Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 - Race Schedule and Countdown

Michael Schumacher concluded his championship-winning season with a victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix, securing Ferrari's fourth consecutive win to end the year and completing a dominant finale to the 2000 campaign. The newly-crowned World Champion controlled the race at Sepang, demonstrating the form that had carried him to the title just a week earlier at Suzuka. David Coulthard finished second for McLaren, while Rubens Barrichello completed the podium for Ferrari.

The race was run in a celebratory atmosphere for Ferrari, with Schumacher and the team already confirmed as champions but eager to end the season on a high note. Mika Häkkinen finished fourth, bringing an end to a season where he had fought valiantly but ultimately come up short against Schumacher's brilliance and Ferrari's superior reliability. Schumacher's ninth victory of the season gave him a final championship margin of 19 points over Häkkinen, while Ferrari secured the Constructors' Championship by just eight points over McLaren. The Malaysian victory was the perfect conclusion to a historic season that had seen Ferrari end 21 years of waiting and establish the platform for even greater dominance in the years ahead.