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[JayWay]

. 1 HAKKINEN McLaren Mercedes 1'32"738 205.857 Km/h
2. 3 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1'32"965 + 0'00"227
3. 4 BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1'33"060 + 0'00"322
4. 2 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes 1'33"400 + 0'00"662
5. 22 VILLENEUVE BAR Honda 1'33"983 + 0'01"245
6. 9 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW 1'34"158 + 0'01"420
7. 5 FRENTZEN Jordan Mugen-Honda 1'34"645 + 0'01"907
8. 19 VERSTAPPEN Arrows Supertec 1'34"745 + 0'02"007
9. 7 IRVINE Jaguar Ford 1'34"747 + 0'02"009
10. 12 WURZ Benetton Supertec 1'34"814 + 0'02"076
11. 11 FISICHELLA Benetton Supertec 1'34"899 + 0'02"161
12. 23 ZONTA BAR Honda 1'35"076 + 0'02"338
13. 10 BUTTON Williams BMW 1'35"180 + 0'02"442
14. 17 SALO Sauber Petronas 1'35"235 + 0'02"497
15. 18 DE LA ROSA Arrows Supertec 1'35"316 + 0'02"578
16. 16 DINIZ Sauber Petronas 1'35"369 + 0'02"631
17. 20 GENE Minardi Fondmetal 1'35"494 + 0'02"756
18. 21 MAZZACANE Minardi Fondmetal 1'36"245 + 0'03"507
19. 8 HERBERT Jaguar Ford 1'36"841 + 0'04"103
20. 14 ALESI Prost Peugeot 1'37"457 + 0'04"719
21. 15 HEIDFELD Prost Peugeot 1'37"926 + 0'05"188

GO JV GO!! Great 5th position! Only 4 tenths behind DC! I know its only practice, but I couldnt help it! Im a Jaxaholic. Schuey had technical probs near the end.

[The Dijk]

You beat my by some minute there Jay ;)

[thc^]

GO HÄKKINEN GO

thc^

[mono-posto]

Go Prost Go!!!!!

Go home that is!!!

Nice to see Barichello only a .1 off of Schumacher and .35 over DC.

Go Rubens!

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[Psychoman]

Frans HAS to be partying now--.1 behind HHF...

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[RAD]

Mono Posto=

Looks close at the top.

How about JV in the BAR! 5mil for them in the Atlas league was a steal! Jax might whoop some ass if his car holds together.

BMW has been bluffing so far IMO. RS's showing makes me think I'm right.

Watch out for those Minardis!

Four or five drivers have a good chance of winning. It should be a great race.

BTW: NO TIME FOR JTrulli.

[This message has been edited by RAD (edited 03-10-2000).]

[molive]

It`s so close!!!!!

The first four separated by a mere .6 secs!

If it`s like that for all the season...

Is BAR (JV) for real????

can`t wait for the real one...

[JayWay]

RAD,

Trulli didnt get any laps in, dont know what happened.

Lets not jinx JV, lets see what he does in the next practice in about half hour, then we can celebrate!

[Pascal]

What happened to Trulli?

[Haz]

Interesting so far, Villeneuve I think is the real surprise. BAR seemed so SLOW in testing. Well, they are still about 2 seconds off last year's pole, so can't tell too much yet. Williams also look promising, I guess the BMW might be better than I originally thought.

[RedFever]

wow, I hope they can keep it that close tomorrow. However, I would expect Mika or Schumi to put in one of their magic laps and maybe create a larger gap. They are both capable of doing it if they find a completly traffic free lap.

By the way, I think the gap between Reds and Silvers and the rest is pretty considerable already. And because they are better cars, those four will be able to get more out of them once they all go to the limit. If at least one of these four cars makes it to the end with no problems, there is no chance for anyone else to win.

[RedFever]

Also, it looks like McLaren wasn't sandbagging. Ferrari seems to be right there with them. Two years ago there were 2 seconds between the two!!!!!!

[Lantern]

Trulli had tranny problems.

[mono-posto]

I think he just got caught up with all those Benson & Hedges girls!

[Indian Chief]

Looks very close.
When is the second practice session starting?

[The RedBaron]

Prefer to wait for Qualifying, but it looks like Ferrari & McClarens start on an even keel this year, which is what Schuey said a couple of days ago. makes a change from being a second or two slower at qualifying stage. I don't think the top 4 were sandbagging. So it looks like a 4-horse race this year. You can see how much closer and faster Rubens is compared to Eddie, it looks good for Team Ferrari (WCC).

Surprises from Ralf, Villernere and Verstappen

[Raelene]

Man you JV fans are excited aren't you...it is only practice, but I guess after last year, you want something to cheer about :-)

Red and Silver all the way and by quite some margin too.

Looks to me that the Macs and Ferraris are just doing the "mine is bigger than yours" MS has just had a big crash, DC moves up to second...

Practice is only practice, let's wait until the races

[The RedBaron]

Michael Schumacher was unhurt after a big accident in Friday's second free practice session. The German lost control at a fast right-hander of the Melbourne track 27 minutes into the final session.
The Ferrari skated across the gravel and hit the tyres very hard, causing a lot of damage to the left-hand side.

Schumacher climbed out of the car unaided, and was ferried back to the pits on the back of a motorcycle.

McLaren's David Coulthard had a lurid 360 degree spin at the same corner 10 minutes later, but was able to continue without damage

[The RedBaron]

No early nights for the Ferrari mechanics then ;)

[Andy]

GO JV - GO BAR!! Imagine, 5th and JV usually does **** in practice on purpose!! Okay, won't jinx it but DAMN right we JV fans are excited, after last year can you blame us??

[The RedBaron]

MS first at the moment followed by DC, Rubens and Mika.

[Raelene]

go Pedro Diniz, oh hang on, it's only practice :-)

just glad to have something to really talk about.

[The RedBaron]

Hi Raelene, long time no see