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Championship Belgian Grand Prix Saturday Practice and Qualifying Mika Hakkinen sets the fastest time of the session on his final attempt. He was back in 13th place at one stage. His time is 0.778 seconds faster than Frentzen who is second. Trulli is 3rd ahead of Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard and Jenson Button. Michael Schumacher was 7th and Rubens Barrichello was 14th. Jacques Villeneuve did the most number of laps with 15 followed by several drivers who did 14 laps each. David Coulthard did the least number of laps with 7 after having problems early in the session. Verstappen completed only 9 laps after stopping on the track while Gene and Fisichella also did 9 as they went out late. Most drivers did between 10 and 14 laps. There were no major incidents during the session. 0 Min - Session underway with dry conditions. Temperature at 17 degrees 0 Min - 14 cars go out as soon as the lights go green lead by Johnny Herbert 2 Min - Most cars have completed their installation laps and are back in the pits. Hakkinen and Barrichello go out 4 Min - Pedro de la Rosa stays out on the track and sets the first timed lap of the day with a time of 1:56.930. He is followed by his teammate Jos Verstappen with a time of 1:56.561 6 Min - Pedro de la Rosa improves to 1:55.392. Pole time last year was 1:50.329 set by Mika Hakkinen 8 Min - Jos Verstappen goes faster with a time of 1:55.196. Wurz is the 3rd driver to set a time (1:56.785) 9 Min - Mazzacane, Salo, Diniz and Heidfeld go out on the track 11 Min - Mika Salo goes fastest with a time of 1:54.794 Michael Schumacher goes out on the track 13 Min - Jacques Villeneuve goes fastest with a time of 1:54.627. Michael Schumacher is 4th 15 Min - Top 6 changing every minute - currently: Salo, Villeneuve, Verstappen, Diniz, M Schumacher, Alesi 16 Min - Rubens Barrichello goes fastest but Villeneuve takes top spot back over a second faster (1:53.464) 18 Min - Ralf Schumacher moves into 3rd place 20 Min - Johnny Herbert goes into 2nd place. Only Coulthard, Fisichella and Gene have not set timed laps yet 23 Min - Top 6: Villeneuve, de la Rosa, Herbert, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Wurz. M Schumacher in 10th, Hakkinen in 12th, Coulthard has yet to set a time 25 Min - David Coulthard finally goes out on the track, he has yet to set a time. Hakkinen goes out as well, he is currently in 12th place. 27 Min - Jacques Villeneuve is over half a second faster than de la Rosa who is in 2nd. Coulthard completes his installation lap and pits, it appears that he had a hydraulic problem. 29 Min - Jenson Button goes fastest with a time of 1:52.302. 0.8 seconds faster than Villeneuve 30 Min - Top 6: Button, Villeneuve, de la Rosa, Herbert, Barrichello, R Schumacher. Hakkinen in 11th, M Schumacher in 12th, Coulthard has no time yet 32 Min - Jos Verstappen stops on the track. Yet another problem for Arrows. Coulthard goes for his first timed lap 34 Min - Heinz Harald Frentzen goes fastest with a time of 1:52.231 36 Min - Jarno Trulli goes fastest with a time of 1:51.986. Coulthard's first timed lap is slow 37 Min - Top 6: Trulli, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Button, Alesi, Villeneuve. Hakkinen (13th), M Schumacher (14th), Coulthard (22nd) 40 Min - 5 minutes to go, top teams appear to be running a different program to the others!.Barrichello is 11th, Hakkinen is 14th, Michael Schumacher is 15thand Coulthard is 22nd 42 Min - M Schumacher, Hakkinen and Coulthard are all back on track. Hakkinen goes fastest with a time of 1:51.043 almost a second faster than Trulli 44 Min - Coulthard moves into 5th while M Schumacher moves into 7th 45 Min - Final Order: Hakkinen (1:51.043), Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Button. M Schumacher is 7th. Barrichello is 14th Click here for the timed results Mika Hakkinen remains at the top of the
timesheets despite not improving his time during this session. He was still 0.324 seconds
ahead of Jenson Button. Jarno Trulli was 3rd ahead of his teammate Heinz Harald Frentzen
who only managed a single lap this session after stopping with gearbox problems. Ralf
Schumacher was 5th ahead of David Coulthard in 6th place. David Coulthard and Ricardo Zonta did the most number of laps with 13 each. Several other drivers did 12 laps each. Jean Alesi and Jos Verstappen didn't complete any laps while Frentzen only did 1 lap. Most drivers did between 10 and 12 laps. There were no major incidents during the session. It is very hard to predict what will happen in qualifying
as we don't know what the teams are running in terms of tyres and fuel loads. However
Jordan and Williams appear strong while Ferrari appear to be struggling. 0 Min - Session underway with dry conditions. Temperature at 21 degrees 2 Min - No cars have gone out yet! 5 Min - Both Williams drivers go out followed by Trulli and Irvine 6 Min - Now over 10 cars are on the track! 8 Min - No improvements on the first session yet 10 Min - Michael Schumacher improves and moves into 6th position with a time of 1:52.282 11 Min - Frentzen has stopped on the track. Session over for him! 12 Min - Fisichella moves into 12th position 12 Min - Top 6: Hakkinen, Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher 13 Min - Fisichella improves again to 9th position 15 Min - Alexander Wurz improves to 12th 16 Min - Top 6 remain: Hakkinen, Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher 18 Min - Jacques Villeneuve improves into 9th 20 Min - Top 6 remain: Hakkinen, Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher 25 Min - Top 10: Hakkinen, Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher, Button, Alesi, Villeneuve, Fisichella. Barrichello is back in 17th! 27 Min - Herbert improves to 8th place 30 Min - 15 minutes to go and the top 6 remains Hakkinen, Frentzen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher 32 Min - Jos Verstappen is currently last as both Gene and Mazzacane improve 35 Min - Still not many improvements over the 1st session. Hakkinen is still 0.778 seconds ahead of Frentzen who has retired from this session. 