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[[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] driver [[Érik Comas]] was injured and briefly knocked unconscious in a heavy crash during practice on Friday and was advised by doctors not to drive again over the weekend, so he was withdrawn from Qualifying. [[Ayrton Senna]] encountered Comas's car on the race track, stopped to help him, and cutting off the car's engine to reduce the risk of fire. Comas later credited this with likely having saved his life.<ref>{{Citation|last=Cadmuss|title=Ayrton Saved my Life (English sub) - Erik Comas Interview about his crash and Senna's death at Imola|date=2011-01-08|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyXHG55xQ8&t=98|accessdate=2018-02-01}}</ref> [[Gerhard Berger]] had a 160mph crash down the hill in the wet during practice on the entrance to Eau Rouge with the back of the car catching fire, although he was uninjured.<ref name="Walker" />
 
Aside from Comas, the other three non-qualifiers included [[Minardi]] driver [[Christian Fittipaldi]], returning after four races missed through injury. Also failing to qualify were the two [[Andrea Moda Formula|Andrea Moda]] cars, this being the first time both avoidingcars pre-qualifyinghad forbeen present in the firstmain timequalifying sessions. [[Roberto Moreno]] could only manage 28th fastest, over five seconds slower than Fittipaldi, with [[Perry McCarthy]] 29th after he went off the track at the 170mph [[Eau Rouge]] section. McCarthy reported to his team that the car's steering had jammed, and that he suspected the [[Rack and pinion|steering rack]] was flexing. Team boss [[Andrea Sassetti]] replied that the team already knew the rack was faulty because it had previously been fitted to Moreno's car, and he had reported the same problem. McCarthy quit the team, before Sassetti was subsequently arrested in the paddock on Saturday afternoon on allegations of forging documents and fraud.<ref name="Walker" /><ref name="McCarthy">{{cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Perry |date=2003 |title=Flat Out, Flat Broke |publisher=Haynes |pages=199–200|isbn=1 84425 018 0}}</ref><ref name="MS">{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1998/87/worst-car-i-ever-drove |title=The worst car I ever drove |date=January 1998 |accessdate=1 June 2020 |publisher=MotorSport magazine}}</ref>
 
===Qualifying classification===
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