Frentzen, Irvine, Trulli, Fisichella and Sauber's Johnny Herbert. Frentzen and Wurz went off the circuit during the session but avoided damaging their vehicles. In the final practice session, Coulthard lapped fastest at 1:20.405, going 0.142 faster than teammate Häkkinen's 1999 pole time; he ran down the escape road at Ste Devote to avoid a collision with the guardrail barrier and stalled the engine. Slower cars prevented any improvement in Coulthard's time. Michael Schumacher was second fastest, nearly one-tenth slower than Coulthard. Fisichella opted to use a softer damper and set the third quickest lap. Trulli, Häkkinen, Barrichello, Alesi, Wurz, Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher made up positions four to ten. A crash by Irvine at the swimming pool complex ended his session prematurely. Qualifying Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The session was held in dry and hot weather conditions. Michael Schumacher clinched his second pole position of the season, and the 25th of his career, with a time of 1:19.475 that he recorded with seven minutes remaining; he struck the metal guardrail at Portier corner entering the tunnel with his rear-left wheel but continued. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Trulli who recorded a lap 0.271 seconds slower than the pole sitter and took his best qualifying performance of the season. Coulthard qualified third and said he could have set a better lap time as he saw a yellow flag out on the track. Trulli's teammate Frentzen qualified fourth but criticised Irvine for an apparent blocking manoeuvre. Häkkinen in his worst qualifying result of 2000 took fifth and had understeer along with traffic during his second qualifying run. Barrichello secured sixth position, reporting a nervous car. Alesi, seventh, had alternator problems in his race car in the opening minutes of qualifying and switched to the spare Prost car. Fisichella qualified in eighth position and reported that a worsening in his car's handling. Ralf Schumacher and Irvine completed the top ten positions. Herbert set the eleventh fastest time, five one hundredths slower than his teammate and reported excessive oversteer on his car. He was ahead of Wurz in the slower of the