#F1 championship season 2000 download driver#
Stéphane Sarrazin, who had driven for Minardi at the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix, became the test driver for Prost. The Argentine driver took the place of Luca Badoer, who was unable to find a race seat, and so focused on his role as test driver for Ferrari.
Jenson Button made his debut for Williams after beating the team's test driver Bruno Junqueira in a 'shoot-out' test.Mika Salo signed for Sauber after short spells as an injury replacement for Ricardo Zonta for three races and Michael Schumacher for six races in 1999.
The two seats at the French team were taken by Jean Alesi, who moved from Sauber, and 1999 International Formula 3000 champion Nick Heidfeld, who had previously been a test driver at McLaren. Prost's other driver Olivier Panis left the team to become the test driver for McLaren. Jarno Trulli moved from Prost to Jordan, filling Hill's vacant seat. 1996 champion Damon Hill retired from Formula One at the end of the 1999 season.The previous season's runner-up joined the newly established Jaguar team, in what was essentially a straight swap with Barrichello. Rubens Barrichello, who scored three podiums for Stewart in 1999, signed for Ferrari, replacing Eddie Irvine.Following the departure of engine designer Brian Hart, who had been responsible for the team's Hart, Yamaha and Arrows engines, the Arrows team switched to Supertec engines for 2000.Honda's previous stint as an engine supplier had ended in 1992, when their highly successful collaboration with McLaren came to a conclusion. BAR, who had also used Supertecs in 1999, signed a deal with Honda to use their engines for the 2000 season. The contract, which had been signed back in 1998, marked BMW's return to Formula One after over a decade of absence. Williams switched to BMW engines, replacing the Supertec units of the previous season.The Ford name, ever-present on the Formula One grid since the debut of the Ford Cosworth DFV in 1967, was therefore absent for the 2000 season, although it would make a brief return in 20. The Ford V10s used by Minardi were rebadged as Fondmetal engines, in deference to Gabriele Rumi's financial input to the team, and the car's main colour was changed from white to a fluorescent yellow. After being bought by Ford, the Stewart team was renamed Jaguar Racing, with the team's engines rebadged as Cosworths.† All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.
#F1 championship season 2000 download drivers#
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship. 5.4 World Constructors' Championship standings.5.3 World Drivers' Championship standings.This record stood until 2008, where there were no driver changes, although the Super Aguri F1 team withdrew in the middle of that season. The season held the record for the smallest number of drivers competing in a single season with only one driver change ( Luciano Burti deputising for an ill Eddie Irvine in Austria) putting the total at 23 (similar to 2002 season). The title was sealed in Japan on 8 October, after a classic straight fight between Schumacher and Häkkinen, with Schumacher passing Häkkinen at the final pit stop and then holding out in front. Schumacher fought back winning the final four races of the season in convincing fashion, recording pole position on all those occasions. Häkkinen then surged to win two races in a row, leaving him six points clear of Schumacher who faced a fifth consecutive season at Ferrari without titles since 1996. Then misfortune struck Schumacher, who retired from three consecutive races with both Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard scoring big. Schumacher won the first three races and dominated the first part of the season as McLaren had reliability issues. The season was, for the third consecutive year, a close battle between Ferrari and McLaren. This season marked the first for future world champion Jenson Button. Ferrari successfully defended its Constructors' title. Michael Schumacher became Ferrari's first World Drivers' Champion in 21 years, having clinched the Drivers' title at the penultimate race of the season. It commenced on 12 March and ended on 22 October after seventeen races. The 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 54th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Häkkinen's teammate, David Coulthard (pictured in 1995), finished the season ranked third.
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