Coulthard's victory moved him into second place on 34 points, ahead of teammate Häkkinen on 29 points. It was the seventh race of the 2000 Formula One season and the 58th Monaco Grand Prix.

Rubens Barrichello finished second for the Ferrari team with Benetton driver Giancarlo Fisichella third.

Häkkinen took fifth and suffered from understeer along with traffic during his second qualifying run.

The 2000 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LVIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 June 2000 at the Circuit de Monaco.It was the seventh race of the 2000 Formula One season and the 58th Monaco Grand Prix.The 78-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after starting from third position. At the hairpin de la Rosa attempted to overtake Button and the latter sent de la Rosa into a spin. He was taken to Princess Grace Hospital for a routine check-up and his cut was stitched.

[1] Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought two different tyre types to the race; two-dry compounds, the Softs and the Extra Softs.

[31] Fisichella said that he was pleased at taking third place.

Tor Circuit de Monaco tworzą obecnie ulice Monte Carlo i La Condamine. [24] Verstappen, who was fending off Heidfeld for ninth place, spun into retirement at turn twelve on lap 61.

[24], On the same lap Irvine overtook his teammate Herbert for tenth position. His team's mechanics opened his car's inspection hatch and rearranged radio cables. [14] Barrichello secured the sixth place and reported his car was nervous.
[22], At the completion of lap 57, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the order was Coulthard, Frentzen, Barrichello, Fisichella, Irvine, Salo, Häkkinen, Villeneuve, Verstappen, Heidfeld and Herbert. [9], Due to the configuration of the Circuit de Monaco, with its low average speed and abundance of low-speed corners, allied to the low-grip nature of the public road surface, the teams all set their cars up to produce the maximum amount of downforce and mechanical grip possible.

[36] Williams had their test driver Bruno Junqueira to fill in for Ralf Schumacher should the need arise. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes.

After the second round of pit stops, Michael Schumacher's exhaust broke causing a left rear suspension failure and his retirement from the race.
He described the race as one of the hardest in his Formula One career as his drink bottle did not function correctly along with suffering a blistered foot. [7] Sauber's Mika Salo topped the final days running. Jednak już w 2021 roku wyścig ma powrócić do kalendarza. Coulthard's victory allowed him to narrow the lead of Michael Schumacher in the World Drivers' Championship to 12 points. FC Bayern Munich won a historic double, clinching its first European Cup victory for more than 25 years, as well as clinching its third consecutive league title. Benetton in fourth closed the points gap to their rivals Williams to one point. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Trulli who recorded a lap 0.271 seconds slower than the pole sitter and took his best qualifying performance of the season.

Similarly, Jenson Button who took 14th in the other Williams, was caught out by the waved yellow flags. My car was not perfectly balanced for the first two runs, which is why I brushed the barriers a couple of times.

[12], The weather remained hot and dry for the Saturday morning practice sessions. Mimo to zginął na nim tylko jeden kierowca F1. Regulations at the time were such that in the event of a stoppage being ordered on the first lap, that start would be deemed null-and-void, and the second start would take place as if the first had never occurred.

[22] Herbert became the first driver to make a pit stop on lap 27 although his pit crew came unprepared and Herbert was stationary for half a minute before he exited in 17th position.

Alesi continued to run quicker and was fourth fastest, faster than Coulthard and Frentzen.