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2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the II Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 2000, at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, and the second Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 56-lap race from pole position. McLaren's David Coulthard finished second, with Michael Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello finishing third.
McLaren's Mika Häkkinen, started second alongside Michael Schumacher. Häkkinen, on the other hand, was handed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for being deemed to have jumped the start. Häkkinen was able to return to fourth, his ultimate finishing position. Coulthard, who started third, took the lead until the first round of pit stops. During their second stops, Michael Schumacher and teammate Rubens Barrichello traded the lead, with the former retaining it. Michael Schumacher won the race by holding off Coulthard in the final laps.
Michael Schumacher's victory was his ninth of the season, tying his own record set in 1995 and Nigel Mansell in 1992. Schumacher also tied Mansell's 108-point record. McLaren was unable to pass Ferrari's points total in the final race, confirming Ferrari as World Constructors' Champions. Coulthard's second-place finish helped him beat Barrichello to third in the World Drivers' Championship. Pedro Diniz's and Johnny Herbert's final race was at the Grand Prix; the Englishman retired after 161 race starts. The race was also Alexander Wurz's last until the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix.
The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, held on 22 October 2000 at the 5.543 km (3.444 mi) clockwise Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was the second Malaysian Grand Prix in the Formula One World Championship. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the Soft dry compound and the Intermediate, Heavy Wet and Soft wet-weather compounds to the race.
Before the event, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the season's World Drivers' Championship at the preceding Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher led the championship with 98 championship points; McLaren's Mika Häkkinen was second on 86 points. With only 10 championship points available for the remaining race, Häkkinen was unable to catch Schumacher. McLaren's David Coulthard was third in the Drivers' Championship, 67 championship points behind Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen, and 58 championship points ahead of Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello. If Barrichello won the race and Coulthard finished outside the top six, he could still finish third. Although the Drivers' Championship was decided, the World Constructors' Championship was not. Ferrari led on 156 championship points, and McLaren were second on 143 championship points, with a maximum of 16 championship points available. McLaren needed to finish first and second in the race to become Constructors' Champions, but Ferrari needed one of its two drivers to finish second or collect three championship points by finishing fourth to win the title.
Protests against Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's imprisonment threatened to disrupt the race. The campaign group, known as Free Anwar, were reported in the media that they would use the event to try to bid for Ibrahim's release. However, the campaign's director, Raja Petra Kamarudin, later announced that the event would be untouched.
The weekend was the final race for Jaguar's Johnny Herbert and Sauber's Pedro Diniz. Herbert's switch to CART was publicised shortly before, and he acknowledged that he had turned down an offer to test for the Williams team. Herbert said going into the weekend: "It's going to be a bit emotional getting out of the car for the last time and out of Formula One. But I'm really looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead of me." Diniz's future was uncertain, as he was rumoured to be moving to Prost after extensive negotiations with the team.
Following the Japanese Grand Prix on 8 October, six teams tested at European race tracks between 10 and 13 October to prepare for the upcoming race in Malaysia. Ferrari spent the four days with Luca Badoer, their test driver, who tested new mechanical components on the F1-2000 car at the Fiorano Circuit on a wet/dry track. He then moved to the Mugello Circuit where he tested brakes, car set-ups, tyre evaluation, endurance runs for the car's engines and continued trying out new car components. McLaren tested tyres on its MP4/15 chassis at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo for three days with test driver Olivier Panis and were joined by the Arrows team running a modified A21 vehicle fitted with a Peugeot-derived Asia Motor Technic V10 engine. Williams spent three days at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours testing a modified FW22 car with its test driver Bruno Junqueira. British American Racing (BAR) tested a 002 car with their regular test driver Darren Manning for two days of aerodynamic testing at the Italian Variano circuit. Benetton cancelled a test in Barcelona but ran at the Silverstone Circuit a week later using new Supertec engines angled at 110° degrees. The Jaguar, Jordan, Minardi, Prost, and Sauber teams did not test during this period.
