Villeneuve takes third pole of season; Car Senna up for auction
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Saturday April 12, 1997

Summary


Jacques Villeneuve was again superior in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Argentina. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fastest in the morning free practice and was fast again in the afternoon with a nice second place.

The most remarkable results were from Olivier Panis in the Prost-Mugen and Rubens Barrichello in the Stewart-Ford who were third and fifth, both on Bridgestone tyres.

Disappointing results were there from both the Benetton's and the McLaren's.

Notes


The Times

 
Villeneuve (Williams)
Frentzen (Williams)
Panis (Prost)
Schumacher (Ferrari)
Barrichello (Stewart)
R. Schumacher (Jordan)
Irvine (Ferrari)
Herbert (Sauber)
Fisichella (Jordan)
Coulthard (McLaren)
Alesi (Benetton)
Berger (Benetton)
Hill (Arrows)
Larini (Sauber)
Magnussen (Stewart)
Verstappen (Tyrrell)
Hakkinen (McLaren)
Trulli (Minardi)
Salo (Tyrrell)
Nakano (Prost)
Katayama (Minardi)
Diniz (Arrows)

107% rule

1m 24.473s
1m 25.271s
1m 25.491s
1m 25.773s
1m 25.942s
1m 26.218s
1m 26.327s
1m 26.564s
1m 26.619s
1m 26.799s
1m 27.076s
1m 27.259s
1m 27.281s
1m 27.690s
1m 28.035s
1m 28.094s
1m 28.135s
1m 28.160s
1m 28.224s
1m 28.366s
1m 28.413s
1m 28.969s

1m 30.386s

The Quotes



Car Senna up for auction

A car raced by the late Ayrton Senna has been put up for auction to help victims of a mutual aid society fraud. 33 people were swindled out of a total of 5.2 million dollars.

The car belongs to one of the indicted of the Orange Kyosai Kumiai, Momoo Tombe, a lawyer said: "The car is the only asset of Orange Kyosai Kumiai. We want to sell it at as high a price as possible to compensate the victims of the fraud."

There already some people interested in the car and are willing to pay 100 million yen for it.


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