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McLaren hits back! David Coulthard claimed pole position again, staying .081s ahead of Michael Schumacher. While the double world champion of 1994 and 1995 could battle with his McLaren rivals, Eddie Irvine suffered technical issues - The driver from Northern Ireland will have to start from the back of the grid.
Happy face all around for Brazilian race fans, as Interlagos home hero Rubens Barrichello qualified his Stewart-Ford in 5th! Alex Zanardi of Williams and Giancarlo Fisichella of Benetton will probably be less happy: both could not get into the top 10.
From the smaller teams, Toranosuke Takagi and his Arrows produced a surprisingly good result in 15th. Marzec kept part of his advantage over his Minardi team mate, although the margin slid back from over a second to just one third of a second. Marzec claimed he could've been quicker if he wasn't hindered by Damon Hill: "After that, the rain strated coming down and nobody could improve on their time. I think realistically I could have eaked out another .3s and be where Olivier Panis and Takagi are in terms of raw pace."