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Championship leader Damon Hill rose to the challenge of Michael
Schumacher with a flying lap to snatch pole in the closing minutes of qualifying
He
was outpaced by in the early part of the session with Schumacher clocking
1.30.812 in his Ferrari and then improving it to 1.30.598.
Hill brought his
Williams back out onto the circuit with less than five minutes left and produced
a brilliant 1.30.346 to head the grid.
Teammate Jacques Villeneuve
(1.30.907) will be on the second row, alongside Jean Alesi`s Benetton.
Damon
Hill admitted he had "left it very late" before claiming pole position
for Sunday`s race.
"I was biting my nails as much as I could through my
gloves while waiting in the car wondering how it would go."
"I was
always going to ba a battle. There was a lot of traffic when I was out there,
but it was vital to get a clear lap and we finally managed it."
"We
need pole position here as it is so difficult to overtake." Hill will
become only the eihght person to ever win four successive race if he is
victorious in Sunday`s race.
Michael Schumacher is on the alert after reportedly being the subject
of a death threat by kurdish rebels.
A German-based group, purporting to
represent the terrorist PKK group, have sent al letter to a Belgian tabloid
newspaper issuing the threat.
Schumacher said: "I am not too worried
about it at the moment. This is not the first time I have been the subject of a
death threat. We will look into it"
The Schumacher camp believe it is a
hoax or a publish stunt but are worried with the next Grand Prix being held in
Germany on April 28.