Another Alternate F1 2000

[good_Ralf]

I've taken the average percentage deficit from pole for each driver and from there I've worked out a constant for each constructor. What this means is that each car's pace will be multiplied, the slower the team, the higher the constant, so that in each session the gap between the front and back of the grid will be much smaller and the field spread will be nearly cancelled out.

So for this series, starting with 2000, I will apply the constants to all the teams in qualifying and race sessions, so expect some surprise results a lot of the time!

Constructor (Constant)

McLaren 1.005
Ferrari - 1.005
Jordan - 1.015
Jaguar - 1.020
Williams - 1.015
Benetton - 1.020
Prost - 1.030
Sauber - 1.025
Arrows - 1.025
Minardi - 1.035
BAR - 1.020

Today I'll do the first 4 races, then about 4 each day or so.

So now, round 1.

Australia

Qualifying

The new 'rules' appeared to help neutralize the field spread, with the top 15 covered by less than a second. Eddie Irvine took pole from Mika Salo, in his first event with Sauber. Teammates Diniz and Herbert could only manage 18th and 21st resp.
The front-runners of 1999 will be disappointed with their pace. The McLarens got 5th and 12th, the Ferraris could only line-up 14th and 15th. Another surprise was Marc Gene, who starts 6th in his Minardi.

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1   Eddie Irvine   0.000
2   Mika Salo   0.054
3   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.289
4   Pedro de la Rosa   0.352
5   Mika Häkkinen   0.386
6   Marc Gené   0.388
7   Jarno Trulli   0.432
8   Jacques Villeneuve   0.445
9   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.469
10   Jos Verstappen   0.502
11   Nick Heidfeld   0.595
12   David Coulthard   0.738
13   Jean Alesi   0.763
14   Michael Schumacher   0.902
15   Rubens Barrichello   0.929
16   Ralf Schumacher   1.138
17   Alexander Wurz   1.236
18   Pedro Diniz   1.381
19   Ricardo Zonta   1.572
20   Gaston Mazzacane   1.783
21   Johnny Herbert   2.082
22   Jenson Button   2.722

Race

After an early SC, caused by a crash between pole-man Irvine and de la Rosa, Salo took the lead and held it to the finish, but despite winning by 25 seconds, was disqualified afterwards for a technical infringement, gifting Jacques Villeneuve a win from 8th on the grid. Behind him were Fisichella and teammate Zonta. who had charged up from 19th.

Ferrari only scored one point between them, but their rivals McLaren and Jordan saw none of their cars finish. Williams got points in their first race with BMW and Gene just missed out after his remarkable qualfying efforts.

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1   Jacques Villeneuve   1:32:54.927
2   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:32:55.643
3   Ricardo Zonta   1:32:56.903
4   Alexander Wurz   1:32:57.361
5   Ralf Schumacher   1:32:58.325
6   Michael Schumacher   1:33:33.908
7   Marc Gené   1:33:36.663
8   Rubens Barrichello   1:33:45.288
9   Nick Heidfeld   1:34:41.452
D   Mika Salo   1:32:28.900

Villeneuve - 10
Fisichella - 6
Zonta - 4
Wurz - 3
R Schumacher - 2
M Schumacher - 1

BAR - 14
Benetton - 9
Williams - 2
Ferrari - 1

Brazil

Qualifying

Despite hitting a loose advertising hoard, many of which leading to a series of red flags in the session, Jean Alesi managed pole position with some ease from Mika Hakkinen's McLaren. Gene took another surprise result with 3rd place, but both Saubers started last, with rear wing issues. They would ultimately withdraw from the race on safety grounds.

