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Second free practice from Imola

At a hot and sunny Imola, the McLarens of Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard topped the times again in today's second free practice.

Eddie Irvine's Ferrari was just over half a second behind Hakkinen but his team-mate Schumacher could manage no better than fifth.

Damon Hill was quicker than Frentzen for the first time this year; he finished fourth quickest overall.

Jean Alesi spun his Sauber with five minutes of the second session to go while Alex Zanardi narrowly avoided a collision with the wall.

However he somehow managed to find some grip on the dry grass and put his car back on the track. Otherwise it was an incident free hour.

Combined times from practice sessions one and two.
















































































































































Pos.


Driver


Team


Time


Gap


1


HAKKINEN


McLaren


1'28"467

 

2


COULTHARD


McLaren


1'28"605


+ 0'00"138


3


IRVINE


Ferrari


1'29"046


+ 0'00"579


4


HILL


Jordan


1'29"452


+ 0'00"985


5


SCHUMACHER M.


Ferrari


1'29"534


+ 0'01"067


6


ZANARDI


Williams


1'29"614


+ 0'01"147


7


SCHUMACHER R.


Williams


1'29"630


+ 0'01"163


8


VILLENEUVE


BAR


1'29"765


+ 0'01"298


9


BARRICHELLO


Stewart


1'29"792


+ 0'01"325


10


TRULLI


Prost


1'29"808


+ 0'01"341


11


ALESI


Sauber


1'30"182


+ 0'01"715


12


PANIS


Prost


1'30"408


+ 0'01"941


13


DINIZ


Sauber


1'30"482


+ 0'02"015


14


SALO


BAR


1'30"569


+ 0'02"102


15


WURZ


Benetton


1'30"830


+ 0'02"363


16


FISICHELLA


Benetton


1'30"854


+ 0'02"387


17


FRENTZEN


Jordan


1'30"991


+ 0'02"524


18


HERBERT


Stewart


1'31"046


+ 0'02"579


19


DE LA ROSA


Arrows


1'31"257


+ 0'02"790


20


BADOER


Minardi


1'31"547


+ 0'03"080


21


TAKAGI


Arrows


1'31"557


+ 0'03"090


22


GENE


Minardi


1'33"529


+ 0'05"062

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