Summary

Damon Hill set the fastest time during free practice at the sunny Nurburgring (Germany) today. Schumacher came in second and Hakkinen third.

Jos Verstappen did an excellent job in the morning session by clocking the third fastest time, but he fell back to the eighth place in the afternoon.

Quotes

Hill: "I am confident we can show well here but I know the competition will always get stronger and we have to keep fighting."

Schumacher: "We are moving in the right direction. I repeat that to finish on the podium here would be a good result."