The 2000 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LVIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 June 2000 at the Circuit de Monaco before 100,000 spectators. It was the seventh round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 58th Monaco Grand Prix. McLaren driver David Coulthard won the 78-lap race starting from third position. Rubens Barrichello finished second for the Ferrari team with Benetton driver Giancarlo Fisichella third. World Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher driving for World Constructors' Championship leaders Ferrari started from pole position alongside Jordan driver Jarno Trulli after recording the quickest qualifying lap time. The race was stopped due to a software glitch in the starting procedure and a collision between Jenson Button and Pedro de la Rosa that created a traffic jam. At the second start, Michael Schumacher maintained his lead into the first corner. After the second round of pit stops, Michael Schumacher's exhaust broke causing a left rear suspension failure and his retirement from the race. Coulthard, in second place, became the new race leader on lap 56. Coulthard maintained his lead throughout the remainder of the race and secured his second victory of the season and the eighth of his Formula One career, with Barrichello a further 15.8 seconds back. Coulthard's victory allowed him to narrow the lead of Michael Schumacher in the World Drivers' Championship to 12 points. Häkkinen retained third position with Barrichello a further seven points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari retained their lead which was reduced to five points over McLaren. Fisichella's third-place result reduced the gap to third-placed Williams to one point, with ten races of the season remaining. Background The 2000 Monaco Grand Prix was the seventh of the seventeen rounds in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and it took place at the clockwise Circuit de Monaco on 4 June 2000. There were eleven teams (each representing a different constructor) entered for the event and all of them fielded two racing drivers. Control tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the soft and extra soft dry tyre compounds to the Grand Prix. Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 46 points, ahead of Mika Häkkinen of McLaren on 28 points and his teammate David Coulthard with 24 points. Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari was fourth on 16 points while Williams's Ralf Schumacher was