Round 10 - Hungary (Hungaroring)

Qualifying Race Descriptions Report Mixed Log

Qualifying

  1. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m10.819
  2. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1m11.239
  3. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1m11.449
  4. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1m11.601
  5. Nuno Maltez 		 			1m11.822
  6. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1m11.831
  7. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1m12.084
  8. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1m12.166
  9. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1m12.521
 10. Stephen Orr		Ant Hill Mob Racing	1m12.559
 11. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1m12.747
 12. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1m12.781
 13. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1m13.241
 14. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1m13.408
 15. Uwe Schuerkamp 		BMS Racing 		1m13.913
 16. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		1m20.382

Race - 77 Laps

  1. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1h39m37.331 	20
  2. Donald Macleod 		Cambusters 		1h40m41.922 	16
  3. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1h41m10.044 	12
  4. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1h41m13.261 	10
  5. Graham Hawkins		Blue Flame		1h41m28.946	 8
  6. Robert Romanowski 		BMS Racing		1h41m50.989 	 6
  7. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1h41m55.130 	 4
  8. Michal Janak 		Magia-Crysler 		1h41m57.861 	 3
  9. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1h42m48.509 	 2
 10. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1h42m58.753 	 1

 11. Nuno Maltez 					1h43m18.864 
 12. Uwe Schuerkamp 		BMS Racing 		1h44m07.095 
 13. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1h44m59.449 
 14. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		1h49m18.940 
 15. Stephen Orr		Ant Hill Mob Racing	  69 laps
 16. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		  55 laps 
 17. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  47 laps 	 1
 18. Grant Reeve 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  30 laps 
 19. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		  20 laps
 20. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		   1 lap
The Grand Prix Circus moved on to Hungary for the 10th race of the season, where many of tbe twenty competitors complained about the processions of computer cars they had to deal with.

After an absence of two races, Rene Smit was once again on the front row of the grid, qualifying in pole position comfortably ahead of Stephen Leary.

However, the race didn't go quite as well for Smit, crashing out on lap 47 for the first time since USA. Perhaps he now regrets opting to race with TC off! Luckily for Snit, his championship rival also had a poor race, by his high standards, with Oliver Roberts only managing 7th. Small consolation for Roberts was his fastest race lap.

The race was actually won by Leary, in only his 3rd GP of the season. Amazingly, he finished almost 65 seconds ahead of his Cambusters' teammate, Donald MacLeod, who also achieved a personal best finish. Third place went to Robert Schaftlein, his third podium finish in four races - an impressive diplay of consistency.

Roberts now has a comfortable 27 point lead in the drivers' championship, and is now looking good for the title. However, anything could happen if he would only fail to finish a race! Will he be able to handle the pressure?

Following this race, Grant Reeve announced that he was leaving the Nightmare in Pit Lane team. His drive is to be taken by David Pennington - an early season title contender - who should boost Nightmare's chances in the constructors' championship.

The three Easter races should prove to be crucial in determining who wins both titles...


Last modified: Mon May 13 09:26:03 BST 1996