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Fittipaldi takes pole in Rio

Christian Fittipaldi took the honours in qualifying for tomorrow's CART Telemar Rio 200 race

The session was delayed because of the rain which has hampered both day's in the Brazilian city.

Second behind the Newman-Haas driver was Dario Franchitti and third was the winner of the last CART race, Juan Montoya.

Qualifying results from Rio 2000





































































































































Pos


Driver


Team


Time

       

1


Christian Fittipaldi


Newman-Haas


38.565s


2


Dario Franchitti


Team KOOL Green


38.574s


3


Juan Montoya


Target Chip Ganassi


38.651s


4


Gil de Ferran


Walker Racing


38.684s


5


Bryan Herta


Team Rahal


38.711s


6


Jimmy Vasser


Target Chip Ganassi


38.926s


7


Tony Kanaan


McDonald's Racing


38.987s


8


Tarso Marques


Marlboro Team Penske


39.007s


9


Patrick Carpentier


Players/Forsythe


39.043s


10


Greg Moore


Players/Forsythe


39.185s


11


Helio Castro-Neves


Hogan Racing


39.302s


12


Paul Tracy


Team KOOL Green


39.310s


13


Max Papis


Team Rahal


39.512s


14


Christiano da Matta


Arciero-Wells


39.437s


15


Michael Andretti


Newman-Haas


39.386s


16


PJ Jones


Patrick Racing


39.393s


17


Adrian Fernandez


Patrick Racing


39.443s


18


Richie Hearn


Della Penna


39.626s


19


Al Unser Jr


Marlboro Team Penske


39.807s


20


Scott Pruett


Arciero-Wells


39.982s


21


Gualter Salles


Mercedes Reynard Goodyear


39.989s


22


Alex Barron


All-American Racers


40.055s


23


Roberto Moreno


Mercedes Reynard Firestone


40.121s


24


Michel Jourdain Jr


Payton-Coyne


41.271s

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