Time Event 2m First car on track - M.Salo 7m Berger on track for first time 11m Hill, Coulthard on track for first time 14m Alesi on track for first time 14m 2nd - Hill 1m 14.213s 17m Schumacher on track for first time Lots of track action but no real improvements from the top teams. Schumacher consistantly running 2 seconds per lap slower than pole. 58m 3rd - Schumacher 1m 14.284s 59m Pole - Coulthard 1m 14.013s 59m Berger off into gravel
2nd Free 1st Qualify 1st Free
Pos Driver Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time
1 D.Coulthard 1m 14.013s 0 0m 0.000s 1 1m 14.182s 3 1m 16.480s
2 D.Hill 1m 14.213s 0 0m 0.000s 2 1m 14.289s 2 1m 16.417s
3 M.Schumacher 1m 14.284s 0 0m 0.000s 3 1m 14.524s 1 1m 16.057s
4 G.Berger 1m 15.125s 0 0m 0.000s 5 1m 14.974s 4 1m 17.126s
5 J.Alesi 1m 15.131s 0 0m 0.000s 4 1m 14.919s 5 1m 17.303s
6 E.Irvine 1m 15.354s 0 0m 0.000s 8 1m 15.696s 7 1m 18.002s
7 J.Herbert 1m 15.556s 0 0m 0.000s 6 1m 15.561s 10 1m 18.372s
8 H.Frentzen 1m 15.561s 0 0m 0.000s 9 1m 15.942s 8 1m 18.059s
9 O.Panis 1m 15.621s 0 0m 0.000s 14 1m 17.071s 12 1m 18.839s
10 R.Barrichello 1m 15.774s 0 0m 0.000s 10 1m 16.263s 11 1m 18.377s
11 M.Blundell 1m 16.166s 0 0m 0.000s 7 1m 15.652s 6 1m 17.995s
12 J.Magnussen 1m 16.368s 0 0m 0.000s 11 1m 16.339s 15 1m 19.394s
13 A.Suzuki 1m 16.519s 0 0m 0.000s 13 1m 17.019s 16 1m 19.647s
14 P.Lamy 1m 16.596s 0 0m 0.000s 16 1m 17.224s 13 1m 19.125s
15 L.Badoer 1m 16.887s 0 0m 0.000s 18 1m 17.612s 19 1m 20.666s
16 U.Katayma 1m 17.014s 0 0m 0.000s 17 1m 17.265s 17 1m 19.904s
17 M.Salo 1m 17.235s 0 0m 0.000s 15 1m 17.213s 14 1m 19.137s
18 G.Morbidelli 1m 18.114s 0 0m 0.000s 19 1m 18.288s 18 1m 20.323s
19 T.Inoue 1m 18.212s 0 0m 0.000s 20 1m 19.471s 21 1m 21.292s
20 P.Diniz 1m 19.579s 0 0m 0.000s 22 1m 20.555s 23 1m 21.992s
21 R.Moreno 1m 19.779s 0 0m 0.000s 21 1m 19.745s 22 1m 21.963s
22 A.Montermini 1m 20.093s 0 0m 0.000s 23 1m 22.096s 20 1m 20.926s
23 B.Gachot 1m 21.405s 0 0m 0.000s 24 1m 22.710s 24 1m 42.770s
24 J.Boullion 1m 23.791s 0 0m 0.000s 12 1m 16.646s 9 1m 18.292s