77
laps |
A commanding
win for Mclaren. |
76
laps |
Hakkinen on
the last lap |
75
laps |
It's all over
for Alesi - he pulls over at the side of the road |
74
laps |
The points are
virtually settled now - it will be another 1-2 for Mclaren |
73
laps |
Hill has lost
a few seconds to Barrichello - that gap is now 3.7 seconds |
73
laps |
Irvine now needs
to pick up the pace beacuse Frentzen is hassling him now. The gap is down
to 5.8 seconds |
73
laps |
Just four laps
left now...everyone up to Wurz in 7th has been lapped |
72
laps |
The top four
positions are settled now....the only change could be a possible change
between Damon Hill and Rubens Barrichello, although Irvine is now losing
time to Frentzen |
71
laps |
Alesi has served
his penalty and is down to 9th |
69
laps |
Hill is still
behind Barrichello, but looks comfortable for at least a point |
68
laps |
Coulthard is
striding away from Irvine now - he is 9.5 seconds up on Irvine now |
68
laps |
Alesi gets a
10 second penalty for speeding in the pitlane |
67
laps |
Barrichello's
one stop appears to have worked very well - he is holding onto 5th, while
team mate Herbert, in the same situation is down in 12th |
67
laps |
Hakkinen is
cruising around now - he has an impregnable lead |
66
laps |
Irvine is 5
seconds down on Coulthard now and looks as though he will have to settle
for 3rd. One mistake will cost him 2 points |
64
laps |
Hill is right
up behind Barrichello, challenging for 5th |
63
laps |
Irvine is now
trying to get back to Coulthard...he has very little chance of getting
past unless he applies the same pressure that the Scot did to him |
63
laps |
"I can take
him anyday of the week" said Irvine recently about Coulthard. Not today,
it seems |
62
laps |
Irvine is off
- Coulthard goes through and is 2nd. A bad mistake from Irvine, but pressure
pays off. Irvine was on the grass for one corner, a mistake that will cost
him - and Ferrari - 2 points. |
60
laps |
Villeneueve
is into the pits - he seems to have retired again. Another bad day for
him. He is furious as he stalks the BAR pit demanding an explanation... |
60
laps |
The Coulthard
and Irvine show waltzes past Panis in 11th. Irvine ought to be able to
hang onto 2nd until the flag, but Coulthard will make it uncomfortable
for him |
58
laps |
Everyone up
to Wurz in 8th place has been lapped now |
58
laps |
Irvine gets
away in front - we have the same situation again. Coulthard has lost his
chance of second place |
58
laps |
They both pit
at the same time |
57
laps |
Coulthard is
still locked behind Irvine - they are effectively in a pit stop race for
2nd place on the podium |
56
laps |
Damon Hill looks
good to score with the other Jordan. Meanwhile Frentzen looks assured of
4th place with Barrichello behind him |
56
laps |
Irvine is now
8.5 seconds down on Hakkinen, with one stop left to make |
55
laps |
Meanwhile Hakkinen
pits in 7.4 secs. Exemplary pitstop by Mclaren. The race is now Hakkinen's
as long as the car holds out |
54
laps |
Alesi pits...and
he's stalled the car...no, he gets it back again but it is a bad start |
54
laps |
Alesi is up
to 4th, although he has only pitted once. Hill now looks like he will get
6th place back |
53
laps |
Fisichella is
out of the race. |
52
laps |
Fisichella is
having a nightmare stop! He has lost his race in the pits...bad news for
Fisico who was going well |
52
laps |
Fisichella pits
now in 5th place |
52
laps |
Coulthard is
now being held up by Irvine - he is going to have to try and pass him in
the pits |
51
laps |
Hill has been
slightly out of shape near the end of the lap... |
51
laps |
Villeneuve pits
- he's looking good for a finish at last... |
50
laps |
Frentzen pits
- it's a good stop - he gets out in front of Barrichello |
49
laps |
Hill dropped
down to 9th with his 2nd stop. Frentzen is coming in |
48
laps |
Hill pits -
he gets out but he's behind Barrichello, who is on a one-stop strategy |
48
laps |
Hakkinen is
stretching away now - he has time to dop another pitstop and get out in
front. The race is his if everything else stays okay |
47
laps |
Irvine has lost
more time from Hakkinen - he is being harassed from behind by Coulthard |
46
laps |
Hill in the
last of the points-scoring places is comfortably ahead of Alesi |
45
laps |
Coulthard is
right up under Irvine's gearbox now |
45
laps |
Hakkinen is
still being told to push by his pit boards |
44
laps |
Salo pits... |
44
laps |
Salo is about
to pit |
43
laps |
Irvine is now
back to 20 seconds behind, as it was before the traffic |
43
laps |
Coulthard and
Irvine are in the traffic now - can Eddie hold off David? |
43
laps |
Salo STILL hasn't
stopped - no wonder he didn't overtake the back markers |
41
laps |
Coulthard is
now just 2 seconds down on Irvine - Irvine is coming into traffic |
40
laps |
Coulthard does
the quickest lap of the race 1:20.923 |
40
laps |
Coulthard is
catching Irvine. He is on the podium now, since Barrichello pitted |
40
laps |
Barrichello
