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Sunday Warm Up - French GP

Mika Hakkinen put one over his old rival as the McLaren driver beat Michael Schumacher in Sunday's warm-up session for the French Grand Prix by just one-thousandth of a second.

Mika Hakkinen put one over his old rival as the McLaren driver beat Michael Schumacher in Sunday's warm-up session for the French Grand Prix by just one-thousandth of a second.

Finn Hakkinen, who will start the race from fourth, posted a quickest lap time of 1:15.428 and beat the challenge of both Ferraris, with Rubens Barrichello posting the third quickest lap.

McLaren's David Coulthard was fourth and Jordan's Jarno Trulli continued his fine weekend with fifth position. Pole-sitter Ralf Schumacher could only post the 17th best time while Williams team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya was 11th.

The Benetton's of Giancarlo Fisichella and Jenson Button failed to show any major improvements despite a new race spec engine, as they ended 19th and 20th respectively.

Pos Driver Team Times 1. Hakkinen Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:15.428 202.890 km/h 2. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:15.429 + 0.001 3. Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:15.676 + 0.248 4. Coulthard Mclaren Mercedes (B) 1:15.780 + 0.352 5. Trulli Jordan Honda (B) 1:15.980 + 0.552 6. Raikkonen Sauber Petronas (B) 1:16.136 + 0.708 7. Panis BAR Honda (B) 1:16.184 + 0.756 8. de la Rosa Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:16.426 + 0.998 9. Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 1:16.559 + 1.131 10. Irvine Jaguar Cosworth (M) 1:16.567 + 1.139 11. Montoya Williams BMW (M) 1:16.735 + 1.307 12. Bernoldi Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:16.777 + 1.349 13. Frentzen Jordan Honda (B) 1:16.952 + 1.524 14. Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 1:17.073 + 1.645 15. Verstappen Arrows Asiatech (B) 1:17.120 + 1.692 16. Burti Prost Acer (M) 1:17.443 + 2.015 17. R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 1:17.605 + 2.177 18. Alesi Prost Acer (M) 1:17.945 + 2.517 19. Fisichella Benetton Renault (M) 1:18.084 + 2.656 20. Button Benetton Renault (M) 1:18.431 + 3.003 21. Alonso Minardi European (M) 1:19.986 + 4.558 22. Marques Minardi European (M) 1:21.295 + 5.867 All Timing Unofficial

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