Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) M.Hakkinen
(5) J.Alesi (6) R.Barrichello
0 Bad start by Hill
0 Villeneuve leads into first corner followed by
Alesi, Hakkinen, Schumacher and Hill
1 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->1.603s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.060s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.940s->(4) M.Schumacher
->0.659s->(5) D.Hill->0.761s->(6) R.Barrichello
1 Irvine has moved up from 10th to 7th
1 Schumachers engine is smoking
2 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->2.792s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.201s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.955s->(4) M.Schumacher
->0.701s->(5) D.Hill->1.532s->(6) R.Barrichello
2 Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 29.599s
4 Schumacher cruises back to pits and retires his
gearbox stuck in 6th
4 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->5.217s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.472s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.912s->(4) D.Hill
->3.689s->(5) R.Barrichello->1.174s->(6) E.Irvine
6 Irivines engine starts smoking - he retires
6 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->7.443s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) D.Hill
(5) R.Barrichello
8 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->8.347s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen->1.035s->(4) D.Hill
(5) R.Barrichello
9 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->10.253s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) D.Hill
(5) R.Barrichello
10 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->10.773s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.503s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.310s->(4) D.Hill
->6.257s->(5) R.Barrichello->1.311s->(6) G.Berger
10 Villeneuve pulling away in front
10 Hill stuck behind Hakkinen
12 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) D.Hill
(5) R.Barrichello (6) G.Berger
13 7-Brundle, 8-Coulthard
13 Katayama retires in pits
14 Rosset retires
15 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->16.710s->(2) J.Alesi
->2.040s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.684s->(4) D.Hill
->8.623s->(5) R.Barrichello->0.853s->(6) G.Berger
15 Pits: Panis - 13.3s
16 Villeneuve start to lap the back cars
16 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) D.Hill
(5) R.Barrichello (6) G.Berger
17 Pits: Brundle - 12s
19 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->16.401s->(2) J.Alesi
->2.736s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.188s->(4) D.Hill
->10.217s->(5) G.Berger (6) R.Barrichello
19 Pits: Barrichello - 8.0s
20 Hill tries to take Hakkinen but fails
21 Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 29.288s
21 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->20.456s->(2) J.Alesi
->2.078s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.698s->(4) D.Hill
(5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
22 7-Barrichello, 8-Herbert, 9-Brundle
22 Pits: Villeneuve - 9.5s
24 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->1.663s->(2) M.Hakkinen
->0.835s->(3) D.Hill->0.833s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->8.707s->(5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
26 Pits: Hakkinen - 6.9s
27 Hill off into gravel at the end of the start straight,
problems with a front wheel bearing caused the off
28 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->4.380s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->7.300s->(3) G.Berger->16.338s->(4) M.Hakkinen
(5) R.Barrichello (6) D.Coulthard
30 7-Frentzen, 8-Salo, 9-Vestappen, 10-Brundle
30 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) G.Berger (4) M.Hakkinen
(5) R.Barrichello (6) D.Coulthard
31 Pits: Alesi - 10.4s
32 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->8.195s->(2) G.Berger
->18.325s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.993s->(4) J.Alesi
->12.598s->(5) R.Barrichello->6.998s->(6) D.Coulthard
33 Pits: Berger - 10.4s
34 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->29.248s->(2) M.Hakkinen
->3.048s->(3) J.Alesi->7.615s->(4) G.Berger
->4.278s->(5) R.Barrichello->9.031s->(6) D.Coulthard
38 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->32.455s->(2) M.Hakkinen
->4.565s->(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) R.Barrichello (6) D.Coulthard
39 Pits: Barrichello - 9.7s
39 Diniz pull off with engine failure
40 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) M.Hakkinen
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) D.Coulthard (6) R.Barrichello
40 7-Brundle, 8-Herbert
41 Pits: Brundle - 8.9s
42 Pits: Villeneuve - 7.4s
42 Pits: Coulthard - 9.5s
42 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) M.Hakkinen
->6.646s->(3) J.Alesi->1.124s->(4) G.Berger
(5) D.Coulthard (6) R.Barrichello
43 Alesi's engine is smoking
44 Pits: Hakkinen - 7.4s
45 Pits: Alesi - retires
45 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->19.880s->(2) G.Berger
->16.000s->(3) M.Hakkinen (4) D.Coulthard
(5) R.Barrichello
48 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
48 7-Salo, 8-Frentzen, 9-Herbert
50 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->20.602s->(2) G.Berger
->19.499s->(3) M.Hakkinen->17.387s->(4) R.Barrichello
->15.362s->(5) D.Coulthard->30.000s->(6) M.Brundle
52 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
52 7-Salo, 8-Frentzen, 9-Herbert, 10-Verstappen, 11-Fisichella
53 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
53 11 cars left
54 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->21.847s->(2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
56 Top 6 all well spread out
57 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->20.000s->(2) G.Berger
->25.000s->(3) M.Hakkinen->15.000s->(4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
59 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
60 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) G.Berger
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Brundle
61 Villeneuve WINS
Sun Jul-14 17h10 CET --- Villeneuve takes his 2nd win
Pos Driver Team Race Time
1 J.Villeneuve Williams 1hr 33m 0.874s (61 Laps)
(Fastest Race Lap: 1m 29.288s)
2 G.Berger Benetton Gap 0m 19.026s
3 M.Hakkinen McLaren Gap 0m 50.830s
4 R.Barrichello Jordan Gap 1m 6.716s
5 D.Coulthard McLaren Gap 1m 22.507s
6 M.Brundle Jordan Laps behind: 1
7 M.Salo Tyrrell Laps behind: 1
8 H.Frentzen Sauber Laps behind: 1
9 J.Herbert Sauber Laps behind: 1
10 J.Verstappen Footwork Laps behind: 1
11 G.Fisichella Minardi Laps behind: 2
J.Alesi Benetton On Lap: 45 Reason: Brakes
O.Panis Ligier On Lap: 41 Reason: Spun off
P.Diniz Ligier On Lap: 39 Reason: Engine
D.Hill Williams On Lap: 27 Reason: Wheel Bearing
(Pole Position)
P.Lamy Minardi On Lap: 22 Reason: Gearbox
R.Rosset Footwork On Lap: 14 Reason: Alternator
U.Katayama Tyrrell On Lap: 13 Reason: Engine
E.Irvine Ferrari On Lap: 6 Reason: Engine
M.Schumacher Ferrari On Lap: 4 Reason: Gearbox
A.Montermini Forti L.Badoer Forti