European Grand Prix: Lap by lap coverage

Jarno Trulli finished second, with Rubens Barrichello third.

Lap 66: Barrichello continues to trouble Trulli.

Lap 65: Trulli continues to hold off Barrichello. Hakkinen catching Gene.

Lap 63: Herbert edges closer to Stewart's first ever win.

Lap 62: Irvine overshoots chicane to concede sixth place to Mika Hakkinen.

Lap 61: Herbert leads by 21.2s. Villeneuve retires. Nine drivers remain.

Lap 60: Barrichello climbing all over Trulli.

Lap 59: Barrichello closing on Trulli, Hakkinen catching Irvine.

Lap 58: Herbert leads by 18.9s. Barrichello 2.3s behind Trulli.

Lap 57: Hakkinen challenges Irvine for seventh position.

Lap 56: Top eight: Herbert, Trulli, Barrichello, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Gene, Irvine, Hakkinen.

Lap 55: Herbert leads Trulli by 19s. Rubens Barrichello (third place) catching the Prost driver.

Lap 54: Herbert extends lead. A distraught Luca Badoer (Minardi) retires from fifth place.

Lap 51: Herbert 17.2s ahead of Trulli.

Lap 50: Schumacher pits for new tyres. Top six: Herbert, Trulli, Barrichello, Schumacher, Badoer, Villeneuve.

Lap 49: Schumacher limps to pits with rear puncture. Johnny Herbert takes lead.

Lap 48: Fisichella spins out of European Grand Prix. Top six: Schumacher, Trulli, Herbert, Barrichello, Badoer, Irvine.

Lap 47: Schumacher moves up to second, as Herbert pits for slick tyres. Herbert rejoins in third. Mika Hakkinen remains in 10th.

Lap 46: Ferrari's Mika Salo retires, as Schumacher closes on Herbert.

Lap 45: Herbert drops back to 4.3s. Schumacher catching the Stewart driver.

Lap 44: Fisichella leads Herbert by 1.4s, Schumacher third. Takagi loses a wheel after slamming into the tyre barrier.

Lap 43: Schumacher pits for dry weather tyres as rain eases.

Lap 42:Fisichella almost crashes out after spinning off. Herbert closes gap.

Lap 40: Schumacher leads by 17s. Irvine pits for new (wet) tyres.

Lap 39: Herbert catching second placed Fisichella. Irvine remains in seventh, Hakkinen 10th.

Lap 38: Schumacher leads Fisichella by 19.1s. Behind the front two are: Herbert, Barrichello, Trulli and Villeneuve.

Lap 37: Coulthard plunges off circuit at turn four and out of the European Grand Prix. Ralf Schumacher leads.

Lap 36: Rain gets heavier, as Coulthard struggles on slicks. Jean Alesi out of race.

Lap 34: Coulthard six seconds ahead of Schumacher as rain starts. Mika Salo spins out.

Lap 33: Coulthard leads, six seconds ahead of Schumacher. Barrichello third, with Fisichella, Herbert and Villeneuve behind him.

Lap 32: Frentzen exits the pits first, but retires almost immediately, seemingly with mechanical trouble.

Lap 31: Top six: Frentzen, Coulthard, Fisichella, Schumacher, Barrichello, Herbert. Frentzen and Coulthard both pit.

Lap 29: Fastest lap from Coulthard (1.21.835).

Lap 25: Hakkinen back on slicks.

Lap 24: McLaren mechanics prepare for Hakkinen.

Lap 23: Hakkinen passed by Minardi's Marc Gene.

Lap 22: Irvine passes Hakkinen.

Lap 21: Rain stops. Schumacher and Coulthard struggle on wet track. Irvine comes in for slick tyres, but loses time when Ferrari mechanics are caught unaware and do not prepare right rear tyre. Hakkinen (10th) struggling on rain tyres.

Lap 20: Frentzen misses chicane as track gets slippery. Hakkinen brought into pits for wet tyres. Mika Salo also in for wet tyres.

Lap 19: Fisichella goes off at turn four. Frentzen pulls away from Hakkinen. Schumacher takes Coulthard and attempts move on Hakkinen.

Lap 18: Rain starts, as Schumacher unsuccessfully challenges Coulthard.

Lap 17: Irvine takes Fisichella as the Italian goes wide.

Lap 16: Hakkinen closing on Frentzen. Alesi (14th) fastest driver on this lap.

Lap 15: Top sx remains the same.

Lap 14: Fisichella continues to hold off Irvine. Frentzen leads by 0.4s.

Lap 13: Top four - Frentzen, Hakkinen, Coulthard and Schumacher - pulling clear of Fisichella and Irvine. Irvine 8.5s behind leaders.

Lap 12: Zanardi's car recovered by stewards.

Lap 11: Alex Zanardi (Williams) has spun out after tripping over Takagi (Arrows) and Zonta (BAR) and has apparently stalled on the track.

Lap 10: Irvine swarming all over Fisichella. Frentzen leads by 0.5s.

Lap nine: Top six: Frentzen, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Schumacher, Fisichella, Irvine.

Lap eight: Hakkinen closes lead to 0.482s and sets fastest lap (1.22.711).

Lap seven: Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) takes Panis to move up to sixth. Frentzen leads by 0.75s.

Lap six: Safety car returns to pits. Race resumes.

Lap five: Alex Wurz also out following first lap accident. Dark clouds looming over Nurburgring.

Lap four: Safety car still out. Top six: Frentzen (Jordan), Hakkinen, Coulthard (both McLaren), Schumacher (Williams), Fisichella (Benetton) and Panis (Prost).

Lap three: Pedro Diniz is lifted out of his car. The Brazilian gives a thumbs up to spectators. Safety car still out.

Lap one: The safety car is out after Pedro Diniz's Sauber overturned following a collision with Alex Wurz's Benetton. Damon Hill is also out.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen leads the European Grand Prix, ahead of McLaren's Mika Hakkinen.

1300BST: The start of the European Grand Prix has been aborted after a number of drivers - including Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Mika Hakkinen - jumped the lights.

David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher were also among the drivers to move off the line before the lights went out.

However, the drivers are unlikely to be penalised as the start would have been aborted due to Marc Gene's Minardi stalling on the grid before the lights went out.