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auto-moto.210 obren,
Kralj Hungaroringa, Dejmon Hill, danas je od ranog stadijuma trke pa do samog finiša nadmoćno vodio (više od 30 sekundi ispred Vilneva!), dok mu u pretposlednjom krugu nije otkazao menjač na njegovom samohodnom kontejneru :((( U poslednjem krugu ga je lešinarski i vrlo rizično (preko trave) obišao Žak Vilnev i tako došao do pobede. Ova pehčina ući će u anale Formule 1 - da neko u onakvoj krntiji uspe da dominira ispred Williamsa, Ferrarija i McLarena i da ostane u poslednjem krugu bez pobede. U svakom slučaju Damon Hill je heroj današnje trke a konačno je pokazao svima ko je pravi majstor u F1.
auto-moto.211 vpoznanovic,
F1: Hungarian GP results Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:45:47.149 2. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha +9.079 3. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas +20.445 4. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari +30.501 5. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot +30.715 6. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen +41.512 7. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen +1:15.552 8. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault +1:16.409 9. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari -1 lap 10. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart -1 lap 11. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault -1 lap 12. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart -2 laps 13. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 -2 laps DNF David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes on lap 66 DNF Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 on lap 62 DNF Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha on lap 54 DNF Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot on lap 43 DNF Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault on lap 30 DNF Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 on lap 30 DNF Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes on lap 13 DNF Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas on lap 8 DNF Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 on lap 6
auto-moto.212 vpoznanovic,
F1: Standings after Hungarian GP Drivers Championship Pos Driver Nat Constructor Pts --------------------------------------------------------- 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 56 2. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 53 3. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 22 4. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 20 5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 19 6. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 18 7. Olivier Panis F Prost-Mugen 15 8. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 14 9. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 14 10. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 11 11. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 11 12. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 8 13. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 7 14. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 6 15. Alexander Wurz A Benetton-Renault 4 16. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 3 17. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 2 18. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 2 19. Nicola Larini I Sauber-Petronas 1 Constructors Championship Pos Constructor Pts ----------------------------------- 1. Ferrari 74 2. Williams-Renault 72 3. Benetton-Renault 46 4. McLaren-Mercedes 28 5. Prost-Mugen 20 6. Jordan-Peugeot 19 7. Sauber-Petronas 12 8. TWR-Yamaha 7 9. Stewart-Ford ZV10 6 10. Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 2
auto-moto.213 mikson,
Ma ja mislim da je Hill pustio Vilneva da pobedi zbog svoje mrznje prema Sumaheru! :))
auto-moto.214 vector, -> #211, vpoznanovic
▒Ţ Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time ▒Ţ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ▒Ţ 1. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:45:47.149 ▒Ţ 2. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha +9.079 Eh, trebalo je da pise ovako: ▒Ţ Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time ▒Ţ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ▒Ţ 1. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:45:15.135 ▒Ţ 2. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault +32.014 :)
auto-moto.215 vector,
Miller 200 Starting Line-up PPG CART WORLD SERIES STARTING GRID Saturday, August 9, 1997 Miller 200 (Mid Ohio) STR CAR POS ROW NUM DRIVER/HOMETOWN & CAR TIME SPEED 1 1 8 BRYAN HERTA/New Albany, OH (USA) 66.277 122.649 M Shell Reynard Ford (G) 2 1 4 ALEX ZANARDI/Monte Carlo, Mon (ITA) 66.303 122.601 Target Reynard Honda (F) 3 2 99 GREG MOORE/Maple Ridge, BC (CAN) 66.473 122.287 Player's/Indeck Reynard Mercedes (F) 4 2 5 GIL DE FERRAN/Ft Lauderdale, FL (BR 66.653 121.957 Valvoline/Cummins Reynard Honda (G) 5 3 9 DARIO FRANCHITTI(R)/Blackburn, Sct 66.689 121.891 Hogan Mtr. Lease Reynard M-Benz (F) 6 3 17 MAURICIO GUGELMIN/Ft Lauderdale, FL 66.969 121.878 Hollywood PacWest Reynard M-Benz (F) 7 4 20 SCOTT PRUETT/Crystal Bay, NV (USA) 66.724 121.827 Brahma Reynard Ford (F) 8 4 11 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI/Sao Paulo, Bra 66.751 121.778 Kmart/Budweiser Swift Ford (G) 9 5 1 JIMMY VASSER/Las Vegas, NV (USA) 66.857 121.585 Target Reynard Honda (F) 10 5 6 MICHAEL ANDRETTI/Nazareth, PA (USA) 66.919 121.472 Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Swift Ford (G) 11 6 40 RAUL BOESEL/Key Biscayne, FL (BRZ) 66.995 121.334 Brahma Reynard Ford (F) 12 6 27 PARKER JOHNSTONE/Brush Prairie, WA 67.001 121.324 KOOL Reynard Honda (F) 13 7 18 MARK BLUNDELL/Paradise Vlly, AZ (EN 67.235 120.901 Motorola PacWest Reynard M-Benz (F) 14 7 19 MICHEL JOURDAIN JR./Mexico City, Me 67.359 120.679 Herdez/Viva Mex! Lola Ford (F) 15 8 3 PAUL TRACY/Paradise Vlly, AZ (CAN) 67.374 120.652 97 Marlboro Penske Mercedes (G) 16 8 7 BOBBY RAHAL/New Albany, OH (USA) 67.426 120.559 Miller Lite Reynard Ford (G) 17 9 31 ANDRE RIBEIRO/Sao Paulo, Brazil (BR 67.515 120.400 LCI/Marlboro Reynard Honda (F) 18 9 2 AL UNSER JR./Albuquerque, NM (USA) 67.603 120.243 97 Marlboro Penske Mercedes (G) 19 10 77 GUALTER SALLES(R)/Miami, FL (BRZ) 67.754 119.975 INDUSVAL Reynard Ford (G) 20 10 98 PJ JONES/Rolling Hills, CA (USA) 68.061 119.434 Castrol-Jockey Reynard Toyota (G) 21 11 32 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ/W. Bloomfield, MI 68.085 119.392 Tecate/Quaker State Lola Honda (F) 22 11 21 RICHIE HEARN/Henderson, NV (USA) 68.095 119.374 Ralphs-Food 4 Less Lola Ford (G) 23 12 16 PATRICK CARPENTIER(R)/Indiana, IN ( 68.220 119.156 Alumax Reynard Mercedes (G) 24 12 25 MAX PAPIS/Newport Beach, CA (ITA) 68.603 118.490 MCI Reynard Toyota (F) 25 13 36 JUAN FANGIO II/Miami, FL (ARG) 68.629 118.446 Castrol-Jockey Reynard Toyota (G) 26 13 34 CHARLIE NEARBURG(R)/Midland, TX (US 70.313 115.609 Nearburg Explor Reynard Ford (F) 27 14 64 ARND MEIER(R)/Hanover, Ger (GER) 70.578 115.175 J.A.G./Marcelo Hawaiian T Ford (G) 28 14 24 HIRO MATSUSHITA/San Clemente, CA (J 70.890 114.668 Panasonic Duskin Reynard Toyota (F) ENGINE LEGEND: Ford=Ford-Cosworth; M-Benz=Mercedes-Benz (R) Rookie driver M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000)
auto-moto.216 vector,
Danasnja trka u Mid Ohaju protekla je u znaku jednog Target/Chip Ganassi (crvenog;) bolida, koji se neprestano odvajao od ostalih, praveci pritom razliku koja je dostigla nekih tridesetak (30) sekundi. Jednostavno, nista nije moglo zaustaviti taj bolid. ;) Zbog zute zastave pri kraju trke, razlika je spala na oko 3,4 sekunde, ali je i to bilo vise nego dovoljno da ALEX ZANARDI uzme cetvrtu pobedu ove godine i tako ucvrsti svoje vodjstvo u sampionatu. 1. Alex Zanardi 2. Greg Moore 3. Bobby Rahal 4. Raul Boesel 5. Jimmy Vasser Ne znam trenutno kako stvari stoje u sampionatu (mrzi me da racunam), ali sutra ce stici opsirniji izvestaj :) Za sada znam da je Zanardi prvi sa 148 poena, Trejsi drugi sa 121, a Greg Moore, koji je najzad zavrsio trku, cetvrti sa 111 poena. Na trecem mestu je de Ferran, ako se ne varam, sa 112 poena. U svakom slucaju saznacemo sve sutra. :) Inace, za one koji nisu gledali trku, da kazem da Bryan Herta nije zavrsio trku; vrlo rano je ispao zbog ;) problema sa LR (koliko se secam) gumom. Mada, i da je ostao u trci, ne verujem da bi predstavljao veliku prepreku Zanardiju. Pol Trejsi & Al Unser Jr., vozaci Marlboro Team Penske tima su zabelezili jos jedan DNF (po koji put?). Takodje, Mark Blundell nije zavrsio trku zbog incidenta sa Unserom (Unser je kriv;). Dakle, ako Zanardi nastavi ovako ne verujem da ce bilo ko biti u mogucnosti da ga zaustavi. Trejsi je, iako drugi u sampionatu, vec otpisan (nema nikakve sanse da osvoji titulu), tako da bih sve sveo na sledecu trojicu: Zanardi, Moore i de Ferran. Zanardi za sada ima najvece sanse, ali nista nije gotovo dok se ne zavrsi :)
auto-moto.217 stukelj, -> #216, vector
│ Danasnja trka u Mid Ohaju protekla je u znaku jednog Target/Chip Ganassi └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Tacno! Vasser je jedno vreme bio 21. i probio se do 5. mesta!!! I da bude jos bolje, pri tom pohodu spektakularno je obisao De Ferrana... To je samo pokazalo da nije imao problem pri pit-stopu Zanardi ne bi imao sanse da pobedi... Videli smo kako su Andretti i De Ferran poklekli pred Vasserom... │ nista nije moglo zaustaviti taj bolid. ;) Zbog zute zastave pri kraju └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Da, zaista, to sto je Herta isao toliko sporo i Zanardi nije mogao da ga obidje dovoljno govori o nezaustavljivosti ruznog Zanardija... │ Dakle, ako Zanardi nastavi ovako ne verujem da ce bilo ko biti u │ mogucnosti da ga zaustavi. Trejsi je, iako drugi u sampionatu, vec │ otpisan (nema nikakve sanse da osvoji titulu), tako da bih sve sveo │ na sledecu trojicu: Zanardi, Moore i de Ferran. Zanardi za sada ima │ najvece sanse, ali nista nije gotovo dok se ne zavrsi :) └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Video bi ja Zanardija, da Vassera nije slupao Gugelmin u Australiji, pa onda Zanardi usao u Vasserov deo boxa(fantastican potez!), da juce nije imao problema u boxu... Duga je lista ovakvih gluposti koje su zaustavile Vassera... A i Moore bi imao daleko vise poena da je zavrsio one 3 trke... I jos da dodam da mu je Zanardi pomogao u Torontu... PS Posto ce Vasser da ostane najmanje do kraja 98 kod Ganassija videcemo Zanardija, naravno, ako ne bude ulazio u tudji box... DUGA JE LISTA SRAN*A KOJA JE NAPRAVIO ZANARDI U SVOJOJ KRATKOJ KARIJERI U INDYCARU!!
auto-moto.218 vector, -> #217, stukelj
;; Da, zaista, to sto je Herta isao toliko sporo i Zanardi nije mogao da ga ;; obidje dovoljno govori o nezaustavljivosti ruznog Zanardija... To sto je Zanardijev najbrzi krug jedno 3 sekunde bolji od Hertinog sve govori. ;)
auto-moto.219 vpoznanovic,
F1: Hungarian GP fastest laps Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:18.372 2. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:19.066 0.694 0.694 3. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 1:19.366 0.300 0.994 4. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:19.527 0.161 1.155 5. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:19.648 0.121 1.276 6. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:19.651 0.003 1.279 7. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:19.684 0.033 1.312 8. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 1:19.923 0.239 1.551 9. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 1:20.003 0.080 1.631 10. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.161 0.158 1.789 11. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:20.317 0.156 1.945 12. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.329 0.012 1.957 13. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 1:20.573 0.244 2.201 14. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:20.606 0.033 2.234 15. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 1:20.672 0.066 2.300 16. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 1:21.074 0.402 2.702 17. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas 1:21.167 0.093 2.795 18. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:21.409 0.242 3.037 19. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:21.578 0.169 3.206 20. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:21.628 0.050 3.256 21. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:21.676 0.048 3.304 22. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 1:21.874 0.198 3.502 107% of fastest time: 1:23.858
auto-moto.220 vpoznanovic,
F1: Hungarian GP report That Damon Hill didn't win the Hungarian Grand Prix would come as no surprise to anyone who has followed his season so far. That Damon Hill was cruelly robbed of victory in an event he dominated would send most observers looking for the men in white coats, yet this afternoon that is exactly what happened. Schumacher had a bad day, wrecking the new lightweight Ferrari in the morning. At the start he managed to keep the lead, but Hill was up to second from third on the grid by the first corner, and challenging for the lead, with Irvine behind. Villeneuve was already down to 5th place, with Hakkinen up to 4th. Magnussen was already off the track and heading for the pits. Diniz and a Minardi were also involved. By the end of the first lap Schumacher had a 1.7 second lead over Hill, who was 1.4 seconds ahead of Irvine. By lap 2 Damon had the gap down to 1.4 seconds, and was pushing hard, and was the fastest man on the track. Laps 3 and 4 saw Schumacher, and then Hill trade fastest laps, with Hill only 0.6 seconds behind the German at the end of lap 5, the following lap it was 0.3 seocnds. Behind the leading two Villeneuve was pushing Irvine and in a rather messy move managed to take a place. At the end of lap 8 Irvine was heading pitwards, whilst his team-mate was resisting a hard charging Hill who was only 0.27 seconds adrift.... Whilst the Arrows was unable to do much about the Ferrari on the straights, when it came to the corners (especially in the latter part of the lap) the Arrows was untouchable, and so Hill piled on the pressure again and again. In a brilliant move at the end of the pit straight Hill forced his way through the inside of the Ferrari and took the lead. By the end of lap 11, Hill was pulling away from Schumacher, and had a 2.6 second lead. By lap 12 it was 5.2 seconds. Hakkinen's McLaren was sending puffs of smoke from the car, and by the end of lap 12 was out of the race. By lap 13, Schumacher was some 8.6 seconds adrift of Hill, and into the pits, reporting a massive inbalance in the car. He was turned around in 6 seconds. By the end of lap 15, Hill found himself with a 7.9 second lead over Villeneuve, who had Frentzen a further 3 seconds behind. Coulthard, Herbert and Alesi made up the rest of the top 6 - with Alesi some 22.9 seconds behind Hill. This was an amazing result. Villeneuve piled on the pressure onto Damon, and by lap 19 had the gap down to 3.1 seconds. Hill was up to Verstappen and ready to lap him. The gap was now only 2.7 seconds. Hill got by, and did the same to Diniz. By the end of lap 22 the gap was back up to 5.1 seconds. Further back, Alesi ran wide and let Nakano and Schumacher through. Schumacher then tried very hard, but was unable to do much about Nakano. In fact over the next few laps the Japanese driver pulled away from Schumacher. Villeneuve pitted from second place, and was turned around in 11 seconds (apparantly with a stuck wheel nut), whilst Coulthard was in and out in 7.3 seconds. The Arrows team were ready for Hills first stop. Hill was in and out in 8.9 seconds, and rejoined the race ahead of Herbert, making him second, with Frentzen ahead, but yet to stop. At the end of lap 27, Hill was 19.9 seconds adrift of Frentzen, who still hadn't stopped. On lap 28 the gap was 22.1 seconds, though all was not well with Frentzens car, as it let out flashes of flame from the rear. He pulled into the pits and retired, though not for this reason. The Williams fuel valve refused to work correctly, and so the car could not be refuelled. Exit one Williams. Hill now had his lead back, and by lap 30 had 12.2 seconds over Villeneuve. Coulthard was was in close pursuit, with Schumacher up to 4th, and Herbert and Irvine completing the top 6. Hill was now up to lap the rear-enders - an unusual sight this year.... Barrichello's Stewart was out, and marshalls were using fire extinguishers on it. By lap 33 Hill's lead was 12 seconds, whilst Schumacher was already in for his second stop. Coulthard was now harrying Villeneuve hard, and so Hill started to pull away again. By lap 39 it was 17 seconds. Further back Fisichella was up to 6th place and pushing Schumacher hard for 5th. Fisichella tried a little too hard, and as a result spun at the end of the pit straight having made too early an attempt at the end of the previous lap. The car stalled and retired. By lap 44 Hill was pulling his lead further out, and it was now 21.1 seconds from Villeneuve, who had Coulthard close behind. Herbert was some 18 seconds adrift of third place, with Schumacher a further 10 seconds behind, who was being pushed very hard by Nakano. Obviously the Ferrari was not a happy car. By lap 48, the order was Hill, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Herbert, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Irvine, Nakano (who pitted), Alesi, Katayama, Trulli, Berger, Diniz, Verstappen, Marques and Salo. Hill continued to push, and had a 22.4 second lead over Villeneuve as they came up to their second stops. Coulthard pitted in 7.0 seconds, and hoped it was enough to take second. Hill pitted the next lap in 7.9 seconds, with Villeneuve on 7.3 seconds. Villeneuve rejoined the race just behind Coulthard, who then ran a little too wide and lost the place he had just gained. Schumacher pitted for his third stop. Villeneuve had to work hard to fend off Coulthard, and it was rather marginal whether it could be adjudged at blocking. By the end of lap 53, Hill had 27 seconds over Villeneuve, who had Coulthard close behind, with Irvine, Herbert and Michael behind them to complete the top 6. On lap 56 came the moment everyone dreaded - an Arrows parked. This was Diniz's Arrows, however and Hill continued to push at the front. The 5-8 train of the Schumacher brothers, Irvine, and Nakano was very close with 14 laps to go. Nakano was a different man in this race. Coulthard was suddenly off after apparantly losing his engine, and so Herbert moved up to third. Irvine was charging, and attacking Ralf Schumacher. Hill was a majestic 33 seconds ahead of Villeneuve. Marques was awarded a 10 second penalty for blocking (though who was not apparant). Hill now had a 35 second lead, and all seemed to be going his way, when on lap 75 of 77 it was reported that the throttle was failing to respond properly, followed the following lap by a lack of gear changes. Hill swayed the car to try and get it to work, but to no avail, and on the last lap Villeneuve took the lead with only a few corners to go. Hill continued and managed to salvage second place - some 9 seconds adrift of Villeneuve. 1. Villeneuve 2. Hill 3. Herbert 4. Schumacher 5. Ralf Schumacher 6. Nakano 7. Trulli 8. Berger 9. Irvine 10. Katayama 11. Alesi 12. Marques 13. Salo
auto-moto.221 nigy, -> #213, mikson
>Ma ja mislim da je Hill pustio Vilneva da pobedi zbog svoje mrznje >prema Sumaheru! :)) Nije nemoguce ovo. S tim da je verovatnije u pitanju ljubav prema lovi.
auto-moto.222 nigy, -> #217, stukelj
> pokazalo da nije imao problem pri pit-stopu Zanardi ne bi imao sanse da ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Video bi ja Zanardija, da Vassera nije slupao Gugelmin u Australiji, pa ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > onda Zanardi usao u Vasserov deo boxa(fantastican potez!), da juce nije > imao problema u boxu... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > A i Moore bi imao daleko vise poena da je zavrsio one 3 trke... ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ShBB KBB!
auto-moto.223 space.ace,
Evo, vratio sam se iz Hungaroring-a, pun utisaka. Šta reći, Hill je deci održao čas iz vožnje, ali na veeeliku žalost nas navijača koji su ga od starta bodrili sa Srebrne Tribine, nije pobedio. :(( Svaka mu čast. P.S. Kad se malo odmorim i sredim utiske, šaljem jedan esej propraćen sočnim fotkama (čak i iz box-a :) u odgovarajuće konferencije:teme. Živeo HILL!
auto-moto.224 stukelj, -> #218, vector
│ To sto je Zanardijev najbrzi krug jedno 3 sekunde bolji od Hertinog │ sve govori. ;) └───────────────────────────────────────────────── A sto ga nije obisao ???
