Alesi was the only driver to come close to Hill, but the early advantage was too much for the Frenchman to make up. Hill also had the pleasure of lapping Micheal Schumacher, who's Ferrari was not as impressive here as it had been in Australia. Mika Hakkinen had a great run in the McLaren from way back on the grid up to fourth, once again followed home by countryman Mika Salo, in the Tyrrell. Picking up the final point was Olivier Panis who kept his Ligier rolling as many drivers spun off, including both Rubens Barricello and Martin Brundle in the final laps, ending a promising run for the Jordan team.

Eddie Irvine was unable to get the second Ferrari into the points, while Gerhard Berger will be hoping that things cannot get any worse for him at Benetton. David Coulthard once again had a disastrous weekend, which ended after he gambled on slick tyres long before the rest of the field. Johnny Herbert again had problems at the start and made no impression, while Sauber team leader Heinz-Harald Frentzen ran well in the rain before his Ford V10 let him down.

With just a week separating the next race in Argentina it may be very hard to stop the Williams steamroller!