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1   Jean Alesi   0.000
2   Mika Häkkinen   0.233
3   Marc Gené   0.287
4   Jos Verstappen   0.348
5   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.387
6   David Coulthard   0.406
7   Eddie Irvine   0.436
8   Ricardo Zonta   0.494
9   Jacques Villeneuve   0.525
10   Michael Schumacher   0.628
11   Pedro de la Rosa   0.639
12   Alexander Wurz   0.671
13   Rubens Barrichello   0.755
14   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.830
15   Jenson Button   0.865
16   Ralf Schumacher   0.935
17   Jarno Trulli   1.000
18   Johnny Herbert   1.245
19   Nick Heidfeld   1.356
20   Gaston Mazzacane   1.381
21   Pedro Diniz   1.786
22   Mika Salo   3.274

Race

On a one-stop strategy, Giancarlo Fisichella took a win in his Benetton, and with Villeneuve retiring, lead the championship. Frentzen drove a solid race to take 2nd from 14th and Michael Schumacher took 3rd, on a two-stopper. Coulthard finished 4th a few seconds behind, but promptly got Salo'ed, leaving McLaren without a point.

Despite fatigue, Jos the Boss managed 4th from Trulli, TM de la Rosa getting the final point.

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1   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:30:26.626
2   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   1:30:55.717
3   Michael Schumacher   1:31:07.940
4   Jos Verstappen   1:31:14.635
5   Jarno Trulli   1:31:25.753
6   Pedro de la Rosa   1:31:28.533
7   Gaston Mazzacane   1:31:29.508
8   Ralf Schumacher   1:31:32.445
9   Jenson Button   1:31:51.163
10   Ricardo Zonta   1:32:23.896
D   David Coulthard   1:31:12.199

Fisichella - 16
Villeneuve - 10
Frentzen - 6
M Schumacher - 5
Zonta - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
R Schumacher - 2
Trulli - 2
de la Rosa - 1

Benetton - 19
BAR - 14
Jordan - 8
Ferrari - 5
Arrows - 4
Williams - 2

San Marino

Qualifying

After their Brazilian disaster, Sauber went straight to the top at Imola, with a front row lock-out! Pedro de la Rosa took 3rd by a hair from Irvine. Hakkinen and Schumacher got 5th and 7th. Gene, the qualifying hero of the opening races, could only make 19th on the grid, beaten by dead-beat teammate Mazzacane.
And it was another terrible placing for Rubens...

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1   Pedro Diniz   0.000
2   Mika Salo   0.096
3   Pedro de la Rosa   0.108
4   Eddie Irvine   0.109
5   Mika Häkkinen   0.158
6   Jean Alesi   0.161
7   Michael Schumacher   0.248
8   Jacques Villeneuve   0.301
9   Alexander Wurz   0.455
10   David Coulthard   0.456
11   Ralf Schumacher   0.467
12   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.488
13   Jos Verstappen   0.592
14   Jarno Trulli   0.596
15   Rubens Barrichello   0.683
16   Ricardo Zonta   0.977
17   Gaston Mazzacane   1.113
18   Johnny Herbert   1.209
19   Marc Gené   1.211
20   Giancarlo Fisichella   1.408
21   Nick Heidfeld   1.653
22   Jenson Button   1.713

Race

Michael Schumacher had excellent pace from 7th, and after clearing Salo and Hakkinen at the second stops, won on Ferrari's home turf by just half a second from Salo. That Mika will be even more furious over losing his Melbourne win. Hakkinen at least opened his account with 3rd just behind Salo, Diniz rounding out a great points finish for Sauber.

Villeneuve and Irvine scraped through to points finishes. Coulthard and Barrichello remain pointless, Schumi one point behind Fisi.

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1   Michael Schumacher   1:31:12.421
2   Mika Salo   1:31:12.998
3   Mika Häkkinen   1:31:13.569
4   Pedro Diniz   1:31:23.615
5   Jacques Villeneuve   1:31:39.322
6   Eddie Irvine   1:31:46.476
7   David Coulthard   1:32:03.156
8   Alexander Wurz   1:32:12.950
9   Johnny Herbert   1:32:18.060
10   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:32:18.657
11   Ricardo Zonta   1:32:40.884
12   Rubens Barrichello   1:32:41.258
13   Gaston Mazzacane   1:32:52.936
14   Jos Verstappen   1:34:03.893

Fisichella - 16
M Schumacher - 15
Villeneuve - 12
Frentzen - 6
Salo - 6
Zonta - 4
Hakkinen - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
Diniz - 3
R Schumacher - 2
Trulli - 2
de la Rosa - 1
Irvine - 1

Benetton - 19
BAR - 16
Ferrari - 15
Sauber - 9
Jordan - 8
Arrows - 4
McLaren - 4
Williams - 2
Jaguar - 1

Britain

Qualifying

A continuously drying track in qualifying meant he who set a time last had the most of an advantage. Frentzen nailed his lap and starts 1st from the excellent Jos Verstappen in the Arrows. Jean Alesi starts 3rd ahead of Irvine. Jenson Button is 11th in his first home race, David Coulthard only 14th.

