F3000: Spa-Francorchamps report

• harald.bloche@gmd.de (Harald Bloche)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Wed Aug 28 19:12:23 EDT 1996

---FIA FORMULA 3000 INTERNATIONAL 1996 - Round 6 at Spa-Francorchamps---
Pos  Driver                     Team                          Time
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1   Jorg Muller/D              RSM Marko                      48:24.693
 2   Marc Goossens/B            Team Astromega BVBA              + 8.607
 3   Tom Kristensen/DK          Edenbridge Racing                  9.925
 4   Christian Pescatori/I      Durango Equipe SRL                12.526
 5   Kenny Brack/S              Super Nova Racing Ltd             15.956
 6   Christophe Tinseau/F       Apomatox F3000                    20.455
 7   Cyrille Sauvage/F          Apomatox F3000                    25.043
 8   Oliver Tichy/A             RSM Marko                         30.299
 9   Riccardo Zonta/BR          Draco Engineering SRL             32.084
10   Christiano da Matta/BR     Pacific Racing Ltd                42.053
11   Fabricio Gollin/I          Durango Equipe SRL               -1 lap
12   Laurent Redon/F            DAMS S.A.                        -1
13   Pedro Couceiro/P           Madgwick International           -1
14   Elton Julian/USA           Nordic Racing Ltd                -1
15   Marcos Gueiros/BR          Super Nova Racing                -1
16   Stephen Watson/ZA          Team Alpha Plus Ltd              -1
17   Esteban Tuero/RA           Draco Engineering SRL            -1
18   Guillaume Gomez/F          Team Astromega BVBA              -1
19   Gaston Mazzacane/RA        Auto Sport Racing SRL            -1
20   Jean-Philippe Belloc/F     DAMS S.A.                        -1
21   Carl Rosenblad/S           Team Alpha Plus Ltd              -1

                                All Lola-Zytek/Judd

FL:  Jorg Muller  2:10.731 (=191.881 kph)

Standings:

Pos  Driver                     Pts
-----------------------------------
 1   Jorg Muller/D               36
 2   Kenny Brack/S               35
 3   Tom Kristensen/DK           15
     Marc Goossens/B             15
 5   Marcos Gueiros/BR           14
 6   Riccardo Zonta/BR            9
     Christophe Tinseau/F         9
 8   Christiano da Matta/BR       5
     Christian Pescatori/I        5
10   Pedro Couceiro/P             2
     Patrick Lemarie/F            2
12   Laurent Redon/F              1
     Luca Rangoni/I               1
     Oliver Tichy/A               1
                                   

After 24 laps the race is red flagged because of heavy rainfall.
22 laps were counted for full points. (full distance = 29 laps)
Until then Jorg Muller has a comfortable gap of 8.5 seconds to
Marc Goossens.

Polesitter was Tom Kristensen, beside him Christian Pescatori,
followed by Marc Goosens and Jorg Muller in second row.
Kenny Brack fifth, Marcos Gueiros sixth, Oliver Tichy, Christophe
Tinseau, Cyrille Sauvage and Christiano da Matta completed the top
ten. Thomas Biagi failed at the 107% rule.

Goossens has a superb start. In his mirrors are Kristensen and Brack
for the first two laps. In third lap Muller gets past Brack. The
Swede drops behind Pescatori to fifth position later. Muller snatches
second place from Kristensen in lap seven and one lap later he takes
the lead by outbraking Goosens. Austrian Oliver Tichy is in sixth
position with view on his second point, until he gets overrun by the
Frenchmen Tinseau and Sauvage. Brazilian Maros Gueiros, still sixth,
goes straight through in the Bus Stop Chicane. That brings him to a
pit stop and throws him back one lap to 15th position.

Next round 14 September Magny-Cours.


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