Round 9 - Germany (Hockenheim)

Qualifying Race Descriptions Report Mixed Log

Qualifying

  1. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1m28.548
  2. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1m28.865
  3. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1m29.096
  4. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1m29.736
  5. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		1m29.756
  6. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1m30.550
  7. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1m31.172
  8. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1m31.581
  9. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1m31.587
 10. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1m31.591
 11. Nuno Maltez 					1m31.859
 12. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1m35.613

Race - 45 Laps

  1. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1h12m33.138 	20
  2. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1h12m49.427 	16
  3. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1h13m16.932 	12+1
  4. Donald Macleod 		Cambusters 		1h13m20.258 	10
  5. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1h13m56.942 	 8
  6. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1h14m15.322 	 6 
  7. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1h14m17.706 	 4 
  8. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1h14m55.158 	 3
  9. Stephen Orr		Ant Hill Mob Racing	  40 laps	 2
 10. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	  25 laps 	 1

 11. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  18 laps 
 12. Uwe Schuerkamp 		BMS Racing 		  15 laps 
 13. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		  14 laps 
 14. Nuno Maltez 					  10 laps 
 15. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		  9 laps 
     Robert Romanowski 		BMS 			  9 laps 
 17. Grant Reeve 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  6 laps 
 18. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		  4 laps
Hockenheim - the boring circuit with THAT chicane to seperate the men from the boys! :(

Stephen Leary showed that Great Britain was no fluke for the Cambusters team, comfortably taking pole position from Robert Schaftlein in qualifying. Only 12 competitors submitted qualifying times for this race. Could this be a realisation that the bonus point is just too hard to get?

Championship leader Oliver Roberts once again took the chequered flag with `another great race`, extending his lead over Rene Smit. His cause was further helped by Smit`s shock retirement on lap 18. Roberts margin at the top of the championship is now a significant 24 points. Michal Janak achieved his best result of the season, so far, by finishing 2nd, only 16 seconds behind the race winner. He also drove the fastest lap of the race, although this included two slipstreams. This result has moved Janak to 4th place in the championship. The Cambusters duo of Leary and Donald MacLeod secured 3rd and 4th places respectively, an impressive display from the newcomers. Schaftlein thought he had driven `another flying race`, but had to settle for 5th.

Only 8 of the 19 competitors succeeded in completeing the 45 lap race, with almost half failing to reach the half way stage. Congratulations to Ant Hill Mob Racing`s Stephen Orr and Andrew Clark for finishing in the points for the first time, although both of them did crash out!

Most competitors reported problems at the notorious 2nd chicane, many having having their race cut short there. 3rd Leary was perhaps the most fortunate, clipping the inside of the wall on lap 35 but receiving no damage. Having said that, Grant Reeve found the first corner trickiest, narrowly missing out on earliest retirement to Graham Hawkins.


Last modified: Wed May 15 15:45:16 BST 1996