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German Grand Prix: Team- by-Team
FERRARI (Rubens Barrichello 1, Michael Schumacher retired) Barrichello claimed his first victory, but Schumacher retired after a collision with Giancarlo Fisichella while fighting for track position. MCLAREN (Mika Hakkinen 2, David Coulthard 3) Hakkinen might have won had the safety car not been called out. Rain also hit his chances. Coulthard had similar problems. “When the first safety car came out we immediately had a problem because Ferrari only had to concentrate on one car and we had the prospect of bringing two cars in and queuing them for fuel and tyres or letting one car stay out,” said team managing director Martin Whitmarsh. “When we let David go round for one more lap it cost him places on the track.” WILLIAMS (Jenson Button 4, Ralf Schumacher 7) Briton Button made a brilliant comeback after starting last because his car stalled on the grid during the warm-up. Struggled in the midfield for much of the race but switched to wet tyres at the right time and passed the Sauber of Mika Salo two laps from the finish. Schumacher struggled with his set-up and had a spin after a collision with BAR's Ricardo Zonta, forcing him to pit. “This was really one of the better races I have watched,” commented team owner Frank Williams. SAUBER (Mika Salo 5, Pedro Diniz retired) Salo claimed his fourth points finish of the season after he benefited from the pit-stop sequence. Brazilian Diniz retired on lap 30 after driving into the side of Frenchman Jean Alesi's Prost at the third chicane. ARROWS (Pedro de la Rosa 6, Jos Verstappen retired) Spaniard De la Rosa ran fourth for much of the race but lost out in the pit-stop scramble when the rain arrived. Dutchman Verstappen spun off into the gravel trap in the wet conditions on lap 40 and stalled. BAR (Jacques Villeneuve 8, Ricardo Zonta retired) Canadian Villeneuve was sent into a spin on the start-finish straight by team-mate Ricardo Zonta. The Brazilian paid for his decision to stay on slick tyres in the wet conditions when he slid off the track and into the gravel on lap 37. JORDAN (Jarno Trulli 9, Heinz-Harald Frentzen retired) Italian Trulli missed a points finish after being given a 10-second stop-go penalty for speeding in the pit-lane. He ran third during the early stages. German Frentzen went out on lap 39 with mechanical problems. He started in 17th and was third before retiring. JAGUAR (Eddie Irvine 10, Johnny Herbert retired) Briton Irvine was fifth early on but three spins late in the race cost him a potential points finish. Herbert retired with mechanical problems on lap 13 while in eighth place. MINARDI (Gaston Mazzacane 11, Marc Gene retired) Argentine Mazzacane ran at the back of the grid for much of the race and was classified as a finisher despite spinning into the gravel trap. Spaniard Gene's race ended on lap 34 when his engine broke and spilled oil onto the circuit. PROST (Nick Heidfeld 12, Jean Alesi retired) German Heidfeld completed 40 laps before mechanical problems forced him to spin out. Frenchman Alesi had a major spin at the third chicane on lap 30 after Diniz drove into the side of his car. He hit the wall but escaped unhurt. BENETTON (Giancarlo Fisichella and Alexander Wurz retired) Austrian Wurz spun on the start-finish line and was unable to keep his engine running on lap 31. Italian Fisichella retired after a first-corner incident with Schumacher.
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