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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]
In this session, Schumacher set a benchmark time of 1:20.418, ahead of Hill in second, Coulthard, Häkkinen, Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) and the rest of the field. [15] The drivers, were uninspired by the circuit: Schumacher described it as "dull" and "easy to learn, with no real challenges" and Coulthard predicted a ...
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).
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.
Schumacher set the fastest time in the first session, posting a lap of 1:16.057, three-tenths of a second quicker than Hill and Coulthard, in second and third places respectively. The Ferrari cars were fourth and fifth fastest; Gerhard Berger ahead of Jean Alesi , with McLaren driver Mark Blundell rounding out the top six. [ 1 ]
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.
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.
After his final stop, Schumacher gradually opened his leading margin 11 seconds, winning the race after 71 laps in a time of 1:48:49.972s, with Coulthard finishing second in his Williams. The Ferrari cars of Berger – who made his final stop on lap 49 without losing a place [ 1 ] – and Alesi were third and fifth respectively, but off the ...