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Formula 1: Austrian Grand Prix
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Sunny day in Austria
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[Sun Jul-26 10h00 CET]
After yesterday's Qualifying in heavy rain, today's first session - the
Warm-Up - opens in bright sunny weather with high clouds in one direction
and dark menacing ones in the other.  The forecast is for a hot sunny race.

As the session began everyone, except Villeneuve, completed a pit to pit
lap, then changed cars and did it again.  Villeneuve stayed on track and
put in several flying laps.  His best time was 1m 18.652s.

10 minutes into the 30 minute session, 12 cars had set times.  The top six
were: Coulthard (1m 15.464s - 4L), Hakkinen (1m 16.349s - 5L), Hill (1m
16.505s - 4L), Villeneuve (1m 17.374s - 7L).

In the next 10 minutes: Frentzen spins off backwards into the gravel and
sticks; Takagi takes 4th at 1m 15.951s; Coulthard pushes pole to 1m
15.013s; M.Schumacher takes 2nd at 1m 15.145s; Wurz takes 3rd at 1m
15.405s; Hakkinen pushes pole to 1m 14.362s,.

20 minutes into the session and the top six were: Hakkinen (1m 14.362s -
9L), Coulthard (1m 15.013s - 6L), R.Schumacher (1m 15.086s - 10L),
M.Schumacher (1m 15.145s - 9L), Hill (1m 15.162s - 9L) and Wurz (1m 15.405s
- 10L).

In the final 10 minutes: Coulthard pushes pole to 1m 13.672s, Fisichella
takes 3rd at 1m 14.941s, Takagi takes 3rd at 1m 14.839s, M.Schumacher takes
3rd at 1m 14.459s, Irvine takes 3rd at 1m 14.350s, Fisichella slides off
over the gravel and back on, Rosset spins off and hits the barriers,
M.Schumacher takes 3rd at 1m 14.307s, Hakkinen pushes pole to 1m 13.301s,
Takagi spins over the gravel and returns to the track.

By the end of the session the top six were: Hakkinen (1m 13.301s - 16L),
Coulthard (1m 13.602s - 15L), M.Schumacher (1m 14.307s - 17L), Irvine (1m
14.350s - 16L), Alesi (1m 14.474s - 17L), Takagi (1m 14.480s - 16L). Pole
sitter Fisichella was 8th at 1m 14.941s - 14L and World Champion Villeneuve
was 21st at 1m 16.159s - 12L.

The laps covered ranged from 9 (Frentzen - 14th) to 20 (Nakano - 20th). 
One second covers the first 2 places and 2 seconds covers the first 12
places.


