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GP - Race Ralf Schumacher wins the Canadian GP ahead of Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen. Kimi Raikkonen, Jean Alesi and Pedro de la Rosa make the top 6. Only 9 cars finish the race. Final Lap: Ralf Schumacher comfortably in the lead as Michael Schumacher is now 23 seconds behind. Lap 68: Order: R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Alesi, de la Rosa, Zonta, Burti and Marques. Lap 67: Jos Verstappen spins and crashes possibly due to a brake problem. de la Rosa is in the points. Lap 67: Ralf Schumacher is now 19 seconds ahead of his brother. Very impressive performance by the Williams BMW and Ralf Schumacher. Lap 66: Trulli pits and retires with what seems to be lack of brakes! Lap 65: Order: R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Alesi, Verstappen, Trulli, de la Rosa, Zonta and Burti. All regular pit stops completed. Retirements: Coulthard, Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 64: Jos Verstappen passes Trulli for 6th. Lap 63: Jarno Trulli has a problem with his brakes and both Raikkonen and Alesi have passed him. Lap 62: Order: R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Trulli, Raikkonen, Alesi, Verstappen, de la Rosa, Zonta and Burti. All regular pit stops completed. Retirements: Coulthard, Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 61: Ralf Schumacher is now over 15 seconds ahead of his brother. Only 8 laps remaining. Lap 60: Jean Alesi looks like being in the points for the second race in a row. He is in 6th place and catching Kimi Raikkonen. Both Prost and Sauber are using the same Ferrari engines. Lap 58: 11 cars remaining and Ralf is now 12 seconds ahead of Michael. Lap 57: Ralf Schumacher is lapping a second faster than his brother per lap. Mika Hakkinen is in 3rd over 25 seconds behind Michael. Lap 56: Order: R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Trulli, Raikkonen, Alesi, Verstappen, de la Rosa, Zonta and Burti. All regular pit stops completed. Retirements: Coulthard, Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 55: David Coulthard retires with an engine failure. His first retirement of the season. Lap 54: Ralf Schumacher leads Michael Schumacher by over 7 seconds! Lap 53: Order: R Schumacher, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Trulli, Raikkonen, Alesi, Verstappen, de la Rosa and Zonta. All regular pit stops completed.. Retirements: Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 52: Ralf Schumacher pits and retains the lead. He is 4 seconds ahead of Michael. Lap 51: Ralf Schumacher goes fastest again with a time of 1:17.205. Lap 50: Ralf Schumacher has yet to pit. He must have a very efficient BMW engine. Lap 49: Ralf Schumacher leads his brother by 25.911 seconds. He has yet to stop. Mika Hakkinen pits. Lap 48: Michael Schumacher is in 2nd place after his pit stop. Ralf sets another fastest lap with a 1:17.467 Lap 48: If Ralf Schumacher doesn't have problems in the pits he will most probably pass his brother via the pits. Lap 47: Ralf Schumacher sets another fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:17.514 Lap 46: Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a time of 1:18.136 Lap 46: Michael Schumacher pits giving the lead to Ralf Schumacher. 8 second stop. Lap 45: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Verstappen, Coulthard, Trulli, de la Rosa, Raikkonen, Alesi and Zonta. The top 3 still need to stop. Retirements: Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 44: Ralf Schumacher is still trying to pass Michael. Lap 43: Mika Hakkinen is now in 3rd place. Coulthard is in 5th place ahead of Trulli. Lap 41: Ralf Schumacher tries yet again without success. Mika Hakkinen catches Coulthard as Coulthard pits. Lap 40: Ralf Schumacher tries again without success. Villeneuve's retirement was due to a clutch problem. Lap 39: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Hakkinen, Raikkonen, Alesi, Verstappen, Trulli, de la Rosa and Zonta. The top 5 still need to stop. Retirements: Panis, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Barrichello, Montoya, Button, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Irvine, Alonso. Lap 39: Jarno Trulli pits. Ralf Schumacher is still behind his brother. Lap 38: Drama for BAR, Panis pits again and he retires. Lap 38: Mika Hakkinen finds his form and passes Raikkonen. Lap 37: Panis and Zonta pit together and Zonta gets away ahead of Panis! Lap 36: Ralf Schumacher closes in on his brother again but doesn't make it. Lap 35: Ralf Schumacher attempts to pass Michael Schumacher. Lap 34: Villeneuve retires with a problem. Lap 33: Luciano Burti pits. Ralf Schumacher remains behind his brother. Lap 32: Half a second between Michael and Ralf. Trulli is pushing Coulthard for 3rd. Lap 31: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Panis, Raikkonen, Zonta, Hakkinen, Villeneuve and Alesi. Lap 30: The gap is down to under a second between the 2 Schumacher brothers. Lap 29: Pedro de la Rosa pits while Ralf Schumacher is now just 1 second behind Michael. Lap 29: David Coulthard is now nearly 9 seconds behind Michael. Lap 29: Ralf Schumacher responds by setting the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:18.633 Lap 28: Only 14 cars remaining in the race. Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race. Lap 28: Pedro de la Rosa attempts to pass Mika Hakkinen. The McLarens are way off the pace! Lap 28: Michael Schumacher leads Ralf Schumacher by 2.2 seconds. Coulthard is over 5 seconds off the pace. Lap 27: Ralf Schumacher is now responding and is starting to close the gap to Michael as he sets the fastest lap of the race so far. Lap 26: Enrique Bernoldi retires in the pits. Lap 25: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Panis, Raikkonen, Zonta, Hakkinen, de la Rosa and Villeneuve. Lap 25: The Michelin tyre that Williams use seems to take a longer time to reach optimum speed. Lap 24: Michael Schumacher has built a gap to Ralf Schumacher. Lap 23: Jos Verstappen pits. Lap 23: Safety car in and the race is about to resume Lap 22: Safety car still on the track but the 2 cars of Montoya and Barrichello have been cleared. Lap 21: With the safety car, the gap the 2 Schumacher's have built to David Coulthard has disappeared. It is still thought that Coulthard is off the pace as he was lapping a lot slower than Michael or Ralf. Lap 20: Jenson Button pits for the 3rd time and retires. Safety car on track. Lap 19: Montoya makes a mistake and hits the wall while Barrichello trying to avoid him crashes and both retire. The safety car is on the track. Lap 18: Trulli in 4th is under a second behind Coulthard. The McLaren seems to lack the expected pace here. Hakkinen is in 9th and not making an impression. Lap 18: Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race so far and the gap to Michael is down to 0.4 seconds. Lap 17: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Panis, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Zonta, Hakkinen and Montoya. Barrichello is in 11th place after his spin. Lap 17: David Coulthard is not increasing his gap to Jarno Trulli. Coulthard is now 11 seconds behind Michael. Lap 16: Barrichello is still behind Montoya who is stuck behind Hakkinen in 9th. Lap 16: Michael Schumacher responds and the gap is back to just over half a second. Lap 15: It appears that at this stage the race is between the 2 Schumacher brothers. Lap 14: Ralf Schumacher is now hassling his brother for the lead. Only 0.4 seconds behind him. Lap 13: Barrichello is now behind Juan Pablo Montoya who is behind Mika Hakkinen. Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race. Lap 12: Michael Schumacher leads his brother by 1.1 seconds. Coulthard in 3rd is 10 seconds behind. Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race. Lap 11: Rubens Barrichello is making up positions after spinning. He is now in 11th place. It is believed that he is on a 2 stop strategy. Lap 10: Verstappen in 6th is closing in on Panis. Lap 9: Fernando Alonso retires with a mechanical problem. Lap 9: Retirements so far: Fisichella (after touching his team-mate Button). Heidfeld and Irvine (touched). Lap 8: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Panis, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Zonta, Hakkinen and Montoya. Barrichello is in 14th place after his spin. Lap 8: Olivier Panis is closing on Jarno Trulli. The gap is just 0.64 seconds. Lap 7: Michael Schumacher leads Ralf Schumacher by 1.1 seconds. Jenson Button gets a stop-go penalty for jumping the start. Lap 5: Rubens Barrichello loses it trying to pass Ralf Schumacher. He continues but loses a number of places. Lap 4: Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Barrichello, Coulthard, Trulli, Panis, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Zonta and Hakkinen. Lap 4: Michael Schumacher leads Ralf Schumacher by 0.892 seconds. Barrichello is catching Ralf Schumacher. Lap 3: Barrichello overtakes Coulthard for 3rd place. Lap 2: Eddie Irvine and Nick Heidfeld touch and both retire. Lap 1: Michael Schumacher leads ahead of Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard. Barrichello, Trulli and Panis makes the top 6. Fisichella pits with a damaged front. Race start: Michael Schumacher leads ahead of Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard. No accidents at the start. The first corner at this track has caused a number of accident in the past. 2 years ago there was a big accident and 3 cars retired forcing the safety car on the track. Formation lap in 5 minutes. Michael Schumacher dominated qualifying yesterday ahead of his brother Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard. If he performs as well as he did in qualifying, he will be hard to beat. Formation lap in 10 minutes. Villeneuve and Montoya have clashed during the drivers' briefing and they have been warned of any further clashes. The will be starting the race from 9th and 10th positions on the grid respectively. It will be interesting!. Pit lane has now closed. The drivers are going out of their garages for a final few laps before they finally stop on their grid position in preparation for the formation lap. Pit lane closes in 5 minutes. Race
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