French Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 2nd July 2000 12:00am Local
Sun 2nd July 2000 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2000

Round
9

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Location
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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The 2000 French Grand Prix (officially the LXXXVI Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One motor race contested on 2 July 2000 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, Burgundy, Central France, attended by 112,112 spectators. It was the 86th French Grand Prix and the ninth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship. McLaren's David Coulthard won the 72-lap race after starting second. His teammate Mika Häkkinen finished second with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello third.

Coulthard won his third race of the season and his eighth in Formula One, reduced Michael Schumacher's lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 12 championship points.

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Result List

01	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:38:05.538
02	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:14.748
03	Rubens Barrichello	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:32.409
04	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	+1:01.322
05	Ralf Schumacher	Williams Racing	+1:03.981
06	Jarno Trulli	Jordan	+1:15.605
07	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	+1 Lap
08	Jenson Button	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Formula	+1 Lap
10	Mika Salo	Sauber	+1 Lap
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	+1 Lap
12	Nick Heidfeld	Prost Grand Prix	+1 Lap
13	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	+ 2 Laps
14	Jean Alesi	Prost Grand Prix	+2 Laps
15	Marc Gené	Minardi	+2 Laps
16	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
18	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Formula	DNF
19	Gastón Mazzacane	Minardi	DNF
20	Jos Verstappen	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
21	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	DNF
22	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	DNF