Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 34 | 1:38.543 | 202.498 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 21 | 1:39.064 | 0.521 | 201.433 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 23 | 1:39.302 | 0.759 | 200.951 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 36 | 1:39.529 | 0.986 | 200.492 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 22 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR-Honda | 20 | 1:40.160 | 1.617 | 199.229 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar-Ford Cosworth | 18 | 1:40.292 | 1.749 | 198.967 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | Alex Wurz | Benetton-Playlife | 19 | 1:40.312 | 1.769 | 198.927 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | 23 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR-Honda | 21 | 1:40.498 | 1.955 | 198.559 | Ret | ||||
| 9 | 8 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar-Ford Cosworth | 27 | 1:40.764 | 2.221 | 198.035 | Ret | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Mika Salo | Sauber-Petronas | 14 | 1:40.894 | 2.351 | 197.780 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton-Playlife | 53 | 1:40.925 | 2.382 | 197.719 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows-Supertec | 27 | 1:41.104 | 2.561 | 197.369 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan-Mugen Honda | 33 | 1:41.262 | 2.719 | 197.061 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Jean Alesi | Prost-Peugeot | 34 | 1:41.634 | 3.091 | 196.340 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams-BMW | 42 | 1:41.729 | 3.186 | 196.156 | Ret | ||||
| 16 | 20 | Marc Gené | Minardi-Fondmetal | 27 | 1:41.928 | 3.385 | 195.773 | Ret | ||||
| 17 | 10 | Jenson Button | Williams-BMW | 17 | 1:42.226 | 3.683 | 195.203 | Ret | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Gastón Mazzacane | Minardi-Fondmetal | 24 | 1:43.147 | 4.604 | 193.460 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan-Mugen Honda | 3 | 1:44.557 | 6.014 | 190.851 | Ret |