The 2000 Austrian Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Großer A1 Preis von Österreich) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 July 2000, at the A1-Ring near Spielberg, Styria, Austria, attended by 85,112 spectators.

McLaren's Mika Häkkinen won the 71-lap race from pole position, with teammate David Coulthard second and Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello third.

BAR's Ricardo Zonta collided with Michael Schumacher at the first corner, as five other drivers were involved in incidents during the opening lap.

On lap 43, Coulthard made a pit stop, giving Häkkinen the lead, which he held for the rest of the race to earn his second victory of the 2000 season and his 16th in Formula One.

The 4.326 km (2.688 mi) A1-Ring hosted the tenth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix, on 16 July 2000.

[9] Arrows' Jos Verstappen was fastest on the final day of testing, although his car's front wing was damaged when his engine cover detached from its chassis.

[11] Ferrari spent an extra day at the Fiorano Circuit shaking down their cars with its test driver Luca Badoer.

[14] McLaren brought an extractor profile that had not been utilised in qualifying or the race at the French Grand Prix, as well as a tweaked rear suspension and a new Mercedes-Benz engine.

[14] The Jordan team's plan to debut their new car, the EJ10B, in Austria was delayed because its bodywork needed to pass Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) safety tests.

[22] Häkkinen's car had a mechanical fuel pump failure that prompted him to stop at Remus Kurve corner, limiting him to one out lap and was slowest overall.

[18] Ralf Schumacher's Williams car stopped five minutes into the session due to an electrical system failure that stalled his engine.

[25] Practice on Saturday morning sessions was held in dry weather, then later on a wet track with low grip, forcing some drivers onto the grass after sliding off the circuit.

[30] Despite running a wheel on the grass exiting the uphill right-hand Jochen Rindt Kurve corner and getting beached in the gravel trap before the start/finish straight with ten minutes left in the final practice session, Häkkinen set the fastest lap, a 1:11.336,[28][31] despite a brief heavy rain shower that barely affected proceedings 25 minutes in.

[35] All cars except the Jordans immediately exited the pit lane to set lap times before a brief rainstorm hit sections of the circuit.

[37] Häkkinen, after taking time off to de-stress after winning two World Championships,[38] took his fourth pole position of the season,[37] his first since the San Marino Grand Prix more than three months earlier, and the 25th of his career with a lap of 1:10.410.

[25][40] Coulthard believed he could have fought for pole position but lost time on his penultimate run after clipping a kerb entering Castrol Kurve.

[41] Michael Schumacher qualified fourth, six-tenths of a second behind Häkkinen, and observed uneven handling throughout the course due to a setup problem.

[36][39][40] Trulli qualified fifth, having set his quickest lap on soft compound tyres and the Jordan team determining no rain delay at the time.

[40] Diniz missed qualifying in the top ten by two-thousands of a second and spun off while setting lap times,[41] triggering a yellow-flag.

His teammate Coulthard ran wide at the same corner and slid onto the grass before requiring a new nose cone after colliding with a Jordan car.

Ralf Schumacher made a pit stop for a new front wing while Barrichello overtook Salo for fourth place on the same lap.

[55] By the 30th lap, Häkkinen had a 15.2-second advantage over Coulthard, his teammate,[53] McLaren opted to slightly slow them by displaying pit boards instructing them to reduce their revolutions per minute to preserve their engines.

Coulthard returned to the track behind Häkkinen, who was quick with a full tank of fuel and wanted to ensure that his teammate was not close enough to challenge for victory.

[55][58] At the conclusion of lap 50, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the running order was Häkkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Button, and Salo.

Herbert, Gené, Diniz and Wurz were in the next four positions, albeit one lap behind the winner, with Burti and Mazzacane the final classified finishers.

[63] Barrichello explained that his car was loose from contact with Trulli early in the race, preventing him from challenging De La Rosa.

[63] Villeneuve was pleased to finish fourth, stating that despite an inclement start, his strategy allowed him to go faster when there were no back markers slowing him.

"[67] Benetton technical director Pat Symonds was outraged by the driver's actions, believing the team had lost vital points in the Constructors' Championship.

"[69] At a routine post-race inspection, the FIA investigated irregularities with Häkkinen's car after technical delegate Jo Bauer discovered a missing necessary paper seal on the electronic box.

McLaren, on the other hand, was deducted 10 points and fined $50,000 for violating Article 7 of the 2000 Formula One Sporting Regulations, which stipulated that competitors had to maintain some safety and eligibility criteria during the event.