Sunday Warm-Up - Belgian GP
World championship leader Mika Hakkinen topped the times in Sunday morning's Belgian Grand Prix warm-up after the session was red-flagged to a halt when Giancarlo Fisichella crashed his Benetton. The Italian lost control of his car at the Stavelot corner and collided heavily with the barriers, tearing off both right wheels of the car.
World championship leader Mika Hakkinen topped the times in Sunday morning's Belgian Grand Prix warm-up after the session was red-flagged to a halt when Giancarlo Fisichella crashed his Benetton. The Italian lost control of his car at the Stavelot corner and collided heavily with the barriers, tearing off both right wheels of the car.
He was unhurt but the session was halted for 23 minutes.
Hakkinen, seeking a third successive title this season and hunting his first win in Belgium, was fastest in his McLaren ahead of title rival Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari.
Hakkinen clocked a best time of 2:03.392 at an average speed of 203.293 kph on a wet track.
He outpaced Schumacher by just one-tenth of a second.
Briton Jenson Button was third-fastest in his Williams, only two-thousandths of a second behind the German double world champion.
Pos Driver Team Times 1. Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 2:03.392 203.294 km/h 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari 2:03.562 + 0.170 3. Button Williams BMW 2:03.564 + 0.172 4. Barrichello Ferrari 2:03.744 + 0.352 5. Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 2:04.120 + 0.728 6. Salo Sauber Petronas 2:04.279 + 0.887 7. Herbert Jaguar Cosworth 2:04.528 + 1.136 8. R.Schumacher Williams BMW 2:04.958 + 1.566 9. Trulli Jordan Mugen-Honda 2:04.987 + 1.595 10. Villeneuve BAR Honda 2:05.017 + 1.625 11. Frentzen Jordan Mugen-Honda 2:05.050 + 1.658 12. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth 2:05.340 + 1.948 13. Zonta BAR Honda 2:05.600 + 2.208 14. Alesi Prost Peugeot 2:05.737 + 2.345 15. Heidfeld Prost Peugeot 2:06.475 + 3.083 16. Verstappen Arrows Supertec 2:06.768 + 3.376 17. Wurz Benetton Playlife 2:06.789 + 3.397 18. Diniz Sauber Petronas 2:06.865 + 3.473 19. de la Rosa Arrows Supertec 2:07.585 + 4.193 20. Fisichella Benetton Playlife 2:08.184 + 4.792 21. Mazzacane Minardi Fondmetal 2:08.414 + 5.022 22. Gene Minardi Fondmetal 2:08.801 + 5.409
All timing unofficial
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