1.   Mansell, the championship leader, finished behind Canadian Paul Tracy and Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil, with Tracy claiming a new lap record.

2.   Biaggi has been in good form for his rookie year, breaking lap records at Jerez and Catalunya in Spain, and last week at Suzuka.

3.   Moves by officials to slow the cars down this season for safety reasons had little effect as Hakkinen nudged the lap record.

4.   The time was the fastest ever recorded on the Ricardo Tormo circuit, but official lap records can only be set in the race itself.

5.   He broke the lap record on the first of the three laps, but, on the second circuit, he went even faster.

6.   In the race itself, Doohan set the lap record for the scenic, forest circuit.

7.   Motorcycling world champion Michael Doohan set a new lap record here on Friday as took provisional pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

8.   Schumacher, who broke the lap record twice late in the race, said he had felt tremendous emotion after his victory.