Summary

David Coulthard is looking for finally end in front of his team-mate Mika Hakkinen this weekend. He started very well with clocking the best time in free practice on Friday, while he team-mate spun off while looking for fastest time. Michael Schumacher showed the potential of the Ferrari with second fastest, but he still lacked one second.

Notes

• McLaren will not use new braking system.
• Hill blows up a Honda engine
• Panis suffers from gearbox problems.
• Many drivers spun off because of the rain. Frentzen even crashed into the Minardi of Tuero.

  

  • Weather during free practise: Cloudy, some rain in second session

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Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) B M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) B Villeneuve (Williams-Mecachrome) G Irvine (Ferrari) G R. Schumacher (Jordan-Mugen) G Takagi (Tyrrell-Ford) G Frentzen (Williams-Mecachrome) G Hill (Jordan-Mugen) G Alesi (Sauber-Petronas) G Fisichella (Benetton-Mecachrome) B Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G Panis (Prost-Peugeot) B Trulli (Prost-Peugeot) B Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B Rosset (Tyrrell-Ford)B Wurz (Benetton-Mecachrome) B Salo (Arrows) G Diniz (Arrows) B Nakano (Minardi-Ford) B Tuero (Minardi-Ford) B 107% rule Magnussen (Stewart-Ford) B B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1m 28.130s 1m 29.114s 1m 29.488s 1m 29.610s 1m 29.781s 1m 29.845s 1m 30.054s 1m 30.317s 1m 30.645s 1m 30.859s 1m 30.963s 1m 31.081s 1m 31.297s 1m 31.612s 1m 31.727s 1m 31.761s 1m 31.850s 1m 32.257s 1m 32.660s 1m 33.390s 1m 33.731s 1m 34.299s 1m 34.829s

The Quotes

• Hakkinen: "The circuit is more or less what I expected - very dirty and slippery. We have made some progress with the car ... but I am not completely satisfied with the set-up."

• M. Schumacher: "I am happy with Goodyear's wider tires, which have helped us close the gap. We also have made some improvements on the car, so maybe we can catch up with one of the McLaren drivers."

• Coulthard: "The car was sliding quite a lot and initially it seemed as though we might have a tire problem. I was quite satisfied but I think we still need to reduce oversteer on the exit of corners."