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Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix
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Schumacher still in front
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[Sun Nov- 1 01h00 CET]
Its is cloudy in Japan for the start of todays 30 minute Warm-Up session
for the Japanese Grand Prix, the track is at 17C and the air 15C.

In the first 15 minutes: as usual everyone drove several pit-to-pit laps to
check their cars, Trulli returns to the pits with an engine fire which is
quickly put out, Verstappen goes a little wide and over the gravel,
Barrichello is the first to set a time at 1m 47.804s, Salo takes 1st at 1m
44.265s, Hill takes 1st at 1m 42.950s, Irvine takes 1st at 1m 41.977s.
M.Schumacher takes 1st at 1m 40.985s, Coulthard takes 2nd at 1m 41.023s,
Hakkinen takes 3rd at 1m 41.386s, M.Schumacher 1m 41.985s, Hakkinen 1m
41.485s, Schumacher/Hakkinen return to the pits.

At the 15 minute point the top six are: M.Schumacher (1m 40.985s - 6L),
Coulthard (1m 41.023s - 7L), Hakkinen (1m 41.386s - 6L), R.Schumacher (1m
41.722s - 8L), Irvine (1m 41.906s - 5L), Wurz (1m 42.881s - 6L).

In the final 15 minutes: M.Schumacher is back on track with 12m left,
Villeneuve takes 4th at 1m 41.510s, M.Schumacher takes 1st at 1m 40.431s,
Irvine takes 3rd at 1m 41.337s, Hakkinen/Coulthard back on track with 7m
left, M.Schumacher in the pits, Hakkinen takes 4th at 1m 41.249s,
M.Schumacher back on track, Trulli spins  hits the barriers and bounces
back over the track, Tuero spins off, yellow flags slow everyone, Hakkinen
1m 43.613s,  M.Schumacher 1m 41.525s, Hakkinen 1m 46.221s, R.Schumacher
takes 3rd at 1m 41.119s, Hakkinen takes 3rd at 1m 41.056s, M.Schumacher 1m
40.472s, Irvine tries to leave the pits but just get caught by the red
light as the session ends, he is pushed back to the Ferrari garage.

At the end of the session the top six are: M.Schumacher (1m 40.431s - 13L),
Coulthard (1m 40.710s - 13L), Hakkinen (1m 41.056s - 12L), R.Schumacher (1m
41.119s - 15L), Irvine (1m 41.246s - 10L), Frentzen (1m 41.452s - 13L).

The best three times in each track sector were: S1: M.Schumacher (42.970s),
Irvine, R.Schumacher, S2: Coulthard (35.897s), M.Schumacher, Hakkinen, S3:
M.Schumacher (21.223s), Coulthard, Irvine.

The top three exit speeds in each track sector were: S1: Coulthard
(209kph), Frentzen, Hakkinen, S2: Hakkinen (302kph), Coulthard, Herbert,
S3: Coulthard (276kph), Hakkinen, M.Schumacher.

By the end of the session the track has risen to 19C and the air is still at 15C.


Session: Warm-Up
Track Times:

