2000 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship explained

The 2000 Formula Renault UK season was the 12th British Formula Renault Championship. The season ended after twelve rounds held in the United Kingdom. 32 drivers competed in this series. All drivers used the Tatuus FR2000 (Renault) car.

Rookie Kimi Räikkönen dominated the season, taking seven wins and finishing on the podium in every race he competed in. This performance led to a surprise move to Formula One with Sauber the following year.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver name	Rounds
Aztec International	2	Carl Breeze	All
Manor Motorsport	3	Kimi Räikkönen	1-10
	11	Danny Watts	1-2, 4-12
	12	Jeffrey Jones	All
Team DFR	6	John Dalziel	1-2, 4-12
Team DFR	8	Ryan Dalziel	All
Motaworld Racing	15	Tom Sisley	All
	16	Leighton Walker	1-10
	align=center rowspan=2	33	Marc McLoughlin	11-12
Falcon Motorsport	1-10		Marc McLoughlin
Aztec Race Engineering	77	Charles Hall	All
Unknown teams	1	Michael Keohane	1-7, 9-12
	4	Martyn Smith	5-6, 8-12
	5	Adam Smith	5-6, 8-12
	7	Jeremy Smith	All
	align=center rowspan=2	9	Richard Lyons	1-2, 5-7
	Stefan Hodgetts	8-12
	10	Keiko Ihara	All
	align=center rowspan=2	13	Stuart Wood	1-8
	Frederic Haglund	9-10, 12
	14	Tom Herridge	All
	17	James Pickford	All
	18	Robin Liddell	1-3
	20	Peter Nilsson	1-6
	21	Wesley Grogor	1-7, 9-10
	23	Chris Clark	7, 10-12
	24	Fernando Rama	All
	27	Jason Coffin	1-4
	align=center rowspan=2	34	Dillon Battistini	1-4
	Alex Kapadia	9-12
	66	Gavin Smith	All
	78	Andre D'Cruze	10
	99	Vincent Apple	All

Season summary

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
	Brands Hatch	9 April	Danny Watts	Kimi Räikkönen	Danny Watts	Manor Motorsport
2	nowrap	Donington Park	24 April	nowrap	Kimi Räikkönen	nowrap	Kimi Räikkönen	nowrap	Kimi Räikkönen	nowrap	Manor Motorsport
3	Thruxton	1 May	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
4	Knockhill	14 May	Tom Sisley	Ryan Dalziel	Ryan Dalziel	Team DFR
5	Oulton Park	29 May	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
6	Silverstone	11 June	nowrap	Marc McLoughlin	nowrap	Marc McLoughlin	nowrap	Leighton Walker	Motaworld Racing
7	Croft	25 June	Kimi Räikkönen	Leighton Walker	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
8	Snetterton	8 July	Leighton Walker	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
9	Donington Park	30 July	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
10	Brands Hatch	28 August	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Manor Motorsport
11	Oulton Park	10 September	Marc McLoughlin	John Dalziel	John Dalziel	Team DFR
12	Silverstone	nowrap	16 September	Marc McLoughlin	Marc McLoughlin	Charles Hall	nowrap	Aztec Race Engineering
Source:^[1]

Results and standings

Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers, with 2 points for fastest lap.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	FL
Points	32	28	25	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Drivers' championship

	Driver	width=25	BRH	width=25	DON	width=25	THR	width=25	KNO	width=25	OUL	width=25	SIL	width=25	CRO	width=25	SNE	width=25	DON	width=25	BRH	width=25	OUL	width=25	SIL	Points
1	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1			316
2	Ryan Dalziel	5	2	2	1	Ret	2	3	7	6	4	3	7	260
3	Tom Sisley	9	9	6	3	3	4	5	3	2	6	2	6	227
4	John Dalziel	11	6		Ret	2	5	2	17	7	7	1	3	199
5	Carl Breeze	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	11	10	Ret	6	5	195
6	Charles Hall	Ret	5	5	6	6	Ret	7	4	3	Ret	5	1	191
7	Marc McLoughlin	6	8	Ret	7	4	9	6	9	4	3	Ret	2	191
8	Leighton Walker	2	7	3	5	9	1	10	2	8	Ret			190
9	Jeffrey Jones	7	10	7	9	Ret	8	8	6	5	5	4	8	177
10	Danny Watts	1	3		Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	2	17	4	153
11	James Pickford	Ret	11	8	8	13	12	11	10	Ret	8	9	11	112
12	Vincent Apple	13	Ret	18	16	Ret	21	16	8	9	11	8	9	83
13	Gavin Smith	10	Ret	9	Ret	8	13	Ret	15	13	13	10	18	81
14	Tom Herridge	15	12	16	10	Ret	14	Ret	13	11	Ret	11	16	71
15	Michael Keohane	Ret	13	10	15	Ret	11	13		Ret	Ret	18	12	55
16	Stuart Wood	16	15	14	12	17	10	18	12					54
17	Jeremy Smith	Ret	18	17	11	14	16	17	18	16	16	15	19	54
18	Richard Lyons	Ret	Ret			7	6	12						43
19	Stefan Hodgetts								14	Ret	10	7	13	42
20	Keiko Ihara	18	19	19	14	18	18	14	20	Ret	15	Ret	17	38
21	Martyn Smith					10	Ret		16	Ret	9	Ret	14	35
22	Fernando Rama	17	Ret	Ret	13	15	20	19	21	15	18	16	Ret	35
23	Adam Smith					16	15		19	Ret	17	12	15	32
24	Robin Liddell	8	17	12										27
25	Wesley Grogor	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	12	17	Ret		14	Ret			27
26	Peter Nilsson	Ret	16	15	Ret	11	19							23
27	Chris Clark							15			12	13	Ret	23
28	Dillon Battistini	12	Ret	11	Ret									19
29	Alex Kapadia									12	Ret	14	Ret	16
30	Jason Coffin	14	Ret	13	Ret									15
31	Fredric Haglund									Ret	Ret		10	11
32	Andre D'Cruze										14			7
	Driver	BRH	DON	THR	KNO	OUL	SIL	CRO	SNE	DON	BRH	OUL	SIL	Points

Notes and References

Web site: Formula Renault 2.0 UK 2000 standings . Driver Database . 9 July 2016.