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GP - Race
Michael Schumacher wins the Monaco Grand Prix for the 5th time ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine. Jacques Villeneuve, David Coulthard and Jean Alesi make the top 6. Lap 78: Final lap - Michael leads Rubens by 4.3 seconds. Lap 77: Irvine responds by putting his fastest lap so far. Lap 76: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, Irvine, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Alesi, Button, Verstappen, Bernoldi and Raikkonen. Villeneuve is 2.3 seconds behind Irvine. Lap 75: Eddie Irvine responds and makes up half a second to Villeneuve. Lap 74: Michael leads Rubens by 6.5 seconds. Irvine is third 42.3 seconds behind. Lap 73: Villeneuve reduces the gap to Irvine down to 3 seconds!. Is Irvine in trouble ? Lap 72: Villeneuve still pushing Irvine, the gap is down to 4.6 seconds. Lap 71: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, Irvine, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Alesi, Button, Verstappen, Bernoldi and Raikkonen. Michael leads Barrichello by 8.5 seconds. Lap 70: Jean Alesi pits and Coulthard takes 5th place. Alesi in 6th. Lap 69: Villeneuve is under 6 seconds behind Irvine. Lap 68: Coulthard sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:19.617. Lap 67: Barrichello is now 8.8 seconds behind Michael but unless Michael has a problem Rubens won't challenge for the lead. Lap 66: Coulthard pits and takes 6.6 seconds. He retains 6th place. Lap 65: Coulthard is pushing as he is trying to build a gap to Button in 7th large enough for him to keep 6th place. Lap 64: Michael leads Barrichello by 9.7 seconds. Irvine is 3rd 48 seconds behind. Lap 64: Just 15 laps to go and Coulthard has still not stopped! Lap 63: Villeneuve (4th) is 7 seconds behind Irvine (3rd) Lap 62: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, Irvine, Villeneuve, Alesi, Coulthard, Button, Verstappen, Bernoldi and Raikkonen. Coulthard is the only one yet to stop! Lap 62: Eddie Irvine pits and rejoins in 7.5 seconds. Lap 61: Barrichello pits and Michael Schumacher takes the lead. 6.9 second pit stop. Tarso Marques retires. Lap 60: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, Irvine, Villeneuve, Alesi, Coulthard, Button, Verstappen, Bernoldi and Marques. Barrichello leads Michael by 13 seconds but has yet to stop. Lap 60: Ralf Schumacher out of the race. Lap 59: Irvine passes Ralf Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher pits. Lap 58: Ralf Schumacher appears to be in trouble as Irvine has reduced the gap to just over 2 seconds. Lap 57: Jacques Villeneuve pits. 7.8 seconds. Lap 56: Barrichello leads Michael Schumacher by 4.281 seconds. Alonso retires with an engine failure. Lap 55: Barrichello in the lead but has to stop. He was 18 seconds behind Michael before Michael went into the pits. Lap 55: Michael Schumacher pits. 7 seconds and rejoins. Lap 54: Ferrari ready for one of their drivers. Lap 53: Only the top 5 are on the same lap. Lap 52: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Alesi, Coulthard, Button, Verstappen and Alonso. The top 5 and Coulthard have yet to make a pit stop. Lap 51: Jean Alesi pits from 6th place. The top 5 have yet to make a pit stop. Lap 50: Button pits and Coulthard now moves into 8th. Frentzen is off and retires! Lap 49: Michael Schumacher puts in the fastest lap of the race so far with a time of 1:20.193. Lap 49: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Alesi, Frentzen, Button, Coulthard and Alonso. Michael leads Rubens by 15.6 seconds. Lap 48: Coulthard is catching Button who in 8th place. Lap 47: Coulthard finds a way past Alonso. He is now in 9th place. Lap 47: Coulthard sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:20.253. Villeneuve is catching Irvine! Lap 46: Coulthard is now flying with a time of 1:21.346. He will soon catch Alonso. Lap 45: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Alesi, Frentzen, Button, Alonso and Coulthard. Michael leads Rubens by 18 seconds. Lap 44: Bernoldi pits and Coulthard now has a clear track ahead of him. Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:20.359. Lap 44: Giancarlo Fisichella out of the race after hitting the barriers again. Lap 43: First scheduled pit stop from Verstappen in 9th place. He stalls. Lap 43: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen, Verstappen and Button. Coulthard in 13th place still stuck behind Bernoldi. Lap 42: At the front, Ferrari have no challengers with Michael leading Rubens by 17 seconds while Ralf is 10 seconds behind Rubens. Lap 41: Frentzen in 8th is now just 0.6 seconds behind Alesi. Lap 40: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:20.531. Lap 39: Eddie Irvine has lapped David Coulthard. Ralf Schumacher lapped him a few laps ago. Lap 39: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen, Verstappen and Button. Michael Schumacher leads Rubens Barrichello by 14.6 seconds. Lap 38: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:20.770. Lap 37: Villeneuve sets the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1:20.798. Lap 36: Fisichella appears to have damaged something at the back as his mechanics are ready for him. Lap 35: Giancarlo Fisichella hits the barrier but remains in the race and hasn't lost any places. Lap 34: The gap between Villeneuve and Fisichella is now 1.4 seconds. Lap 33: Michael Schumacher sets that fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:21.205. Lap 32: Coulthard is now lapped by Rubens Barrichello. Lap 32: Jarno Trulli retires with an massive engine failure! Lap 31: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen, Verstappen and Button. Michael Schumacher leads Rubens Barrichello