France 2000: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.632
2	Coulthard	McLaren	1:15.734	+0.102
3	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.047	+0.415
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:16.050	+0.418
5	Schumacher	Williams	1:16.291	+0.659
6	Irvine	Jaguar	1:16.399	+0.767
7	Villeneuve	BAR	1:16.653	+1.021
8	Frentzen	Jordan	1:16.658	+1.026
9	Trulli	Jordan	1:16.669	+1.037
10	Button	Williams	1:16.905	+1.273
11	Herbert	Jaguar	1:17.176	+1.544
12	Salo	Sauber	1:17.223	+1.591
13	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:17.279	+1.647
14	Fisichella	Benetton	1:17.317	+1.685
15	Diniz	Sauber	1:17.361	+1.729
16	Heidfeld	Prost	1:17.374	+1.742
17	Wurz	Benetton	1:17.408	+1.776
18	Alesi	Prost	1:17.569	+1.937
19	Zonta	BAR	1:17.668	+2.036
20	Verstappen	Arrows	1:17.933	+2.301
21	Gené	Minardi	1:18.130	+2.498
22	Mazzacane	Minardi	1:18.302	+2.670

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	David CoulthardFastest lap	McLaren	2	72	1:38:05.538	2	Mercedes
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	72	+14.748	2	Mercedes
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	3	72	+32.409	2	Ferrari
4	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	7	72	+1:01.322	2	Honda
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	72	+1:03.981	2	BMW
6	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	9	72	+1:15.604	2	Mugen-Honda
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	71	+1 lap	2	Mugen-Honda
8	Jenson Button	Williams	10	71	+1 lap	2	BMW
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	14	71	+1 lap	2	Playlife
10	Mika Salo	Sauber	12	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	15	71	+1 lap	2	Petronas
12	Nick Heidfeld	Prost	16	71	+1 lap	3	Peugeot
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar	6	70	+2 laps	4	Cosworth
14	Jean Alesi	Prost	18	70	+2 laps	2	Peugeot
15	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	70	+2 laps	2	Fondmetal
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	58	Engine	2	Ferrari
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	13	45	Transmission	2	Supertec
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	17	34	Spun off	1	Playlife
DNF	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi	22	31	Spun off	1	Fondmetal
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Arrows	20	25	Transmission	1	Supertec
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar	11	20	Gearbox	1	Cosworth
DNF	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	19	16	Spun off	0	Honda

Race

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Places gained

Gené21→15+6
Fisichella14→9+5
Diniz15→11+4
Heidfeld16→12+4
Alesi18→14+4
Villeneuve7→4+3
Trulli9→6+3
Häkkinen4→2+2
Button10→8+2
Salo12→10+2
Coulthard2→1+1
Frentzen8→7+1
Barrichello3→30
Schumacher5→50
Irvine6→13-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Heidfeld23.822R60
2Irvine23.961R68
3De la Rosa24.050R40
4Irvine24.137R59
5Fisichella24.228R19
6Diniz24.244R27
7Schumacher24.338R43
8Gené24.471R45
9Coulthard24.473R25
10Frentzen24.524R22

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

Stints of the top 10

Coulthard2521262 stops
Häkkinen2320292 stops
Barrichello2519282 stops
Villeneuve2221292 stops
Schumacher2225252 stops
Trulli2121302 stops
Frentzen2218312 stops · +1 lap
Button2316322 stops · +1 lap
Fisichella1924282 stops · +1 lap
Salo2422252 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

SchumacherEngineFerrari
De la RosaTransmissionArrows
WurzSpun offBenetton
MazzacaneSpun offMinardi
VerstappenTransmissionArrows
HerbertGearboxJaguar
ZontaSpun offBAR

This race in history

9 races here since 1991Won from pole: 2 of 9

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

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

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