38 Min - Jarno Trulli moves into 2nd place with a time of 1:51.545 after setting the fastest time in the first sector. 40 Min - Jacques Villeneuve improves to 8th while his teammate is back in 19th position! 42 Min - 3 minutes remaining and Barrichello finally improves from 17th to 9th! 44 Min - Jenson Button moves into 2nd place, 03 seconds behind Hakkinen 45 Min - Final Order - Top 10: Hakkinen (1:51.043), Button, Trulli, Frentzen, R Schumacher, Coulthard, M Schumacher, Villeneuve, Barrichello and Herbert Click here for the timed results Mika Hakkinen grabs pole position 0.773 seconds ahead of Jarno Trulli in second and an impressive Jenson Button in third. Michael Schumacher is 4th ahead of David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher. Villeneuve, Frentzen, Herbert and Barrichello make the top 10. Mika was the only driver to set a time under the 1:51 mark. Equally impressive were Jarno Trulli in the Jordan and Jenson Button in the Williams (in his first appearance at Spa in a Formula 1 car) both not just outqualifying their teammates but also Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard. Rubens Barrichello had a bad session only managing 10th behind Johnny Herbert in the Jaguar!. Benetton were the worst off as they had problems with both their cars and ended up with only the spare car for both drivers to qualify with. Wurz had an engine failure on his first lap while Fisichella had to abandon his car too. Both eventually qualified in 11th for Fisichella and 19th for Wurz! On the last run of the session, Jean Alesi spun at the bus stop causing a yellow flag situation which forced all the drivers behind him to slow down. With the exception of Wurz and Fisichella who only managed 5 of their allowed 12 laps, all other drivers ran 11 or 12 laps. So while Mika Hakkinen appears untouchable, the gap between 2nd and 8th is just half a second which indicates that Jordan, Williams, Ferrari and BAR are close here and with Coulthard stuck in 5th place, the race should be an exciting one! 0 Min - Session underway with dry conditions. Temperature at 24 degrees 0 Min - Session starts with no cars on the track. Some cars will probably go out in about 10 minutes 5 Min - No cars out yet 10 Min - Gaston Mazzacane is the first to go out 11 Min - Mika Hakkinen is out as well, surprisingly early (perhaps he is worried about the weather as it is very windy) 13 Min - Gaston Mazzacane sets the first time with a 1:56.120. Alexander Wurz starts his first run 15 Min - Hakkinen grabs provisional pole with a time of 1:51.680. (99 Pole is 1:50.329) 17 Min - Alexander Wurz blows an engine. Bad Luck! 17 Min - Gene, Villeneuve, Zonta, de la Rosa go out on their first run 19 Min - Villeneuve goes 2nd with a time of 1:52.857 20 Min - Just 5 drivers have timed laps so far with Hakkinen ahead of Villeneuve, de la Rosa, Verstappen and Mazzacane 22 Min - Zonta moves into 4th while Alesi and Ralf Schumacher go out on their first run 23 Min - Ralf Schumacher goes 2nd with a time of 1:52.454. Barrichello and Salo go out as well 24 Min - Jarno Trulli takes 2nd away from Ralf only for Michael Schumacher to take it away from Trulli! 25 Min - Top 6 : Hakkinen, M Schumacher, Trulli, R Schumacher, Button, Villeneuve 27 Min - David Coulthard moves into 6th with a time of 1:52.654 28 Min - Fisichella, Wurz and Frentzen have yet to set a timed lap 30 Min - Top 6 : Hakkinen, M Schumacher, Trulli, R Schumacher, Button, Coulthard 32 Min - Mazzacane and Verstappen are out on their 2nd run 33 Min - Trulli, Villeneuve, Diniz and Zonta go out as well 35 Min - Villeneuve moves into 4th position 36 Min - Jarno Trulli grabs provisional pole with a time of 1:51.598 but Hakkinen retakes it with a time of 1:51.258 38 Min - Top 6: Hakkinen, Trulli, M Schumacher, Button, Villeneuve, Barrichello 40 Min - Benetton are in a crisis with Fisichella and Wurz suffering problems 42 Min - Frentzen moves into second but his time is disallowed as he cut across a corner 45 Min - Top 6: Hakkinen, Trulli, M Schumacher, Button, Villeneuve, R Schumacher. Barrichello in 8th, Coulthard in 9th. Wurz finally manages 14th. Fisichella and Frentzen yet to qualify 47 Min - Michael Schumacher goes fastest in the first 2 sectors but loses time to traffic on his third. He improves his time but is still in 3rd 50 Min - Hakkinen goes fastest again with an amazing time of 1:50.646!. Jenson Button moves into 3rd and Ralf Schumacher into 5th. 52 Min - Top 6: Hakkinen, Trulli, Button, Coulthard, M Schumacher, R Schumacher. Barrichello is in 10th 53 Min - Fisichella finally goes out while Barrichello spins but recovers 55 Min - 5 minutes remaining and Hakkinen is 0.773 seconds ahead of Trulli who is in 2nd! 57 Min - Drivers are now preparing for the final run with Ralf Schumacher and Mika Salo already on their final run 58 Min - Fisichella manages to move into 11th. He is the last driver to set a timed lap! 58 Min - Fisichella manages to move into 11th. He is the last driver to set a timed lap! 59 Min - Ralf Schumacher doesn't improve 60 Min - Final order: Mika Hakkinen ahead of Jarno Trulli and Jenson Button. Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher make the top 6. Villeneuve, Frentzen, Herbert and Barrichello make the top 10 |
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