Frentzen wins his first pole; Mosley: 'no going back on changes'
© 1997 ATLAS F1

Saturday May 10, 1997

Summary


Heinz-Harald Frentzen secured his first pole position in the last couple of minutes of today's qualifying. The German just managed to squeeze his Williams-Renault in front of Michael Schumacher, who took provisional pole early in the session.

Giancarlo Fisichella felt right at home on the narrow street circuit and clocked an excellent fourth time in front of his team-mate Ralf Schumacher

Notes


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

107% rule

1m 18.216s
1m 18.235s
1m 18.583s
1m 18.665s
1m 18.779s
1m 18.943s
1m 19.105s
1m 19.119s
1m 19.263s
1m 19.295s
1m 19.468s
1m 19.626s
1m 19.674s
1m 19.694s
1m 19.723s
1m 19.860s
1m 20.199s
1m 20.349s
1m 20.516s
1m 20.606s
1m 20.961s
1m 21.290s

1m 23.691s

The Quotes



Mosley: 'no going back on changes'

FIA president Max Mosley says there is no going back on the regulation changes for next year. Several drivers, including Jacques Villeneuve, opposed the new rules of grooved tyres and narrow chassis'.

Mosley said: "There is no going back now And any rumours going around in the paddock that suggest otherwise are wrong."

He also responded a bit irritated on Villeneuve's comments: "It is our responsibility to worry about safety, not his."

He stated that if it wasn't for the new rules Jos Verstappen wouldn't be around anymore after his crash during the Belgium Grand Prix last year: "His accident would have been fatal if he had been driving a car as they were two years earlier before the padding had been put in."


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