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- FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 1994
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- THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
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- I don't have much time to write, but what I will write is important:
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- Rubens Barrichello is on provisional pole! In only his second season, and the
- Jordan team's fourth! I don't think anything like this has ever happened
- before! I am a big fan of Rubens, and this news is brilliant! Apparently it has
- been raining a lot at the Spa-Francorchamps track (I went to the Belgian GP
- last year, and it was very hot), and nobody could beat Barrichello, not even
- Micheal Schumacher (who has not had his future decided yet)... The positions I
- know are:
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- 1) Barrichello
- 2) Schumacher
- 3) Hill
- 4) Irvine
- 5) Alesi
- 6) Verstappen
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- Something weird is going on - apparently there are going to be three McLarens
- and one Larrousse (Beretta is a waste of space!)... I don't know if this
- arrangement will continue in the race, but Hakkinen was 8th, Brundle 13th and
- Alliot miles back... Also, Belgian Philippe Adams has replaced Zanardi at
- Lotus, but didn't do too well in pre-qualifying...
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- See 'ya tomorrow. Let's hope that Barrichello stays where he is!
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- Saturday...
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- Brilliant news! It rained so much that nobody could improve on their lap times,
- so Barrichello is on pole! Wahey! Now we have to hope that he can stay in the
- lead for the whole race... Mind you, I don't think Schumacher would let that
- happen...
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- 1) BARRICHELLO (Jordan)
- 2) SCHUMACHER (Benetton)
- 3) HILL (Williams)
- 4) IRVINE (Jordan)
- 5) ALESI (Ferrari)
- 6) VERSTAPPEN (Benetton)
- 7) COULTHARD (Williams)
- 8) HAKKINEN (McLaren)
- 9) FRENTZEN (Sauber)
- 10) MARTINI (Minardi)
- 11) BERGER (Ferrari)
- 12) BLUNDELL (Tyrrell)
- 13) BRUNDLE (McLaren)
- 14) MORBIDELLI (Arrows)
- 15) DE CESARIS (Sauber)
- 16) BERNARD (Ligier)
- 17) PANIS (Ligier)
- 18) ALBORETO (Minardi)
- 19) ALLIOT (Larrousse)
- 20) HERBERT (Lotus)
- 21) BRABHAM (Simtek)
- 22) COMAS (Larrousse)
- 23) KATAYAMA (Tyrrell)
- 24) FITTIPALDI (Arrows)
- 25) GOUNON (Simtek)
- 26) ADAMS (Lotus)
- NQ) GACHOT (Pacific)
- NQ) BELMONDO (Pacific)
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- See you tomorrow...
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- Monday 29th August...
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- Today it is my 16th birthday...
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- Yesterday, Barrichello was not the race winner. However, it turns out that,
- despite crossing the finish line first, neither was Schumacher! Micheal
- Schumacher was disqualified for having the bit of wood underneath his car too
- thin, or something like that... This will not be good for his appeal, which is
- decided tomorrow...
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- This means that second placed Damon Hill has won. Hakkinen second, and
- Verstappen is once again third...
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- Friday 9th September...
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- I have still yet to write the race analysis, and I have not seen the
- highlights, due to the fact that Ben Price recorded them and then recorded over
- them before I got the chance to see them... This is the first highlights I have
- missed for over a year! It also means that my intention of having all the
- highlights on video is now impossible... Bugger!
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- I can't remember much about the race, but I can remember this: Barrichello
- managed to keep the lead into the first corner, but was soon overtaken by
- Schumacher, then the rest, putting him down to 5th place. It became apparent
- that both Jordans were aiming to make just one pit stop each. Barrichello,
- after his stop, rejoined the race in 5th position. Had he kept his car on the
- track, a podium position would have been likely, since he would have overtaken
- the cars in front during their pit stops. However, while in the process of
- driving around as an F1 driver does, Barrichello suddenly found Jean-Marc
- Gounon in an awkward position in front of him. Rubens then proceeded to fly off
- the track and into the gravel, where he stayed...
