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