on the track. Panis managed to get back and use the spare but Irvine didn't. In the battle of the teammates, Mika Salo managed to qualify 1.449 seconds ahead of Allan McNish although McNish had his crash and only had 1 run. Jacques Villeneuve managed to qualify 0.843 seconds ahead of Olivier Panis but again Panis had car problems and had to switch to the spare and Michael Schumacher managed to out-qualify Rubens Barrichello by 0.432 seconds. Closest were Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya with just 0.063 seconds separating them. David Coulthard managed to be 0.109 seconds ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Jenson Button was 0.118 seconds ahead of Jarno Trulli who also suffered a car problem on his final run. Takuma Sato had his best qualifying position the season while Michael Schumacher once again equalled his best. Both Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya equalled their worst qualifying positions this season. Qualifying classification Race Race classification Notes This was the last race that the F1 Digital+ channel showed live. Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings Constructors' Championship standings References Japanese Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix