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