                                              Qualify        2nd Free        1st Free
Pos  Driver          Team       Lap Time    Pos Lap Time    Pos Lap Time   
Pos Lap Time
 1  M.Schumacher    Ferrari     1m 40.431s   1  1m 36.293s   1  1m 38.429s 
 1  1m 39.823s
 2  D.Coulthard     McLaren     1m 40.710s   3  1m 37.496s   2  1m 38.673s 
 6  1m 40.845s
 3  M.Hakkinen      McLaren     1m 41.056s   2  1m 36.471s   3  1m 38.752s 
 5  1m 40.644s
 4  R.Schumacher    Jordan      1m 41.119s   7  1m 38.461s   6  1m 40.003s 
 2  1m 40.336s
 5  E.Irvine        Ferrari     1m 41.246s   4  1m 38.197s   9  1m 40.552s 
 4  1m 40.615s
 6  H.Frentzen      Williams    1m 41.452s   5  1m 38.272s   4  1m 38.874s 
 3  1m 40.389s
 7  J.Villeneuve    Williams    1m 41.510s   6  1m 38.448s   5  1m 39.883s 
 8  1m 41.252s
 8  D.Hill          Jordan      1m 41.902s   8  1m 38.603s   7  1m 40.146s 
 7  1m 41.098s
 9  G.Fisichella    Benetton    1m 42.611s  10  1m 39.080s   8  1m 40.265s 
10  1m 42.224s
10  M.Salo          Arrows      1m 42.650s  15  1m 40.387s  16  1m 41.823s 
15  1m 43.634s
11  J.Alesi         Sauber      1m 42.700s  12  1m 39.448s  11  1m 40.925s 
16  1m 43.788s
12  O.Panis         Prost       1m 42.727s  13  1m 40.037s  10  1m 40.857s 
14  1m 43.493s
13  J.Herbert       Sauber      1m 42.837s  11  1m 39.234s  15  1m 41.543s 
18  1m 43.894s
14  A.Wurz          Benetton    1m 42.881s   9  1m 38.959s  12  1m 41.002s 
11  1m 42.628s
15  S.Nakano        Minardi     1m 43.593s  20  1m 41.315s  20  1m 43.013s 
20  1m 44.632s
16  T.Takagi        Tyrrell     1m 43.776s  17  1m 40.619s  13  1m 41.105s 
12  1m 42.833s
17  J.Trulli        Prost       1m 43.834s  14  1m 40.111s  19  1m 42.786s 
13  1m 43.121s
18  J.Verstappen    Stewart     1m 43.935s  19  1m 40.943s  18  1m 41.924s 
 9  1m 42.191s
19  R.Barrichello   Stewart     1m 44.205s  16  1m 40.502s  14  1m 41.172s 
17  1m 43.854s
20  P.Diniz         Arrows      1m 44.273s  18  1m 40.687s  17  1m 41.889s 
19  1m 44.468s
21  E.Tuero         Minardi     1m 45.733s  21  1m 42.358s  21  1m 43.048s 
22  1m 46.396s
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Hakkinen World Champion
-----------------------
[Sun Nov- 1 07h00 CET]
Mika Hakkinen clinched his first Formula 1 World
Championship title in the Japanese Grand Prix today.  In a race full of
surprises, the McLaren of Hakkinen finished first and his championship
rival Michael Schumacher failed to finish.  Second on the podium was the
Ferrari of Eddie Irvine, followed by the McLaren of David Coulthard.
Completing the points' positions were: Hill, Frentzen and Villeneuve. 
McLaren win the Constructors' Championship, with Ferrari second and
Williams in the much contested, third place.

The race started in bright, sunny weather, three times! The first time the
Prost of Trulli stalled on the grid a fraction of a second before the
lights changed.  After a second formation lap the grid begins the countdown
again with Trulli at  the back.  This time the pole position Ferrari of
Michael Schumacher stalls.  It seems the engine may have overheated while
he was stopped, waiting for the grid to form behind him.  A third formation
lap and the grid forms again, this time with M.Schumacher behind Trulli at
the back.

The two McLarens now first and second on the grid make a clean start,
although Coulthard's is a slow one.  By the first corner Hakkinen is
leading, followed by Irvine (from 3rd), Frentzen (from 4th), Coulthard
(from 2nd).

By the end of the first lap, the top ten are:  Hakkinen ->1.500s
->Irvine ->1.500s ->Frentzen ->0.400s ->Coulthard
->1.000s ->Villeneuve ->0.300s ->Hill ->0.800s
->R.Schumacher ->0.900s ->Wurz ->0.600s ->Fisichella
->0.500s ->Alesi.  Michael Schumacher has moved from 21st to
12th in one lap.

By lap 5 M.Schumacher is up to 7th, but now behind Hill, who is challenging
Villeneuve, three World Champions together nose to tail.  Hakkinen and
Irvine are running close together some 8s in front of Frentzen, who has
Coulthard close behind him, then 1.6s further back are the three champions.

By lap 14 Coulthard is still stuck behind Frentzen (now 28s back from
Irvine) and the  3 champions are 2s behind the Scot.  Then the pit stops
start.

By lap 23 everything has settled down again and the top ten are: Hakkinen
->6.000s ->Irvine ->22.100s ->M.Schumacher ->12.100s
->Coulthard ->6.900s ->Frentzen ->0.600s ->Hill
->0.500s ->Villeneuve ->8.300s ->Fisichella ->6.400s ->Wurz
->0.700s ->Alesi.

On lap 30 Tuero and Takagi crash into each other heavily at the chicane. 
Shortly afterwards M.Schumacher's rear tyre explodes ending his race, his
World Championship attempt and the possible Ferrari constructors' title. 
It is thought that something from the Tuero/Takagi crash damaged the tyre.
At that moment Mika Hakkinen became World Champion.

