Monaco Grand Prix: Qualifying


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Session Resume:

Weather: Cloudy, 19 deg C


 Time   Event
 0:16   Current Positions: (1) Berger, (2) Alesi, (3) Villen, (4) Hill,
 0:16     1m 22.150s - D.Coulthard    
 0:16   Current Positions: (1) Coulth, (2) Berger, (3) Alesi, (4) Villen, (5) Hill, 
 0:17     1m 21.350s - M.Schumacher   
 0:17   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Coulth, (3) Berger, (4) Alesi, (5) Villen, (6) Hill
 0:18     1m 20.910s - M.Schumacher   
 0:19     1m 22.250s - E.Irvine       
 0:19   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Coulth, (3) Irvine, (4) Berger, (5) Alesi, (6) Villen
 0:19     1m 22.250s - M.Hakkinen     
 0:19   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Coulth, (3) Irvine, (4) Hakkin, (5) Berger, (6) Alesi
 0:20     1m 22.360s - O.Panis        
 0:20   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Coulth, (3) Irvine, (4) Hakkin, (5) Panis, (6) Berger
 0:22   Lamy spins and hits wall out of casino
 0:22     1m 21.670s - D.Hill         
 0:22   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Coulth, (4) Irvine, (5) Hakkin, (6) Panis
 0:23   Bado spins and hits Rascasse       
 0:25     1m 21.900s - J.Alesi        
 0:25   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Alesi, (4) Coulth, (5) Irvine, (6) Hakkin
 0:25     1m 21.930s - H.Frentzen     
 0:25   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Alesi, (4) Frentz, (5) Coulth, (6) Irvine
 0:26     1m 22.040s - R.Barrichello  
 0:26   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Alesi, (4) Frentz, (5) Barric, (6) Coulth
 0:26     1m 21.350s - J.Alesi        
 0:26   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Alesi, (3) Hill, (4) Frentz, (5) Barric, (6) Coulth
 0:30     1m 21.850s - G.Berger       
 0:30   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Alesi, (3) Hill, (4) Berger, (5) Frentz, (6) Barric
 0:32     1m 21.460s - D.Coulthard    
 0:32   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Alesi, (3) Coulth, (4) Hill, (5) Berger, (6) Frentz
 0:33   Schumacher has only done 4 laps!!
 0:37     1m 21.500s - R.Barrichello  
 0:37   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Alesi, (3) Coulth, (4) Barric, (5) Hill, (6) Berger
 0:41   Most drivers sitting in pits       
 0:41   Hill on track                      
 0:42   Hakk 9th, Vill 14th                
 0:44     1m 21.430s - D.Hill         
 0:44   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Alesi, (3) Hill, (4) Coulth, (5) Barric, (6) Berger
 0:45     1m 22.010s - J.Villeneuve   
 0:45   Vill 8th                           
 0:46   Williams shoot themselves in the foot - as Hill comes round to
          complete a fast lap he catches up to Villeneuve just about to
          start a fast lap.  Hill backs off to give himself space and
          therefore loses the next fast lap.  The lap after is his last
          of the 12 qualifying laps allowed.
 0:47     1m 22.490s - J.Villeneuve
 0:47     1m 20.870s - D.Hill         
 0:47   Against all odds Hill gets pole - he was 0.3s down at the last split
        time.  He finishes 0.04s faster than Schumacher - but is now out of laps
 0:47   Current Positions: (1) Hill, (2) Schuma, (3) Alesi, (4) Coulth, (5) Barric, (6) Berger
 0:48     1m 21.540s - E.Irvine       
 0:48   Current Positions: (1) Hill, (2) Schuma, (3) Alesi, (4) Coulth, (5) Barric, (6) Irvine
 0:48   Schumacher has 5 laps left
 0:49   Hakk in 10th                       
 0:51   Vill out of laps in 9th            
 0:52   Alesi on track                     
 0:55     1m 21.120s - J.Alesi        
 0:55   Schumacher on track
 0:56     1m 20.920s - J.Alesi        
 0:57     1m 20.360s - M.Schumacher   
 0:57   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Alesi, (4) Coulth, (5) Barric, (6) Irvine
 0:58     1m 21.070s - G.Berger       
 0:58   Current Positions: (1) Schuma, (2) Hill, (3) Alesi, (4) Berger, (5) Coulth, (6) Barric
 0:58     1m 20.370s - M.Schumacher   
 1: 0   Berger catches Schumacher into the chicane - Schmacher pulls over
          but Berger spins and enters the chicane section going backwards!!

Track Times:


                                             3rd Free        2nd Free        1st Free    
Pos  Driver         Team       Lap Time    Pos Lap Time    Pos Lap Time    Pos Lap Time
 1  M.Schumacher   Ferrari     1m 20.356s   3  1m 22.074s  11  1m 24.757s   4  1m 24.792s
 2  D.Hill         Williams    1m 20.866s   1  1m 21.495s   2  1m 23.801s   1  1m 24.524s
 3  J.Alesi        Benetton    1m 20.918s   6  1m 22.330s   5  1m 24.160s   5  1m 24.842s
 4  G.Berger       Benetton    1m 21.067s   7  1m 22.613s   9  1m 24.285s   9  1m 25.773s
 5  D.Coulthard    McLaren     1m 21.460s   2  1m 22.024s   3  1m 23.850s  10  1m 25.963s
 6  R.Barrichello  Jordan      1m 21.504s   8  1m 22.635s   4  1m 23.976s   6  1m 25.455s
 7  E.Irvine       Ferrari     1m 21.542s  10  1m 22.649s  17  1m 25.688s   7  1m 25.753s
 8  M.Hakkinen     McLaren     1m 21.688s   4  1m 22.080s   1  1m 23.762s   2  1m 24.604s
 9  H.Frentzen     Sauber      1m 21.929s   5  1m 22.327s  10  1m 24.585s   3  1m 24.767s
10  J.Villeneuve   Williams    1m 21.963s   9  1m 22.643s   7  1m 24.257s  18  1m 27.235s
11  M.Salo         Tyrrell     1m 22.235s  14  1m 22.818s  16  1m 25.615s  11  1m 26.048s
12  J.Verstappen   Footwork    1m 22.327s  16  1m 23.050s  12  1m 25.112s   8  1m 25.770s
13  J.Herbert      Sauber      1m 22.346s  15  1m 22.936s  19  1m 26.143s  15  1m 26.738s
14  O.Panis        Ligier      1m 22.358s  13  1m 22.810s   6  1m 24.167s  20  1m 28.003s
15  U.Katayama     Tyrrell     1m 22.460s  12  1m 22.660s  13  1m 25.322s  13  1m 26.494s
16  M.Brundle      Jordan      1m 22.519s  11  1m 22.657s   8  1m 24.270s  12  1m 26.220s
17  P.Diniz        Ligier      1m 22.682s  19  1m 24.073s  18  1m 25.936s  14  1m 26.670s
18  G.Fisichella   Minardi     1m 22.684s  17  1m 23.500s  14  1m 25.326s  16  1m 26.958s
19  P.Lamy         Minardi     1m 23.350s  18  1m 24.030s  15  1m 25.441s  17  1m 26.992s
20  R.Rosset       Footwork    1m 24.976s  21  1m 25.595s  22  1m 28.512s  22  1m 31.050s
21  L.Badoer       Forti       1m 25.059s  22  1m 25.738s  21  1m 28.451s  21  1m 28.451s
22  A.Montermini   Forti       1m 25.393s  20  1m 25.437s  20  1m 27.843s  19  1m 27.843s
   ---- 107% ----              1m 25.980s

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