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2000 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

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The 2000 Formula Renault UK season was the 12th British Formula Renault Championship. The season ended after twelve rounds held in the United Kingdom. 32 drivers competed in this series. All drivers used the Tatuus FR2000 (Renault) car.

Rookie Kimi Räikkönen dominated the season, taking seven wins and finishing on the podium in every race he competed in. This performance led to a surprise move to Formula One with Sauber the following year.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver name Rounds
Aztec International 2 United Kingdom Carl Breeze All
Manor Motorsport 3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 1-10
11 United Kingdom Danny Watts 1-2, 4-12
12 United States Jeffrey Jones All
Team DFR 6 United Kingdom John Dalziel 1-2, 4-12
8 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel All
Motaworld Racing 15 United Kingdom Tom Sisley All
16 United Kingdom Leighton Walker 1-10
33 United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin 11-12
Falcon Motorsport 1-10
Aztec Race Engineering 77 United Kingdom Charles Hall All
Unknown teams 1 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 1-7, 9-12
4 United Kingdom Martyn Smith 5-6, 8-12
5 United Kingdom Adam Smith 5-6, 8-12
7 United Kingdom Jeremy Smith All
9 United Kingdom Richard Lyons 1-2, 5-7
United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 8-12
10 Japan Keiko Ihara All
13 United Kingdom Stuart Wood 1-8
Sweden Frederic Haglund 9-10, 12
14 United Kingdom Tom Herridge All
17 United Kingdom James Pickford All
18 United Kingdom Robin Liddell 1-3
20 United Kingdom Peter Nilsson 1-6
21 South Africa Wesley Grogor 1-7, 9-10
23 United Kingdom Chris Clark 7, 10-12
24 Uruguay Fernando Rama All
27 United Kingdom Jason Coffin 1-4
34 United Kingdom Dillon Battistini 1-4
United Kingdom Alex Kapadia 9-12
66 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith All
78 United Kingdom Andre D'Cruze 10
99 United States Vincent Apple All

Season summary

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Brands Hatch 9 April United Kingdom Danny Watts Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Danny Watts Manor Motorsport
2 Donington Park 24 April Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
3 Thruxton 1 May Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
4 Knockhill 14 May United Kingdom Tom Sisley United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel Team DFR
5 Oulton Park 29 May Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
6 Silverstone 11 June United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin United Kingdom Leighton Walker Motaworld Racing
7 Croft 25 June Finland Kimi Räikkönen United Kingdom Leighton Walker Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
8 Snetterton 8 July United Kingdom Leighton Walker Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
9 Donington Park 30 July Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
10 Brands Hatch 28 August Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
11 Oulton Park 10 September United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin United Kingdom John Dalziel United Kingdom John Dalziel Team DFR
12 Silverstone 16 September United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin United Kingdom Charles Hall Aztec Race Engineering
Source:[1]

Results and standings

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  • Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers, with 2 points for fastest lap.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th  FL 
Points 32 28 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver BRH DON THR KNO OUL SIL CRO SNE DON BRH OUL SIL Points
1 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 316
2 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 5 2 2 1 Ret 2 3 7 6 4 3 7 260
3 United Kingdom Tom Sisley 9 9 6 3 3 4 5 3 2 6 2 6 227
4 United Kingdom John Dalziel 11 6 Ret 2 5 2 17 7 7 1 3 199
5 United Kingdom Carl Breeze 4 4 4 4 5 7 9 11 10 Ret 6 5 195
6 United Kingdom Charles Hall Ret 5 5 6 6 Ret 7 4 3 Ret 5 1 191
7 United Kingdom Marc McLoughlin 6 8 Ret 7 4 9 6 9 4 3 Ret 2 191
8 United Kingdom Leighton Walker 2 7 3 5 9 1 10 2 8 Ret 190
9 United States Jeffrey Jones 7 10 7 9 Ret 8 8 6 5 5 4 8 177
10 United Kingdom Danny Watts 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 2 17 4 153
11 United Kingdom James Pickford Ret 11 8 8 13 12 11 10 Ret 8 9 11 112
12 United States Vincent Apple 13 Ret 18 16 Ret 21 16 8 9 11 8 9 83
13 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 13 Ret 15 13 13 10 18 81
14 United Kingdom Tom Herridge 15 12 16 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 11 Ret 11 16 71
15 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane Ret 13 10 15 Ret 11 13 Ret Ret 18 12 55
16 United Kingdom Stuart Wood 16 15 14 12 17 10 18 12 54
17 United Kingdom Jeremy Smith Ret 18 17 11 14 16 17 18 16 16 15 19 54
18 United Kingdom Richard Lyons Ret Ret 7 6 12 43
19 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 14 Ret 10 7 13 42
20 Japan Keiko Ihara 18 19 19 14 18 18 14 20 Ret 15 Ret 17 38
21 United Kingdom Martyn Smith 10 Ret 16 Ret 9 Ret 14 35
22 Uruguay Fernando Rama 17 Ret Ret 13 15 20 19 21 15 18 16 Ret 35
23 United Kingdom Adam Smith 16 15 19 Ret 17 12 15 32
24 United Kingdom Robin Liddell 8 17 12 27
25 South Africa Wesley Grogor Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 14 Ret 27
26 United Kingdom Peter Nilsson Ret 16 15 Ret 11 19 23
27 United Kingdom Chris Clark 15 12 13 Ret 23
28 United Kingdom Dillon Battistini 12 Ret 11 Ret 19
29 United Kingdom Alex Kapadia 12 Ret 14 Ret 16
30 United Kingdom Jason Coffin 14 Ret 13 Ret 15
31 Sweden Fredric Haglund Ret Ret 10 11
32 United Kingdom Andre D'Cruze 14 7
Pos. Driver BRH DON THR KNO OUL SIL CRO SNE DON BRH OUL SIL Points

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 UK 2000 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 9 July 2016.