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Formula One: Grand Prix of Japan Race Results, Suzuka

8 October 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

SUZUKA, Japan -- Results Sunday of the Japanese Grand Prix, with driver, home country, make of car and laps completed and reasons out, if any,:

1) Michael Schumacher, Germany, Ferrari, 53 laps
2) Mika Hakkinen, Finland, McLaren/Mercedes, -1.800 sec.
3) David Coulthard, Great Britain, McLaren/Mercedes, -1:09.900
4) Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari, -1:19.100
5) Jenson Button, Great Britain, Williams-BMW, -1:25.600
6) Jacques Villeneuve, Canada, BAR-Honda, -1 lap
7) Johnny Herbert, Great Britain, Jaguar-Cosworth, -1 lap
8) Eddie Irvine, Great Britain, Jaguar-Cosworth, -1 lap
9) Ricardo Zonta, Brazil, BAR-Honda, -1 lap
10) Mika Salo, Finland, Sauber-Petronas, -1 lap
11) Pedro Diniz, Brazil, Sauber-Petronas, -1 lap
12) Pedro de la Rosa, Spain, Arrows-Supertec, -1 lap
13) Jarno Trulli, Italy, Jordan-Mugen-Honda, -1 lap
14) Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy, Benetton-Playlife, -1 lap
15) Gaston Mazzacane, Argentina, Minardi-Fondmetal, -2 laps
16) Marc Gene, Spain, Minardi-Fondmetal, -7 laps, engine
17) Ralf Schumacher, Germany, Williams-BMW, -12 laps, spin
18) Nick Heidfeld, Germany, Prost-Peugeot, -12 laps, rear suspension
19) Alexander Wurz, Austria, Benetton-Playlife, -16 laps, spin
20) Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Germany, Jordan-Mugen-Honda, -24 laps, hydraulic pump
21) Jean Alesi, France, Prost-Peugeot, -34 laps, engine
22) Jos Verstappen, Netherlands, Arrows-Supertec, electrics

Lap leaders: Hakkinen 1-21, M. Schumacher 22-23, Coulthard 24, Hakkinen 25-36, M. Schumacher 37-53.

POINTS:

Drivers: M. Schumacher 98, Hakkinen 86, Coulthard 67, Barrichello 58, R. Schumacher 24, Fisichella 18, Villeneuve 15, Button 12, Frentzen 11, Trulli 6, Salo 6, Verstappen 5, Irvine 3, Zonta 3, Wurz 2, de la Rosa 2.

Constructors: Ferrari 156, McLaren-Mercedes 143, Williams-BMW 36, Benetton-Playlife 20, British American Racing-Honda 18, Jordan-Mugen-Honda 17, Arrows-Supertec 7, Sauber-Petronas 6, Jaguar-Cosworth 3.

Text Provided By Paul Kelly

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