auto-moto.225 vector,
Miller 200 Results at Mid-Ohio August 11, 1997 HAPPY RETURNS By David Phillips Alex Zanardi made it two for two at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, leading 58 of 83 laps to earn his second CART win in two tries at the picturesque road circuit. Zanardi, who dominated from start to finish here in 1996, had a harder time of it this year, trailing Team Rahal's Bryan Herta for the first 18 laps. But he took the lead when Herta's left rear tire failed and never looked back, beating Greg Moore and Bobby Rahal to take a commanding lead in the PPG Cup points race. From the outset, the Mid-Ohio weekend figured to be about tires. As they have most of the season, Firestone enjoyed a considerable edge over Goodyear - if not in outright speed, then in durability. Although Herta earned Goodyear's first pole since Detroit in early June, he achieved the feat on the soft option tires rather than the primes. Team owner/leader Bobby Rahal opted for the primes and qualified 18th, the schism in the Rahal camp reflecting the conundrum facing Goodyear's increasingly restless customers. "I tried the soft tires and they were marginal as far as durability," said Rahal. "We've just gotta hope that the other guys' soft tires go off after ten or fifteen laps." Herta too hoped to avoid a repeat of an earlier experience. "I thought the soft tire was the way to go in qualifying at Portland," he said. "But I let myself get talked out of it. This weekend I put a premium on qualifying; we'll work out the race strategy later." Zanardi, meanwhile, qualified the Target/Ganassi Reynard- Honda on the outside of the front row .026s slower than Herta and headed into the race in a confident frame of mind. "After five or six laps the (Firestone) tires just keep getting better and better," he said. "I think Bryan will find out about his tires Sunday, and I hope he finds out Firestones are the best." It didn't look that way initially. Herta bolted to an immediate lead from Zanardi and Moore with Gil de Ferran and Dario Franchitti heading the chase while Mauricio Gugelmin, Christian Fittipaldi, Scott Pruett, Jimmy Vasser and Raul Boesel rounded out the early top ten; a top ten that was missing Michael Andretti who spun off into the grass at Turn Ten on the opening lap after coming off second best in a wheel-banging incident with Pruett. Parker Johnstone slowed in avoidance and was rammed by Paul Tracy, who trundled around to retire with damaged rear suspension while the Team KOOL Green machine dropped to the tail of the field along with Patrick Carpentier who also took evasive action in the melee. Several laps later, Mark Blundell's engine cut-out abruptly as he crested the hill at Turn Five, leaving Al Unser, Jr. nowhere to go but up and over the PacWest machine. While Blundell crept around to retire, Unser pitted and rejoined only to fall out with overheating problems just before half distance. "We suffered engine-related problems," said Blundell. "It was breaking down under load. Unfortunately it cut out at the crest of the hill. Al had no option but to go over me. I'm sorry for Al that it affected his race but there was nothing I could do." "I was trying to get underneath (Mark) when he slowed suddenly and I wound-up climbing over his left rear tire," said Unser. We damaged the right side pod (eventually leading to retirement) and ended-up with a right rear flat. Truthfully, I was very lucky to come out of that incident with nothing more than that." Herta initially spurted to a lead of a few car lengths, but Zanardi and Moore stayed close and began reeling-in the leader after half a dozen laps. Although Zanardi filled his mirrors, Herta was non-pulsed. "I pulled away at the start and then took it easy to save the tires," he said. "I knew Alex would get close then but I didn't think he could pass me." With his own mirrors filled with visions of Moore, Zanardi was in no shape to attack. He didn't have to. Exiting Turn One on Lap 19, Herta's left rear tire exploded, shredding much of the Shell Reynard's rear bodywork in the process. "As I went into Turn Five I could feel the car sit down a bit, and in Turn One the car did it again," said Herta. "Then on the straightaway to the Keyhole it went 'Boom' in the rear. I don't know if I ran over something of the tire let go." "The tire exploded without giving any sign of weakness before it happened," said Zanardi. "That was a bit unexpected for me but obviously more than welcome. I know that it's not very sporting but when you're fighting for the lead you're very pleased when those things happen because you can get in front of somebody without having to put so much effort." Herta ground to a halt on the back straightaway, bringing out the day's first full course yellow. All the leaders save for Gugelmin pitted and when the Brazilian stopped on Lap 17, Zanardi went into the lead from Moore and Franchitti, with Fittipaldi heading a long train consisting of Pruett, Rahal, Boesel, an impressive Michel Jourdain, Jr., Andre Ribeiro and Gualter Salles. Andretti had recovered to run eleventh ahead of Johnstone while de Ferran and Vasser had both dropped to the back of the field after problematic pit stops. Vasser was forced to make a second stop owing to a loose left rear wheel, while de Ferran spun into the grass exiting the pits and had to restart. "Greg Moore was going by on my right," de Ferran explained. "I got a lot of wheelspin and yanked on the steering wheel to avoid sliding into him and I just lost it. That's all there is to it." The early full course yellow turned the race into a tactical battle, as the 66 laps to the finish were far too many to run on just one more fuel stop without serious full conservation measures. Such was his confidence in his Reynard-Honda, that Zanardi threw caution to the wind after the second round of stops around Lap 51 and began lapping at near qualifying pace in the hopes of building up such a lead that he could make a third stop and win the race. "Right after the first pit stop we obviously had to lean the engine out a little bit, because we didn't know what was going to happen," said Zanardi. "If we would have gotten a couple of full course yellows, then everybody would have clearly had enough fuel to go to the end on two stops. But after we were running and running and running it became clear that wasn't going to be the case. So we decided to go back to full rich and started to push really hard. "Our decision was also related to the fact that our equipment was performing very well...Even when we were leaning out the engine a little bit we kept pulling away from Greg, and that was fantastic. Because we had the advantage of the Firestones, but not on Greg because he was running the same tires. So I said to 'Chip, 'I've got much more in my pocket. Let me go.' The following lap I turned the fastest lap of the race." In contrast, Moore took the conservative route and slowed his pace in order to make the distance on two stops. "I had to conserve fuel dramatically," said Moore. "I was backing-off going into Turn One, backing-off up into the Keyhole, backing-off down the back straightaway, and short shifting everywhere too." Franchitti too slowed his pace but ran an uncontested third well clear of a close battle between Pruett and Rahal with Boesel running ahead of terrific battle between Gualter Salles, Andretti, Vasser and de Ferran, the defending PPG Cup champ having outfumbled the Walker driver in traffic. "We were following Arnd Meier," said de Ferran. "I don't know what he was thinking racing us when he was two laps down. Coming into Turn Four he chopped Michael and he had to slam on the brakes. I had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting Michael and Jimmy just came around me on the outside." Earlier, Fittipaldi's snakebitten season continued to unravel when he dropped out of a useful fourth place with a broken transmission. Next to go was the equally unfortunate Salles, whose Davis Racing Reynard sputtered to a halt in the Esses with electrical trouble on Lap 59. Over the next dozen laps, Zanardi drove away from Moore to the tune of two seconds a lap, stretching the margin to 25 seconds by Lap 68. Franchitti held onto third, albeit under increasing pressure from Pruett and Rahal, while Boesel, Andretti, Vasser and de Ferran continued running nose to tail just ahead of Ribeiro and Jourdain. "We thought there would be a longer yellow towards the end," said Moore. "It's unfortunate. Maybe we should have run a three stop strategy and run rich the whole way, but hindsight's a beautiful thing. Next year we'll look at this race and think about a three stop strategy. But last year a two stop strategy worked out OK." Moore did get one more full course yellow, albeit just for three laps, when Jourdain spun the Herdez Reynard to a stop in he grass on the exit of Turn Four, spoiling an otherwise excellent drive. Pruett, having gotten a short fuel load on his second stop, pitted on Lap 69 moments before the full course yellow was declared and thus saw his hopes of a top three finish dashed. Two laps later Zanardi dove into the pits for a splash of fuel and rejoined without losing the lead to Moore. Also stopping was Franchitti, who dropped all the way from third to seventh as Rahal, Boesel, Vasser and de Ferran droned past on their two stop strategies. With Andretti and Ribeiro pitting as well, the restart at Lap 73 Zanardi led from Moore, Rahal, Boesel, Vasser, de Ferran and Franchitti with Pruett eighth ahead of Gugelmin, Andretti and Ribeiro while Johnstone ran a lap down in twelfth, his car still suffering the effects of its first lap battering. The remaining laps wound-down in rather uneventful fashion, as Zanardi had both the speed, the fuel and the tires to win as he pleased while Moore let Rahal get no closer than a couple of seconds. Boesel gradually edged away from a fuel conscious Vasser and de Ferran while Franchitti's luckless season took a couple of turns for the worse. First the Scotsman found his car bottoming on its third set of tires, a situation that enabled Gugelmin to make short work of the Hogan Reynard-Mercedes. Worse yet, Franchitti's has not taken-on enough fuel on its third stop to make the finish, necessitating a fourth stop that dropped him behind Andretti, Pruett and Ribeiro at the finish. Zanardi slowed in the final laps and crossed the finish line 4.8s ahead of Moore, while Rahal's conservative tire strategy enabled him to work his way up to third place. "I guess we look like geniuses now because we chose the harder compound tires," said Rahal. Meanwhile, Zanardi is a man who increasingly looks like he will be the 1997 PPG Cup champion. 31 points behind Paul Tracy after the Portland race in mid-June, Zanardi has now moved to a 27 point advantage over the Canadian (a casualty of a first lap scuffle at Mid-Ohio) thanks to taking three wins and a second place in the past four events. "I know it's a long way (to the end of the season)," said Zanardi. "We've had four fantastic races, and my challenger had four bad races. In motor racing it comes and goes very quickly, so now it is time that we put 200% of our effort in order to try to keep it going right for us. "Today was probably THE time when we really showed what it takes to win the championship. Concentration from everybody, from the guys that owns the team - Mr. Ganassi - the guy who sweeps the ground at the shop. If we can keep doing this kind of job I am very happy, whatever would happen, even if we would get unlucky and we lose races and the championship, I would still be happy because I know we have done our very best." With Zanardi the defending pole-sitter at three of the four remaining events, there may be no stopping the return of the PPG Cup to Target-Ganassi Racing. PPG CART WORLD SERIES RACE NO.13 Miller 200 (Mid Ohio) Lexington, OH SUNDAY AUGUST 10, 1997 Fin St # Driver Qual Time/Speed Laps Status 1 2 4 ALEX ZANARDI 66.303 122.601 83 110.456 2 3 99 GREG MOORE 66.473 122.287 83 04.871 3 16 7 BOBBY RAHAL 67.426 120.559 83 06.638 4 11 40 RAUL BOESEL 66.995 121.334 83 13.037 5 9 1 JIMMY VASSER 66.857 121.585 83 15.205 6 4 5 GIL DE FERRAN 66.653 121.957 83 15.951 7 6 17 MAURICIO GUGELMIN 66.969 121.878 83 16.402 8 10 6 MICHAEL ANDRETTI 66.919 121.472 83 25.707 9 7 20 SCOTT PRUETT 66.724 121.827 83 26.891 10 17 31 ANDRE RIBEIRO 67.515 120.400 83 44.48 11 5 9 DARIO FRANCHITTI(R) 66.689 121.891 83 46.768 12 12 27 PARKER JOHNSTONE 67.001 121.324 82 RUNNING 13 22 21 RICHIE HEARN 68.095 119.374 82 RUNNING 14 24 25 MAX PAPIS 68.603 118.490 82 RUNNING 15 23 16 PATRICK CARPENTIER(R) 68.220 119.156 82 RUNNING 16 27 64 ARND MEIER(R) 70.578 115.175 81 RUNNING 17 20 98 PJ JONES 68.061 119.434 80 RUNNING 18 14 19 MICHEL JOURDAIN JR. 67.359 120.679 80 RUNNING 19 28 24 HIRO MATSUSHITA 70.890 114.668 78 RUNNING 20 19 77 GUALTER SALLES(R) 67.754 119.975 58 ELECT 21 8 11 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI 66.751 121.778 41 GEARBOX 22 18 2 AL UNSER JR. 67.603 120.243 37 ENGINE 23 21 32 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ 68.085 119.392 27 ENGINE 24 1 8 BRYAN HERTA 66.277 122.649 18 SUSPENSION 25 25 36 JUAN FANGIO II 68.629 118.446 13 ENGINE 26 13 18 MARK BLUNDELL 67.235 120.901 6 CONTACT 27 15 3 PAUL TRACY 67.374 120.652 1 CONTACT 28 26 34 CHARLIE NEARBURG Did not Qualify ENGINE LEGEND: Ford=Ford-Cosworth; M-Benz=Mercedes-Benz; CHASSIS LEGEND: SW=Swift 007.i; R97=Reynard 97I; L97=Lola 97 DID NOT START LEGEND: DNG=Did Not Start; DNP=Did Not Participate (R) Rookie driver M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000) TIME OF RACE: 1:41:16.682 AVERAGE SPEED: 110.456 mph CAUTION FLAGS: Laps 19-22, Car #8 Laps 70-72, Car #19 LAP LEADERS: 3 lead changes, 3 drivers Bryan Herta, 1-18 18 Laps Alex Zanardi, 19-20 2 Laps Mauricio Gugelmin, 21-29 9 Laps Alex Zanardi, 30-83 54 Laps TOTALS: Alex Zanardi 56 laps Bryan Herta 18 laps Mauricio Gugelmin 9 laps
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Zanardi On A Championship Winning Pace CART Online (August 11) -- Alex Zanardi's (Target Reynard Honda) victory in the Miller 200 was his third in the past four PPG CART World Series events, but even more impressively it was his seventh in 29 career starts, a 24 percent success ratio. Zanardi, who owns a series-high fourth victories this season, also has led 16 of the past 21 events, dating back to Portland in June of 1996. Zanardi's Target/Chip Ganassi Racing team has won 11 of the last 29 PPG CART World Series events, including Zanardi's seven and four more from teammate Jimmy Vasser (Target Reynard Honda). Zanardi is the fourth consecutive driver to win back-to-back Miller 200 titles, following Michael Andretti (1990-91), Emerson Fittipaldi (1992-93) and Al Unser Jr. (1994-95). Zanardi leads the PPG CART World Series in every category with the exception of laps led, which is held by Paul Tracy (336 in the Marlboro Penske Mercedes). Zanardi leads in pole positions (3), races finished (12), times led (15), laps completed (1,697) and miles completed (2,719.851). Zanardi also continues a tradition which has seen a driver whose surname ends in the letter "i" win 10 of the past 16 events at Mid-Ohio. Teo Fabi (1983, '89), Mario Andretti (1984), Fittipaldi (1988, '92, '93), Michael Andretti (1992, '93) and Zanardi have contributed to the total. Zanardi's Ohio double, with wins at Cleveland and Mid-Ohio, marked the fourth time in the '90s that a driver has doubled up in the Buckeye state. Michael Andretti (1991), Fittipaldi (1992) and Unser Jr. (1994) were the first three.
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U.S. 500 - pocetak trke us500-1.jpg
auto-moto.228 giovanni, -> #223, space.ace
Ę? Evo, vratio sam se iz Hungaroring-a, pun utisaka. Šta reći, Hill je deci Ę? održao čas iz vožnje, ali na veeeliku žalost nas navijača koji su ga Ę? od starta bodrili sa Srebrne Tribine, nije pobedio. Pa da si gledao na tvu video bi da taj čas i nije bio nešto posebno. Šumaher je imao jako loše iskustvo sa gumama a i na warm up-u je imao peh tako da njegov bolid nije bio baš sasvim uravnotežen pa je sve to doprinelo da ne može da iskoristi 100% svog auta. Inače, ovaj vikend je pokazao da je u ovom trenutku Ferrari superioran u odnosu na ostale i po pitanju vozača i po pitanju organizacije i tehničke strane.
auto-moto.229 vector, -> #228, giovanni
;; Pa da si gledao na tvu video bi da taj cas i nije bio nesto posebno. ;; Sumaher je imao jako lose iskustvo sa gumama a i na warm up-u je imao ;; peh tako da njegov bolid nije bio bas sasvim uravnotezen pa je sve to ;; doprinelo da ne moze da iskoristi 100% svog auta. Pih, sta sve necemo cuti... cas iz voznje nije bio nesto posebno, kazes? Ako nisi znao, Hill vozi jedan TWR/Yamaha bolid (ono Yamaha je vazno istaci), a Schumacher Ferrari. Schumacher bi trebalo da bude brzi od Hilla i sa losim gumama, ali Hill mu je (ne samo njemu, vec svima) ovog puta odrzao pravu lekciju. Pazi ovako: ja vozim Ficu, a ti Ferrari; i ja te pobedim u nekoj trci, a ti se posle pravdas zbog losih guma? Svasta... Moze i ovako: ;) fudbalska utakmica: igraju Brazil i Ujedinjeni Arapski Emirati - UAE pobedi sa 5:0 i Brazilci se pravdaju zbog losih kopacki? (jes' da primer nema slicnosti sa navedenim, ali nema veze...;) PS Pa zar ne znas ko je 'the grandfather of Italian motorcycling'? ;)
auto-moto.230 vector,
Complete PPG CART World Series Point Standings CART Online (August 10) -- Complete PPG CART World Series point standings following Round 13 - The Miller 200 at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course, Sunday, August 10. Race wins or highest finishes shown in parenthesis. Next race: The Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis., Sunday, August 17 (ESPN TV at 3:30 p.m. ET). 1. Alex Zanardi (Long Beach, Cleveland, U.S. 500, Mid-Ohio) - 148; 2. Paul Tracy (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis) - 121; 3. Gil de Ferran (2) - 116; 4. Greg Moore (Milwaukee, Detroit) - 111; 5. Michael Andretti (Miami) - 108; 6. Scott Pruett (Australia) - 86; 7. Jimmy Vasser (3) - 85; 8. Mauricio Gugelmin (2) - 78; 9. Raul Boesel (3) - 78; 10. Mark Blundell (Portland, Toronto) - 72; 11. Bryan Herta (3) - 56; 12. Bobby Rahal (3) - 52; 13. Al Unser Jr. (3) - 49; 14. Parker Johnstone (5) - 31; 15. Andre Ribeiro (3) - 29; 16. Patrick Carpentier (2) - 27; 17. Christian Fittipaldi (4) - 22; 18. Roberto Moreno (5) - 13; 19. Adrian Fernandez (8) - 12; 20. Dario Franchitti (9) - 10; 21. Max Papis (8) - 7; 22. Dennis Vitolo (7) - 6; 23. Richie Hearn (9) - 6; 24. Juan Fangio II (10) - 5; 25. Hiro Matsushita (9) - 4; 26. Gualter Salles (10) - 4; 27. Michel Jourdain Jr. (12) - 1; 28. Arnd Meier (12) - 1; 29. Christian Danner (12) - 1. Nation's Cup 1. Canada (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit) - 190; 2. United States (Miami, Australia) - 187; 3. Brazil (2) - 175; 4. Italy (Long Beach, Cleveland, U.S. 500, Mid-Ohio) - 150; 5. England (Portland, Toronto) - 72; 6. Mexico (8) - 12; 7. Scotland (9) - 10; 8. Argentina (10) - 5; 9. Japan (9) - 4; 10. Germany (12) - 2. Manufacturer's Championship 1. Mercedes-Benz (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Toronto) - 241; 2. Honda (Long Beach, Cleveland, U.S. 500, Mid-Ohio) - 214; 3. Ford Cosworth (Miami, Australia) - 191; 4. Toyota (8) - 8. Constructor's Championship 1. Reynard (Australia, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, U.S. 500, Mid-Ohio) - 258; 2. Penske (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis) - 138; 3. Swift (Miami) - 123; 4. Lola (6) - 27. Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award 1. Patrick Carpentier (2) - 27; 2. Dario Franchitti (9) - 10; 3. Gualter Salles (10) - 4; 4. Arnd Meier (12) - 1.
auto-moto.231 space.ace, -> #228, giovanni
> Pa da si gledao na tvu video bi da taj čas i nije bio nešto posebno. 37 sekundi prednosti Hill-ovog "traktora" u odnosu na Renault i Ferrari ti zoveš "ništa posebno". Mora da toliko mrziš Hill-a da nećeš da priznaš da momak stvarno odlično vozi (bolje od ostalih) :). Nemoj reč da sam čuo protiv Hill-a! > doprinelo da ne može da iskoristi 100% svog auta. Inače, ovaj vikend je > pokazao da je u ovom trenutku Ferrari superioran u odnosu na ostale i po > pitanju vozača i po pitanju organizacije i tehničke strane. Ferrari superioran??? Superiorniji je jedino po pitanju jednog vozača, Šumahera, a po svemu ostalom nije bolji od ostalih, naročito od William-a, koji imaju očajne vozače, ali im je zato sve ostalo savršeno (počev od bolida) - što rezultira dosadašnjim pobedama. U stvari, dok je Hill bio u Williams-u nizale su se pobede, dok ova dvojica karikatura nemaju pojma. To je i razlog što je Šumaher prvi u Šampionatu. Rizikujem da započnem flame-war, ali ću ipak reći da je trenutno najbolji vozač Formule 1 Šumaher (priznajem), ali je odmah iza njega, na milimetar, Damon Hill - kralj Hungaroring-a!!!
auto-moto.232 nesha, -> #231, space.ace
>Damon Hill - kralj Hungaroring-a!!! E, nemojte ljudi sa ovakvim epitetima.. Mnogo jadno zvuchi. Chovek dobro vozi i tachka, a kraljeve i kraljice ostavite narodnjacima ;))
auto-moto.233 vpoznanovic,
F1: Hungarian GP winners' press conference Q. Jacques, congratulations on your fifth victory of the season. Did you think that everything was lost when you fell back to fifth place at the first corner? JV: It wasn't looking good, but this is always a long race with lots of things happening, like they usually do at Monaco, and I knew that the tyres would be marginal. So I just stayed where I was, watching the guys in front pushing and having their battles until they blistered their tyres. And sure enough, after ten laps their tyres had blistered. Then I just had to wait a little before I made my move. My first set of tyres was good and I could keep up with him, but as soon as I had made my first pit stop the second set blistered. I did a few slow laps [to bring them up to temperature] but that wasn't enough and I blistered the left rear a little bit. That forced me to slow down and fight off David until the second pit stop. Q. At one moment you were ahead of Michael Schumacher, who almost immediately went into the pits. Was that a sweet moment? JV: We had made a fair guess that he would make three pit stops. I could see his tyres, too, and there was no way he could have done more laps the way he was. Even if I had not overtaken him, he would have stopped then anyway. Q. Your first pit stop took 11 seconds, which is quite long. Do you know what happened there? JV: Yes, it was a little bit long, but I don't know why. I am happy that it was Damon in front and not anyone else. For the last 15 laps I was thinking there was a good chance that Damon wouldn't finish the race, but he was actually going on and on. My hopes had gone down to nothing until the last two laps, when the team told me he was slowing down a lot. So I started pushing again, and when I got close to him he was moving left and right which is normal on the last lap and when he moved over on me I went on the grass because there was no way I was going to lift ... Q. Was David Coulthard putting a lot of pressure on you? JV: Yes, because his tyres held up pretty well and he was pushing hard. Somehow we were doing the same lap times, so as long as there was no traffic then it was OK: even with my tyres blistered it was no problem keeping him behind me. It's a shame that HeinzHarald had a car problem, because he was on the harder tyres and he would not have had the blistering problems that I did. Q. We saw you congratulate Damon. What did you say to him? JV: I told him it was amazing to see him up here. You know, he was worth a win today: he drove really well and he was flying. It's a shame for him. But as far as the whole Williams team and I are concerned it's a much better result this way because we are fighting for the championship. Q. It's great to see you back, Damon. That was a lively start to the race for you, wasn't it? DH: I got a good start and I was able to stay close to Michael. But I could see from early in the race that he had blistered his tyres and was going to have a problem. Because of that I was able to pass him quite easily into the first corner. Then with a clear track I knew I had to capitalise on my advantage. Everything went beautifully, I managed to stay in front of Jacques and pull away from him when I wanted to. The tyres stayed good and in the last three laps I was beginning to think about winding down but I didn't expect to have to wind down as much as I did when the car gave trouble. The first I knew of it was with about three laps to go when I had a problem with the throttle. It is operated hydraulically and the throttle was just an indication of a general hydraulic problem which also affected the gears. When the gears started to give trouble I couldn't shift and the throttle didn't work either. Q. In which gear were you stuck? DH: At one point I was stuck in second. I managed to get it into third, but that was the end because it was a case of the throttle working when it wanted to do. Unfortunately these things get out of your control: when you can't use the gears or the throttle, that is the end of the story. It stopped about three times and I am frankly amazed that I was able to get to the finish because I thought it was going to leave me parked. But it picked up at the last second, so I have to say I am really pleased to have finished second. Q. Jacques has mentioned the blisters that some of the other drivers have had. Did you have any worries about your tyres? DH: Our tyres have been fine all weekend. Fantastic! Q. Johnny, how easy was it for you after you got in front of the Benettons and managed to join to group fighting for second place? JH: It wasn't too easy. But it was a good first corner for me and I knew it would be important for me to get in front of at least one of the Benettons. In fact I was fortunate to get ahead of them both, which allowed me a chance of keeping up with everyone else. We knew before the race that we would be very hard on tyres, and in a way it was fortunate for me that Michael was holding up so many others in the first stint because otherwise I would not have been able to save my tyres. I knew that [on an open track] they would have blistered and fallen apart. It was a matter of keeping them together. I have had experience of being stuck in the traffic already this year, in Barcelona and Canada, which was worthwhile experience.