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.Hakkinen      McLaren     1m 13.301s   3  1m 30.517s   2  1m 11.819s 
 3  1m 13.746s
 2  D.Coulthard     McLaren     1m 13.602s  14  1m 32.399s   1  1m 11.655s 
 1  1m 13.703s
 3  M.Schumacher    Ferrari     1m 14.307s   4  1m 30.551s   5  1m 12.690s 
 7  1m 14.411s
 4  E.Irvine        Ferrari     1m 14.350s   8  1m 31.651s   3  1m 12.569s 
 8  1m 14.523s
 5  J.Alesi         Sauber      1m 14.474s   2  1m 30.317s   6  1m 12.789s 
10  1m 14.627s
 6  T.Takagi        Tyrrell     1m 14.480s  20  1m 34.090s  14  1m 13.730s 
15  1m 15.158s
 7  R.Barrichello   Stewart     1m 14.881s   5  1m 31.005s  16  1m 13.887s 
 5  1m 14.302s
 8  G.Fisichella    Benetton    1m 14.941s   1  1m 29.598s   8  1m 13.074s 
 2  1m 13.704s
 9  A.Wurz          Benetton    1m 14.942s  17  1m 33.185s  13  1m 13.671s 
 6  1m 14.397s
10  R.Schumacher    Jordan      1m 15.086s   9  1m 31.917s   9  1m 13.259s 
14  1m 15.117s
11  J.Trulli        Prost       1m 15.097s  16  1m 32.906s  11  1m 13.396s 
11  1m 14.685s
12  D.Hill          Jordan      1m 15.162s  15  1m 32.718s   7  1m 13.010s 
 9  1m 14.535s
13  J.Herbert       Sauber      1m 15.368s  18  1m 33.205s  12  1m 13.421s 
 4  1m 14.103s
14  H.Frentzen      Williams    1m 15.376s   7  1m 31.515s   4  1m 12.673s 
17  1m 15.345s
15  M.Salo          Arrows      1m 15.574s   6  1m 31.028s  15  1m 13.802s 
18  1m 15.696s
16  P.Diniz         Arrows      1m 15.638s  13  1m 32.206s  18  1m 13.999s 
20  1m 16.303s
17  J.Verstappen    Stewart     1m 15.702s  12  1m 32.099s  19  1m 14.070s 
16  1m 15.231s
18  E.Tuero         Minardi     1m 15.788s  19  1m 33.399s  21  1m 14.738s 
21  1m 16.582s
19  O.Panis         Prost       1m 16.006s  10  1m 32.081s  17  1m 13.966s 
12  1m 14.755s
20  S.Nakano        Minardi     1m 16.142s  21  1m 34.536s  22  1m 14.906s 
19  1m 16.171s
21  J.Villeneuve    Williams    1m 16.159s  11  1m 32.083s  10  1m 13.354s 
13  1m 14.820s
22  R.Rosset        Tyrrell     1m 16.309s  22  1m 34.910s  20  1m 14.351s 
22  1m 18.469s
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Hakkinen strikes back
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[Sun Jul-26 15h30 CET]
Today in Austria Mika Hakkinen broke the winning streak of Michael
Schumacher and took first place in the Austrian Grand Prix.  Second on the
podium was his teammate David Coulthard.  After winning the last three
races, the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher today finished in third place. 
This is McLaren's fourth One-Two of the season.

The race started in bright, sunny weather and a temperature of 27 degrees
C.  As the lights went out everyone left the grid except for Panis whose
engine had stalled.  Hakkinen (3rd on grid) squeezed between Alesi (2nd on
grid) and Fisichella (pole) and out accelerated the Benetton into the first
corner. Further back, M.Schumacher (4th on grid) did the same, passing down
the inside of Alesi.

The order in the first corner was Hakkinen, Fisichella, M.Schumacher,
Alesi, Barrichello, Irvine, Frentzen, R.Schumacher, Salo, Diniz, Hill,
Coulthard and Verstappen.  Takagi came into the coner sideways, bounced off
the inner rail and into the back of Trulli, then into the sidepods of
Tuero, who in turn pushed Herbert into the gravel.  At the second corner
Diniz went sideways into Salo forcing Coulthard to spin and sending several
others over the grass.  Salo does a wheels spinning turn to point in the
right direction, hits the front of Coulthard and stalls.  Coulthard now
limps back to the pits for a new nose.  Meanwhile the Safety Car is on
track while the various bits are removed.

Two laps later and the Safety Car is in the pits. M.Schumacher is now right
on the tail of Hakkinen trying to get past.  He tries to run around the
outside of Hakkinen, but slides and loses two places.  One lap later and
he's back on Hakkinen's tail.

By lap 16 the top 10 are:
Hakkinen->1.000s->M.Schumacher->4.300s->Fisichella->6.700s->Irvine->10.100s->Alesi->0.600s->Frentzen->0.700s->Coulthard->0.900s->R.Schumacher->0.700s->Hill->5.600s->Trulli.
 Coulthard is in 7th, even though he started from 14th on the grid.  Then
M.Schumacher goes too wide, bounces over the gravel and destroys his front
wing.  He's just past the pit entrance so he must now complete a lap with
partial bodywork, before repair can be effected.  Meanwhile Frentzen
retires with a blown engine.  M.Schumacher pits and rejoins at the back of
the field.

