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2000 Williams FW22 news, pictures, and information

For the 2000 Formula One racing season, team Williams began using BMW engines. This relationship would last for the next five seasons. The teams entry for 2000 was the FW22 fitted with the BMW V10 and mated to a Williams seven-speed semi-automatic sequential gearbox.

The car was driven by rookie Jenson Button and experienced driver Ralf Schumacher. Schumacher scored three podium finishes which accounted for most of the teams 36 points. This effort helped the Williams Team earn at 3rd place finish in the World Constructors Championship.

By Daniel Vaughan | May 2011
LEWIS HAMILTON TO RACE FOR MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS FROM 2013
 Following the signature of the commercial agreement with FOM this week by Mercedes-Benz, the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is pleased to announce that Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year agreement to race for the team from the 2013 Formula One season. Lewis' career has been supported by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren since its earliest days. In 2000, he and Nico Rosberg were team-mates at TeamMBM.com in Formula A karting. Lewis drove with Mercedes-Benz engines during his two seasons i...[Read more...]
1984 Brazilian Grand Prix: An Overshadowed Overachievement
In 1983, a little-known Belgian driver by the name of Thierry Boutsen would buy his way into a drive with the Arrows Racing Team in time to take part in the Belgian Grand Prix. Though he would retire early in the race, he would follow the performance up with two-straight near misses of the points, beating his teammate in the process. He had been close with a car that was already overreaching. One year later, competing with an older and underdeveloped car, championship points couldn't have seemed...[Read more...]
World Debut At Goodwood Festival Of Speed For Enhanced McLaren MP4-12C
•Dynamic debut for 2013 model year 12C with 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button •A 'GREAT' Briton: Unique 12C GT3 to be unveiled by McLaren GT •Great Britons from the world of celebrity and entertainment to experience the Goodwood Hillclimb from the 12C passenger seat A Formula 1 World Champion will give the enhanced 12C sports car its World debut drive at Goodwood Festival of Speed this year. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button will take to the famous Goodwood Hill i...[Read more...]
A Monaco story: When Nico met Mika
It's a scene that happens hundreds of thousands of times a day around the world: two people meet in a lift, greet each other and begin to chat about work and life. The twist in this particular story, though, is that the elevator is in Monte-Carlo; the two men are resident in the same apartment building, separated by little more than a few floors; and both have written their own chapters in the very exclusive grand prix racing history of Mercedes-Benz. Mika Hakkinen was the first Mercedes-Ben...[Read more...]
Chinese Grand Prix: Race
Nico Rosberg took a commanding victory at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today. Starting from pole position, he took the chequered flag with a 20s margin over the second placed car, achieving his first win in Formula One. • Nico ran a two-stop option/prime/prime strategy to win by 20.626 seconds over Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes • Michael was forced to retire on lap 13 after his right front wheel was not properly attached at his first pit stop • This was Nico's 111th Formula On...[Read more...]

2000 Formula One Season
PosTeamConstructorChassisDriversPoints
Scuderia Ferrari MarlboroFerrariF1-2000 Brazil Rubens Gonçalves 'Rubinho' Barrichello
Germany Michael Schumacher 
170
West McLaren MercedesMcLaren
MP4-15 
United Kingdom David Marshall Coulthard
Finland Mika Pauli Hakkinen 
152
BMW WilliamsF1 TeamWilliams
FW22 
United Kingdom Jenson Alexander Lyons Button
Germany Ralf Schumacher 
36
Lucky Strike British American Racing HondaBAR
002 
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Brazil Ricardo Luiz Zonta 
20
Mild Seven Benetton PlaylifeBenetton
B200 
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Austria Alexander Wurz 
20
Benson and Hedges JordanJordan Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Italy Jarno Trulli 
17
Orange ArrowsArrows
A21 
Spain Pedro Martínez de la Rosa
Netherlands Johannes Franciscus 'Jos' Verstappen 
7
Sauber PetronasSauber Brazil Pedro Paulo Diniz
Finland Mika Juhani Salo 
6
Jaguar RacingJaguar
R1 
Brazil Luciano Pucci Burti
United Kingdom John Paul 'Johnny' Herbert
United Kingdom Edmund 'Eddie' Irvine, Jr. 
4
11 Gauloises Prost PeugeotProst France Jean Alesi
Germany Nick Lars Heidfeld 
10 Fondmetal MinardiMinardi Spain Marc Gené
Argentina Gastón Hugo Mazzacane 

2000 Season Review
RaceCircuitDateWinning DriverConstructor
 Australian Grand Prix  Albert ParkMar 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Brazilian Grand Prix  Autódromo José Carlos Pace, InterlagosMar 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 San Marino Grand Prix  Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariApr 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 British Grand Prix  SilverstoneApr 2000  Michael SchumacherMcLaren 
 Spanish Grand Prix  Circuit de CatalunyaMay 2000  David Marshall CoulthardMcLaren 
 European Grand Prix  NürburgringMay 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Monaco Grand Prix  MonacoJun 2000  David Marshall CoulthardMcLaren 
 Canadian Grand Prix  Circuit Gilles VilleneuveJun 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursJul 2000  David Marshall CoulthardMcLaren 
 Austrian Grand Prix  OsterreichringJul 2000  Mika Pauli HakkinenMcLaren 
 German Grand Prix  HockenheimringJul 2000  Rubens Gonçalves 'Rubinho' BarrichelloFerrari 
 Hungarian Grand Prix  HungaroringAug 2000  Mika Pauli HakkinenMcLaren 
 Belgian Grand Prix  Spa-FrancorchampsAug 2000  Mika Pauli HakkinenMcLaren 
 Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix MonzaSep 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 United States Grand Prix  IndianapolisSep 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Japanese Grand Prix  SuzukaOct 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 
 Malaysian Grand Prix  SepangOct 2000  Michael SchumacherFerrari 

Formula One World Drivers' Champions
1950 G. Farina
1951 J. Fangio
1952 A. Ascari
1953 A. Ascari
1954 J. Fangio
1955 J. Fangio
1956 J. Fangio
1957 J. Fangio
1958 M. Hawthorn
1959 S. Brabham
1960 S. Brabham
1961 P. Hill, Jr
1962 N. Hill
1963 J. Clark, Jr.
1964 J. Surtees
1965 J. Clark, Jr.
1966 S. Brabham
1967 D. Hulme
1968 N. Hill
1969 S. Stewart
1970 K. Rindt
1971 S. Stewart
1972 E. Fittipaldi
1973 S. Stewart
1974 E. Fittipaldi
1975 A. Lauda
1976 J. Hunt
1977 A. Lauda
1978 M. Andretti
1979 J. Scheckter
1980 A. Jones
1981 N. Piquet
1982 K. Rosberg
1983 N. Piquet
1984 A. Lauda
1985 A. Prost
1986 A. Prost
1987 N. Piquet
1988 A. Senna
1989 A. Prost
1990 A. Senna
1991 A. Senna
1992 N. Mansell
1993 A. Prost
1994 M. Schumacher
1995 M. Schumacher
1996 D. Hill
1997 J. Villeneuve
1998 M. Hakkinen
1999 M. Hakkinen
2000 M. Schumacher
2001 M. Schumacher
2002 M. Schumacher
2003 M. Schumacher
2004 M. Schumacher
2005 F. Alonso
2006 F. Alonso
2007 K. Raikkonen
2008 L. Hamilton
2009 J. Button
2010 S. Vettel
2011 S. Vettel
2012 S. Vettel

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