Third Round at the Monaco Grand Prix
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Masterpiece of Balance: Collard Wins Wet Monaco Race

Formula One test driver Emmanuel Collard (F, JMB Competition) once again
demonstrated his high class driving skills when he led the Monaco round
of the Porsche Pirelli SuperCup from the start to the unscheduled stop
of the race in lap nine due to torrential rainfall. The winner of the
first round of the fastest Marques Cup in the world gave a perfect
performence throughout the weekend, setting fastest lap in the quali-
fying and the fastest race lap as well. Last year's winner, Jean-Pierre
Malcher (F, Larbre Competition) drove to a second place through pouring
rain, running like the rest of the field on slick tyres.

German Juergen von Gartzen (Oberbayern Motorsport) came in third. Last
year's runner-up commented: "I started from fifth position and had a
tremendous fight with Ralf Kelleners and my team mate Patrick Huisman
in the opening laps. In the end, I came off best. After the race was
stopped, I had a slight off into the barriers. Good timing." Patrick
Huisman from the Netherlands was three seconds behind von Gartzen when
the race was stopped, only half a second ahead of former Formula One
driver Jean-Pierre Jarier (F, Zepter Racing).

Ex Formula One pilot Olivier Beretta from Monaco entered the Porsche VIP
Carrera with starting number two for his home race. After his ninth
place in the qualifying he improved to a fine seventh in the race. Ahead
of Beretta, German Ralf Schumacher, Michael's younger Brother, was sixth
in today's race.

German Ralf Kelleners, the winner of the 1996 opening round on the
Nurburgring, experienced bad luck taking fourth in the qualifying but
only eighth in the race. Ralf: "It was my first race in Monaco, and our
set-up was for a dry track without any compromise. Okay, at least the
car is in one piece, it was a very challenging drive."

Top ten results:

Pos     Driver                  Team                            Time
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 1      Emmanuel Collard/F      JMB Competition             14:34.156
 2      Jean Pierre Malcher/F   Larbre Competition            + 3.231
 3      Juergen von Gartzen/D   Oberbayern Motorsport          10.938
 4      Patrick Huisman/NL      Oberbayern Motorsport          13.033
 5      Jean-Pierre Jarier/F    Zepter Racing                  13.488
 6      Ralf Schumacher/D       Porsche AG                     14.992
 7      Olivier Beretta/MC      Porsche AG                     16.510
 8      Ralf Kelleners/D        Porsche Zentrum Koblenz        20.078
 9      Harald Grohs/D          Manthey Racing                 21.743
10      Oliver Mathai/D         Manthey Racing                 21.996


CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos     Driver                  Pts
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 1      Collard/F                66
 2      Malcher/F                52
 3      Kelleners/D              45
 4      von Gartzen/D            42
 5      Mathai/D                 40
 6      Huisman/NL               22
 7      Becker/D                 19
 8      Grohs/D                  18
 9      Farnbacher/D             17
10      Kulundzic/D              12