* Lap 1: At the start David Coulthard anticipates the start and takes the lead. He is later given a 10-second stop-go penalty. On the run down to the first corner Michael Schumacher is second while Mika Hakkinen holds off a challenge for third from Rubens Barrichello. Heinz-Harald Frentzen is forced wide in the early part of the infield and drops from seventh to ninth, losing out to Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher. At the end of the lap Coulthard is over a second ahead. At the back of the field Johnny Herbert is struggling on dry tyres, the only driver to start on them. The rest of the field starts on intermediate rubber as the track is still damp in places.

* Lap 2: Coulthard sets the fastest lap of the race as he increases his lead to 1.7secs. At the end of the back straight Jenson Button challenges Jarno Trulli for fifth place and the two cars touch. Button understeers off but rejoins. At the next corner Trulli goes wide as well. Both men pit for repairs at the end of the lap and rejoin in 21st and 22nd positions. In the course of the lap Frentzen gets ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Ricardo Zonta passes Pedro Diniz for eighth place. Further back Jos Verstappen overtakes both Eddie Irvine and Alexander Wurz to move to 10th.

* Lap 3: The order at the front remain the same but the sorting out continues further down the field with Pedro de la Rosa passing Nick Heidfeld for 13th and Marc Gene overtaking Giancarlo Fisichella for 17th.

* Lap 4: Coulthard slows down dramatically, losing a second to Schumacher. De la Rosa's progress continues as he passes Alexander Wurz to take 12th. At the back of the field Jean Alesi is the first man to switch from intermediates to dry tyres.

* Lap 5: Schumacher tries to pass Coulthard in Turn 1 but the attack is repulsed. This enables Hakkinen to close in so the top three are running together. Barrichello is fourth ahead of Villeneuve, Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher and Zonta. Heidfeld is the second driver to stop for dry tyres.

* Lap 6: Barrichello is the first of the frontrunners to stop for tyres. Further back de la Rosa moves ahead of Irvine to take 11th.

* Lap 7: Michael Schumacher challenges Coulthard for the lead at Turn 1, passing the McLaren on the outside. The two cars touch slightly and Schumacher emerges ahead. At the end of the lap he is already building up a lead. Hakkinen stops for dry tyres and is followed into the pits by Ralf Schumacher, Zonta, Verstappen, Irvine and Wurz.

* Lap 8: Coulthard stops for his stop-go penalty. At the tail of the field Giancarlo Fisichella also stops for a penalty because of a jumped start. Pit callers include Villeneuve, de la Rosa and Gene.

* Lap 9: Michael Schumacher stays ahead with the others who have yet to stop in his wake. Frentzen is second with Diniz third and Gastone Mazzacane fourth. Hakkinen is fifth with Villeneuve sixth. Coulthard stops again to change to dry tyres and drops down to the order to 16th. In the midfield Zonta passes de la Rosa for 12th.

* Lap 10: De la Rosa repasses Zonta for 12th.

* Lap 11: Ralf Schumacher passes Barrichello to take seventh position while Zonta retakes de la Rosa for 12th.

* Lap 12: Third-placed Diniz pits and drops to sixth place. Hakkinen is stuck behind Mazzacane. In the drying conditions the two Williams-BMWs are the fastest cars on the track. Jenson Button and Ralf Schumacher both setting fastest laps.

* Lap 13: Schumacher, Frentzen and Mazzacane stay out again while a frustrated Hakkinen tries to find a way to pass the Minardi. Ralf Schumacher passes Diniz to grab fifth position. Further back Barrichello is overtaken by Verstappen. Trulli has a bad pit stop and then retires almost immediately when he pulls off the track.

* Lap 14: Frentzen and Mazzacane pit, leaving Hakkinen in second place with Ralf Schumacher third. Further back Button passes Barrichello for ninth.

* Lap 15: Hakkinen sets the fastest lap of the race as he chases after Schumacher, who still has to pit. Michael, however, has a lead of 43secs. Button pulls off and stops with a mechanical problem.

* Lap 16: Michael Schumacher finally stops for tyres. He rejoins still in the lead around 10secs ahead of Hakkinen. In the midfield Johnny Herbert passes Barrichello for eighth place - evidence that his strategy of starting on dry tyres from 19th on the grid is a good idea.

* Lap 17: Ralf Schumacher sets another fastest lap. Verstappen takes fifth place from Diniz. Herbert passes Villeneuve to take seventh place while further back Irvine overtakes Zonta.

* Lap 18: Hakkinen continues to close on Schumacher while further back in the field Herbert overtakes Diniz to move into sixth place. Diniz also drops behind Villeneuve.

* Lap 19: Hakkinen chops Schumacher's lead to eight seconds. Ralf Schumacher remains in third ahead of Frentzen, Verstappen Herbert and Villeneuve. Barrichello begins to recover, moving ahead of Diniz to take eighth place. Further back Irvine passes de la Rosa to take 10th. Mika Salo spins into a sandtrap in the infield.

* Lap 21: Hakkinen's series of fastest laps has taken him to within seven seconds of Schumacher. Further back Irvine is pushed back to 11th by a recovering de la Rosa. Near the tail of the field Coulthard finally manages to pass Marc Gene's Minardi after five laps stuck behind the Spaniard.

* Lap 23: Hakkinen has reduced Schumacher's lead to five seconds while further back Coulthard moves ahead of Zonta to take 12th.

* Lap 26: Hakkinen is only four seconds behind Schumacher when his engine fails. This puts Ralf Schumacher up to second and Frentzen to third. Verstappen is fourth in his Arrows with Herbert fifth and Villeneuve sixth.

* Lap 27: Herbert pits and has the nose of his car replaced. He drops back to 17th place.

* Lap 28: Coulthard passes Irvine to move up to ninth place.

* Lap 35: After a period of stability in the race order, Verstappen slides off the track and retires. This promotes Villeneuve to fourth with Barrichello fifth and Diniz sixth.

* Lap 37: Barrichello closes up to Villeneuve while further back Coulthard overtakes de la Rosa to take seventh.

* Lap 39: Ralf Schumacher pits and drops from second to seventh. The German appears to have some mechanical trouble just before his stop.

* Lap 40: Coulthard's charge continues as he overtakes Diniz to move to fifth place. The midfield begins to stop for fuel and tyres with de la Rosa beginning the sequence of stops.

* Lap 41: Coulthard stops and drops from fifth to 11th.

* Lap 42: Ralf Schumacher stops again and drops from sixth to 15th.

* Lap 46: De la Rosa stops on the main straight with a mechanical problem.

* Lap 47: Tail-ender Fisichella retires with an engine problem.

* Lap 49: With the midfield stops having finished, Michael Schumacher stops again. He rejoins with a lead of over 10secs. At the back of the field Mazzacane comes in and misses his stopping point and hits one of his mechanics.

* Lap 53: The second pit stops end with Schumacher and Barrichello running 1-2, Rubens having got the better of Frentzen during the pit stop sequence.

* Lap 58: Frentzen and Villeneuve battle for third place while sixth-placed Diniz pits and drops out of the points, promoting Zonta to sixth position.

* Lap 65: Villeneuve challenges Frentzen at Turn 1. He gets ahead but overshoots the turn and rejoins behind Frentzen. In the midfield eighth-placed Alesi suffers a blown engine and spins out. This promotes Heidfeld to eighth.

* Lap 67: Diniz passes Heidfeld to take eighth.

* Lap 69: Michael Schumacher spins after snagging a wheel onto the grass on the inside of one of the infield turns. He is able to rejoin without losing the lead.

* Lap 73: Ferrari scores a popular 1-2 victory with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third.