Due to the heavy rain since the morning warm up session a 15 minute
Acclimatisation session was run in the rain at 13h15.
Two major events:
13m - Hakkinen destroyed his race car into the barriers at Tabac (just
before the swimming pool).
14m - Montermini destroyed the front of his car in the barriers at the
exit of the tunnel
Pos Driver Team Lap Time 1 M.Hakkinen McLaren 1m 54.332s 2 J.Alesi Benetton 1m 55.159s 3 R.Barrichello Jordan 1m 55.493s 4 J.Herbert Sauber 1m 55.922s 5 G.Berger Benetton 1m 55.940s 6 O.Panis Ligier 1m 55.982s 7 J.Villeneuve Williams 1m 56.001s 8 D.Hill Williams 1m 56.066s 9 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1m 56.231s 10 M.Brundle Jordan 1m 56.417s 11 H.Frentzen Sauber 1m 56.551s 12 G.Fisichella Minardi 1m 56.698s 13 D.Coulthard McLaren 1m 57.270s 14 P.Lamy Minardi 1m 57.998s 15 A.Montermini Forti 1m 58.434s 16 P.Diniz Ligier 1m 58.782s 17 U.Katayama Tyrrell 1m 59.009s 18 M.Salo Tyrrell 2m 00.197s