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Source: BBC Ceefax
Date: March 8
Subject: Villeneuve claims top spot on grid


Title favourite Jacques Villeneuve scorched to pole position for Sunday's race with a dominant display. Villeneuve claimed top spot on the grid with a huge 1.7 secs lead over Williams-Renault team-mate Heinz-Harald Frentzen. But the French-Canadian now odds-on to convert the fourth pole of his career into victory, had time to otter some sympathy to Damon Hill. "Damon was my team-mate and he's the champion. It's hard to see him back there as he's worth more than that."