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2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the II Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 2000, at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, and the second Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 56-lap race from pole position. McLaren's David Coulthard finished second, with Michael Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello finishing third.
McLaren's Mika Häkkinen, started second alongside Michael Schumacher. Häkkinen, on the other hand, was handed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for being deemed to have jumped the start. Häkkinen was able to return to fourth, his ultimate finishing position. Coulthard, who started third, took the lead until the first round of pit stops. During their second stops, Michael Schumacher and teammate Rubens Barrichello traded the lead, with the former retaining it. Michael Schumacher won the race by holding off Coulthard in the final laps.
Michael Schumacher's victory was his ninth of the season, tying his own record set in 1995 and Nigel Mansell in 1992. Schumacher also tied Mansell's 108-point record. McLaren was unable to pass Ferrari's points total in the final race, confirming Ferrari as World Constructors' Champions. Coulthard's second-place finish helped him beat Barrichello to third in the World Drivers' Championship. Pedro Diniz's and Johnny Herbert's final race was at the Grand Prix; the Englishman retired after 161 race starts. The race was also Alexander Wurz's last until the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix.
The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, held on 22 October 2000 at the 5.543 km (3.444 mi) clockwise Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was the second Malaysian Grand Prix in the Formula One World Championship. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the Soft dry compound and the Intermediate, Heavy Wet and Soft wet-weather compounds to the race.
Before the event, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the season's World Drivers' Championship at the preceding Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher led the championship with 98 championship points; McLaren's Mika Häkkinen was second on 86 points. With only 10 championship points available for the remaining race, Häkkinen was unable to catch Schumacher. McLaren's David Coulthard was third in the Drivers' Championship, 67 championship points behind Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen, and 58 championship points ahead of Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello. If Barrichello won the race and Coulthard finished outside the top six, he could still finish third. Although the Drivers' Championship was decided, the World Constructors' Championship was not. Ferrari led on 156 championship points, and McLaren were second on 143 championship points, with a maximum of 16 championship points available. McLaren needed to finish first and second in the race to become Constructors' Champions, but Ferrari needed one of its two drivers to finish second or collect three championship points by finishing fourth to win the title.
Protests against Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's imprisonment threatened to disrupt the race. The campaign group, known as Free Anwar, were reported in the media that they would use the event to try to bid for Ibrahim's release. However, the campaign's director, Raja Petra Kamarudin, later announced that the event would be untouched.
The weekend was the final race for Jaguar's Johnny Herbert and Sauber's Pedro Diniz. Herbert's switch to CART was publicised shortly before, and he acknowledged that he had turned down an offer to test for the Williams team. Herbert said going into the weekend: "It's going to be a bit emotional getting out of the car for the last time and out of Formula One. But I'm really looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead of me." Diniz's future was uncertain, as he was rumoured to be moving to Prost after extensive negotiations with the team.
Following the Japanese Grand Prix on 8 October, six teams tested at European race tracks between 10 and 13 October to prepare for the upcoming race in Malaysia. Ferrari spent the four days with Luca Badoer, their test driver, who tested new mechanical components on the F1-2000 car at the Fiorano Circuit on a wet/dry track. He then moved to the Mugello Circuit where he tested brakes, car set-ups, tyre evaluation, endurance runs for the car's engines and continued trying out new car components. McLaren tested tyres on its MP4/15 chassis at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo for three days with test driver Olivier Panis and were joined by the Arrows team running a modified A21 vehicle fitted with a Peugeot-derived Asia Motor Technic V10 engine. Williams spent three days at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours testing a modified FW22 car with its test driver Bruno Junqueira. British American Racing (BAR) tested a 002 car with their regular test driver Darren Manning for two days of aerodynamic testing at the Italian Variano circuit. Benetton cancelled a test in Barcelona but ran at the Silverstone Circuit a week later using new Supertec engines angled at 110° degrees. The Jaguar, Jordan, Minardi, Prost, and Sauber teams did not test during this period.
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