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00:00Yes! Yes! It's go! And Coulthard drags Hacken and gets away well.
00:08Look at Eddie Irvine coming up on the inside. Mildom goes up into second position.
00:12Schumacher is down into about sixth position. Bad start by the Ferrari.
00:16Great start by Eddie Irvine. Mildom! Look at Mildom! And into the wall. Who was that?
00:22Coulthard, Coulthard into the wall. David Coulthard into the wall.
00:24They'll stop the race. They'll stop the race.
00:26They'll have to red flag this. Oh, this is terrible.
00:28Look, oh, this is quite appalling. This is the worst start for a Grand Prix that I have ever seen in the whole of my life.
00:36Now watch it now. Look, David Coulthard over on the, your right of the picture,
00:40swings across and just lights up the rear wheels. Had a big frontal impact into the wall anyway.
00:46And now, and now the real action starts. David goes over to the other side.
00:51And then in the middle, somebody's braking. Eddie Irvine gets caught up in the Benetton.
00:57And they just keep smashing into each other. Look at Salo's car, his second big accident of the weekend.
01:02And then after that, total carnage. Nothing they can do.
01:07Go, go, go, go! Hakanen leads away again. Irvine again comes up the left.
01:13Damon Hill has made an excellent start and leads! And leads!
01:17Damon Hill gets ahead of everybody at last source. Schumacher going round the outside.
01:21Oh, and Hakanen's fine. Schumacher hit Hakanen. And Herman has hit Hakanen.
01:27Now, I can't believe they're not going to have to stop the race again.
01:32There's no spare car for Hakanen. He'll have to take, even if they do stop it, he'll have to take, he's saying he's okay,
01:38but he'll have to take Coulthard's car back in that respect. But at the moment, no sign of the red flags
01:44as Michael Schumacher comes up the inside of Eddie Irvine.
01:47And takes second place. So now the battle is on between Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher.
01:52And down goes Coulthard. Coulthard is off and one of the Benettons.
01:56This is terrible for the McLaren team. David Coulthard's truck has kept the engine running
02:02and Schumacher is up with Damon Hill. The Ferraris are second and third
02:06and Damon leads the race for the first time since Hungary last year in the Arrows.
02:12I think Michael will be thinking, I'm not going to take a wild move to get past this man.
02:17I've got a long afternoon ahead of me. I'll take him as and when I can.
02:20But here's a good chance. We've got a much better run out of Blanchimont.
02:23Up the inside into the bus stop. He has track position.
02:26Squeezes Damon over a little bit. Michael Schumacher, a textbook overtaking opportunity.
02:32And he came out of that sixth gear Blanchimont corner much, much better.
02:36Watch Damon Hill. He tries to protect his position.
02:39But Michael Schumacher, you've just got to give the smell of an oily rag
02:42when there's a chance of getting through and he'll be there.
02:45You see, he has forced Damon Hill wide.
02:48Michael Schumacher is able to take the right line into the bus stop.
02:52Michael Schumacher leads in Belgium.
02:56Damon Hill's not fighting for first now. He's going to be fighting for second.
02:59And off goes Schumacher. No, it's Irvine. It's Irvine.
03:03Apologies. Apologies. Trying too hard.
03:06And he's just missed by Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
03:09Off goes the nose wing of the Ferrari.
03:14Yes, Irvine's had that problem on the way into Lecombe
03:16and ended up running over his own nose as he went over the bumpy bit of grass.
03:20I think he outbraked himself at the end of the straight
03:23and just went straight across the grass.
03:26Stuttgart struggling around Ismacar and just not happy at all
03:29in these conditions for whatever reason.
03:31And we've seen the Ferrari team boss walking down the pit lane.
03:36And let us not forget that David Coulthard in these appalling conditions.
03:40Oh, God! Michael Schumacher hits David Coulthard
03:44and is out of the Belgian Grand Prix.
03:47Maybe he should have been a bit more circumspect about trying to pass him,
03:51but he is out.
03:52And Mika Häkkinen, in the nicest possible way, will be delighted.
03:56The World Championship situation is now the same as it was
04:00when the Belgian Grand Prix started and Damon Hill is in the lead.
04:04Yes, I think they probably just radioed to David to say,
04:07let him through, he's behind you, let him through.
04:10David lifts off and Schumacher doesn't realise and runs into the back of him.
04:14The two Jordans are first and second.
04:16Ralf Schumacher just ten seconds.
04:18Look, David's pulled over to one side, lifted off,
04:21and Michael clearly couldn't see.
04:24Well, what an incredible development.
04:27Now, what is he up to?
04:29He's storming down the pit lane, presumably to get...
04:32Look at him, look at him, he's saying, I'm going to the stewards.
04:35James, James, can you enlighten...
04:37He's going to Coulthard.
04:39He's going to have it out with David Coulthard.
04:41This is a bit like Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna
04:44at that Belgian Grand Prix when Nigel got him by the throat.
04:47James, what's the news?
04:48Unbelievable altercation, as you say.
04:50Jean Tots there, he's dragged his driver away.
04:52Michael, absolutely furious.
04:55Oh, Fisichella!
04:56That's a big accident from Fisichella.
04:58I think that's coming out of the bus stop.
05:00He obviously lost it and hit the end of the barrier.
05:02That's a very nasty accident.
05:04That'll bring out the safety car.
05:06I'm sure that'll bring out the...
05:08There's poor visibility there.
05:10I think he's hit the end of the pit wall.
05:12And this is the same thing that happened to Schumacher and Coulthard.
05:15Oh, that is a nasty accident.
05:17And now, remember, Wurz was like this in Monaco in a Benetton.
05:20Nothing he can do, no way.
05:22That's a horrible accident.
05:24He brings his head over.
05:26Oh, well, that just looks like a torpedo, doesn't it?
05:30Get ready in Britain and Ireland,
05:32all around the world,
05:34to stand up and cheer
05:36as Damon Hill comes home
05:38within sight of victory at the Belgian Grand Prix.
05:41His 22nd victory.
05:43Into the bus stop.
05:45He is yards away from the finish,
05:47followed by his teammate, Ralf Schumacher.
05:49And Damon Hill wins in Belgium.
05:54Fantastic!
05:57Schumacher second,
05:59Alessi third.
06:01Wow, what an unbelievable race.
06:05And Eddie Jordan at last,
06:08after all his efforts.
06:10And Damon is delighted,
06:12and so will Britain be
06:14after a quite incredible,
06:16truly magnificent Belgian Grand Prix,
06:18which saw Damon Hill
06:20back at the top.
06:23BELGIAN GRAND PRIX