Spanish Grand Prix: 2nd Free Practice


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Session Resume:

Weather: Hot, Sunny


Time   Event
00   Hill (1m 24.456s) on pole from the morning session but is only 0.001s
          in front of Schumacher
02   Schumacher on track
04   6 cars on track
05   Schumachers first lap is a 1m 25.292s, pole +0.836s
06   Schumacher back into the pits
08   Hill loses his first fast lap to traffic
12   Hill runs a lap of 1m 24.533s, pole +0.077s
14   Alesi on track, 13th from this morning
17   Alesi runs a lap of 1m 25.136s, pole +0.680s
17   Top 6 are: Hill, Schumacher,  Villeneuve,
          Irvine, Alesi, Verstappen
22   Fisichella takes a short cut accross the gravel
23   Hill runs a 1m 24.879s, pole +0.423s
25   Hill runs a 1m 24.883s, pole +0.427s
26   Schumacher runs a 1m 24.981s, pole +0.525s
26   Hill back into pits
27   Schumacher back into pits
29   Only one car on track - Frentzen 7th at pole +1.002s
33   Alesi moves up to 3rd with a 1m 24.839s
33   Top 6 are now: Hill, Schumacher, Alesi, Villeneuve,
          Irvine, Verstappen
36   No more improvement for Alesi who runs a 1m 24.888s
37   Coulthard in 17th at pole +3.066s pulls off onto the grass
          with terminal problems
39   Diniz spins his way onto the start straight but does not hit anything
39   Hill on track again
41   Hill runs a fast lap but is still 0.865s off his pole time
44   Hill getting faster only 0.150s off this time
45   Schumacher and Hill back into pits
47   Berger moves up to 7th
48   Top 6 are still: Hill, Schumacher, Alesi, Villeneuve,
          Irvine, Verstappen
51   Diniz moves up to 6th at pole +0.736s
53   Villeneuve improves his 4th time and is now pole +0.422s
55   Villeneuve loses his next lap to traffic
56   Villeneuve beats Alesi into 3rd place with a pole +0.363s
56   Top 6 are now: Hill, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Alesi,
          Irvine, Diniz
58   Hill completes a late lap but is over 1s off pole
58   Berger now takes 3rd with a pole +0.248s
60   In the last seconds Panis takes pole from Hill with a 1m 24.450s
          0.006s faster than Hill
60   And then Barrichallo beats Panis with a 1m 24.367s
61   And then Irvine beats Barrichello with a 1m 24.331s

Track Times:


                                             1st Free    
Pos  Driver         Team       Lap Time    Pos Lap Time
 1  E.Irvine       Ferrari     1m 24.331s   3  1m 25.081s
 2  R.Barrichello  Jordan      1m 24.367s  10  1m 26.215s
 3  O.Panis        Ligier      1m 24.450s  11  1m 26.300s
 4  D.Hill         Williams    1m 24.456s   1  1m 24.456s
 5  M.Schumacher   Ferrari     1m 24.457s   2  1m 24.457s
 6  J.Villeneuve   Williams    1m 24.615s   7  1m 25.858s
 7  G.Berger       Benetton    1m 24.704s  14  1m 26.690s
 8  J.Alesi        Benetton    1m 24.839s  13  1m 26.517s
 9  P.Diniz        Ligier      1m 25.192s   9  1m 25.961s
10  J.Verstappen   Footwork    1m 25.225s   4  1m 25.225s
11  H.Frentzen     Sauber      1m 25.256s   5  1m 25.715s
12  J.Herbert      Sauber      1m 25.774s   6  1m 25.774s
13  M.Hakkinen     McLaren     1m 25.919s  15  1m 26.882s
14  M.Salo         Tyrrell     1m 25.945s   8  1m 25.945s
15  M.Brundle      Jordan      1m 26.343s  12  1m 26.343s
16  U.Katayama     Tyrrell     1m 27.183s  22  1m 54.104s
17  G.Fisichella   Minardi     1m 27.332s  18  1m 28.109s
18  P.Lamy         Minardi     1m 27.374s  19  1m 28.464s
19  D.Coulthard    McLaren     1m 27.522s  16  1m 27.522s
20  R.Rosset       Footwork    1m 27.623s  17  1m 27.623s
21  L.Badoer       Forti       1m 28.868s  20  1m 28.868s
22  A.Montermini   Forti       1m 28.952s  21  1m 30.138s
   ---- 107% ----              1m 30.234s

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