2000 Hungarian Grand Prix
Template:Short description Template:Good article Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XVI Marlboro Magyar Nagydj) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 August 2000, at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary, attended by 120,000 spectators. The race was the twelfth of seventeen in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 18th in Hungary. Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, won the 77-lap race after starting third. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher finished second after qualifying on pole position in the one-hour qualifying session the day before the race. Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard finished third.
Before the race, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship from Häkkinen, while Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship from McLaren. Häkkinen overtook Schumacher and Coulthard at the start and led every lap save the first round of pit stops. He won by eight seconds, with Schumacher holding off Coulthard for second. The win, Häkkinen's third of the season and his 17th in Formula One, moved him to the World Drivers' Championship lead for the first time in 2000, two championship points ahead of Schumacher and six championship points ahead of Coulthard, while McLaren took the World Constructors' Championship lead from Ferrari by one championship point with five of the season's races remaining.
Background
On 13 August 2000, the 3.975 km (2.470 mi) clockwise Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary hosted the twelfth race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, the 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix.<ref name="CF1Race" /><ref name="ESPNResults" /> Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone delivered the Soft and Extra Soft dry compound tyres to the event,<ref name=preview>Template:Cite journal</ref> the softest compounds available to teams.<ref name=F1MagReport>Template:Cite journal</ref> Entering the race, Ferrari's Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 56 championship points, ahead of McLaren teammates Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard, who were tied for second on 54 championship points. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello was fourth with 46 championship points, while Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella was fifth with 18 championship points.<ref name=pointsprerace>Template:Cite book</ref> Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship with 102 championship points, four more than second-placed McLaren. Williams was third with 22 championship points, with Benetton fourth with 18 championship points. British American Racing (BAR) were fifth with 12 championship points.<ref name=pointsprerace/>
Following the Template:F1GP on 30 July, teams prepared for the event by testing on circuits similar to the Hungaroring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Six teams tested high-downforce, racing setups at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo for three days.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> McLaren test driver Olivier Panis finished the first day ahead of Häkkinen. Pedro Diniz's Sauber car had an oil leak, restricting his team's testing time while the leak was rectified.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Coulthard was fastest on the second day and Fisichella led on the final day. Benetton's Alexander Wurz spun and struck the tyre barrier. His car's wishbone hit his right leg, and he was taken to the circuit's medical centre before being transferred to a local hospital.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wurz was passed fit to compete in the race the day after his accident.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ferrari tested for five days at the Fiorano Circuit, focusing on car development, practice starts, aerodynamic testing and race distance simulations with test driver Luca Badoer.<ref name=test1>Template:Cite web</ref> He was joined by Barrichello on the second day and Michael Schumacher from the fourth day onwards.<ref name=test1/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Badoer and Michael Schumacher spent two more days at the circuit shaking down the Ferrari F1-2000 car.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
After three consecutive retirements, including first-lap collisions in Austria and Germany reducing his points lead from 22 points to 2,<ref name="F12000SeasonBook">Template:Cite book</ref> Michael Schumacher stated that his objective in Hungary was to avoid any incident on the first lap and finish in a points-scoring position. He was also confident that Ferrari would perform well on the track.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo's comments to the press about Barrichello assisting Michael Schumacher's title aspirations, Barrichello revealed that he received backing from him to challenge for more victories and the championship.