Before the cars go out for their final recognition laps it is announced that Mika Hakkinen will start from fourth on the grid. This is the result of an infraction in the morning warm-up which cause the stewards to cancel Hakkinen's best qualifying time. His second best lap is only good enough for fourth place on the grid and so Ralf Schumacher moves up to second on the grid, with Juan Pablo Montoya third.

* Lap 1: At the start Juan Pablo Montoya makes the best start and tries to find a way to pass Michael Schumacher but the Ferrari driver moves across and blocks the move which means that Montoya is unable to overtake at the first corner. Behind the two men Barrichello takes third place from Ralf Schumacher with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard completing the top six. Jarno Trulli is next ahead of Nick Heidfeld, Kimi Raikkonen and the two Benettons (Giancarlo Fisichella getting the better of Jenson Button). At the end of the lap Schumacher is 0.8 seconds ahead of Montoya. At the tail of the field Tomas Enge is left behind on the grid but gets away in last place.

* Lap 2: The order at the front is unchanged but at the first corner the two Saubers and Trulli try to go side by side into the first corner. Raikkonen comes off worst with his front wing being ripped off. He has to pit for repairs and drops to the tail of the field. Heidfeld emerges ahead of Trulli. Further back Button overtakes Fisichella to take ninth place.

* Lap 3: Barrichello overtakes Montoya with a good pass on the outside of the Williams at Turn One. The move suggests that the Ferrari has a much lighter fuel load than the Williams. Further back in the field Button passes Trulli for eighth place while Jean Alesi overtakes Eddie Irvine to move to 11th. Raikkonen rejoins but retires with a broken driveshaft.

* Lap 4: Barrichello moves up on to Michael Schumacher's tail and the two cars pull quickly away from the Williams-BMWs.

* Lap 5: Michael Schumacher moves over and lets Barrichello through into the lead, the Ferrari strategy being to give Barrichello the win to ensure his second place in the World Championship.

* Lap 6: Barrichello sets the fastest lap of the race as he begins to build a lead. At the end of the lap he is 1.8 seconds clear of his team mate. Montoya is third but 3.3 seconds behind Michael Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher is behind Montoya with the top six completed by Hakkinen and Coulthard.

* Lap 10: Barrichello's lead is up to 5.2 seconds. The order of the top six is unchanged but Trulli is able to take eighth place back from Button.

* Lap 13: Barrichello's lead increases to 7.4 seconds but the main action is in the midfield where Jean Alesi grabs 10th place from Fisichella.

* Lap 14: Alesi overtakes Button to move to ninth.

* Lap 21: The order has been unchanged for several laps but at the tail of the field Heinz-Harald Frentzen moves ahead of Olivier Panis to take 14th place.

* Lap 24: Barrichello's lead is up to 13 seconds as Ralf Schumacher becomes the first man to stop, dropping from fourth place to ninth.

* Lap 26: At the tail of the field Alex Yoong pits for tyres.

* Lap 27: Michael Schumacher takes the lead when Barrichello goes into the pits but Montoya is right on his tail. The McLarens move up to third and fourth and Barrichello rejoins in fifth. Sixth-placed Heidfeld stops and falls back to ninth position.

* Lap 34: Montoya gets ahead of Michael Schumacher with a neat pass at the first corner. Also making progress is Heidfeld who overtakes Ralf Schumacher for eighth place.

* Lap 35: Montoya has built up a lead of 2.3 seconds in two laps. In the midfield the first of the cars on one-stop strategies begin to stop with Button coming into the pits. There is a problem and he drops from 10th to 19th. At the back of the field Fernando Alonso also stops.

* Lap 36: Montoya comes into the pits and Michael Schumacher takes the lead again. Hakkinen and Coulthard move to second and third places with Barrichello fourth. Montoya is fifth. In the midfield Ralf Schumacher grabs eighth place off Heidfeld. Jos Verstappen also stops, dropping from 13th place to 20th.

* Lap 37: Ralf Schumacher spins off into a sandtrap and retires. Seventh-placed Alesi is the next to stop and he rejoins in 12th position, Also stopping are Enrique Bernoldi and Enge. The Brazilian rejoins back in 16th with Enge 18th.

* Lap 38: Both Minardis pit, Alonso retiring with a mechanical problem. Yoong rejoins.

* Lap 39: Montoya retires with a suspected gearbox problem, ending Williams's hopes of success. Michael Schumacher pits and Hakkinen goes into the lead with Coulthard second and Barrichello third. Schumacher rejoins fourth. Fifth-placed Trulli pits and is overtaken by Fisichella, Heidfeld, Eddie Irvine and Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

* Lap 41: Fisichella stops, dropping from sixth to 13th. This puts Heidfeld into sixth place.

* Lap 42: Frentzen stops and drops back to 13th.

* Lap 43: Coulthard pits and drops back from second to fourth. Further back Villeneuve and Pedro de la Rosa collide at the end of the back straight while fighting for 11th place. Both men rejoin but Villeneuve goes into the pits at the end of the lap but is instructed to drive through without stopping as the BAR team is expecting Panis to pit.

* Lap 44: Olivier Panis, running eighth, stops and drops back to 12th. Villeneuve pits again for repairs. He retires soon afterwards.

* Lap 45: Verstappen retires with mechanical trouble.

* Lap 46: Hakkinen stops and so Barrichello goes into the lead again. Mika rejoins in second place ahead of Michael Schumacher. In the midfield de la Rosa passes Fisichella to take ninth place. Further back Button passes Frentzen for 11th position.

* Lap 48: Heidfeld stops for the second time and drops from fifth to seventh.

* Lap 50: Barrichello comes in for his second stop but he cannot get out of the pits in time to keep the lead. Hakkinen goes ahead again. Rubens rejoins in second place ahead of Michael Schumacher with Coulthard fourth and Irvine fifth, although the Jaguar driver has still to stop for fuel and tyres. Also stopping is de la Rosa who drops from 10th place to 13th.

* Lap 52: Irvine is the last man to stop and he drops from fifth place to seventh, falling behind Trulli and Heidfeld.

* Lap 55: The order has now stabilised with Hakkinen ahead of Barrichello, Schumacher and Coulthard. There is then a big gap back to Trulli. Behind the Jordan Irvine is able to pass Heidfeld to grab sixth position.

* Lap 67: Barrichello has tried to close the gap to Hakkinen which is down from 6.1 seconds to 2.9, but the Brazilian's engine then begins to smoke.

* Lap 70: Barrichello's engine is getting worse and worse and he is overtaken by Michael Schumacher.

* Lap 71: Coulthard passes Barrichello for third place.

* Lap 72: Barrichello pulls off to retire. This promotes Trulli to fourth, Irvine to fifth and Heidfeld to sixth.