Race Resume:
Weather: Hot, Sunny
Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) M.Hakkinen
(5) D.Coulthard (6) J.Alesi
0 First corner - Alesi, Hill, Villeneuve
0 Alesi makes a mistake and Hill gets past
1 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->0.606s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.259s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.447s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->0.192s->(5) D.Coulthard->0.404s->(6) M.Schumacher
1 Coulthard off into gravel
2 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->1.146s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.729s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.267s->(4) M.Schumacher
->0.716s->(5) J.Villeneuve->0.358s->(6) G.Berger
2 Panis off into gravel
3 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Schumacher
(5) J.Villeneuve (6) G.Berger
3 Pits: Hakkinen changes nose - 13.8s (after touching chicane tyres)
4 Fastest lap: Hill 1m 27.639s
4 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Villeneuve
(5) G.Berger (6) E.Irvine
4 Berger out - mechanical problem
5 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Villeneuve
(5) E.Irvine (6) M.Brundle
5 Damon Hill out - hits chicane tyre wall
6 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->2.995s->(2) M.Schumacher
->6.169s->(3) E.Irvine->2.732s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->0.476s->(5) M.Brundle->0.132s->(6) R.Barrichello
9 Frentzen off into gravel
10 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->1.629s->(2) M.Schumacher
->9.514s->(3) E.Irvine->6.570s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->1.246s->(5) M.Brundle->1.586s->(6) R.Barrichello
10 Fastest lap: Schumacher 1m 27.349s
11 Salo off into gravel
11 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.8s
12 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) E.Irvine (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) J.Herbert
12 Villenuve in 10th
13 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->1.135s->(2) M.Schumacher
->11.075s->(3) E.Irvine->10.542s->(4) M.Brundle
->1.611s->(5) R.Barrichello->3.562s->(6) J.Herbert
13 Only 13 cars left
14 Schumacher right up behind Alesi
16 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->0.778s->(2) M.Schumacher
->12.098s->(3) E.Irvine->12.603s->(4) M.Brundle
->1.630s->(5) R.Barrichello->5.622s->(6) J.Herbert
17 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) E.Irvine (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) J.Herbert
(7) P.Diniz (8) M.Hakkinen (9) J.Verstappen
(10) J.Villeneuve (11) R.Rosset
19 (1) Alesi -> 53s -> (1) Villeneuve
20 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->0.786s->(2) M.Schumacher
->12.318s->(3) E.Irvine->19.082s->(4) M.Brundle
->0.574s->(5) R.Barrichello->4.387s->(6) P.Diniz
22 Fastest lap: Schumacher 1m 27.272s
22 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) E.Irvine (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
23 Irvine out - touched chicane tyre barriers
24 Alesi/Schumacher starting to lap back cars
24 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) M.Brundle (4) R.Barrichello
(5) P.Diniz (6) M.Hakkinen
24 (1) Alesi -> 62s -> (1) Villeneuve
25 Hakkinen right up behind DIniz
26 Fastest lap: Alesi - 1m 27.244s
27 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) M.Brundle (4) R.Barrichello
(5) M.Hakkinen (6) J.Herbert
27 Pits: Brundle - 10.3s
27 Alesi/Schumacher lap Villeneuve
30 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi (2) M.Schumacher
(3) R.Barrichello (4) M.Hakkinen
(5) M.Brundle (6) J.Herbert
31 Pits: Alesi
31 Pits: Barrichello
32 Fastest lap: Schumacher 1m 26.391s
32 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) R.Barrichello
(5) M.Brundle (6) P.Diniz
33 Pits: Schumacher - 8.8s
33 Pits: Hakkinen - 10.5s
33 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->6.841s->(2) J.Alesi
->36.420s->(3) M.Hakkinen->11.756s->(4) M.Brundle
->1.114s->(5) R.Barrichello->6.490s->(6) P.Diniz
35 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->5.696s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
36 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->6.996s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
36 Rosset off into gravel
37 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->7.790s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
38 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->8.510s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
39 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
39 Schumacher touches tyre wall but seems ok ?
41 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->10.583s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
44 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->12.827s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
49 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->13.991s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
50 Fastest lap: Schumacher 1m 26.110s
50 Schumacher coming up to lap Barrichello
51 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher->16.538s->(2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz
53 Current Positions: (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Hakkinen (4) M.Brundle
(5) R.Barrichello (6) P.Diniz