Race Resume:
Weather: Sunny
In a Nutshell:
- Hill wins by pit strategy and being lucky with traffic
- Schumacher get stuck several times in traffic and crosses the line in Second
place with a front wheel locked for the last half lap
- Steady race into 3rd for Berger
- Alesi has many pit visits including penalties but still comes 6th
- Villeneuve makes contact during start - into pits after 1 lap
- is not really able to catch up
- Coulthard makes a great start but does not finish due to engine failure
The Details:
Lap Event
0 Grid Positions: [1] M.Schumacher [2] D.Hill
[3] J.Villeneuve [4] D.Coulthard
[5] J.Alesi [6] E.Irvine
1 Villenuve was hit during the start and goes into pits for new tyre
1 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard, [2] D.Hill
[3] M.Schumacher [4] M.Salo
[5] G.Berger [6] R.Barrichello
2 Fastest lap Berger 1m 31.369s
3 Fastest lap - Villeneuve 1m 30.300s
3 Schumacher passes Hill
3 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Hill [4] G.Berger
[5] M.Salo [6] R.Barrichello
7 Hill may be trailling due to a heavy fuel load??
7 Schumacher on the tail of Coulthard
7 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Hill [4] G.Berger
[5] M.Salo [6] R.Barrichello
8 Fastest lap - Schumacher 1m 30.110s
9 Fastest lap - Coulthard 1m 30.046s
9 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard->0.530s->[2] M.Schumacher
->3.220s->[3] D.Hill->1.430s->[4] G.Berger
->5.000s->[5] M.Salo->1.740s->[6] R.Barrichello
10 Fastest lap - Schumacher 1m 29.897s
10 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard->0.560s->[2] M.Schumacher
->3.300s->[3] D.Hill->2.200s->[4] G.Berger
[5] M.Salo [6] R.Barrichello
13 Fastest lap - Hill 1m 29.815s
14 Fastest lap - Villeneuve 1m 29.665s
17 Pits: Hakkinen - 8.8s
17 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard->0.670s->[2] M.Schumacher
->2.990s->[3] D.Hill->4.060s->[4] G.Berger
->7.910s->[5] M.Salo->1.420s->[6] R.Barrichello
19 Current Positions: [1] D.Coulthard [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Hill [4] G.Berger
[5] M.Salo [6] R.Barrichello
19 Pits: Alesi - 19.5s
20 Pits: Coulthard - 8.2s
20 Fastest lap Schumacher 1m 29.517s
21 Pits: Schumacher - 9.3s
21 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] G.Berger
[3] M.Salo [4] R.Barrichello
[5] M.Schumacher [6] D.Coulthard
21 10s Penalty: Alesi pit speeding
21 Fastest lap - Villeneuve 1m 29.310s
21 Pits: Barrichello
23 Fastest lap - Villeneuve 1m 29.226s
24 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] G.Berger
[3] M.Schumacher [4] D.Coulthard
[5] E.Irvine [6] M.Salo
24 Salo - engine blows
25 Pits: Berger - 7.4s
25 Fastest lap - Hill 1m 29.199s
25 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] E.Irvine
[5] G.Berger
26 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.9s
26 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] E.Irvine
[5] G.Berger [6] R.Barrichello
26 Pits: Irvine
28 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->22.000s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
29 Hakkinen onto gravel but keeps going
29 Villeneuve in 15th
29 Pits: Hill - 7.5s
31 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->0.820s->[2] M.Schumacher
->9.180s->[3] D.Coulthard->5.030s->[4] G.Berger
->10.030s->[5] R.Barrichello->5.320s->[6] E.Irvine
33 Frentzen into pits - retires
33 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->1.400s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
34 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->1.310s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
36 Villeneuve in 14th, Alesi in 13th
36 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] D.Coulthard [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
36 Fastest lap Schumacher 1m 28.966s
37 Brundle off into gravel and retires
39 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->1.110s->[2] M.Schumacher
->16.570s->[3] D.Coulthard [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
40 Pits: Schumacher - 11.7s
40 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] D.Coulthard
[3] M.Schumacher [4] G.Berger
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
41 Pits: Alesi - 9s
41 Pits: Coulthard
41 Pits: Irvine - 11.7s
41 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] G.Berger [4] R.Barrichello
[5] D.Coulthard [6] E.Irvine
43 Mechanic injured in pits
43 Pits: Hakkinen
43 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->25.800s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] G.Berger [4] D.Coulthard
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
44 Pits: Villeneuve - 8.9s
44 Pits: Berger - 15.3s
44 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->25.800s->[2] M.Schumacher
[3] G.Berger [4] D.Coulthard
[5] R.Barrichello [6] E.Irvine
44 Schumacher stuck behind the Hakkinen/Diniz fight
45 Coulthard retires mech problem
46 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->34.070s->[2] M.Schumacher
48 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->37.930s->[2] M.Schumacher
->25.000s->[3] G.Berger [4] E.Irvine
[5] R.Barrichello [6] J.Villeneuve
49 Fastest lap - Hill 1m 28.931s
48 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->37.930s->[2] M.Schumacher
->25.000s->[3] G.Berger [4] E.Irvine
[5] R.Barrichello [6] J.Villeneuve
50 Pits: Hill - 8.3s
51 10s Penalty - both Hakkinen and Diniz for blocking Schumacher
56 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill->22.800s->[2] M.Schumacher
->25.320s->[3] G.Berger->12.810s->[4] E.Irvine
->6.830s->[5] R.Barrichello [6] J.Villeneuve
57 Villeneuve into pits and retires
59 Current Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] G.Berger [4] E.Irvine
[5] R.Barrichello [6] J.Alesi
63 Final Positions: [1] D.Hill [2] M.Schumacher
[3] G.Berger [4] E.Irvine
[5] R.Barrichello [6] J.Alesi