Mika Hakkinen wins the US GP ahead of Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard. Jarno Trulli, Eddie Irvine and Nick Heidfeld make the top 6.

This is the last race for Murray Walker to commentate a Formula 1 race. We thank him for everything he gave to the Formula 1 fans around the world for all those years. Thank you for the memories.

Final lap.

Lap 72: Barrichello finally is forced to retire as the engine finally blows up and locks his wheels.

Lap 72: Coulthard passes Barrichello.

Lap 71: Michael Schumacher passes Barrichello but Barrichello doesn't let Coulthard through!

Lap 70: Michael Schumacher has caught up with Barrichello.

Lap 69: Barrichello's car lets out more smoke but he remains on the track.

Lap 68: Barrichello's car lets some smoke. He is in trouble.

Lap 67: Coulthard is 2.337 seconds behind Michael. The gaps between the top 4 seems to have stabilised.

Lap 66: Order - Hakkinen, Barrichello, M Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Irvine, Heidfeld and Alesi. Retirements: Villeneuve, Verstappen, Yoong, Montoya, R Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen.

Lap 65: The gap has dropped back under 3 seconds between Hakkinen and Barrichello

Lap 64: Hakkinen appears to be increasing the gap to Barrichello slightly. He leads by over 3 seconds.

Lap 63: Coulthard is 2.265 seconds behind Michael.

Lap 62: Hakkinen increases the gap to 2.8 to Barrichello.

Lap 61: Hakkinen laps Alesi while Barrichello stays behind.

Lap 61: Order - Hakkinen, Barrichello, M Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Irvine, Heidfeld and Alesi. Retirements: Villeneuve, Verstappen, Yoong, Montoya, R Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen.

Lap 60: Hakkinen leads Barrichello by under 3 seconds. 

Lap 59: Hakkinen loses another tenth of second to Barrichello. Coulthard in 4th is catching Michael Schumacher too.

Lap 58: Barrichello drops the gap by a tenth.

Lap 56: Hakkinen leads Barrichello by 3.4 seconds.

Lap 55: Barrichello continues to close onto Hakkinen.

Lap 54: Order - Hakkinen, Barrichello, M Schumacher, Coulthard, Trulli, Heidfeld, Irvine and Alesi. Retirements: Villeneuve, Verstappen, Yoong, Montoya, R Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen.

Lap 53: Barrichello is trying to catch Hakkinen. The gap is 5.46 seconds.

Lap 52: Pedro de la Rosa pits for his first stop while Irvine has yet to stop!

Lap 51: Michael Schumacher is in 3rd ahead of David Coulthard.

Lap 50: Barrichello pits for his second stop. He rejoins in second behind Hakkinen.

Lap 49: Barrichello leads Hakkinen by 21.3 seconds but has yet to stop.

Lap 48: Order - Barrichello, Hakkinen, M Schumacher, Coulthard, Heidfeld, Irvine, Trulli and Alesi. Retirements: Yoong, Montoya, R Schumacher, Alonso, Raikkonen.

Lap 46: Hakkinen pits. He rejoins ahead of Michael Schumacher in 2nd. Barrichello is in the lead but has yet to stop as he is on a 2 stopper.

Lap 46: McLaren pit crew ready for Hakkinen.

Lap 45: Order - Hakkinen, Barrichello, M Schumacher, Coulthard. Retirements: Montoya, R Schumacher, Raikkonen.

Lap 44: Pedro de la Rosa and Jacques Villeneuve touch but neither retires. Villeneuve pits.

Lap 43: Coulthard pits from second and rejoins behind Michael Schumacher in 4th.

Lap 43: McLaren pit crew get ready.

Lap 42: Hakkinen is going through backmarkers but still has not stopped.

Lap 41: Order - Hakkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, M Schumacher. Retirements: Montoya, R Schumacher, Raikkonen.

Lap 39: Hakkinen takes the lead ahead of Coulthard. Both have yet to stop.

Lap 39: Juan Pablo Montoya retires with a problem. Michael Schumacher pits.

Lap 37: Ralf Schumacher seems to make a mistake and spins off and is stuck in the gravel trap.

Lap 36: Montoya rejoins in 5th. Michael Schumacher leads ahead of Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard. Those three have yet to stop.

Lap 36: Montoya pits. 13.2 seconds. 

Lap 36: The Williams team is getting ready.

Lap 35: Montoya sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:14.448

Lap 34: Montoya immediately builds a gap to Michael.

