2000 British Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 17 in the 2000 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 23 April 2000 | ||
| Official name | LIII Foster's British Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.140 km (3.194 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 308.400 km (191.640 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, mild, dry, Air Temp: 10°C | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:25.703 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:26.217 on lap 56 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2000 British Grand Prix (formally the LIII Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 April 2000 at Silverstone Circuit, England, United Kingdom. It was the fourth race of the 2000 Formula One season and the 53rd British Grand Prix. The 60-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after starting from fourth position. His teammate Mika Häkkinen finished second with Michael Schumacher third for the Ferrari team.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as constructors were, McLaren, Ferrari, Jordan, Jaguar, Williams, Benetton, Prost, Sauber, Arrows, Minardi and BAR.Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought four different tyre compounds to the race: two dry compounds, the Softs and the Mediums and two wet-weather compounds, the Softs and the Hards.
Going into the race Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 30 points, ahead of Rubens Barrichello on 9 points and Giancarlo Fisichella on 8. Mika Häkkinen in fourth and Ralf Schumacher in fifth were tied on 6 points. In the Constructors' Championship Ferrari were leading with 39 points, McLaren and Benetton were second and third with 10 and 8 points respectively, whilst Jordan and Williams were tied in fourth place with 7 points each. Ferrari and Michael Schumacher had so far dominated the championship, winning the previous three races. Championship competitors Barrichello, Fisichella and Häkkinen had gained one second-place finish each, and Ralf Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and David Coulthard had achieved one third place podium finish each.
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