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1   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.000
2   Jos Verstappen   0.237
3   Jean Alesi   0.569
4   Eddie Irvine   0.676
5   Pedro Diniz   0.732
6   Nick Heidfeld   0.809
7   Marc Gené   0.829
8   Rubens Barrichello   0.837
9   Mika Häkkinen   0.875
10   Jacques Villeneuve   0.879
11   Jenson Button   1.012
12   Ralf Schumacher   1.064
13   Giancarlo Fisichella   1.103
14   David Coulthard   1.220
15   Michael Schumacher   1.293
16   Johnny Herbert   1.307
17   Jarno Trulli   1.436
18   Mika Salo   1.522
19   Pedro de la Rosa   1.546
20   Ricardo Zonta   1.612
21   Gaston Mazzacane   1.719
22   Alexander Wurz   2.036

Race

The Minardi's dry pace was staggering as they managed a 1-2 finish, Gene from 7th winning and Mazzacane 7th from the last row. Alesi picked up a podium, meaning that every team has now scored.

Williams scored again with 4th from Ralf, but Button, and Ferrari's Barrichello after a hydraulics problem haven't scored a point yet. Michael Schumacher was only 11th after a ghastly opening lap, but Hakkinen only clawed back one point. Villeneuve will also be annoyed, he could have taken pole but for taking his final run too early, then his chance at closing the gap to Fisi ended late with a gearbox failure.

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1   Marc Gené   1:28:00.717
2   Gaston Mazzacane   1:28:07.014
3   Jean Alesi   1:28:11.272
4   Ralf Schumacher   1:28:12.043
5   David Coulthard   1:28:23.603
6   Mika Häkkinen   1:28:25.054
7   Jenson Button   1:28:28.245
8   Mika Salo   1:28:33.016
9   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:28:37.312
10   Pedro Diniz   1:28:37.840
11   Michael Schumacher   1:28:43.405
12   Jarno Trulli   1:28:49.449
13   Alexander Wurz   1:29:00.343
14   Johnny Herbert   1:29:05.194
15   Eddie Irvine   1:29:08.161

Fisichella - 16
M Schumacher - 15
Villeneuve - 12
Gene - 10
Frentzen - 6
Salo - 6
Mazzacane - 6
Hakkinen - 5
R Schumacher - 5
Zonta - 4
Alesi - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
Diniz - 3
Trulli - 2
Coulthard - 2
de la Rosa - 1
Irvine - 1

Benetton - 19
Minardi - 16
BAR - 16
Ferrari - 15
Sauber - 9
Jordan - 8
McLaren - 7
Williams - 5
Prost - 4
Arrows - 4
Jaguar - 1

[good_Ralf]

Spain

Qualifying

Jacques Villeneuve recovered from his Silverstone disappointments to start on pole, although were it not for a fuel infringement, de la Rosa would have started at the front instead. The top 10 were covered by less than 0.4s, so a slip on your hot lap could put you a row back on the grid. Zonta, 0.9s off, was a measly 19th. Jacques' main rivals for the title are only 6th and 14th.
Marc Gene, in front of his fans, took his Minardi into the top 10.

