INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 30 -- Finland's Mika Hakkinen scored the 20th victory of his Formula One career Sunday by finishing ahead of 2001 F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher by 11.0 seconds in the SAP United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Scotland's David Coulthard was third, followed by Jarno Trulli and Ireland's Eddie Irvine.
Brazil's Rubens Barrichello, who led most the race, suffered engine failure just four laps from the finish, and his car finally went off course on the last lap.
As Hakkinen came out of the final turn on the last of 73 laps, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George waved the checkered flag for the second year in a row.
Hakkinen took the lead on the 50th lap after Barrichello pitted. Although Barrichello was closing on Hakkinen in the final stages of the race, his charge ended when his engine blew up.
Juan Montoya made a daring pass when he drove by Schumacher at the end of the front straight to grab the lead at the halfway point, but he was out of the race five laps later. Montoya had just completed a track record lap of 1 minute, 14.508 seconds on lap 33 before he drove to the end of the long frontstretch at the Speedway and was able to pass Schumacher entering the first turn. Montoya relinquished the lead when he pitted on lap 36, but his race ended just three laps later when his car came to a halt on the frontstretch.
One lap earlier, Montoya's teammate, Ralf Schumacher, had spun off course in the infield portion of the road course.
Montoya made the long walk down pit road to the cheers of the estimated 175,000 fans. He was racing at the Speedway for the first time since he won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 for the Target/Chip Ganassi CART team.
Michael Schumacher started from the pole and blocked Montoya, who drove up from the third starting position as the field entered the first turn.
Montoya started third after Hakkinen was penalized for taking the course before the red light was off in Sunday morning's warm-up session. He had to start fourth instead of second. By the end of the first lap, Montoya was second behind Michael Schumacher, but he lost that position when Rubens Barrichello passed him on the third lap.
One lap later, Barrichello moved within 0.5 seconds of his Ferrari teammate, Michael Schumacher, and passed him for the lead with an inside move in Turn 8 of the 13-turn road course. Barrichello kept the lead until he pitted for the first time on lap 27 as teams began their stop cycle, which culminated with Montoya taking the lead from Schumacher on lap 34.
Barrichello had a 22-second lead over Hakkinen before he pitted for the second time, on the 50th lap. His quick service got him of the pits in quick fashion, but he dropped to second place. That put Hakkinen in the lead by 8.2 seconds with 23 laps left.
