| Irvine Wins! He is just 2 points behind Hakkinen in the championship.Ferrari keep their lead in the Constructors Championship |
| 70th lap Fisichella's engine blows Yellow flag for Fisichella |
| Coulthard is right behind Irvine It's is so tense at the front. Coulthard can't get close enough to pass |
| 67th lap With threeth lap left, Coulthard is right behind Irvine |
| 64th lap Coulthard is getting closer |
| 63th lap Hakkinen looks as though he will have to settle for third, while Diniz is 6th |
| 61th lap Soon Coulthard will be up with Irvine which will provide a brilliant battle for the last fewth lap |
| 60th lap Irvine has traffic - it's Trulli |
| Coulthard has the gap down to 1.5 seconds,Irvine has worn his brakes down. |
| 58th lap Hill is about to be lap ped |
| 58th lap Irvine is in traffic and now Coulthard is closing |
| 57th lap The gap between Coulthard and Irvine is now down to 2 seconds |
| 56th lap Fisichella goes offtrack enters again but loses a place |
| 56th lap Barrichello is out his engine has blown. Both Benettons are now in the points |
| 55th lap Wurz has profitted from the crash of pitstops to move up to 6th place... |
| 51th lap Irvine is holding his lead of 3.5 secs |
| 50th lap Coulthard is now past the backmarker Salo |
| 50th lap Hakkinen is now 3rd, 16.3 seconds behind team mate Coulthard |
| 49th lap Hakkinen takes Barrichello with ease, although the Stewart has held him back |
| 48th lap Coulthard must get past Salo who is slowing him down. |
| 47th lap Hakkinen is right behind Barrichello |
| Hakkinen is now gunning for Barrichello in 3rd place. After that he will chase down Coulthard, who is responsible for him being down the field... |
| An amazing strategy by Ferrari - Irvine is now leading Coulthard by 1.9 seconds on fresh tyres with a low fuel load |
| Irvine has lasted until 44th lap with a lot of fuel on board and then nicked into the lead |
| Irvine gets out in front of Coulthard |
| Irvine pits, so too does Fisichella |
| Hakkinen is only 19 seconds behind Coulthard now |
| Hakkinen is now 5th, behind Barrichello |
| Hakkinen's stop is good in 9.7 secs |
| 39th lap Hakkinen is in the pits |
| Hakkinen is now ahead of Coulthard, although he will stop this lap |
| 39th lap Coulthard pits in 10.8 secs |
| 38th lap Barrichello has a poor pit stop which puts him down to 5th, while Hakkinen logs another faster lap |
| 37th lap Zanardi's race is over he runs out of fuel |
| 36th lap Hakkinen is also eating into Coulthard's lead - he has improved his deficit to Coulthard by 10 seconds in about 5th lap |
| 35th lap Barrichello is eating into Coulthard's lead |
| 34th lap Hakkinen quickest again |
| 33th lap Hakkinen gets Frentzen at Castrol Kurve |
| Fisichella, Wurz, Trulli and Hill are separated only by about 4 seconds in 7th-10th places...therefore a good pitstop by Hill could move him up to 7th |
| 30th lap Barrichello is catching Coulthard and holding off Irvine - meanwhile Hakkinen has to get past Frentzen in order to earn a shot at Irvine |
| Hakkinen has caught Frentzen |
| 29th lap Coulthard is going to lap Salo's Ferrari |
| 27th lap Barrichello is chiselling away at Coulthard's lead, although it still stands at 12.2 secs |
| Alesi pits now, and Hakkinen goes up to 5th place Frentzen in 4th |
| Coulthard is losing time.Diniz Pits |
| 22th lap Barrichello looks to be closing the gap to Coulthard. |
| 21th lap Hill has passed Zonta to go into 12th |
| 20th lap Hakkinen sets the fastest lap |
| Alesi passes Villeneueve, so does Hakkinen |
| 18th lap Hakkinen passes Fisichella without much trouble |
| 17th lap Jean Alesi has passed Fisichella to delay the attentions of Hakkinen. |
| 16th lap Barrichello is consolidating the 2nd place, now leading Irvine by almost 4 seconds |
| 16th lap Mika Salo is down in 19th place after having to pit. He hit Johnny Herbert on lap 1 at turn 1, and needed a nose replacement. Herbert was out for 3th lap ! |
| Hakkinen is now behind Alesi and Fisichella |
| 15th lap Hakkinen is losing time to Coulthard in this traffic |
| 14th lap Hakkinen is now trying to get past Zonta |
| Diniz has taken Villeneuve for 5th place,Hakkinen is now past Wurz |
| 11th lap Mika Hakkinen is now 30 seconds down on Coulthard. |
| 10th lap Hakkinen is up to 11th climbing slowly! |
| Diniz has made it up to 6th from 16th on the grid |
| 8th lap Ralf Schumacher is out of the race,trying to outbreak and almost crashes into villeneuve Yellow flags are waving for Ralf Schumacher's car |
| 6th lap Hakkinen is now up to 12th |
| Irvine cannot get in front of Barrichello |
| Great race for the benettons,Fisichella has got up to 8th from 12th, whilst Wurz is still in 10th |
| 5th lap Badoer is already lap ped! |
| 4th lap Coulthard's lead is 6.4 seconds already in 4th lap |
| 3rd lap Salo has pitted Hakkinen is past Gene and Panis |
| 2nd lap Salo's front wing is hanging off |
| Coulthard is now building a lead |
| 1st lap alo appears to have hit Herbert, who has now pitted |
| Coulthard is leading Barrichello, who ducked in front of Irvine |
| Coulthard nudges Hakkinen and the Finn is at the back of the field |
| Hakkinen is away, Coulthard too. Irvine still 3rd |
| Alex Zanardi is the only driver who has elected to run hard compound tyres |
| The Benetton pit crew are wearing comedy Tyrolean hats to chear Wurz. |