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1   Jacques Villeneuve   0.000
2   Ralf Schumacher   0.043
3   Jos Verstappen   0.055
4   Mika Salo   0.076
5   Jean Alesi   0.124
6   Michael Schumacher   0.215
7   Nick Heidfeld   0.259
8   Mika Häkkinen   0.293
9   Marc Gené   0.307
10   Eddie Irvine   0.399
11   Jarno Trulli   0.438
12   Pedro Diniz   0.465
13   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.565
14   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.594
15   Rubens Barrichello   0.655
16   David Coulthard   0.661
17   Johnny Herbert   0.802
18   Jenson Button   0.812
19   Ricardo Zonta   0.901
20   Alexander Wurz   1.026
21   Gaston Mazzacane   1.052
22   Pedro de la Rosa   

Race

Villeneuve led the race well until his throttle failed, so once again Jacques will be upset over the unreliability from BAR. Thankfully, Fisichella only achieved 5th, but Michael Schumacher could have done even better. 3rd was definitely possible, but a mistake at his first stop resulted in injury to the refueller, and his back-up stuffed the second stop. Schumacher promptly picked up a puncture and wound up 12th. This allowed Hakkinen close in by another 4 points.

After all this, Mika Salo won his first race of the year for Sauber to put him into title contention. In contrast, his teammate Pedro Diniz managed to beach his car... on the first lap!
Ralf Schumacher took 2nd and from the back Zonta gained a fighting 4th for BAR. Jenson Button was set for his first points of the year with 5th, until his engine blew with a few laps to go. As for the homeboys, Gene just missed out on scoring and original polesitter de la Rosa hit Alesi early on and retired.

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1   Mika Salo   1:33:04.586
2   Ralf Schumacher   1:33:08.880
3   Mika Häkkinen   1:33:27.359
4   Ricardo Zonta   1:33:32.629
5   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:33:43.245
6   David Coulthard   1:33:43.336
7   Marc Gené   1:33:46.362
8   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   1:33:52.819
9   Rubens Barrichello   1:33:56.315
10   Alexander Wurz   1:34:03.131
11   Eddie Irvine   1:34:04.158
12   Michael Schumacher   1:34:15.098
13   Gaston Mazzacane   1:34:16.988
14   Johnny Herbert   1:34:34.649
15   Jarno Trulli   1:34:42.603
16   Nick Heidfeld   1:35:56.096

Fisichella - 18
Salo - 16
M Schumacher - 15
Villeneuve - 12
R Schumacher - 11
Gene - 10
Hakkinen - 9
Zonta - 7
Frentzen - 6
Mazzacane - 6
Alesi - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
Diniz - 3
Coulthard - 3
Trulli - 2
de la Rosa - 1
Irvine - 1

Benetton - 21
Sauber - 19
BAR - 19
Minardi - 16
Ferrari - 15
McLaren - 12
Williams - 11
Jordan - 8
Prost - 4
Arrows - 4
Jaguar - 1

Europe

Qualifying

de la Rosa made up for Spain by taking pole again, and this time he was allowed to keep it! Ironically, this was result once again due to the original timesetter getting disqualifed, Nick Heidfeld was deemed underweight and it was declared he would not be allowed to start the race. Coulthard starts behind Pedro. This time, the top 10 was covered by 0.3s, the top 13 by 0.4s! It is needless to say this, but if only F1 was always like this! Championship leader Fisichella is 3rd.

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1   Pedro de la Rosa   0.000
2   David Coulthard   0.047
3   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.057
4   Eddie Irvine   0.063
5   Jacques Villeneuve   0.101
6   Jos Verstappen   0.162
7   Michael Schumacher   0.184
8   Jean Alesi   0.234
9   Ralf Schumacher   0.258
10   Mika Häkkinen   0.301
11   Jarno Trulli   0.354
12   Marc Gené   0.355
13   Pedro Diniz   0.388
14   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.568
15   Jenson Button   0.625
16   Alexander Wurz   0.725
17   Rubens Barrichello   0.741
18   Mika Salo   0.771
19   Johnny Herbert   0.980
20   Ricardo Zonta   1.105
21   Gaston Mazzacane   1.179
22   Nick Heidfeld    

Race

The race started under a dark sky which only got darker still. Rain fell heavier and heavier, such that Michael Schumacher came through from 7th to win the race from de la Rosa, taking the lead in the championship from Fisichella. Hakkinen took 3rd, having run ahead of Michael early on. Fisichella managed to salvage 4th even through he bumped Trulli out on the start line.
In spite of a spin or two, Mazzacane scored 2 points for 5th place. ROTY material, eh, F1 Rejects?