By lap 40 the pits stops were over and the top ten were: Hakkinen
->24.200s ->Irvine ->25.300s ->Coulthard ->27.200s
->Frentzen ->0.900s ->Hill->0.500s ->Villeneuve ->12.500s
->Fisichella ->7.800s ->Alesi ->15.500s ->Wurz ->12.700s
->Herbert .

They rolled along to the end with the first four well spaced.  Hakkinen did
slow considerably in the last few laps, but was never in real danger from
Irvine.  On the final lap Hill dives down the inside of  Frentzen at the
chicane to take 4th and Alesi passes Fisichella for 7th.

Hakkinen won the race by 6.5s from Irvine, who was followed 22s later by
Coulthard, who was 46s in front of Hill, Frentzen and Villeneuve.

The best three sector times were: S1: M.Schumacher (42.668s), Irvine,
Hakkinen, S2: Coulthard (36.032s), Hakkinen, M.Schumacher, S3: M.Schumacher
(21.155s), Hakkinen, Irvine.

The best three exit speeds in each track sector were: S1: Coulthard
(210kph), Hakkinen, Irvine, S2: Hill (307kph), Herbert, Alesi, S3:
Coulthard (279kph), Alesi, Herbert.

After the race ex-World Champion Keke Rosberg (Hakkinen's manager) said it
was a fantastic feeling to have started with a teenager many years ago and
taken him all the way through to Formula 1 World Champion.  He said he was
having an unbelievable day as his son Nico had won in American Karting
earlier in the day.

In the interview afterwards, a serious looking Mika Hakkinen (winner) said
that since his Formula 1 start in 1991, it had been a fight each year to
maximise the results for the team and now he has won the championship he
can look back on all the years of hard work and be very happy.  When asked
if he felt a little happier when Michael Schumacher stalled on the grid and
had to start from the back, his face broke into a large grin and he simply
said yes.  When asked if he had found it an easy race, he said that it was
not the hardest race he had had.  Being in front and in touch with the pits
he used the radio a lot  to gauge how David, Michael and Eddie were doing
and so he could keep ahead.  He said that one of the problems of a race
like this was that lap after lap it becomes very tiring and with no-one
right behind you, it is easy to lose concentration.  Ron kept calling him
on the radio just to make sure he was still awake.

Eddie Irvine (2nd) said that it was very strange to suddenly find Michael
starting from the back and so it was up to him to make the running.  He
made a great start and tried very hard to keep up with Mika, but some tyre
problems made him drop back.  Before the race they had discussed all sorts
of race tactics based upon how the two Ferrari's and McLaren's would start,
having Michael at the back of the grid was not one of the scenarios.  For
him it became a straight race with Hakkinen to see who could win.

David Coulthard (3rd) said that in the earlier starts his race engineer had
warned him that he was not reving the engine enough.  When they actually
got away he found he was then reving too much and spun the wheels, so
Irvine and Frentzen got past.  He thus found himself stuck behind Frentzen
for the early part of the race, during which time he lost touch with the
two front runners.

A spokesman for Bridgestone (winners of the Tyre
Championship) said they were very happy with the result.  It had been a
very hard year and is now a very Good Year!!

Japanese Grand Prix 98: The Result
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Race Resume:

Weather: Bright Sunny weather

Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions: M.Schumacher->Hakkinen
                ->Coulthard->Irvine
                ->Frentzen->Villeneuve
                ->R.Schumacher->Hill
                ->Wurz->Fisichella
 0      Trulli stalled on grid just as lights about to change
 0      Re Start with Trulli at the back

 0      Grid Positions: M.Schumacher->Hakkinen
                ->Coulthard->Irvine
                ->Frentzen->Villeneuve
                ->R.Schumacher->Hill
                ->Wurz->Fisichella
 0      M.Schumacher stalled on grid
 0      Re Start with M.Schumacher at the back

