Round 4 - Monaco (Monte Carlo)

Qualifying Race Descriptions Report Mixed Log

Qualifying

  1. Robert Schaftlein		Red Five Renault	1m12.164
  2. Andrew Bell 			 		1m12.241
  3. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m12.243
  4. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		1m12.250
  5. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1m12.545
  6. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1m12.633
  7. Thomas Guenther 		Tonga Racing 		1m12.747
  8. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1m12.751
  9. Nuno Maltez 					1m13.092
 10. Robert Romanowski 		BMS Racing		1m13.271
 11. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1m13.304
 12. Grant Reeve 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m13.456
 13. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1m13.462
 14. Pedro Celli		Senna Team		1m13.481
 15. Stephen Orr		Ant Hill Mob		1m13.781
 16. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1m13.903
 17. Chris Iveson 		Abbots 			1m14.303
 18. Uwe Schuerkamp		BMS Racing		1m14.419
 19. Niclas Norenheim		Crawford		1m14.532
 20. Mr Tom			Taxipower		1m14.953
 21. James Smith 		Team Blitz 		1m15.187
 22. Michal Janak		Magia-Chrysler		1m15.231
 23. Jason Hess 		Red Five Renault 	1m15.528
 24. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		1m15.608
 25. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob 		1m16.081
 26. Paul Robins 		Stephenson Rocket 	1m16.138
 27. Andrew Middleton 		Carnage Crew 		1m17.151
 28. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		1m17.871
 29. Stephen Keegan 		Choppers 		1m18.526

Race - 78 Laps (provisional)

  1. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1h42m06.850	20
  2. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1h42m32.094	16
  3. Nuno Maltez 					1h42m51.912	12
  4. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		1h43m10.278 	10
  5. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1h43m14.608	 8
  6. Robert Schaftlein		Red Five Renault	1h43m33.915	 6+1
  7. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1h43m36.688 	 4
  8. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1h44m05.315 	 3
  9. Michal Janak		Magia-Chrysler		1h44m08.786	 2
 10. Pedro Celli		Senna Team		1h44m20.732	 1

 11. Andrew Bell 			 		1h44m29.673 
 12. Robert Romanowski 		BMS Racing		1h44m47.039
 13. Thomas Guenther 		Tonga Racing 		1h45m22.844
 14. Jason Hess 		Red Five Renault 	1h45m34.565 
 15. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1h45m44.168
 16. Uwe Schuerkamp		BMS Racing		1h46m17.358
 17. Chris Iveson 		Abbots 			1h46m35.816
 18. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		  -1 lap
 19. Grant Reeve 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  75 laps 
 20. Niclas Norenheim		Crawford		  61 laps
 21. Stephen Keegan 		Choppers 		  51 laps 
 22. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		  47 laps 
 23. Andrew Clark		Ant Hill Mob Racing	  41 laps
 24. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		  27 laps
 25. Paul Robins 		Stephenson Rocket 	  26 laps
 26. James Smith 		Team Blitz 		   8 laps
 27. Andrew Middleton 		Carnage Crew 		   4 laps

Following the vast destruction at Imola, the season moved to the glamourous setting of Monaco for the first in the trio of Christmas races.

The qualifying session saw Red Five Renault`s Robert Schaftlein shock the Nightmare team by taking pole position from them for the first time this season.

Howver, Rene Smit recovered from this setback by claiming victory in the race by an impressive 25 seconds from Oliver Roberts. Even more impressive is the fact that Smit had damaged his nose on lap 21, while Roberts reported having a `near perfect` race. Third was Nuno Maltez who struggled home with a damaged nose following a crash 4 laps from the end. Despite having two crashes, Graham Hawkins finished 4th and also got the fastest lap of the race.

Hawkins wasn`t the only person to have an unwelcome attraction between his car and the walls. Indeed, many competitors found it difficult to avoid damaging their car on this tight street circuit, although 17 out of 27 starters did succeed in completeing the race distance. Of the non-finishers, sympathy has to go to Andrew Middleton of the aptly named Carnage Crew who only managed 4 laps.

After four races, Roberts (last year`s championship runner-up) has a 10 point lead at the top of the Drivers` Championship table. His team - DigiTech - are also looking like being strong challengers for the Constructor`s title.


Last modified: Fri Mar 22 10:34:43 1996