Pole Time 99' - Mika Hakkinen - 1:22.432 |
Italian
GP - 2nd Saturday Practice Session 45 min: Final Order - Michael Schumacher ahead of Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello. David Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button make the top 6. 45 min: Coulthard retakes 4th from Ralf Schumacher. Irvine suffers a problem and cruises on the track while Ricardo Zonta takes 8th place from his team-mate Jacques Villeneuve. 44 min: Hakkinen goes back out on track for his last run and so does Michael Schumacher. Villeneuve improves but is still in 8th. 42 min: 3 minutes to go and Ralf Schumacher moves into 4th place. Barrichello improves but remains in 3rd. 40 min: Trulli moves into 11th place. Frentzen still in 19th place without improving his time from the first session. 38 min: A lot of drivers on track. Coulthard improves but remains in 4th. 35 min: 10 minutes to go and the drivers will now go through their final preparations for qualifying. Fisichella improves but remains in 7th place. 33 min: Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button are trading 5th and 6th just over half a second off the pace. 31 min: Top 6 - Michael Schumacher ahead of Hakkinen and Barrichello. Coulthard, Jenson Button and Ralf Schumacher make the top 6. Trulli in 17th after his first timed lap. 26 min: Alexander Wurz goes out on the track but suffers another problem and stops the car on the track. No practice for Wurz before qualifying! 25 min: Alexander Wurz, Jarno Trulli and Heinz Harald Frentzen have yet to set times this session! 23 min: Eddie Irvine moves into 9th place while Zonta moves into 10th. 21 min: Top 6 - Michael Schumacher ahead of Hakkinen and Barrichello. Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher and Jenson Button make the top 6 19 min: Michael Schumacher retakes top spot with a time of 1:23.904 while Ralf moves into 4th 17 min: Hakkinen goes fastest of all with a time of 1:24.142. Ralf Schumacher improves his time in 6th. 15 min: Top 6 - M Schumacher. Hakkinen, Coulthard, Button, Barrichello and R Schumacher. 14 min: Barrichello aborts his lap. Coulthard moves into 2nd while Hakkinen moves into 5th. 12 min: Both Zonta and Barrichello are on fast laps. 10 min: Villeneuve moves back into 6th position while Coulthard fails to improve. 8 min: Top 6 remains M Schumacher, Button, Coulthard, Barrichello, R Schumacher and Fisichella. No improvements so far. 4 min: No improvements so far. Jean Alesi, and both BAR's go out on the track. 2 min: Marc Gene, Eddie Irvine and Pedro de la Rosa also go out on the track. Session underway with both Williams going out followed by Jos Verstappen. 2nd Practice session to start in 5 minutes. Weather conditions sunny and a temperature of 21 degrees. |