On lap 22 the grid front row takes itself out.  Fisichella tries to dive
down the inside of Alesi.  Unfortunately there is no space, they hit and
are both out of the race.  A few laps later Villeneuve has a moment when he
also runs too wide and crosses the gravel.  He returns to the track and
keeps going though.

By lap 30 the top 10 are:
Hakkinen->20.600s->Coulthard->23.900s->Irvine->13.300s->R.Schumacher->6.500s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve->1.600s->Herbert->0.700s->M.Schumacher->1.400s->Hill->Nakano.
 Coulthard has advanced to 2nd and M.Schumacher's charge has taken him to
8th so far.   By lap 47 he is in 5th place right behind his little brother.
 They dice for a few laps, with Michael almost taking to the gravel again
when a move goes wrong.  Finally on lap 55 Michael is past and 15s behind
third place and team mate Irvine.  With 4 laps left he passes Irvine who
has slowed due to brake problems (?).  At the flag it is Hakkinen 5s in
front of Coulthard, with M.Schumacher and Irvine over 30s further back. 
Jordan take 5th and 7th places, sandwiched around the underachieving World
Champion, Villeneuve.  Rosset came home 12th with a flat rear tyre and no
rear wing after an off on the last lap.

This result gives Hakkinen a total of 66 points in the drivers'
championship and puts him 8 points in front of M.Schumacher.  McLaren now
have 102 points in the Constructors' Championship, which is 12 points in
front of Ferrari.

The top three fastest exit speeds to the three sections of track were:
First section - Coulthard (300kph), M.Schumacher (299), Hakkinen (297),
Second section - Coulthard (270), Hakkinen (269), Hill (268), Third
section: Coulthard (269), M.Schumacher (267), Wurz (265).

In the interview afterwards, Hakkinen (winner) said he had had a very good
afternoon and a very long one.  He was full of praise for the team, whose
strategy of a one stop race had paid off.  When ask if he had expected to
make such a good start he said that the start is always such a gamble.  He
just put his foot down and headed for the corner, luckily he passed down
the inside of Fisichella, but was going so quickly that he had a bit of a
slide around the first bend.  When asked about the dicing with M.Schumacher
in the first few laps, he said that he had had some brake problems and
could not go into the corners as hard as he would have liked.  This allowed
Michael to keep close and keep challenging.  Once Michael had spun off he
found himself in a good position and it became a little quieter.

David Coulthard (2nd) said that it had been a long time since he had been
on the podium (5 races ago in Spain) and he was glad to be back.  He said
that, because he had been so far back on the grid (14th) he had had to take
many chances.  He was involved in a crash at the second corner and
immediately had to return to the pits for a new nose wing.  He said that,
because his car is so fast, he did not find it too hard to overtake so many
people.  He was full of praise for those he overtook, as they all behaved
correctly. They kept to their chosen lines and he was able to pass.  When
asked again if he had any specific problems with anyone (was the
interviewer fishing for another comment about Hill - in the last couple of
races both M.Schumacher and Irvine have specifically brought up the
problems of overtaking Hill) he said he had had no real problems.

Michael Schumacher (3rd) said that after his off into the gravel, he
thought his race was over, returning to the pits and fitting the new nose
lost him a lot of time.  He said it had been his own fault, by going off
the race line onto part of the track which had little grip.  Once he was
back in the race, he found it very exciting to have so many cars to pass. 
When asked about the problems he had passing his brother he said that Ralf
was paid to race, not give him presents.  Ralf kept some good lines and
made it very hard to pass.  When asked if the passing of Irvine in the
final few laps was due to team orders, he said that they had had some brake
problems on Irvine's car, so the team had asked him to slow down.

When interviewed Ralf Schumacher (5th) said he was very pleased with the
result and felt that their whole package of engine, chassis and tyres was
now really coming together.  When asked about the battle with his brother,
he said it had been a good hard fight, but unfortunately Michael had won. 
He hoped for many more battles with him in the future.  When asked about
his chances next weekend in Germany, he said it will depend how the car
likes the circuit and we should ask him again on Friday.