auto-moto.234 darth.vader, -> #231, space.ace
>> da momak stvarno odlicno vozi (bolje od ostalih) :). Nemoj rec da sam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> cuo protiv Hill-a! :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Necu rec, samo smajlija... See ya, Darth :)
auto-moto.235 giovanni, -> #229, vector
Ę? Pih, sta sve necemo cuti... cas iz voznje nije bio nesto posebno, kazes? Ę? Ako nisi znao, Hill vozi jedan TWR/Yamaha bolid (ono Yamaha je vazno Koji i nije toliko slab koliko je nepouzdan. Očito je da su po tom pitanju nešto radili ali ne dovoljno. Ili ćeš mi reći da Hila niko nije mogao da stigne jer je ovaj fantastično vozio i popravljao rekord staze itd? A tvrdim da bi Hil sa gumama i raštelovanim vešanjem i praktično celim bolidom izdržao max 3 kruga na stazi. A Šumaher je stigao četvrti! Ę? istaci), a Schumacher Ferrari. Schumacher bi trebalo da bude brzi od Ę? Hilla i sa losim gumama, ali Hill mu je (ne samo njemu, vec svima) Ę? ovog puta odrzao pravu lekciju. Ne znam šta da ti kažem posle ovakve izjave. Ovako nešto bi mogao da izjavi samo neko ko pojma nema o automobilizmu. Jesi ti gledao prenos trke? Ako jesi, na šta ti je ličio pneumatik skinut sa Ferrarija? Sigurno ne na nešto sa čime se može osvojiti prvo mesto u Mađarskoj. Da podsetim one koji imaju slabo pamćenje. Šumaher je, dok nije istrošio prvi set guma (6-7 krugova) pravio razliku od skoro sekunde po krugu u odnosu na ostale. Hil ostalima može i da odr;i lekciju kad su ti ostali Vilnev, Frencen, Kultard. Hakinen je isto ispao relativno brzo nakon kvara a tvrdim da bi Vilneva sigurno obišao a ne kao Frencen da se uplaši krivine kad je bio već ispred Kanađanina. Ę? Pazi ovako: ja vozim Ficu, a ti Ferrari; i ja te pobedim u nekoj trci, Ę? a ti se posle pravdas zbog losih guma? Svasta... Pa nema teorije jer bih ja pobedio i peške nekoga u fići. ;) I poređenje ti je zaista majstorsko.
auto-moto.236 space.ace, -> #235, giovanni
> itd? A tvrdim da bi Hil sa gumama i raštelovanim vešanjem i praktično > celim bolidom izdržao max 3 kruga na stazi. A Šumaher je stigao četvrti! Da si gledao warm-up primetio bi da je Šumaher slupao svoj bolid, pa je na trci vozio rezervni, koji nije bio podešen kako treba. To je i razlog njegove vožnje. > izjavi samo neko ko pojma nema o automobilizmu. Jesi ti gledao prenos > trke? Ako jesi, na šta ti je ličio pneumatik skinut sa Ferrarija? Sigurno Posle trke sam ušao u box, i video gume, sve su bile više-manje iste, tako da tvoja teorija pada u vodu! Gume se na stazi troše jer na istoj ima dosta peska. > ne na nešto sa čime se može osvojiti prvo mesto u Mađarskoj. Da podsetim > one koji imaju slabo pamćenje. Šumaher je, dok nije istrošio prvi set > guma (6-7 krugova) pravio razliku od skoro sekunde po krugu u odnosu na > ostale. Šumaher je ušao u box zbog problema sa bolidom, pa je usput i promenio gume, jer se obično tako radi. Posle kratkog pregleda bolida, doradili su mu (koliko su mogli) prednji spojler i naložili mu šta da podesi iz kokpita na bolidu u toku vožnje. Po tvome, ako je on ušao, što nije ušao i još neko, ili samo Šumaher ume da troši tako dobre gume, i niko drugi. Ne lupaj, molim te. Što se tiče tih sekundi o kojima pričaš, nisi takođe u pravu. On je tih 10 krugova što je vodio samo usporavao Hill-a, i čim ga je Hill prestigao, odmah su Šumahera sustigli i Vilnev i Hakinen. Btw, jesi li ti uopšte gledao trku?
auto-moto.237 vector,
Alex Criville nece ucestvovati ni na trci u Doningtonu.
auto-moto.238 vector,
Road America Preview August 14, 1997 IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER! By Ned Wicker There is no certainty for victory at Road America, and if you don't believe that, just ask Al Unser Jr. Just a year ago, Unser was on his way to the top of the victory podium, just a couple of turns from the end of the race when suddenly, and without warning, his Mercedes-Benz engine let go, sending billows of white smoke high into the air. It was a heartbreaking moment for Unser, but a moment of joy for Michael Andretti, who saw both Unser and his teammate, Christian Fittipaldi, fail at the end. He went from third to first and later said it "was the luckiest race of my career." But it wasn't always a favorable sequence of events for Michael. In 1989, for example, he ran out of fuel in Canada Corner and Danny Sullivan sped past to claim victory, after Michael made a quick stop for fuel to finish the race. The only certainty going into this weekend's Texaco/Havoline 200 is Alex Zanardi's lead in the PPG Cup point standings. He holds a 148-121 lead over Paul Tracy, meaning no matter what happens this weekend, he'll lead going into Vancouver. "We've had four fantastic races," said Zanardi, who would have had four wins had it not been for a second in Toronto. "In motor racing it comes and it goes. In these races what you need is a little bit of luck, and we obviously have had it. We as a team really showed what it takes to win a championship. My boys in the pits have been the best, the fastest crew in the business." While Zanardi has won three times in the last four races (Cleveland, Michigan, Mid-Ohio), Tracy has been struggling to get any kind of a result recently. He was involved in a first-lap incident at Mid-Ohio, but had a fourth place at Michigan. Still, the magic which propelled him to three-straight victories early this year seems to be gone. The Penske cars, lack over-all grip and John Travis, who is designing the 98 car, promises significant changes. "We tested there a few weeks ago," said Tracy, "jut before the motorcycle race and the Marlboro car ran real well, so hopefully, the rubber that's been laid down from the motorcycle race won't upset the balance of our car." Unser has been asked repeatedly about his last span of 30 races without a win. "There isn't any one reason for this winless streak, it's a combination of many things," Unser explained. "The level of competition in CART is stronger than it's ever been. I haven't finished seven of the 13 races this season because of mechanical failures. We're all doing the best we can, but I'm more frustrated than anyone." Meanwhile, Gil de Ferran has been scoring consistently and holds third place with 116 points. If Zanardi goes flat (and don't count on it), de Ferran is in a good position to make a run at the PPG Cup. "We've raced there twice and I have been on the front row both times," said de Ferran when asked about Road America. "We just had a test there on the 29th and 30th of July, during which we were the fastest. Given all those ingredients, we should have a successful weekend." WHO'S HOT: -- Alex Zanardi...three wins and the point lead, and there isn't any sign of a let-up at target/Chip Ganassi Racing. -- Don't look now, but Michel Jourdain Jr. and Payton/Coyne have done well with their new Reynard. In each of the last five races, Jourdain has bettered his qualifying position. Watch him this weekend. WHO'S NOT: -- Team Penske. They can't buy a break, as both Paul Tracy and Al Unser Jr. retired early at Mid-Ohio with a variety of maladies. -- Goodyear tires. Firestones have won seven straight races. The last Goodyear race win was at Gateway on May 24. Road America Statistics TEXACO/HAVOLINE 200 August 15-17 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wis. Race Distance: 200 Miles/50 Laps (Four-mile 11 turn road course) TRACK RECORDS Distance Date Driver Time Speed One Lap 9/08/95 Jacques Villeneuve 1:41.261 142.206 200 Miles 9/22/91 Michael Andretti 1:35.05.010 126.205 PAST WINNERS Date Driver Distance Speed 9/19/82 Hector Rebaque 200 109.156 7/31/83 Mario Andretti 200 99.410 8/ 5/84 Mario Andretti 200 116.347 8/ 4/85 Jacques Villeneuve 200 114.066 10/ 4/86 Emerson Fittipaldi 200 81.800 8/30/87 Mario Andretti 200 120.155 9/11/88 Emerson Fittipaldi 200 122.215 9/10/89 Danny Sullivan 200 122.803 9/23/90 Michael Andretti 200 106.192 9/22/91 Michael Andretti 200 126.205 8/23/92 Emerson Fittipaldi 200 110.656 8/22/93 Paul Tracy 200 118.408 9/11/94 Jacques Villeneuve 200 116.922 9/09/95 Jacques Villeneuve 200 103.901 8/18/96 Michael Andretti 200 102.947 POLE POSITION QUALIFIERS Date Driver Speed 9/18/82 Rick Mears 122.335 7/30/83 Mario Andretti 121.112 8/ 4/84 Mario Andretti 125.014 8/ 3/85 Danny Sullivan 128.538 9/20/86 Bobby Rahal 124.321 8/31/87 Mario Andretti 127.788 9/10/88 Danny Sullivan 129.070 9/ 9/89 Danny Sullivan 130.474 9/22/90 Danny Sullivan 131.289 9/21/91 Bobby Rahal 134.466 8/22/92 Paul Tracy 133.074 8/21/93 Paul Tracy 134.072 9/10/94 Paul Tracy 135.864 9/08/95 Jacques Villeneuve 142.206 8/17/96 Alex Zanardi 141.179 Texaco/Havoline 200 Entry List # Driver Team Country Sponsor Chassis/Engine/Tires 1 Jimmy Vasser Target/Chip Ganassi Racing USA Target Reynard 97I/Honda/Firestone 2 Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske USA Marlboro 97 Penske/Mercedes-Benz/Goodyear 3 Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Canada Marlboro 97 Penske/Mercedes-Benz/Goodyear 4 Alex Zanardi Target/Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Target Reynard 97I/Honda/Firestone 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing Brazil Valvoline Cummins Reynard 97I/Honda/Goodyear 6 Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing USA Target/Texaco Havoline Swift 007.i/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 7 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal USA Miller Lite Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal USA Shell Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 9 Dario Franchitti (R) Hogan Racing LLC Scotland TBA Reynard 97I/Mercedes-Benz/TBA 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Kmart/Budweiser Swift 007.i/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 16 Patrick Capentier (R) Bettenhausen Motorsports Canada Alumax Reynard 97I/Mercedes-Benz/Goodyear 17 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing Brazil Hollywood Reynard 97I/Mercedes-Benz/Firestone 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing England Motorola Reynard 97I/Mercedes-Benz/Firestone 19 Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton Coyne Racing Mexico Herdez/Mexlub/Viva Mexico! Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Firestone 20 Scott Pruett Brahma Sports Team USA Brahma Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Firestone 21 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports USA Ralph's Food 4 Less Lola T9700/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 24 Hiro Matsushita Arciero-Wells/Panasonic Racing Japan Panasonic/Duskin Reynard 97I/Toyota/Firestone 25 Max Papis Arciero-Wells/MCI Racing Italy MCI Reynard 97I/Toyota/Firestone 27 Parker Johnstone Team KOOL Green USA KOOL Reynard 97I/Honda/Firestone 31 Andre Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Group Brazil LCI/Marlboro Reynard 97I/Honda/Firestone 32 Adrian Fernandez Tasman Motorsports Group Mexico Tecate/Quaker State Lola T9700/Honda/Firestone 34 Charles Nearburg Payton Coyne Racing USA Nearburg Exploration Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Firestone 36 Juan Fangio II All American Racers Inc. Argentina Castrol-Jockey Reynard 97I/Toyota/Goodyear 40 Raul Boesel Brahma Sports Team Brazil Brahma Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth/Firestone 64 Arnd Meier Project Indy Germany J.A.G./Hawaiian Tropic Lola T9700/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 77 Gaulter Salles (R) Davis/Craig Racing Brazil Indusval Reynard 97I/Ford Cosworth XD/Goodyear 98 P.J. Jones All American Racers Inc. USA Castrol-Jockey Reynard 97I/Toyota/Goodyear 99 Greg Moore Player's Forsythe Racing Team Canada Player's/Indeck Lola T9700/Mercedes-Benz/Firestone
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Texaco/Havoline 200 -- What They Are Saying CART Online (August 13) -- What PPG Cup drivers are saying about this weekend's Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (Live on ESPN, Sunday, August 17 at 3:30 p.m. ET). PAUL TRACY (Marlboro Penske Mercedes), on his enjoyment of Road America: "Elkhart Lake has always been one of my favorite tracks. We've always run well there and I've finished on the podium a couple of times. I think it's going to be a good race. We tested there a few weeks ago, just before the motorcycle race, and the Marlboro car ran real well, so hopefully, the rubber that's been laid down from the motorcycle race won't upset the balance of our car. We really need a podium finish to stay in the fight for the championship; hopefully this will come at Road America. We're getting to town on Monday night and doing a photo shoot all day Tuesday with Men's Journal. So we'll have some free time before the race to relax and take advantage of the great surroundings." GIL de FERRAN (Valvoline/Cummins Special Reynard Honda), on past success at Road America: "We've raced there twice and I was on the front row both times. We just had a test there on the 29th and 30th of July, during which we were the fastest. Given all of those ingredients, we should have a successful weekend." GREG MOORE (Player's/Indeck Reynard Mercedes), on putting last year's experience at Road America to work: "I'm really looking forward to the Texaco/Havoline race at Elkhart Lake. Last year was my first season with CART on that track and the learning curve was quite steep. We did well in testing earlier this year, so I think our chances are quite good to get better results than last year [when Moore finished 23rd], starting with qualifying. The mix of long straights and fast turns seems to suit my car extremely well. After our string of bad luck in the three races previous to Mid-Ohio, where we finished second, I'm looking forward to the next race." MICHAEL ANDRETTI (Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Swift Ford), on Road America and his success there: "What I love about Road America is just about everything. I really don't have a favorite part. It's a race that has just about everything. If you were going to build a road course, you would build it like Road America. I really enjoy driving the course. The race last year was one of the luckiest of my career. I've had a few lucky wins in my career but my luckiest win was at Road America last year. Winning it the way we did was so unexpected. First, Al [Unser] Jr.'s team did a great job in the pits. They got out ahead of us. It basically came down to track position at that time because we were so equal in terms of speed. Al, Christian [Fittipaldi] and I were all right there together when we came out of the pits. That's the way the race should have ended up, but it didn't. All of a sudden, I'm in second place after Christian's engine blew with six laps to go. I thought 'Wow, I'm going to finish second!' And then Al's car went up in smoke. It [the victory] was a strange feeling. I felt bad for Al because I've been there. At that very corner, I was leading the last lap in 1989 and I ran out of fuel. I knew exactly how he felt and it's not a good feeling. I've lost some [races] that way, so it was good to get one back. That one was very lucky. Still, it was personally gratifying to win the race since it is sponsored by Texaco/Havoline, which also sponsors my car. It was a big surprise for everybody. We could use another surprise like that right about now. Elkhart Lake is a beautiful part of the country. There are some nice lakes to play on. Last year we went water skiing. There is also a nice golf course near the track. Most of the people at Texaco like to play golf. Maybe that's why they sponsor the race. A lot of executives come in town for the race and get in a round of golf while they're in town. It's a great weekend for them, especially if we win." CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI (Kmart/Budweiser Swift Ford), on last year's disappointment: "I really wanted to win the Texaco/Havoline 200 last year. Not only because I wanted to win my first race, but also because it would have changed the championship for me. I think it was the single most important race for me last year because of that reason. Michael ended up finishing second and I finished fifth in the PPG Cup. With a win at Road America, I could have finished much higher. It was the ultimate heartbreaker! What was my first thought when the engine went? I couldn't believe it. My heart sank to my feet. But life continues. If I would have finished the race, the standings for the championship would have been different. But you can't work that way. If, if, if - then everyone would be champion. Obviously, I was upset, but you have to raise your head and go for the next race. A lot has happened since that loss last year and I have learned to put things into perspective. Road America is a very challenging place for a driver because of the four-mile long lap. For you to put all the corners together perfectly and also put together a fast lap is very difficult. To put together a good lap is challenging at every track, but, to put together a good four-mile lap at Road America is the ultimate. At the same time, I really enjoy the track. It's a real driver's circuit. On race day, we had a record number of fans there cheering last year. It was quite a sight driving around the course and having all the fans on the hills waving and cheering you on. The atmosphere is a little like a Formula One race. By the time I race at Road America, all of my bad luck should be behind me. We've run strong in every race since I came back. We've just had some bad luck. Michael [Andretti] scored the first win for the Swift chassis at Homestead. I can't think of a better place to score my first win and the first road course win for the Swift than at Road America. I'm due!" On his wild ride back to the pits with Andretti after the checkered flag last year: "I was watching the end of the race while I was stuck beside the track. I saw Al [Unser] Jr.'s engine blow right in front of me. After the race, Michael stopped on the track to give me a ride back to the pits. I was on the sidepod, holding onto the roll hoop. I was punching Michael because he was driving so quick and I was almost falling off of the car. He didn't realize how quick he was going because he was completely strapped up in the car and driving in first gear, but very slow, and I was holding on for dear life. I was hitting him on the shoulders to try to make him go slower, but I think he thought I was congratulating him. The cars aren't meant to be passenger cars. I know that for sure now. It is definitely the last time that I will be a passenger on his race car. You could say it was the ride of my life." Andretti: "When I picked Christian up, he kept patting me on the chest. I thought, 'All right, yeah, thanks!' I thought he was congratulating me. And really, he was trying to get me to slow down because he was hanging on for dear life. I felt like I was crawling. It was pretty funny. He probably won't even get in a real car with me now." MAX PAPIS (MCI Reynard Toyota), on last year's success at Road America: "We've just finished testing at Road America. I really love to go there because it's an amazing circuit - one of the nicest in the United States. The natural surroundings are great and it's a real pleasure to go there every time. I have good memories of that circuit from last year. It was only my second CART race and I finished ninth, which is my second-best finish with the MCI Racing team. I have a lot of hope to do just as well when we return there this year. We should have a little bit of improvement in the engine and if we can really stay together, then there's hope that we can improve on my best-ever [finishing] position in the CART series [an eighth at this year's U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota]. It would be great if I could have another strong race where I scored my first points." AL UNSER JR. (Marlboro Penske Mercedes), assessing the PPG Cup championship race: "I'm not giving up on the PPG Cup championship, but for me it would take a miracle. Paul [Tracy] is Marlboro Team Penske's best shot and if I can't win the championship, I hope Paul does. The great thing about a two-car team is that we can both work together, sometimes in different directions, and benefit from our collective information. I've told the team that they should use me whenever they can to try out things on the car that we're unsure of. We don't want to take Paul's car and risk detuning it or risk him losing any points. We need to keep him in a position to win." On not having won since 1995 at Vancouver, a span of 30 races: "I've been asked this question so much lately. There isn't any one reason for this winless streak. It's a combination of many things. The Marlboro cars aren't working that well right now. The level of competition in the CART series is stronger than it's ever been. I also haven't finished seven of the 13 races we've run this year, six because of mechanical failures. We're all doing the best we can and we're not giving up. I'm more frustrated than anyone. It seems that everyone is trying to find one thing to blame it on. Because I drive for the top car owner [Roger Penske] and one of the best sponsors [Marlboro] in the business, people feel that I should be out there winning all the time, and it's me who has a problem because I haven't won. If there was a problem, either personal or professional, I'd be gone. I'd be fired. Roger hasn't given me any indication that the team doesn't want me any longer and I have no desire to go race for anyone else or in any other series. Marlboro Team Penske is the best in the business and I hope to be here a long time. I haven't changed my desire for winning since the day I got in an Indy car over 16 years ago. If you try forcing a victory, it won't come. I don't feel any different either, and my lifestyle hasn't changed since I was a rookie, and it won't. I've had losing streaks before. Racing is fickle and my dad always told me, when you're hot, you're hot, and the next day, you're not. And I'm not right now. We'll light the burner again and we'll get it going strong. I know it's been quite awhile since I've pulled into victory lane, but my drought [30 races] still isn't as long as [Dale] Earnhardt's [47 races]!" BRYAN HERTA (Shell Reynard Ford), on continuing to chase his first CART victory: "They say the first one's the toughest, and it certainly seems that way in my case. Close just doesn't get it done. We had the car to beat at Mid-Ohio. We played the strategy right and drove smart, yet here we sit without the win. There's absolutely no logic to that in my mind. We can't work any harder. We can't raise our expectations any higher. We'll just keep putting good, reliable cars on the track each week and stay focused. Other than that, I'm out of answers." GUALTER SALLES (INDUSVAL Reynard Ford), on his debut at Road America: "I took a few slow laps to drive around the circuit so I could learn it, but even going slow, I was in awe of the place. Once we started going fast - and this place is very fast - I fell in love with Road America. It is easily my favorite race track in America and I'm really looking forward to racing at the Texaco/Havoline 200. The track has such a variety of slow, medium and fast corners, with extremely long straights, so there are lots of overtaking opportunities, but the track is so wide open that I really enjoy driving Road America. Learning Road America at a test session is one less task we have to do when practice starts on Friday. As a new driver, any chance I get to drive the INDUSVAL-Marlboro Reynard Ford Cosworth is important because I'm still learning about the car and the team is always finding something new to test. The more time I have in the car, the better driver I will be and that means we can start going fast as soon as practice opens. CART racing is so competitive now that if you're not running the same times as the leaders, you're not going to be able to compete for the pole or the win. I want to find that last second and be able to compete."
