Round 10 - Hungary (Hungaroring)

ACE SERIES Hungary (Hungaroring)
1996/97 Pole Position: 1:11.122 (Hans Gunnar Hansen)
1996/97 Race Time: 1h40m10.628 (Oliver Roberts)
Race Distance: 77 laps

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGapPoints
1.Jan SvehlikBolgani1:10.911 20
2.Michal JanakDigitech1:10.970+0.05916
3.Alan StrangTeam Ecosse1:11.054+0.14314
4.Oliver RobertsDigitech1:11.105+0.19412
5.Nuno MaltezRocketship1:11.277+0.36610
6.Markus KruggelWild 131:11.429+0.5188
7.Reinhold SchatzerRocketship1:11.464+0.5536
8.Marco SaupeM&T-SPEED1:11.533+0.6225
9.Mirko PatzenbeinEnigma Racing1:11.556+0.6454
10.Rafal ZiarnikYapamotox1:11.614+0.7033
11.Eik HoffmannRed Diana1:11.637+0.7262
12.Mark McCubbinMcCubbin-Supreme1:11.742+0.8311
13.Ignacio GarciaCurb Crawlers1:11.776+0.865 
14.Axel BrunsWild 131:11.968+1.057 
15.Martin DevineEnigma Racing1:12.039+1.128 
16.Scott DrydenTeam Ecosse1:12.635+1.724 
17.Hendrik MehlCrash Heads1:12.826+1.915 
18.Jonathan SteadTeam Sted1:13.406+2.495 
19.Argyris MaistralisCrash Heads1:13.911+3.000 

Race

This year's race at Hungary saw a winner that combined a unconventional strategy with excellent driving skills. Being the only front runner to do so, Oliver Roberts opted for a three-stop race and drove the entire GP on D compounds. This payed off well, considering that he built his lead over Digitech team mate Michal Janak during the early part of the race when Michal was driving on C compounds. After half of the race, Michal, as well as Jan Svehlik, was able to drive about the same times like Oliver at the front, but this wasn't enough to catch him.

Despite things being straight at the front early, the race proved to be entertaining, mainly because of the that finish on 4th and below. About 6 drivers were in reach for this position until the last couple of pit stops in lap 59 let the gaps grow. But the battle for 7th stayed thrilling to the very end, when Axel Bruns claimed that position just .6 of a second in front of Marco Saupe.

With his third win of the season, Oliver is closing the gap to Michal in the standings slightly again, while Digitech scored maximum points in the race once more.

PosDriverTeamTimeGapPoints
1.Oliver RobertsDigitech1h39m28.398 180
2.Michal JanakDigitech1h39m40.200+0:11.802170
3.Jan SvehlikBolgani1h40m08.478+0:40.080165
4.Mirko PatzenbeinEnigma Racing1h41m21.812+1:53.414160
5.Reinhold SchatzerRocketship1h41m28.430+2:00.032155
6.Markus KruggelWild 131h41m41.320+2:12.922151
7.Axel BrunsWild 131h41m59.037+2:30.639147
8.Marco SaupeM&T SPEED1h41m59.669+2:31.271143
9.Alan StrangTeam Ecosse1h42m26.129+2:57.731139
10.Steffen DienerRoadrunner1h42m28.868+3:00.470135
11.Ignacio GarciaCurb Crawlers1h43m47.162+4:18.764132
12.Hendrik MehlCrash Heads1h44m12.596+4:44.198129
13.Eik HoffmannRed Diana1h45m26.829+5:58.431126
14.Argyris MaistralisCrash Heads1h45m53.075+6:24.677123
15.Mark McCubbinMcCubbin-Supreme1h46m06.587+6:38.189120
16.Scott DrydenTeam Ecosse-1 lap 117
17.Rafal ZiarnikYapamotox65 laps(82.3%)96
18.Jonathan SteadTeam Sted55 laps(69.6%)79
19.Martin DevineEnigma Racing43 laps(54.4%)60
20.Nuno MaltezRocketship24 Laps(31.2%)32
 
New Lap Record: 1:12.733 - Oliver Roberts (Digitech)

Race Statistics

PosCarDriverFastest LapLL/TLPitstopsAvg.
Grip
Tyre Usage
TimeLap #StopsAvg. LengthCD
1.1O.Roberts1:12.7337068/7730:17.43894 77
2.2M.Janak1:13.035739/7720:18.820935819
3.21J.Svehlik1:13.166680/7720:27.353935918
4.40M.Patzenbein1:13.225700/7720:20.770935819
5.14R.Schatzer1:14.219670/7720:24.888935423
6.7M.Kruggel1:13.657670/7720:26.778935918
7.8A.Bruns1:14.201710/7720:25.353935819
8.45M.Saupe1:14.940680/7720:21.940933146
9.5A.Strang1:13.793720/7730:19.57294 77
10.36S.Diener1:13.317700/7730:32.56794 77
11.24I.G.Cuadrado1:13.509730/7730:35.051923542
12.16H.Mehl1:15.806750/7720:33.370935819
13.29E.Hoffmann1:14.085730/7760:40.310933344
14.15A.Maistralis1:16.550580/7720:43.33692 77
15.50M.McCubbin1:14.870660/7750:47.20894 77
16.6S.Dryden1:15.711670/7650:31.63294 76
17.31R.Ziarnik1:15.302500/6530:34.381934421
18.37J.Stead1:16.674470/5520:32.92392 55
19.39M.Devine(logfile corrupt)
20.13N.Maltez1:18.694190/2410:29.09393123

Action Replays

As racing at Hungary is mainly about overtaking, three replays were chosen that show exactly how to do that :-)

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Last modified: Sunday 15 March 1998 - 19:20