Talk:2000 Brazilian Grand Prix

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- In 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix on 2011-05-25 06:58:11, 400 BAD_REQUEST
- In 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix on 2011-06-10 05:06:54, 400 BAD_REQUEST

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Replaced. DH85868993 (talk) 07:59, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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- In 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix on 2011-05-25 06:58:11, 400 BAD_REQUEST
- In 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix on 2011-06-10 05:07:03, 400 BAD_REQUEST

--JeffGBot (talk) 05:07, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced. DH85868993 (talk) 07:59, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

roman numeral in the box

it read 37 (XXXVII) instead of 29 (XXIX)

since the 2001 entry is 30 (XXX)and 1999 says 28 (XXVIII) this is a logical change

Tony Spike (talk) 04:29, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 11:21, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox

71 laps, 305.939 km (190.681 mi) — This doesn't appear to be in the body of the article
- It's referenced by the Chicane F1 source MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't mean that it needs a citation in the infobox; I mean thatthe fact that the race was 71 laps, and that the 71 laps totaled ~206km/191 miles, is only mentioned in the infobox and lead, not in the body.
    - Added in the body MWright96 (talk) 07:25, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Background

Any reason such a small photograph is being used? File:Autódromo José Carlos Pace, July 3, 2018 SkySat (cropped).jpg looks like it might work instead
- Changed MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
had a large amount of elevation — Meaning lots of elevation changes?
- Yes, have now clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
of the Williams — Should this be just "of Williams"? And since it is the first time it is mentioned, any reason to not use the full name?
- Have changed to "the Williams team" MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
he was optimistic over a continuing challenge to McLaren, and that "This is the first year we have been able to do it from the first race." — I don't really know what this means. What continuing challenge? The first year they were able to do what?
- Removed the quote MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
after it affected Herbert — What does this mean?
- Have removed because it adds nothing to the article

Practice

In the first practice session, Barrichello made minor changes to the aerodynamic setup of his car, and was fastest... — Should this be "Barrichello made minor changes to the aerodynamic setup of his car before the first, and was fastest..." (the significant change being "before" rather than "in")?
- Changed MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The McLaren duo of Häkkinen and Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Villeneuve, Prost's Jean Alesi... — This sentence makes it unclear which team some drivers are on; in particular, it seems to say that Schumacher and Villeneuve were part of a four-driver McLaren duo.
- Changed MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
How many laps (or how much time) was each driver allotted per session?
- Drivers had no limits to how many laps they could set during the practice sessions. MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Were there time limits?
    - The time limits were that Friday practice sessions lasted for an hour and the Saturday sessions were 45 minutes long. For individual drivers, no time limits existed. MWright96 (talk) 07:25, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Michael Schumacher went faster to go second — Went faster than what?
- Changed the wording MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
he spun under braking for the Senna S chicane — I'm confused here. He under braked for the chicane, and thus spun? Or he spun under (whatever that means) while braking for the chicane? (Note that I slightly reworded this sentence for prose considerations, but am equally confused by both wordings.)
- Reworded MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Qualifying

What's a "hoarding"?
- It's British English for "Billboard" MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Häkkinen went fastest with 15 minutes — So right before the heavy rain started?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Barrichello in fourth was slower than the McLaren cars in the second sector and lost time due to the stoppage — What is the second sector? And wouldn't everyone have lost time due to the stoppage, not just him?
- Reworded MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Pedro Diniz slowed him — How?
- That is not explicitly stated by the sources MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
How many drivers participate in each timed lap? I had thought they were done individually, but apparently not.
- Every driver circulated the track during the qualifying session in this period of history MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
the falling advertising hoarding ... prompted the third stoppage — But in the paragraph above, it sounds as if this caused all three stopages.
- Corrected MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
De La Rosa was caught out by the change in the weather — What does "caught out" mean? And the "change in the weather" is the rain?
- Reworded MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Were there any drivers who did not make the 107% cutoff?
- No. No driver failed to make the 107 per cent cutoff during this race or the entire 2000 season MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Warm-up

set laps in their spare cars — What does this mean?
- Added wikilink MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Does "set laps" mean drove laps?
for his teammate Fisichella — Wouldn't it be for himself?
- No the FIA source stated that car was setup for Fisichella MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Is it that Wurz needed a spare car; the spare car was at the time setup for Fisichella; so Wurz took it and had it setup for him?
    - Wurz had to take the spare car because his previous one stalled. It is not stated in any of the sources that Wurz had the spare Benetton car setup for him after it was setup for Fisichella, so I have removed that piece of information. MWright96 (talk) 07:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - Got it. My confusion here was that I was reading the sentence to mean "after Wurz took the spare car, it was set up for Fisichella," rather than "Wurz took the spare car, which had previously been set up for Fisichella."

Race

Wurz began from the pit lane — Meaning he was getting his car fixed while the race started? Ouch.
- Yes MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
He retained third as Barrichello made a slow getaway — Who retained third? Barrichello made a slow getaway from who/what?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
He then made a driver error — What was the error?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
lost the use of the first three gears — How?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Barrichello drew close to Häkkinen after the latter made a driver error — What error?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
under braking the Senna S chicane to start the 15th lap — What does under braking mean?
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Post-race

yearned — Is this really the right word?
- Changed the wording MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
filed a successful appeal — What were they appealing? Apparently the excessive wear was a problem, but it isn't clear why.
- Clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - My question is what they were appealing; did the sanctioning body say something like "there's too much wear on the boards; that's a violation of XYZ regulation; and therefore you're disqualified," and the drivers appealed that disqualification? Or something else.
    - Have clarified MWright96 (talk) 07:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
They rejected McLaren's appeal — Was it unanimous?
- That is not explicitly stated in any of the sources MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The record for the youngest driver to score a Formula One World Championship point is currently held — I would rephrase to "as of 2020" (assuming that is still correct).
- Added MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Race classification

Drivers who scored championship points are denoted in bold and by a ‡ — Why? It's already clear who scored points from the column marked "points."
- It is to help with compliance with MOS:ACCESS MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Got it, thanks for clarifying. I take it the ‡ has some sort of benefit beyond just being a symbol that can be seen? Otherwise, it would be duplicative since it only appears directly next to points totals, the existence of which it is intended to indicate.
    - Removed the double daggers MWright96 (talk) 07:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Championship standings after the race
Given that there were only nine drivers with points, why not list them all? Local WikiProject guidelines do not allow it MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Overall

Another impressive article, MWright96. Comments above; I'll take a look at the references later. --Usernameunique (talk) 06:04, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Usernameunique: I have made changes and have replied to some of the queries raised on this page. MWright96 (talk) 07:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks, MWright96. A few responses above. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:45, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - MWright96, passing this now. There's a lingering question above ("set laps"), but that's mostly out of my curiosity. Hopefully you take this article to FAC; feel free to drop me a line if you do. --Usernameunique (talk) 08:12, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]