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Start: Coulthard punts Hakkinen into a spin at turn two, Barrichello moves up to 2nd and tries to pass Coulthard . Johnny Herbert hit from behind and loses rear wing.
Lap one: Coulthard leads Barrichello by 1.2s. Then Irvine, Frentzen, Salo, Villeneuve. Herbert pits for new rear wing
Lap two: Salo's front wing drooping, team preparing new nose section. The Ferrari was the culprit in the Johnny Herbert incident. Hakkinen running 20th
Lap three: Salo pits for new wing. Hakkinen up to 18th ahead of Zanardi and the two Arrows
Lap four: Coulthard leads by 4s from Barrichello, Irvine, Frentzen,Villeneuve, Ralf Schumacher
Lap five: Coulthard 2s a lap faster than Barrichello. Herbert rejoins. Villeneuve holding up Schumacher and Diniz. Hakkinen stuck behind Takagi in 16th
Lap six: Coulthard coming up to lap Badoer, who has been off the road. Hakkinen ahead of both Arrows'. Damon Hill trying to pass Jarno Trulli into turn one. Diniz working on Schumacher.
Lap seven: Irvine dropping back from Barrichello slightly. Frentzen 4th, then Villeneuve, Schumacher, Diniz, Fisichella, Zonta, Wurz, Alesi, Trulli, Hakkinen, Hill
Lap eight: Coulthard leads by 8s. Irvine closer to Barrichello again. Hakkinen passes Trulli into turn two. Ralf Schumacher off in gravel at turn two after braking too late trying to hold off Diniz for 6th. Bogs down and retires. Trulli back ahead of Hakkinen
Lap nine: Waved yellows for Schumacher incident mean Hakkinen has to stay behind Trulli
Lap ten: Coulthard leads by 9.8s.
Lap eleven: Hakkinen finally passes Trulli at turn two. Hill tries to follow him through
Lap twelve: Diniz passes Villeneuve for 5th into turn two. Coulthard leads by 11s. Barrichello and Irvine stuck behind Badoer. Alesi passes Wurz with amazing piece of late-braking into turn one. Hakkinen tries to follow him around the outside at turn two, fails, then takes Wurz on the inside into turn four
Lap fourteen: Hakkinen trying to pass Alesi and Zonta. Alesi takes Zonta at turn three. Barrichello putting on a charge and catching Coulthard slightly
Lap fifteen: Hakkinen takes Zonta into turn one for 9th place
Lap sixteen: Coulthard leads by 12s, Barrichello is 4s ahead of Irvine in 2nd. Alesi working very hard on Fisichella for 7th. Diniz has pulled away from Villeneuve by 7s
Lap seventeen: Alesi and Fisichella nearly collide into turn one. Hakkinen very close behind. Alesi then takes the place into turn two.
Lap eighteen: Coulthard is 36s ahead of Hakkinen who is struggling to pass Fisichella. Gets ahead into turn two. Alesi now all over Villeneuve and looking for 6th place
Lap nineteen: Alesi passes Villeneuve. Saubers now 5th and 6th from row eight on the grid. Coulthard now 13s ahead of Barrichello and sets fastest lap
Lap twenty: Hakkinen takes Villeneuve for 7th into turn two. Coulthard leads Barrichello, Irvine, Frentzen, Diniz, Alesi, Hakkinen, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Wurz, Trulli, Hill, Zonta, De la Rosa, Takagi, Zanardi
Lap twenty-one: Badoer is the first man to pit. Zonta losing places under braking
Lap twenty-two: Alesi lapping faster than everyone else on the track and closing on his team mate Pedro Diniz. Mika Hakkinen sets new fastest lap, 1:13.268s
Lap twenty-three: Sauber team preparing for a pit stop.
Lap twenty-four: Coulthard lapping around 0.6s slower than his persuers. Pedro Diniz stops for first time, 9.9s
Lap twenty-five: Coulthard picks up the pace again. Alesi pits for 8.1s stop
Lap twenty-six: Takagi slows on course and pulls off.
Lap twenty-eight: Mika Hakkinen runs 5th, Ferrari team in the pit lane
Lap twenty-nine: Hakkinen sets fastest lap, 1:12.93s. Closing on Frentzen in 4th by 1.5s per lap
Lap thirty: Hakkinen on Frentzen's tail
Lap thirty-one: Alesi and Diniz running 12th and 13th after their stops. Hakkinen stuck behind Frentzen. Panis and Salo both pass De La Rosa but Salo is lapping way off the pace
Lap thirty-two: Hakkinen still 5th but now only 30s behind Coulthard
La thirty-three: Hakkinen takes 4th into turn one, Frentzen has to leap out of the way as the two cars nearly touch
Lap thirty-four: Hakkinen is 17s behind Irvine but lapping over a second faster. Barrichello is 2s ahead of Irvine who can make no impression on the Stewart
Lap thirty-five: Villeneuve cruises into the pits and retires. Hakkinen sets new fastest lap, 1:12.707s. Marc Gene pits. Salo about to be lapped by Coulthard
Lap thirty-six: Zanardi slows to a crawl and retires. Hakkinen fastest again, 1:12.585s.
