Round 2 - Brazil (Interlagos)

SEMI-PRO SERIES Brazil (Interlagos)
1996/97 Pole Position: 1:11.543 (Marcel Offermans)
1996/97 Race Time: 0h47m24.117 (Gary Leighton)
Race Distance: 36 laps

Qualifying

David Zasitko and Gary Leighton continued their outstanding performace from the first championship round. Also remarkable is, that the hunt for the fastest time in the Semi-Pro qualifying was even clsoser than in the Ace series. Team AP's Matthew Garrett missed the chance to rob S.RS valuable qualifying points only by a few thousandths of a second.

PosDriverTeamTimeGapPoints
1.David ZasitkoS.RS Turbo1:09.224 20
2.Gary LeightonS.RS Turbo1:09.267+0.04316
3.Matthew GarrettTeam AP1:09.276+0.05214
4.Giacomo LicciardelloMopar1:09.646+0.42212
5.James CaygillTeam AP1:10.672+1.44810
6.Christian TavlaridisDick Dastardly Racing1:10.801+1.5778
7.Paul BranneyDick Dastardly Racing1:10.821+1.5976
8.Ron VanceMopar1:10.899+1.6755
9.Gavin McleanGJM Racing1:11.298+2.0744
10.Chris AndrewsFraewTraew1:11.418+2.1943
11.Garry McCandlessGJM Racing1:11.579+2.3552
12.Olivier LeroyCyber-Speed1:12.350+3.1261

Race

The second Semi-Pro race of the season saw Gary Leigthon in the lead right from the start. He was chased by Matthew Garrett, and for a short time, Matthew was in the lead when Gary came in for his stop. Matthew lost the position again when he changed tyres a few laps later. Almost the whole race, the man on third was Gavin McLean, but he lost ground in the last laps of the race, and the two Mopar drivers behind him, Giacomo Licciardello and Ron Vance, came nearer. They finally overtook Gavin in lap 34 and 35, finishing just in front of him.

At the front, Gary was able to keep Matthew behind, although the Team AP driver drove the fastest lap of the race. The gap to third place was quite impressive, considering that the race went over 36 laps.

PosDriverTeamTimeGapPoints
1.Gary LeightonS.RS Turbo44m42.991 180
2.Matthew GarrettTeam AP45m05.495+0:22.504170
3.Giacomo LicciardelloMopar45m56.667+1:13.676165
4.Ron VanceMopar46m00.743+1:17.752160
5.Gavin McleanGJM Racing46m01.438+1:18.447155
6.James CaygillTeam AP46m23.258+1:40.267151
7.Christian TavlaridisDick Dastardly Racing46m53.435+2:10.444147
8.Chris AndrewsFraewTraew47m15.856+2:32.865143
9.Olivier LeroyCyber-Speed48m30.569+3:47.578139
10.Garry McCandlessGJM Racing5 laps(13.9%)18

Race Statistics

PosCarDriverFastest LapLL/TLPitstopsAvg.
Grip
Tyre Usage
TimeLap #StopsAvg. LengthABCD
1.13G.Leighton1:11.8342735/3610:20.07393   36
2.3M.Garrett1:11.514351/3610:19.83893  36 
3.43G.Licciardello1:11.697330/3620:27.06694   36
4.44R.Vance1:12.289320/3620:22.68094   36
5.32G.Mclean1:14.045170/360 90  36 
6.4J.Caygill1:12.260240/3610:26.71793  36 
7.0C.Tavlaridis1:12.598290/3620:28.88094   36
8.17C.Andrews1:15.290180/360 90  36 
9.27O.Leroy1:14.013310/3610:36.63893  36 
10.31G.McCandless1:14.36250/ 50 94   5


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