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The event featured eleven teams (each representing a different constructor) and two drivers, with no changes from the season entry list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following tests, Prost's Jean Alesi was declared fit by his doctors and then by FIA medical delegate Sid Watkins in the days before the race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=AutosportFP1>Template:Cite web</ref> At the previous race, Alesi was involved in a high-speed accident with Sauber driver Diniz, suffering from abdominal pains, dizziness and vomiting.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prost had their test driver Stéphane Sarrazin ready if Alesi relapsed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alesi said he felt ready to race again: "It took a few days before I really started to recover, but now I sleep and feel much better".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Some teams modified their cars for the event. The Hungaroring track's characteristics require teams to operate their car with a high load of aerodynamics, and special attention was paid to heat dissipation because high temperatures were recorded at the circuit.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> McLaren improved the aerodynamics of their MP4/15 chassis in order to increase the amount of downforce, and thus grip, produced by the bodywork. They also brought revised nose wings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> McLaren additionally strengthened the steel rear suspension wishbones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> BAR outfitted their cars with one-off components designed to improve the performance of the monocoque's cooling systems.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ferrari debuted an aerodynamic setup similar to that used at the Template:F1GP,<ref name=fia4aug2000>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as a modified version of the F1-2000's chimneys.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Minardi arrived with redesigned radiator intakes and exits to address temperature issues with their Fondmetal V10 engines.<ref name=fia4aug2000/>
Practice
Before Sunday's race, there were two one-hour sessions on Friday and two 45-minute sessions on Saturday.<ref name="regulations">Template:Cite book</ref> The Friday practice sessions took place in dry, hot weather;<ref name="SpeedvisionFriday">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="FIAFriday">Template:Cite web</ref> when clouds obscured the track, the temperature dropped, but the ambient temperature remained constant.<ref name="F1NetFriday">Template:Cite web</ref> Before any lap times were set nearly 20 minutes, 15 drivers completed out-laps to allow them to perform system checks.<ref name="AutosportFP1" /> The track was dirty due to a lack of activity for several months, and race organisers were unable to completely clean it.<ref name=F1MagReport/>
Michael Schumacher waited for other drivers to clean the dirty track before setting the first session's quickest time on his first fast lap, at 1 minute and 20.198 seconds, in the final moments of the session.<ref name="AF1FP1" /><ref name="AutosportFP1" /> He was almost six-tenths of a second faster than teammate Barrichello. Jaguar's Eddie Irvine was third fastest, ahead of Williams' Ralf Schumacher. Fisichella, BAR's Jacques Villeneuve, Jordan's Jarno Trulli, Diniz, Mika Salo of Sauber and Williams' Jenson Button completed the top ten.<ref name="AF1FP1">Template:Cite web</ref> McLaren sat out first practice, preferring to save tyres.<ref name="Goodman2000">Template:Cite book</ref> Several teams concentrated on testing the high downforce aerodynamic packages fitted to their cars during the session.<ref name=F1MagReport/>
Coulthard set the day's fastest lap of 1:18.792 with about 15 minutes left in the second practice session;<ref name="AutosportFP2">Template:Cite web</ref> the time was half a second slower than teammate Häkkinen's pole lap at the 1999 race. Häkkinen was second, Michael Schumacher third and Barrichello fourth. Trulli was faster, finishing fifth fastest, ahead of Fisichella and Williams drivers Ralf Schumacher and Button. Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Irvine completed the top ten.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Several drivers lost control of their cars during the session due to the low grip racing surface appearing to be problematic for racers.<ref name="FIAFriday" /><ref name="AutosportFP2" /> Arrows' Pedro de la Rosa was unhurt in an accident against the tyre wall.<ref name="SpeedvisionFriday" />
The weather remained dry, hot and sunny for the two Saturday practice sessions,<ref name="fiabulletin" /><ref name="SpeedvisionSat">Template:Cite web</ref> with no indication of rain when the third session began.<ref name="AutosportFP3">Template:Cite web</ref> With three minutes remaining in the third practice session, Barrichello set a time of 1:18.268.<ref name="AutosportFP3" /> Coulthard was second, a thousandth of a second slower than Barrichello. Frentzen was third, ahead of Michael Schumacher in fourth and Häkkinen and Ralf Schumacher in fifth and sixth, respectively. Salo, Button, Trulli, and Fisichella completed the top ten.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Three minutes in, De La Rosa almost lost control of his car at the final corner and Gastón Mazzacane's Minardi engine failed due to a differential fault.<ref name="fiabulletin" /><ref name="AutosportFP3" />
