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Friday First Free Practice - European GP

Friday May 19th, 2000

Championship leader Michael Schumacher was fastest in Friday's opening free practice for Sunday's European Formula One Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver clocked a best time of 1:21.092 after completing eleven laps at the Nurburgring.

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve was second quickest in his BAR Honda, more than four-tenths of a second adrift of two times world champion Schumacher, with Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen in third spot.

Overnight rain left the circuit wet early on in the one-hour session before the track dried out in the later stages.

World champion Mika Hakkinen went off on his final lap of the session, when his McLaren locked up at the Dunlop curve.

The Finn was ninth quickest, with British teammate David Coulthard in sixth.

Pos  Driver         Team                 Time               
 1.  M.Schumacher   Ferrari              1:21.092
 2.  Villeneuve     BAR Honda            1:21.504   +  0.412
 3.  Frentzen       Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:21.532   +  0.440
 4.  Trulli         Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:21.546   +  0.454
 5.  Barrichello    Ferrari              1:21.744   +  0.652
 6.  Coulthard      McLaren Mercedes     1:21.829   +  0.737
 7.  Zonta          BAR Honda            1:21.957   +  0.865
 8.  R.Schumacher   Williams BMW         1:22.031   +  0.939
 9.  Hakkinen       McLaren Mercedes     1:22.124   +  1.032
10.  Diniz          Sauber Petronas      1:22.673   +  1.581
11.  Fisichella     Benetton Playlife    1:22.835   +  1.743
12.  Irvine         Jaguar Cosworth      1:22.929   +  1.837
13.  Alesi          Prost Peugeot        1:22.985   +  1.893
14.  Gene           Minardi Fondmetal    1:23.063   +  1.971
15.  Herbert        Jaguar Cosworth      1:23.151   +  2.059
16.  Button         Williams BMW         1:23.237   +  2.145
17.  Heidfeld       Prost Peugeot        1:23.276   +  2.184
18.  Verstappen     Arrows Supertec      1:23.338   +  2.246
19.  Wurz           Benetton Playlife    1:23.447   +  2.355
20.  Salo           Sauber Petronas      1:23.457   +  2.365
21.  de la Rosa     Arrows Supertec      1:23.536   +  2.444
22.  Mazzacane      Minardi Fondmetal    1:24.566   +  3.474

All timing unofficial


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