2000 Hungarian Grand Prix
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.
| 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 12 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One World Championship
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Hungaroring (pre-2002 circuit) | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 13 August 2000 | ||||
| Official name | XVI Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj | ||||
| Location | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 3.975 km (2.470 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 77 laps, 306.075 km (190.186 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partially cloudy, very hot, dry | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:17.514 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:20.028 on lap 33 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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 points ahead of Schumacher and six points ahead of Coulthard, while McLaren took the World Constructors' Championship lead from Ferrari by one point with five of the season's races remaining.