Tamiya 20049 - 1/20 Ferrari F1-2000 (Full View)  [20049]

Towards Ferrari F1-2000

On October 8th 2000, Japan's Suzuka Circuit overflowed with jubilant cheers and crimson flags. These people were fond of Ferrari driver, Michael Schumacher, as he blew across the finish line in beginning to secure 1st Driver's Championship for a Ferrari motorist since Jody Sheckter's in 1979. In 1999, after using the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari set their places on bringing out a machine that could make the Constructors' and motorists' Championships for 2000.
The brand new F1-2000 inherited many of the faculties for the 1999 vehicle, the F399, for instance the high nose, side diffusers and exhaust port. Ferrari additionally brought out a brand new V-10 engine called the 3000 Ferrari (Type 049). The driving was kept to Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. Schumacher took the opening three races, the Australian, Brazilian, and San Marino GP's, after which the sixth, European GP and eighth, Canadian GP.

But he was forced to retire in the after three events, and following the Belgian GP, McLaren driver, Mika Hakkinen took over the lead in points. Schumacher then bounced back into just take these two GP's, putting the coveted motorists' Championship under control prior to the Japanese GP. Led by Hakkinien at the beginning of the race, coolheaded driving and flawless pit work earned Schumacher the lead on lap 37, and in the end the summer season championship, even ahead of the last Malaysian GP. He later on proceeded to win that competition too, for a complete of 9 period victories. Combined with Barrichello's one success, this guaranteed Ferrari because of the 2000 Constructors' Championship.