not the same as an earlier sample. Arrows announced that it would appeal the decision, allowing de la Rosa to retain his starting position. Button, eleventh, reported crosswinds that made his car unstable. He was ahead of Verstappen in the slower Arrows car, Salo in the faster Sauber after losing time in the first third of the lap, and Fisichella, who could not lap quicker due to low track grip. Herbert, fifteenth, lost the television camera mounted to his front wing held on by a thin cable after hitting a kerb early in qualifying. He made a minor mistake which prevented him from qualifying higher. Diniz, 16th, had excess oversteer. Ricardo Zonta, seventeenth, was unable to find a suitable set-up for his BAR car and his fastest lap was nine-tenths of a second slower than teammate Villeneuve. Alesi qualified eighteenth and could not lap faster due to hydraulics problems and the circuit cooling. He was ahead of Wurz in nineteenth, who had grip and car setup issues. Heidfeld's engine failed on the circuit, and marshals extinguished a small fire when he returned to the pit lane. He drove the spare Prost vehicle setup for his teammate Alesi and qualified 20th. The two Minardi drivers Marc Gené and Gastón Mazzacane were 21st and 22nd. Qualifying classification Note: Pedro de la Rosa had started at the back of the grid for using illegal fuel in qualifying. Warm-up The drivers took to the track at 09:30 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) for a 30-minute warm-up in cool and dry weather. Michael Schumacher set a lap of 1:22.855 to lead a session for the fifth time over the course of the race weekend despite going into the gravel after braking too deep, and also drove the spare Ferrari. Häkkinen was the second-fastest driver; Barrichello was third, and he was followed by Coulthard in fourth. De La Rosa ran into the gravel trap at Elf corner after his engine cut out; he returned to the pit lane to use the spare Arrows vehicle. Coulthard was launched airborne when he mounted the kerb at the final turn during a lap, but his vehicle sustained no damage. After the session concluded, Arrows withdrew their appeal after accepting the FIA's findings, and De La Rosa was required to start at the back of the field. Race The conditions on the grid were dry and particularly cloudy before the