In an interview afterwards Hill (7th) said that it had been a good race and
he was pleased for the team, with Ralf finishing 5th and scoring two
points.  He felt that the Bridgestone tyres had the edge here, as was shown
by the domination of the McLarens again.



Austrian Grand Prix 98: The Result
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Race Resume:

Weather: Bright and Sunny

Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions: Fisichella->Alesi
                ->Hakkinen->M.Schumacher
                ->Barrichello->Salo
                ->Frentzen->Irvine
                ->R.Schumacher->Panis
 0      1st corner: Hakkinen, Fisichella, M.Schumacher,
                 Alesi, Barrichello
 0      Takagi crashes
 0      Salo, Diniz crash
 1      Safety Car on track
 1      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.800s->M.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->Fisichella->0.500s->Barrichello
                ->0.600s->Alesi->0.800s->Irvine
                ->0.400s->Frentzen->1.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->1.000s->Hill->0.700s->Verstappen
 2      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.800s->M.Schumacher
                ->0.600s->Fisichella->1.100s->Barrichello
                ->1.600s->Alesi->1.400s->Irvine
                ->0.500s->Frentzen->0.800s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.800s->Hill->1.000s->Verstappen
 3      Safety Car back in pits
 3      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->0.300s->Fisichella->0.400s->Barrichello
                ->1.100s->Alesi->0.600s->Irvine
                ->0.800s->Frentzen->0.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->Hill->0.300s->Verstappen
 3      M.Schumacher tries inside Hakkinen, slides and loses 2 places
 4      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.700s->Fisichella
                ->0.400s->M.Schumacher->1.000s->Barrichello
                ->0.900s->Alesi->0.600s->Irvine
                ->0.800s->Frentzen->1.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->Hill->2.000s->Trulli
 5      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.000s->Fisichella->1.100s->Barrichello
                ->1.100s->Alesi->0.500s->Irvine
                ->0.900s->Frentzen->0.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->Hill->2.800s->Trulli
 5      F.Lap: Hakkinen - 1m 15.561s
 6      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.600s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.800s->Fisichella->2.400s->Barrichello
                ->1.400s->Alesi->0.300s->Irvine
                ->0.800s->Frentzen->0.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.700s->Hill->2.600s->Trulli
 6      F.Lap: M.Schumacher - 1m 14.835s
 7      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.200s->Fisichella->4.800s->Barrichello
                ->0.600s->Alesi->0.400s->Irvine
                ->0.800s->Frentzen->0.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.500s->Hill->3.400s->Trulli
 8      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.400s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.300s->Fisichella->Barrichello(In-Pit)
                ->Irvine->0.900s->Alesi
                ->0.300s->Frentzen->0.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->Hill->3.100s->Trulli
 8      Barrichello retires in pits
 9      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.400s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.500s->Fisichella->7.100s->Irvine
                ->2.200s->Alesi->0.500s->Frentzen
                ->0.500s->R.Schumacher->0.500s->Hill
                ->3.600s->Trulli->0.500s->Coulthard
10      F.lap: Hakkinen - 1m 14.674s
10      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.800s->Fisichella->7.100s->Irvine
                ->3.300s->Alesi->0.400s->Frentzen
                ->0.600s->R.Schumacher->0.400s->Hill
                ->3.200s->Coulthard->2.100s->Trulli
11      F.Lap: M.Schumacher - 1m 14.597s
11      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.400s->M.Schumacher
                ->2.300s->Fisichella->6.800s->Irvine
                ->4.300s->Alesi->0.600s->Frentzen
                ->0.400s->R.Schumacher->0.600s->Hill
                ->1.900s->Coulthard->4.000s->Trulli
12      F.Lap: Hakkinen - 1m 14.594s
12      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.600s->M.Schumacher
                ->2.200s->Fisichella->6.700s->Irvine
                ->5.600s->Alesi->0.700s->Frentzen
                ->0.500s->R.Schumacher->0.800s->Hill
                ->0.500s->Coulthard->5.200s->Trulli
13      F.Lap: Hakkinen - 1m 14.249s
13      Current Positions: Hakkinen->0.700s->M.Schumacher
                ->3.200s->Fisichella->6.200s->Irvine
                ->6.800s->Alesi->0.500s->Frentzen
                ->0.600s->R.Schumacher->0.600s->Hill
                ->0.300s->Coulthard->5.600s->Trulli
14      F.Lap: Hakkinen - 1m 14.098s
14      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.000s->M.Schumacher
                ->3.300s->Fisichella->6.400s->Irvine
                ->7.900s->Alesi->0.500s->Frentzen
                ->0.500s->R.Schumacher->0.700s->Coulthard
