Formula 1

European GP Friday 1st practice

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:23.458 2. Michael Schumacher D ...

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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:23.458 2. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:23.532 0.074 0.074 3. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.581 0.049 0.123 4. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:23.678 0.097 0.220 5. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:23.695 0.017 0.237 6. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:24.059 0.364 0.601 7. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:24.307 0.248 0.849 8. Olivier Panis F Prost-Mugen 1:24.394 0.087 0.936 9. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 1:24.404 0.010 0.946 10. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 1:24.432 0.028 0.974 11. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:24.704 0.272 1.246 12. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 1:25.123 0.419 1.665 13. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:25.327 0.204 1.869 14. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:25.350 0.023 1.892 15. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 1:25.852 0.502 2.394 16. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:25.965 0.113 2.507 17. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:25.993 0.028 2.535 18. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:26.063 0.070 2.605 19. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 1:26.386 0.323 2.928 20. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 1:26.816 0.430 3.358 21. Norbert Fontana RA Sauber-Petronas 1:28.210 1.394 4.752

107% of fastest time: 1:29.300

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