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Road America's Traditional Dramatics Just The Ticket For Zanardi's PPG Cup Pursuers CART Online (August 13) -- It would appear that it will take something dramatic to thwart Alex Zanardi's pursuit of his first PPG Cup championship. His pursuers can draw encouragement from the fact that the PPG CART World Series next visits the site of one of its most dramatic finishes of last season. Heading into Sunday's Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. (3:30 p.m. ET, live, ESPN), Zanardi (Target Reynard Honda) holds a 148-121 lead over Paul Tracy (Marlboro Penske Mercedes) in the PPG Cup race. With a maximum of 22 points available to Sunday's winner, Zanardi can't be caught this weekend. At the same time, Zanardi, who won the pole and finished third at Road America last year, is certainly aware that there is no such thing as a sure thing. That was vividly demonstrated by the finish of last year's Texaco/Havoline 200, when Al Unser Jr., leading comfortably on the final lap, lost power less than a mile from the checkered flag and handed the victory to Michael Andretti. Andretti (Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Swift Ford) is one of Zanardi's hunters, standing fifth in the PPG Cup race with 108 points and three career victories at Road America (1990 and '91 in addition to last year) to his credit. Unser Jr. (Marlboro Penske Mercedes) is out of the championship chase, but trying to end a winless streak which has reached 30 races. Meanwhile, Zanardi's closest pursuers all have reason for optimism as they head to Road America. Tracy (1993) is the only other driver in the field who has previously won on the meandering, four-mile permanent road course. He also won consecutive poles there from 1992-94. Gil de Ferran (Valvoline/Cummins Special Reynard Honda), third with 116 points, owns second-place qualifying efforts in his only two career appearances at Road America and has scored in nine of the past 10 PPG CART World Series events. Greg Moore (Player's/Indeck Reynard Mercedes), fourth with 111 points, comes off a career-best finish on a permanent road circuit with last week's runner-up effort in the Miller 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Team Rahal comes to Elkhart Lake off a promising Mid-Ohio performance which saw Bryan Herta (Shell Reynard Ford) win his second career pole position and his first-ever on a road course, while Bobby Rahal (Miller Lite Reynard Ford) earned his first podium finish of the season with a strong drive to third place. He finished second to Andretti at last year's Texaco/Havoline 200 and Herta was fifth. Zanardi's teammate, defending PPG Cup champion Jimmy Vasser (Target Reynard Honda) finished fifth at Mid-Ohio, his first top-five finish since Detroit, five races earlier. He was sixth at last year's Texaco/Havoline 200. Brahma Sports Team teammates Raul Boesel (Brahma Reynard Ford) and Scott Pruett (Brahma Reynard Ford) finished fourth and ninth, respectively at Mid-Ohio. It was the seventh time this season they have finished in the points together, but only the second time in six events since Milwaukee. Mauricio Gugelmin (Hollywood PacWest Mercedes) has put together a consistent season which includes 16 consecutive top-10 qualifying efforts since last year at Road America and nine points-producing finishes in 13 starts this season. PacWest Racing Group teammate Mark Blundell (Motorola PacWest Mercedes) will be looking for a return to the points after a string of four consecutive points-paying efforts, highlighted by his first career victories at Portland and Toronto, came to an end with his 26th-place finish at Mid-Ohio. Christian Fittipaldi (Kmart/Budweiser Swift Ford) led the first 15 laps at Road America last season, but suffered engine failure five laps from the finish while battling with the frontrunners. Tasman Motorsports Group teammates Andre Ribeiro (LCI/Marlboro Reynard Honda) and Adrian Fernandez (Tecate/Quaker State Lola Honda) have both enjoyed top-five successes at Road America, Ribeiro in '95 (fourth) and Fernandez in '94 (fifth). Toyota power enjoyed its finest hour of 1996 at Road America as Juan Fangio II (Castrol-Jockey Reynard Toyota) and Max Papis (MCI Reynard Toyota) finished eighth and ninth, respectively. Fangio's effort remains the best road-course finish for Toyota in two years of PPG CART World Series competition. Papis recorded Toyota's best oval finish with an eighth at this year's U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota. Michel Jourdain Jr. (Herdez/Viva Mexico! Reynard Ford) has improved his qualifying effort in each of the last five races, leading to a career-best 14th-place start at Mid-Ohio. Parker Johnstone (KOOL Reynard Honda) has scored PPG Cup points in his last four road-course starts. The Rookie of the Year race continues to tighten methodically. Patrick Carpentier (Alumax Reynard Mercedes) leads with 27 points, but Dario Franchitti (Hogan Motor Leasing Inc. Reynard Mercedes) picked up two points for his 11th-place finish at Mid-Ohio and now has 10. Gualter Salles (INDUSVAL Reynard Ford), Arnd Meier (J.A.G./Marcelo/Hawaiian Tropic Lola Ford) and Charlie Nearburg (Nearburg Exploration Reynard Ford) join Carpentier and Franchitti as rookies making their first PPG CART World Series appearances at Road America. PJ Jones (Castrol-Jockey Reynard Toyota) and Hiro Matsushita (Panasonic Duskin Reynard Toyota) hope to extend Toyota's record of success at Road America. Richie Hearn (Ralphs-Food 4 Less Lola Ford) barely missed scoring with his 13th-place finish at Mid-Ohio, his best in seven races. Qualifying for the Texaco/Havoline 200 will be broadcast 3 p.m. ET Saturday on ESPN2. ESPN2's "On the Grid" program will air 3 p.m. ET Sunday, one-half hour prior to ESPN's live race broadcast. The CART Radio Network, presented by PPG and Toyota, will broadcast the Texaco/Havoline 200 live to more than 140 radio stations across the country. The PPG CART World Series continues with the Molson Indy Vancouver, Sunday, Aug. 31, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Rezultati sa prvog kvalifikacionog treninga: 125: 1. Y.UI 1:40.340 Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz 2. T.MANAKO 0.046 Honda Team UGT 3000 3. N.UEDA 0.047 Honda Team Pileri 4. V.ROSSI 0.079 Aprilia Nastro Azzuro Aprilia 5. Y.KATOH 0.382 Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse 6. M.TOKUDOME 0.399 Aprilia Docshop Racing 7. J.MARTINEZ 0.470 Aprilia Team Airtel-Aspar 8. R.LOCATELLI 0.615 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 9. G.McCOY 0.693 Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe 10. K.SAKATA 0.897 Aprilia Team UGT 3000 250: 1. T.HARADA 1:34.609 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 2. O.JACQUE 0.300 Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3 3. R.WALDMANN 0.337 Honda Marlboro Honda 4. L.CAPIROSSI 0.566 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 5. T.UKAWA 0.588 Honda Benetton Honda 6. M.BIAGGI 0.614 Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 7. S.PERUGINI 0.649 Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia 8. H.AOKI 1.070 Honda Matteoni Racing 9. S.SMART 1.984 Honda Scott Smart Racing 10. J.CARDOSO 2.054 Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion 500: 1. M.DOOHAN 1:33.579 Honda Repsol Honda 2. D.ROMBONI 0.228 Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team 3. C.CHECA 0.294 Honda MoviStar Honda Pons 4. T.OKADA 0.328 Honda Repsol Honda 5. J.BAYLE 0.774 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts 6. A.BARROS 0.777 Honda Honda Gresini 7. L.CADALORA 0.809 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 8. N.AOKI 0.844 Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S. 9. A.PUIG 0.890 Honda MoviStar Honda Pons 10. D.BEATTIE 1.076 Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki
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Road America Friday Qualifying August 15, 1997 PAC-KING IT IN By David Phillips PacWest Motorsports teammates Mauricio Gugelmin and Mark Blundell monopolized the front row of the provisional grid for Sunday's Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America after today's round of qualifying. Gugelmin, who earned his first CART pole earlier this season at the Rio 400 earlier this year, turned a best lap of 1:42.379s lap to edge Blundell by .072s. Their Reynard/Mercedes-Benz cars slowed by an assortment of electrical problems in the morning practice session, the PacWest drivers turned to some tried and true chassis setups from days gone-by for the qualifying session. "Running 1-2 is a great start to the weekend for the PacWest team," said Gugelmin, who qualified fifth fastest at Road America in 1996. "I had a good battle with Mark for the top spot. We've had quite a good basic setup at the this track for the last couple of years and fortunately it carried over." Also working in the PacWest drivers' favor were the constantly changing weather conditions in the morning session that hampered the other competitors in their efforts to dial-in their cars. "Conditions were tough for everyone," said Blundell. "One minute it was wet, the next it was dry and then it was wet again. I actually think that worked in our favor because while we were attending to our electrical problems the other guys weren't able to make as much progress on the track as normal. "In qualifying, I had a couple of problems on my last run and a puncture on my first run, but overall it was a great day and I'm looking forward to carrying on tomorrow." PPG Cup points leader Alex Zanardi was third fastest in the Target/Ganassi Reynard-Honda at 1:42.546s and, like the PacWest drivers, benefited from his experience at Road America in 1996. "It helped a lot that last year we had a good car," said Zanardi. "That was what we started with today, more or less. I was supposed to test here in July but I unintentionally interrupted the test after 12 laps when I crashed. So we went back to last year's setup. The car is not perfect, but we will try to improve it for tomorrow... just like the other guys." Gugelmin, Blundell and Zanardi will be trying to improve their cars on one of the favorite stops on the PPG CART World Series, a Road America circuit that winds for four miles through Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine district, featuring a classic challenge of slow, medium and high speed corners and three 180+ mph stretches. "Road America is one of the nicest tracks we race on as far as the drivers go," said Gugelmin. "It's four miles long, but when you look at the lap times and see so many cars separated by one of two tenths of a second, it's amazing. "You go through Turn One and think 'I did that better than before,' then Turn Two and you think 'I did that well' by the time you get through the last corner - Turn 13 - you expect to be a half second ahead. Then you see it's only a tenth or so..." Dario Franchitti turned-in yet another impressive performance in his first visit to Road America, posting a lap at 1:42.689s in the Hogan Reynard/Mercedes-Benz, while Michael Andretti, who scored his third victory at Road America last year, was fifth fastest at 1:42.795s. "The car is not quite as good as it was when we tested here," said Andretti, the top Goodyear qualifier. "The track (conditions have) changed a lot as well since we were here. Right now it's like a Firestone-fest at the moment. Like Gugelmin, Andretti marveled at the closeness of the top lap times. "It's truly amazing," he said. "Just unbelievable that on a track this size the times are so close. Normally you can double the differential that exists between two cars here, because it so long. If you have a car that's a tenth better, then it should be at least two tenths better here, but it's not. Being that close it's going to be tougher to pass." Scott Pruett completed the runners in the sub-1:43 category with a 1:42.797 lap, while Gil de Ferran, Bryan Herta, Raul Boesel and Greg Moore rounded out the top ten, Moore driving the spare Players/Forsythe Reynard/Mercedes-Benz after the primary chassis was heavily damaged in the morning practice session. Moore spun at Canada Corner and was subsequently T-boned by Max Papis who spun backwards into the Canadian's car, extensively damaging the Arciero-Wells Reynard-Toyota in the process. Moore wasn't the only Canadian to come to grief at Canada Corner today. Patrick Carpentier crashed heavily in qualifying, ironically after a failed bid to pass Toronto-native Paul Tracy into the self-same Canada Corner. The Alumax Reynard/Mercedes- Benz careened down the inside wall before spearing into the tire barrier on the exit of the corner, doing heavy damage to the right side of the car but, fortunately, injuring nothing but the driver's pride. Carpentier, who had been an encouraging 12th quickest in the morning practice session, could only manage twentieth fastest in his spare car at 1:45.182s. Practice resumes tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., with the final qualifying session slated to get underway at 12:30 p.m. Road America Qualifying Statistics Texaco/Havoline 200 Road America Friday, August 15, 1997 Friday Qualifying Times POS NO DRIVER TIME SPEED 1 17 MAURICIO GUGELMIN 1:42.379* 142.342 2 18 MARK BLUNDELL 1:42.451 142.242 3 4 ALEX ZANARDI 1:42.540 142.118 4 9 DARIO FRANCHITTI (R) 1:42.689 141.912 5 6 MICHAEL ANDRETTI 1:42.795 141.766 6 20 SCOTT PRUETT 1:42.797 141.763 7 5 GIL de FERRAN 1:43.160 141.264 8 8 BRYAN HERTA 1:43.220 141.182 9 40X RAUL BOESEL 1:43.452 140.865 10 99X GREG MOORE 1:43.546 140.737 11 7X BOBBY RAHAL 1:43.568 140.708 12 77 GUALTER SALLES (R) 1:43.569 140.706 13 1 JIMMY VASSER 1:43.611 140.649 14 2 AL UNSER JR. 1:43.826 140.358 15 3 PAUL TRACY 1:44.020 140.096 16 31 ANDRE RIBEIRO 1:44.220 139.827 17 27 PARKER JOHNSTONE 1:44.513 139.435 18 11 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI 1:44.670 139.226 19 19 MICHEL JOURDAIN JR. 1:44.843 138.996 20 16X PATRICK CARPENTIER 1:45.182 138.548 21 36X JUAN FANGIO II 1:46.027 137.444 22 32 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ 1:46.043 137.423 23 25X MAX PAPIS 1:46.272 137.127 24 21 RICHIE HEARN 1:46.898 136.324 25 98 P J JONES 1:47.022 136.166 26 64 ARND MEIER 1:50.587 131.777 27 24 HIRO MATSUSHITA 1:52.500 129.536 28 34 CHARLIE NEARBURG (R) No Time No Speed * = New Record Track Length: 4.048 Miles
auto-moto.244 giovanni, -> #231, space.ace
Ę? 37 sekundi prednosti Hill-ovog "traktora" u odnosu na Renault i Ferrari Ę? ti zoveš "ništa posebno". Mora da toliko mrziš Hill-a da nećeš da Ę? priznaš da momak stvarno odlično vozi (bolje od ostalih) :). Nemoj reč da Ę? sam čuo protiv Hill-a! Koliko odlično vozi pokazalo se i dok je bio u Williams-u. Debitant u F1 (Vilnev) je imao velike šanse da se domogne titule iako je Hil imao mnogo više iskustva od njega i podršku celog tima. Ę? Ferrari superioran??? Superiorniji je jedino po pitanju jednog vozača, Ę? Šumahera, a po svemu ostalom nije bolji od ostalih, naročito od Ę? William-a, koji imaju očajne vozače, ali im je zato sve ostalo savršeno Nego šta nego je superioran. Kako beše ona proporcija? 80% mašina:20% vozač. Jeste Šumaher najbolji vozač današnjice ali bez odličnog auta ne bi mogao da uradi ništa više nego prošle godine. Ę? (počev od bolida) - što rezultira dosadašnjim pobedama. U stvari, dok je Ę? Hill bio u Williams-u nizale su se pobede, dok ova dvojica karikatura Ę? nemaju pojma. :)))) Dok su Šumi i Hil imali slične bolide po performansama Hil nije mogao ni da pomisli na pobedu. Ę? Rizikujem da započnem flame-war, ali ću ipak reći da je trenutno Ę? najbolji vozač Formule 1 Šumaher (priznajem), ali je odmah iza njega, na Ę? milimetar, Damon Hill - kralj Hungaroring-a!!! Eto, da ne beše onoga iza zareza još bih rekao da ima nade za tebe ;)))
auto-moto.245 nesha, -> #244, giovanni
> :)))) Dok su Sumi i Hil imali slicne bolide po performansama Hil nije >mogao ni da pomisli na pobedu. Mh.. Nije bash tako, jeste shvaba dobar, al i ti ga pretera.
auto-moto.246 giovanni, -> #236, space.ace
Ę? Da si gledao warm-up primetio bi da je Šumaher slupao svoj bolid, pa Ę? je na trci vozio rezervni, koji nije bio podešen kako treba. To je i Ę? razlog njegove vožnje. Prvo, nisam ja bio u Mađarskoj da mogu da pratim i warm-upove i oba treninga i kvalifikacije. Drugo, znam da je sleteo na warm-upu. I treće, sad si priznao da mu bolid nije bio naštelovan kako treba pa nije mogao bog zna kako brzo da vozi. Ę? Posle trke sam ušao u box, i video gume, sve su bile više-manje iste, Ę? tako da tvoja teorija pada u vodu! Gume se na stazi troše jer na istoj Ę? ima dosta peska. E a na snimku se lepo videlo da kad skunu gume sa williamsa, arrowsa ili nekog drugog bolida one izgledaju mnogo očuvanije nego sa Šumaherovog. Jesi ti video Ferrarijeve gume? Na primer, zadnji levi pneumatik je imao skoro potpuno isfronclanu površinu. Ako misliš da se sa takvim gumama može uraditi nešto više... Ę? na bolidu u toku vožnje. Po tvome, ako je on ušao, što nije ušao i još Ę? neko, ili samo Šumaher ume da troši tako dobre gume, i niko drugi. Ne Ę? lupaj, molim te. Mnogo si bezobrazan i nemoj da izmišljaš nešto što nisi video. Lepo se videlo u toku prenosa kakve su bile gume na Ferrarijevom bolidu koji je vozio Šumaher. Ili si ti tamo bio u svojstvu mehaničara u italijanskoj ekipi? Ę? Što se tiče tih sekundi o kojima pričaš, nisi takođe u pravu. On je tih Ę? 10 krugova što je vodio samo usporavao Hill-a, i čim ga je Hill Ę? prestigao, odmah su Šumahera sustigli i Vilnev i Hakinen. Pa u 5. krugu je bilo 6 sekundi razlike. Irvajn je usporavao ostale (4. mesto na dalje) a kada su ga prestigli, već je Šumaher morao da usporava. Ako nisi znao, on je mnogo pre ostalih spustio vreme po krugu na 1.19.500. Ali ja sumnjam da si ti bio tamo uopšte nego pričaš na osnovu onoga što si pročitao u novinama. Ę? Btw, jesi li ti uopšte gledao trku? Jok, ti si.
auto-moto.247 vector, -> #244, giovanni
;; Koliko odlicno vozi pokazalo se i dok je bio u Williams-u. Debitant u F1 ;; (Vilnev) je imao velike sanse da se domogne titule iako je Hil imao ;; mnogo vise iskustva od njega i podrsku celog tima. Ah da... Kakva je to podrska bila... Izbacivanje iz tima pri kraju sezone... Odlicna moralna podrska. Koliko mi se cini, Frenk Vilijams uopste nije bio srecan kada je Damon osvojio titulu. ;; Nego sta nego je superioran. Kako bese ona proporcija? 80% masina:20% ;; vozac. Jeste Sumaher najbolji vozac danasnjice ali bez odlicnog auta ne ;; bi mogao da uradi nista vise nego prosle godine. Zar neko veruje u ovu glupu proporciju? ;; :)))) Dok su Sumi i Hil imali slicne bolide po performansama Hil nije ;; mogao ni da pomisli na pobedu. Ne znam sta da ti kazem posle ovakve izjave... ovako nesto bi mogao da izjavi samo neko ko pojma nema o automobilizmu...
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;; Prvo, nisam ja bio u Madarskoj da mogu da pratim i warm-upove i oba ;; treninga i kvalifikacije. Drugo, znam da je sleteo na warm-upu. I trece, ;; sad si priznao da mu bolid nije bio nastelovan kako treba pa nije mogao ;; bog zna kako brzo da vozi. Cek, ne razumem te bas najbolje. Prvo pricas da su gume uzrok njegove lose voznje, a onda kada se uspostavi da je nesto drugo u pitanju, slazes se sa tim? ;; E a na snimku se lepo videlo da kad skunu gume sa williamsa, arrowsa ili ;; nekog drugog bolida one izgledaju mnogo ocuvanije nego sa Sumaherovog. ;; Jesi ti video Ferrarijeve gume? Na primer, zadnji levi pneumatik je imao ;; skoro potpuno isfronclanu povrsinu. Ako mislis da se sa takvim gumama ;; moze uraditi nesto vise... Veoma zanimljivo, moram da priznam... vracamo se ponovo na gume. ;; Mnogo si bezobrazan i nemoj da izmisljas nesto sto nisi video. Lepo se :) Ti si izmislio nesto sto uopste nisi ni video. ;; Pa u 5. krugu je bilo 6 sekundi razlike. Irvajn je usporavao ostale (4. ;; mesto na dalje) a kada su ga prestigli, vec je Sumaher morao da ;; usporava. Ako nisi znao, on je mnogo pre ostalih spustio vreme po krugu ;; na 1.19.500. Ali ja sumnjam da si ti bio tamo uopste nego pricas na ;; osnovu onoga sto si procitao u novinama. Ja bih pre rekao da ti nisi uopste gledao trku - pretpostavljam da si procitao nekakav izvestaj iz novina ili nesto slicno. Kazes da je u petom krugu bilo 6 sekundi razlike? Stvarno ne znam sta da ti kazem posle ovakve izjave. Ovako nesto bi mogao da izjavi samo neko ko pojma nema o automobilizmu... (zvuci poznato, zar ne?) Sad pre 5 minuta sam pogledao pocetak trke i evo sta se zaista desavalo (obrati paznju na stanja po krugovima): 1. krug; razlika izmedju Schumachera i Hilla iznosi tacno 1.718s. 2. krug; razlika iznosi 1.468, sto znaci da je Hill skinuo pune tri desetinke od Schumacherovog vremena u tom krugu. 3. krug; razlika je 1.495 sekundi, i Schumacher u ovom krugu postavlja (do tada) najbrzi krug trke sa vremenom od 1:19.751. 4. krug; razlika se smanjuje na 1.259 sekundi. 5. krug; razlika iznosi 0.629 sekundi, a to znaci da je Hill u tom krugu bio brzi od Schumachera za vise od pola sekunde. 6. krug; razlika je 0.334 sekundi, i od tog kruga Hill je sve vreme pokusavao da nadje nacin da obidje Schumachera. Mislim da ni space.ace ni ja ne treba dalje da ti objasnjavamo. Schumacher je od SAMOG POCETKA trke usporavao Hilla, a po tvojoj teoriji Schumacher je upropastio gume vec u prvih nekoliko krugova, a da ih nijednom nije zablokirao ili uradio nesto slicno, i zbog toga je tokom cele trke slabo vozio? E, stvarno ne znam sta da ti kazem posle ovakve izjave... To moze da izjavi samo neko ko pojma nema o automobilizmu. Koliko sam ja primetio, Schumacherov problem je bio nedostatak 'gripa'; njegov bolid je prilicno understeerovao (videlo se kako je dosta rano kocio), koliko se moglo videti, a uzrok tome je najverovatnije losa podesenost bolida za trenutne uslove. Ako su gume uzrok njegovih problema, zasto onda ni sa drugim setom nije mogao brze da vozi? Bas me zanima tvoj odgovor. A, sa druge strane, Hill je vozio odlicno. Konstantno je vozio dobro i nije imao problema pri obilazenju zaostalih bolida, za razliku od ostalih vozaca. Potpuno je zasluzio pobedu, hteo ti to da priznas ili ne. Jedino ne znam odakle ti ideja da je Eddie Irvine usporavao ostale, a kada su ga Hill & Co. prestigli, onda je i Schumacher poceo da usporava? To samo potvrdjuje moju tvrdnju da nisi ni gledao trku. ;; Ę? Btw, jesi li ti uopste gledao trku? ;; ;; Jok, ti si. Vidim i na koji nacin...
