Round 10 - Hungary (Hungaroring) |
ACE SERIES
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1996/97 Pole Position: | 1:11.122 (Hans Gunnar Hansen) |
1996/97 Race Time: | 1h40m10.628 (Oliver Roberts) |
Race Distance: | 77 laps |
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Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Points
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1. | Jan Svehlik | Bolgani | 1:10.911 | | 20
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2. | Michal Janak | Digitech | 1:10.970 | +0.059 | 16
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3. | Alan Strang | Team Ecosse | 1:11.054 | +0.143 | 14
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4. | Oliver Roberts | Digitech | 1:11.105 | +0.194 | 12
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5. | Nuno Maltez | Rocketship | 1:11.277 | +0.366 | 10
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6. | Markus Kruggel | Wild 13 | 1:11.429 | +0.518 | 8
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7. | Reinhold Schatzer | Rocketship | 1:11.464 | +0.553 | 6
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8. | Marco Saupe | M&T-SPEED | 1:11.533 | +0.622 | 5
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9. | Mirko Patzenbein | Enigma Racing | 1:11.556 | +0.645 | 4
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10. | Rafal Ziarnik | Yapamotox | 1:11.614 | +0.703 | 3
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11. | Eik Hoffmann | Red Diana | 1:11.637 | +0.726 | 2
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12. | Mark McCubbin | McCubbin-Supreme | 1:11.742 | +0.831 | 1
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13. | Ignacio Garcia | Curb Crawlers | 1:11.776 | +0.865 |
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14. | Axel Bruns | Wild 13 | 1:11.968 | +1.057 |
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15. | Martin Devine | Enigma Racing | 1:12.039 | +1.128 |
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16. | Scott Dryden | Team Ecosse | 1:12.635 | +1.724 |
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17. | Hendrik Mehl | Crash Heads | 1:12.826 | +1.915 |
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18. | Jonathan Stead | Team Sted | 1:13.406 | +2.495 |
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19. | Argyris Maistralis | Crash Heads | 1:13.911 | +3.000 |
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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.
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Points
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1. | Oliver Roberts | Digitech | 1h39m28.398 | | 180
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2. | Michal Janak | Digitech | 1h39m40.200 | +0:11.802 | 170
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3. | Jan Svehlik | Bolgani | 1h40m08.478 | +0:40.080 | 165
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4. | Mirko Patzenbein | Enigma Racing | 1h41m21.812 | +1:53.414 | 160
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5. | Reinhold Schatzer | Rocketship | 1h41m28.430 | +2:00.032 | 155
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6. | Markus Kruggel | Wild 13 | 1h41m41.320 | +2:12.922 | 151
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7. | Axel Bruns | Wild 13 | 1h41m59.037 | +2:30.639 | 147
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8. | Marco Saupe | M&T SPEED | 1h41m59.669 | +2:31.271 | 143
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9. | Alan Strang | Team Ecosse | 1h42m26.129 | +2:57.731 | 139
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10. | Steffen Diener | Roadrunner | 1h42m28.868 | +3:00.470 | 135
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11. | Ignacio Garcia | Curb Crawlers | 1h43m47.162 | +4:18.764 | 132
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12. | Hendrik Mehl | Crash Heads | 1h44m12.596 | +4:44.198 | 129
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13. | Eik Hoffmann | Red Diana | 1h45m26.829 | +5:58.431 | 126
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14. | Argyris Maistralis | Crash Heads | 1h45m53.075 | +6:24.677 | 123
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15. | Mark McCubbin | McCubbin-Supreme | 1h46m06.587 | +6:38.189 | 120
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16. | Scott Dryden | Team Ecosse | -1 lap | | 117
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17. | Rafal Ziarnik | Yapamotox | 65 laps | (82.3%) | 96
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18. | Jonathan Stead | Team Sted | 55 laps | (69.6%) | 79
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19. | Martin Devine | Enigma Racing | 43 laps | (54.4%) | 60
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20. | Nuno Maltez | Rocketship | 24 Laps | (31.2%) | 32
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New Lap Record: 1:12.733 - Oliver Roberts (Digitech)
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Pos | Car | Driver | Fastest Lap | LL/TL | Pitstops | Avg. Grip | Tyre Usage
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Time | Lap # | Stops | Avg. Length | C | D
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1. | 1 | O.Roberts | 1:12.733 | 70 | 68/77 | 3 | 0:17.438 | 94 | | 77
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2. | 2 | M.Janak | 1:13.035 | 73 | 9/77 | 2 | 0:18.820 | 93 | 58 | 19
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3. | 21 | J.Svehlik | 1:13.166 | 68 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:27.353 | 93 | 59 | 18
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4. | 40 | M.Patzenbein | 1:13.225 | 70 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:20.770 | 93 | 58 | 19
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5. | 14 | R.Schatzer | 1:14.219 | 67 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:24.888 | 93 | 54 | 23
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6. | 7 | M.Kruggel | 1:13.657 | 67 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:26.778 | 93 | 59 | 18
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7. | 8 | A.Bruns | 1:14.201 | 71 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:25.353 | 93 | 58 | 19
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8. | 45 | M.Saupe | 1:14.940 | 68 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:21.940 | 93 | 31 | 46
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9. | 5 | A.Strang | 1:13.793 | 72 | 0/77 | 3 | 0:19.572 | 94 | | 77
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10. | 36 | S.Diener | 1:13.317 | 70 | 0/77 | 3 | 0:32.567 | 94 | | 77
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11. | 24 | I.G.Cuadrado | 1:13.509 | 73 | 0/77 | 3 | 0:35.051 | 92 | 35 | 42
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12. | 16 | H.Mehl | 1:15.806 | 75 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:33.370 | 93 | 58 | 19
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13. | 29 | E.Hoffmann | 1:14.085 | 73 | 0/77 | 6 | 0:40.310 | 93 | 33 | 44
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14. | 15 | A.Maistralis | 1:16.550 | 58 | 0/77 | 2 | 0:43.336 | 92 | | 77
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15. | 50 | M.McCubbin | 1:14.870 | 66 | 0/77 | 5 | 0:47.208 | 94 | | 77
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16. | 6 | S.Dryden | 1:15.711 | 67 | 0/76 | 5 | 0:31.632 | 94 | | 76
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17. | 31 | R.Ziarnik | 1:15.302 | 50 | 0/65 | 3 | 0:34.381 | 93 | 44 | 21
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18. | 37 | J.Stead | 1:16.674 | 47 | 0/55 | 2 | 0:32.923 | 92 | | 55
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19. | 39 | M.Devine | (logfile corrupt)
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20. | 13 | N.Maltez | 1:18.694 | 19 | 0/24 | 1 | 0:29.093 | 93 | 1 | 23
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As racing at Hungary is mainly about overtaking, three replays were
chosen that show exactly how to do that :-)
- Axel Bruns (Wild 13):
"Not surprisingly, my replay shows me passing a long train of cars: in two
swift moves, I'm passing no less than seven opponents..."
- Michal Janak (Digitech):
"Interesting moment stored in my replay was overtaking in first corner. I
was overtaking Ralf Schumacher which was overtaking Nakano. In one moment
there was three cars side by side. Look on this replay from all cars."
- Rafal Ziarnik (Yapamotox):
"This replay shows you how easy is to overtake 4 CCs on start/finish
straight in Hungary."
Last modified: Sunday 15 March 1998 - 19:20