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Danimal5981
3 months agoSeasoned Ace
First Pole Position of the season goes to David Coulthard! In a very close qualifying session, the Scotsman was only just slightly faster than team mate Mika Häkkinen and Ferrari's Eddie Irvine. Michael Schumacher came in 4th at .157s. Damon Hill saw a good recovery from his disappointing practice session coming in 5th, while Alex Zanardi made the top 10.
Further down the grid, Minardi turned out to be the strongest of the three backmarker teams, with Marc Gené (17th) having 0.015s over his 17 year old team mate Daniel Marzec. Both rookies managed to stay ahead of 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve who disappointed in 20th, but that was still better than his BAR-team mate Riccardo Zonta who closes the grid at the back.