2000 BTCC season

The 2000 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship season was the 43rd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the final year for Super Touring specification cars in the championship. The champion was Alain Menu driving a Ford Mondeo, while Alan Morrison won the newly introduced Class B championship in a Peugeot 306 GTi.

Outside drivers and teams changes, some important regulations came into play.

- With only three manufacturer teams left vying for the title, each ran a 3-car campaign for the 2000 season.

- Michelin, now the sole tyre supplier, developed new compounds of tyres for the drivers but an intermediate option would no longer be available. The only choice for drivers was slick tyres or full wets which meant tyre choices in greasy or changeable conditions was more crucial than ever. To make matters even more difficult, tyre warmers were no longer allowed in advance of the race. As a result, the drivers had to take to the track on ill-handling cold tyres at the beginning of the race and after pit-stops.

- Success ballast was introduced for the 2000 season. The top three finishers of the sprint and feature race at a meeting were allocated a ballast to be applied at the next meeting. It was distributed as 40kg for a winner, 30kg for 2nd place and 20kg for 3rd place, with the ballast capped at 40kg.

- A dropped-scores system was put in place for 2000. This meant a driver would drop his four worst results from the season before tallying his overall points haul.

All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Note: bold signifies pole position in class (1 point awarded all races), italics signifies fastest lap in class (1 point awarded all races) and * signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap (1 point given).

‡ Retired before second start of race

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