Summary

Hakkinen portrayed the Mclaren domination and his desire to win by setting the fastest time during today's free sessions. He was eight tenth faster than his team-mate David Coulthard. Johnny Herbert set a very fine third time.

The Times

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

1m 22.147s 1m 22.965s 1m 23.237s 1m 23.421s 1m 23.468s 1m 23.843s 1m 24.037s 1m 24.198s 1m 24.257s 1m 24.272s 1m 24.286s 1m 24.311s 1m 24.420s 1m 24.888s 1m 24.897s 1m 25.280s 1m 25.335s 1m 25.525s 1m 25.770s 1m 26.285s 1m 26.371s 1m 26.606s 1m 27.897s