| 45th lap Irvine wins... again, Salo 2nd, Frentzen 3rd.coultard 5th |
| 42th lap Ralf Schumacher's pit board says "oil" he may be in trouble |
| 41th lap Irvine seems to be slowing, Salo has to stay behind him, Frentzen is visible behind them |
| 41th lap Coulthard has passed Panis is now into 5th |
| 39th lap Coulthard needs to pit pits in 7.5 secs |
| 35th lap Coulthard is starting to catch Ralf Schumacher in 4th |
| 28th lap Frentzen has a gap of 3.9 seconds to catch Salo |
| Irvine has pased Salo yeah right!.... yawn! |
| 26th lap Coulthard comes in to do his penalty |
| 25th lap Hakkinen is out does a 180 spin is okay, but he is out of the race |
| Hakkinen is past Frentzen |
| The crowd are going beserk as ferrari have a 1-2 lead |
| 24th lap David Coulthard has been given a 10 second stop and go! |
| Salo leads with Irvine behind him, he will allow Irvine through |
| 23th lap Hakkinen pits a terrible pitstop with a fuel pipe problem |
| Salo pits into 3rd place now |
| 22th lap Irvine pits in 9.4 seconds and returns 3rd |
| Frentzen pits goes back into 5th |
| 20th lap Panis does the quickest race lap! Prost has definately improved |
| 18th lap Herbert takes Wurz to move into 6th so does Coulthard |
| 15th lap Coulthard passes Panis on lap 15 |
| 14th lap Salo is bringing the gap down,Its a Mika-Mika race |
| 11th lap Alex Wurz has got into the points positions |
| 10th lap Coulthard pits for a new nose Coulthard rejoins in 11th |
| 9th lap Coulthard has lost a piece of his front wing trying to overtake salo |
| 8th lap Irvine in 5th palce is now closing the gap to HH Frentzen in 4th |
| 5th lap Barrichello is in trouble! slowing down he's out of the race |
| 4th lap Hill is in 9th place, he is over the grass |
| 3th lap The German GP is looking great for the two finns |
| 3th lap Barrichello is now after Coultard |
| 2th lap Barrichello has overtaken Frentzen for 4th |
| 2th lap Hakkinen is now stretching away from Salo in 2nd |
| 1 lap Barrichello has got in front of Irvine |
| Alesi pits after hitting someone on the first lap |
| Frentzen is down to 4th from 2nd on grid |
| Salo is 2nd, Irvine 5th |
| Hakkinen gets away Salo gets to 2nd Diniz and Villeneuve are off |