The final practice session took place on a marginally drier but still dusty circuit than the previous session. Teams were finalising car setups and scrubbing tyres. Michael Schumacher was quicker than the day before, lapping 1:17.395 with 20 minutes of the season remaining.<ref name="Goodman2000" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="F1NetFP4">Template:Cite web</ref> He was 0.630 seconds faster than second-placed Coulthard with Barrichello in the second Ferrari third.<ref name="SpeedvisionSat" /> Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher, Häkkinen, Trulli, Fisichella, Salo and Diniz followed in positions four to ten.<ref name="fiabulletin">Template:Cite web</ref> Diniz was briefly stuck at the pit lane entry as his engine stalled in first gear.<ref name="fiabulletin" /><ref name="F1NetFP4" />
Qualifying
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During Saturday's one-hour qualifying session, each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the starting order determined by their fastest laps. The 107% rule was in force during this session, which required each driver to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap to qualify for the race.<ref name="regulations" /> The session took place in dry and clear weather,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> similar to practice, but with a warmer track temperature.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The warm weather made the track more slippery.<ref name=SpeedvisionQuali>Template:Cite web</ref> Most of the faster teams used new rear tyres and front scrubbed compounds to reduce understeer when lapping quickly.<ref name=AutosportQuali>Template:Cite web</ref> Michael Schumacher qualified on pole position for the 28th time in his career, and fifth of the season, with a lap of 1:17.514,<ref name=SpeedvisionQuali/> on his first fast lap midway through qualifying.<ref name=AutosportQuali/> Coulthard, who was 0.372 seconds slower on his third and final run, joined Michael Schumacher on the grid's front row.<ref name="Goodman2000" /><ref name="fiabulletin" /> McLaren did not optimise Coulthard's vehicle for low fuel, and it oversteered in the circuit's first two sectors.<ref name=AF1Quali>Template:Cite web</ref> Häkkinen, third, made considerable car setup changes by altering the rear anti-roll bar and front torsion beams, which he tested early in qualifying to see if it improved his performance.<ref name="Goodman2000" /><ref name=AutosportQuali/> Ralf Schumacher qualified fourth with the newer Williams qualifying engine, his season-best qualifying result.<ref name="Goodman2000" /><ref name="Button02">Template:Cite book</ref> He was satisfied with revisions to his car's aerodynamics.<ref name="fiabulletin" /> Barrichello, fifth, had car handling difficulties and said Coulthard prevented him from lapping faster. Frentzen, sixth, had excess oversteer in the track's final two sectors.<ref name="fiabulletin" />
Fisichella qualified seventh, claiming Michael Schumacher hindered his final lap.<ref name="SpeedvisionQuali" /><ref name="SaturdayQuotes" /> Ferrari attempted to inform Schumacher about Fisichella behind him but Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn pressed the wrong radio button and mistakenly told Barrichello. Brawn apologised for the error and Benetton technical director Pat Symonds downplayed it.<ref name="Goodman2000" /> Button was the slower of the two Williams drivers in eighth. Salo finished ninth, owing to cloud cover on his final run. Irvine finished tenth.<ref name=SpeedvisionQuali/><ref name=SaturdayQuotes>Template:Cite web</ref> Wurz, 11th, failed to reach the top-ten by two-tenths of a second after switching to his teammate Fisichella's setup.<ref name=AF1Quali/> Trulli qualified 12th after experiencing oversteer that could not be corrected by car component and setup tweaks.<ref name="fiabulletin" /><ref name=SaturdayQuotes/> He was ahead of Diniz in 13th, who was hindered by traffic and had car setup problems.<ref name="fiabulletin" /><ref name=AF1Quali/> Alesi was the faster of the two Prost drivers in 14th.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /> De La Rosa took 15th on the soft compound tyre and was the highest qualifying Arrows driver.<ref name=GPComRace>Template:Cite web</ref> Villeneuve finished 16th when his BAR chassis failed to generate enough downforce.<ref name=SpeedvisionQuali/> Johnny Herbert, 17th for Jaguar, spun late in qualifying and had excess oversteer. He was followed in 18th by Zonta, who lacked downforce. For his fourth run, Nick Heidfeld switched to the spare Prost AP03 car and reported excessive oversteer en route to qualifying 19th.<ref name="fiabulletin" /> Jos Verstappen, 20th, struggled to adapt to the high-downforce track with his Arrows car.<ref name=AF1Quali/> The Minardi drivers qualified 21st and 22nd in their underpowered cars;<ref name=SpeedvisionQuali/> Marc Gené outqualified teammate Mazzacane by two-tenths of a second after the latter went wide onto the grass during his fastest lap, losing nearly half a second.<ref name=SaturdayQuotes/><ref name="motorsport" />