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Subj: FIM Motorcycling World Championships, Donington Grand Prix Pol poziciju za sutrasnju trku u klasi od 125ccm uzeo je Youichi Ui ispred Manaka i Tokudomea. Rossi je, koliko se secam, tek sedmi. 250ccm. Nista novo. Staza koja odgovara Apriliji odgovarala je i danas :) - Capirossi je osvojio pol poziciju ispred Harade. Max je sesti. 500ccm. Mick prvi, Checa drugi, Barros treci, Okada cetvrti... Ukoliko Doohan pobedi, osvojice i cetvrtu sampionsku titulu.
auto-moto.250 vector, -> #246, giovanni
;; Pa u 5. krugu je bilo 6 sekundi razlike. Irvajn je usporavao ostale (4. ;; mesto na dalje) a kada su ga prestigli, vec je Sumaher morao da ;; usporava. Ako nisi znao, on je mnogo pre ostalih spustio vreme po krugu ;; na 1.19.500. Ali ja sumnjam da si ti bio tamo uopste nego pricas na ;; osnovu onoga sto si procitao u novinama. Opet spominjes nesto sto je apsolutno netacno. Schumacherov najbrzi krug iznosi 1:19.684, a samim tim nikada nije ni bio ispod 1:19.500, sto znaci da je usporavao ostale od samog pocetka pa do kraja trke. Vec sam ti dokazao da u petom krugu nije bilo nikakvih 6 sekundi razlike, vec 0.6 sekundi, sto opet znaci da nisi ni gledao trku.
auto-moto.251 stukelj, -> #244, giovanni
│ Koliko odlicno vozi pokazalo se i dok je bio u Williams-u. Debitant u F1 │ (Vilnev) je imao velike sanse da se domogne titule iako je Hil imao │ mnogo vise iskustva od njega i podrsku celog tima. └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Da, zaista, Hil je pored fantasticne podrske dobio i produzenje ugovora... Frenk ga je fenomenalno podrzao tako sto ga je sutnuo iz tima...
auto-moto.252 giovanni, -> #245, nesha
Ę? Mh.. Nije bash tako, jeste shvaba dobar, al i ti ga pretera. Možda i nije. Eto, sigurno je mislio na pobedu. ;)
auto-moto.253 space.ace, -> #241, pecanac
> Ček, jes' ti bio na tribinama ili u box-u sa mehaničarima ? :)) U box-u, naravno ;)) > Davaj one slike što ih pomenu, odmeni me malko. ;) Čekaj prvo da najdem skener da ih lepo izskeniram, pa ću poslati. Ovde, naravno :)
auto-moto.254 space.ace, -> #244, giovanni
> Koliko odlično vozi pokazalo se i dok je bio u Williams-u. Debitant u F1 > (Vilnev) je imao velike šanse da se domogne titule iako je Hil imao mnogo > više iskustva od njega i podršku celog tima. Biće da je obrnuto, da je Vilnev imao podršku celog tima, a ne Hill, jer su dopuštali da Vilnev juri pobede, iako su imali jednog vozača (Hill) koji je imao realnu šansu da osvoji šampionat. > :)))) Dok su Šumi i Hil imali slične bolide po performansama Hil nije > mogao ni da pomisli na pobedu. Koliko se ja sećam, Hill je takođe pobeđivao, a ne samo Šumi. P.S. Prosto mi se gadi koliko obožavaš tog slime-ball-a Šumahera.
auto-moto.255 space.ace, -> #246, giovanni
> Prvo, nisam ja bio u Mađarskoj da mogu da pratim i warm-upove i oba E, pa ja sam bio. > treninga i kvalifikacije. Drugo, znam da je sleteo na warm-upu. I treće, > sad si priznao da mu bolid nije bio naštelovan kako treba pa nije mogao > bog zna kako brzo da vozi. To sam ja sve vreme i pričao, dok si ti pričao o nekakvim problemima sa gumama. Možda je i imao probleme sa gumama, ali su ih onda svi imali. > E a na snimku se lepo videlo da kad skunu gume sa williamsa, arrowsa ili > nekog drugog bolida one izgledaju mnogo očuvanije nego sa Šumaherovog. Snimak, snimak, ponovo pominješ taj snimak. Ako nisi znao, i na stazi postoje ogromni televizori, na kojima sam pratio trku isto kao što su svi pratili (osim tebe, očigledno) na svojim TV ekranima (naravno, na stazi nije bilo reklama :). > Mnogo si bezobrazan i nemoj da izmišljaš nešto što nisi video. Lepo se Prvo: nisam bezobrazan već si ti, a drugo: ne izmišljam ja, već ti. Pomenuo si nekih 6 sekundi prednosti Šumahera pred Hill-om. Kad je to bilo? Na Silverstonu, pre dve godine? ;> > Pa u 5. krugu je bilo 6 sekundi razlike. Irvajn je usporavao ostale (4. > mesto na dalje) a kada su ga prestigli, već je Šumaher morao da usporava. U petom krugu je bilo 0.6 a ne 6 sec razlike. Ako ponovo pogledaš trku, primetićeš da su Hakinen i Vilnev već pristigli Hilla i Šumahera u trenutku kada je Hill pretekao Šumahera. Znači da je Šumaher USPORAVAO Hilla. > Ali ja sumnjam da si ti bio tamo uopšte nego pričaš na osnovu onoga što > si pročitao u novinama. Sumnjaj ti šta hoćeš, nemam nameru da se teram s tobom povodom pitanja da li sam bio ili nisam u Mađarskoj. > Jok, ti si. Vidim.
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;; Pol poziciju za sutrasnju trku u klasi od 125ccm uzeo je Youichi Ui ;; ispred Manaka i Tokudomea. Rossi je, koliko se secam, tek sedmi. Uh, zanimljivo je da sam primetio da je Rossi cetvrti na kvalifikacijama, ali rekoh, ajde da uzmem 'oficijalne' rezultate - mozda sam nesto propustio u tih zadnjih minut, dva. Jesam :) Rossi je ipak bio cetvrti na kvalifikacijama, ali je zato pobedio. :) 125ccm: 1. 46 V.ROSSI 43:43.254 Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia 2. 2 M.TOKUDOME 1.780 Aprilia Docshop Racing 3. 7 N.UEDA 8.499 Honda Team Pileri 4. 72 G.McCOY 8.874 Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe 5. 15 R.LOCATELLI 16.258 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 6. 62 Y.KATOH 16.997 Yamaha Team Semprucci Biesse 7. 32 M.GIANSANTI 20.571 Honda Matteoni Racing 8. 3 T.MANAKO 25.710 Honda Team UGT 3000 9. 19 F.PETIT 26.416 Honda Team RMS 10. 10 L.CECCHINELLO 26.463 Honda Spidi Honda LCR 11. 21 G.SCALVINI 28.467 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 12. 33 M.GEISSLER 34.913 Aprilia UGT 3000 13. 20 M.AZUMA 43.963 Honda L.B. Racing 14. 30 D.BARTON 52.302 Honda RCD Motorsport 15. 17 J.MATURANA 57.571 Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz 16. 22 S.JENKNER 1:04.748 Aprilia Team Aprilia - ADAC Sachse 250ccm: 1. 2 R.WALDMANN 42:50.897 Honda Marlboro Honda 2. 31 T.HARADA 0.133 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 3. 65 L.CAPIROSSI 11.496 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 4. 19 O.JACQUE 15.138 Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3 5. 5 T.UKAWA 17.746 Honda Benetton Honda 6. 12 T.TSUJIMURA 35.701 T.S. Honda F.C.C. Technical Sports 7. 15 S.PERUGINI 43.881 Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia 8. 7 H.AOKI 1:01.520 Honda Matteoni Racing 9. 27 S.PORTO 1:08.890 Aprilia PR2 YPF - ESCO 10. 20 N.NUMATA 1:19.156 Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki 11. 21 F.BATTAINI 1:19.981 Yamaha Edo Racing 12. 88 S.SMART 1:22.583 Honda Scott Smart Racing 13. 17 J.CARDOSO 1:22.983 Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion 14. 94 J.McGUINNESS 1 Lap Aprilia Paul Bird M/Sport / Aprilia 15. 97 C.RAMSAY 1 Lap Honda Honda Britain Dickson 16. 96 S.SAWFORD 1 Lap Honda Honda Britain 500ccm: 1. 1 M.DOOHAN 46:55.378 Honda Repsol Honda 2. 7 T.OKADA 0.231 Honda Repsol Honda 3. 4 A.BARROS 24.403 Honda Honda Gresini 4. 18 N.AOKI 28.291 Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S. 5. 3 L.CADALORA 31.346 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 6. 6 D.BEATTIE 32.543 Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki 7. 19 D.ROMBONI 44.472 Aprilia IP Aprilia Racing Team 8. 14 J.BORJA 47.045 ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc 9. 5 N.ABE 48.157 Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey 10. 24 T.AOKI 1:03.529 Honda Repsol Honda 11. 10 K.ROBERTS Jr. 1:14.190 Modenas KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts 12. 22 K.McCARTHY 1:18.323 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 13. 21 J.V.D.GOORBERGH 1:19.937 Honda Team Millar MQP 14. 98 J.VINCENT 1:21.385 Honda Padgetts 15. 16 J.FUCHS 1 Lap ELF 500 Elf 500 Roc 16. 17 L.PEDERCINI 1 Lap ROC Yamaha Team Pedercini BTW, Max Biaggi nije zavrsio trku, a Mick Doohan je osvojio i cetvrtu sampionsku titulu. Okacicu stanja po tabelama sutra. :)
auto-moto.257 giovanni, -> #248, vector
Ę? Cek, ne razumem te bas najbolje. Prvo pricas da su gume uzrok njegove Ę? lose voznje, a onda kada se uspostavi da je nesto drugo u pitanju, Ę? slazes se sa tim? Netačno. Loše gume i raštelovanost bolida su uzroci spore vožnje. S tim što da su gume trošene više nego uobičajeno je postalo jasno još od prvih krugova. Ę? :) Ti si izmislio nesto sto uopste nisi ni video. Šta sam to izmislio? Gume nisu potrošene brže i više nego što je normalno? Ę? procitao nekakav izvestaj iz novina ili nesto slicno. Kazes da je u Ę? petom krugu bilo 6 sekundi razlike? Stvarno ne znam sta da ti kazem Pa nego koliko su odmakli trećem Irvajnu? Jeste, istina je da nije Hilu toliko odmakao ali između njih je isto na početku bila razlika skoro 2 sekunde. Ę? Mislim da ni space.ace ni ja ne treba dalje da ti objasnjavamo. Ę? Schumacher je od SAMOG POCETKA trke usporavao Hilla, a po tvojoj Ę? teoriji Schumacher je upropastio gume vec u prvih nekoliko krugova, Ę? a da ih nijednom nije zablokirao ili uradio nesto slicno, i zbog Ę? toga je tokom cele trke slabo vozio? E, stvarno ne znam sta da ti Pošto vidim da si ti stručnjak za upropaštavanje guma ajde objasni mi odakle onakve brazde na gumama Šumahereovog Ferrarija? Ę? Ako su gume uzrok njegovih problema, zasto onda ni sa drugim setom Ę? nije mogao brze da vozi? Bas me zanima tvoj odgovor. Pa vozio je brže nego od 6-7 kruga do ulaska u box. Sa 12. je sišao na 5. mesto. Imao je vreme oko 1,20-1,20.5 sve dok i taj set guma nije morao da menja. Ę? ostalih vozaca. Potpuno je zasluzio pobedu, hteo ti to da priznas Ę? ili ne. Nigde nisam ni rekao da nije zaslužio pobedu. Činjenica je da neki nisu imali tehničkih mogućnosti a neki znanja da ga prestignu. Izgleda poprilično očigledno koji su vozači u kojoj grupi. Samo su neki zaslepljeni jednom "skoro pobedom". Ę? Jedino ne znam odakle ti ideja da je Eddie Irvine usporavao ostale, Ę? a kada su ga Hill & Co. prestigli, onda je i Schumacher poceo da Ę? usporava? To samo potvrdjuje moju tvrdnju da nisi ni gledao trku. Da si malo pročitao poruku na koju odgovaraš možda bi tvoj reply i imao smisla. Ovako ne mogu da te smatram za ozbiljnog. Irvajn je odlično startovao i bio 3. Očigledno je bilo da ne vozi dovoljno brzo da bi mogao da pobegne od 4. 5. i 6. ali s obzirom na stazu niko nije mogao da ga pretekne dok nije napravio par sitnijih grešaka u poslednjoj krivini pred start-cilj ravninu. Dok se to sve dešavalo, Šumaher i Hil su bili nekoliko sekundi ispred njih sa tendencijom Nemca da uspori. A pošto je jasno da si zurio samo u Hila, shvatam zašto ne možeš da razumeš šta ti neko objašnjava.
auto-moto.258 giovanni, -> #250, vector
Ę? Vec sam ti dokazao da u petom krugu nije bilo nikakvih 6 sekundi Ę? razlike, vec 0.6 sekundi, sto opet znaci da nisi ni gledao trku. Zato si ti tu da me ispraviš u greškama. Ipak je razlika od 0,18 sekundi ogromna. Jedino ne shvatam kako možeš da nekome repliciraš ako ne pročitaš poruku.
auto-moto.259 giovanni, -> #247, vector
Ę? Ah da... Kakva je to podrska bila... Izbacivanje iz tima pri kraju Ę? sezone... Odlicna moralna podrska. Koliko mi se cini, Frenk Vilijams Ę? uopste nije bio srecan kada je Damon osvojio titulu. Srećan ili ne tim ga je podržavao više nego Vilneva. Drugo je pitanje Frenkov odnos prema Hilu i ostalim svetskim prvacima koji su vozili Williams. Ę? Zar neko veruje u ovu glupu proporciju? Kaži ti meni u šta ti veruješ? Da li je samo vozač zaslužan za neki uspeh ili obrnuto? Činjenica je da bez odličnog bolida nema nikakve šanse za titulu. Čak ni najbolji vozač od takvog auta ne može da napravi pobedničku mašinu.
auto-moto.260 giovanni, -> #251, stukelj
Ę? Da, zaista, Hil je pored fantasticne podrske dobio i produzenje Ę? ugovora... Frenk ga je fenomenalno podrzao tako sto ga je sutnuo iz Ę? tima... Ne govori se o tome šta je bilo nakon šampionata. U toku borbe za titulu imao je podršku tima i to je nesporno.
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;; BTW, Max Biaggi nije zavrsio trku, a Mick Doohan je osvojio i cetvrtu ;; sampionsku titulu. Okacicu stanja po tabelama sutra. :) 125: 1 V.ROSSI 245 1 Aprilia 265 2 N.UEDA 159 2 Honda 208 3 T.MANAKO 132 3 Yamaha 117 4 K.SAKATA 112 5 J.MARTINEZ 96 6 M.TOKUDOME 89 7 G.McCOY 83 8 F.PETIT 74 9 Y.KATOH 69 10 Y.UI 63 250: 1 T.HARADA 182 1 Honda 260 2 R.WALDMANN 176 2 Aprilia 215 3 M.BIAGGI 160 3 T.S. Honda 66 4 O.JACQUE 139 4 Yamaha 61 5 T.UKAWA 118 5 Suzuki 52 6 L.CAPIROSSI 103 7 H.AOKI 82 8 T.TSUJIMURA 66 9 S.PERUGINI 59 10 J.McWILLIAMS 56 Max je imao silnih problema sa motorom tokom celog vikenda. Koliko se moglo videti, posle trke je bio prilicno iznerviran. Ukoliko se uskoro ne sabere, docekace situaciju da titula ode u ruke 'silver foxa'. :) 500: 1 M.DOOHAN 270 1 Honda 275 2 T.OKADA 149 2 Yamaha 128 3 N.AOKI 139 3 Aprilia 71 4 A.CRIVILLE 102 4 Suzuki 71 5 L.CADALORA 96 5 ELF 500 48 6 T.AOKI 86 6 Modenas KR3 44 7 A.BARROS 85 7 ROC Yamaha 10 8 N.ABE 84 9 C.CHECA 83 10 D.ROMBONI 71 Criville ce se mozda vratiti do sledece trke (Brno, Grand Prix Ceske).
auto-moto.262 vector,
Mick Doohan slavi 4 sampionsku titulu :) mick10.jpg
auto-moto.265 junior, -> #255, space.ace
> trenutku kada je Hill pretekao Šumahera. Znači da je Šumaher USPORAVAO Hilla. Šumi ne da je usporavao Hilla, već mu je dao to drugo mestu, i skoru pobedu. Videlo se kad je Hill njega stigao, a razlika između 2. i 3. je bila oko 5 sekundi. Dok je pokušavao da ga obiđe (2 kruga), oni su vozili 1:22, i bukvalno su ih svi stigli .. samo se napravila kolona. Onda je Hill prošao, a Šumi je i dalje nastavio da zadržava. Videlo se da mu nešto ne valja sa bolidom (tako ni Magnusen ne vozi sporo ;), ali je namerno forsirao da ostane što duže na stazi da pokuša da izvuče 2 pit-stop strategiju. Kad ga je Vilnev prestigao, video je da je dosta zezanja, morao je u box. Vratio se na 14 mesto (ili beše 12-to), i ovo što je izveo (uzeo bodove), može samo majstor. Damonu svaka čast .. cela nedelja mu je bila fantastična, na trci je pokazao da još uvek ima snage u njemu. Lično, mislim da mu je ova trka u Mađarskoj donela veću afirmaciju kao vozača, nego cela prošla sezona u Vilijamsu. Čak mislim, da ako ode u neki bolji tim, da će to biti delom i zbog ove trke .. jer je izveo nešto skoro nemoguće. No, videćemo - što reče moj ortak, ovo je užas, sad će ostati i sledeće sezone u TWR-u, jer će misliti da nešto mogu da urade u šampionatu ;) Mada, nikad se ne zna, ako uzmu poštene motore i šutnu Diniza :> Još jednom, jedna od najzanimljivijih trka ove sezone .. btw, pogotovo je bilo zanimljivo gledati, kako kad Berger i Alezi izlete sa staze, padnu na 15-to mesto, počnu da voze neku svoju trku i bukvalno uvek završe :) Definitivno se treba kladiti na njih u duelima ;)
auto-moto.266 stukelj, -> #260, giovanni
│ Ne govori se o tome sta je bilo nakon sampionata. U toku borbe za titulu │ imao je podrsku tima i to je nesporno. └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Hill je sutnut u toku sampionata...
auto-moto.267 vector,
Results from Road America August 18, 1997 ZANARDI IN THE CLINCH By David Phillips Alex Zanardi all but clinched the 1997 PPG CART World Series at Road America with his third straight victory, and his fifth in the last six races. Zanardi battled with Mark Blundell most of the race, taking the lead when he beat the Motorola Reynard out of the pits on the second round of stops. Blundell kept the pressure on Zanardi, but hopes of a third win for the PacWest driver expired - along with his Mercedes-Benz - three laps from the finish, handing second to teammate Mauricio Gugelmin while Gil de Ferran, now Zanardi's closest competition in the PPG points race, finished third. CART's annual visit to the majestic Road America circuit was plagued from start to finish by inclement weather. Scattered rain showers slowed Friday's practice session and washed-out Saturday's qualifying session, leaving Gugelmin and Blundell on the front row in an impressive 1-2 performance by the PacWest team during Friday's dry qualifying round. Zanardi was third, one better than Dario Franchitti, who again impressed on his first visit to an American circuit, while Michael Andretti, de Ferran, Scott Pruett, Bryan Herta, Raul Boesel and Greg Moore rounded-out the top ten. What had been a nuisance on Friday and Saturday became a major problem on Sunday when heavy rains delayed the start for two hours before the race got underway in single file order on a wet, but drying, track. Not unexpectedly, Gugelmin, Blundell and Zanardi initially led from Franchitti and Andretti, but chaos reined in midfield when Paul Tracy clipped a spinning Gualter Salles, bounded into a tire wall and rolled over. Happily the Canadian escaped unscathed, but his fading championship hopes were all but scuttled in the incident. Gugelmin quickly re-established his lead on the restart with Blundell applying heavy pressure in second place. Likewise, Franchitti kept the heat on Zanardi and duly took third when the Italian ran wide in Turn Thirteen on Lap Five. Three laps later Blundell hustled past Gugelmin under braking for Turn Five and on Lap Ten Franchitti drove under the Brazilian with contemptuous ease in the Carousel to annex second. Andretti was the first to make a move to slick tires on Lap 14 only to deposit the Newman/Haas Swift in the gravel trap at Canada Corner. Ironically, the resulting full course yellow proved the perfect opportunity for the rest of the field to pit and take on slicks, then bring them up to temperature while trundling behind the pace car. However, one driver never gave himself the chance. That would be Franchitti who came out of the pits on cold slicks behind Blundell and promptly slid into the wall exiting Turn One. It took several tries to get the race properly restarted, but when things finally got underway on Lap 27, Gugelmin caught Zanardi napping and took second place at Turn One, only to have the Target/Reynard steam past into Turn Five. "Mark really took off on the restart and I think it caught Alex by surprise," said Gugelmin. "I passed him into Turn One but I didn't have the speed to hold him behind me. The car went loose after seven or eight laps in the wet and I had a lack of traction. I think the car was set-up a bit too stiff." So as the second round of stops loomed it was Blundell, Zanardi and Gugelmin leading from de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi (from 18th on the grid despite malfunctioning boost control), Pruett, Bobby Rahal and Greg Moore. Moore subsequently plowed the Players Reynard into the sand at Canada Corner trying to outbrake Rahal, bringing-out the day's final full course yellow. Everyone headed for the pits with the Target crew getting Zanardi out ahead of Blundell. "I have to give credit to my boys," said Zanardi. "They have been doing an incredible job all year long. Many, many times I have come in behind somebody and I got ahead of the guy in the pits, sometimes with a big advantage." Although fifteen laps remained, the outcome of the race had been decided. Blundell kept Zanardi honest, staying within a second of the Reynard-Honda until four laps from home when the Mercedes began to lose power. Blundell dropped a full second to Zanardi on Lap 48, then lost power altogether on the run to Canada Corner the following lap. Gugelmin was thus promoted to second while de Ferran had just enough fuel to hold-off the courageous Fittipaldi for third place and so move into a distant second in the race for the PPG Cup, one which Zanardi could easily secure in a fortnight in Vancouver. ANDRETTI GOES LONG TERM Texaco and Newman/Haas Racing are soon expected to announce that they have signed Michael Andretti to a five year contract for the PPG CART World Series. Teammate Christian Fittipaldi will likely be sponsored by Kmart in 1998 with associate sponsorship from Texaco replacing Budweiser which is rumored to be headed to Della Penna Racing. DELLA PENNA ON THE MOVE Della Penna Racing is thought to be in the drivers seat when it comes to the Budweiser beer sponsorship in the 1998 PPG CART World Series. The new team has had a difficult time of it in 1997, thanks to their ill-fated decision to buy Lola T97/00 chassis, a decision that has doomed driver Richie Hearn to also- ran status this year. It is also believed that team owner John Della Penna is pursuing a deal with Honda engines for 1998. TEAM GREEN STILL UNDECIDED Team Green looms as a keystone of the potential driver changes for the 1998 PPG CART World Series line-up. Current driver Parker Johnstone has suffered a monumentally disappointing season and is likely to be cut loose if the team remains a one car, KOOL-backed effort. However, team owner Barry Green is hopeful of fielding a two car team in 1998, either a two car KOOL effort or with backing for a second car from another sponsor. Robby Gordon, who left Green in the lurch last year with his 11th hour decision to join the SABCO Winston Cup team, has been talking very confidently about his chances to driving for the team in '98. Green, however, says he has no deal with Gordon. "Our driver at present is Parker Johnstone," said Green. "I'd like to run a two car team in 1998, and I've talked with Robby Gordon, but there is nothing signed. I've got a meeting with Robby this week, but we will not be signing anything this week either." VALVOLINE TEAM USA ANNOUNCED U.S. National Formula Ford 2000 Championship frontrunners Buddy Rice and Matt Sielsky have been selected as the eight winners of the annual Valvoline Team USA Scholarship. Rice and Sielsky will fly the Team USA colors at EFDA Formula Opel European Nations Cup VIII event at Donnington Park, England on October 18/19, 1999. Rice and Sielsky will drive a pair of cars entered by John Village Automotive in an effort to improve upon the Silver Medal finish earned last year by Valvoline Team USA drivers Jerry Nadeau and Tony Renna. Previous winners of the scholarship include 1996 PPG Cup winner Jimmy Vasser and Bryan Herta, 1993 PPG Firestone Indy Lights Champion and current teammate to Bobby Rahal on the Team Rahal CART team. Boxscore from Road America PROVISIONAL BOXSCORE 1 3 4 ALEX ZANARDI 1:42.54 142.110 50 102.995 MPH 2 1 17 MAURICIO GUGELMIN 1:42.37 142.342 50 RUNNING 3 7 5 GIL DE FERRAN 1:43.16 141.264 50 RUNNING 4 18 11 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI 1:44.67 139.226 50 RUNNING 5 6 20 SCOTT PRUETT 1:42.79 141.763 50 RUNNING 6 11 7 BOBBY RAHAL 1:43.56 140.708 50 RUNNING 7 14 2 AL UNSER JR. 1:43.82 140.358 50 RUNNING 8 13 1 JIMMY VASSER 1:43.61 140.649 50 RUNNING 9 24 21 RICHIE HEARN 1:26.89 136.324 50 RUNNING 10 21 36 JUAN FANGIO II 1:46.02 137.444 50 RUNNING 11 8 8 BRYAN HERTA 1:43.22 141.182 49 SPUN 12 22 32 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ 1:46.04 137.423 49 RUNNING 13 12 77 GUALTER SALLES(R) 1:43.56 140.706 49 RUNNING 14 25 98 PJ JONES 1:47.02 136.166 49 RUNNING 15 23 25 MAX PAPIS 1:46.27 137.127 48 RUNNING 16 2 18 MARK BLUNDELL 1:42.45 142.242 47 OFF COURSE 17 28 34 CHARLIE NEARBURG(R) NO TIME NO SPEE 45 RUNNING 18 10 99 GREG MOORE 1:43.54 140.737 33 SPUN 19 26 64 ARND MEIER(R) 1:50.58 131.777 33 CONTAC 20 19 19 MICHEL JOURDAIN JR. 1:44.84 138.996 29 CONTACT 21 9 40 RAUL BOESEL 1:43.45 140.865 24 CONTACT 22 16 31 ANDRE RIBEIRO 1:44.22 139.827 24 CONTACT 23 17 27 PARKER JOHNSTONE 1:44.51 139.435 23 CONTACT 24 27 24 HIRO MATSUSHITA 1:52.50 129.536 19 CONTACT 25 4 9 DARIO FRANCHITTI(R) 1:42.68 141.912 15 CONTACT 26 5 6 MICHAEL ANDRETTI 1:42.79 141.766 13 SPUN 27 20 16 PATRICK CARPENTIER(R) 1:45.18 138.548 2 GEARBOX 28 15 3 PAUL TRACY 1:44.02 140.096 0 CONTACT TIME OF RACE: 1:57:54.544 AVERAGE SPEED: 102.995 mph CAUTION FLAGS: Laps 1-2, Contact Car #77 & Car #3 Laps 14-17, Car #6 Spun Laps 19-19, Car #77 & Car #32 Laps 20-22, Contact Car #24 & #98 Laps 25-26, Contact Car #31 & Car #40 Laps 35-35, Car #99 Spun LAP LEADERS: 4 lead changes, 4 drivers Mauricio Gugelmin, 1-8 8 Laps Mark Blundell, 9-15 7 Laps Bryan Herta, 16-19 4 Laps Mark Blundell, 20-35 16 Laps Alex Zanardi, 36-50 15 Laps TOTALS: Mark Blundell 23 laps Alex Zanardi 15 laps Mauricio Gugelmin 8 laps Bryan Herta 4 laps
auto-moto.268 vector, -> #267, vector
;; However, one driver never gave himself the chance. That would be ;; Franchitti who came out of the pits on cold slicks behind Blundell and ;; promptly slid into the wall exiting Turn One. Priznajem, ovako nesto ni Coulthard nije u stanju da izvede ;)) Mada, Coulthardov ulaz u boks je nesto jedinstveno... BTW, ni Andrettijev potez nije bio los ;>
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Complete PPG CART World Series Point Standings CART Online (August 18) -- Complete PPG CART World Series point standings following Round 14 - The Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America, Sunday, August 17. Race wins or highest finishes shown in parenthesis. Next race: The Molson Indy Vancouver, Sunday August 31 (ESPN TV at 5:00 p.m. ET). 1. Alex Zanardi (Long Beach, Cleveland, US 500, Mid-Ohio, Road America) - 168; 2. Gil de Ferran (2) - 130; 3. Paul Tracy (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis) - 121; 4. Greg Moore (Milwaukee, Detroit) - 111; 5. Michael Andretti (Miami) - 108; 6. Scott Pruett (Australia) - 96; 7. Mauricio Gugelmin (2) - 95; 8. Jimmy Vasser (3) - 90; 9. Raul Boesel (3) - 78; 10. Mark Blundell (Portland, Toronto) - 73; 11. Bobby Rahal (3) - 60; 12. Bryan Herta (3) - 58; 13. Al Unser Jr. (3) - 55; 14. Christian Fittipaldi (4) - 34; 15. Parker Johnstone (5) - 31; 16. Andre Ribeiro (3) - 29; 17. Patrick Carpentier (2) - 27; 18. Roberto Moreno (5) - 13; 19. Adrian Fernandez (8) - 13; 20. Richie Hearn (9) - 10; 21. Dario Franchitti (9) - 10; 22. Juan Fangio II (10) - 8; 23. Max Papis (8) - 7; 24. Dennis Vitolo (7) - 6; 25. Hiro Matsushita (9) - 4; 26. Gualter Salles (10) - 4; 27. Michel Jourdain Jr. (12) - 1; 28. Arnd Meier (12) - 1; 29. Christian Danner (12) - 1. Nation's Cup 1. United States (Miami, Australia) - 197; 2. Brazil (2) - 192; 3. Canada (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit) - 190; 4. Italy (Long Beach, Cleveland, US 500, Mid-Ohio, Road America) - 170; 5. England (Portland, Toronto) - 73; 6. Mexico (8) - 13; 7. Scotland (9) - 10; 8. Argentina (10) - 8; 9. Japan (9) - 4; 10. Germany (12) - 2. Manufacturer's Championship 1. Mercedes-Benz (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Toronto) - 259; 2. Honda (Long Beach, Cleveland, US 500, Mid-Ohio, Road America) - 234; 3. Ford Cosworth (Miami, Australia) - 203; 4. Toyota (8) - 11. Constructor's Championship 1. *Reynard (Australia, Long Beach, Milwaukee, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland, Toronto, US 500, Mid-Ohio, Road America) - 280; 2. Penske (Nazareth, Rio, St. Louis) - 144; 3. Swift (Miami) - 136; 4. Lola (6) - 31. Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award 1. Patrick Carpentier (2) - 27; 2. Dario Franchitti (9) - 10; 3. Gualter Salles (10) - 4; 4. Arnd Meier (12) - 1. * Clinched Championship
auto-moto.270 ivanl, -> #260, giovanni
Gi> Ne govori se o tome šta je bilo nakon šampionata. U toku borbe za Gi> titulu imao je podršku tima i to je nesporno. Da li si ti gledao pred kraj prošle sezone trke Formule 1 ? Bar koju ?
