stationary for 7.3 seconds. He rejoined the race in fifth position, behind his teammate Barrichello. On the 29th lap, Barrichello relinquished third to teammate Michael Schumacher at the first corner. Barrichello entered the pit lane on the 30th lap and the stop took 6.7 seconds to finish. He returned to the circuit in sixth, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. Race leader Häkkinen, whose drink battle failed around a third in the race, took his pit stop on lap 31 for a new set of tyres and he fell behind his teammate Coulthard after being stationary for seven seconds. Häkkinen regained the race lead after Coulthard's his 6.9 second pit stop for fuel and tyres on the following lap. Coulthard returned to the circuit in third position, behind Michael Schumacher and ahead of Schumacher's teammate Barrichello. Häkkinen set the race's fastest lap, a 1:20.028 on lap 33, as he continued to increase his lead over Michael Schumacher. Fisichella retired when his car became too difficult to drive due to bargeboard damage on the 36th lap. Coulthard, who was on a new set of tyre compounds, was two seconds behind Michael Schumacher by lap 37 as Schumacher controlled his pace by being circumspect to preserve his tyres. Michael Schumacher increased the gap when Coulthard lost more than a second, the result of being held up by Genè on lap 47; Genè would be issued a 10-second stop-go penalty for delaying Irvine's Jaguar. As he had been short-fuelled, Barrichello made his second pit stop on lap 48 and the stop lasted 8.7 seconds. Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher made their pit stops on lap 51. Michael Schumacher was brought into the pit lane since slower cars were likely to impede Coulthard. On the following lap, Coulthard responded by making his second pit stop that lasted 6.6 seconds and he rejoined the Grand Prix in third position, close behind Michael Schumacher. Häkkinen made his final pit stop on the 53rd lap and remained in the lead, having built a lead of 21 seconds over Michael Schumacher. Frentzen became the last driver to make a scheduled pit stop on lap 56. At the end of lap 57, with the scheduled pit stops completed, the top six in the running order was Häkkinen, Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, and Frentzen. Herbert spun while battling Villeneuve for 13th position. Diniz stopped his car between turns nine and