lost concentration and went into a gravel trap four laps later. He rejoined without losing position. Button battled Verstappen for several laps and overtook him for seventh on the 56th lap, as Trulli made a pit stop from fourth and rejoined the track in fifth. From the 59th lap, Coulthard began to gain on Michael Schumacher, who slowed due to an oil pressure problem. He could not draw close enough to pass, and Schumacher took his second victory of the season and the 37th of his career in a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes, 35.271 seconds, averaging over a distance of and 71 laps. Coulthard followed 4.302 seconds later and Fisichella took third. Frentzen drove consistently to finish fourth, Trulli's two-stop strategy enabled him to finish fifth and Ralf Schumacher was the last of the points-scorers in sixth. Button, Verstappen, de la Rosa, Zonta and Mazzacane (in his first F1 race finish) were the final finishers. The attrition rate was high; only 11 of the 20 starters finished the race. Post-race The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media at a later press conference. Michael Schumacher, who received the winners' trophy from Brazilian footballer Pelé, stated that pit stop strategy helped him to win the race: "In the past, as you may remember, we could not overtake the McLaren entries, regardless of their strategy. Now we are looking a lot more competitive – which is where we wanted to be – and the season could hardly have started better than it has." Coulthard said his second-place finish provided him the start to his championship campaign after his gearbox problems: "It must have been entertaining for those who had places to watch at the first corner. Given the circumstances, I am very happy with my six points." Fisichella revealed that his car had understeer and oversteer for the first 15 laps until its grip and balance improved. Nonetheless, he said he was pleased to finish third, "This is a great result and will help us to be even more competitive in the future. I am confident about the next race when we will have some new aerodynamic parts." Approximately one hour after the race finish when the cars were subject to post-race checks at the FIA scrutineering bay by officials, all of the top six finishers, except for Fisichella, were found