And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.
And he's lost both right front tires.
Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place.
As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.
Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?
I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem.
A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet as he is now known and always has been.
Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.
As you can see, visually, with your eyes.
Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.
And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.
And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.
Let's stop the startwatch.
Schumacher has made his final stop three times.
Ferrari leads, McLaren second, McLaren second, Jordan third, and Benneton fifth and sixth.
Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.
Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.
Unless I am very much mistaken...I AM very much mistaken...!
Tombay's hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now
I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one.
Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.
I was there when I said it.
Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record.
The tires are called wets, because they're used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they're very slick.
And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race.
And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.
And there's the man in the green flag!
Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.
The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.
With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.
It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way.
Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.
Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.
Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.
Look up there! That's the sky!
That's the first time he had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in Canada earlier this year.
And Damon Hill is following Damon Hill.
And the first five places are filled by five different cars.
Mansell can see him in his earphone.