Race Resume:
Weather: 15 deg C
In a Nutshell:
- Hill makes bad start and drops from pole to 5th before first corner
- Alesi spins off and Berger makes a bad start - drops to 16th
- Hill loses more time with a 20s pit stop drops to 10th
- Last third of the race Villeneuve leads with Schumacher on his gearbox
- Hill fights up to 4th but cannot get past Coulthard for the podium
- Perfect race from Villeneuve, much pressure from Schmacher but he lead from
start to finish
The Details:
Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] J.Villeneuve
[3] M.Schumacher [4] J.Alesi
[5] R.Barrichello [6] D.Coulthard
1 Very bad start by Berger
1 Bad start by Hill drops to 5th before first corner
1 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] M.Schumacher
[5] D.Hill [6] M.Hakkinen
1 Alesi off into gravel and retires
3 Berger into pits
3 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->1.590s->[2] D.Coulthard
->0.940s->[3] R.Barrichello->0.730s->[4] M.Schumacher
->0.670s->[5] D.Hill->0.610s->[6] M.Hakkinen
3 Villeneuve fastest lap 1m 22.841s
4 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] M.Schumacher
[5] D.Hill [6] M.Hakkinen
4 Berger fastest lap 1m 22.496s
4 Hill passes Schumacher
5 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] D.Hill
[5] M.Schumacher [6] M.Hakkinen
5 Berger fastest lap 1m 22.109s
6 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->3.810s->[2] D.Coulthard
->1.040s->[3] R.Barrichello->0.460s->[4] D.Hill
->0.640s->[5] M.Schumacher->1.870s->[6] M.Hakkinen
6 Panis hits Irvine heading into chicane - both out of race
7 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->4.170s->[2] D.Coulthard
->0.800s->[3] R.Barrichello->0.540s->[4] D.Hill
->0.700s->[5] M.Schumacher->1.170s->[6] M.Hakkinen
8 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->5.110s->[2] D.Coulthard
->0.740s->[3] R.Barrichello->0.510s->[4] D.Hill
->0.530s->[5] M.Schumacher->1.090s->[6] M.Hakkinen
8 Berger fastest lap 1m 22.004s
10 Berger is in 16th
11 Hill stuck behind Barrichello as Villeneuve pulls away
13 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->7.870s->[2] D.Coulthard
->2.680s->[3] R.Barrichello [4] D.Hill
[5] M.Schumacher [6] M.Hakkinen
16 Each time onto the start straight Hill tries to take Barrichello
with Schumacher close behind
16 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->11.410s->[2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] D.Hill
[5] M.Schumacher [6] M.Hakkinen
18 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->12.410s->[2] D.Coulthard
->3.670s->[3] R.Barrichello [4] D.Hill
[5] M.Schumacher [6] M.Hakkinen
20 Pits: Frentzen - 8.2s
20 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->12.420s->[2] D.Coulthard
->3.670s->[3] R.Barrichello->1.160s->[4] D.Hill
->0.440s->[5] M.Schumacher->0.690s->[6] M.Hakkinen
22 Pits: Hill - 20.9s - (disaster time for Hill)
23 Pits: Berger - 9.4s
23 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] M.Schumacher
[5] M.Hakkinen
24 Pits: Schumacher - 7.7s
24 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] R.Barrichello [4] M.Hakkinen
24 Pits: Barrichello - 12.5s
24 Pits: Coulthard - 9.8s
25 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.9s
26 Hill is 10th after the over long pit stop
26 Schumacher fastest lap 1m 21.976s
26 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->8.750s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] M.Hakkinen [4] D.Coulthard
[5] R.Barrichello [6] H.Frentzen
28 Hill and Diniz slide onto gravel as Hill tries to pass
both cars get back onto the track
28 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->8.750s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] M.Hakkinen [4] D.Coulthard
[5] R.Barrichello [6] H.Frentzen
28 Diniz into pits
28 Schumacher on a charge for Villeneuve
29 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->4.170s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] M.Hakkinen [4] D.Coulthard
[5] R.Barrichello [6] H.Frentzen
30 Hakkinen 10s penalty - pit speeding
30 Pits: Hakkinen penalty stop - 10.5s
32 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->2.490s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] H.Frentzen
35 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->1.400s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] H.Frentzen [6] M.Hakkinen
36 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->1.060s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] H.Frentzen [6] M.Hakkinen
37 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.660s->[2] M.Schumacher
->12.970s->[3] D.Coulthard->3.840s->[4] R.Barrichello
->7.200s->[5] H.Frentzen->2.190s->[6] M.Hakkinen
39 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.695s
39 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] H.Frentzen [6] M.Hakkinen
42 Pits: Frentzen - 7.8s
42 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] M.Hakkinen [6] H.Frentzen
42 Berger in 11th, Hill in 9th
43 Pits: Hill - 8.2s
43 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] M.Hakkinen [6] H.Frentzen
43 Pits: Schumacher - 8.5s out in 3rd
44 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] D.Coulthard
[3] M.Schumacher [4] R.Barrichello
[5] M.Hakkinen [6] H.Frentzen
45 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.3s out in 1st
45 Schumacher passes Coulthard
46 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] M.Brundle
[5] R.Barrichello [6] M.Hakkinen
46 Pits: Brundle - 8.6s
48 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->2.680s->[2] M.Schumacher
->23.920s->[3] D.Coulthard->3.230s->[4] R.Barrichello
->6.440s->[5] M.Hakkinen->0.390s->[6] D.Hill
48 Hakkinen another 10s penalty for pit speeding - suspect bad limiter
50 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->1.440s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] M.Hakkinen [6] D.Hill
51 Pits: Hakkinen penalty stop - 11.2s
51 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.598s
52 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.480s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] D.Hill
52 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.463s
55 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.680s->[2] M.Schumacher
->27.100s->[3] D.Coulthard->1.520s->[4] R.Barrichello
->2.680s->[5] D.Hill->14.580s->[6] M.Brundle
55 Hill fastest lap 1m 21.363s
58 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] R.Barrichello
[5] D.Hill [6] M.Brundle
60 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.670s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard->1.180s->[4] D.Hill
->1.710s->[5] R.Barrichello [6] M.Brundle
60 Frentzen out after a trip into the gravel
62 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard->0.580s->[4] D.Hill
[5] R.Barrichello [6] M.Brundle
64 Schumacher right up the back of Villeneuve
64 Hill right up the back of Coulthard
64 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] D.Hill
[5] R.Barrichello [6] M.Brundle
65 Villeneuve lapping the slower cars with Schumacher on his gearbox
65 Current Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.210s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard->0.460s->[4] D.Hill
[5] R.Barrichello [6] M.Brundle
66 Villeneuve and Coulthard both cross the line with hard chargers
on their gearboxes
67 Finishing Positions: [1] J.Villeneuve->0.760s->[2] M.Schumacher
->32.070s->[3] D.Coulthard->0.680s->[4] D.Hill
->0.200s->[5] R.Barrichello->21.850s->[6] M.Brundle