The Line-League ©
Season 2000
BRAZIL - Interlagos
Date: 19-12-1999
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Just the same as in Australia: best sunny weather-conditions, allowing to drive with soft tires all that Damon Hill (Ferrari) needs to reach pole-position, only beeing slightly ahead of Rubens Barrichello (Tyrrell). Reduced to the fact: second pole in the second GP of the saison. Best qualifying-time: Alex Zanardi (driver of the Jordan-team, as usual) in 1.14:02.
Sunshine everywhere, but worst-case-scenario at the starting grid: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mika Salo (both in Ferrari) and Alex Zanardi (Jordan) overstress their gear-systems and stall their cars. A very bad situation for not less than a quarter of all drivers!
The first lap is dominated by Damon Hill (Ferrari), but bad luck in the Juncao-corner throws him back on the 4th place. At the end of the first lap, he does the very best stop ever seen in more then two FD-seasons: he’s the only driver stopping in the pit, has a very quick stop and after his return to the road he finds himself back on the 2nd place, overtaking Mika Hakkinen (Jordan) and Jos Verstappen (Tyrrell). Depending on a famous strategy he attacks the leading pilot Rubens Barrichello (Tyrrell) at the beginning of the third lap. Both of them did a very hard fight. Hill wins the race in front of Barrichello in a very excitingly photo-finish..
| Qualifying | |||||||
| Weather: Sun | |||||||
| Position: | Driver: | Team: | Setup: | Time/Points: | Stops: | Penalties: | Total: |
| 1 | Hill (#1) | Ferrari | S/H | 1:27,58 / 3 | 18 | 21 | |
| 2 | Barrichello (#9) | Tyrrell | H/H | 1:32,52 / 4 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Zanardi (#5) | Jordan | H/H | 1:14,02 / 3 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Frentzen (#2) | Ferrari | S/H | 1:29,23 / 3 | 17 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Hakkinen (#4) | Jordan | H/H | 1:21,76 / 3 | 18 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Salo (#3) | Ferrari | S/H | 1:43,04 / 4 | 19 | 23 | |
| 7 | Heidfeld (#8) | Tyrrell | H/H | 2:20,53 / 5 | 17 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | SchumacherR.(#12) | Williams | H/H | 2:52,82 / 6 | 17 | 23 | |
| 9 | Verstappen (#7) | Tyrrell | H/H | 1:55,89 / 4 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Takagi (#6) | Jordan | H/H | 1:31,94 / 4 | 19 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Irvine (#10) | Williams | H/H | 2:33,51 / 6 | 19 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Berger (#11) | Williams | H/H | 3:14,45 / 7 | 18 | 9 | 34 |
| The Race | |||||||
| Length: 4:10 | |||||||
| Weather: Sun (unbelievable) | |||||||
| Hazards: 18 | |||||||
| Best laps: Lap1: 16 Stops - Driver #9; Lap2: 12 - #9; Lap3: 13 - #1 | |||||||
| Position: | Driver: | Team: | Setup: | T,Br,F,Bo,E,R | Stops: | Crash: | Points: |
| 1 | Hill (#1) | Ferrari | S / H | 6, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3 | 41 | 10 | |
| 2 | Barrichello (#9) | Tyrrell | H / H | 6, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2 | +/- 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Hakkinen (#4) | Jordan | H / H | 7, 2, 5, 3, 3, 2 | + 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Frentzen (#2) | Ferrari | S / H | 6, 2, 5, 3, 3, 3 | + 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Zanardi (#5) | Jordan | H / L | 8, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2 | + 4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Salo (#3) | Ferrari | H / L | 8, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 | + 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | Takagi (#6) | Jordan | H / H | 6, 2, 6, 3, 3, 2 | + 13 | --- | |
| 8 | Heidfeld (#8) | Tyrrell | H / L | 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2 | - 1 | C (40) | --- |
| 9 | Irvine (#10) | Williams | H / H | 10, 1, 5, 2, 2, 2 | - 4 | E (37) | n.c. |
| 10 | Verstappen (#7) | Tyrrell | H / H | 7, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2 | -7 | R (34) | n.c. |
| 11 | Berger (#11) | Williams | H / H | 10, 1, 5, 2, 2, 2 | -19 | E (22) | n.c. |
| 12 | SchumacherR.(#12) | Williams | H / H | 10, 1, 5, 2, 2, 2 | -28 | C (13) | n.c. |