 0      Grid Positions: Hakkinen->Coulthard
                ->Irvine->Frentzen
                ->Villeneuve->R.Schumacher
                ->Hill->Wurz
                ->Fisichella->Herbert
 0      1st corner: Hakkinen, Irvine, Frentzen, Coulthard
 1      M.Schumacher up to 12th
 1      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.500s->Irvine
                ->1.500s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->1.000s->Villeneuve->0.300s->Hill
                ->0.800s->R.Schumacher->0.900s->Wurz
                ->0.600s->Fisichella->0.500s->Alesi
 2      Fastest lap: Irvine - 1m 41.818s
 2      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.100s->Irvine
                ->3.100s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->1.300s->Villeneuve->0.500s->Hill
                ->1.000s->R.Schumacher->1.200s->Wurz
                ->0.800s->Fisichella->0.800s->M.Schumacher
 3      Fastest lap: Hakkinen - 1m 41.585s
 3      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.200s->Irvine
                ->4.800s->Frentzen->0.500s->Coulthard
                ->1.400s->Villeneuve->0.500s->Hill
                ->1.600s->R.Schumacher->1.100s->Wurz
                ->0.300s->M.Schumacher->1.100s->Fisichella
 4      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.200s->Irvine
                ->6.600s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->1.300s->Villeneuve->0.300s->Hill
                ->1.100s->R.Schumacher->0.900s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.900s->Wurz->1.100s->Fisichella
 5      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.700s->Irvine
                ->8.100s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->1.600s->Villeneuve->0.500s->Hill
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->1.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->2.900s->Wurz->1.200s->Fisichella
 6      Villeneuve, Hill, M.Schumacher locked together in a train
 6      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.100s->Irvine
                ->9.700s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->1.700s->Villeneuve->0.600s->Hill
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->0.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->3.300s->Wurz->1.600s->Fisichella
 7      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.600s->Irvine
                ->11.900s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->1.700s->Villeneuve->0.600s->Hill
                ->0.300s->M.Schumacher->0.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->4.000s->Wurz->1.400s->Fisichella
 8      Hakkinen/Irvine 2s faster per lap than rest
 8      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.700s->Irvine
                ->13.800s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->2.000s->Villeneuve->0.300s->Hill
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->1.000s->R.Schumacher
                ->4.200s->Wurz->1.200s->Fisichella
 9      Fastest lap: Hakkinen - 1m 41.214s
 9      Pit Stop: Barrichello - In/Out:  31.60s
 9      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.200s->Irvine
                ->15.200s->Frentzen->0.500s->Coulthard
                ->2.100s->Villeneuve->0.400s->Hill
                ->0.400s->M.Schumacher->0.800s->R.Schumacher
                ->5.400s->Wurz->0.700s->Fisichella
10      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.900s->Irvine
                ->17.100s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->1.700s->Villeneuve->0.400s->Hill
                ->0.300s->M.Schumacher->0.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->6.100s->Wurz->0.800s->Fisichella
11      Current Positions: Hakkinen->3.400s->Irvine
                ->18.800s->Frentzen->0.500s->Coulthard
                ->1.500s->Villeneuve->0.400s->Hill
                ->0.300s->M.Schumacher->0.800s->R.Schumacher
                ->6.600s->Wurz->0.800s->Fisichella
12      Current Positions: Hakkinen->3.700s->Irvine
                ->20.900s->Frentzen->0.200s->Coulthard
                ->1.900s->Villeneuve->0.300s->Hill
                ->0.400s->M.Schumacher->0.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->7.100s->Wurz->1.100s->Fisichella
13      Current Positions: Hakkinen->4.100s->Irvine
                ->22.500s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->2.000s->Villeneuve->0.300s->Hill
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->0.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->7.400s->Wurz->1.000s->Fisichella
14      R.Schumacher engine blows
14      Pit Stop: Wurz - In/Out:  31.40s
14      Pit Stop: Hill - In/Out:  33.00s
14      Current Positions: Hakkinen->4.600s->Irvine
                ->28.700s->Frentzen->0.500s->Coulthard
                ->2.100s->Villeneuve->Hill(In-Pit)
                ->0.700s->M.Schumacher->Wurz(In-Pit)
                ->0.500s->Fisichella->1.200s->Alesi
15      Pit Stop: Fisichella - In/Out:  30.40s
15      Pit Stop: Irvine - In/Out:  30.60s
15      Fastest lap: Hakkinen - 1m 41.203s
15      Current Positions: Hakkinen->Irvine(In-Pit)
                ->24.600s->Frentzen->0.200s->Coulthard
                ->1.300s->M.Schumacher->1.900s->Villeneuve
                ->Fisichella(In-Pit)->0.500s->Alesi
                ->6.200s->Hill->6.800s->Panis
16      Pit Stop: M.Schumacher - In/Out:  29.30s
16      Pit Stop: Nakano - In/Out:  32.70s
16      Pit Stop: Verstappen - In/Out:  33.00s
16      Current Positions: Hakkinen->23.600s->Irvine
