Time Event
6m Salo first car on track
8m Hakkinen on track for first time
11m Alesi on track for first time
14m Coulthard on track for first time
14m Schumacher on track for first time
Alesi, Coulthard, Schumacher all back into pits after
one flying lap. No change in grid positions
20m Hill on track for first time
22m Berger on track for first time
30m Pole - Coulthard 1m 21.239s
34m Schumacher does an all out lap
but cannot move from 3rd 1m 21.250s
34m Pole - Hill 1m 20.905s
43m Pole - Coulthard 1m 20.537s
(faster than Bergers pole in 1994)
Brundle up to 6th, Hakkinen in 12th
52m Hill runs out of laps
2nd Free 1st Qualify 1st Free
Pos Driver Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time
1 D.Coulthard 1m 20.537s 2 1m 22.258s 2 1m 21.423s 4 1m 23.834s
2 D.Hill 1m 20.905s 1 1m 21.443s 1 1m 21.322s 2 1m 23.162s
3 M.Schumacher 1m 21.301s 3 1m 22.517s 3 1m 21.885s 3 1m 23.231s
4 G.Berger 1m 21.970s 8 1m 23.406s 4 1m 22.281s 5 1m 24.079s
5 H.Frentzen 1m 22.226s 5 1m 23.306s 11 1m 23.485s 9 1m 24.903s
6 J.Herbert 1m 22.322s 13 1m 23.884s 12 1m 23.786s 10 1m 24.933s
7 J.Alesi 1m 22.391s 4 1m 22.854s 5 1m 22.656s 6 1m 24.540s
8 R.Barrichello 1m 22.538s 9 1m 23.707s 8 1m 23.142s 8 1m 24.657s
9 M.Brundle 1m 22.588s 6 1m 23.307s 9 1m 23.244s 15 1m 26.096s
10 E.Irvine 1m 22.831s 7 1m 23.362s 6 1m 22.957s 7 1m 24.644s
11 O.Panis 1m 22.904s 18 1m 25.421s 10 1m 23.284s 11 1m 25.430s
12 M.Blundell 1m 22.914s 10 1m 23.771s 13 1m 24.583s 13 1m 26.065s
13 M.Hakkinen 1m 23.114s 11 1m 23.785s 7 1m 23.064s 1 1m 23.073s
14 J.Boullion 1m 23.934s 15 1m 25.092s 0 0m 0.000s 17 1m 26.673s
15 M.Salo 1m 23.936s 16 1m 25.099s 16 1m 24.942s 16 1m 26.356s
16 U.Katayma 1m 24.287s 14 1m 24.926s 14 1m 24.631s 14 1m 26.091s
17 P.Lamy 1m 24.657s 19 1m 25.535s 19 1m 26.210s 19 1m 27.828s
18 L.Badoer 1m 24.778s 20 1m 25.811s 18 1m 25.746s 20 1m 27.870s
19 T.Inoue 1m 25.031s 17 1m 25.390s 15 1m 24.883s 21 1m 27.954s
20 M.Papis 1m 25.179s 12 1m 23.825s 17 1m 25.696s 12 1m 25.737s
21 A.Montermini 1m 26.172s 21 1m 28.023s 20 1m 27.659s 18 1m 27.811s
22 P.Diniz 1m 27.292s 23 1m 28.606s 22 1m 29.137s 22 1m 29.453s
23 R.Moreno 1m 27.523s 22 1m 28.040s 21 1m 28.672s 23 1m 30.453s
24 JD.Deletraz 1m 32.769s 24 1m 33.409s 0 0m 0.000s 24 1m 36.805s