Season 2000 · Round 9

French Grand Prix

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2000-07-02 · Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours · France · French Grand Prix · 72Lap · 305.886km
2 David Coulthard
McLaren 1:38:05.538
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
1 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren +14.748
4 Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari +32.409
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
7
Michael Schumacher L58 Pedro de la Rosa L45 Alexander Wurz L34 Gastón Mazzacane L31 Jos Verstappen L25 Johnny Herbert L20 Ricardo Zonta L16
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 8 wins
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/18 27.8%
Closest finish · all-time P26
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours, France
72Lap 305.886km 18 races held (1991–) Lap record 1:15.045 · David Coulthard (2002)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 8 wins · GP #1
P15 David Coulthard 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 16 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
P4 Michael Schumacher 15 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P5 David Coulthard 14 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Button BUT Button BUT Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Salo SAL Salo SAL Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Heidfeld HEI Heidfeld HEI Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Gené GEN Gené GEN Schumacher · retired L58 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC de la Rosa · retired L45 de la Rosa DLR de la Rosa DLR Wurz · retired L34 Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Mazzacane · retired L31 Mazzacane MAZ Mazzacane MAZ Verstappen · retired L25 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Herbert · retired L20 Herbert HER Herbert HER Zonta · retired L16 Zonta ZON Zonta ZON
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 David Coulthard McLaren 2 72 1:38:05.538 10
2 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 4 72 +14.748 6
3 4 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 3 72 +32.409 4
4 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 7 72 +1:01.322 3
5 9 Ralf Schumacher Williams 5 72 +1:03.981 2
6 6 Jarno Trulli Jordan 9 72 +1:15.605 1
7 5 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan 8 71 +1 Lap
8 10 Jenson Button Williams 10 71 +1 Lap
9 11 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 14 71 +1 Lap
10 17 Mika Salo Sauber 12 71 +1 Lap
11 16 Pedro Diniz Sauber 15 71 +1 Lap
12 15 Nick Heidfeld Prost 16 71 +1 Lap
13 7 Eddie Irvine Jaguar 6 70 +2 Laps
14 14 Jean Alesi Prost 18 70 +2 Laps
15 20 Marc Gené Minardi 21 70 +2 Laps
R 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 58 Engine
R 18 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 13 45 Transmission
R 12 Alexander Wurz Benetton 17 34 Spun off
R 21 Gastón Mazzacane Minardi 22 31 Spun off
R 19 Jos Verstappen Arrows 20 25 Transmission
R 8 Johnny Herbert Jaguar 11 20 Gearbox
R 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR 19 16 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
3 Michael Schumacher
2
2 David Coulthard
3
4 Rubens Barrichello
4
1 Mika Häkkinen
5
9 Ralf Schumacher
6
7 Eddie Irvine
7
22 Jacques Villeneuve
8
5 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
9
6 Jarno Trulli
10
10 Jenson Button
11
8 Johnny Herbert
12
17 Mika Salo
13
18 Pedro de la Rosa
14
11 Giancarlo Fisichella
15
16 Pedro Diniz
16
15 Nick Heidfeld
17
12 Alexander Wurz
18
14 Jean Alesi
19
23 Ricardo Zonta
20
19 Jos Verstappen
21
20 Marc Gené
22
21 Gastón Mazzacane
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 2 David Coulthard 1:19.479 L28
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.656 L4
3 7 Eddie Irvine 1:19.708 L61
4 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:19.746 L29
5 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.765 L3
6 2 David Coulthard 1:19.814 L29
7 2 David Coulthard 1:19.925 L49
8 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:19.933 L26
9 7 Eddie Irvine 1:19.979 L45
10 2 David Coulthard 1:20.005 L43
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
16
Pedro Diniz
+14
P15→P11
11
Giancarlo Fisichella
+13
P14→P9
15
Nick Heidfeld
+13
P16→P12
7
Eddie Irvine
+12
P6→P13
20
Marc Gené
+12
P21→P15
14
Jean Alesi
+10
P18→P14
9
Ralf Schumacher
+8
P5→P5
6
Jarno Trulli
+8
P9→P6
Most positions lost
Eddie Irvine −15 Nick Heidfeld −11 Jean Alesi −9
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15