Qualifying classification
Warm-up
The drivers took to the track in hot, sunny weather at 09:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) for a 30-minute warm-up session.<ref name=regulations/><ref name=SpeedvisionWarmUp>Template:Cite web</ref> Rainfall the night before had cleaned the circuit.<ref name=F1MagReport/> Teams used the session to adjust and check their race and spare cars before the race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With ten minutes remaining, Coulthard set the pace with a lap time of 1:19.261. Michael Schumacher outpaced teammate Barrichello and behind Coulthard by 0.120 seconds in the second and third-placed Ferraris. Ralf Schumacher's Williams finished fourth.<ref name=AF1WarmUp/> Due to traffic on his best lap, Häkkinen set the fifth-fastest time, 1.2 seconds behind teammate Coulthard.<ref name=AutosportWarmUp>Template:Cite web</ref> Frentzen completed the top six drivers.<ref name=AF1WarmUp>Template:Cite web</ref> To clean his starting spot on the track's right-hand side, Coulthard completed one installation lap in the spare McLaren on the start-finish straight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> An engine failure caused Irvine to enter the pit lane with smoke billowing from his car.<ref name=SpeedvisionWarmUp/><ref name=AutosportWarmUp/>
Race
The 77-lap race was held over Template:Convert began at 14:00 local time before 120,000 spectators,<ref name="CF1Race" /><ref name="regulations" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (with 30,000 from Finland).<ref name="Goodman2000" /> The event saw hot and partially cloudy weather;<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /> the air temperature was Template:Convert and the track temperature ranged between Template:Convert;<ref name=GF1Race>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=F1ComLive>Template:Cite web</ref> conditions were expected to remain consistent throughout the race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was warmer than the morning warm-up session, and drivers needed to drink a lot of water to cope up with the physical demands of cockpit temperatures and the circuit.<ref name="Goodman2000" /> Except for De La Rosa, all drivers began on the extra soft tyre compounds.<ref name=AutosportAnalysis>Template:Cite web</ref> Mazzacane suffered a gearbox issue and had to start in his spare car while the grid was assembling. Herbert also intended to drive his backup car because his regular car suffered a leak that was repaired before the start.<ref name="fiarace" /> Coulthard made a slow poor start on the dirty inner part of the start-finish straight.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name=GPComRace/> His teammate Häkkinen had more momentum than Michael Schumacher and turned right to pass him on the inside for the lead at the 180-degree first corner while near the right-hand side kerb.<ref name=F1MagReport/><ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name=AutosportRace>Template:Cite web</ref> Michael Schumacher slowed to avoid colliding with Häkkinen and avoided retiring from the opening lap for the third successive race.<ref name=AutosportRace/>
Ralf Schumacher's attempts to pass Coulthard for third on the inside the opening two turns were unsuccessful.<ref name="GPComRace" /> Villeneuve and De La Rosa collided into the chicane and both cars (which lacked mechanical grip) sustained damage. Villeneuve made a pit stop for a new front wing assembly followed by De La Rosa for a new set of tyres since he sustained a left rear puncture.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name="fiarace">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="AutosportRace" /> At the first lap's conclusion, Häkkinen led from Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Barrichello, and Frentzen.<ref name="lapbylap">Template:Cite web</ref> Michael Schumacher was close behind Häkkinen but not close enough to overtake him for the lead.<ref name=F1MagReport/> Häkkinen began to pull away gradually from Michael Schumacher, increasing his lead to 3.5 seconds by the eighth lap.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name="lapbylap" /> Fisichella in seventh had poor brake balance and slid wide onto the grass at the first corner on lap eight due to a lack of grip. In order to prevent a collision, Button slowed slightly.<ref name="fiarace" /><ref name=AutosportRace/> Irvine used this incident to pass Button for seventh position on the short straight into the second corner. Fisichella fell to 14th place.<ref name=F1NetRace>Template:Cite web</ref> On lap 12, Fisichella ran wide into a gravel trap and was passed by Herbert for 13th. Fisichella took his first pit stop for brake repairs three laps later and rejoined the track in 19th.<ref name="fiarace" /> On that lap, Alesi became the race's first retirement after a series of pit stops by mechanics failed to repair a broken left-rear suspension that had been exacerbated by a change in wheel alignment.<ref name=GPComRace/><ref name="lapbylap" />
