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Hakkinen commented afterwards: "Being fastest means a lot, even though it is free practice."
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Formula One World Champions Prost and Mansell could be returning to Formula One racing this year. Bernie Ecclestone is behind it according to the Daily Mirror. It will be a head-to-head confrontation in a Ferrari with the winner takes all of the 1 million pound price money. The event could be staged as a support event or a season final.
Gerhard Berger is expected to appear in court in Australia. Berger and former World Champion motor racing Barry Sheen are under suspicion of assaulting Melanie Hilzinger in a bar on the Gold Coast of Australia. The police say they have enough evidence against the two.
Schumacher will move from Monaco to Switzerland in July, this was announced by his spokesman. Schumacher has already rented a house near the Genfer Lake.