by 14 seconds. Lap 30: Jarno Trulli appears to be holding up both Villeneuve and Fisichella. Irvine ahead of Trulli is now more than 7 seconds ahead. Lap 29: Heinz Harald Frentzen sets the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:21.397. Lap 28: Mika Hakkinen retired with steering problems. Meanwhile, Trulli, Villeneuve and Fisichella are very close. Lap 28: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen and Verstappen. Michael Schumacher leads Rubens Barrichello by 13.1 seconds. Lap 27: Coulthard moves over and lets Michael Schumacher lap him. Lap 26: Coulthard has another try at Bernoldi without success. Lap 26: Luciano Burti retires from 16th place. He was already a lap down. Lap 25: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen and Verstappen. Coulthard in 14th almost a lap down. Lap 24: Michael Schumacher is getting closer to lapping Coulthard who is stuck behind Bernoldi. Lap 23: Irvine in the Jaguar is doing very well staying with Ralf while Villeneuve is very close to Trulli. Lap 23: There is under 10 seconds separating Ralf Schumacher in 3rd and Giancarlo Fisichella in 7th place. Lap 22: The gap between Michael and Rubens is now 11.6 seconds! Lap 22: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen and Verstappen. Lap 21: Kimi Raikkonen rejoins the race after a very very long pit stop. he is 4 laps down. Lap 20: Pedro de la Rosa retires from 10th place. Coulthard remains behind Bernoldi without any success of passing. Lap 19: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen and de la Rosa. Lap 18: Hakkinen pits again and that is the end of it for him. Meanwhile, Michael is now 6.5 seconds ahead of Rubens. Lap 17: Coulthard up in 15th place stuck behind Bernoldi and Hakkinen is behind him. Lap 16: Order : M Schumacher, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi, Frentzen and de la Rosa. Lap 16: Panis pits again and retires. Raikkonen is slow and pits as well. Drama unfolding here in Monaco! Lap 15: Hakkinen is back in the race after an unscheduled pit stop!. Lap 14: Hakkinen seems to be in trouble, he is in the pits. It appears that he hit a barrier and they are checking if he has suffered from any damage. Lap 13: Mika Hakkinen slowed down and Barrichello went past him! Lap 13: Olivier Panis pits and puts on new tyres. Lap 12: David Coulthard remains behind the Arrows of Bernoldi in 18th place. Lap 11: The top 2 are increasing the gap on the 2 behind them with Barrichello now 4.8 seconds behind and Ralf Schumacher 10.4 seconds behind. Lap 10: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap and brings the gap back up to 2 seconds. Lap 9: Order : M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine, Trulli, Villeneuve, Fisichella, Alesi and Panis. Lap 9: Mika Hakkinen closes the gap down to 1.7 seconds. Lap 8: Mika Hakkinen responds and sets the fastest lap. The gap to Michael is down to 2 seconds. Lap 7: David Coulthard is in 18th place and is behind the Arrows of Verstappen and Bernoldi. Lap 6: The gap is now 2.6 seconds. Lap 6: Order : M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Irvine and Trulli. Lap 5: The gap is up to 2.5 seconds now between Michael and Mika. Lap 4: Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap of the race. He is 1.9 seconds ahead of Hakkinen. Lap 3: Luciano Burti pits and rejoins at the back. Lap 3: Coulthard is in 19th place. Lap 3: Juan Pablo Montoya loses it and hits the barrier. He is out of the race. Lap 2: Order : M Schumacher leads Hakkinen by 1.1 seconds. Montoya is very fast in 5th. Lap 1: Order : M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Montoya and Irvine. Lap 1: Heidfeld is out as he hits the barrier. First retirement. Race start: Michael Schumacher leads from Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello. No problems at the start. The cars are now back on the starting grid with Coulthard at the back. The cars are now back on the starting grid with Coulthard at the back. Formation lap underway and Coulthard has stalled! He will now have to start from the back of the grid! The track is now being cleared and the formation lap is about to start. As this track is narrow, overtaking is almost impossible and the race can be won at the start and in the pits. Of course there is also the high rate of attrition with car failures and driver mistakes. It is rare to see more than 10 cars finish this race. This year will not be any different. Formation lap in 2 minutes. There are a number of 'surprise' drivers in the top 10 today with Eddie Irvine in 6th and Fisichella in 10th. Jean Alesi is also worth mentioning having qualified in 11th place. These drivers usually qualify a lot further back. Formation lap in 5 minutes. The pit lane has now closed and all the cars have formed on the grid. Formation lap in 10 minutes. There has been a lot of talk about the launch control systems here in Monaco and the fear that if one of the cars at the front stalls at the start it could cause a massive pile-up as the track is too narrow for the cars behind to avoid a stalled car. The FIA has told the teams to be 100% sure that their systems will work and that heavy fines will be applied to those teams who have encounter launch control problems at the start. Let hope that everyone gets away without problems. Formation lap in 15 minutes. David Coulthard is on Pole with Michael Schumacher in 2nd and Mika Hakkinen in 3rd. Coulthard was also the fastest in the Warm-up session this morning. Formation lap in 18 minutes. The pit lane is open and cars are going out for one or more installation laps before finally stopping on their grid position. Formation lap in 20 minutes. Race
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