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Atlas F1 News Service, a Reuters report

Saturday Free Practice - Monaco GP

Saturday June 3rd, 2000

David Coulthard outpaced pre-race favourite Michael Schumacher to clock the fastest lap in Saturday's free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Schumacher, in a Ferrari, was comfortably the faster of the two early on but Coulthard improved as the session went on and ended with the fastest lap time of 1:20:405, nearly one-tenth of a second faster than the German.

Coulthard's McLaren teammate and defending world champion Mika Hakkinen, who was fastest in Thursday's free practice, clocked the fifth quickest time.

Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton was third fastest, with Jarno Trulli of Jordan in fourth place and Rubens Barrichello in the other Ferrari sixth.

Pos  Driver         Team                 Times               
 1.  Coulthard      McLaren Mercedes     1:20.405  150.886 km/h
 2.  M.Schumacher   Ferrari              1:20.503   +  0.098
 3.  Fisichella     Benetton Playlife    1:20.599   +  0.194
 4.  Trulli         Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:20.863   +  0.458
 5.  Hakkinen       McLaren Mercedes     1:20.910   +  0.505
 6.  Barrichello    Ferrari              1:20.998   +  0.593
 7.  Alesi          Prost Peugeot        1:21.072   +  0.667
 8.  Wurz           Benetton Playlife    1:21.213   +  0.808
 9.  Frentzen       Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:21.249   +  0.844
10.  R.Schumacher   Williams BMW         1:21.396   +  0.991
11.  de la Rosa     Arrows Supertec      1:21.401   +  0.996
12.  Irvine         Jaguar Cosworth      1:21.411   +  1.006
13.  Herbert        Jaguar Cosworth      1:22.023   +  1.618
14.  Button         Williams BMW         1:22.206   +  1.801
15.  Salo           Sauber Petronas      1:22.338   +  1.933
16.  Diniz          Sauber Petronas      1:22.488   +  2.083
17.  Verstappen     Arrows Supertec      1:22.642   +  2.237
18.  Villeneuve     BAR Honda            1:22.971   +  2.566
19.  Zonta          BAR Honda            1:23.088   +  2.683
20.  Heidfeld       Prost Peugeot        1:23.631   +  3.226
21.  Gene           Minardi Fondmetal    1:23.657   +  3.252
22.  Mazzacane      Minardi Fondmetal    1:24.246   +  3.841

All Timing Unofficial