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Japanese GP Friday 1st practice

Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.746 2. David Coulthard ...

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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.746 2. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.894 0.148 0.148 3. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:42.215 0.321 0.469 4. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Jordan-Honda 1:43.235 1.020 1.489 5. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:43.375 0.140 1.629 6. Ralf Schumacher D Williams-Supertec 1:43.399 0.024 1.653 7. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Peugeot 1:43.916 0.517 2.170 8. Giancarlo Fisichella I Benetton-Playlife 1:43.948 0.032 2.202 9. Jean Alesi F Sauber-Petronas 1:44.034 0.086 2.288 10. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford 1:44.126 0.092 2.380 11. Jacques Villeneuve CDN BAR-Supertec 1:44.154 0.028 2.408 12. Johnny Herbert GB Stewart-Ford 1:44.179 0.025 2.433 13. Olivier Panis F Prost-Peugeot 1:44.259 0.080 2.513 14. Alexander Wurz A Benetton-Playlife 1:44.882 0.623 3.136 15. Ricardo Zonta BR BAR-Supertec 1:45.364 0.482 3.618 16. Alessandro Zanardi I Williams-Supertec 1:45.519 0.155 3.773 17. Pedro Diniz BR Sauber-Petronas 1:45.839 0.320 4.093 18. Pedro de la Rosa E Arrows 1:45.924 0.085 4.178 19. Toranosuke Takagi J Arrows 1:46.535 0.611 4.789 20. Marc Gene E Minardi-Ford 1:46.943 0.408 5.197 21. Luca Badoer I Minardi-Ford 1:47.033 0.090 5.287 22. Damon Hill GB Jordan-Honda 17:30.100 N/A N/A

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