The 2000 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2000) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 2000 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada before 100,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 38th Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 69-lap race from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second with Giancarlo Fisichella third driving at the Benetton team. Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship heading into the race with his team Ferrar first in the World Constructors' Championship. He qualified on pole position by setting the fastest lap time in qualifying and began alongside McLaren driver David Coulthard. Barrichello began from third, alongside Coulthard's teammate Mika Häkkinen. The front two of Michael Schumacher and Coulthard battled for first position until Coulthard served a ten-second stop-go penalty on lap 14 because his mechanics worked on his car 15 seconds before the race commenced. Just before half distance, Michael Schumacher made an early pit stop, allowing Barrichello lead the race until his own pit stop on lap 43. By this time rain began to fall and drivers made the switch to wet-weather tyres. Michael Schumacher retained his lead for the rest of the race and took the victory by one-tenth of a second over Barrichello. The victory was Michael Schumacher's fifth of the season and the 40th of his career. It extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to twenty-two points over Coulthard, with Häkkinen a further two points behind. Ferrari increased their lead in the World Constructors' Championship to eighteen points ahead of McLaren. Benetton, on 18 points, demoted the Williams team to fourth place, with nine races of the season remaining. Background The 2000 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth of the seventeen events in the 2000 Formula One World Championship and took place at the clockwise temporary road course Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 18 June 2000. Sole tyre supplier Bridgestone brought the soft and medium dry compound tyres to the Grand Prix. Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship with 46 points, ahead of McLaren's David Coulthard on 34 points and his teammate Mika Häkkinen on 29 points. Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari was fourth with 22 points and Benetton driver Giancarlo Fisichella was fifth on 14 points.