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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:38.429 2. David Coulthard ...

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Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:38.429 2. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.673 0.244 0.244 3. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.752 0.079 0.323 4. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Mecachro 1:38.874 0.122 0.445 5. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Mecachro 1:39.883 1.009 1.454 6. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Honda 1:40.003 0.120 1.574 7. Damon Hill GB Jordan-Honda 1:40.146 0.143 1.717 8. Giancarlo Fisichella I Benetton-Playlife 1:40.265 0.119 1.836 9. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:40.552 0.287 2.123 10. Olivier Panis F Prost-Peugeot 1:40.857 0.305 2.428 11. Jean Alesi F Sauber-Petronas 1:40.925 0.068 2.496 12. Alexander Wurz A Benetton-Playlife 1:41.002 0.077 2.573 13. Toranosuke Takagi J Tyrrell-Ford 1:41.105 0.103 2.676 14. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford 1:41.172 0.067 2.743 15. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:41.543 0.371 3.114 16. Mika Salo FIN Arrows 1:41.823 0.280 3.394 17. Pedro Diniz BR Arrows 1:41.889 0.066 3.460 18. Jos Verstappen NL Stewart-Ford 1:41.924 0.035 3.495 19. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Peugeot 1:42.786 0.862 4.357 20. Shinji Nakano J Minardi-Ford 1:43.013 0.227 4.584 21. Esteban Tuero ARG Minardi-Ford 1:43.048 0.035 4.619

107% of fastest time: 1: 45.319

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