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14-apr-2000
Race Results - Australian Grand Prix 2000 Season
Circuit Length 5.26/3.27 Total 307.516 Kms

Benson and Hedges Jordan led today's Australian Grand Prix in a strong showing of its competitiveness before Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli were forced to retire their Jordan Mugen-Honda EJ10s. The race was won by Michael Schumacher, with team mate Ruben Barrichello giving Ferrari a one-two victory to put them into the lead in the World Championship.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli had an ultimately disappointing day; Frentzen lost the chance of taking second place when a hydraulic leak, and not, as first suspected, a gear box problem, forced him to retire. His race ended shortly after a long pit stop in which he had been delayed by a jammed fuel nozzle. Jarno Trulli, running a one stop strategy like his team mate, was battling for third place when he suffered a broken exhaust which caused the engine to fail, leading to his retirement on the 36th lap.

The race had many casualties besides Jordan. Both McLarens failed to finish when Hakkinen and Coulthard retired with engine failures in the first half of the race. Jaguar drivers Irvine and Herbert did not see the chequered flag; Herbert retired after only one lap, and Irvine spun off only five laps later when he was caught up in a spectacular accident involving Pedro De La Rosa's Arrows which caused the safety car to come out.

Ralf Schumacher finished the race third, giving BMW a podium finish in their first Grand Prix with the Williams. BAR scored their first points thanks to Villleneuve's fourth place finish. Benetton and Sauber also won points - Fisichella finished 5th and Salo 6th.

After his first race with Jordan, Trulli said, "I made a very good start but unfortunately I was stopped by Schumacher and Barrichello and I wasn't able to move up from sixth. I was comfortably following Barrichello and Heinz-Harald (Frentzen) for the majority of the race. Then, several laps after the Safety Car had gone in, I had a problem with the exhaust which lead to the end of my race. The car is potentially very good - we just need to improve the reliability."




Australian GP - Race Results
  Pos    Driver    Team    Time         
  1    M Schumacher    Ferrari    1h34m1.987s         
  2    Barrichello    Ferrari    +11.415s         
  3    R Schumacher    Williams    +20.009s         
  4    Villeneuve    BAR    +44.445s         
  5    Fisichella    Benetton    +45.165s         
  6    Zonta    BAR    +46.468s         
  7    Wurz    Benetton    +46.915s         
  8    Gene    Minardi    +1 lap         
  9    Heidfeld    Prost    +2 laps         
  DNF    Button    Williams    +12 laps         
  DNF    Diniz    Sauber    +17 laps         
  DNF    Mazzacane    Minardi    +18 laps         
  DNF    Frentzen    Benson & Hedges Jordan    +19 laps         
  DNF    Trulli    Benson & Hedges Jordan    +23 laps         
  DNF    Alesi    Prost    +31 laps         
  DNF    Hakkinen    McLaren    +40 laps         
  DNF    Coulthard    McLaren    +47 laps         
  DNF    Verstappen    Arrows    +42 laps         
  DNF    de La Rosa    Arrows    +52 laps         
  DNF    Irvine    Jaguar    +52 laps         
  DNF    Herbert    Jaguar    +57 laps         
  Disq    Salo    Sauber             



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