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1   Michael Schumacher   1:41:29.857
2   Pedro de la Rosa   1:41:38.191
3   Mika Häkkinen   1:41:43.625
4   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:41:52.369
5   Gaston Mazzacane   1:42:19.603
6   Pedro Diniz   1:43:06.337
7   David Coulthard   1:43:09.657
8   Rubens Barrichello   1:43:11.234
9   Jean Alesi   1:43:24.531

M Schumacher - 25
Fisichella - 21
Salo - 16
Hakkinen - 13
Villeneuve - 12
R Schumacher - 11
Gene - 10
Mazzacane - 8
de la Rosa - 7
Zonta - 7
Frentzen - 6
Alesi - 4
Diniz - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
Coulthard - 3
Trulli - 2
Irvine - 1

Ferrari - 25
Benetton - 24
Sauber - 20
BAR - 19
Minardi - 18
McLaren - 16
Williams - 11
Arrows - 10
Jordan - 8
Prost - 4
Jaguar - 1

Monaco

Qualifying

Jean Alesi has often been a qualifying specialist such that in Monaco, which suited his underpowered Prost, pole position came to him by nearly half a second from Trulli. Championship rivals Schumi and Fisi start alongside each other.

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1   Jean Alesi   0.000
2   Jarno Trulli   0.418
3   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.630
4   Michael Schumacher   0.930
5   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.971
6   Eddie Irvine   1.010
7   Johnny Herbert   1.058
8   Alexander Wurz   1.136
9   David Coulthard   1.341
10   Ralf Schumacher   1.399
11   Mika Salo   1.422
12   Nick Heidfeld   1.479
13   Jos Verstappen   1.595
14   Pedro de la Rosa   1.687
15   Mika Häkkinen   1.692
16   Rubens Barrichello   1.866
17   Pedro Diniz   1.983
18   Jacques Villeneuve   2.094
19   Jenson Button   2.250
20   Ricardo Zonta   2.560
21   Marc Gené   2.740
22   Gaston Mazzacane   2.811

Race

Much like Villeneuve, Alesi must have been apoplectic over his Porst breaking down at the worst possible time. A win, if not a podium was definitely but for a transmission failure. And with Schumacher retiring after his rear suspension broke, Fisico is back in the box seat. Salo nabbed 2nd and Irvine made to the podium, Jaguar's first ever. Both Jordans both ought to have been there, except Trulli suffered another car failure and Frentzen crashed at Ste. Devote near the end, along with many others.

Heidfeld salvaged 4th for Prost, Barrichello scoring his first point for Ferrari after so many underwhelming near-misses. Hakkinen however, would have taken left Rubens pointless if something didn't jammed under his throttle pedal.

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1   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:47:37.580
2   Mika Salo   1:48:06.809
3   Eddie Irvine   1:48:24.074
4   Nick Heidfeld   1:48:50.062
5   David Coulthard   1:48:55.538
6   Rubens Barrichello   1:49:11.363
7   Jacques Villeneuve   1:49:22.643
8   Mika Häkkinen   1:50:25.070
9   Johnny Herbert   1:51:24.303

Fisichella - 31
M Schumacher - 25
Salo - 22
Hakkinen - 13
Villeneuve - 12
R Schumacher - 11
Gene - 10
Mazzacane - 8
de la Rosa - 7
Zonta - 7
Frentzen - 6
Irvine - 5
Coulthard - 5
Alesi - 4
Diniz - 4
Wurz - 3
Verstappen - 3
Heidfeld - 3
Trulli - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 34
Ferrari - 26
Sauber - 26
BAR - 19
Minardi - 18
McLaren - 18
Williams - 11
Arrows - 10
Jordan - 8
Prost - 7
Jaguar - 5

On an extra note, just Brits Button and Herbert are yet to score.

Canada

Qualifying

Pedro on pole again! The Spaniard managed to pip Jacques Villeneuve by two-hundredths of a second. Schumacher will start 3rd ahead of Coulthard and de la Rosa's teammate, Jos Verstappen.