                ->0.700s->Hill->5.400s->Trulli
15      F.Lap: M.Schumacher - 1m 13.918s
15      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.000s->M.Schumacher
                ->3.800s->Fisichella->6.600s->Irvine
                ->8.800s->Alesi->0.900s->Frentzen
                ->0.600s->R.Schumacher->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->0.700s->Hill->5.600s->Trulli
16      F.Lap: Hakkinen - 1m 13.807s
16      Current Positions: Hakkinen->1.000s->M.Schumacher
                ->4.300s->Fisichella->6.700s->Irvine
                ->10.100s->Alesi->0.600s->Frentzen
                ->0.700s->Coulthard->0.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.700s->Hill->5.600s->Trulli
16      Frentzen engine blows
16      M.Schumacher spins off over gravel
17      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.900s->Fisichella
                ->5.800s->M.Schumacher->1.400s->Irvine
                ->10.700s->Alesi->1.200s->Coulthard
                ->1.200s->R.Schumacher->0.700s->Hill
                ->7.100s->Trulli->1.000s->Villeneuve
18      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.500s->Fisichella
                ->M.Schumacher(In-Pit)->Irvine
                ->10.800s->Alesi->0.300s->Coulthard
                ->1.600s->R.Schumacher->0.500s->Hill
                ->7.700s->Trulli->0.800s->Villeneuve
19      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.100s->Fisichella
                ->9.900s->Irvine->10.300s->Coulthard
                ->1.700s->Alesi->0.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->Hill(In-Pit)->Trulli
                ->0.600s->Villeneuve->7.200s->Verstappen
20      F.Lap: Coulard - 1m 13.531s
20      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.200s->Fisichella
                ->10.400s->Irvine->9.300s->Coulthard
                ->3.100s->Alesi->0.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->10.900s->Trulli->0.200s->Villeneuve
                ->7.300s->Verstappen->2.100s->Herbert
21      F.Lap: Coul - 1m 13.372s
21      Current Positions: Hakkinen->Fisichella(In-Pit)
                ->Irvine->8.300s->Coulthard
                ->4.600s->Alesi->1.000s->R.Schumacher
                ->11.700s->Trulli->0.500s->Villeneuve
                ->7.200s->Verstappen->1.900s->Herbert
22      Fisichella & Alesi crash out
22      Current Positions: Hakkinen->17.200s->Irvine
                ->7.500s->Coulthard->7.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->13.900s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve
                ->6.800s->Verstappen->0.900s->Herbert
                ->2.500s->Hill->Wurz(In-Pit)
23      Current Positions: Hakkinen->17.800s->Irvine
                ->6.100s->Coulthard->8.300s->R.Schumacher
                ->15.100s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve
                ->6.900s->Verstappen->0.400s->Herbert
                ->2.000s->Hill->9.300s->Nakano
24      Current Positions: Hakkinen->18.500s->Irvine
                ->5.100s->Coulthard->8.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->17.400s->Trulli->0.200s->Villeneuve
                ->6.400s->Verstappen->0.400s->Herbert
                ->1.900s->Hill->7.400s->M.Schumacher
25      Current Positions: Hakkinen->19.200s->Irvine
                ->4.000s->Coulthard->9.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->19.800s->Trulli->0.400s->Villeneuve
                ->Verstappen(In-Pit)->Herbert
                ->1.300s->Hill->6.700s->M.Schumacher
26      Current Positions: Hakkinen->19.400s->Irvine
                ->2.800s->Coulthard->R.Schumacher(In-Pit)
                ->Trulli->4.700s->Villeneuve
                ->0.800s->Herbert->1.200s->Hill
                ->5.300s->M.Schumacher->6.700s->Nakano
26      Villenuve runs off over gravel
27      Current Positions: Hakkinen->19.300s->Irvine
                ->2.600s->Coulthard->33.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->1.800s->Trulli->2.900s->Villeneuve
                ->1.000s->Herbert->1.200s->Hill
                ->3.300s->M.Schumacher->Nakano
28      Current Positions: Hakkinen->Irvine(In-Pit)
                ->Coulthard->34.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->3.400s->Trulli->1.300s->Villeneuve
                ->1.800s->Herbert->0.900s->Hill
                ->1.900s->M.Schumacher->Nakano
29      F.Lap: Coulard - 1m 13.299s
29      Current Positions: Hakkinen->21.100s->Coulthard
                ->21.800s->Irvine->13.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->4.900s->Trulli->0.500s->Villeneuve
                ->2.300s->Herbert->0.900s->Hill
                ->0.400s->M.Schumacher->Nakano
30      F.Lap: Coulard - 1m 12.878s
30      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.600s->Coulthard
                ->23.900s->Irvine->13.300s->R.Schumacher
                ->6.500s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve
                ->1.600s->Herbert->0.700s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.400s->Hill->Nakano
31      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.200s->Coulthard
                ->25.900s->Irvine->12.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->8.200s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve
                ->0.600s->Herbert->0.600s->M.Schumacher
                ->2.000s->Hill->Nakano
32      Tuero spun off
32      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.900s->Coulthard
                ->27.700s->Irvine->12.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->9.400s->Trulli->0.200s->Villeneuve
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->0.500s->Herbert
                ->1.300s->Hill->Nakano
33      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.500s->Coulthard
                ->29.500s->Irvine->12.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->10.300s->Trulli->0.300s->Villeneuve
                ->0.200s->M.Schumacher->0.500s->Herbert
                ->0.900s->Hill->Nakano
34      Current Positions: Hakkinen(In-Pit)->16.100s->Coulthard
                ->30.900s->Irvine->11.900s->R.Schumacher
                ->11.700s->Trulli->0.200s->M.Schumacher
                ->0.500s->Villeneuve->0.700s->Herbert
                ->0.500s->Hill->15.600s->Nakano
35      Current Positions: Coulthard->7.900s->Hakkinen
                ->23.600s->Irvine->11.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->11.100s->M.Schumacher->3.400s->Villeneuve
                ->1.800s->Trulli->0.700s->Herbert
                ->10.400s->Hill->3.200s->Nakano
36      Current Positions: Coulthard(In-Pit)->5.800s->Hakkinen
                ->23.500s->Irvine->11.000s->R.Schumacher
                ->11.800s->M.Schumacher->3.300s->Villeneuve
                ->3.300s->Trulli->0.400s->Herbert
                ->0.600s->Hill->12.800s->Nakano
37      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.100s->Coulthard
                ->7.800s->Irvine->10.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->11.000s->M.Schumacher->4.000s->Villeneuve
                ->5.300s->Trulli->Herbert(In-Pit)
                ->Hill->12.200s->Nakano
38      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.200s->Coulthard
                ->7.400s->Irvine->10.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->9.600s->M.Schumacher->5.200s->Villeneuve
                ->Trulli(In-Pit)->Hill
                ->Nakano(In-Pit)->Wurz
39      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.000s->Coulthard
                ->8.000s->Irvine->9.700s->R.Schumacher
                ->8.500s->M.Schumacher->6.300s->Villeneuve
                ->10.400s->Hill->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
40      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.800s->Coulthard
                ->7.900s->Irvine->9.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->7.700s->M.Schumacher->7.300s->Villeneuve
                ->10.400s->Hill->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
41      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.800s->Coulthard
                ->6.900s->Irvine->9.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->5.800s->M.Schumacher->8.800s->Villeneuve
                ->10.400s->Hill->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
42      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.900s->Coulthard
                ->6.300s->Irvine->9.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->M.Schumacher(In-Pit)->Villeneuve
                ->10.500s->Hill->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
43      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.100s->Coulthard
                ->5.600s->Irvine->R.Schumacher(In-Pit)
                ->Hill->Villeneuve(In-Pit)
                ->M.Schumacher->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
44      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.500s->Coulthard
                ->4.600s->Irvine->33.800s->R.Schumacher
                ->1.100s->Hill->2.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->13.100s->Villeneuve->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
45      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.100s->Coulthard
                ->0.800s->Irvine->34.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->Hill(In-Pit)->M.Schumacher
                ->13.100s->Villeneuve->Wurz
                ->Herbert->Trulli
46      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.100s->Coulthard
                ->1.000s->Irvine->34.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->2.400s->M.Schumacher->14.100s->Villeneuve
                ->Wurz->Hill
                ->Herbert->Trulli
47      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.000s->Coulthard
                ->1.000s->Irvine->34.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->1.900s->M.Schumacher->14.500s->Villeneuve
                ->Wurz->Hill
                ->Herbert->Trulli
48      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.400s->Coulthard
                ->1.100s->Irvine->34.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->1.200s->M.Schumacher->15.200s->Villeneuve
                ->Wurz(In-Pit)->Hill
                ->Herbert->Trulli
49      Current Positions: Hakkinen->20.200s->Coulthard
                ->1.700s->Irvine->34.400s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.600s->M.Schumacher->15.700s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