                ->10.200s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->M.Schumacher(In-Pit)->1.900s->Villeneuve
                ->12.400s->Alesi->5.600s->Hill
                ->9.000s->Panis->1.600s->Wurz
17      Pit Stop: Panis - In/Out:  33.90s
17      Fastest lap: Irvine - 1m 41.095s
17      Pit Stop: Takagi - In/Out:  32.60s
17      Current Positions: Hakkinen->22.800s->Irvine
                ->12.800s->Frentzen->0.400s->Coulthard
                ->3.100s->Villeneuve->11.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->2.200s->Alesi->3.600s->Hill
                ->Panis(In-Pit)->11.800s->Wurz
18      Pit Stop: Tuero - In/Out:  33.10s
18      Pit Stop: Trulli - In/Out:  33.00s
18      Fastest lap: M.Schumacher - 1m 40.279s
18      Pit Stop: Villeneuve - In/Out:  31.70s
18      Pit Stop: Hakkinen - In/Out:  30.80s
18      Current Positions: Hakkinen(In-Pit)->20.600s->Irvine
                ->15.000s->Frentzen->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->Villeneuve(In-Pit)->5.700s->M.Schumacher
                ->4.500s->Alesi->3.800s->Hill
                ->12.500s->Wurz->0.600s->Fisichella
19      Pit Stop: Alesi - In/Out:  31.40s
19      Pit Stop: Frentzen - In/Out:  32.20s
19      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.900s->Irvine
                ->Frentzen(In-Pit)->17.100s->Coulthard
                ->7.600s->M.Schumacher->Alesi(In-Pit)
                ->1.300s->Hill->2.700s->Villeneuve
                ->10.400s->Fisichella->1.500s->Wurz
20      Pit Stop: Herbert - In/Out:  31.10s
20      Current Positions: Hakkinen->4.100s->Irvine
                ->14.900s->Coulthard->7.700s->M.Schumacher
                ->14.000s->Frentzen->1.100s->Hill
                ->0.700s->Villeneuve->10.000s->Fisichella
                ->2.800s->Wurz->1.400s->Alesi
21      Pit Stop: Coulthard - In/Out:  30.90s
21      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.800s->Irvine
                ->Coulthard(In-Pit)->6.100s->M.Schumacher
                ->15.000s->Frentzen->1.500s->Hill
                ->0.500s->Villeneuve->9.500s->Fisichella
                ->4.300s->Wurz->0.700s->Alesi
22      M.Schumacher crosses gravel at chicane
22      Pit Stop: Barrichello - In/Out:  33.20s
22      Current Positions: Hakkinen->6.300s->Irvine
                ->21.900s->M.Schumacher->11.300s->Coulthard
                ->5.600s->Frentzen->0.900s->Hill
                ->0.600s->Villeneuve->9.100s->Fisichella
                ->5.100s->Wurz->0.300s->Alesi
23      Current Positions: Hakkinen->6.000s->Irvine
                ->22.100s->M.Schumacher->12.100s->Coulthard
                ->6.900s->Frentzen->0.600s->Hill
                ->0.500s->Villeneuve->8.300s->Fisichella
                ->6.400s->Wurz->0.700s->Alesi
24      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.700s->Irvine
                ->21.700s->M.Schumacher->12.700s->Coulthard
                ->9.300s->Frentzen->0.500s->Hill
                ->0.400s->Villeneuve->7.400s->Fisichella
                ->7.200s->Wurz->0.300s->Alesi
25      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.900s->Irvine
                ->22.500s->M.Schumacher->12.200s->Coulthard
                ->11.800s->Frentzen->0.600s->Hill
                ->0.500s->Villeneuve->5.700s->Fisichella
                ->9.000s->Wurz->0.300s->Alesi
26      Current Positions: Hakkinen->6.300s->Irvine
                ->22.500s->M.Schumacher->12.500s->Coulthard
                ->13.600s->Frentzen->0.800s->Hill
                ->0.700s->Villeneuve->5.000s->Fisichella
                ->9.500s->Wurz->1.700s->Alesi
27      Current Positions: Hakkinen->6.500s->Irvine
                ->21.900s->M.Schumacher->13.100s->Coulthard
                ->15.300s->Frentzen->0.700s->Hill
                ->0.400s->Villeneuve->4.500s->Fisichella
                ->10.900s->Wurz->0.600s->Alesi
28      Pit Stop: Takagi - In/Out:  32.20s
28      Pit Stop: Irvine - In/Out:  29.60s
28      Current Positions: Hakkinen->Irvine(In-Pit)
                ->19.800s->M.Schumacher->15.200s->Coulthard
                ->15.100s->Frentzen->0.900s->Hill
                ->0.500s->Villeneuve->3.600s->Fisichella
                ->12.000s->Wurz->0.500s->Alesi
29      Pit Stop: Fisichella - In/Out:  33.20s
29      Pit Stop: Panis - In/Out:  32.60s
29      Current Positions: Hakkinen->24.300s->Irvine
                ->2.600s->M.Schumacher->15.500s->Coulthard
                ->16.900s->Frentzen->0.900s->Hill
                ->0.400s->Villeneuve->Fisichella(In-Pit)
                ->11.800s->Wurz->0.400s->Alesi
30      Tuero and Takagi crash at chicane
30      Pit Stop: Wurz - In/Out:  33.90s
30      Current Positions: Hakkinen->24.000s->Irvine
                ->3.000s->M.Schumacher->15.900s->Coulthard
                ->18.600s->Frentzen->1.000s->Hill
                ->0.700s->Villeneuve->17.700s->Alesi
                ->Wurz(In-Pit)->6.100s->Fisichella
31      M.Schumacher has a blow-out and retires
31      HAKKINEN IS WORLD CHAMPION
31      Pit Stop: Nakano - In/Out:  32.70s
31      Current Positions: Hakkinen->22.700s->Irvine
                ->16.200s->Coulthard->20.000s->Frentzen
                ->0.800s->Hill->0.700s->Villeneuve
                ->16.400s->Alesi->9.400s->Fisichella
                ->16.600s->Wurz->1.800s->Herbert
32      Pit Stop: Hakkinen - In/Out:  31.50s
32      Current Positions: Hakkinen(In-Pit)->19.100s->Irvine
                ->20.600s->Coulthard->19.100s->Frentzen
                ->0.900s->Hill->1.100s->Villeneuve
