Time Event
3m Fisicella first car on track
7m Pole - Fisichella 1m 24.283s
11m Second car out is Lamy
14m 2nd - Lamy 1m 24.555s
16m Lamy improves his 2nd to 1m 24.512s
17m Montemini completes a fast lap
blowing lots of smoke 1m 26.109s
18m No cars on track
19m Salo on track
21m Pole - Salo 1m 23.843s
23m Pole - Salo 1m 23.441s
23m Villeneuve, Schumacher on track
25m Schumcher back into pits after 1 lap,
Villeneuve runs a fast lap
26m Pole - Villeneuve 1m 21.735s
27m Pole - Villeneuve 1m 21.196s
27m 3rd - Barrichello 1m 22.911s
27m Pos: Villeneuve, Coulthard, Barrichello
29m 2nd - Barrichello 1m 21.982s
29m Villeneuve back into pits, Schumacher on track
32m 2nd - Alesi 1m 21.966s
32m 2nd - Irvine 1m 21.657s
33m 2nd - Schumacher 1m 21.535s
34m 2nd - Schumacher 1m 21.198s (pole +0.002s)
trapped behind Brundle on a fast lap
34m Pos: Villenueve, Schumacher, Alesi, Irvine
36m Hakkinen 7th, Coulthard 8th
36m Hill on track - first lap puts him 6th
38m 5th - Hill 1m 21.729s
39m 4th - Hill 1m 21.546s
40m Hill runs a 6th lap (!) on the same tyres but does not improve
41m Hill back into pits, Alesi goes onto track
41m Berger currently 9th
43m Alesi (3) - heavy sideways crash into tyres on an escape road
43m SESSION STOPPED
52m SESSION STARTS AGAIN
52m Brundle and Hakkinen first out
53m Schumacher on track
56m Schumacher back into pits, misses the weigh bridge and
has to be rolled back
56m Villeneuve on track
58m Villeneuve 1m 21.491s
59m Villeneuve at pole +0.004s at the last split time
but heads back into pits
59m Schumacher back on track
59m Pos: Villenueve, Schumacher, Alesi, Hill, Irvine, Barrichello
63m Hill on track
64m 13 cars on track
65m 3rd - Hill 1m 21.235s
65m Pole - Villeneuve 1m 21.079s
66m 6th - Hakkinen
66m Pole - Hill 1m 21.059s
67m 7th - Berger 1m 21.926s
68m Berger off into tyre wall near where Alesi went off
Badoer drives off onto grass and retires
69m SESSION STOPPED due to Bergers car (out of car ok)
with 50s of session left
3rd Free 2nd Free 1st Free
Pos Driver Team Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time Pos Lap Time
1 D.Hill Williams 1m 21.059s 2 1m 21.150s 4 1m 22.958s 0 0m 0.000s
2 J.Villeneuve Williams 1m 21.079s 1 1m 21.037s 8 1m 23.546s 0 0m 0.000s
3 M.Schumacher Ferrari 1m 21.198s 3 1m 21.465s 3 1m 22.906s 0 0m 0.000s
4 J.Alesi Benetton 1m 21.529s 5 1m 21.585s 1 1m 22.498s 0 0m 0.000s
5 E.Irvine Ferrari 1m 21.657s 6 1m 21.640s 6 1m 23.148s 0 0m 0.000s
6 M.Hakkinen McLaren 1m 21.807s 4 1m 21.519s 11 1m 23.943s 0 0m 0.000s
7 G.Berger Benetton 1m 21.926s 7 1m 21.667s 2 1m 22.570s 0 0m 0.000s
8 R.Barrichello Jordan 1m 21.982s 9 1m 21.830s 5 1m 23.026s 0 0m 0.000s
9 M.Brundle Jordan 1m 22.321s 10 1m 21.960s 7 1m 23.208s 0 0m 0.000s
10 D.Coulthard McLaren 1m 22.332s 8 1m 21.820s 10 1m 23.931s 0 0m 0.000s
11 O.Panis Ligier 1m 22.481s 11 1m 22.238s 9 1m 23.906s 0 0m 0.000s
12 H.Frentzen Sauber 1m 22.875s 12 1m 22.417s 12 1m 24.201s 0 0m 0.000s
13 J.Verstappen Footwork 1m 23.067s 15 1m 23.224s 17 1m 24.799s 0 0m 0.000s
14 M.Salo Tyrrell 1m 23.118s 14 1m 23.193s 21 1m 26.595s 0 0m 0.000s
15 J.Herbert Sauber 1m 23.201s 16 1m 23.351s 14 1m 24.427s 0 0m 0.000s
16 G.Fisichella Minardi 1m 23.519s 17 1m 24.322s 13 1m 24.264s 0 0m 0.000s
17 U.Katayama Tyrrell 1m 23.599s 13 1m 22.985s 18 1m 25.062s 0 0m 0.000s
18 P.Diniz Ligier 1m 23.959s 18 1m 24.469s 16 1m 24.701s 0 0m 0.000s
19 P.Lamy Minardi 1m 24.262s 22 1m 25.469s 15 1m 24.639s 0 0m 0.000s
20 L.Badoer Forti 1m 25.012s 19 1m 25.027s 19 1m 25.668s 0 0m 0.000s
21 R.Rosset Footwork 1m 25.193s 20 1m 25.095s 22 1m 27.301s 0 0m 0.000s
22 A.Montermini Forti 1m 26.109s 21 1m 25.161s 20 1m 25.815s 0 0m 0.000s
---- 107% ---- 1m 26.733s