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Barrichello tops team-mate at Imola
As the European season gets underway, Ferrari put in arguably their most commanding performance yet to take a memorable one-two at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. They controlled the race throughout, leading into the first corner and taking their cars home some forty seconds clear of Button's third-placed McLaren. However, this was the race saw Michael Schumacher's grip on the season loosen slightly as he ran wide on his post-pit stop out-lap and relinquished the lead to his team-mate. Everyone expected the German to breeze back past, but try as he might there was no way past.
Further down in the points, Sauber and Jordan both recorded financially helpful results with a double-points finish for the Swiss outfit, and a 6th-7th result for the Irish team. Unfortunately, de la Rosa and Trulli are now the only drivers who have yet to finish a Grand Prix distance, and this time they have no-one to blame but each other - colliding as they did on Lap 9.
The most puzzlingly poor result of the day was that of Mika Hakkinen, who ended his run of podiums with an uninspiring run to eighth place out of fourteen finishers. He seemed genuinely confused by his own lack of pace, as Button showed that the BMW-powered McLaren remains a podium-worthy car with his maiden F1 trophy.
As the European season gets underway, Ferrari put in arguably their most commanding performance yet to take a memorable one-two at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. They controlled the race throughout, leading into the first corner and taking their cars home some forty seconds clear of Button's third-placed McLaren. However, this was the race saw Michael Schumacher's grip on the season loosen slightly as he ran wide on his post-pit stop out-lap and relinquished the lead to his team-mate. Everyone expected the German to breeze back past, but try as he might there was no way past.
Further down in the points, Sauber and Jordan both recorded financially helpful results with a double-points finish for the Swiss outfit, and a 6th-7th result for the Irish team. Unfortunately, de la Rosa and Trulli are now the only drivers who have yet to finish a Grand Prix distance, and this time they have no-one to blame but each other - colliding as they did on Lap 9.
The most puzzlingly poor result of the day was that of Mika Hakkinen, who ended his run of podiums with an uninspiring run to eighth place out of fourteen finishers. He seemed genuinely confused by his own lack of pace, as Button showed that the BMW-powered McLaren remains a podium-worthy car with his maiden F1 trophy.
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Grand Prix
1 Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari #28) 1:35:32.781
2 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari #27) 1:35:33.652
3 Jenson Button (McLaren-BMW #02) 1:36:13.075
4 Mika Salo (Sauber-Petronas #29) 1:36:25.702
5 Tom Kristensen (Sauber-Petronas #30) 1:36:27.978
6 David Coulthard (Jordan-Honda #15) 1:36:30.774
7 Takuma Sato (Jordan-Honda #14) 1:36:33.813
8 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren-BMW #01) 1:36:55.261
9 Giancaro Fisichella (Benetton-Supertec #94) 1:36:58.656
10 Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda #03) 1:37:00.094
11 Olivier Panis (Prost-Playstation #51) 1:37:01.059
12 Nick Heidfeld (Arrows-Zepter #10) 1:37:05.850
13 Stephane Sarrazin (Minardi-BMW #24) −1 lap
14 Jean Alesi (Arrows-Zepter #09) −1 lap
— Mark Webber (Jaguar-Supertec #11) DNF lap 61
Eddie Irvine (Williams-Mercedes #06) DNF lap 60
Alex Zanardi (BAR-Honda #04) DNF lap 57
Alexander Wurz (Benetton-Supertec #95) DNF lap 30
Max Wilson (Jaguar-Supertec #12) DNF lap 15
Johnny Herbert (Williams-Mercedes #05) DNF lap 10
Pedro de la Rosa (Minardi-BMW #23) DNF lap 9
Jarno Trulli (Prost-Playstation #52) DNF lap 9