auto-moto.271 giovanni, -> #255, space.ace
Ę? To sam ja sve vreme i pričao, dok si ti pričao o nekakvim problemima Ę? sa gumama. Možda je i imao probleme sa gumama, ali su ih onda svi imali. Zbog čega bi morali svi da ih imaju? Lepo se videlo kakav je pneumatik skinut sa Ferrarija nakon 14 krugova a kakav sa Williamsa nakon 20 i više. Ovaj drugi je izgledao skoro kao da je tek izašao iz fabrike. Ę? U petom krugu je bilo 0.6 a ne 6 sec razlike. Ako ponovo pogledaš trku, O ovome sam već pisao u ptehodnoj poruci vectoru pa da ne dupliram.
auto-moto.272 giovanni, -> #254, space.ace
Ę? Koliko se ja sećam, Hill je takođe pobeđivao, a ne samo Šumi. Pa naravno da je pobeđivao ali je Šumaher bio poprilično superioran. Jeste da je šampion odlučen u poslednjoj trci sezone ali treba se setiti i da je Beneton bio kažnjavan par puta i da Šumaher nije učestvovao ne jednoj (ili beše dve) trci. Ę? P.S. Prosto mi se gadi koliko obožavaš tog slime-ball-a Šumahera. Uopšte ga ne obožavam. Zapravo, ne obožavam nikoga, šta više ni kao lik mi Nemac nije simpatičan. Ali navijam za njega jer imam pravo da navijam za koga hoću a ne za koga je ispravno. Činjenica da je on pritom i najbolji vozač je stvar koja nema veze sa mojim opredeljenjem. Meni je pre muka onih koji nečije kvalitete uzdižu u nebesa iako je sasvim jasno da nema realnog osnova za tako nešto.
auto-moto.273 giovanni, -> #270, ivanl
Ę? Da li si ti gledao pred kraj prošle sezone trke Formule 1 ? Bar koju ? Da, hvala na pitanju.
auto-moto.274 space.ace, -> #272, giovanni
> Jeste da je šampion odlučen u poslednjoj trci sezone ali treba se setiti > i da je Beneton bio kažnjavan par puta i da Šumaher nije učestvovao ne > jednoj (ili beše dve) trci. Postavljamo li pitanje što je Benneton kažnjavan i što Šumaher nije vozio nekoliko trka te sezone? Što malo ne pričaš i o tome, nego to prećutkuješ? Ili hoćeš možda da ja kažem nešto više o tome? > mi Nemac nije simpatičan. Ali navijam za njega jer imam pravo da navijam Niko ti i ne brani da navijaš za koga hoćeš, sve dok ne navijaš za Šumahera ;>>>. Šalamala, ofkors. Navijaj ti slobodno za njega, ali makar poštuj druge vozače!
auto-moto.275 vector,
Zanardi's PPG Cup Roll Now Includes A Texaco/Havoline 200 Win CART Online (August 17) -- Alex Zanardi's stunning run through the second half of the PPG CART World Series season continued Sunday when he drove to victory in the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America. Zanardi (Target Reynard Honda) earned his fourth victory in the past five events to cement his hold on first place in the PPG Cup championship with his series-leading fifth victory of the season. With a 38-point bulge (168-130) over Gil de Ferran (Valvoline/Cummins Special Reynard Honda), Zanardi becomes the favorite for the $1 million bonus to be collected by the PPG Cup champion at the conclusion of the campaign. Zanardi's 6.148-second victory over Mauricio Gugelmin (Hollywood PacWest Mercedes) allowed him to become the first PPG CART World Series driver since Al Unser Jr. in 1994 to post four wins (Long Beach, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Portland) in five starts. Zanardi also became the second PPG CART World Series driver to win three consecutive events this season, following victories at Michigan and Mid-Ohio. He joins Paul Tracy (Marlboro Penske Mercedes), who won earlier at Nazareth, Rio de Janeiro and St. Louis. He will look to tie the CART record of four consecutive wins set by Unser Jr. in 1990 when the PPG CART World Series heads to the Molson Indy Vancouver on Aug. 31. "We know that the [PPG Cup] situation after Mid-Ohio last week was fantastic and now it's even better," said Zanardi, who has scored 99 of a possible 110 points in his past five races. "I hope we can celebrate very soon." Zanardi has made a habit of wheel-spinning "doughnuts" at the conclusion of his recent victories. Those doughnuts were especially enthusiastic as dusk settled on the rain-drenched crowd of more than 50,000 at the 4.048-mile permanent road course Sunday evening. "The fans sat so long in the stands and got so much water, and got so cold and were so loyal, that I just had to do something for them," Zanardi said. Gugelmin's runner-up effort capped a strong weekend which featured his second career pole position - his other came in his homeland of Rio de Janeiro earlier this season - and his best finish since taking second at Long Beach. He said he was hampered by the wet conditions, which delayed the scheduled race start by 2 hours, 15 minutes. "I went flat out all the way," said Gugelmin, who collected his fifth top-seven performance in the last six events. "Basically, I just didn't have enough for Alex and Mark [Blundell] today. The car went very loose after seven or eight laps in the wet, and I had a lack of traction. It was hard to put heat into the tires and the car was set up a bit too stiff for the conditions." De Ferran captured third place for his fifth podium performance in the last seven events and sixth in the last nine. The performance also moved him from third to second in the PPG Cup championship. "In the beginning of the race, I couldn't quite follow Alex's pace," de Ferran said. "I was being very careful with our tires. My pace was conservative to save the tires. Once we got the slicks on, believe me, I was pushing as hard as I could. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. We haven't won this year, but being second in the championship helps. This is such a competitive series this year that you just have to have everything right in your package. We have been in a winning position twice this year -- at Long Beach and Homestead -- but not quite today. There will come a time when we have the best package. Our day will come." After the track received a thorough soaking during the delay, CART Chief Steward Wally Dallenbach mandated a "wet start," which meant that all drivers had to start on rain tires. Gugelmin led the first eight laps from the pole before Blundell (Motorola PacWest Mercedes), his PacWest teammate, took his first of two leads on Lap 9. It was during that stretch that Michael Andretti (Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Swift Ford) became the first driver to take on slick tires, on Lap 13. On the ensuing lap, however, Andretti spun off course at Turn 12, bringing an early end to his afternoon. Bryan Herta, who led 18 laps from the pole at Mid-Ohio a week earlier, took his second lead in as many races during a round of pit stops under caution on Lap 16. But Herta gave the advantage back to Blundell when he pitted for slicks on Lap 19. Blundell held that edge until Zanardi just slipped by him in a duel on pit stops during a caution on Lap 36. Zanardi never relinquished the lead thereafter, leading the final 15 laps. Blundell ultimately retired due to a small fire in the rear of his car while running second, just three laps from the checkered flag. "I'm bitterly disappointed for myself and the team," he said. "We ran a great race. The balance of the car was great. Our decision to change tires and our strategy were good. I felt we probably had something left for Alex, but due to a technical problem we didn't finish the race." Christian Fittipaldi (Kmart/Budweiser Swift Ford) finished fourth, matching a season best previously accomplished at Portland. Scott Pruett (Brahma Reynard Ford) finished fifth, his fourth points-paying effort in the past five starts. Tracy, who entered the weekend second to Zanardi in the points race, exited when unable to avoid contact with Gualter Salles (INDUSVAL Reynard Ford) on the opening lap and fell to third in the championship with 121 points. The Texaco/Havoline 200 will receive an encore performance at 1 p.m. ET Monday on ESPN. It will re-air at midnight ET Tuesday and 4 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN2. The PPG CART World Series continues Aug. 31 with the Molson Indy Vancouver from Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
auto-moto.279 ivanl, -> #273, giovanni
Gi> Ę? Da li si ti gledao pred kraj prošle sezone trke Formule 1 ? Bar Gi> koju ? Gi> Da, hvala na pitanju. Zašto onda govoriš tako ?
auto-moto.280 vpoznanovic,
Belgian Grand Prix 1997 from Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 22nd August 1997 - 24th August 1997 Friday, August 22nd 1st Free Practice (11:00 - 12:00 CET) 2nd Free Practice (13:00 - 14:00 CET) Saturday, August 23rd 3rd Free Practice (9:00 - 9:45 CET) 4th Free Practice (10:15 - 11:00 CET) Qualifying (13:00 - 14:00 CET) Sunday, August 24th Warm-up (9:30 - 10:00 CET) Race (14:00 CET)
auto-moto.281 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian GP Friday free practice Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 2:06.802 2. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 2:07.371 0.569 0.569 3. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 2:08.238 0.867 1.436 4. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 2:08.372 0.134 1.570 5. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 2:09.272 0.900 2.470 6. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 2:09.288 0.016 2.486 7. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 2:09.772 0.484 2.970 8. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 2:09.772 0.000 2.970 9. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 2:10.153 0.381 3.351 10. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 2:10.231 0.078 3.429 11. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 2:10.272 0.041 3.470 12. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 2:10.413 0.141 3.611 13. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 2:10.914 0.501 4.112 14. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 2:10.993 0.079 4.191 15. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 2:11.093 0.100 4.291 16. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas 2:11.262 0.169 4.460 17. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 2:11.706 0.444 4.904 18. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 2:11.778 0.072 4.976 19. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 2:12.545 0.767 5.743 20. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 2:12.750 0.205 5.948 21. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 2:13.256 0.506 6.454 22. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 2:14.048 0.792 7.246 107% of fastest time: 2:15.678
auto-moto.282 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian GP Saturday free practice Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:50.407 2. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 1:50.947 0.540 0.540 3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:51.179 0.232 0.772 4. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 1:51.625 0.446 1.218 5. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 1:52.057 0.432 1.650 6. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:52.402 0.345 1.995 7. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:52.562 0.160 2.155 8. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:52.604 0.042 2.197 9. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:52.682 0.078 2.275 10. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:52.688 0.006 2.281 11. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:53.929 1.241 3.522 12. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:53.977 0.048 3.570 13. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 1:54.150 0.173 3.743 14. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 1:54.299 0.149 3.892 15. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas 1:54.310 0.011 3.903 16. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:54.608 0.298 4.201 17. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 1:54.608 0.000 4.201 18. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:54.799 0.191 4.392 19. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 1:55.895 1.096 5.488 20. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:56.360 0.465 5.953 107% of fastest time: 1:58.135 21. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 2:06.429 10.069 16.022 22. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 2:07.786 1.357 17.379
auto-moto.283 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian GP Saturday qualifying Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:49.450 2. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 1:49.759 0.309 0.309 3. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:50.293 0.534 0.843 4. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 1:50.470 0.177 1.020 5. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.503 0.033 1.053 6. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:50.520 0.017 1.070 7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:50.656 0.136 1.206 8. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:50.853 0.197 1.403 9. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:50.970 0.117 1.520 10. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.410 0.440 1.960 11. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:51.725 0.315 2.275 12. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:51.916 0.191 2.466 13. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas 1:52.094 0.178 2.644 14. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 1:52.274 0.180 2.824 15. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 1:52.391 0.117 2.941 16. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 1:52.749 0.358 3.299 17. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:52.793 0.044 3.343 18. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:52.886 0.093 3.436 19. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:52.897 0.011 3.447 20. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 1:53.544 0.647 4.094 21. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:53.725 0.181 4.275 22. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 1:54.505 0.780 5.055 107% of fastest time: 1:57.111
auto-moto.284 nesha, -> #283, vpoznanovic
> 8. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:50.853 0.197 >1.403 > 9. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:50.970 0.117 >1.520 Pedro, Pedro! Ale alee... ;)
auto-moto.285 ivanl,
Slika sa trke u Madjarskoj - Hungaroring, foto by me. hringt.jpg
auto-moto.286 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian GP Sunday warmup Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time Gap To 1st ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault 1:52.415 2. Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot 1:52.619 0.204 0.204 3. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas 1:52.628 0.009 0.213 4. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault 1:52.837 0.209 0.422 5. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha 1:53.365 0.528 0.950 6. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault 1:53.531 0.166 1.116 7. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha 1:53.557 0.026 1.142 8. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen 1:53.760 0.203 1.345 9. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault 1:53.777 0.017 1.362 10. David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes 1:53.846 0.069 1.431 11. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot 1:53.999 0.153 1.584 12. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:54.282 0.283 1.867 13. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas 1:54.448 0.166 2.033 14. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart 1:54.570 0.122 2.155 15. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:54.593 0.023 2.178 16. Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart 1:54.868 0.275 2.453 17. Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:54.895 0.027 2.480 18. Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen 1:55.202 0.307 2.787 19. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 1:55.588 0.386 3.173 20. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:55.695 0.107 3.280 21. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari 1:55.993 0.298 3.578 22. Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 1:56.062 0.069 3.647 107% of fastest time: 2:00.284
auto-moto.287 vector,
Mika and David Re-Sign for West McLaren Mercedes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ West McLaren Mercedes are pleased that the team's driver line-up for 1998 will continue to be David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen. The team has sought to objectively analyse all driver options and placed commitment to winning as the principle criteria for the selection process. The speed and pace of Mika and David is apparent to any observer, and the team is convinced that both of these young and exciting drivers have developed the focus and commitment necessary to support a World Championship campaign. Ron Dennis announced the 1998 driver line-up at Spa with the following statement: "Both drivers have contributed to the building and re-shaping of our team and I believe that they should and will benefit from the fruits of these efforts next year." Norbert Haug commented: "The Mercedes-Benz management has taken the decision together with Ron Dennis with the intention to ensure continuity. With David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen we have continuously improved our performance since the beginning of the 1996 season, though the desired wins have not yet come which in most cases was not the fault of our drivers. We think that all the prerequisites are present for further improvement to the team's competitiveness so that David and Mika will achieve their well deserved Grand Prix wins soon." David Coulthard said: "I am delighted to be extending my contract with West McLaren Mercedes, and I am looking forward to continuing the healthy and productive competition with Mika." Mika explained that: "West McLaren Mercedes is in the most exciting phase of my time with the team. The confident expectations for next year are shared by everyone involved." Dieter Weng the Marketing Director of West stated that, "The image and approach of David and Mika have complemented our style and marketing objectives. We obviously look forward to some interesting and exciting times with them in 1998." Whilst all elements appear to be in position to produce a successful year in 1998, all parties agree that the team will show its race winning potential in the remaining events of 1997.
auto-moto.288 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian GP results Pos Driver Nat Constructor Time ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Michael Schumacher D Ferrari 1:33:46.717 2. Giancarlo Fisichella I Jordan-Peugeot +26.753 3. Mika Hakkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes +30.856 4. Heinz-Harald Frentzen D Williams-Renault +32.147 5. Johnny Herbert GB Sauber-Petronas +39.025 6. Jacques Villeneuve CDN Williams-Renault +42.103 7. Gerhard Berger A Benetton-Renault +1:03.741 8. Pedro Diniz BR TWR-Yamaha +1:25.931 9. Jean Alesi F Benetton-Renault +1:42.008 10. Gianni Morbidelli I Sauber-Petronas +1:42.582 11. Eddie Irvine GB Ferrari -1 lap 12. Mika Salo FIN Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 -1 lap 13. Jan Magnussen DK Stewart-Ford ZV10 -1 lap 14. Damon Hill GB TWR-Yamaha -1 lap 15. Ukyo Katayama J Minardi-Hart -1 lap 16. Jarno Trulli I Prost-Mugen -2 laps DNF Jos Verstappen NL Tyrrell-Ford EDV8 on lap 26 DNF Ralf Schumacher D Jordan-Peugeot on lap 22 DNF David Coulthard GB McLaren-Mercedes on lap 20 DNF Tarso Marques BR Minardi-Hart on lap 19 DNF Rubens Barrichello BR Stewart-Ford ZV10 on lap 9 DNF Shinji Nakano J Prost-Mugen on lap 6
auto-moto.289 vpoznanovic,
F1: Belgian Grand Prix Report Just 20 minutes before the start of the race it started to rain. And rain it did, with much of the track awash with water, the worst place being at the bus stop chicane where huge lakes had gathered. Ralf Schumacher went off the circuit on his way to the grid and had to run back for the spare, whilst Damon Hill was gambling on it drying and setting up the car for dry conditions. With 2 wet compounds and 3 tread patterns available the race looked set to be governed even more so than usual by tyres. With the track sodden it was decided that the race would be started behind the safety car so that the drivers could get used to the new conditions. This was a very sensible decision. For 3 laps the cars circulated behind Oliver Gavin in the safety car, and the truly treacherous conditions could be seen. The highlight of these laps? Fastest lap Ukyo Katayama who set a 3m13s lap on lap 2. The safety car peeled into the pits at the end of lap 3, and the race began, with Schumacher having a good go at Alesi. By the end of lap 4 Villeneuve had 1.5 seconds over Alesi, only to see Alesi taken by Schumacher shortly after. Schumacher was not standing still, and soon had Villeneuve in his sights as well, and proceeded to take both of them within one lap. His brother was not so fortunate, taking another journey across the Ardenne countryside. Schumacher (on Intermediates, against the others wets) was pulling away, and by the end of lap 5 had a 5.8 second lead over Villeneuve, with Alesi, Fisichella, Hakkinen and Frentzen behind. The battle of the race was the one for 3rd between Alesi and Fisichella, with Fisichella taking Alesi, and then up to 2nd when Villeneuve made a very early pit stop for intermediate tyres. Schumacher on these tyres was pulling away at 10s a lap.... Further down the field Nakano was already out, whilst the battle for 5th was governed by the very tardy Williams of Frentzen (on the wrong set up) who held up the queue of Diniz, Hill and Herbert. The surprise of the race at this stage was Alesi pitting for slicks at the end of lap 7. Diniz and Herbert made short work of Frentzen, whilst Hill also got by almost forcing the German off the track in the process. The Stewarts followed through as well. This was not going to be Williams' weekend. Berger was the next of the front runners to pit for slicks, and set about the track, making a list of the two Benettons, Irvine and Frentzen on slicks. Fisichella soon joined them, whilst Hill made the odd move of Intermediates, almost colliding with Fisichella who was exiting the pits - the Jordan team failing to keep their driver in till it was clear to exit. Herbert and Diniz made very short work of Coulthard (whose tyres were well and truly shot), taking Herbert to 4th, Diniz 5th and Hill now 6th. Coulthard was now in for slicks also. His team mate was also having problems and going off the track. Hakkinen was also soon in for slicks. A huge slew of pit stops ensued over the following laps making it nigh on impossible to keep a good track of what was happening on the track. This was one confusing race in the early stages. Schumacher became the only runner to run his expected pit strategy, pitting on lap 14 for his first stop (many of the others were already on their second stops) and onto slicks. His 67 second lead only dropped to 60 seconds over Alesi after pit stops. The German was simply in a class of his own. The order at the end of lap 14 was Schumacher, Alesi, Fisichella, Hakkinen, Herbert, Coulthard, Frentzen, Berger, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Hill, Diniz, Salo, Irvine, Morbidelli, Magnussen, Marques and Katayama. Things at the front were getting a little closer - the gap from Schuey to Alesi was now only 41 seconds..... Hill had to make another stop to get rid of his intermediates, and so went out onto the track with slicks, just as it started to rain again on some parts of the circuit. So with 19 laps gone the order was now Schumacher, Alesi, Fisichella, Hakkinen, Herbert, Frentzen, Coulthard, Berger, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Diniz, Hill, Salo, Morbidelli, Magnussen, Ralf, Marques, and Katayama. Marques was then the next to retire. The Williams started to get better as the track dried, with Frentzen having a very good go at Herbert in the Sauber. Herbert was able to brake a lot later than Frentzen, and so kept him at bay for quite some time. Frentzen had a daring go at the entrance to the bus stop, but gave up at the last possible second, Frentzen finally managaing to get through at the start of the next lap. Frentzen was now up to 5th, with Hakkinen ahead. Schumacher was an untroubled 38 seconds ahead of Alesi at the end of lap 21, and further still the next lap when Alesi pitted for more slicks. The drivers seemingly at random pitted and so the leaderboard made very difficult readings of who was really where - other than that Schumacher was in a race of his own. Ferrari were now preparing for their second (and scheduled) stop, being turned around in 7.3 seconds. The sun was now breaking out wonderfully on some parts of the circuit, on other parts it started to rain again (though not enough to send everyone pitwards). From laps 31-33 most of the front runners pitted, and by the end of lap 33 Schumacher had 43 seconds over Fisichella, who in turn had 7 seconds over Hakkinenn, Frentzen, Herbert and Alesi. Villeneuve was not a contender today. After a few laps Villeneuve won (and lucked) himself up to 7th place, and then found himself battling Alesi for 6th place, finally managing at Le Combe. Alesi just gave in. And so the race continued, and finished with a bit of excitement when Irvine and Diniz collided on the last lap, and Hill pitted at the end of the penultimate lap with a wheel that felt loose. Schumacher showed what makes him worth the money Ferrari pay him today. 1. Schumacher 2. Fisichella 3. Hakkinen * 4. Frentzen 5. Herbert 6. Villeneuve * Hakkinen racing under appeal for alleged fuel infringements.
