Summary

For a complete race review and report see the next issue of Atlas Team F1 on-line next Tuesday June 4.

Notes:

• The Yamaha engine of Salo didn't start at the starting grid. He rejoins the race in the T-car.
• Lamy ,Coulthard, Fisichella, Rosset, Panis collide at the start, all retire.
• Katayama retires on lap 8.
• Hill goes off three times and retires after the third on lap 10.
• Brundle retires with an engine problem on lap 17.
• Herbert spins off on lap 20.
• Berger spins off on lap 45.
• Verstappen spins off on lap 48.
• Barrichello retires with a transmission problem but rejoins the race when the problem seems to be fixed only to retire one lap later.
• Only six drivers finish the race just a few second before the two hour limed expires.

Top six

1. Schumacher
2. Alesi
3. Villeneuve
4. Frentzen
5. Hakkinen
6. Diniz

Quotes

Schumacher: "I would not have bet a penny on getting a result like this. Nobody gave us any presents here but I just pushed it to victory. I really did not expect it but today the car was handling well."

Coulthard: "I don't really know what happened. I hit the back of someone but I could not see anything so I can't say who it was. When you are behind other cars in these conditions you can't see anything but a blanket of spray."

Herbert: "I was aquaplaning all the straights."

A quick look at the standings

1. Hill 43
2. Villeneuve 26
3. Schumacher 26
4. Alesi 17
5. Panis 11
6. Coulthard 10
7. Irvine 9
8. Hakkinen 8
9. Berger 7
10. Barrichello 7
11. Frentzen 6
12. Salo 5
13. Herbert 4
14. Diniz 1
15. Brundle 1
16. Verstappen 1

Constructors championship

1. Williams-Renault 69
2. Ferrari 35
3. Benetton-Renault 24
4. McLaren-Mercedes 18
5. Ligier-Mugen-Honda 12
6. Sauber-Ford 10
7. Jordan-Peugeot 8
8. Tyrrell-Yamaha 5
9. TWR 1