50      Current Positions: Hakkinen->19.600s->Coulthard
                ->1.800s->Irvine->34.100s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.900s->M.Schumacher->16.700s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
51      M.Schumacher nearly goes off trying to pass Ralf
51      Current Positions: Hakkinen->19.200s->Coulthard
                ->1.900s->Irvine->34.600s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.700s->M.Schumacher->18.000s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
52      Current Positions: Hakkinen->18.200s->Coulthard
                ->Irvine(In-Pit)->R.Schumacher
                ->1.700s->M.Schumacher->17.500s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
53      Verstap engine blows
53      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.600s->Coulthard
                ->24.300s->Irvine->15.200s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.300s->M.Schumacher->18.800s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
54      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.800s->Coulthard
                ->24.600s->Irvine->15.000s->R.Schumacher
                ->0.400s->M.Schumacher->17.700s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
55      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.300s->Coulthard
                ->24.800s->Irvine->15.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->1.000s->R.Schumacher->16.400s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
56      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.500s->Coulthard
                ->25.300s->Irvine->14.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->2.900s->R.Schumacher->15.100s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
57      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.300s->Coulthard
                ->24.900s->Irvine->14.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->4.000s->R.Schumacher->14.300s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
58      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.600s->Coulthard
                ->24.200s->Irvine->14.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->5.500s->R.Schumacher->13.000s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
59      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.300s->Coulthard
                ->23.900s->Irvine->13.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->6.000s->R.Schumacher->12.700s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
60      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.800s->Coulthard
                ->22.000s->Irvine->12.800s->M.Schumacher
                ->7.000s->R.Schumacher->11.800s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
61      Current Positions: Hakkinen->16.400s->Coulthard
                ->23.700s->Irvine->10.700s->M.Schumacher
                ->7.300s->R.Schumacher->11.300s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
62      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.600s->Coulthard
                ->25.600s->Irvine->8.100s->M.Schumacher
                ->9.000s->R.Schumacher->10.000s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
63      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.200s->Coulthard
                ->26.800s->Irvine->5.600s->M.Schumacher
                ->9.900s->R.Schumacher->9.400s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
64      Current Positions: Hakkinen->14.900s->Coulthard
                ->28.500s->Irvine->2.800s->M.Schumacher
                ->10.800s->R.Schumacher->8.900s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
65      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.000s->Coulthard
                ->29.000s->Irvine->1.600s->M.Schumacher
                ->11.100s->R.Schumacher->8.300s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
66      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.400s->Coulthard
                ->29.300s->Irvine->0.500s->M.Schumacher
                ->12.400s->R.Schumacher->6.800s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
67      Current Positions: Hakkinen->15.100s->Coulthard
                ->29.900s->Irvine->0.300s->M.Schumacher
                ->13.200s->R.Schumacher->4.800s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
68      Current Positions: Hakkinen->13.700s->Coulthard
                ->31.600s->M.Schumacher->1.100s->Irvine
                ->11.100s->R.Schumacher->4.900s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
69      Current Positions: Hakkinen->13.700s->Coulthard
                ->31.200s->M.Schumacher->1.300s->Irvine
                ->10.100s->R.Schumacher->5.600s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
70      Current Positions: Hakkinen->12.600s->Coulthard
                ->32.300s->M.Schumacher->1.900s->Irvine
                ->8.600s->R.Schumacher->4.800s->Villeneuve
                ->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli
71      Current Positions: Hakkinen->5.200s->Coulthard
                ->33.800s->M.Schumacher->4.900s->Irvine
                ->6.700s->R.Schumacher->2.600s->Villeneuve
                ->20.400s->Hill->Herbert
                ->Wurz->Trulli

