 Round 12 took the team back to the site of their maiden victory the previous year, Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.Frentzen was on top form again, qualifying third, and Hill had his best qualifying of the year, he shared the second row with his teammate.Hill had a disastrous start, dropping behind Irvine, Ralf Schumacher and Zanardi, but Frentzen maintained 3rd.