auto-moto.290 junior,
subj: belgija Odlična trka. Šumaher je zavladao, napravivši u samo 4 kruga 30 sekundi razlike između sebe i Alezija. Vilnev je nešto petljao sa pneumaticima, pa je u prvih 10 krugova 2x išao u box (?). Nikako mi nije jasno kako je Alezi koji je pravio odlične krugove pri sredini staze (negde oko 30 kruga) na kraju bio onako loše plasiran. Čak i sa boxom viška, imao je ogromnu prednost nad ostalima, a dopustio je i da ga Vilnev obiđe na stazi. Mladi Fizikela je stvarno odlično odvozao, a izdvojio bih još i Herberta koji se maestralno držao pred Kultardom, čak je i pokušao da ga obiđe par puta, što ipak nije bilo potrebno (Kultard je sam sebi dovoljan :). Hill je uspeo da uđe u box u poslednjem krugu ;), verovatno mu je motor otkazao. PS. Što se mesta gledanja tiče, moram da pohvalim Sport Caffe - veoma prijatno mesto, sa lepim enterijerom ;) i nekih 20-ak televizora na kojima se vrtio prenos formule. Čak je i jedna riba iz Modelsa došla da gleda formulu O:)
auto-moto.291 vector, -> #290, junior
<--- Sumaher je zavladao, napravivsi u samo 4 kruga 30 sekundi razlike izmedu <--- sebe i Alezija. Vilnev je nesto petljao sa pneumaticima, pa je u prvih 10 <--- krugova 2x isao u box (?). Nikako mi nije jasno kako je Alezi koji je Koliko se secam, jedini je Sumi koristio intermediate gume, dok su svi ostali krenuli na wet gumama, sto mu je i omogucilo da za tako kratko vreme napravi toliku razliku. :) Jes` da je najbolji u takvim uslovima, ali, ovog puta ih je sve zaista nadmudrio ;) <--- pravio odlicne krugove pri sredini staze (negde oko 30 kruga) na kraju <--- bio onako lose plasiran. Cak i sa boxom viska, imao je ogromnu prednost <--- nad ostalima, a dopustio je i da ga Vilnev obide na stazi. Da, skinuo je 20 sekundi razlike na Sumaheru, medjutim, koliko mi se cini, isao je 4 puta u boks... a bas se cinilo da ima sanse da zavrsi na drugom mestu... Jel neko primetio da Barichello nije zavrsio vise od 10 trka? Razlog: jednom recju - FORD. :) BTW, kada je trka u Italiji? Za dve nedelje?
auto-moto.292 djcorto, -> #290, junior
> PS. Sto se mesta gledanja tice, moram da pohvalim Sport Caffe - > veoma prijatno mesto, sa lepim enterijerom ;) i nekih 20-ak > televizora na kojima se vrtio prenos formule. Cak je i jedna > riba iz Modelsa dosla da gleda formulu O:) A to je ... gde ?
auto-moto.293 space.ace, -> #291, vector
> Koliko se secam, jedini je Sumi koristio intermediate gume, dok su svi > ostali krenuli na wet gumama, sto mu je i omogucilo da za tako kratko > vreme napravi toliku razliku. :) Jes` da je najbolji u takvim uslovima, > ali, ovog puta ih je sve zaista nadmudrio ;) Razlog što je Šumaher toliko bolje vozio je taj što je on vozio rezervni bolid, skroz podešen za trku po kiši. Svi ostali su menjali svoje "suve" setup-ove i nisu, normalno, mogli da za 30 min podese najbolje svoje bolide. To još jednom dokazuje koliko Šumaher bolje taktizira od ostalih vozača. Naravno, uz intermediate gume, sigurna pobeda. Svaka čast! Što se tiče Vilneva, to je vezista bez premca. Vidi se da dečko nikad nije vozio po kiši, pa je njegova "uboga" taktika upropastila njegovu šansu da pobedi :). Dobro je te je uzeo i ovaj jedan poen... Bi mi žao Alezija, zbog onih ulazaka u box. I on je imao sličnu taktiku sa gumama kao i Šumaher, ali se izgleda izradio sa gorivom (kao što se uvek izradi).
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Mercedes-Benz Report: All Engines Are Created Equal CART Online (August 23) -- All Mercedes-Benz race engines are created equal, and none is more equal than any other. In all but one of the seven instances when the three-pointed star visited a CART PPG World Series victory lane this season, and each of the five times that a Mercedes-powered car qualified on the pole, a different IC108D engine provided the power. "Sixty-five Mercedes-Benz Indy car engines have been produced this season," said Paul Ray, vice president of Ilmor Engineering, the race engine-building arm of Mercedes-Benz. "And some of those engines have been re-built as many as seven or eight times by this point in the year. But all of the parts are manufactured -- and each of the engines built and re-built -- to very precise specifications and very stringent quality control measures. That's why we know, whenever a Mercedes-Benz is bolted into a race car, it's a potential winner." The 4000-plus parts that make up each Mercedes-Benz IC108D engine are manufactured by Ilmor at its state-of-the-art facility in Brixworth, England -- about an hour's drive north of London -- and by a select group of suppliers from around the world. These parts are then shipped in kit form to the two shops which assemble Mercedes-Benz Indy car engines: VDS Racing in Midland, Texas, and Penske Racing in Reading, Pa. Despite the thousands of miles that separate each of these locations and the fact that different personnel assemble and re-build engines for each of the Mercedes-powered teams, remarkable consistency and performance parity is maintained from engine to engine and re-build to re-build. The One Percent Rule requires that each Mercedes engine, when it is tested on the dynamometer after assembly, produce performance numbers that vary by no more than one percent from every other IC108D engine. "Large performance variations are unacceptable," explained Ray. "Each of our teams is a partner and, as such, has a right to expect the same level of performance that all of our other partners have. If an engine fails to supply the appropriate power when it's tested -- which does occasionally happen -- then we know something is wrong. We tear it apart, find the problem and build it up again. It is the sophistication of the machinery and skill of the staff in Brixworth, as well as the dedication and care of the engine builders here in the States, that allow us to maintain such exceptionally high standards and give our partners the assurances of parity they need." With seven wins and five pole positions, Mercedes-powered cars have finished second or better in 16 of the last 17 races. Consistency among hardware is only one of the reasons Mercedes-Benz has led the CART manufacturer's championship since May. The depth of each race team combined with exceptional driving talent on the seven-man squad is another. With 14 (of 17) races of the PPG CART World Series season complete, three Mercedes-Benz drivers have won multiple races (Paul Tracy, Marlboro Team Penske, 3 wins; Greg Moore, Player's Forsythe Racing, 2 wins; Mark Blundell, PacWest Racing, 2 wins), six of the seven have posted top-three finishes (Mauricio Gugelmin, PacWest Racing; Al Unser Jr., Marlboro Team Penske; Patrick Carpentier, Team Alumax/Bettenhausen; Tracy; Moore and Blundell), and three have qualified on pole (Tracy, Gugelmin and Dario Franchitti, Hogan Racing). The Mercedes six-race win streak in mid-season is also the longest engine victory string in the ultra-competitive CART series since 1991. Whether they be racing drivers, engine builders or any other member of the team, the strength of the Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Team, like any democracy, lies with its people. Great people have been building, racing and winning with Mercedes-Benz engines around the globe since the first auto race was held in 1894. In all but one of Mercedes-Benz's seven PPG Cup victories this season, a different IC108D engine powered the winning car, and in each of the five instances that a Mercedes-powered car qualified on the pole, a different engine provided the motivation.
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Vasser Ready To Race And Rock & Roll In Vancouver CART Online (August 24) -- Jimmy Vasser, driver of the No. 1 Reynard Honda HRR for the Target/Chip Ganassi Racing team, will practice and qualify for the Molson Indy Vancouver race on Friday, August 29. After he completes his work at the racetrack, Vasser will have a chance to see how a new work project of his is developing. During the past year, Vasser started his own record label, V12 Records. The first band signed to the label, Groovebender, will be performing Friday (August 29) evening in Vancouver at 'The Gate,' a local music club. Groovebender, a five-piece original band from Tacoma, Washington, has been together for just over a year. The self-titled debut CD release from V12 Records features nine songs from Groovebender. Five experienced musicians from Tacoma and Seattle, including Jimmy's brother Pat, make up the band. "Obviously, racing is my career, but music is an interest of mine," said Jimmy Vasser. "At the track, I'm always listening to music -- except when I'm in the race car. Forming V12 Records let me help Pat and the band, but it's also giving me a chance to pursue my interests. Right now, the band is helping me learn about the music business. That way, I can decide if I want to pursue my interests, expand the label and sign other bands." Vasser, the 1996 PPG Cup champion, won four races and four pole positions en route to last year's title. This season, Vasser is eighth in the PPG Cup championship standings after finishing eighth one race ago at the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America. "Jimmy has been great in helping the band put out the CD," Pat Vasser said. "We thought performing for him and his fellow CART drivers and teams at Vancouver would be a chance for us to thank him for his help. We have played a few times around the Tacoma-area, but this will be our first major show in conjunction with the release of the CD." The Gate is located at 1176 Granville Street in downtown Vancouver, next to the Hotel California. Groovebender will take the stage at 11:00 PM. Maxidadd, a local Vancouver band will follow Groovebender on stage.
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>> PS. Sto se mesta gledanja tice, moram da pohvalim Sport Caffe > A to je ... gde ? Prolaz između Trga Republike (preko puta tržnog centra) i Čumića. Ili ako ideš iz Nušićeve - kad izađeš iz Čumića, levo, ka dvorištu Centrotextila. Mnogo fino mesto, mada malo skuplje ;) I naravno, uvek imaju prenose svih sportskih događaja - formule, lige šampiona, ... čak je za vreme Kroacija vs. Partizan, bila organizovana nagradna igra - ko pogodi tačan rezultat, dobija TV (Sony). Niko nije pogodio, jedan čovek je bio najbliži (4:2 za Kroaciju;).
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F1: Belgian GP winners' press conference Q. Congratulations, Michael, on your fourth official victory at Spa. What were your thoughts today? MS: I was standing on the podium and I just emptied my mind, celebrating that moment, because after the practice and qualifying sessions I hadn't been too satisfied and I certainly hadn't been optimistic about the race. In straightforward dry circumstances we would have been struggling. But obviously with the weather - and also making the right choice of tyres - everything went perfectly. I am really delighted for everyone, not just for me, but for the team and the sponsors, too. We have a great combination on our team. Q. You must be pleased that this makes four wins, which was the target set by Ferrari at the press conference in January ... MS: Not for me! It may have been a target for some other people, yes, and obviously we have fulfilled it. But I hope I have not finished yet. There are still five races to go and I hope I have some more victories to enjoy. But this was certainly a very nice one. Q. You had some thrilling moments in the first few laps, first when you passed Jean Alesi and then when you took Jacques Villeneuve. Tell us how you tackled them. MS: With Jean it was fairly tight, but I had decided myself that was the point [on the circuit] to pass him and I had decided to take the line. If he hadn't moved over then I would have touched him. On the other hand, it was still very slippery and it probably wouldn't have damaged anything if I had just leaned against him. But he saw the situation and then he moved over because there was no other choice for him. Jacques was quite fair: he stayed on his line without zig-zagging or trying to resist. He must have known that with his full-wet tyres he didn't have a chance [of resisting], so he just stayed where he was - and it was fairly easy. Q. What tyres had you - and they - chosen? MS: I was on intermediates and they were on full wets. Q. So even in those flooded conditions you think that intermediates were the right choice? MS: Obviously, yes! I guess most people were running on intermediates, but it was certainly a very difficult decision because none of us knew how long it would rain as hard as it was raining during my last installation lap before I went to the grid. The full-wet tyres looked like the best choice at that moment, but as it had stopped raining by then, I decided to gamble that it was just a shower, the rain would stop and I could take a chance. It was obviously the right decision and fortunately Race Control decided that it was too dangerous to start the race in those circumstances. Q. Once you started to get away in front you must have been laughing in your helmet! MS: I was fairly busy and I didn't have time to laugh in my helmet. But I have to say that when it stopped raining while I was sitting on the grid and I saw the sun coming out I started to smile. My first thought was, 'great, these are just the right circumstances for me now.' But from that moment to the chequered flag was quite a long time ... Q. How did you have the car set up for the wet? MS: It was the usual procedure of changing the wings. In the wet you need a bit more downforce in order to survive, and that's what we did. I don't want to say too much because these guys beside me are listening. But it was the right circumstances for me and the car. Everything fitted together, including choosing the right tyres, and obviously I like this circuit. As far as I am concerned, nothing compares with this place. Q. Giancarlo, how did you have your car set up? GF: I made the right choice of tyres for the start - the same as Michael in fact - and this meant that I was able to overtake Jacques and then get away on my own. Q. Were you worried about the speed at which Michael was getting away from you? GF: Michael was very fast and I couldn't actually see how fast he was getting away from me. But I was able to keep up to some extent and I have to thank the team for their support. The car was running well and it stayed fairly consistent. The pit stop went well, too: I came in at exactly the right time and we restarted with heavy fuel, so I was able to do the rest of the race with only one more pit stop after that first change of tyres. Q. Mika, during the pace lap we saw you off the road, and Frentzen then changed places with you. What happened? MH: I actually went off at the top of the hill ... just because there was so much water on the track. I couldn't steer the car anymore and went on the grass and lost two places. But I also had a technical problem with the car, for the last 15 laps, so it was very difficult to keep the car 100 per cent in the corners: I was losing time on every lap. It was difficult to push to the maximum. On every lap I was losing roughly two or three tenths because of that. Q. Michael, how do you feel about the championship now? MS: It couldn't have gone better. Maybe it's paying me back for the bad luck we had at Silverstone and Hungary. But nothing is decided yet. Twelve points is a nice margin, but with five races to go it's still not a definite situation. Things are improving for us and now I hope that Monza will be as good as it was last year. Even so, it is going to be very difficult because from what I saw in the test last week the two guys next to me are going to be very fast. It's going to be a struggle, but on the other side I'd rather have them in front of me than Villeneuve.
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F3000: Spa-Francorchamps results and notes FORMULA 3000 INTERNATIONAL 1997 - Round 8 at Spa-Francorchamps Pos Driver Team Time Grid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Jason Watt/DK Den Bla Avis 1'05:19.036 2 2 Max Wilson/BR Edenbridge Racing + 0.286 8 3 Boris Derichebourg/F Astromega 20.879 6 4 Cyrille Sauvage/F Draco Engineering 21.959 24 5 Ricardo Zonta/BR Super Nova Racing Ltd 30.426 5 6 Stephen Watson/ZA Durango Formula 32.657 7 7 Pedro Couceiro/P Draco Engineering 32.846 16 8 Jamie Davis/GB DAMS 33.061 15 9 Rui Aguas/P Nordic Racing Ltd. 40.026 17 10 Thomas Schie/N Bob Salisbury Engineering 43.369 13 11 Gaston Mazzacane/RA Auto Sport Racing 44.685 19 12 James Taylor/GB Bob Salisbury Engineering 1:15.443 26 13 Werner Lupberger/ZA Edenbridge Racing -1 lap 10 14 Laurent Redon/F Super Nova Racing Ltd -2 laps 9 FL: Rui Aguas 2:13.517 (=187.877 kph) Pole sitter, Dane Tom Kristensen had a wild crash in second lap at "Blanchimont", the fastest curve at Spa. His Lola suddenly broke out and was catapulted into the guardrails several times left and right. Argentine Emiliano Spataro while trying to avoid hitting the wreck, pushed Biagi's car into a collision with Davis Cook's Lola who got airborne and hit Biagi's helmet with a wheel. Both drivers sustained unhurt. Tom Kristensen broke down after climbing out of his wreck. Doctors later diagnosed several hard bruises only. The race was red flagged and the restart was stopped again because of two stalled cars, Oliver Tichy and Craig Lowndes. After the third start everything went perfect for Jason Watt's first win. Standings: Pos Driver Pts ------------------------------------ 1 Riccardo Zonta 29 2 Juan-Pablo Montoya 23.5 3 Jamie Davis 22 4 Tom Kristensen 19 Jason Watt 19 6 Max Wilson 17 7 Soheil Ayari 11 8 Oliver Tichy 8 Laurent Redon 8 10 Pedro Couceiro 6 Dino Morelli 6 12 Rui Aguas 5 Cyrille Sauvage 5 14 Patrick Lemarie 4 Boris Derichebourg 4 16 Craig Lowndes 3 Kurt Mollekens 3 18 Stephen Watson 2 19 Gonzalo Rodriguez 0.5
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> prenos formule. Cak je i jedna riba iz Modelsa dosla da gleda formulu O:) To je neka manekenka? Pa jel je bar neko provozao? O:)
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Izvor: Gazetta Dello Sport/RAI - 29. august Gerhard Berger celebrated his 38th birthday in a very special way... After his dinner with friends, Morbidelli, Schumacher, Coulthard and Hakkinen let 2 strippers in his hotel room to wish him a... special Happy Birthday!
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F1: Silly Season Status - August 28th, 1997 Williams: All parties confirmed: Mecachrome, Jacques Villeneuve, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Williams has made no formal announcement on Frentzen, but he confirmed at Hungary that he will finish out his two-year contract with Williams. Jean-Christophe Boullion will remain as test driver. McLaren: All parties confirmed: Mercedes, Mika Hakkinen, and David Coulthard. Nick Heidfeld will also continue his testing duties next season, and may move up to F3000 next year from German Formula 3. Ferrari: All parties confirmed: Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, along with Nicola Larini back as tester. Benetton: Still under agreement with Mecachrome, and yet to finalize the money part of it. Alexander Wurz also has a tentative agreement with Benetton to drive, and a deal could be announced at any time. Giancarlo Fisichella is very likely to go to Benetton, as it does not seem that Eddie Jordan has a solid claim on him. If not, expect Jarno Trulli to be promoted. Jordan: Confirmed are Mugen-Honda, who will be building an entirely new engine next year, and Ralf Schumacher. As noted, Fisichella is not likely to return, and Jordan has confirmed they have no interest in Damon Hill. Jean Alesi has now made it clear that he is willing to take a significant paycut in order secure a competitive drive for next year, so he seems the likeliest candidate now for the job. Prost: Peugeot will support the team and Olivier Panis, with the second driver now said by Alain Prost to be either Jarno Trulli or Damon Hill. The offer to Hill, as stands, is rumored to be in the area of $4 million dollars, with most of that money coming from Peugeot. However, Hill's agents are biting, and there appears to be less and less interest on Prost's side. Sauber: Johnny Herbert will return along with the Petronas-backed powerplants. The second seat has been turned away from Damon Hill when he asked for a bit too much money, but now it appears that he may be willing to talk lower numbers. It was recently rumored that Petronas was backing a $20 million deal over two years for Hill, but that has been denied and even laughed at by involved parties. Ferrari still have an interest in their team, and are still insisting they keep Gianni Morbidelli -- but Petronas may well buy them off. Arrows: TWR has confirmed they are looking for sources to develop their own engine next year. Among people they've talked to are both Brian Hart, and Yamaha. It is thought that one of those two will likely sell off their engines to TWR. On the driver side, Jorg Muller will be partnered by Pedro Diniz if Damon Hill does infact decide to leave. Tyrrell: They will use Ford-Cosworth V10s, and will likely return Jos Verstappen to the lineup. The second driver may very well not be Mika Salo, and could be Formula Nippon star Toranosuke Takagi. Minardi: An engine has yet to be negotiated, and could be either Yamaha or Hart again -- whichever one does not committ to Arrows. Tarso Marques will fill one seat next year, and the second is up for grabs. Ukyo Katayama, Pedro Diniz, or test driver Esteban Tuero will likely fill the seat. Tuero has been promised that he will drive at Jerez this year for Minardi, to get some F1 experience. Stewart: Ford and Barrichello will be back, and it is now expected that Jan Magnussen will return as well. CART rookie Dario Franchitti still remains linked by rumors with the team, but Stewart denies they will sign him.
