Lap 17 Richie Hearn locked up the right front tire and spun on turn 1. Top 6 was composed by:
Dario Franchitti,
Alex Zanardi,
Michael Andretti,
Gil de Ferran,
Jimmy Vasser and
Paul Tracy.
Lap 26 First full course caution.
Michel Jourdain Jr. and
Alex Barron collided at the hairpin.
Arnd Meier stalled the car metres in front and started a jampack. Meanwhile, Gil de Ferran retired after an incident in the pits.
Christian Fittipaldi had problems, also, but did not retired.
Lap 27 Top 6: Dario Franchitti, Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Paul Tracy, Alex Zanardi and
Tony Kanaan.
Lap 30 Before going green,
Patrick Carpentier collided with
Mark Blundell on turn 9.
Lap 32 Second full course caution, as Blundell's car stalled on turn 9, following the collision with Carpentier. On lap 36, green flag came out.
Lap 38 JJ Lehto had a big crash. Third full course caution. Green flag came out some laps later.
Lap 52 Top 6: Dario Franchitti, Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi, Tony Kanaan and Paul Tracy.
Lap 61 Tony Kanaan had a pit fire. Meanwhile, in the hairpin, Alex Zanardi had a collision with his teammate Jimmy Vasser.
Lap 68 Gualter Salles had a collision at the hairpin with
Al Unser Jr. and went airborne.
16 laps to go Dario Franchitti spun and stalled, ending his day. Paul Tracy slightly t-boned him. Fourth full course caution was out. Green flag came out with 11 laps to go.
8 laps to go Top 6: Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Jimmy Vasser,
Bobby Rahal,
Bryan Herta and
Scott Pruett.
5 laps to go Paul Tracy and
Adrian Fernandez collided on turn 1 while they were battling for 9th place.
3 laps to go Alex Zanardi overtakes Michael Andretti at the hairpin. ==Classification==