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1   Pedro de la Rosa   0.000
2   Jacques Villeneuve   0.021
3   Michael Schumacher   0.086
4   David Coulthard   0.183
5   Jos Verstappen   0.190
6   Jean Alesi   0.204
7   Ricardo Zonta   0.216
8   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.345
9   Marc Gené   0.354
10   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.402
11   Johnny Herbert   0.423
12   Jarno Trulli   0.442
13   Rubens Barrichello   0.446
14   Mika Salo   0.520
15   Alexander Wurz   0.579
16   Mika Häkkinen   0.629
17   Pedro Diniz   0.761
18   Ralf Schumacher   0.927
19   Eddie Irvine   0.959
20   Nick Heidfeld   1.338
21   Gaston Mazzacane   1.352
22   Jenson Button   1.381

Race

Fisichella took back to back wins in Montreal and despite being in a very competitive field, has now won 3 races out of 8. If he can't win this year's championship I don't know who will. At this point in the year, Benetton and Fisichella would promptly fall off the cliff, of course I'm trying to jinx them!
de la Rosa might have challenged had he not been put on a race ruining two-stopper, before Diniz put him in the wall. Ironically, Diniz went on to score more points for Sauber, Salo not finishing.
Making up for de la Rosa's loss, was Jos Verstappen. After a mistake midway through, once rain came in the second half of the race, Jos soon put himself into 2nd place, a few seconds behind Fisi at flagfall.
Villeneuve fell did the opposite to Verstappen and crashed into Ralf. Fisichella's teammate Wurz came 4th, Michael Schumacher 6th after brake troubles, but only after Barrichello stayed behind him under Ferrari's orders.

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1   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:39:28.322
2   Jos Verstappen   1:39:35.147
3   Ricardo Zonta   1:40:22.338
4   Alexander Wurz   1:40:31.583
5   Pedro Diniz   1:40:35.941
6   Michael Schumacher   1:40:42.095
7   Rubens Barrichello   1:40:42.262
8   Jarno Trulli   1:40:43.351
9   Gaston Mazzacane   1:40:43.574
10   Mika Häkkinen   1:41:00.560
11   Jenson Button   1:41:11.772
12   David Coulthard   1:41:43.995
13   Eddie Irvine   1:45:23.489

Fisichella - 41
M Schumacher - 26
Salo - 22
Hakkinen - 13
Villeneuve - 12
R Schumacher - 11
Zonta - 11
Gene - 10
Verstappen - 9
Mazzacane - 8
de la Rosa - 7
Frentzen - 6
Wurz - 6
Diniz - 6
Irvine - 5
Coulthard - 5
Alesi - 4
Heidfeld - 3
Trulli - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 47
Sauber - 28
Ferrari - 27
BAR - 23
Minardi - 18
McLaren - 18
Arrows - 16
Williams - 11
Jordan - 8
Prost - 7
Jaguar - 5

[good_Ralf]

France

Qualifying

Having qualified excellently in most races this year, Irvine took his second pole, after Australia. Nick Heidfeld, at his team's home race, joined him on the front row and Villeneuve once again popped up highly in 3rd.
Championship leader, Fisichella is 19th, sharing the 10th with TM Wurz.

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1   Eddie Irvine   0.000
2   Nick Heidfeld   0.219
3   Jacques Villeneuve   0.249
4   Ralf Schumacher   0.263
5   Michael Schumacher   0.355
6   Jean Alesi   0.409
7   Mika Salo   0.439
8   David Coulthard   0.456
9   Pedro de la Rosa   0.493
10   Pedro Diniz   0.573
11   Marc Gené   0.587
12   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.624
13   Jarno Trulli   0.635
14   Gaston Mazzacane   0.753
15   Johnny Herbert   0.762
16   Rubens Barrichello   0.768
17   Mika Häkkinen   0.771
18   Jenson Button   0.867
19   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.900
20   Alexander Wurz   0.989
21   Jos Verstappen   1.131
22   Ricardo Zonta   1.244

Race

Irvine's race pace was so poor he slumped back, not for the first time this year, to 15th! Johnny Herbert retired, rounding off a(nother) bad result for last-placed Jaguar.
So Jacques Villeneuve won a dominant race for BAR, and like Irvine's pole, his first since Melbourne. While Zonta crashed out, Wurz had a very embarrassing off at the last corner and title contender Schumacher suffered an engine failure while in contention for a podium.

