enlargened intestine that was giving him abdominal pain. He was replaced for the rest of the Grand Prix by Jaguar test driver Luciano Burti. The Saturday morning sessions were held in dry conditions and later on a wet track, were grip was poor and some drivers were forced onto the grass after sliding off the track. Häkkinen's time of 1:11.355 was fastest in the third practice session ; Coulthard set the second fastest time. The two Ferrari drivers were third and fourth; Barrichello ahead of Michael Schumacher. Verstappen continued his quick form and lapped fifth quickest, ahead of Fisichella and Villeneuve. Zonta, Trulli and Herbert were in positions eight tot tne. Burti was restricted to one installation lap and he would be required to acquaint himself with the circuit during the final session. In the final practice session, in which a brief heavy rain shower fell 25 minutes in but proceedings were barely affected, Häkkinen again set the fastest lap, a 1:11.336, despite running a wheel on the grass exiting the uphill right-hand Jochen Rindt Kurve corner and getting beached in the gravel trap before the start/finish straight with ten minutes of the session left; his teammate Coulthard remained second-quickest. Michael Schumacher was third-fastest ahead of teammate Barrichello. Villeneuve was fifth-fastest, ahead of Herbert in sixth. Frentzen, seventh, was able to find a set-up he was comfortable with after being one of the slowest drivers in the preceding three practice sessions. Salo, Fisichella and Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa made up positions eight to ten. Zonta lost control of his vehicle, reversed back onto the circuit and into the path of an approaching car that was driven onto the grass in avoidance. Qualifying Saturday afternoon's one hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107 per cent of the fastest lap time to qualify for the race. The session was held in overcast weather conditions. No major incidents occurred during qualifying. Every car except for the Jordans immediately exited the pit lane to set lap times before a brief rainstorm fell on sections of the circuit. Lap times lowered when the sun emerged from the clouds after a quarter of an hour. Häkkinen, after spending time off to de-stress after winning two World