Race Resume:
Weather: Bright Sunny
Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Schumacher
(5) G.Berger (6) E.Irvine
0 First corner: Hill, Alesi, Schumacher, Villeneuve
1 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Villeneuve
(5) G.Berger (6) E.Irvine
2 Fastest lap: 1m 24.068s - Hill
2 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->1.884s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.677s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.370s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->2.348s->(5) G.Berger->1.236s->(6) E.Irvine
3 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->2.581s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.557s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.351s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->3.418s->(5) G.Berger->0.777s->(6) E.Irvine
4 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->3.404s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.813s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.583s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->3.677s->(5) G.Berger->1.352s->(6) E.Irvine
4 Fastest lap: 1m 23.867s - Hill
6 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Alesi
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Villeneuve
(5) G.Berger (6) E.Irvine
(7) D.Coulthard (8) M.Hakkinen
(9) R.Barrichello (10) J.Herbert
(11) M.Salo (12) O.Panis
(13) J.Verstappen (14) H.Frentzen
8 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->5.303s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.265s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.251s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->6.037s->(5) G.Berger->2.508s->(6) E.Irvine
10 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->7.014s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.055s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.360s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->6.505s->(5) G.Berger->2.489s->(6) E.Irvine
12 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.031s->(2) J.Alesi
->0.809s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.487s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->6.959s->(5) G.Berger->2.466s->(6) E.Irvine
15 Pits: Katayama - 9.6s
15 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->11.381s->(2) J.Alesi
->1.382s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.348s->(4) J.Villeneuve
->9.168s->(5) G.Berger->1.639s->(6) E.Irvine
16 Villeneuve takes Schumacher on the start straight
17 Pits: Hill - 7.7s
18 Pits: Villeneuve - 7.0s
18 Pits: Schumacher - 7.2s
19 Pits: Berger - 8.8s
19 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->6.697s->(2) D.Hill
->6.461s->(3) E.Irvine->1.918s->(4) D.Coulthard
->2.250s->(5) M.Hakkinen
20 Pits: Irvine - 8.7s
20 Pits: Coulthard - 10.3s
20 Current Positions: (1) J.Alesi->5.000s->(2) D.Hill
->12.791s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.055s->(4) J.Villeneuve
21 Pits: Hakkinen - 7.5s
22 Pits: Alesi - 7.9s
22 Fastest lap: 1m 23.397s - Villeneuve
23 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->7.155s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->4.042s->(3) M.Schumacher->10.310s->(4) J.Alesi
->10.594s->(5) E.Irvine->1.520s->(6) G.Berger
25 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.236s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->2.945s->(3) M.Schumacher->10.711s->(4) J.Alesi
->10.565s->(5) E.Irvine->2.509s->(6) G.Berger
27 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->9.214s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
28 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
(7) R.Barrichello (8) D.Coulthard
(9) M.Hakkinen (10) J.Herbert
(11) M.Brundle (12) H.Frentzen
(13) M.Salo (14) O.Panis
(15) J.Verstappen (16) U.Katayama
(17) R.Rosset
30 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.637s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
31 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->8.077s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
32 Pits: Barrichello - 7.9s
32 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->6.950s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
33 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->4.459s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
34 Pits: Hill - 7.0s
35 Pits: Villeneuve - 7.4s
35 Pits: Schumacher - 7.1s
36 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->3.026s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->9.566s->(3) J.Alesi->6.147s->(4) M.Schumacher
->7.777s->(5) E.Irvine->5.862s->(6) G.Berger
37 Fastest lap: 1m 22.873s - Villeneuve
37 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->2.137s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Schumacher
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
38 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->1.479s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->15.024s->(3) J.Alesi->2.674s->(4) M.Schumacher
->11.034s->(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
39 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->0.802s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Schumacher
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
41 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->0.364s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->18.381s->(3) J.Alesi->0.375s->(4) M.Schumacher
->12.767s->(5) E.Irvine->7.117s->(6) G.Berger
42 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->1.465s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->23.290s->(3) J.Alesi->0.491s->(4) M.Schumacher
->10.989s->(5) E.Irvine->6.725s->(6) G.Berger
42 Barrichello spun off into gravel
43 Schumacher trying to pass Alesi
43 Pits: Irvine
44 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
(3) J.Alesi (4) M.Schumacher
(5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
44 Pits: Schumacher
44 Pits: Alesi - 8.0s
45 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->0.750s->(2) J.Villeneuve
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) G.Berger (6) D.Coulthard
47 Coulthard and Hakkinen in pits together after
contact with each other
47 Diniz off into gravel
48 Current Positions: (1) D.Hill->1.974s->(2) J.Villeneuve
->52.805s->(3) M.Schumacher->3.489s->(4) J.Alesi
->9.507s->(5) E.Irvine->9.498s->(6) G.Berger
48 Verstappens engine blows
49 Pits: Hill - 8.8s
49 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
50 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.0s
51 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->1.507s->(2) D.Hill
->29.179s->(3) M.Schumacher->4.396s->(4) J.Alesi
->11.786s->(5) E.Irvine->7.980s->(6) G.Berger
52 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->1.353s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
53 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->1.856s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
53 Pits: Brundle - 9.0s
53 Hakkinen retires in pits
54 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->2.377s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
55 Pits 10s speed penalty - Coulthard
55 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->3.237s->(2) D.Hill
->34.446s->(3) M.Schumacher->4.764s->(4) J.Alesi
->13.230s->(5) E.Irvine->3.708s->(6) G.Berger
56 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->4.875s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
57 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->4.752s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
(7) H.Frentzen (8) O.Panis
(9) J.Herbert (10) M.Brundle
(11) M.Salo (12) U.Katayama
(13) D.Coulthard (14) R.Rosset
59 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->5.029s->(2) D.Hill
->38.053s->(3) M.Schumacher->4.435s->(4) J.Alesi
->15.867s->(5) E.Irvine->1.156s->(6) G.Berger
60 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->8.105s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
64 Berger takes Irvine,
Berger runs wide and Irvine takes him back
64 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->13.377s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
65 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->15.093s->(2) D.Hill
->34.990s->(3) M.Schumacher->4.276s->(4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
67 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve->16.207s->(2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
69 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
70 Current Positions: (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
(3) M.Schumacher (4) J.Alesi
(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger