11.   No longer is Indy-car racing perceived as an afternoon-long parade lap where speed differential separates the cars enough to preclude close racing.

12.   Thousands flocked into the track while drivers were still completing the parade lap.

13.   He breached the rules on overtaking in the parade lap, delayed responding to a black flag calling him in, and was disqualified after finishing second to Hill.

14.   Hill has tested extensively, the team apparently solving the problem that stopped him on the parade lap in Melbourne, and trying many new components.

15.   In Britain, Schumacher hit trouble after passing rival Damon Hill on the pre-race parade lap.

16.   The race opened dramatically with pole position winner David Coulthard in a Williams spinning out on the parade lap going around to the grid.