Summary

Mika Hakkinen took pole early in today's qualifying session and only improved. His team-mate David Coulthard tried hard to come close but just didn't make it. Michael Schumacher clocked a very nice third time.

Notes

• Villeneuve retires in the gravel trap at the end of the session.
• Rosset ends outside the 107% rule time.
  • Weather during qualifying: Sunny, Strong winds. (21 °C)

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Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) B Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) B M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G Fisichella (Benetton-Playlife) B Wurz (Benetton-Playlife) B Irvine (Ferrari) G Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G Hill (Jordan-Mugen) G Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B Villeneuve (Winfield-Williams) G R. Schumacher (Jordan-Mugen) G Panis (Prost-Peugeot) B Frentzen (Winfield-Williams) G Alesi (Sauber-Petronas) G Diniz (Arrows) B Trulli (Prost-Peugeot) B Salo (Arrows) G Magnussen (Stewart-Ford) B Tuero (Minardi-Ford) B Nakano (Minardi-Ford) B Takagi (Tyrrell-Ford) G 107% rule Rosset (Tyrrell-Ford)B B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1m 20.262s 1m 20.995s 1m 21.785s 1m 21.894s 1m 21.965s 1m 22.350s 1m 22.794s 1m 22.835s 1m 22.860s 1m 22.885s 1m 22.927s 1m 22.963s 1m 23.197s 1m 23.327s 1m 23.704s 1m 23.748s 1m 23.887s 1m 24.112s 1m 24.265s 1m 24.538s 1m 24.722s 1m 25.880s 1m 25.946s