The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the II Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit, in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, and the second Malaysian Grand Prix held as part of the Formula One World Championship. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 56-lap event from pole position. David Coulthard finished second for the McLaren team with Michael Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello third. Mika Häkkinen, driving for McLaren, started from second position alongside Michael Schumacher. However, Häkkinen was required to serve a ten-second stop-and-go penalty because he was judged to have jumped the start. Häkkinen was able to return to fourth position, his final finishing position. Coulthard, who started third, moved into the lead until the first round of pit stops. Michael Schumacher and teammate Barrichello traded the leading during their second stops with the former retaining the lead. Michael Schumacher held off Coulthard in the closing stages of the Grand Prix to secure victory. Michael Schumacher's win was his ninth of the season, matching the record set by himself in , and Nigel Mansell in . Schumacher also tied Mansell's record of 108 points. Ferrari was confirmed as World Constructors' Champions as McLaren could not pass its points total in the final race. Coulthard's second-place finish helped to secure him third position in the World Drivers' Championship from Barrichello. The Grand Prix was Pedro Diniz and Johnny Herbert's final race; the Englishman retired after 161 race starts. Background The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and took place at the clockwise Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia on 22 October 2000. It was the second running of the event to form part of the Formula One World Championship. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the Soft dry compound and the Intermediate, Heavy Wet and Soft wet-weather compounds to the race. Before the event, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the season's World Drivers' Championship at the preceding . Schumacher led the championship with 98 points; McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen was second on 86 points. A maximum of 10 points were available for the remaining race, which meant Häkkinen could not catch Schumacher. Behind Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship, David Coulthard of McLaren