2000 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship

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   Carl Breeze All
Manor Motorsport 3   Kimi Räikkönen 1-10
11   Danny Watts 1-2, 4-12
12   Jeffrey Jones All
Team DFR 6   John Dalziel 1-2, 4-12
8   Ryan Dalziel All
Motaworld Racing 15   Tom Sisley All
16   Leighton Walker 1-10
33   Marc McLoughlin 11-12
Falcon Motorsport 1-10
Aztec Race Engineering 77   Charles Hall All
Unknown teams 1   Michael Keohane 1-7, 9-12
4   Martyn Smith 5-6, 8-12
5   Adam Smith 5-6, 8-12
7   Jeremy Smith All
9   Richard Lyons 1-2, 5-7
  Stefan Hodgetts 8-12
10   Keiko Ihara All
13   Stuart Wood 1-8
  Frederic Haglund 9-10, 12
14   Tom Herridge All
17   James Pickford All
18   Robin Liddell 1-3
20   Peter Nilsson 1-6
21   Wesley Grogor 1-7, 9-10
23   Chris Clark 7, 10-12
24   Fernando Rama All
27   Jason Coffin 1-4
34   Dillon Battistini 1-4
  Alex Kapadia 9-12
66   Gavin Smith All
78   Andre D'Cruze 10
99   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   Danny Watts   Kimi Räikkönen   Danny Watts Manor Motorsport
2 Donington Park 24 April   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
3 Thruxton 1 May   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
4 Knockhill 14 May   Tom Sisley   Ryan Dalziel   Ryan Dalziel Team DFR
5 Oulton Park 29 May   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
6 Silverstone 11 June   Marc McLoughlin   Marc McLoughlin   Leighton Walker Motaworld Racing
7 Croft 25 June   Kimi Räikkönen   Leighton Walker   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
8 Snetterton 8 July   Leighton Walker   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
9 Donington Park 30 July   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
10 Brands Hatch 28 August   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen Manor Motorsport
11 Oulton Park 10 September   Marc McLoughlin   John Dalziel   John Dalziel Team DFR
12 Silverstone 16 September   Marc McLoughlin   Marc McLoughlin   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   Kimi Räikkönen 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 316
2   Ryan Dalziel 5 2 2 1 Ret 2 3 7 6 4 3 7 260
3   Tom Sisley 9 9 6 3 3 4 5 3 2 6 2 6 227
4   John Dalziel 11 6 Ret 2 5 2 17 7 7 1 3 199
5   Carl Breeze 4 4 4 4 5 7 9 11 10 Ret 6 5 195
6   Charles Hall Ret 5 5 6 6 Ret 7 4 3 Ret 5 1 191
7   Marc McLoughlin 6 8 Ret 7 4 9 6 9 4 3 Ret 2 191
8   Leighton Walker 2 7 3 5 9 1 10 2 8 Ret 190
9   Jeffrey Jones 7 10 7 9 Ret 8 8 6 5 5 4 8 177
10   Danny Watts 1 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 2 17 4 153
11   James Pickford Ret 11 8 8 13 12 11 10 Ret 8 9 11 112
12   Vincent Apple 13 Ret 18 16 Ret 21 16 8 9 11 8 9 83
13   Gavin Smith 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 13 Ret 15 13 13 10 18 81
14   Tom Herridge 15 12 16 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 11 Ret 11 16 71
15   Michael Keohane Ret 13 10 15 Ret 11 13 Ret Ret 18 12 55
16   Stuart Wood 16 15 14 12 17 10 18 12 54
17   Jeremy Smith Ret 18 17 11 14 16 17 18 16 16 15 19 54
18   Richard Lyons Ret Ret 7 6 12 43
19   Stefan Hodgetts 14 Ret 10 7 13 42
20   Keiko Ihara 18 19 19 14 18 18 14 20 Ret 15 Ret 17 38
21   Martyn Smith 10 Ret 16 Ret 9 Ret 14 35
22   Fernando Rama 17 Ret Ret 13 15 20 19 21 15 18 16 Ret 35
23   Adam Smith 16 15 19 Ret 17 12 15 32
24   Robin Liddell 8 17 12 27
25   Wesley Grogor Ret 14 Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 14 Ret 27
26   Peter Nilsson Ret 16 15 Ret 11 19 23
27   Chris Clark 15 12 13 Ret 23
28   Dillon Battistini 12 Ret 11 Ret 19
29   Alex Kapadia 12 Ret 14 Ret 16
30   Jason Coffin 14 Ret 13 Ret 15
31   Fredric Haglund Ret Ret 10 11
32   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.