                ->15.300s->Alesi->10.600s->Fisichella
                ->17.000s->Wurz->1.100s->Herbert
33      Pit Stop: Villeneuve - In/Out:  31.20s
33      Pit Stop: Hill - In/Out:  31.50s
33      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.500s->Irvine
                ->21.400s->Coulthard->19.800s->Frentzen
                ->Hill(In-Pit)->Villeneuve(In-Pit)
                ->14.300s->Alesi->9.800s->Fisichella
                ->17.600s->Wurz->0.500s->Herbert
34      Pit Stop: Frentzen - In/Out:  29.60s
34      Current Positions: Hakkinen->2.600s->Irvine
                ->22.300s->Coulthard->Frentzen(In-Pit)
                ->17.100s->Alesi->2.500s->Hill
                ->1.100s->Villeneuve->6.300s->Fisichella
                ->18.300s->Wurz->0.400s->Herbert
35      Pit Stop: Alesi - In/Out:  30.20s
35      Pit Stop: Trulli - In/Out:  31.40s
35      Current Positions: Hakkinen->3.300s->Irvine
                ->22.300s->Coulthard->40.400s->Frentzen
                ->Alesi(In-Pit)->0.700s->Hill
                ->1.300s->Villeneuve->6.800s->Fisichella
                ->18.600s->Wurz->0.300s->Herbert
36      Pit Stop: Herbert - In/Out:  30.80s
36      Current Positions: Hakkinen->3.500s->Irvine
                ->22.400s->Coulthard->41.700s->Frentzen
                ->3.300s->Hill->1.200s->Villeneuve
                ->7.400s->Fisichella->9.700s->Alesi
                ->9.500s->Wurz->Herbert(In-Pit)
37      Current Positions: Hakkinen->3.800s->Irvine
                ->22.400s->Coulthard->43.800s->Frentzen
                ->2.900s->Hill->1.100s->Villeneuve
                ->9.600s->Fisichella->8.100s->Alesi
                ->11.700s->Wurz->16.300s->Herbert
38      Pit Stop: Coulthard - In/Out:  31.50s
38      Current Positions: Hakkinen->4.200s->Irvine
                ->Coulthard(In-Pit)->44.300s->Frentzen
                ->1.700s->Hill->1.200s->Villeneuve
                ->10.700s->Fisichella->7.800s->Alesi
                ->14.000s->Wurz->13.800s->Herbert
39      Pit Stop: Irvine - In/Out:  29.50s
39      Current Positions: Hakkinen->Irvine(In-Pit)
                ->40.500s->Coulthard->26.800s->Frentzen
                ->1.200s->Hill->1.100s->Villeneuve
                ->11.700s->Fisichella->7.600s->Alesi
                ->15.000s->Wurz->12.600s->Herbert
40      Current Positions: Hakkinen->24.200s->Irvine
                ->25.300s->Coulthard->27.200s->Frentzen
                ->0.900s->Hill->0.500s->Villeneuve
                ->12.500s->Fisichella->7.800s->Alesi
                ->15.500s->Wurz->12.700s->Herbert
41      Current Positions: Hakkinen->24.600s->Irvine
                ->25.100s->Coulthard->28.700s->Frentzen
                ->0.800s->Hill->0.800s->Villeneuve
                ->12.400s->Fisichella->7.700s->Alesi
                ->16.400s->Wurz->11.900s->Herbert
42      Current Positions: Hakkinen->23.700s->Irvine
                ->24.800s->Coulthard->30.900s->Frentzen
                ->1.000s->Hill->0.500s->Villeneuve
                ->12.500s->Fisichella->7.600s->Alesi
                ->17.700s->Wurz->11.200s->Herbert
43      Current Positions: Hakkinen->23.400s->Irvine
                ->24.400s->Coulthard->32.000s->Frentzen
                ->1.100s->Hill->0.700s->Villeneuve
                ->12.500s->Fisichella->7.300s->Alesi
                ->18.900s->Wurz->10.700s->Herbert
44      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.500s->Irvine
                ->24.200s->Coulthard->33.400s->Frentzen
                ->1.200s->Hill->1.400s->Villeneuve
                ->11.800s->Fisichella->7.100s->Alesi
                ->20.300s->Wurz->9.900s->Herbert
45      Current Positions: Hakkinen->17.400s->Irvine
                ->24.800s->Coulthard->34.800s->Frentzen
                ->0.700s->Hill->1.200s->Villeneuve
                ->12.500s->Fisichella->6.900s->Alesi
                ->23.000s->Wurz->7.600s->Herbert
46      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.700s->Irvine
                ->23.900s->Coulthard->36.800s->Frentzen
                ->1.100s->Hill->0.700s->Villeneuve
                ->12.800s->Fisichella->8.000s->Alesi
                ->22.600s->Wurz->6.900s->Herbert
47      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.000s->Irvine
                ->23.900s->Coulthard->38.900s->Frentzen
                ->0.700s->Hill->1.600s->Villeneuve
                ->11.700s->Fisichella->8.100s->Alesi
                ->23.500s->Wurz->6.300s->Herbert
48      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.900s->Irvine
                ->23.400s->Coulthard->41.400s->Frentzen
                ->0.500s->Hill->1.400s->Villeneuve
                ->12.100s->Fisichella->7.600s->Alesi
                ->24.100s->Wurz->5.400s->Herbert
49      Current Positions: Hakkinen->13.500s->Irvine
                ->23.300s->Coulthard->43.300s->Frentzen
                ->0.800s->Hill->1.300s->Villeneuve
                ->15.600s->Fisichella->3.200s->Alesi
                ->24.500s->Wurz->4.500s->Herbert
50      Current Positions: Hakkinen->11.600s->Irvine
                ->22.200s->Coulthard->45.200s->Frentzen
                ->0.700s->Hill->1.500s->Villeneuve
                ->19.700s->Fisichella->0.100s->Alesi
                ->24.500s->Wurz->4.500s->Herbert
51      Current Positions: Hakkinen->6.400s->Irvine
                ->21.100s->Coulthard->45.800s->Hill
                ->0.300s->Frentzen->2.000s->Villeneuve
                ->20.100s->Alesi->5.200s->Fisichella
                ->24.500s->Wurz->4.500s->Herbert
51      Hakkinen Wins!

