The Fastest Sector is back with Flashback Friday, here’s the need-to-know with a brief article about the British Grand Prix.
The 2000 British GP at the iconic Silverstone Circuit saw round four of the 50th season in Formula One.
The weekend saw an interesting qualifying grid with Rubens Barrichello taking pole while his Ferrari teammate the great Michael Schumacher only qualified fifth. The shock of qualifying was Heinz-Harold Frentzen qualifying second in his Jordan Honda only 0.003 seconds off pole with the two McLarens of Coulthard and Hakkinen occupying the second row.
The race started with Frentzen and Barrichello getting off evenly while Schumacher fell from fifth to eighth falling behind the BAR of Villeneuve and both Williams’.
Barrichello would hold the lead for 30 laps before Coulthard would pull of a move around Stowe. Coulthard would pit on the end of lap 32 granting the Brazilian the lead back as he would stay out an extra two laps. When Barrichello pitted, Schumacher took the lead of the race until lap 38 when he pitted himself.
After the first set of stops, a spin caused by a gearbox malfunction would see the end of Barrichello’s race and Frentzen would take the lead with the McLaren of Coulthard closing in on the German.
As Frentzen pulled into the pits for his second stop Coulthard would take the lead again where he would stay until the checkered flag waved on lap 60 despite some late race gearbox issues.
Coulthard’s win snapped a three-race win streak for Schumacher who would finish 3rd behind both McLarens and ahead of his brother Ralf.
The 2000 British GP gave some spice to an otherwise uncompetitive championship and added to the list of classics held at the iconic Silverstone circuit.
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