The incident brought out the safety car for seven laps, during which time all the drivers besides the McLarens of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard (both running a one-stop strategy) made pit stops.
O incidente sacou o coche de seguridade durante sete voltas, durante o cal todos os pilotos, ademais dos McLaren de Mika Häkkinen e David Coulthard, (ambos correndo cunha estratexia dunha parada) fixeron paradas en boxes.