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Atlas F1 News Service, a Reuters report

M.Schumacher on Pole; Qualifying - Monaco GP

Saturday June 3rd, 2000

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher grabbed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix with a blistering display in the qualifying session on Saturday.

The 31-year-old championship leader, clocked a best time of 1:19.475 seconds around the twisting street circuit.

That left him two-tenths of a second clear of his nearest rival, Italian Jarno Trulli in a Jordan, with Briton David Coulthard third in the leading McLaren.

Italy's Giancarlo Fisichella in a Benetton was fourth fastest ahead of defending world champion Finn Mika Hakkinen in the second McLaren and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari.

Pos  Driver         Team                 Times               
 1.  M.Schumacher   Ferrari              1:19.475  152.652 km/h
 2.  Trulli         Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:19.746   +  0.271
 3.  Coulthard      McLaren Mercedes     1:19.888   +  0.413
 4.  Frentzen       Jordan Mugen-Honda   1:19.961   +  0.486
 5.  Hakkinen       McLaren Mercedes     1:20.241   +  0.766
 6.  Barrichello    Ferrari              1:20.416   +  0.941
 7.  Alesi          Prost Peugeot        1:20.494   +  1.019
 8.  Fisichella     Benetton Playlife    1:20.703   +  1.228
 9.  R.Schumacher   Williams BMW         1:20.742   +  1.267
10.  Irvine         Jaguar Cosworth      1:20.743   +  1.268
11.  Herbert        Jaguar Cosworth      1:20.792   +  1.317
12.  Wurz           Benetton Playlife    1:20.871   +  1.396
13.  Salo           Sauber Petronas      1:21.561   +  2.086
14.  Button         Williams BMW         1:21.605   +  2.130
15.  Verstappen     Arrows Supertec      1:21.738   +  2.263
16.  de la Rosa     Arrows Supertec      1:21.832   +  2.357
17.  Villeneuve     BAR Honda            1:21.848   +  2.373
18.  Heidfeld       Prost Peugeot        1:22.017   +  2.542
19.  Diniz          Sauber Petronas      1:22.136   +  2.661
20.  Zonta          BAR Honda            1:22.324   +  2.849
21.  Gene           Minardi Fondmetal    1:23.721   +  4.246
22.  Mazzacane      Minardi Fondmetal    1:23.794   +  4.319

All Timing Unofficial