Track Times:
Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  M.Hakkinen      McLaren              1hr 27m 22.535s (53 Laps)
 2  E.Irvine        Ferrari              Gap  0m  6.491s
 3  D.Coulthard     McLaren              Gap  0m 27.662s
 4  D.Hill          Jordan               Gap  1m 13.491s
 5  H.Frentzen      Williams             Gap  1m 13.857s
 6  J.Villeneuve    Williams             Gap  1m 15.867s
 7  J.Alesi         Sauber               Gap  1m 36.053s
 8  G.Fisichella    Benetton             Gap  1m 41.301s
 9  A.Wurz          Benetton              Laps behind:  1
10  J.Herbert       Sauber                Laps behind:  1
11  O.Panis         Prost                 Laps behind:  1
12  J.Trulli        Prost                 Laps behind:  3

Retirements:
S.Nakano         Minardi                Laps Behind: 11 Reason:
M.Schumacher     Ferrari                Laps Behind: 20 Reason: Tyre blow-out
                                           (Pole Position)
                                          (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 40.190s)
T.Takagi         Tyrrell                Laps Behind: 23 Reason: Crash with Tuero
E.Tuero          Minardi                Laps Behind: 23 Reason: Crash with Takagi
R.Barrichello    Stewart                Laps Behind: 26 Reason: Mechanical problem
J.Verstappen     Stewart                Laps Behind: 30 Reason: Mechanical problem
M.Salo           Arrows                 Laps Behind: 37 Reason: Mechanical problem
R.Schumacher     Jordan                 Laps Behind: 38 Reason: Engine
P.Diniz          Arrows                 Laps Behind: 49 Reason: Mechanical problem

