Race Resume:
Weather: Bright, sunny
Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) M.Hakkinen
0 Disaster - Schumacher's engine fails to start for the warm up
0 Schumacher starts from the back of the grid
1 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) E.Irvine
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) G.Berger
1 Schumacher in 17th
2 Irvine's front suspension breaks - he retires
2 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
(5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
2 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 24.697s
3 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->3.354s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->0.889s->(3) J.Alesi->2.070s->(4) M.Hakkinen
->0.617s->(5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
3 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 24.201s
5 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 23.748s
7 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Brundle (6) M.Hakkinen
7 Big shunt as Katayama hits Rosset just after pit entrance
both cars out
8 Schumacher up to 14th
9 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->5.071s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->1.584s->(3) J.Alesi->2.931s->(4) G.Berger
->2.364s->(5) M.Brundle->2.262s->(6) M.Hakkinen
11 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 23.255s
11 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Brundle (6) R.Barrichello
12 Schumacher up to 13th
12 Schumacher (13) is 29s behind Hill (1)
13 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.948s
14 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.903s
14 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Brundle (6) R.Barrichello
15 Coulthard in 9th
16 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->6.751s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->4.858s->(3) J.Alesi->1.641s->(4) G.Berger
->3.899s->(5) M.Brundle->4.837s->(6) R.Barrichello
16 Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 22.857s
18 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.775s
19 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.676s
19 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->7.022s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->7.656s->(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Brundle (6) R.Barrichello
20 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.412s
21 Pits: Barrichello 11.0s
21 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi->0.618s->(4) G.Berger
->1.265s->(5) M.Brundle
22 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
->1.039s->(5) M.Brundle
22 Pits: Barrichello back in with a problem
24 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Brundle (6) M.Hakkinen
24 Pits: Panis 10.0s
24 Pits: Barrichello back in and retires
25 Pits: Brundle 9.6s
26 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.396s
26 Schumacher up to 9th
28 Pits: Hill 9.4s
28 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->5.047s->(2) D.Hill
->8.301s->(3) J.Alesi->0.902s->(4) G.Berger
->14.804s->(5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
29 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->6.991s->(2) D.Hill
->6.627s->(3) J.Alesi->1.136s->(4) G.Berger
->15.269s->(5) M.Hakkinen->1.249s->(6) D.Coulthard
29 14 cars left on track
31 Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 22.353s
31 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.266s
31 Schumacher is running 1m 26s laps
32 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.224s
32 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->7.016s->(2) D.Hill
->8.984s->(3) J.Alesi (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
34 Brundle 7th, Herbert 8th, Schumacher 9th
35 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 22.110s
35 Pits: Berger 11.9s
36 Pits: Villeneuve 11.5s
36 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 21.957s
36 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) J.Villeneuve (4) G.Berger
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Coulthard
36 Pits: Herbert 11.2s
36 Pits: Alesi 12.0s
36 Hakkinen spins on track but keeps going
37 Pits: Hakkinen 10.9s
38 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
38 Schumacher up to 7th
39 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->20.262s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->15.435s->(3) D.Coulthard->3.003s->(4) J.Alesi
->4.384s->(5) G.Berger->1.569s->(6) M.Brundle
39 Panis takes Schumacher (in trouble !)
40 Salo out with a blown engine
40 Hakkinen chasing and catching Schumacher
40 Pits: Coulthard
41 Pits: Schumacher 12.4s
41 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
41 Bits fall off Schumacher's car as he leaves the pits
42 Schumacher retires
43 Berger spins and retires
44 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Brundle
(5) D.Coulthard (6) M.Hakkinen
45 Schumacher drops back to 12th (last)
45 Pits: Brundle 11.3s
45 Lamy slides into Brundle, Lamy retires
46 Pits: Brundle - new nose 21.3s
49 8 cars left
49 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->28.390s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) J.Herbert
49 7th Brundle, 8th Fisichella
50 Pits: Hill 8.6s
50 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->13.661s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->21.886s->(3) J.Alesi->18.580s->(4) D.Coulthard
->24.487s->(5) M.Hakkinen (6) J.Herbert
51 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->11.061s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) J.Herbert
54 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->11.008s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->22.803s->(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
55 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.385s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
56 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.254s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
57 Hill stuck behind Hakkinen
57 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.173s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
57 Hill laps Hakkinen
58 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.815s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
58 7th Herbert, 8th Fisichella
59 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.373s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
61 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.131s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
62 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.148s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
63 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.689s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
64 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.909s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
65 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.134s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
67 Fastest lap: Villeneuve 1m 21.916s
67 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.600s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->44.000s->(3) J.Alesi->11.800s->(4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
68 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->6.855s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) D.Coulthard
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) M.Brundle
69 Hill wins, Villeneuve 2nd