Round 8 - Great Britain (Silverstone)

Qualifying Race Descriptions Report Mixed Log

Qualifying

  1. Donald Macleod 		Cambusters 		1m14.679
  2. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1m15.300
  3. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m15.405
  4. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1m15.552
  5. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1m15.709
  6. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1m15.755
  7. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1m15.985
  8. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1m16.052
  9. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1m16.082
 10. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		1m16.514
 11. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1m16.950
 12. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1m17.002
 13. Nuno Maltez 					1m17.015
 14. Jason Hess 		Red Five Renault 	1m17.089
 15. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1m17.783
 16. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		1m17.899
 17. Andrew Middleton		Carnage Crew		1m18.324 
 18. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		1m19.980

Race - 59 Laps

  1. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1h21m09.146 	20
  2. Stephen Leary 		Cambusters 		1h21m22.612 	16
  3. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	1h21m47.817 	12
  4. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1h21m51.791 	10
  5. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1h22m03.692 	 8
  6. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1h22m06.436 	 6
  7. Michal Janak 		Magia-Crysler 		1h22m24.406	 4
  8. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1h22m25.167 	 3
  9. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1h22m25.655 	 2
 10. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1h22m44.046 	 1

 11. Nuno Maltez 					1h22m45.749 
 12. Robert Romanowski 		BMS Racing		1h23m14.924 
 13. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1h23m16.337 
 14. Graham Hawkins 		Blue Flame 		1h23m26.576 
 15. Uwe Schuerkamp 		BMS Racing 		1h24m11.838 
 16. Andrew Bell 		(Privateer) 		1h24m31.321 
 17. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		1h24m38.304 
 18. Paul French 		The Spacemen 		1h25m18.433 
 19. Jason Hess 		Red Five Renault 	  38 laps 
 20. Grant Reeve 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	  34 laps 
 21. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	  29 laps 
 22. Andrew Middleton 		Carnage Crew 		  20 laps 
 23. Donald Macleod 		Cambusters 		   2 laps 	 1

The entire F1GP world was thrown into a stae of shock by the entry into the championship of the eccentric Cambusters team. Donald MacLeod and Stephen Leary outqualified everyone else to start the race on the front row of the grid. MacLeod, himself, was a controversial two thirds of a second ahead of his teammate - the biggets lead of the seaoson. After much debate it was decided that their times could stand.

After such an impressive qualifying session, MacLeod was the first competitor to to retire, ending his race after just 2 laps. Many other competitors appreciated the irony of this. ;)

The race was won by DigiTech`s Oliver Roberts, who also drove the fastest lap of the race. 2nd place went to Leary, proving that at least one Cambusters member could drive in a race situation. Although it is too late to make a championship challenge, on this form Leary could certainly finish in the Top 5 by the end of the season. Red Five Renault`s Robert Schaftlein finished 3rd again, although he did have a worryong moment on the last lap, losig 10 seconds. Championship contender Rene Smit only managed to finish 5th, a result which cost him the lead in the championship, and could prove to be a lot more crucial than that.

Mid-season summary

At the half way stage of the season, Oliver Roberts leads the Drivers` Championship by 4 points from Rene Smit. A long way behind in 3rd place is Robert Schaftlein. Twice winner Pedro Celli is 4th, while Graham Hawkins and Hans Gunnar Hansen share 5th place.

Impressively, Roberts has yet to fail to finish a race, and has finished no worse than 7th all season. He has won two races. Smit, winner of three races, has finished 7 races, all in the Top 10, with only his crash at USA marring his season. Hans Gunnar Hansen has also finished 7 races in the Top 10, although he is still looking for his first victory.

A special mention should be given to Andrew Clark and Uwe Schuerkamp who continue to compete in the championship despite not finishing in the points in any of their 8 races.

The Constructors` Championship is also very close, with Nightmare on Pit Lane 3 points ahead of DigiTech. It has to be acknowledged, though, that the vast majority of their points have been won by Smit and Roberts, since their teamates - Grant Reeve and Alan Strang, respectively - are currently languishing in mid-table mediocrity. Red Five Renault are 3rd, thanks mainly to Schaftlein.


Last modified: Fri Mar 22 10:35:42 1996