Formula One 2000 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher won the 2000 Australian Grand Prix, it was the first time he had won in Melbourne. Rubens Barrichello finished second to give Ferrari a 1-2 and Ralf Schumacher finished third for BMW Williams. It was the fifth race to be held at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne after moving from Adelaide in 1996.

Answer: 3

David Coulthard won 3 Grand Prix in 2000: Monaco, France and Britain.

Answer: Jenson Button

20 year old Jenson Button made his Grand Prix debut for the Williams team. At the 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix he became the youngest driver, at 20 years and 2 months, since Ricardo Rodriguez (who, at 20 years and 4 months, finished 4th for Ferrari at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix) to score a point when he finished 6th. He finished 8th in the final World Championship standings with 12 points.

Answer: 9

Michael Schumacher won 9 races in 2000 (Australia, Brazil, San Marino, Europe, Canada, Italy, America, Japan and Malaysia) to become the first Ferrari World Champion since Jody Scheckter in 1979.

Answer: British American Racing

After entering Formula One in 1999, British American Racing failed to score any points in their debut season. However, they scored 4 points in the first race of the 2000 season when Jacques Villeneuve finished 4th and Ricardo Zonta finished 6th.

Answer: 18th

"Rubinho" qualified in 18th place in an eventful race which saw Michael Schumacher crash out at the first corner for the second race in a row. The safety car was brought out after a Mercedes employee who had been sacked walked onto the track in protest. Barrichello gained the lead when it started to rain and everyone else went into the pits for wet tyres and he stayed out on dry tyres as only parts of the track were wet.

Answer: Monaco GP

Jaguar scored their first points (since becoming Team Jaguar at the start of the 2000 season) when Eddie Irvine finished 4th at the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix. They took over Stewart Grand Prix at the end of the 1999 season. Stewart had competed in 49 races, had 1 Grand Prix win (Johnny Herbert at the 1999 European Grand Prix), 5 podiums, 1 pole and scored a total of 47 points.

Answer: Ferrari

Ferrari won the 2000 Constructors' Championship with 170 points. McLaren were second with 152 points, Williams were third with 36 points and Benetton finished 4th with 20 points.

Answer: Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher won the 2000 World Championship to give him his 3rd World title. He also won the championship in 1994 & 1995 when he was with Benetton.

Answer: 89

Finn Mika Hakkinen finished the 2000 seaon with 89 points, putting him 2nd in the final standings behind champion Michael Schumacher who finished with 108 points. David Coulthard finished 3rd with 73 points and Rubens Barrichello finished his first season with Ferrari in 4th with 62 points.