Coulthard took 2nd, Ralf 3rd and front-row man Heidfeld 4th. Fisichella managed 5th.

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1   Jacques Villeneuve   1:37:10.261
2   David Coulthard   1:37:36.247
3   Ralf Schumacher   1:37:41.607
4   Nick Heidfeld   1:37:49.290
5   Giancarlo Fisichella   1:37:50.244
6   Mika Häkkinen   1:37:50.923
7   Jarno Trulli   1:37:53.055
8   Mika Salo   1:38:02.140
9   Rubens Barrichello   1:38:08.518
10   Pedro Diniz   1:38:16.789
11   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   1:38:16.791
12   Jenson Button   1:38:17.559
13   Marc Gené   1:38:22.924
14   Jean Alesi   1:38:51.086
15   Eddie Irvine   1:38:55.462

Fisichella - 43
M Schumacher - 26
Villeneuve - 22
Salo - 22
R Schumacher - 15
Hakkinen - 14
Coulthard - 11
Zonta - 11
Gene - 10
Verstappen - 9
Mazzacane - 8
de la Rosa - 7
Frentzen - 6
Wurz - 6
Heidfeld - 6
Diniz - 6
Irvine - 5
Alesi - 4
Trulli - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 49
BAR - 33
Sauber - 28
Ferrari - 27
McLaren - 25
Minardi - 18
Arrows - 16
Williams - 15
Prost - 10
Jordan - 8
Jaguar - 5

Austria

Qualifying

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1   Nick Heidfeld   0.000
2   Mika Salo   0.072
3   Mika Häkkinen   0.121
4   Jos Verstappen   0.212
5   Pedro Diniz   0.238
6   Jean Alesi   0.259
7   Pedro de la Rosa   0.284
8   Ricardo Zonta   0.303
9   Jacques Villeneuve   0.305
10   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.314
11   Marc Gené   0.324
12   David Coulthard   0.504
13   Rubens Barrichello   0.553
14   Jarno Trulli   0.642
15   Alexander Wurz   0.687
16   Michael Schumacher   0.754
17   Johnny Herbert   0.883
18   Gaston Mazzacane   0.997
19   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   1.039
20   Jenson Button   1.329
21   Ralf Schumacher   1.339
22   Luciano Burti   1.455

Race

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1   Marc Gené   1:27:05.455
2   Mika Salo   1:27:47.289
3   Mika Häkkinen   1:27:49.476
4   Pedro Diniz   1:27:57.055
5   David Coulthard   1:28:01.948
6   Jacques Villeneuve   1:28:08.694
7   Johnny Herbert   1:28:13.575
8   Rubens Barrichello   1:28:20.116
9   Alexander Wurz   1:28:23.675
10   Jenson Button   1:28:38.249
11   Gaston Mazzacane   1:29:02.524
12   Luciano Burti   1:29:18.335

Fisichella - 43
Salo - 28
M Schumacher - 26
Villeneuve - 23
Gene - 20
Hakkinen - 18
R Schumacher - 15
Coulthard - 13
Zonta - 11
Verstappen - 9
Diniz - 9
Mazzacane - 8
de la Rosa - 7
Frentzen - 6
Heidfeld - 6
Wurz - 6
Irvine - 5
Alesi - 4
Trulli - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 49
Sauber - 37
BAR - 34
McLaren - 31
Minardi - 28
Ferrari - 27
Arrows - 16
Williams - 15
Prost - 10
Jordan - 8
Jaguar - 5

Germany

Qualifying

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1   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.000
2   Pedro de la Rosa   0.128
3   David Coulthard   0.142
4   Nick Heidfeld   0.495
5   Jos Verstappen   0.650
6   Alexander Wurz   0.889
7   Johnny Herbert   0.929
8   Jacques Villeneuve   0.972
9   Eddie Irvine   1.152
10   Jarno Trulli   1.210
11   Michael Schumacher   1.501
12   Ricardo Zonta   1.505
13   Mika Salo   1.511
14   Mika Häkkinen   1.599
15   Jean Alesi   2.047
16   Ralf Schumacher   2.203
17   Pedro Diniz   2.225
18   Jenson Button   2.572
19   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   2.636
20   Gaston Mazzacane   2.807
21   Rubens Barrichello   3.970
22   Marc Gené   4.240

Race

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1   Mika Salo   1:23:55.633
2   Pedro de la Rosa   1:23:57.561
3   Gaston Mazzacane   1:24:07.275
4   Jacques Villeneuve   1:24:40.358
5   Jenson Button   1:24:40.881
6   Ralf Schumacher   1:24:48.975
7   Jarno Trulli   1:25:08.689
8   Rubens Barrichello   1:25:08.870
9   Eddie Irvine   1:25:11.839
10   Mika Häkkinen   1:25:16.283
11   David Coulthard   1:25:29.929

Fisichella - 43
Salo - 38
Villeneuve - 26
M Schumacher - 26
Gene - 20
Hakkinen - 18
R Schumacher - 16
Coulthard - 13
de la Rosa - 13
Mazzacane - 12
Zonta - 11
Verstappen - 9
Diniz - 9
Frentzen - 6
Heidfeld - 6
Wurz - 6
Irvine - 5
Alesi - 4
Trulli - 2
Button - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 49
Sauber - 47
BAR - 37
Minardi - 32
McLaren - 31
Ferrari - 27
Arrows - 22
Williams - 18
Prost - 10
Jordan - 8
Jaguar - 5

Hungary

Qualifying

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1   Mika Salo   0.000
2   Giancarlo Fisichella   0.238
3   Michael Schumacher   0.301
4   Ralf Schumacher   0.336
5   Jean Alesi   0.479
6   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   0.535
7   Eddie Irvine   0.632
8   David Coulthard   0.671
9   Pedro Diniz   0.686
10   Mika Häkkinen   0.707
11   Jenson Button   0.709
12   Alexander Wurz   0.878
13   Marc Gené   1.099
14   Rubens Barrichello   1.113
15   Pedro de la Rosa   1.121
16   Jarno Trulli   1.267
17   Nick Heidfeld   1.310
18   Gaston Mazzacane   1.342
19   Jacques Villeneuve   1.542
20   Johnny Herbert   1.561
21   Jos Verstappen   1.816
22   Ricardo Zonta   1.871

Race

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1   Ralf Schumacher   1:44:49.972
2   Mika Häkkinen   1:45:02.349
3   Heinz-Harald Frentzen   1:45:07.367
4   Michael Schumacher   1:45:10.220
5   David Coulthard   1:45:10.765
6   Eddie Irvine   1:45:18.372
7   Mika Salo   1:45:25.808
8   Rubens Barrichello   1:45:46.307
9   Jarno Trulli   1:45:48.717
10   Jenson Button   1:45:53.994
11   Alexander Wurz   1:46:03.894
12   Jacques Villeneuve   1:46:18.097
13   Jos Verstappen   1:46:24.340
14   Marc Gené   1:46:38.196
15   Ricardo Zonta   1:47:38.982
16   Pedro de la Rosa   1:48:44.850

Fisichella - 43
Salo - 38
M Schumacher - 29
Villeneuve - 26
R Schumacher - 26
Hakkinen - 24
Gene - 20
Coulthard - 15
de la Rosa - 13
Mazzacane - 12
Zonta - 11
Frentzen - 10
Verstappen - 9
Diniz - 9
Irvine - 6
Heidfeld - 6
Wurz - 6
Alesi - 4
Trulli - 2
Button - 2
Barrichello - 1

Benetton - 49
Sauber - 47
McLaren - 39
BAR - 37
Minardi - 32
Ferrari - 30
Williams - 28
Arrows - 22
Jordan - 12
Prost - 10
Jaguar - 6