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States GP - 1st Saturday Practice Session Final Order: Mika Hakkinen ahead of Jenson Button and David Coulthard. Barrichello, Michael Schumacher and Fisichella make the top 6. 45 min: Hakkinen improves in 1st with a time of 1:15.802. 44 min: Drivers on their final laps. Coulthard moves closer to Hakkinen. 43 min: Hakkinen goes fastest with a time of 1:16.084. Wurz spins but recovers. 42 min: Coulthard improves to 1:16.801 while Hakkinen is now 2nd only 0.131 seconds behind Coulthard. 40 min: Coulthard takes the top spot with a time of 1:17.500. Hakkinen moves into 12th. 37 min: Jarno Trulli goes fastest with a time of 1:17.653. Hakkinen is in 18th while Michael Schumacher is in 22nd! 35 min: 10 minutes remaining in this 45 minute session and it is Villeneuve ahead of Herbert, Heidfeld, Irvine, Trulli and Frentzen. 34 min: Villeneuve goes fastest of all with a time of 1:18.764 32 min: Villeneuve finally sets a time of 1:21.874 and moves into 14th place. 30 min: Heidfeld improves and Frentzen moves into 2nd. Top 6 - Heidfeld, Frentzen, Verstappen, Button, Diniz, Alesi. 28 min: Giancarlo Fisichella moves into 6th. Michael Schumacher is 19th, Hakkinen is 21st and Villeneuve has yet to set a time! 26 min: Nick Heidfeld improves to 1:20.104. The track is drying quickly. Button moves into 2nd and Wurz into 3rd. 26 min: Top 10 - Heidfeld, R Schumacher, Alesi, Coulthard, Button, Barrichello, Wurz, Herbert, de la Rosa and Verstappen. 25 min: Nick Heidfeld goes fastest of all with a time of 1:23.460. 23 min: Ralf Schumacher goes fastest with a time of 1:23.710. Top 6 - R Schumacher, Alesi, Coulthard, Button, Barrichello and de la Rosa. Villeneuve and Frentzen are the only drivers not to have a timed lap so far. 22 min: Jean Alesi goes fastest with a time of 1:23.872. 19 min: Pedro de la Rosa moves into 5th place. Ralf Schumacher goes wide. He is currently in 11th. 17 min: Michael Schumacher clocks the 13th fastest time while Hakkinen is 16th! 15 min: Barrichello moves into 3rd with a time of 1:24.695. Top 6 - Coulthard, Button, Barrichello, Verstappen, Heidfeld and Salo. 14 min: Button improves but still in 2nd only 0.056 seconds behind Coulthard. Verstappen moves into 3rd. Barrichello on the track. 12 min: Top 6 - Coulthard, Button, Irvine, de la Rosa, Gene, Mazzacane. 11 min: Button goes 2nd with a time of 1:25.154 while Irvine moves into 3rd with a time of 1:26.004 10 min: Coulthard goes first with a time of 1:24.536 while Gene goes third with a time of 1:26.763. 8 min: Gene, Button and Coulthard are out on the track. Trulli sets a 1:28.626. 6 min: Jarno Trulli starts his first timed lap of the day while de la Rosa improves to 1:26.585 5 min: Only Pedro de la Rosa has set a time so far. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello pit after their installation laps. 4 min: Pedro de la Rosa improves to 1:27.045. Michael Schumacher goes out on his installation lap. Followed by Barrichello. 2 min: Pedro de la Rosa is the first to set a timed lap on the damp track with a time of 1:27.905 Pit lane opens with Frentzen again the first to go out with most of the other drivers following. The weather is unsettled over the weekend. Rain is not expected during today's sessions however showers are predicted tomorrow. 2 minutes to start 5 minutes to the start of the session. The weather is partly cloudy and the temperature is 23 degrees. The track is damp following rain overnight |