Ferrari F1-2000


The Ferrari F1-2000 was a Formula One racing car that the Ferrari team competed with for the 2000 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Aldo Costa and Nikolas Tombazis with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli leading the engine design. The car was a direct development of the F300 and F399 from the previous two seasons, using the same basic gearbox and a new engine with a wider V-angle ; this new wider angle improved and lowered the centre of gravity of the car. It also featured improved aerodynamics over the F399 most noticeably a flatter underside of the nose area, which put it on par with that year's McLaren MP4/15.

Season performance

The new car had improved cooling over its predecessors and much smaller, more rounded sidepods to improve airflow. Detail changes had been made to the weight distribution to improve handling and make the car as light as possible. Despite the improvements, the F1-2000 used its tyres harder than the McLaren, which was still marginally faster overall but was less reliable than its Italian rival. The car underwent constant development. The angled front wing was replaced with a more conventional flat plane wing at the American Grand Prix and larger bargeboards were fitted in time for the French Grand Prix.
Despite a mid season slump which saw three consecutive retirements, Michael Schumacher drove the F1-2000 to his third World Drivers' Title and Ferrari's first for 21 years. It also defended Ferrari's constructors' crown, and signified the start of the team's dominance throughout the first half of the decade.

In popular culture

The Ferrari F1-2000 was featured in the Codemasters F1 2020 video game as a dlc for the "Deluxe Schumacher Edition".

Complete Formula One results

YearTeamEngineTyresDrivers1234567891011121314151617PointsWCC
2000FerrariFerrari 049 V10AUSBRASMRGBRESPEURMONCANFRAAUTGERHUNBELITAUSAJPNMAL1701st
2000FerrariFerrari 049 V10Michael Schumacher111351Ret1RetRetRet2211111701st
2000FerrariFerrari 049 V10Rubens Barrichello2Ret4Ret34223314RetRet2431701st