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Championship Austrian Grand Prix Saturday Practice and Qualifying Mika Hakkinen sets the fastest time of the session almost half a second faster than his teammate David Coulthard in 2nd place. Rubens Barrichello was 3rd followed by his teammate Michael Schumacher. Jos Verstappen and Giancarlo Fisichella make the top 6. The top 3 have set times below the 1:12 mark. Pole position time from last year was 1:10.954 It was a disappointing session for Luciano Burti (Eddie Irvine's replacement) who only managed to do 2 laps and returned to the pits suffering gearbox problems. Pedro de la Rosa also had problems as he only managed 4 laps and ended up in 21st place. Verstappen, Wurz and Mazzacane did the most number of laps with 20 each while most other drivers did between 12 and 18 laps. The session started with most of the drivers going out on their installation lap. The track was dry however there were some wet patches due to heavy rain overnight. Michael Schumacher was one of the drivers electing to go out on wet tyres for his installation lap. Pedro Diniz is the first to set a timed lap with a time of 1:17.997 while Luciano Burti makes his first ever lap at a Formula 1 Race event. 10 minutes into the session and it is Pedro de la Rosa ahead of Marc Gene and Gaston Mazzacane. They are the only drivers to set a timed lap. Jos Verstappen takes to the track and sets the fastest time while Ralf Schumacher moves into 3rd. With more drivers on the track, times start to drop very quickly. Ralf Schumacher goes fastest with a time of 1:14.681 very closely followed by Hakkinen. A couple of minutes later Hakkinen goes fastest with a time of 1:13.557 while Michael Schumacher sets his first time in 4th position. Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard go out and set 1st and 2nd. 20 minutes into the session and it is Rubens Barrichello ahead of David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen. Giancarlo Fisichella, Johnny Herbert and Alexander Wurz make the top 6. Coulthard takes first with a time of 1:12.443 closely followed by Rubens Barrichello and Ricardo Zonta. Luciano Burti is the only driver not to set a time so far as his car appears to be suffering from gearbox problems. 30 minutes into the session and it is David Coulthard ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Ricardo Zonta. Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen and Ricardo Zonta make the top 6. Barrichello takes top spot back while Mika Hakkinen spins 360 degrees but recovers and moments later he goes fastest with a time of 1:12.249 and improves again to 1:11.810. Mika Salo and Johnny Herbert have big spins at the A1 Kurve but both manage to recover while Giancarlo Fisichella parks his car due to mechanical problems. With 5 minutes remaining in this 45 minute session, it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard and Jos Verstappen. Rubens Barrichello, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jacques Villeneuve make the top 6. In the final 5 minutes most of the drivers are on the track
as they try to take advantage of the maximum grip levels. Final order: Mika Hakkinen 0.472 seconds ahead of David Coulthard. Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Jos Verstappen and Giancarlo Fisichella make the top 6. Click here for the timed results Mika Hakkinen continues to dominate the practice sessions
for today as he sets the fastest time just 0.08 seconds faster than his teammate David
Coulthard in 2nd place. Michael Schumacher managed to grab 3rd spot from his teammate
Rubens Barrichello while Jacques Villeneuve was in 5th position ahead of Johnny Herbert. Just 1 second separates the top 10 and less than 2 seconds separates the top 20. The session started with Pedro de la Rosa first to exit the pits as he only managed 4 laps in the first session. Most other drivers go out soon after. Ricardo Zonta spins at the A1 Kurve but manages to recover. Pedro de la Rosa is the first to improve his time although he is still in 21st position. Luciano Burti finally sets a time of 1:17.403 which is 6 seconds off the pace. 10 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Jos Verstappen and Jarno Trulli make the top 6. David Coulthard improves but is still in 2nd place 0.061 behind Mika Hakkinen while Michael Schumacher takes 3rd place from Rubens Barrichello. Jacques Villeneuve moves into 5th and Fisichella into 6th. Order after 20 minutes: Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve and Giancarlo Fisichella make the top 6. Mazzacane goes into the gravel trap at Jochen Rindt Kurve, he recovers only to stop at the next corner. 