Sunday September 30th, 2001

McLaren's Mika Hakkinen hit the barriers in an eventful and interrupted warm-up for the U.S. Formula One Grand Prix.

The Finn, who is due to start on the front row with Ferrari's World Champion Michael Schumacher, tracked over the grass run-off and crunched into the metal barriers a minute from the end. He stepped out of the car unhurt.

The session had earlier been interrupted for 15 minutes when Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, winner of the last race in Italy, suffered a blown engine. Smoke billowed out of Montoya's BMW-powered Williams car as he sped down the main straight, eight minutes into the session.

He parked the car by the pitlane wall but the clean-up operation took longer than expected due to metal debris on the track. When the action resumed, Brazilian Rubens Barrichello beached his Ferrari in the gravel trap while Ralf Schumacher spun his Williams before continuing.

Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen pulled over in the Prost at the same time as Hakkinen's accident. Ralf Schumacher was fastest in 1:13.912, ahead of the McLarens of David Coulthard and Hakkinen. Michael Schumacher was fourth quickest.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Times                 
 1.  R.Schumacher  Williams BMW       (M)  1:13.912  204.178 km/h
 2.  Coulthard     Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:13.982    +    0.070
 3.  Hakkinen      Mclaren Mercedes   (B)  1:14.025    +    0.113
 4.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari            (B)  1:14.029    +    0.117
 5.  Verstappen    Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:14.036    +    0.124
 6.  Montoya       Williams BMW       (M)  1:14.063    +    0.151
 7.  de la Rosa    Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:14.083    +    0.171
 8.  Raikkonen     Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:14.145    +    0.233
 9.  Barrichello   Ferrari            (B)  1:14.220    +    0.308
10.  Heidfeld      Sauber Petronas    (B)  1:14.528    +    0.616
11.  Irvine        Jaguar Cosworth    (M)  1:14.597    +    0.685
12.  Trulli        Jordan Honda       (B)  1:14.778    +    0.866
13.  Fisichella    Benetton Renault   (M)  1:14.979    +    1.067
14.  Button        Benetton Renault   (M)  1:15.122    +    1.210
15.  Panis         BAR Honda          (B)  1:15.201    +    1.289
16.  Alesi         Jordan Honda       (B)  1:15.344    +    1.432
17.  Enge          Prost Acer         (M)  1:15.437    +    1.525
18.  Bernoldi      Arrows Asiatech    (B)  1:15.649    +    1.737
19.  Villeneuve    BAR Honda          (B)  1:15.958    +    2.046
20.  Frentzen      Prost Acer         (M)  1:16.037    +    2.125
21.  Alonso        Minardi European   (M)  1:16.332    +    2.420
22.  Yoong         Minardi European   (M)  1:16.646    +    2.734

All Timing Unofficial

Published at 14:17:43 GMT

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