User:Gokul009/Sandbox12

Qualifying
It was clear from the word go that Ferrari, who were almost always dominant were struggling for grip and Juan Pablo Montoya used that opportunity to take pole position well ahead of the field. David Coulthard in second was over seven tenths behind with Michael Schumacher taking third after a superhuman effort. Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a fine fourth in his last race for Jordan, pipping championship leader Ralf Schumacher down to fifth. The major surprise in qualifying was Jos Verstappen who did an extraordinary job to qualify sixth, beating the struggling Rubens Barrichello down to seventh. Mika Häkkinen was eighth, his qualifying poor as usual.

Race
Juan Pablo Montoya, from pole position kept the lead while behind, Heinz-Harald Frentzen jumped title contenders David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Championship leader Ralf Schumacher kept fifth with Rubens Barrichello get ahead of the qualifying hero, Jos Verstappen. Behind, Mika Häkkinen locked wheels with Jarno Trulli, sending Trulli into the wall while Häkkinen was down in 17th after a trip through the gravel. At the end of the first lap, Montoya led Frentzen, Coulthard, Schumacher, Ralf, Barrichello, Verstappen and Jenson Button. Montoya quickly pulled up a gap, with Frentzen holding up Coulthard, Schumacher, Barrichello and Ralf until the first round of stops. During the stops, both Coulthard and Schumacher jumped him and set off after Montoya, who was 10 seconds up the road. On lap 25, Ralf ran straight into the back of Frentzen and lost his front wing.

During the second round of stops, Schumacher pitted before Coulthard in order to make a try to jump him. Coulthard responded by pitting a lap later and came ahead of Schumacher only for Schumacher to try to pass him. They touched, and while Schumacher took second, Coulthard spun and dropped behind both Frentzen and Barrichello. Barrichello took third on lap 44, passing Frentzen at Turn 1. Montoya kept his lead to 8.2 second to Schumacher after the third round of stops, while behind Frentzen did a superb job to keep ahead of Coulthard only for Coulthard to pass him after a few laps, undoing his team's fine job. The order was now settled down until Button retired from sixth when oil leaked out of his car, putting him out and giving eighth place and the final point to the recovering Ralf. On the last lap, Coulthard's engine blew up in flames from fourth, forcing him to retire. Montoya took his second career victory ahead of Schumacher who was happy to take the championship lead, Barrichello, Frentzen, Verstappen, Jacques Villeneuve, Coulthard (who was classified seventh) and Ralf.

Standings after Grand Prix
Drivers
 * 1. Michael Schumacher - 67
 * 2. Ralf Schumacher - 64
 * 3. Rubens Barrichello - 59
 * 4. David Coulthard - 53
 * 5. Juan Pablo Montoya - 43
 * 6. Mika Häkkinen - 35
 * 7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 33
 * 8. Jarno Trulli - 23

Constructors
 * 1. Ferrari - 126
 * 2. Williams-BMW - 107
 * 3. McLaren-Mercedes - 88
 * 4. Jordan-Honda - 56