21.   Briton David Coulthard outpaced his Williams Renault teammate Damon Hill here on Friday to take provisional pole position for the European Grand Prix.

22.   Eduardo Balbo shot AS Roma into provisional pole position at the top of the Italian championship on Sunday.

23.   Michael Schumacher took provisional pole position here on Friday for the San Marino Grand Prix -- a race he won last year on the day that Ayrton Senna died.

24.   Michael Schumacher, who has won the first four races of the season, asserted his superiority as soon as he went out and immediately took provisional pole position.

25.   Motorcycling world champion Michael Doohan set a new lap record here on Friday as took provisional pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

26.   Red-hot Brazilian Cristiano da Matta was second fastest on Saturday after holding the provisional pole from a day earlier.

27.   Schumacher was equally delighted with his provisional pole.

28.   The Benetton Renault was last in provisional pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix in June.

29.   The crash came as Hill was fighting in vain to stop Austrian Gerhard Berger from taking provisional pole position in the Ferrari during the first qualifying session.