30 minutes into the session and the top 6 remain unchanged. Rain starts to fall at the track. Jean Alesi goes off but recovers. The rain stops and the track is still dry. With 5 minutes to go, Heinz Harald Frentzen manages to move into 6th place. The top 5 remains unchanged. In the final 5 minutes, Hakkinen improves his time slightly while Herbert moves into 6th place. Marc Gene goes into the gravel trap but recovers. In the final minute Mika Hakkinen trying to improve spins and gets stuck in the gravel trap. Final Order: Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve and Johnny Herbert make the top 6. Click here for the timed results Mika Hakkinen grabs his 4th pole position of the season ahead of his team-mate David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello. Michael Schumacher was 4th and Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta make the top 6. The top 3 times are better than the pole position time of last year. The top 4 are within a second while the top 20 are within 2 seconds. The field is extremely close. For instance, Jarno Trulli is 0.007 seconds ahead of Ricardo Zonta who is 0.002 seconds ahead of his team-mate Jacques Villeneuve. 0.009 seconds behind is Giancarlo Fisichella. Also Nick Heidfeld (13th) qualified ahead of Alexander Wurz (14th) by 1 thousandths of a second !!. Most of the team-mates are close to each other with the exception of Jarno Trulli who is in 5th position while his team-mate Frentzen is in 15th. Fisichella is in 8th place while Wurz is in 14th. Luciano Burti managed to qualify in 21st place splitting the Minardi, he is under 0.6 slower than his team-mate Johnny Herbert who is in 16th place. The major disappointment is Williams BMW with their drivers Jenson Button in 18th and Ralf Schumacher in 19th place. This is one of Williams' worst ever qualifying session. The session was very exciting and the fans had a full hour of qualifying here thanks to the threat of rain. The session started with rain expected at any moment, 19 drivers went out in the first minute. 5 minutes into the session and it was David Coulthard ahead of Michael Schumacher. Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve, Giancarlo Fisichella and Mika Hakkinen make the top 6. Villeneuve spins but manages to recover while Trulli and Zonta go 4th and 5th. 10 minutes into the session and it is Rubens Barrichello ahead of David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Jarno Trulli, Ricardo Zonta and Jacques Villeneuve make the top 6. Zonta moves into 3rd place while Mika Salo moves into 4th. 15 minutes into the session and it is Rubens Barrichello ahead of David Coulthard and Ricardo Zonta. Mika Salo, Michael Schumacher and Jarno Trulli make the top 6. David Coulthard takes provisional pole but moments later Mika Hakkinen grabs it. Both have set times that are faster than the pole time set here last year. The 2 McLaren's are the only ones to set a time under the 1:11 mark. 20 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Rubens Barrichello, Ricardo Zonta, Mika Salo and Michael Schumacher make the top 6. Michael Schumacher is out to improve on his 6th position but spins and recovers. The threat of rain has eased and there is less traffic at the moment. Michael Schumacher goes out again and this time he goes up to 3rd. 30 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Ricardo Zonta and Mika Salo make the top 6. Frentzen completes all his allowed laps (12). He is currently in 9th position while his team-mate has moved up into 6th position. Jacques Villeneuve moves into 7th place. 35 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Ricardo Zonta and Jarno Trulli make the top 6. Ricardo Zonta spins but recovers while Jarno Trulli moves
up into 5th place. Jacques Villeneuve completes his 12 laps, he is currently in 7th
position. 40 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta make the top 6. Mika Hakkinen improves his time to 1:10.410 while Rubens Barrichello finishes his allowed number of laps and moves into 3rd place. Both Pedro de la Rosa and Mika Salo spin but recover. 50 minutes into the session and it is Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard. Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta make the top 6. Both Williams are having a very disappointing session with Jenson Button in 18th and Ralf Schumacher in 19th! With 5 minutes to go David Coulthard goes out on his final attempt to grab pole from Mika Hakkinen. He improves but not enough to grab pole. Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher go out on their final attempt. Mika Hakkinen fails to improve while Michael Schumacher goes into the pits! aborting his timed lap. Final Order: Mika Hakkinen ahead of David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello. Michael Schumacher, Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta make the top |
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