Team Lotus Press Release - 14 August 1993


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FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

        GRAND PRIX  HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX
           CIRCUIT  HUNGARORING
              DATE  SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 1993
    JOHNNY HERBERT  DNF - FASTEST LAP 1:25.850
ALESSANDRO ZANARDI  13TH - FASTEST LAP 1:25.151

RACE RESULT
1st  Schumacher   Benetton
2nd  Hill         Williams
3rd  Verstappen   Benetton
4th  Brundle      McLaren
5th  Blundell     Tyrrell
6th  Panis        Ligier
7th  Alboreto     Minardi
8th  Comas        Larrousse
9th  Beretta      Larrousse
10th Bernard      Ligier
11th Brabham      Simtek
13th Zanardi      Team Lotus

CONSTRUCTORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1st  Benetton     81 pts
2nd  Ferrari      52 pts
3rd  Williams     49 pts
4th  McLaren      17 pts
5th  Jordan       14 pts
6th  Tyrrell      11 pts
7th  Ligier       11 pts
8th  Sauber       10 pts
9th  Footwork      8 pts
10th Minardi       5 pts
11th Larrouse      2 pts

DRIVERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
1st  Schumacher   76 pts
2nd  Hill         45 pts
3rd  Berger       27 pts
4th  Alesi        19 pts
5th  Barrichello  10 pts
6th  Brundle       9 pts
7th  Hakkinen      8 pts
8th  Panis         7 pts
9th  Larini        6 pts
10th Blundell      6 pts
11th Fittipaldi    6 pts
12th Frentzen      5 pts

Friday 12 August - Free Practice & First Qualifying
Johnny Herbert: 21st 1:23.361
  "The car is very tricky the way it is at the moment.  The physical layout
   makes the rear end slow to respond, and once it gets to a certain point you
   can't bring it back when it starts sliding.  That's why I spun on my
   first flying lap this afternoon."
Alessandro Zanardi: 20th 1:23.306
  "I had a brake problem throughout practice this morning.  For some reason the
   fronts weren't as efficient as they should have been, and I was trying to
   adjust the balance as best I could.  This afternoon we tried all sorts of
   different things with the set-up, and we have a better idea which way to go
   for tomorrow.  The car is dfficult to drive the way it is, which is why I
   had a half spin this afternoon."
Peter Collins:
  "Johnny and Alessandro both did good jobs in qualifying with the equipment
   and set-up at their disposal.  Their times are well matched, and we can find
   a few more tenths, but we really need more than that."

Saturday 13 August - Free Practice & Second Qualifying
Johnny Herbert:  24th 1:22.705
  "Once again the car is undriveable."
Alessandro Zanardi: 22nd 1:22.513
  "I tried very hard to put to put a good lap together, and managed to find
   another two-tenths.  It is so frustrating because the more changes we make
   the more the car seemed to be on the limit, and it was easier to make
   mistakes.  I do feel more confident for the race, however, as we found one
   or two things which should make a difference tomorrow."
Peter Collins:
  "Obviously our car is better suited to circuits such as Hockenheim, where
   the straights are a real help.  Here, where corner is followed by corner,
   it doesn't suit the 109's current weight bias.  It makes it very difficult
   to enter the corners quickly and to carry speed through them.  Both
   Johnny and Alessandro did good jobs this afternoon in a car that is not
   conducive to driving with confidence."

The Race
Johnny Herbert:
  "I made a reasonable start and moved up a few positions.  I got in front of
   Alessandro and settled down into a rhythm, which was slow as my car wasn't
   handling too well.  At one point I was holding up about five cars, but it
   wasn't my fault as the car wouldn't go any quicker.  Sorry!"
Alessandro Zanardi:
  "Right from the start my engine was on only nine cylinders, but it's great
   that in those circumstances it could hold up consistently and still be
   reliable enough to finish the race!  The handling of the car pleased me
   very much.  It was the best that it has been all season.  Even with one
   cylinder down, my times were competitive with some cars which had no
   problems.  Obviously my race was finished after that first long stop I had
   to make on the fifth lap, but I'm still very happy."
Peter Collins:
  "This was another frustrating race for us, particularly as we had a much
   better set-up for Alex's car than we were able to achieve during
   qualifying.  Alessandro drove fantastically well and showed true fighting
   spirit to carry on pushing so hard despite losing so much ground.  Johnny
   also drove extremely well under consistent pressure from a number of
   other drivers, but ultimately he too was unlucky to encounter electrical
   problems.  We now look forward to our test programme which will enhance
   the handling further."

ROUND 11 - BELGIAN GRAND PRIX, SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - SUNDAY 27 AUGUST 1994

-- 
Alan F. Perry
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