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Vancouver Starting Line-up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 4 Alex Zanardi Target R97 Honda (F) 54.025 113.481 2. 7 Bobby Rahal Miller Lite R97 Ford (G) 54.351 112.800 3. 1 Jimmy Vasser Target R97 Honda (F) 54.386 112.728 4. 6 Michael Andretti Kmart/Texaco/Havoline SW Ford (G) 54.419 112.659 5. 17 Mauricio Gugelmin Hollywood PacWest R97 M-Benz (F) 54.505 112.481 6. 8 Bryan Herta Shell R97 Ford (G) 54.542 112.405 7. 5 Gil de Ferran Valvoline/Cummins R97 Honda (G) 54.553 112.482 8. 18 Mark Blundell Motorola PacWest R97 M-Benz (F) 54.600 112.286 9. 99 Greg Moore Player's/Indeck R97 Mercedes (F) 54.614 112.257 10. 9 Dario Franchitti Hogan Mtr Lease R97 M-Benz (F) 54.655 112.173 11. 20 Scott Pruett Brahma R97 Ford (F) 54.750 111.978 12. 40 Raul Boesel Brahma R97 Ford (F) 55.052 111.364 Player's/Forsythe Racing's website (http://www.forsythe-racing.com) will have an interesting feature for this weekend's Molson Indy Vancouver. The website will feature Live In-Car Audio from Greg Moore for every practice and qualifying session as well as during the race beginning at 11:00 am Pacific time Friday morning. Fans will be able to hear Moore communicating with the team from the race track as he negotiates the tight 1.703-mile street course at Vancouver. In addition, the same in-car audio will also be available for the team's Indy lights drivers David Empringham and Lee Bentham and the team's Toyota Atlantic drivers, Alex Tagliani and Bertrand Godin. The in-car audio will also be available for the last two races of the season at Laguna Seca and the new California Speedway. Naravno, ukoliko Alex Zanardi posle ove trke poveca svoje vodjstvo u sampionatu za 5 poena, osvojice svoju prvu sampionsku titulu. ;)
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Start trke u Mid Ohaju :) midohio.jpg
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Bobby Rahal ispred Pruetta (Mid Ohio). rahal05.jpg
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Incident izmedju Unsera i Blundella (Mid Ohio). unser02.jpg
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Jimmy Vasser u ocajanju ;> (Mid Ohio) vasser40.jpg
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2 slike Zanardija sa trke u Mid Ohaju. zanardi.arj
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│ Jimmy Vasser u ocajanju ;> (Mid Ohio) └───────────────────────────────────────────────── Ocajanje, kazes ? Juce se videlo koji vozac Ganassija je ocajan... ;))
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[CART World Series, Vancouver] Ubedljivo najbolja trka ove sezone. Alex Zanardi je startovao sa pol pozicije ispred Rahala i Vassera. Za nekih 15tak krugova napravio je oko 3,5 sekunde prednosti u odnosu na Rahala, a onda uprskao stvar kasno zakocivsi u jednoj krivini. Na stazu se vratio kao poslednji. Sta reci? Uspeo je da se dokopa treceg mesta (!), a onda je, posle _vrlo sporog_ pitstopa, napravio identicnu gresku u istoj krivini - vratio se na 10. mesto (jel` bese 10.?), da bi zatim prokrcio svoj put do cetvrtog (!) mesta (izbacivsi Hertu iz trke, doduse;). Jimmy Vasser je vodio dobar deo trke, medjutim, zbog sporog pitstopa morao je da 'preda vodjstvo' ;) Gugelminu, koji je na kraju i pobedio. Gil de Ferran je zavrsio treci. Da ima pravde, Zanardi bi juce pobedio. ;) Naravno, zvezda trke nije bio Gugelmin, vec Zanardi. O;) Steta sto nije pobedio i osvojio titulu... ;) 1. Mauricio Gugelmin 2. Jimmy Vasser 3. Gil de Ferran 4. Alex Zanardi 5. Al Unser Jr. 6. Raul Boesel Epilog: Zanardi je kaznjen sa 25,000 dolara zbog agresivne voznje.
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PPG Cup News - Molson Indy -- Zanardi Fined $25,000 For Rough Driving! CART Online (August 31) -- CART Chief Steward Wally Dallenbach has levied a $25,000 fine against Alex Zanardi (Target Reynard Honda HRR) and placed him on probation for the remainder of the 1997 PPG CART World Series season for rough driving in Sunday's Molson Indy Vancouver. The penalties were brought against Zanardi for his late-race incident with Bryan Herta that resulted in contact that sent Herta into the tire barrier while Zanardi continued on. Dallenbach reviewed the tape of the incident following the race and found Zanardi in violation of sections 6.1 and 8.13 of the 1997 CART Official Rule Book. Section 6.1 refers to general terms in regard to conduct at CART events and 8.13 refers to unjustifiable risk, which are not subject to protest. "It was a great race and this kind of race can provoke some of this action, but as far as the Stewards were concerned it was unnecessarily rough action that will not be tolerated," Dallenbach said. "It was unfortunate that he took out the race leader, but we would have taken the same type action if this occurred with anybody in the field." Zanardi will be on probation for next weekend's Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey and the season-ending Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota on Sept. 28. The terms and conditions of the probation and the consequences imposed if the conditions of the probation are violated are at the discretion of the Stewards.
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[125cc, CZE GP] 1 7 N.UEDA JPN 42:13.666 Honda Honda Team Pileri 2 3 T.MANAKO JPN 0.170 Honda Team UGT 3000 3 46 V.ROSSI ITA 0.328 Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia 4 15 R.LOCATELLI ITA 0.776 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 5 10 L.CECCHINELLO ITA 0.863 Honda Spidi Honda LCR 6 21 G.SCALVINI ITA 0.960 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 7 22 S.JENKNER GER 1.054 Aprilia Team Aprilia ADAC Sachse 8 2 M.TOKUDOME JPN 1.162 Aprilia Docshop Racing 9 8 K.SAKATA JPN 3.442 Aprilia UGT 3000 10 41 Y.UI JPN 6.062 Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz 11 72 G.McCOY AUS 11.579 Aprilia Marlboro Team Alfa Bieffe 12 32 M.GIANSANTI ITA 11.756 Honda Matteoni Racing 13 33 M.GEISSLER GER 11.885 Aprilia UGT 3000 14 39 J.HULES CZE 12.801 Honda L.B. Racing 15 19 F.PETIT FRA 13.289 Honda Team RMS 16 17 J.MATURANA SPA 29.524 Yamaha Team Yamaha Kurz 1 V.ROSSI 261 1 Aprilia 256 2 N.UEDA 184 2 Honda 217 3 T.MANAKO 152 3 Yamaha 113 4 K.SAKATA 119 5 M.TOKUDOME 97 6 J.MARTINEZ 96 7 G.McCOY 88 8 F.PETIT 75 9 Y.KATOH 69 10 Y.UI 69 11 R.LOCATELLI 69 12 M.GIANSANTI 64 13 M.AZUMA 57 14 G.SCALVINI 53 15 L.CECCHINELLO 51 16 M.GEISSLER 30
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[250cc, CZE GP] 1 1 M.BIAGGI ITA 42:06.724 Honda Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda 2 19 O.JACQUE FRA 0.514 Honda Chesterfield Elf Tech 3 3 31 T.HARADA JPN 9.992 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team 4 2 R.WALDMANN GER 13.153 Honda Marlboro Honda 5 5 T.UKAWA JPN 31.776 Honda Benetton Honda 6 12 T.TSUJIMURA JPN 38.777 TSHonda F.C.C. Technical Sports 7 15 S.PERUGINI ITA 43.740 Aprilia Nastro Azzurro Aprilia 8 99 G.FIORILLO ITA 58.722 Aprilia Radiant Racing Team 9 8 C.MIGLIORATI ITA 59.569 Honda Team Axo Inoxmacel 10 27 S.PORTO ARG 1:03.501 Aprilia PR2 YPF - ESCO 11 17 J.CARDOSO SPA 1:12.403 Yamaha S.S.P. Competicion 12 26 E.ALZAMORA SPA 1:17.559 Honda Fortuna Honda 13 14 J.ROBINSON GBR 1:25.621 Suzuki Team Molenaar Suzuki 14 18 O.MIYAZAKI JPN 1:26.471 Yamaha Edo Racing 15 21 F.BATTAINI ITA 1:31.953 Yamaha Edo Racing 16 28 E.GAVIRA SPA 1:34.293 Aprilia Scuderia Mobil 1 AGV 1 T.HARADA 198 1 Honda 285 2 R.WALDMANN 189 2 Aprilia 231 3 M.BIAGGI 185 3 T.S. Honda 76 4 O.JACQUE 159 4 Yamaha 66 5 T.UKAWA 129 5 Suzuki 55 6 L.CAPIROSSI 103 7 H.AOKI 82 8 T.TSUJIMURA 76 9 S.PERUGINI 68 10 J.McWILLIAMS 56 11 N.NUMATA 48 12 S.PORTO 46 13 F.BATTAINI 35 14 O.MIYAZAKI 33 15 M.LUCCHI 30 16 L.D'ANTIN 29
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[500cc, CZE GP] 1 1 M.DOOHAN AUS 45:25.012 Honda Repsol Honda 2 3 L.CADALORA ITA 14.858 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM 3 18 N.AOKI JPN 15.110 Honda Rheos ELF F.C.C. T.S. 4 2 A.CRIVILLE SPA 15.323 Honda Repsol Honda 5 5 N.ABE JPN 15.648 Yamaha Yamaha Team Rainey 6 24 T.AOKI JPN 16.846 Honda Repsol Honda 7 55 R.LACONI FRA 48.778 Honda Tecmas Honda Elf 8 4 A.BARROS BRA 48.945 Honda Honda Gresini 9 10 K.ROBERTS Jr. USA 50.117 KR3 Marlboro Team Roberts 10 6 D.BEATTIE AUS 1:02.377 Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki 11 21 J.VD GOORBERGH NED 1:07.852 Honda Team Millar MQP 12 23 A.GOBERT AUS 1:39.033 Suzuki Lucky Strike Suzuki 13 9 A.PUIG SPA 1:45.597 Honda MoviStar Honda Pons 14 25 L.NAVEAU BEL 1 Lap ROCYamaha Millet Racing 1 M.DOOHAN 295 1 Honda 300 2 N.AOKI 155 2 Yamaha 148 3 T.OKADA 149 3 Suzuki 77 4 L.CADALORA 116 4 Aprilia 71 5 A.CRIVILLE 115 5 Modenas KR3 51 6 T.AOKI 96 6 ELF 500 48 7 N.ABE 95 7 ROC Yamaha 12 8 A.BARROS 93 9 C.CHECA 83 10 D.ROMBONI 71 11 D.BEATTIE 59 12 A.PUIG 59 13 A.GOBERT 44 14 S.GIBERNAU 38 15 R.LACONI 36 16 J.BAYLE 31
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Vancouver Race Results September 1, 1997 A FITTING FAREWELL By David Phillips Championship Auto Racing Teams bid adieu to Vancouver's Concord Pacific Place street circuit in fitting style, with a slam, bang race featuring many an act of overly aggressive driving and at least one act of belated officiating. But an otherwise ugly day was saved by the fact that one of CART's classiest drivers - and finest human beings - scored a long overdue first victory in PPG Cup competition. That would be Mauricio Gugelmin, who took the lead on the final pit stop exchange and cruised home ahead of a hamstrung Jimmy Vasser, Gil de Ferran and Alex Zanardi to score PacWest Racing's third victory of the season. By finishing ahead of Zanardi, de Ferran narrowed the Italian's PPG Cup lead to 37 points and kept the championship race alive for another week. Early-on it looked like Zanardi might clinch the title at Vancouver. The Italian bolted to an early lead from evergreen Bobby Rahal and Vasser with Gugelmin triggering past Michael Andretti on the hair-raising run to the Turn Three hairpin. "I just timed it perfectly exiting the last turn onto the pit straight," said Gugelmin. "I got into Turn One faster than Michael and went around him in Turn Two. That was a relief; I knew Michael was going to be a tough customer." Although Zanardi edged out to a useful advantage over the tire-conserving Rahal, all was not well with the lead Reynard/Honda. Zanardi arrived at Turn Three on Lap 16 fresh out of brakes, took to the escape road, stalled and dropped to 23rd before rejoining the field. "I don't know why, but we had a problem with the brakes," said Zanardi. "Sometimes the pedal would just go down completely and I would have to pump it." Under increasing pressure from Vasser, Rahal yielded the lead on Lap 26 and was soon demoted to fourth by Gugelmin and Andretti. Lap 31 saw Rahal pit for new rubber only to retire with a massive engine failure on Lap 34. The first round of pit stops came and went with Vasser continuing to lead from Gugelmin and Andretti with de Ferran a circumspect fourth ahead of Greg Moore and the charging Zanardi, who was regularly lapping 1/2 a second quicker than the leaders. But then again, all was not well with Vasser. First he flat spotted his tires in an ill-fated bid to lap Al Unser, Jr. Then he clipped a wall exiting the Turn Five chicane and, later, a small fire at the back of the Target/Ganassi Reynard did a power of no good to his right rear damper and gear linkage. "My car was great when I was behind Bobby," said Vasser, "but then I flat spotted the tires, clipped the wall and started having trouble with the gearbox and I just couldn't attack." Nevertheless Vasser maintained his advantage over Gugelmin until the Brazilian beat him out of the pits on the final round of scheduled stops. At that stage, however, Bryan Herta was actually leading the race, having made an early pit stop for fresh rubber and subsequently running out of sequence with the lead pack consisting of Gugelmin, Vasser and Zanardi, the latter having bulled his way past Moore, de Ferran and Andretti. Moore and Andretti took themselves out of the reckoning by tangling with Vancouver's unyielding walls, then Zanardi sailed down the escape road in Turn Three again, stalled (again) and resumed his charge, albeit a lap down. Although he was slated for a splash of fuel ten laps from the finish, Herta was well ensconced in the lead when Zanardi's charge carried him into the side of the Shell Reynard on Lap 86, with Herta plunging into the tire wall and Zanardi continuing on his merry way. That left Gugelmin leading from the hobbled Vasser with de Ferran in third, suffering braking problems of his own. Having managed to fend-off Vasser's early attempts to lap him, Unser had worked his way up to fourth ahead of Raul Boesel, Dario Franchitti, Christian Fittipaldi, Mark Blundell and the unfazed Zanardi. Gugelmin subsequently rattled off the final ten laps to take an immensely popular first win in CART competition, while Vasser matched his best finish of the season with a second place ahead of de Ferran. Fourth? That would be Zanardi, who barged his way past Blundell, Fittipaldi, Franchitti, Boesel and finally Unser in the final laps to earn a dozen PPG points on the day to compliment the $25,000 fine and two race probation later assessed him by CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach. As for the rest, Unser earned some much needed points with a heads-up drive to fifth while Franchitti threw another bunch of points away by slamming a wall five laps shy of the finish, while Fittipaldi clobbered Boesel under braking for the final corner of the race. Boesel limped across the line in sixth ahead of Blundell while Herta recovered from his latest run-in with Zanardi to take eighth. GUGELMIN'S BREAKTHROUGH WIN It took 67 tries and more than a few heartbreaks, but Mauricio Gugelmin finally scored his first win in CART competition at the Vancouver Molson Indy. The man who has come so close to victory on any number of occasions, who has been the foundation of PacWest Racing only to see teammate Mark Blundell win twice this year, and who had four second places to his credit since first coming to CART in 1993, was only too happy to shed the bridesmaid mantle. "I feel like I shook a 40 pound monkey off my back," said Gugelmin. "It's hard to describe. Of course I feel great. We've been working for a long time for this. We knew it was coming. We've been so close so many times, but that's all over now. The hardest thing has been all the people asking when you're going to win the first one, but that's not going to happen anymore." GUGELMIN/BLUNDELL RE-UP WITH PACWEST Mauricio Gugelmin, Mark Blundell and PacWest Racing celebrated the former's first win in CART competition by announcing that the two drivers have signed two year contracts that will see them drive for Bruce McCaw's organization through the end of the 1999 season. BRAHMA ON THE MOVE? Rumors at Vancouver have Brahma Beer moving from Patrick Racing to Tasman Motorsports in 1998. Brahma has long coveted an association with Tasman's Brazilian driver Andre Ribeiro, and it is thought that the team's Indy Lights driver - Tony Kanaan (who took over the Indy Lights points race lead from teammate Helio Castro-Neves with a second place at Vancouver) - will partner Ribeiro next year. As for Patrick, Scott Pruett looks secure in the lead seat but Raul Boesel's future would seem to be in doubt. Early speculation suggests that Adrian Fernandez, who is on the way out at Tasman, may take his sponsorship from Tecate Beer and Quaker State to Patrick. ZANARDI FINED Following a rambunctious performance at the Vancouver Molson Indy Alex Zanardi was hit with a $25,000 fine and a two race probation by CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach. Although Zanardi hit or nearly hit just about everything that moved during the course of the afternoon, it was his barging match with leader Bryan Herta that drew Dallenbach's ire. "It was a great race and this kind of race can provoke some of this action," said Dallenbach. "But as far as the Stewards were concerned it was an unnecessarily rough action that will not be tolerated. It was unfortunate that he took out the race leader, but we would have taken the same type of action if his occurred with anybody in the field." This is not the first time this season that Zanardi has charged from well down the order. At Surfers Paradise he stormed back from seventeenth to fourth in the closing laps and, of course, at Cleveland he came from last place to win the race. Although his drive on the wide open spaces of Burke Lakefront Airport was rightly hailed as one of the most brilliant victories in years, many thought his fiercely aggressive comeback in Australia went well over the line of acceptable conduct. Those sentiments were widespread at Vancouver. "Alex actually passed me two times today, and I was able to repass him once," said race winner Mauricio Gugelmin. "He made a very optimistic pass on Turn Three, which I felt if I turned we're both gonna go home soon so I left the door open but then I repassed him coming out of the corner. After that he suddenly came back. I don't know where he came from, probably from the sky, but he was coming flat-out. He passed me, then the next lap he pushed Bryan off. "I didn't know what was going on. I knew he has been running a slightly longer track than we had today, because he was making mistakes and kept coming back... He didn't actually hit me but I saw some of his actions and it was pretty impressive." Third placed Gil de Ferran had a similar view and similar sentiments. "Alex passed me once today into Turn Three which seems to be pretty much a similar story to what happened to Mauricio," said de Ferran. "I looked in the mirror before Turn Two and thought 'He's far enough away.' So I braked by myself into Three and kind of peaked in the mirror and saw this red thing coming at a million miles per hour and thought 'This is not going to happen today.' "That was that. I simply couldn't turn into the corner otherwise we were all going to go home early. So I had to wait, wait, wait and he almost took me to the tires, but I couldn't get back around him on the exit." His banzai moves on Gugelmin and de Ferran aside, Zanardi's most controversial effort of the day came when he thrust his Target/Ganassi Reynard into the Turn Five chicane as Bryan Herta turned into the corner. While Zanardi was clearly the fastest car on the track, Herta was even more clearly the leader of the race. "I went for the position and he (Herta) turned into me," said Zanardi. "I was completely alongside of him... He was leading the race, not fighting for position with me, so why did he turn in?" As might be expected, Herta took a rather different view of matters. "In my view Zanardi's an idiot," he said. "He thinks he can just barge through everybody and everybody will give him room. I think some people showed him that we're not going to put up with that bullshit anymore. It's a bunch of crap, and not what a champion should be exhibiting." VANCOUVER MOLSON INDY ON THE MOVE The 1998 Vancouver Molson Indy is expected to be contested on a new track adjacent to the location that has hosted the race since its inception in 1990. The new track will feature a 2 mile, 15 turn circuit running around the perimeter of False Creek just to the east and south of the current track. Race Statistics Statistics Courtesy of: MARLBORO RACING NEWS -- THE OFFICIAL CART NEWS SERVICE PROVISIONAL BOXSCORE Fin St # Driver Qual Time/Speed Status 1 5 17 MAURICIO GUGELMIN 54.505 112.481 95.228 mph 2 3 1 JIMMY VASSER 54.386 112.728 02.872 sec 3 7 5 GIL DE FERRAN 54.553 112.482 RUNNING 4 1 4 ALEX ZANARDI 54.025 113.481 RUNNING 5 22 2 AL UNSER JR. 56.028 109.424 RUNNING 6 12 40 RAUL BOESEL 55.052 111.364 RUNNING 7 8 18 MARK BLUNDELL 54.600 112.286 RUNNING 8 6 8 BRYAN HERTA 54.542 112.405 RUNNING 9 14 11 CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI 55.118 111.230 CONTACT 10 13 31 ANDRE RIBEIRO 55.090 111.287 RUNNING 11 18 27 PARKER JOHNSTONE 55.635 110.197 RUNNING 12 24 36 JUAN FANGIO II 56.241 109.009 RUNNING 13 10 9 DARIO FRANCHITTI(R) 54.655 112.173 CONTACT 14 26 24 HIRO MATSUSHITA 58.508 104.786 RUNNING 15 20 16 ROBERTO MORENO 55.962 109.553 STEERIN 16 4 6 MICHAEL ANDRETTI 54.419 112.659 CONTACT 17 9 99 GREG MOORE 54.614 112.257 CONTACT 18 11 20 SCOTT PRUETT 54.750 111.978 CONTACT 19 16 32 ADRIAN FERNANDEZ 55.315 110.834 CONTACT 20 19 25 MAX PAPIS 55.930 109.616 CLUTCH 21 15 19 MICHEL JOURDAIN JR. 55.183 110.834 CONTACT 22 21 21 RICHIE HEARN 56.027 109.426 CONTACT 23 23 34 CHRISTAN DANNER 56.068 109.386 ENGINE 24 2 7 BOBBY RAHAL 54.351 112.800 ENGINE 25 25 98 PJ JONES 56.373 108.754 ENGINE 26 28 77 GUALTER SALLES(R) No Time No SpeeD CONTACT 27 27 64 DENNIS VITOLO 62.557 98.003 CONTACT 28 17 3 PAUL TRACY 55.535 110.395 CONTACT ENGINE LEGEND: Ford=Ford-Cosworth; M-Benz=Mercedes-Benz; CHASSIS LEGEND: SW=Swift 007.i; R97=Reynard 97I; L97=Lola 97 (R) Rookie driver M = Marlboro Pole Award ($10,000) TIME OF RACE: 1:47:17.995 AVERAGE SPEED: 95.228 mph CAUTION FLAGS: Laps 3-5, Contact Car #64 Laps 47-51, Contact Car #19 & Car #21 Laps 53-56, Contact Car #20 & Car #32 Laps 86-88, Contact Car #84 & Car #4 LAP LEADERS: 8 lead changes, 6 drivers Alex Zanardi, 1-15 15 Laps Bobby Rahal, 16-25 10 Laps Jimmy Vasser, 26-35 10 Laps Mauricio Gugelmin, 36-37 2 Laps Jimmy Vasser, 38-73 36 Laps Mauricio Gugelmin, 74-75 2 Laps Gil De Ferran, 76 1 Lap Bryan Herta, 77-86 10 Laps Mauricio Gugelmin, 87-100 14 Laps TOTALS: Jimmy Vasser 46 laps Mauricio Gugelmin 18 laps Alex Zanardi 15 laps Bobby Rahal 10 laps Bryan Herta 10 laps Gil De Ferran 1 laps