He rolled to the right, over the top of Bernoldi's vehicle, struck the ground and landed upright after rolling. Burti landed upright between both Arrows cars; his left-front wheel broke Bernoldi's engine cover and rear wing. Burti's car bounced across the gravel trap and rested on the Nordkurve corner left-hand tyre barriers. Schumacher's car was on the middle of the circuit. FIA race director Charlie Whiting deployed the safety car before he red-flagged the race for safety reasons as the field entered the first turn to start the second lap. A plethora of carbon fibre strands were scattered across the track that drivers had to drive around and marshals were needed to remove the debris. Burti and Michael Schumacher were not injured but their cars had been damaged beyond repair, and raced their team's spare vehicles. The Minardi cars underwent further repairs and both drivers started on the grid for the restart at 14:24 local time. Michelin instructed teams that ran their tyres to change them due to the risk of a puncture. Barrichello's rear wing was replaced after Häkkinen made contact with him, for which the latter apologised. At the restart, Montoya and Ralf Schumacher again held their positions, while Häkkinen led the Ferrari cars and his teammate Coulthard entering the first corner. Further down the field, De La Rosa lost control of his Jaguar as he braked late into the Clark chicane entry and hit Heidfeld's car. Both De La Rosa and Heidfeld retired from the Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher took third from Häkkinen into the same area. Going into the stadium section, Barrichello passed Coulthard on the outside for fifth after a short battle for the position. Verstappen moved from 20th to 11th by the first lap's conclusion, while Button made up five positions over the same distance. As the drivers completed lap one, Montoya led Ralf Schumacher by 1.4 seconds, who was followed in turn by, Michael Schumacher, Häkkinen, Barrichello, Coulthard, Räikkönen and Irvine. Montoya began to gradually pull away from Ralf Schumacher. Bernoldi passed Fisichella for 15th on lap two. Barrichello overtook Häkkinen on the outside on the straight leading to the Ostkurve chicane for third a lap later. Further down the field, Button lost 13th to a pass by Panis during the same lap. On lap five, Panis overtook Zonta for 12th, while Bernoldi passed Button for 14th. At the Senna chicane on lap