The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLII Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya, in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain with approximately 79,000 spectators. It was the fifth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 42nd Spanish Grand Prix. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen won the sixty-five lap race from second position. His teammate David Coulthard finished second, with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello third. Going into the event, Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship from Häkkinen and Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship ahead of McLaren. He set the fastest lap in the qualifying session to start on pole position and held off Häkkinen on the first lap. Schumacher maintained the lead until his first pit stop on lap 24, when Ferrari chief mechanic Nigel Stepney was injured by Schumacher's right-rear tyre when Schumacher was mistakenly instructed to leave his box before the stop was completed. This promoted Häkkinen to the race lead, which he held until his pit stop two laps later. Michael Schumacher kept the lead for the next 22 laps as he and Häkkinen made their second pit stops together, with Häkkinen emerging in front after a refuelling error slowed Schumacher's pit stop. Häkkinen led the final 22 laps to achieve his first win of the season and the 15th of his career. The race victory promoted Häkkinen to second place in the World Drivers' Championship, fourteen points behind Michael Schumacher. Coulthard's second-place finish saw him fall to third, and Barrichello's third place put him one point ahead of Ralf Schumacher. In the World Constructors' Championship, McLaren's one-two finish moved them to within seven points of leaders Ferrari. Williams remained in third with 15 points, with 12 races left in the season. Background The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix was the fifth of the seventeen races in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and was held at the clockwise Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain on 7 May 2000, following a two-week break from the preceding . For the Grand Prix, there were eleven teams (each representing a different constructor) of two drivers each, with no changes from the season entry list. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the soft and medium dry compound tyres to the event. Before the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 34 points,