Summary

Michael Schumacher was looking strong today to clinch pole, but Mika Hakkinen was just a little bit quicker.

Jos Verstappen was a little bit slower than Rubens Barrichello. He stated after qualifying that he was very happy with the way things were going.

The Times

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

1m 14.929s 1m 15.159s 1m 15.333s 1m 15.527s 1m 15.630s 1m 15.925s 1m 16.245s 1m 16.319s 1m 16.375s 1m 16.460s 1m 16.627s 1m 16.892s 1m 16.977s 1m 17.024s 1m 17.604s 1m 17.671s 1m 17.880s 1m 17.908s 1m 17.970s 1m 18.221s 1m 18.273s 1m 19.146s 1m 20.174s