Sunday July 30th, 2000

Briton David Coulthard, due to start on pole in Sunday's German Grand Prix, spun off and and hit the barriers during a drama-filled warm-up session.

He escaped injury but was forced to continue in the McLaren team's spare car.

Coulthard was fastest during the session, one tenth of a second ahead of team mate and defending world champion Mika Hakkinen.

Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa, who will start from fifth on the grid in his Arrows, also hit the barriers near the end of the session when he ran into debris from the bodywork of Nick Heidfeld's Prost. He, too, was unhurt.

De la Rosa clocked the third-best time in the warm-up, just ahead of world championship leader Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari.

Canadian Jacques Villeneuve's BAR, meanwhile, collided with Dutchman Jos Verstappen in the second Arrows going into the first chicane during the first minute of the session.

Both went off and were forced to run back to the pitlane to continue in spare cars.

Pos  Driver         Team                 Times                 
 1.  Coulthard      McLaren Mercedes     1:44.065  236.102 km/h
 2.  Hakkinen       McLaren Mercedes     1:44.227   +  0.162   
 3.  de la Rosa     Arrows Supertec      1:44.636   +  0.571   
 4.  M.Schumacher   Ferrari              1:44.782   +  0.717   
 5.  Frentzen       Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:44.809   +  0.744   
 6.  Diniz          Sauber Petronas      1:45.361   +  1.296   
 7.  Fisichella     Benetton Playlife    1:45.363   +  1.298   
 8.  Villeneuve     BAR Honda            1:45.363   +  1.298   
 9.  Barrichello    Ferrari              1:45.490   +  1.425   
10.  Trulli         Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:45.538   +  1.473   
11.  Verstappen     Arrows Supertec      1:45.668   +  1.603   
12.  Zonta          BAR Honda            1:45.692   +  1.627   
13.  Alesi          Prost Peugeot        1:45.867   +  1.802   
14.  Salo           Sauber Petronas      1:45.921   +  1.856   
15.  Wurz           Benetton Playlife    1:46.012   +  1.947   
16.  R.Schumacher   Williams BMW         1:46.088   +  2.023   
17.  Irvine         Jaguar Cosworth      1:46.396   +  2.331   
18.  Herbert        Jaguar Cosworth      1:46.543   +  2.478   
19.  Gene           Minardi Fondmetal    1:46.619   +  2.554   
20.  Heidfeld       Prost Peugeot        1:47.168   +  3.103   
21.  Mazzacane      Minardi Fondmetal    1:47.291   +  3.226   
22.  Button         Williams BMW         1:47.463   +  3.398   

All Timing Unofficial

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