has a long stop of 11.1 seconds |
40
laps |
Barrichello
goes in for his one stop |
39
laps |
Irvine has closed
the gap to 17 seconds now |
39
laps |
Panis jumped
infront of Herbert in the pits |
38
laps |
Herbert and
Panis pit at the same time - they are on one-stoppers |
37
laps |
Salo is lapped
again by Hakkinen - he unlapped himself when Hakkinen pitted |
37
laps |
Hakkinen seems
to be in traffic - Irvine is taking a second a lap out of him at the moment |
36
laps |
Barrichello's
one stop will be soon...but it could put him right down the grid, so whether
it works for him is questionable... |
35
laps |
Barrichello
is clearly on a one-stop strategy... |
35
laps |
Irvine is now
over 20 seconds down |
34
laps |
Salo has got
up to 13th, but has not yet stopped. |
34
laps |
COulthard is
4th, but Barrichello has not stopped |
33
laps |
Coulthard is
out into 4th |
33
laps |
COulthard gets
a good stop - Irvine is through |
32
laps |
Coulthard pits |
32
laps |
Wurz has been
off-road, and gets back on. He will have dirty tyres |
31
laps |
Irvine is now
18.7 seconds down on Hakkinen after one stop |
31
laps |
Coulthard is
2nd but he has yet to stop... |
31
laps |
Hill is quickest
in the sector 2 |
31
laps |
Hakkinen gets
a quick stop...and he's out in the lead |
30
laps |
Hakkinen pits
- he will get out in the lead |
30
laps |
Hakkinen now
leads Coulthard - neither has pitted |
29
laps |
A flood of pitstops
at the moment |
29
laps |
Irvine pits...so
does Hill |
29
laps |
Ralf Schumacher
pits...it's a good one. |
28
laps |
The Ferrari
crew are out now - its for Salo |
28
laps |
Fisichella pits...he's
on a two-stopper |
28
laps |
Takagi is out
of the race |
27
laps |
Irvine is now
holding the deficit to Hakkinen steady at 12.4 secs |
26
laps |
Takagi pits |
25
laps |
There are no
positional changes, and only 2 retirements so far. The race will be decided
on pitstops |
25
laps |
Irvine took
about a second back from Hakkinen on the last lap |
24
laps |
Villeneuve is
the first into the pits |
23
laps |
Salo moves across
after 1 blue flag |
23
laps |
Hakkinen is
now right behind Salo |
22
laps |
The BAR pit
crew are out now |
22
laps |
Hakkinen is
about to lap a Ferrari - an embarassment for Ferrari, or could they use
Salo to delay Hakkinen on Irvine's behalf? |
21
laps |
Irvine has lost
time in the traffic...Fisichella is now just 5.5 seconds behind him |
21
laps |
Hakkinen has
an advantage of 11.2 seconds over Irvine now |
20
laps |
Diniz has spun
out of the race...the 2nd retirement |
19
laps |
Fisichella is
coming back into it a little bit...the softer tyres seem to be getting
faster |
19
laps |
Hakkinen has
already lapped Gene and Takagi |
18
laps |
Hakkinen has
a lead of 8.4 seconds now - it's not nearly enough to take a pitstop, and
the Mclaren garage now want Hakkinen to "PUSH!" |
17
laps |
Fisichella has
just gone fastest of all in sector 1 |
16
laps |
As expected,
there is no overtaking in this race. |
15
laps |
Zanardi suffered
a broken differential, which is why he went off track in the first place |
14
laps |
Salo is still
lurking down in 19th |
14
laps |
The BARs are
together down in 13th and 14th at the moment...Villeneuve got a bad start |
12
laps |
Hakkinen could
pit now and still get out in front of Hill in 6th place! |
12
laps |
Hakkinen has
gone quicker again - Irvine is now 7.5 seconds down |
11
laps |
Irvine is holding
the gap down to about 0.5 seconds a lap - perhaps he has a heavy fuel load |
11
laps |
Hakkinen now
has 6.6 seconds over Irvine |
9
laps |
Zanardi is out
of the race...another bad day at the office |
8
laps |
Zanardi is in
trouble...he is bouncing through the gravel - he is down to last |
8
laps |
Coulthard is
stuck behind Frentzen |
7
laps |
Salo is still
down in 20th |
6
laps |
Hakkinen is
setting quickest sectors every time at the moment - he is 5.1 seconds up
on Irvine now. Fisichella in 3rd is already 11.8 seconds down |
6
laps |
Wurz is briefly
out of shape...he is down in 8th |
5
laps |
Coulthard is
now 12.4 seconds down on Hakkinen |
4
laps |
The only significant
gaps in the field are between Hakkinen and Irvine, and Irvine and Fisichella.
Otherwise the field is bunched up |
4
laps |
Irvine is losing
between 0.5 and 1.0 seconds a lap to Hakkinen |
4
laps |
Takagi has been
in the gravel |
3
laps |
Salo is down
to 20th in the race |
3
laps |
Irvine is now
2.4 seconds down on Hakkinen |
2
laps |
Herbert slipped
back to 12th at the start |
1
lap |
Hakkinen is
increasing his lead. Damon Hill is right behind Coulthard |
1
lap |
Hakkinen has
a 1.3 second advantage |
0
laps |
Hakkinen and
Irvine away on the first lap |
0
laps |
Disastrous start
for Coulthard |
0
laps |
Frentzen is
up to 4th |
0
laps |
The lights go
out! Hakkinen away. Irvine away as well. Coulthard is taken by Fisichella
Coulthard |
Pre
Race |
Very slow formation
lap |
Pre
Race |
Formation lap
underway! |
Pre
Race |
Just minutes
to go now |
Pre
Race |
The pit exit
has now closed - the cars are now on the grid |