BULLETIN No 4

RACE FACTS AND INCIDENTS

* Lap 1: At the start of the race Juan Pablo Montoya makes the better start but Michael Schumacher moves across the road and the two cars go into the first corner side by side, with the Ferrari on the kerb. Schumacher slides off the kerb and goes into the side of the Williams, pushing Montoya out across the track but damaging the Ferrari's front wing at the same time. This allows Rubens Barrichello to take the lead with Ralf Schumacher second, followed by the two McLarens, Kimi Raikkonen leading David Coulthard. Nick Heidfeld is next with Jenson Button completing the top six. An irate Montoya rejoins in 10th position and gesticulates as he passes Schumacher, who is trailing into the pits to have his front wing replaced. Further back in the field there is a disaster for Arrows as Heinz-Harald Frentzen is left sitting on the grid. His car is pushed into the pit lane and rejoins several laps down.

* Lap 2: As Barrichello extends his lead the order remains unchanged but the two Jordans disappear after Takuma Sato runs into the back of Giancarlo Fisichella. Both men have to pit for repairs: Sato has a new nose fitted but Fisichella drops a long back because the rear wing needs to be replaced. Further back Allan McNish overtakes Felipe Massa to take 11th place. Olivier Panis overtakes Pedro de la Rosa for 14th.

* Lap 3: Barrichello's advantage at the front increases to 2.7 secs as the order begins to settle down with Montoya passing Jarno Trulli and Mika Salo to move back up to seventh position. Further back in the field Alex Yoong overtakes a struggling Mark Webber. At the back of the field Michael Schumacher sets the fastest lap as he begins his recovery drive in 19th place.

* Lap 4: Salo passes Trulli to take eighth place. Michael Schumacher sets a second fastest lap.

* Lap 6: McNish passes Enrique Bernoldi for 10th place.

* Lap 7: Montoya passes Button to move to sixth place. Further back McNish passes Trulli to move to ninth place. At the back of the field Panis and de la Rosa collide while disputing 14th. The Jaguar loses his front wing and has to pit for repairs. At the tail of the field Michael Schumacher overtakes Webber. While this is happening Montoya is given a "drive-through" penalty for "causing an avoidable collision".

* Lap 8: Trulli pits and drops to the back of the field. Michael Schumacher passes Yoong to move to 16th.

* Lap 9: Montoya pits for his penalty and re-emerges in ninth position. Trulli pits for a second time and retires.

* Lap 10: Olivier Panis stops with a mechanical problem and at the same time Michael Schumacher passes Eddie Irvine and so the Ferrari is up to 13th.

* Lap 12: Michael Schumacher overtakes Jacques Villeneuve to move to 12th position.

* Lap 13: David Coulthard runs into problems and begins to slow. He is overtaken for fourth place by Nick Heidfeld.

* Lap 14: Barrichello's lead is six seconds but begins to stabilise. Coulthard drops back to seventh behind Button and Salo. Michael Schumacher passes Massa to move up to 11th.

* Lap 15: Coulthard goes into the pits to retire. At the same time eighth-placed McNish runs wide under pressure from Montoya and drops behind the Williams.

* Lap 16: Ralf Schumacher sets the fastest lap although this is beaten by Montoya, who is now free from traffic. Michael Schumacher passes Bernoldi to move to ninth.

* Lap 17: Ralf Schumacher and Montoya again set fastest laps.

* Lap 18: Montoya sets a third consecutive fastest lap.

* Lap 19: The pit stops begin with fourth-placed Heidfeld. The Sauber drops back to seventh. McNish and Michael Schumacher also pit and fall back, the Ferrari to 12th, the Toyota to 13th. Yoong, running 14th also stops.

* Lap 20: Montoya passes Salo for fifth place.

* Lap 21: Barrichello, Montoya and Salo all pit, leaving Ralf Schumacher to lead from Raikkonen. Barrichello rejoins in third place ahead of Button, Heidfeld and Montoya. In the midfield Bernoldi disappears with a mechanical problem.

* Lap 22: Frentzen, who is two laps down, pits.

* Lap 23: The pit stops continue with Massa stopping and dropping from eighth to 12th. Yoong pits for a second time.

* Lap 24: Raikkonen's race comes to an end with a blown engine. This promotes to Button to thirrd place. Further back the pit stops continue with de la Rosa stopping.

* Lap 25: Salo stops because of an electronic problem and loses several laps.

* Lap 26: Villeneuve stops and falls from seventh place down to 11th. As this is happening Irvine runs into Yoong's Minardi and loses his front wing. This drops him back down the order.

* Lap 27: The first of the one stop runners pits as Webber comes into the pits, dropping from ninth to 11th. Sato also pits but stays in 12th place.

* Lap 30: Irvine retires with an hydraulic failure. At the tail of the field Alex Yoong pulls off to retire with a mechanical problem.

* Lap 31: Ralf Schumacher, ahead by nearly 30 seconds stops. Button also come into the pits. Ralf rejoins in second behind Barrichello while Button falls to fourth behind Montoya. Heidfeld remains fifth with Michael Schumacher no running sixth. McNish and Massa (running seventh and eighth) return to the lead lap thanks to Ralf's pit stop.

* Lap 35: Barrichello stops for the second time and loses the lead to R Schumacher. Further back Webber retires after a spin.

* Lap 36: Heidfeld stops for a second time and falls to sixth behind Michael Schumacher and Button.

* Lap 37: Schumacher M passes Button for fourth place. Massa stops for a second time but remains in eighth place.

* Lap 38: Montoya sets the fastest lap of the race as he chases after Barrichello.

* Lap 39: Montoya finally stops and drops behind Michael Schumacher and Button.

* Lap 40: Barrichello's Ferrari, running second, stops with a mechanical problem. Michael Schumacher pits for the second time and falls back behind Button and Montoya. McNish also stops and falls to seventh, behind Massa.

* Lap 44: Montoya passes Button for second place after a brief but exciting battle.

* Lap 56: Ralf Schumacher leads Montoya home to a Williams 1-2. On the last lap Button, who is suffering from what looks like a suspension problem, is overtaken by Michael Schumacher and so loses third. Heidfeld is fifth with his Sauber team mate Felipe Massa in sixth place. McNish finishes seventh for Toyota with Villeneuve eighth in his BAR-Honda.