Round 6 - Mexico (Mexico City)

ACE SERIES

1996/97 Pole Position:	1:09.242 (Reinhold Schatzer)
1996/97 Race Time:	1h26m33.442 (Hans Gunnar Hansen)
Race Distance:	69 laps

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Points
1.	Alan Strang	Team Ecosse	1:09.078		20
2.	Oliver Roberts	Digitech	1:09.108	+0.030	16
3.	Markus Kruggel	Wild 13	1:09.223	+0.145	14
4.	Marco Saupe	M&T-SPEED	1:09.318	+0.240	12
5.	Jan Svehlik	Bolgani	1:09.528	+0.450	10
6.	Steffen Diener	Roadrunner	1:09.608	+0.530	8
7.	Martin Devine	Enigma Racing	1:09.676	+0.598	6
8.	Michal Janak	Digitech	1:09.722	+0.644	5
9.	Nuno Maltez	Rocketship	1:09.746	+0.689	4
10.	Reinhold Schatzer	Rocketship	1:09.822	+0.744	3
10.	Mark McCubbin	McCubbin-Supreme	1:09.822	+0.744	3
12.	Rafal Ziarnik	Yapamotox	1:09.888	+0.910	1
13.	Axel Bruns	Wild 13	1:09.998	+0.920
14.	Thomas Bodlien	M&T-Speed	1:10.141	+1.063
15.	James Luscombe	V-Tec F1	1:10.144	+1.066
16.	Scott Dryden	Team Ecosse	1:10.290	+1.212
17.	Mirko Patzenbein	Enigma Racing	1:10.541	+1.463
18.	Argyris Maistralis	Crash Heads	1:10.583	+1.505
19.	Hendrik Mehl	Crash Heads	1:11.158	+2.080
20.	Jonathan Stead	Team Sted	1:11.652	+2.574

A very close Mexican GP ended wit the third win of Michal Janak in the X-Mas break races. Unlike the GPs at Monaco and Montreal, nobody was able to build up a significant lead over the other drivers and some of the gap at the finish line are said to be the closest finishes ever. From the front runners, Alan Strang is probably the driver who lost the most: starting from pole, he stayed close to the drivers that finshed on the podium, until he had an accident in lap 63. The necessary stop costed Alan at least four positions.

Three won races and good showings in qualifying should mean that Michal has taken the lead from Oliver in the drivers' standings, when the IAF1GPC administration comes up with the official standings later on.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Points
1.	Michal Janak	Digitech	1h26m31.067		180
2.	Markus Kruggel	Wild 13	1h26m39.780	+0:08.723	170
3.	Oliver Roberts	Digitech	1h26m47.912	+0:16.845	165
4.	Marco Saupe	M&T SPEED	1h27m17.905	+0:46.838	160
5.	Jan Svehlik	Bolgani	1h27m20.538	+0:49.471	155
6.	Reinhold Schatzer	Rocketship	1h27m24.413	+0:53.346	151
7.	Martin Devine	Enigma Racing	1h27m24.429	+0:53.362	147
8.	Alan Strang	Team Ecosse	1h27m49.843	+1:18.776	143
9.	Axel Bruns	Wild 13	1h27m54.933	+1:23.866	139
10.	James Luscombe	V-Tec F1	1h28m25.602	+1:54.535	135
11.	Mark McCubbin	McCubbin-Supreme	1h28m31.100	+2:00.033	132
12.	Thomas Bodlien	M&T-Speed	1h28m31.952	+2:00.885	129
13.	Mirko Patzenbein	Enigma Racing	1h28m35.228	+2:04.161	126
14.	Hendrik Mehl	Crash Heads	1h29m33.873	+3:02.806	123
15.	Steffen Diener	Roadrunner	1h29m38.971	+3:07.904	120
16.	Jonathan Stead	Team Sted	1h30m06.340	+3:35.273	117
17.	Argyris Maistralis	Crash Heads	-1 lap		114
18.	Rafal Ziarnik	Yapamotox	35 laps	(50.7%)	56
19.	Scott Dryden	Team Ecosse	9 laps	(13.0%)	14

Fastest Lap: 1:10.953 - Michal Janak (Digitech)

Race Statistics

Pos	Car	Driver	Fastest Lap		Pitstops		Avg. Grip	Tyre Usage
Pos	Car	Driver	Time	Lap #	Stops	Avg. Length	Avg. Grip	C	D
1.	2	M.Janak	(no logfile)
2.	7	M.Kruggel	1:11.669	58	2	0:26.136	92		69
3.	1	O.Roberts	1:11.695	58	2	0:24.635	92		69
4.	45	M.Saupe	1:11.488	68	2	0:26.223	92	29	40
5.	21	J.Svehlik	1:11.556	62	2	0:28.962	92	51	18
6.	14	R.Schatzer	1:11.810	61	2	0:24.748	92		69
7.	39	M.Devine	1:11.289	67	2	0:28.176	92	50	19
8.	5	A.Strang	1:11.301	66	3	0:36.420	93		69
9.	8	A.Bruns	1:11.306	68	3	0:28.817	93		69
10.	25	J.Luscombe	1:11.466	69	2	0:36.241	92	35	34
11.	50	M.McCubbin	1:11.001	67	3	0:34.386	93		69
12.	46	T.Bodlien	1:12.861	59	1	0:41.452	91	36	33
13.	40	M.Patzenbein	1:12.285	55	2	0:32.448	92		69
14.	16	H.Mehl	1:13.190	57	2	0:39.069	92		69
15.	36	S.Diener	1:11.461	64	2	0:49.884	90		69
16.	37	J.Stead	1:11.737	64	3	0:45.795	91	45	24
17.	15	A.Maistralis	1:13.671	54	2	0:53.481	92		68
18.	31	R.Ziarnik	1:13.756	34	1	0:27.435	93		35
19.	6	S.Dryden	1:16.881	9	0		93		9

Action Replays

Alex Bruns (Wild 13):
"There was a rather humorous incident after my second pit stop: seeing me exit the pits, Gianni Morbidelli tries his utmost to get out of my way at the next turn, but ends up nearly collecting me on the rebound... (see replay)."
Markus Kruggel (Wild 13):
"A couple of yellow flag incidents took place before the fast right hander, one of those forcing me to do a little slalom (replay)."
Jan Svehlik (Bolgani):
"Replay is from lap 64, 3 CC`s crashed in the last long curve and i musted use all my driving abilities to past them."

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Last modified: Monday 19 January 1998 - 19:14