Final Order: Michael Schumacher fastest ahead of Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello. David Coulthard, Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli make the top 6. Ralf Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Salo and Pedro Diniz make the top 10.

30 min: Michael Schumacher improves in 1st with a time of 1:38.005 and is 0.521 seconds ahead of Mika Hakkinen.

30 min: Jenson Button takes 5th from his team-mate while Jarno Trulli moves into 6th.

29 min: Rubens Barrichello takes 3rd place from David Coulthard.

28 min: Mika Salo moves into 6th while Jacques Villeneuve moves into 7th.

27 min: Rubens Barrichello improves his time but remains in 4th place and 0.858 seconds off the pace of his team-mate.

25 min: 5 minutes remaining and the top 10 is M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Verstappen, Herbert and Alesi.

24 min: Gaston Mazzacane goes off and into the gravel.

22 min: Ralf Schumacher improves his time but remains in 5th position almost 1.5 seconds off the pace.

20 min: Mika Hakkinen retakes 2nd place from his team-mate with a time of 1:38.526. He is 0.163 seconds slower than Michael Schumacher. pace.

19 min: Michael Schumacher is 0.457 seconds ahead of Coulthard. Barrichello in 4th is over a second off the pace.

17 min: Top 10 - M Schumacher, Coulthard, Hakkinen, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Verstappen, Herbert and Alesi.

16 min: Rubens Barrichello moves into 4th place.

15 min: Coulthard moves ahead of his team-mate into 2nd.

14 min: Michael Schumacher and the two McLaren occupy the top 3 with Schumacher fastest ahead of Hakkinen.

13 min: Ralf Schumacher goes fastest with a time of 1:40.078.

12 min: Top 10 - Verstappen, Trulli, R Schumacher, Herbert, Zonta, Frentzen, Diniz, Mazzacane, Villeneuve and Fisichella.

10 min: Verstappen goes fastest with a time of 1:40.264 ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Ricardo Zonta.

8 min: Ralf Schumacher follows with a time of 1:40.612 on dry tyres. Coulthard and Schumacher go out on dry tyres.

7 min: Eddie Irvine is the first to set a timed lap with a time of 1:46.494 on intermediate tyres.

5 min: No timed laps yet.

3 min: Cars are back in the pits, those with spare cars are out again. Ferrari and McLaren have 2 spare cars each.

1 min: Pedro Diniz is the only driver not to go out yet. Diniz has been struggling all weekend here.

Session underway and the cars stream out with Verstappen first followed by Zonta.

The cars are lining up for in the pit lane for the start of the session. Session starting in 2 minutes.

Session starting in 5 minutes. Weather conditions: Damp track but it is not raining. Temperature is 20 degrees.