The 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XVI Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 August 2000 at the Hungaroring, in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary with a crowd of 120,000 spectators in attendance. It was the twelfth of seventeen races in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 18th Hungarian Grand Prix. Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes car, won the 77-lap race starting from third position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, having started from pole position by setting the fastest overall lap time in the one-hour qualifying session the day before the race proper, with Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard third. Before the event, Michael Schumacher was leading the World Drivers' Championship from Häkkinen while Ferrari were ahead of McLaren in the World Constructors' Championship. Häkkinen beat Schumacher and Coulthard off the start line and went on to lead every lap, except for the first round of pit stops. The Finn's eventual margin of victory was eight seconds, with Schumacher holding off Coulthard for second. The win, Häkkinen's third of the season and the 17th of his Formula One career, promoted him to the lead of the World Drivers' Championship for the first time in the season, two points ahead of Schumacher and six ahead of Coulthard, while McLaren took the lead of the World Constructors' Championship by one point from Ferrari with five races remaining in the season. Background The 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix was the twelfth of the seventeen races of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and was held at the clockwise Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary on 13 August 2000. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the Soft and the Extra Soft dry compound tyres to the Grand Prix, the softest compounds that were available to teams. Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 56 points, ahead of McLaren teammates Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard, who were tied for second on 54 points. Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari was fourth with 46 points while Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella was fifth on 18 points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading with 102 points, four ahead of the second-placed McLaren team. Williams were third with 22 points and Benetton were fourth with 18 points. BAR were in fifth position on 12 points. Following the on 30 July, teams conducted test sessions at circuits that were similar