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- Micheal Schumacher gained a massive lead over Damon, but several hours after he
- won, he was disqualified due to having an illegally thin 'plank' (the bit of
- wood underneath the cars that slows them down). Benetton claimed that the plank
- had been damaged during a spin that Schumacher had during the race, but this
- was rejected at an FIA hearing a few days ago. On the same day, Benetton were
- cleared of illegally removing a fuel filter from their tanks (causing the pit
- lane fire in the German GP), and McLaren were cleared of using an illegal
- automatic gearbox in the San Marino GP. Micheal Schumacher's two race ban
- remains, and JJ Lehto is getting back into the Benetton for Sunday's Italian
- GP. Apparently, Johnny Herbert, with the new Mugen-Honda engine, has qualified
- 6th in the first session (his previous best this season was 15th). Also, Eddie
- Irvine was disqualified from the first qualifying session for doing too many
- laps, and Paul Belmondo is going to make a film about the life of Ayrton
- Senna... We all hope his skill as a presenter is better than his skill as a
- driver...
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- 1) Micheal Schumacher (Benetton) DISQUALIFIED
- 1) Damon Hill (Williams) 10 Points
- 2) Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) 6 Points
- 3) Jos Verstappen (Benetton) 4 Points
- 4) David Coulthard (Williams) 3 Points
- 5) Mark Blundell (Tyrrell) 2 Points
- 6) Gianni Morbidelli (Arrows) 1 Point
- 7) Olivier Panis (Ligier)
- 8) Pierluigi Martini (Minardi)
- 9) Michele Alboreto (Minardi)
- 10) Eric Bernard (Ligier)
- 11) Jean-Marc Gounon (Simtek)
- 12) Johnny Herbert (Lotus)
- 13) Eddie Irvine (Jordan)
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- Oh yes, before I go on, I'll tell you that I got a SASOL Jordan T-Shirt for my
- birthday! Very interesting...
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- DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE:
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- 1) Micheal Schumacher 76 Points
- 2) Damon Hill 55 Points
- 3) Gerhard Berger 27 Points
- 4) Jean Alesi 19 Points
- 5) Mika Hakkinen 14 Points
- 6) Rubens Barrichello 10 Points
- 7) Martin Brundle 9 Points
- 8) Mark Blundell 8 Points
- Jos Verstappen 8 Points
- 10) Olivier Panis 7 Points
- David Coulthard 7 Points
- 12) Nicola Larini 6 Points
- Christian Fittipaldi 6 Points
- 14) Heinz-Harald Frentzen 5 Points
- Ukyo Katayama 5 Points
- 16) Karl Wendlinger 4 Points
- Pierluigi Martini 4 Points
- Andrea de Cesaris 4 Points
- Eric Bernard 4 Points
- 20) Gianni Morbidelli 3 Points
- 21) Erik Comas 2 Points
- 22) Michele Alboreto 1 Point
- Eddie Irvine 1 Point
- JJ Lehto 1 Point
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- CONSRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE:
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- 1) Benetton-Ford 85 Points
- 2) Williams-Renault 62 Points
- 3) Ferrari 52 Points
- 4) McLaren-Peugeot 23 Points
- 5) Jordan-Hart 14 Points
- 6) Tyrrell-Yamaha 13 Points
- 7) Ligier-Renualt 11 Points
- 8) Sauber-Mercedes 10 Points
- 9) Arrows-Ford 9 Points
- 10) Minardi-Ford 5 Points
- 11) Larrousse-Ford 2 Points
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- Retirements were: Alesi, Comas, Berger, Alliot, Frentzen, Adams, Barrichello,
- Katayama, De Cesaris, Brundle, Brabham, Fittipaldi and Blundell.
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- Byegood. As I write this, I haven't yet written the race description. I'll do
- it another time - if I can be bothered to... I haven't seen the highlights yet.
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