Irvine fastest in first practice

Ferrari have the upper hand after first practice in Canada, Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher are over a second quicker than the opposition

Mika Hakkinen is in trouble, spinning into the gravel at the second hairpin on his first attempt at a quick lap. He lost the last third of the session. Alex Zanardi barely left the pits before suffering another gearbox failure.

Another strong run from Alesi gave him 4th place, but team mate Diniz is way down after an early crash in turn one.

Home hero Villeneuve is 7th, but the star of the session looked like being Luca Badoer, who was in the top ten for some time in his Minardi. He eventually slipped to 14th.

The Jordans were slightly off the pace. Both Frentzen and Hill had off track excursions en route to 10th and 11th

1.	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1m21.044s
2.	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1m21.329s
3.	David Coulthard	McLaren	1m22.113s
4.	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1m22.733s
5.	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1m22.953s
6.	Olivier Panis	Prost	1m22.957s
7.	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	1m23.127s
8.	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	1m23.303s
9.	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1m23.342s
10.	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1m23.548s
11.	Damon Hill	Jordan	1m23.554s
12.	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1m23.670s
13.	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1m23.758s
14.	Luca Badoer	Minardi	1m23.958s
15.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1m24.060s
16.	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	1m24.196s
17.	Alex Wurz	Benetton	1m24.246s
18.	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	1m24.462s
19.	Tora Takagi	Arrows	1m24.543s
20.	Marc Gene	Minardi	1m24.610s
21.	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1m25.240s
22.	Alex Zanardi	Williams	1m36.254s