Häkkinen had a seven-second lead over Michael Schumacher by lap 19.<ref name="lapbylap" /> Coulthard was three seconds behind Michael Schumacher owing to an incorrect tyre pressure setting and was pulling away from Ralf Schumacher.<ref name=F1MagReport/><ref name="lapbylap" /> Heidfeld became the race's second retirement when his car failed due to a drop in battery voltage after a pit stop after completing 22 laps.<ref name=GPComRace /><ref name=SpeedvisionQuotes>Template:Cite web</ref> Three laps later, Irvine made his first pit stop from seventh and fell to 11th.<ref name="fiarace" /> At the end of lap 27, Brawn asked Michael Schumacher to enter the pit lane for the first of two scheduled stops, which lasted 7.3 seconds.<ref name=GF1Race /><ref name=AutosportRace/> He rejoined the track in fifth,<ref name="fiarace" /> behind his teammate Barrichello.<ref name=F1NetRace/> On the 29th lap, Barrichello relinquished third to teammate Michael Schumacher at the first corner.<ref name=F1NetRace/> Barrichello entered the pit lane on the 30th lap and completed the stop in 6.7 seconds.<ref name=AutosportRace/> He returned to the circuit in sixth, ahead of Ralf Schumacher,<ref name="lapbylap" /><ref name=F1NetRace /> whose own pit stop was hampered by a jammed wheel nut.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" />
Race leader Häkkinen, whose drink bottle failed roughly a third of the way into the race and he became exhausted,<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name="Goodman2000" /> made a seven-second pit stop on lap 31 for a new set of tyres, falling behind teammate Coulthard.<ref name=AutosportRace/><ref name=AutosportAnalysis/> Häkkinen reclaimed the race lead after Coulthard's 6.9-second pit stop for fuel and tyres on the following lap. Coulthard returned to the track in third, behind Michael Schumacher but ahead of Schumacher's teammate Barrichello.<ref name="fiarace" /><ref name=AutosportRace/> Häkkinen set the race's fastest lap, a 1:20.028 on lap 33, as he continued to pull away from Michael Schumacher.<ref name="fiarace" /> Fisichella retired on the 36th lap as his car became difficult to drive owing to bargeboard damage.<ref name=F1ComLive/><ref name=SpeedvisionQuotes/> Coulthard on a new set of tyres,<ref name="fiarace" /> lapped faster and was two seconds behind Michael Schumacher by lap 37 as Schumacher's cautious pace preserved his tyres since they wore quickly on the Ferrari.<ref name="F12000SeasonBook" /><ref name=F1NetRace/><ref name=AutosportAnalysis/>
When Coulthard was delayed by Genè on lap 47 and lost more than a second, Michael Schumacher increased the gap.<ref name=AutosportAnalysis/> Genè would receive a 10-second stop-go penalty for delaying Irvine's Jaguar.<ref name="fiarace" /> As he had been short-fuelled, Barrichello made his second pit stop on lap 48, lasting 8.7 seconds.<ref name=AutosportRace/><ref name=F1NetRace /> Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher made their pit stops on lap 51.<ref name=AutosportRace/> Michael Schumacher was brought into the pit lane since slower cars were likely to impede Coulthard.<ref name=AutosportAnalysis/> On the following lap, Coulthard replied by making his second pit stop, which lasted 6.6 seconds, and rejoined the circuit in third place,<ref name=AutosportRace/><ref name=F1NetRace/> close behind Michael Schumacher.<ref name=SpeedvisionRace>Template:Cite web</ref> Häkkinen completed his final pit stop on the 53rd lap, having built a 21-second lead over Michael Schumacher.<ref name="fiarace" /><ref name="lapbylap" /> Frentzen became the last driver to make a scheduled pit stop on lap 56.<ref name="lapbylap" /> The top six in the running order at the end of lap 57, with all scheduled pit stops completed, were Häkkinen, Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, and Frentzen.<ref name="lapbylap" /> Herbert spun while battling Villeneuve for 13th position.<ref name="fiarace" />
On lap 65, Diniz's car stopped between turns nine and ten due to engine failure.<ref name=F1ComLive/><ref name="lapbylap" /> Herbert dropped behind Verstappen on lap 70 after spinning in front of him at the first corner.<ref name=F1ComLive/><ref name=F1NetRace/> He retired two laps later with gearbox problems.<ref name=F1NetRace/><ref name=SpeedvisionQuotes/> Mazzacane retired on track on lap 73 with an engine failure after a visor became caught inside a radiator, causing water temperatures to rise too high.<ref name=F1ComLive/><ref name=SpeedvisionQuotes/> Trulli caught and passed Button for seventh on the first corner on lap 75.<ref name=F1ComLive/><ref name=AutosportRace/> Button lost eighth to Irvine a lap later.<ref name="fiarace" /> A cracked engine exhaust or a throttle control issue slowing Button in the last laps, giving him less available horsepower.<ref name="Button02" /><ref name="JonesBUT2009">Template:Cite book</ref> Häkkinen slowed his pace to lap within the 1:24 minute range,<ref name=AutosportAnalysis/><ref name=AutosportRace/> finishing first for his third victory of the season and 17th of his career in a time of 1'45:33.869, at an average speed of Template:Convert. Michael Schumacher finished second 7.9 seconds behind, ahead of Coulthard in third.<ref name="SpeedvisionRace" /><ref name="results" /> In the hot weather, Barrichello lost Template:Convert of weight and Template:Convert of fluids after running out of water by the 40th lap.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ralf Schumacher took fifth and Frentzen completed the points scorers in sixth. Trulli, Irvine, Button, Salo, and Wurz finished one lap behind the winner. The final classified finishers Villeneuve, Verstappen, Zonta, Gené, and De La Rosa.<ref name=SpeedvisionRace/><ref name="results">Template:Cite web</ref> There were six retirements during the event.<ref name="Goodman2000" />
Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in the subsequent press conference.<ref name="regulations" /> Häkkinen said that modifications to his car's engine caused his good start.<ref name=gpafterace>Template:Cite web</ref> Norbert Haug, Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, complimented his victory. "Mika had a great race," he said. "His victory may have looked easy, but it was tough to achieve and in my view this was one of his best drives ever."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Although he was unable to catch Häkkinen, Michael Schumacher expressed satisfaction with finishing second.<ref name=gpafterace/> He admitted to being too cautious at the start because he lost momentum and said Häkkinen would have overtaken him during the pit stops had he not done so at the start.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Coulthard believed his car had balance issues prior to his first pit stop, which accounted for his lack of place. He also said that time spent behind backmarkers during the second stint hampered his attempts to overtake Michael Schumacher, but that third was the best possible result he could have achieved.<ref name=gpafterace/>
Following Ferrari's previous race victory, Brawn stated, "Our pitstops and our race strategy went well, but we just weren't quick enough.",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while Di Montezemolo urged Ferrari's mechanics and engineers to focus on resolving the issue of wheel-spin and praised Häkkinen for his recent trend of good starts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Barrichello blamed his fourth-place finish on a poor qualifying performance.<ref name=gpafterace/> Ralf Schumacher and Frentzen were pleased to finish fifth and sixth, respectively.<ref name=gpafterace/> Fisichella, who retired with a brake problem, stated that the recurring issue damaged his car and forced his retirement.<ref name=gpafterace/> Gené blamed his stop-go penalty on faulty radio communication with his team, saying that he was not shown the blue flag until the last moment.<ref name=gpafterace/> Gary Anderson, Jaguar's technical director, was furious with Gené after the race, believing the Spaniard's driving cost Irvine the chance to score points.<ref name=andersonangry>Template:Cite web</ref> "I don't understand why the blue flags weren't waved because it was plain for all to see." said Anderson.<ref name=andersonangry/>
As a result of the race result, Häkkinen took the lead in the World Drivers' Championship for the first time in the season, with 64 points, putting Michael Schumacher two points behind him. Coulthard was third with 58 points, nine points ahead of fourth-placed Barrichello and 40 points ahead of fifth-placed Fisichella.<ref name="F1MagReport" /><ref name=pointsprerace/> McLaren became the new leaders of the World Constructors' Championship with 112 points, demoting Ferrari to second on 111 points. Williams in third were now six points ahead of Benetton in fourth. With Jordan's one point scored by Frentzen finishing sixth, the team passed BAR for fifth with 12 points.<ref name=pointsprerace/><ref name="Goodman2000" /> Despite McLaren taking the lead in both championships, team principal Ron Dennis acknowledged he expected both drivers to have the advantage in most of the five remaining races but that complacency would limit his team's chances of success.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Race classification
Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold.
Championship standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
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1 | Template:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen | 64 |
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2 | Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher | 62 |
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3 | Template:Flagicon David Coulthard | 58 |
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4 | Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello | 49 |
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5 | Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella | 18 |
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- Constructors' Championship standings
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1 | Template:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes | 112 |
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2 | Template:Flagicon Ferrari | 111 |
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3 | Template:Flagicon Williams-BMW | 24 |
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4 | Template:Flagicon Benetton-Playlife | 18 |
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5 | Template:Flagicon Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 12 |
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