Round 5 - Spain (Barcelona)

PRO SERIES Spain (Barcelona)
1997/98 Pole Position: Gary Leighton (1:13.328)
1997/98 Race Winner: David Zasitko (0h43m18.572)
Race Distance: 33 laps

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeDiff.Pts
1.  #13  Gary Leighton  Turbo Geese  1:12.666  +00.000  20
2.  #14  David Zasitko  Turbo Geese  1:12.904  +00.238  16
3.  #32  Gavin Mclean  GJM Racing  1:13.632  +00.966  14
4.  # 2  Mario Sarno  Players-Racing  1:13.683  +01.017  12
5.  #11  Michael Kane  MRNorange  1:14.046  +01.380  10
6.  #31  Garry McCandless  GJM Racing  1:14.085  +01.419  8
7.  # 1  Paul Wilcox  Players-Racing  1:15.131  +02.465  6
8.  # 7  Olivier Leroy  Cyber Speed  1:15.535  +02.869  5

Race

The Pro race turned out to be quite exciting as Mario Sarno initially took the lead on the dusty track but slid into a corner, losing the lead to Leighton and Mclean who in turn managed to outbreak Leighton at the first corner. The top three remained in tight formation until lap 6 when the pressure got to Mclean and he slid sideways through the final corner, Leighton and Sarno outdragging him down the long pit straight. Not to be outdone, McLean again passed Sarno in an ambitious manouvere that saw him lose the place almost immediately again but on lap 11 he got past for good and must have been overjoyed to see the sight of Leighton spin into the outfield on lap 19. Sarno managed to get back ahead of Leighton due to this but the day belonged to McLean who cruised home 33 seconds ahead.

PosNo.DriverTeamTimeDiff.Pts 
1.  #32  Gavin Mclean  GJM Racing  0h43:47.202  +0:00.000  180+5+3
2.  # 2  Mario Sarno  Players-Racing  0h44:22.982  +0:35.780  170 
3.  #13  Gary Leighton  Turbo Geese  0h44:32.225  +0:45.023  165+5
4.  #11  Michael Kane  MRNorange  0h44:58.214  +1:11.012  160 
5.  # 1  Paul Wilcox  Players-Racing  0h45:03.142  +1:55.940  155 
6.  # 7  Olivier Leroy  Cyber Speed  19 laps  57.6%  86 

Last modified: Tuesday 06 April 1999 - 21:51