Michael Schumacher sweeps into Turn 1 leaving the oval part of the track at the end of the front straight.

Schumacher was only fifth fastest in the first practice session.

Pedro De La Rosa puts the Arrows through its paces, gaining the fastest trap speed on the front straight at 204.990 mph. He also held fastest lap of the session at this point.

Nick Heidfeld set fastest lap in his Sauber at this point and kept it for over ten minutes.

Jacques Villeneuve passes Eddie Irvine shortly after setting another new fastest lap.

Frentzen goes off-roading over the Turn 2 gravel trap. The big surprise of the session was Jenson Button jumping up from being slowest to fastest on his last lap, just before Mika Hakkinen took the fastest lap honors for himself.

Rubens Barrichello heads off down the pit lane at the start of the morning's second practice session.

Jenson Button pulls out of the garage to join the session...

...followed by his Williams teammate Ralf Schumacher. He lost time with a punctured right front tire and complained that his car felt very nervous. "Something was wrong this morning. When I was braking, the car would pull to the right. We came in and something had punctured the front right. I'm quite confident about qualifying. I know when I can push the car.".

David Coulthard had been third fastest in the previous session and sets off to see if his setup changes will make him faster.

Michael Schumacher heads out too.

Former Indy 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve comes back into the pits after a run. He and his teammate were trying different tire compounds. "It's tricky to find the right tyre pressures," he said.

Derek Daly interviews Gerhard Berger, BMW Motorsports boss and former F1 driver outside the Williams garage.

Johnny Herbert arrives back in the pits and is pushed into the Jaguar garage. How's the track this morning, Johnny? "It's a bit better. Unfortunately, because it was wet this morning, it hasn't got as much rubber down as maybe it would have done, but it's slowly picking up.".

Heinz-Harald Frentzen rolls out of the Jordan garage. Note the Jordan cars have the Buzzin' Hornets branding normally reserved for countries where tobacco advertising is banned. Under the State Attorneys General Tobacco Settlement, each manufacturer may only sponsor one team in each sport. Gallagher Group licenses the brand to British American Tobacco to sell in the US, who already sponsor the BAR team.

Mika Hakkinen goes out to join the session. He was only fifth fastest, but the McLarens were running with full fuel loads to test for the race.

Coulthard comes in and is pushed back into the garage.

Derek Daly waits to interview CART drivers Gil de Ferran and Paul Tracy for Speedvision. Juan Montoya was watching his future team from inside the garage.

Hakkinen is also pushed back into the garage.

Eddie Jordan watches the team's progress from the pit stand.

Meanwhile, Bobby Rahal does the same with the Jaguar team, learning the ropes for his future role as their boss. As a former Indy 500 winner, Bobby should know the track well, but he's never seen anyone drive the wrong way round it.

Schumacher goes out for his final run of the morning.

With the session over, Rubens Barrichello waves to a cheering crowd, possibly oblivious to Michael Schumacher standing a few feet behind him.

Johnny Rutherford chats with reporters. He is one of the many former Indianapolis 500 winners who were present for the weekend.