United States GP - Race

Final Order (after 73 laps): Michael Schumacher wins ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Frentzen is 3rd ahead of Jacques Villeneuve, David Coulthard and Ricardo Zonta.

Lap 69: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Zonta.

Lap 69: Michael Schumacher spins but recovers! and stays in the lead.

Lap 68: Villeneuve catches Frentzen again, he is a second behind.

Lap 67: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Zonta. 12 cars remaining

Lap 65: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Zonta. 13 cars remaining

Lap 65: Jean Alesi retires with a blown engine.

Lap 64: Villeneuve attempts to overtake Frentzen but runs wide and stays in 4th.

Lap 62: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Zonta. 13 cars remaining

Lap 60: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Zonta. Gaston Mazzacane retires on the track.

Lap 59: Ralf Schumacher pits for the 5th time and retires

Lap 59: Diniz pits unexpectedly and Zonta moves into 6th. Michael Schumacher is catching Zonta to lap him.

Lap 58: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Diniz.

Lap 57: Villeneuve closing in on Frentzen. Gap under 1 second.

Lap 56: Michael Schumacher leads Barrichello by 40 seconds.

Lap 54: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Diniz.

Lap 53: Barrichello pits and rejoins in 2nd place ahead of Frentzen and Villeneuve.

Lap 52: Race Order: M Schumacher, Barrichello, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Diniz.

Lap 51: Villeneuve pits and rejoins in 4th behind Frentzen.

Lap 50: Frentzen in 2nd goes into the pits while Barrichello and Villeneuve stay out.

Lap 49: Race Order: M Schumacher, Frentzen, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Diniz, Zonta. 

Lap 47: Michael Schumacher pits and rejoins in the lead.

Lap 46: Race Order: M Schumacher, Frentzen, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Diniz, Zonta. Alesi in 7th ahead of Coulthard in 8th.

Lap 46: Pedro de la Rosa retires on the straight. Barrichello is challenging Frentzen.

Lap 45: Fisichella retires. Villeneuve catching both Frentzen and Barrichello.

Lap 44: Race Order: M Schumacher, Frentzen, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Diniz, Zonta.

Lap 43: Ralf Schumacher has a problem, pits again and rejoins a lap down.

Lap 42: Michael Schumacher leads by 39 seconds.

Lap 42: Race Order: M Schumacher, Frentzen, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Diniz, R Schumacher.

Lap 41: Coulthard pits and rejoins behind Michael Schumacher a lap down. Schumacher still needs to stop.

Lap 41: Villeneuve spins and loses a position to Barrichello.

Lap 40: Race Order: M Schumacher, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Barrichello, Coulthard and Diniz.

Lap 39: Coulthard moves into 6th. Ralf Schumacher pits.

Lap 38: Ralf Schumacher goes wide but remains in 2nd.

Lap 37: David Coulthard finally manages to overtake Pedro de la Rosa.

Lap 36: Race Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Villeneuve, Barrichello, Diniz.

Lap 36: Fisichella spins while running last. Verstappen spins and retires. Coutlhard still stuck behind de la Rosa

Lap 34: Race Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Barrichello.

Lap 33: Michael (1st) ahead of Ralf (2nd) by over 14 seconds

Lap 32: Verstappen, Villeneuve and Barrichello fighting for 4th position.

Lap 31: David Coulthard is up to 9th place and is behind Pedro de la Rosa in 8th.

Lap 30: Race Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Barrichello.

Lap 27: Herbert takes a long pit stop after changing the front wing. Rejoins in 17th!

Lap 26: Race Order: M Schumacher, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Barrichello.

Lap 26: Hakkinen's car on fire, he drives into the pit lane and stops before reaching the pits. He retires. 

Lap 23: Hakkinen closing the gap quickly to Michael Schumacher, the gap is down to under 6 seconds.

Lap 22: Race Order: M Schumacher, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Herbert, Villeneuve, Barrichello.

Lap 20: Hakkinen reduces the gap to Michael Schumacher, Herbert is closing on Verstappen for 5th.

Lap 19: Salo spins and retires.

Lap 18: Race Order: M Schumacher, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Herbert, Villeneuve, Barrichello.

Lap 18: Herbert passes Villeneuve for 7th

Lap 17: Race Order: M Schumacher, Hakkinen, R Schumacher, Frentzen, Verstappen, Diniz.

Lap 17: Johnny Herbert passes Barrichello for 9th while Michael Schumacher finally switches to dry tyres.

Lap 15: Jenson Button retires

Lap 13: Trulli retires and Frentzen pits for dry tyres.

Lap 12: Ralf Schumacher overtakes Villeneuve for 6th position.

Lap 11: Race order - M Schumacher (wet), Frentzen (wet), Diniz(wet), Mazzacane (wet), Hakkinen (dry), Villeneuve (dry) 

Lap 10: Ralf Schumacher overtakes Barrichello for 7th position.

Lap 9: Race order - M Schumacher (wet), Frentzen (wet), Diniz(wet), Mazzacane (wet), Hakkinen (dry), Villeneuve (dry) 

Lap 8: Coulthard and Fisichella are given a 10-second stop go penalty. Hakkinen switches to dry tyres while Schumacher stays on wets.

Lap 6: Michael Schumacher manages to pass David Coutlhard and David lets Hakkinen through.

Lap 5: Coulthard appears to be slowing Michael Schumacher. 

Lap 4: Both Coulthard and Fisichella are under investigation for a jump start. Race Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello, Villeneuve and Frentzen. Both Trulli and Button pit 

Lap 1: Button and Trulli touch and both go off. They both pit suffering from punctures.

Race Start: Clean start, David Coulthard gets a good start and moves ahead of Michael Schumacher although he is under investigation for a jump start. Order - Coulthard, M Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello, Button, Trulli.

Formation lap underway

Cars will start on wet tyres however it is not raining at the moment. 2 minutes to go

Formation lap starts in 5 minutes. Weather conditions cloudy with a temperature of 14 degrees