Lap thirty-seven: Stewart team in the pit lane.
Lap thirty-eight: Barrichello pits then held back because of traffic in the pit lane. Stationery for 12.5s and rejoins behind Frentzen in 5th
Lap thirty-nine: Coulthard pits from lead. 10.5s halt then rejoins 3rd right behind Hakkinen
Lap forty: De la Rosa spins into retirement. Hakkinen pits, 9.6s stop. Irvine leading but hasn't stopped. Hakkinen rejoins in 5th behind Barrichello
Lap forty-one: Ferrari mechanics in the pit lane. Irvine leads by 19s before his stop. Salo stops for 9.0s as Irvine sets his best lap of the race
Lap forty-two: Irvine extends his lead to 21s. Frentzen is the only other top man yet to stop
Lap forty-three: Irvine now 22.6s ahead and about to pit. Herbert and Fisichella in
Lap forty-four: Irvine into the pits. Stops for 8.6s and comes out ahead of Coulthard and Barrichello. Leads by 2.2s
Lap forty-five: Irvine leads but Coulthard catching. Frentzen pits and down to 5th ahead of Alesi. Hakkinen right on Barrichello's tail. Trulli and Hill pit having run 6th and 7th
Lap forty-six: Hakkinen stuck behind Barrichello who is faster on the straights. Saubers running 6th and 7th. Then Wurz, Fisichella, Panis, Trulli, Hill, Zonta, Gene, Badoer and Herbert. Only Panis hasn't stopped
Lap forty-seven: Panis pits
Lap forty-eight: Irvine leads by 1.9s as he comes up to lap Salo who is working to pass Zonta for 12th. Salo lets Irvine past
Lap forty-nine: Coulthard still behind Salo, Hakkinen still behind Barrichello but passes with inspired move into turn four from a long way back
Lap fifty: Alesi retires from 6th, Coulthard finally laps Salo
Lap fifty-one: Irvine leads by 3.5s and pulling away
Lap fifty-two: Hakkinen is 15s behind Coulthard and runs 3rd
Lap fifty-three: Irvine leads Coulthard, Hakkinen, Barrichello, Frentzen and Wurz after Diniz pits and drops to 8th. Hakkinen lapping 0.5s faster than his team mate
Lap fifty-four: Irvine 3.1s ahead, losing a little time passing Badoer
Lap fifty-five: Barrichello pulls off and retires in a cloud of smoke. Both Benettons now in the pits. Fisichella has high-speed off into last corner and goes through gravel. Rejoins across grass. Irvine and Coulthard 2.4s apart and coming up to lap Hill
Lap forty-seven: Coulthard now 2.1s behind. Irvine gets sideways in turn two
Lap forty-eight: Diniz up to 6th after Fisichella's off
Lap fifty-nine: Irvine gets sideways in final corner and Coulthard closes to within 1.8s
Lap sixty: Leaders lap Hill and move up behind Trulli and Fisichella. Gap between Irvine and Coulthard now 1.6s
Lap sixty-one: Coulthard spends whole lap stuck behind Trulli and drops to 2.2s behind Irvine
Lap sixty-two: Hakkinen stuck in major traffic. Frentzen 4th, Wurz 5th, Diniz 6th, Fisichella 7th, Trulli 8th
Lap sixty-three: Coulthard lapping 0.6s quicker than Irvine now they are out of the traffic. Gap is 1.7s again
Lap sixty-four: Irvine and Coulthard set nearly identical lap times. Both about to lap Fisichella. Zonta retires.
Lap sixty-five: Irvine has big lock-up. Gap is now 1.2s Both take Fisichella easily
Lap sixty-six: Coulthard now just 0.6s behind Irvine
Lap sixty-seven: Gap stays the same, Irvine appears to be struggling under braking
Lap sixty-eight: Coulthard sets his best lap of the race
Lap sixty-nine: Irvine locking up a lot, Fisichella has engine failure and retires
Lap seventy-one: Irvine leads into last lap.
Finish: Irvine wins by inches. Coulthard 2nd, Hakkinen 3rd
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