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Convinced that Coulthard was at fault, [21] Schumacher confronted him. According to Coulthard's version of events, Schumacher accused Coulthard of "trying to fucking kill me", [22] and also threatened to kill Coulthard. [23] Many were convinced that Coulthard did it intentionally in order to help his teammate. [24]
The Grand Prix began at 13:00 Eastern Time after the FIA moved the race's start time by an hour from 14:00 local time for unknown reasons. [77] The conditions on the grid were dry and damp before the race; the air temperature was between 12 and 14 °C (54 and 57 °F) and the track temperature between 13 and 14 °C (55 and 57 °F).
On the same lap Coulthard had a rear tyre de-lamination, but he made it back to pit lane. Räikkönen stopped at the end of lap 13. Montoya now led the race from Schumacher, until Montoya pitted on lap 15. Montoya left the pit lane behind Massa, losing time while overtaking him. Schumacher pitted one lap later and leapfrogged Montoya.
Schumacher was joined on the front row by teammate Barrichello, who was nearly 0.3 seconds slower after struggling to get his Ferrari properly balanced and making a mistake at turn one on his first run. [52] [53] Coulthard took third from Montoya on his final lap, losing time being late accelerate out of turn 13.
When lap one ended, Ralf Schumacher led Coulthard, Trulli, Häkkinen, Michael Schumacher and Montoya. [81] Ralf Schumacher and Coulthard began pulling away from Trulli, who was battling Häkkinen for third, and a pack of cars formed behind them. [79] Heidfeld passed Irvine for 12th, and Verstappen overtook Burti for 16th on lap two. [59]
Häkkinen pulled away, and Coulthard was held up by Schumacher. Coulthard would have got in front of Schumacher at the second round of stops, but lost time behind Gastón Mazzacane and then Marc Gené. This meant he emerged a fraction behind Schumacher. Häkkinen won, with Schumacher and Coulthard making up the podium. Barrichello beat Ralf to ...
Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher completed the top ten. [12] In the final two practice sessions, Coulthard set the fastest lap with a time of 1:20.738; Häkkinen finished with the second-fastest time. The Williams drivers were quicker, with Villeneuve in third and Frentzen in sixth.
David Marshall Coulthard (born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2008.Nicknamed "DC", Coulthard was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2001 with McLaren, and won 13 Grands Prix across 15 seasons.