Lap 33: Montoya passes Schumacher on the inside of turn 1. Very aggressive.

Lap 33: Montoya has closed up again.

Lap 32: Montoya lost a bit of time on this lap but remains under a second behind Michael.

Lap 31: Order - M Schumacher, Montoya, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Trulli, Alesi and R Schumacher. Retirements: Raikkonen.

Lap 30: Montoya doesn't appear to be able to close to Michael in the infield. The gap is still under a second.

Lap 29: Montoya seems to be on a single stopper as is Michael. Montoya is under a second behind Michael.

Lap 28: Order - M Schumacher, Montoya, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Barrichello, Trulli, Alesi and R Schumacher. Retirements: Raikkonen.

Lap 27: Barrichello pits and Michael Schumacher takes the lead.

Lap 27: Ferrari getting ready most likely for Barrichello.

Lap 26: Montoya very close to Michael. 

Lap 25: Montoya is under a second behind Michael. 

Lap 24: Ralf Schumacher pits. He must be on a 2 stopper. 12.5 seconds - slow. He rejoins in 9th

Lap 23: Williams getting ready for a stop. Barrichello catching Tomas Enge in 21st.

Lap 22: Ralf Schumacher is also flying. He set the fastest lap of the race so far with a 1:14.706.

Lap 22: Order - Barrichello, M Schumacher, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Trulli. Retirements: Raikkonen.

Lap 21: Another fastest lap for Barrichello with a 1:14.767. He is trying to build a big enough gap so he pits ahead of the Williams.

Lap 21: So far only a single retirement - Kimi Raikkonen.

Lap 20: Barrichello continues setting the pace with another fastest lap of 1:15.105

Lap 19: Michael in second is now just 2.2 seconds ahead of Montoya.

Lap 18: Order - Barrichello, M Schumacher, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Trulli. Retirements: Raikkonen.

Lap 17: Coulthard in 7th is being challenged by Heidfeld. The gap is just 0.7 seconds.

Lap 16: While Barrichello increases his lead over Michael, Montoya and Ralf are catching Michael.

Lap 15: Barrichello is 8 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher. Montoya is under 4 seconds behind Michael.

Lap 14: Order - Barrichello, M Schumacher, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Trulli.

Lap 14: Jean Alesi takes 9th from Button.

Lap 13: Jenson Button is dropping back to Trulli and Alesi in 10th is catching him.

Lap 12: Barrichello sets another fastest lap with a 1:15.179

Lap 11: Jarno Trulli passes Jenson Button for 8th.

Lap 10: Order - Barrichello, M Schumacher, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Button.

Lap 9: Jenson Button in the Benetton is looking strong in 8th place. Fisichella is running in 10th sandwiched between the 2 Jordan's

Lap 8: Barrichello is now 3.5 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher. Montoya is 7.2 seconds behind Barrichello.

Lap 7: Order - Barrichello, M Schumacher, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Button.

Lap 6: Rubens Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:15.355. Raikkonen retires as a result of his coming together with Heidfeld and Trulli.

Lap 5: Barrichello passes Michael Schumacher. It appears that Barrichello is on a lighter fuel load. Montoya struggling and appears to be holding Ralf up.

Lap 4: Order - M Schumacher, Barrichello, Montoya, R Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Button.

Lap 3: Barrichello catching Michael Schumacher.

Lap 2: Barrichello in 3rd manages to pass Montoya for second place. Kimi Raikkonen is sandwiched between Heidfeld and Trulli and his front wing gets damaged and has to pit.

Lap 1: Order - Michael Schumacher, Montoya, Barrichello, R Schumacher, Hakkinen and Coulthard.

Race start: Michael Schumacher leads ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya. Barrichello is 3rd ahead of Ralf Schumacher who lost 2 places.

Formation lap the cars are arriving at their grid positions

Formation lap underway.

Mika Hakkinen is very angry about the decision to strip him off his best qualifying time. Formation lap in 2 minutes

So Michael Schumacher will start from Pole with Ralf Schumacher next to him. Juan Pablo Montoya is 3rd with Mika Hakkinen next to him. Formation lap in 5 minutes

Mika Hakkinen will start from 4th on the grid after leaving the pit lane during the warm-up session this morning under red. He was stripped off his best time in qualifying. Formation lap in 10 minutes

Formation lap starting at 1:00 PM  local time. It is sunny with the air temperature at 20 degrees.