Japan 2000: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:35.825
2	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:35.834	+0.009
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:36.236	+0.411
4	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:36.330	+0.505
5	Button	Williams	1:36.628	+0.803
6	Schumacher	Williams	1:36.788	+0.963
7	Irvine	Jaguar	1:36.899	+1.074
8	Frentzen	Jordan	1:37.243	+1.418
9	Villeneuve	BAR	1:37.267	+1.442
10	Herbert	Jaguar	1:37.329	+1.504
11	Wurz	Benetton	1:37.348	+1.523
12	Fisichella	Benetton	1:37.479	+1.654
13	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:37.652	+1.827
14	Verstappen	Arrows	1:37.674	+1.849
15	Trulli	Jordan	1:37.679	+1.854
16	Heidfeld	Prost	1:38.141	+2.316
17	Alesi	Prost	1:38.209	+2.384
18	Zonta	BAR	1:38.269	+2.444
19	Salo	Sauber	1:38.490	+2.665
20	Diniz	Sauber	1:38.576	+2.751
21	Gené	Minardi	1:39.972	+4.147
22	Mazzacane	Minardi	1:40.462	+4.637

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	53	1:29:53.435	2	Ferrari
2	Mika HäkkinenFastest lap	McLaren	2	53	+1.837	2	Mercedes
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	53	+1:09.914	2	Mercedes
4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	4	53	+1:19.190	2	Ferrari
5	Jenson Button	Williams	5	53	+1:25.694	2	BMW
6	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	9	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
7	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar	10	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
8	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	7	52	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
9	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	18	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
10	Mika Salo	Sauber	19	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	20	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	13	52	+1 lap	2	Supertec
13	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	15	52	+1 lap	2	Mugen-Honda
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	12	52	+1 lap	1	Playlife
15	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi	22	51	+2 laps	2	Fondmetal
DNF	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	46	Engine	2	Fondmetal
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	41	Spun off	2	BMW
DNF	Nick Heidfeld	Prost	16	41	Suspension	3	Peugeot
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	11	37	Spun off	1	Playlife
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	29	Hydraulics	1	Mugen-Honda
DNF	Jean Alesi	Prost	17	19	Engine	0	Peugeot
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	14	9	Electrical	0	Supertec

Race

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Places gained

Zonta18→9+9
Salo19→10+9
Diniz20→11+9
Mazzacane22→15+7
Villeneuve9→6+3
Herbert10→7+3
Trulli15→13+2
De la Rosa13→12+1
Schumacher1→10
Häkkinen2→20
Coulthard3→30
Barrichello4→40
Button5→50
Irvine7→8-1
Fisichella12→14-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher26.030R40
2Barrichello26.783R20
3Häkkinen27.090R22
4Schumacher27.158R23
5Trulli27.180R15
6Salo27.251R18
7Coulthard27.310R24
8Diniz27.515R13
9Zonta27.602R22
10Häkkinen27.683R37

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Schumacher2317132 stops
Häkkinen2215162 stops
Coulthard2415142 stops
Barrichello2018152 stops
Button2018152 stops
Villeneuve1917162 stops · +1 lap
Herbert1817172 stops · +1 lap
Irvine1618182 stops · +1 lap
Zonta2217132 stops · +1 lap
Salo1816182 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

GenéEngineMinardi
SchumacherSpun offWilliams
HeidfeldSuspensionProst
WurzSpun offBenetton
FrentzenHydraulicsJordan
AlesiEngineProst
VerstappenElectricalArrows

This race in history

13 races here since 1987Won from pole: 4 of 13

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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