	Minardi	1:23.794