<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uFerrari wasusa u-Irvine esikhundleni sikaRubens Barrichello ngaphambi kwesizini ye-Formula One ka-2000. Isizini yaqala kahle, uSchumacher noBarrichello bahola ngo-1 kuya ku-2 e-Australia ngemuva kokuthi abashayeli beMcLaren bobabili bathathe umhlalaphansi emncintiswaneni. USchumacher walandela ukunqoba kwakhe e-Australia ngokunqoba okulandelanayo eBrazil  <response>: futhi eSan Marino, ukuze ahole ukuma kwabashayeli ngamaphuzu angu-21 ngemva kwemincintiswano emithathu nje kuphela. Nokho, ukuhola kukaSchumacher kwamaphuzu okuqala kwehliswa, ngemuva kokuthi uchungechunge lokuthatha umhlalaphansi olulandelanayo eFrance, e-Austria naseJalimane lumshiye ngamaphuzu amabili kuphela ngaphezu kweqhawe lomhlaba uMika Häkkinen. Emqhudelwaneni weGerman Grand Prix eHockenheim, uBarrichello wathola umklomelo wakhe wokuqala ngemuva kokuqala endaweni ye-18 ku-grid. Emqhudelwaneni we-Italy Grand Prix ka-2000, uSchumacher wathola umklomelo wakhe wama-41 empilweni yakhe ukuze afanise isamba sokunqoba kuka-Ayrton Senna. Phakathi nengqungquthela yabezindaba yangemva komjaho, wavele wakhala lapho ebuzwa ukuthi irekhodi lalisho lukhulu yini kuye. USchumacher wanqoba i-2000 Drivers Championship ku-F1-2000 e-F1, eba yiFerraris Champion yokuqala yabashayeli kusukela uJody Scheckter ngo-1979. UBarrichello wabekwa endaweni yesine ohlwini lokugcina, kanti uFerrari wathatha isicoco sesibili esilandelanayo seChampionship. 