Track Times:
Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  M.Hakkinen      McLaren              1hr 30m 44.086s (71 Laps)
 2  D.Coulthard     McLaren              Gap  0m  5.289s
                                          (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 12.878s)
 3  M.Schumacher    Ferrari              Gap  0m 39.093s
 4  E.Irvine        Ferrari              Gap  0m 43.977s
 5  R.Schumacher    Jordan               Gap  0m 50.655s
 6  J.Villeneuve    Williams             Gap  0m 53.202s
 7  D.Hill          Jordan               Gap  1m 13.624s
 8  J.Herbert       Sauber                Laps behind:  1
 9  A.Wurz          Benetton              Laps behind:  1
10  J.Trulli        Prost                 Laps behind:  1
11  S.Nakano        Minardi               Laps behind:  1
12  R.Rosset        Tyrrell               Laps behind:  2

Retirements:
J.Verstappen     Stewart                Laps Behind: 20 Reason: Engine
E.Tuero          Minardi                Laps Behind: 41 Reason: Spun off
J.Alesi          Sauber                 Laps Behind: 50 Reason: Crash with Fisichella
G.Fisichella     Benetton               Laps Behind: 50 Reason: Crash with Alesi
                                           (Pole Position)
H.Frentzen       Williams               Laps Behind: 55 Reason: Engine
R.Barrichello    Stewart                Laps Behind: 63 Reason: Mechanical problem
P.Diniz          Arrows                 Laps Behind: 68 Reason: Crash at
second corner
M.Salo           Arrows                 Laps Behind: 70 Reason: Crash at
second corner
O.Panis          Prost                  Laps Behind: 71 Reason: Mechanical problem
T.Takagi         Tyrrell                Laps Behind: 71 Reason: Crash at first corner

Not Qualified:
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Drivers Championship
====================
Pts   Driver
 66  Mika Hakkinen
 58  Michael Schumacher
 36  David Coulthard
 32  Eddie Irvine
 17  Alexander  Wurz
 15  Giancarlo Fisichela
 12  Jacques Villeneuve
  8  Heinz-Harald Frentzen
  4  Rubens Barrichello
  3  Ralf Schumacher
  3  Jean Alesi
  3  Mika Salo
  1  Jan Magnussen
  1  Pedro Diniz
  1  Johnny Herbert

Team Championship
=================
Pts   Team
102  McLaren Mercedes
 90  Ferrari
 32  Benetton Mecachrome
 20  Williams Mecachrome
  5  Stewart Ford
  4  Arrows Yamaha
  4  Sauber Petronas
  3  Jordan Mugen Honda
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