Not Qualified:
R.Rosset         Tyrrell

Number of Pits Stops:
E.Irvine        3 - Laps: 15,28,39
R.Barrichello   3 - Laps: 9,22,27
J.Verstappen    2 - Laps: 16,22
A.Wurz          2 - Laps: 14,30
J.Villeneuve    2 - Laps: 18,33
J.Trulli        2 - Laps: 18,35
T.Takagi        2 - Laps: 17,28
O.Panis         2 - Laps: 17,29
S.Nakano        2 - Laps: 16,31
D.Hill          2 - Laps: 14,33
J.Herbert       2 - Laps: 20,36
M.Hakkinen      2 - Laps: 18,32
H.Frentzen      2 - Laps: 19,34
G.Fisichella    2 - Laps: 15,29
D.Coulthard     2 - Laps: 21,38
J.Alesi         2 - Laps: 19,35
E.Tuero         1 - Laps: 18
M.Schumacher    1 - Laps: 16
M.Salo          1 - Laps: 16

Fastest Laps:
Driver         Lap   Time
M.Schumacher   19   1m 40.190s
M.Hakkinen     35   1m 40.426s
E.Irvine       36   1m 40.870s
D.Coulthard    42   1m 40.905s
J.Villeneuve   40   1m 42.273s
D.Hill         38   1m 42.275s
H.Frentzen     36   1m 42.331s
G.Fisichella   20   1m 42.335s
J.Alesi        31   1m 42.357s
J.Herbert      38   1m 42.858s
R.Schumacher    4   1m 42.965s
O.Panis        49   1m 43.073s
J.Trulli       42   1m 43.164s
A.Wurz         18   1m 43.447s
S.Nakano       37   1m 44.158s
R.Barrichello   8   1m 44.947s
M.Salo         14   1m 45.304s
T.Takagi       23   1m 45.673s
E.Tuero        21   1m 45.792s
J.Verstappen   19   1m 45.840s
P.Diniz         2   1m 46.099s

Drivers Championship
====================
Pts   Driver
100  Mika Hakkinen
 86  Michael Schumacher
 56  David Coulthard
 47  Eddie Irvine
 21  Jacques Villeneuve
 20  Damon Hill
 17  Alexander  Wurz
 17  Heinz-Harald Frentzen
 16  Giancarlo Fisichela
 14  Ralf Schumacher
  9  Jean Alesi
  4  Rubens Barrichello
  3  Pedro Diniz
  3  Mika Salo
  1  Jan Magnussen
  1  Jarno Trulli
  1  Johnny Herbert

Team Championship
=================
Pts   Team
156  McLaren Mercedes
133  Ferrari
 38  Williams Mecachrome
 34  Jordan Mugen Honda
 33  Benetton Mecachrome
 10  Sauber Petronas
  6  Arrows Yamaha
  5  Stewart Ford
  1  Prost Peugeot


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