Race Resume:
Weather: Heavy rain at first, sunny by the end
Lap Event
0 Start in very Heavy rain
1 All round safely
1 - Hill, Villeneuve Alesi, Barrichello, Schumacher
11 Barr battles Alesi
15 Hill starts to lap back cars
19 Vestappen into pits and retires
22 Coulthard into pits - out on slicks
24 Schumacher into pits 11.5s - out on wets
25 Coulthard fastest lap
26 Big shunt by Rosset into start line wall
27 Villeneuve slides into sand while defending against Alesi
28 Berg in pits and retires
28 - Hill, Alesi, Barrichello, Frentzen, Hakkinen, Schumacher, Brundle
30 Coulthard off into grass and retires
30 Hakkinen into pits 10.8s out on wets
30 Brundle into pits 12.8s out on wets
31 Alesi catching Hill
33 Barrichello into pits 10.0s out on wets
34 - Hill, Alesi, Salo, Irvine, Frentzen
35 Irvine into pits 10.2s out on wets
38 Alesi fastest lap 1m 35.148s
39 Alesi fastest lap 1m 35.132s
39 Hill into pits 11.2s out on slicks
40 Schumacher into pits 8.4s out on slicks
41 Alesi into pits 11.1s out on slicks
42 Barrichello into pits 7.6s out on slicks
43 Irvine into pits 5.8s out on slicks
45 Alesi fastest lap 1m 25.697s
46 - Hill, Alesi, Schumacher, Barrichello, Hakkinen, Salo, Panis
46 Hill fastest lap 1m 24.731s
48 Alesi fastest lap 1m 23.701s
49 Hill fastest lap 1m 23.170s
51 Hill fastest lap 1m 22.864s
51 Barrichello fastest lap 1m 22.493s
52 Alesi fastest lap 1m 22.306s
54 Hill fastest lap 1m 22.060s
54 - Hill, Alesi, Schumacher, Barrichello, Hakkinen, Salo, Panis
54 Sun is out and track is dry
56 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.932
56 Alesi fastest lap 1m 21.884s
57 Schumacher (2), Barrichello (3), Hill (1) in a tight group
60 Barrichello takes Schumacher but Schumacher gets back
60 Barrichello off into sand - retires
62 Hill laps Schumacher
64 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.623s
65 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.547s
65 Brundle (7) spins and retires
67 12 cars left
71 Hill wins