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ISSUE 007 AUGUST 2005

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FERRARICOMPETITIONRESULTS BRANDS HATCH The Next Big Thing in the circuit racing calendar is the A1 GP meeting at Brands Hatch on 23-25 September. This is far and away the most important race in the short history of the Ferrari formula classic series and the level of support we got for this event was always going to determine whether we would be brave enough to arrange races at this sort of level in the future. I am delighted to report that at the closing date, after two last minute withdrawals, we have 22 entries - more than most of the other support races at this meeting - and a clear endorsement that the series is very much alive and well. In comparison to the healthy Ffc entry, support from the PMFC competitors is far from buoyant and continues to cause concern for the future. In order to salvage the Brands Hatch races for those loyal drivers who have taken part regularly in the Championship this year, I took the step of proposing to MotorSport Vision, the organisers of the A1 GP SEPT event, to amalgamate PMFC with the high-profile TAG Heuer 250GT (‘250’ because the double-header races add up to 250km). A number of drivers have asked me in the past to try to include some longer distance races in PMFC and this amalgamation allows me to do just this. The format of OCT these events is two 45minute races with a compulsory pit stop of one minute for driver changes. Where one driver elects to do the whole race singlehanded, he would have to

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sit in the cockpit for the 60 seconds. After I had arranged this race amalgamation it suddenly dawned on everyone that the TAG Heuer event is listed in the International calendar, requiring all drivers to be in possession of a minimum licence grade of International C. Although most PMFC drivers this year have Int C documents, a couple of our entrants only had National A licences. I moved heaven and earth to persuade Jonathan Palmer to agree to downgrade the races to National A status and then prevailed upon BRSCC, who are managing the event, to amend all their paperwork with the FIA. Having succeeded in my objective, which took the best part of a day’s telephone calls and discussions, you can imagine my reaction when one of the two Ferrari National A licence holders said “I don’t think I’ll race after all”! Since the Ferrari formula classic activity is all in the

morning, we felt that it wasn’t viable to put on full hospitality for this race meeting. However, we shall have a small Race Centre located in the Ferrari paddock where competitors and Club members will be able to chat and have coffee. The latest timetable (issue 4) for this meeting has just been posted and Ferrari involvement is timed as follows: FRIDAY 23/9: Ffc: Qualifying: Free Practice: Qualifying 1:

Gurston Down Hillclimb

Harewood Hillclimb

FOC Brands Hatch Track Day

10.10-10.50 14.45-15.15

SATURDAY 24/9: Ffc: Race:

10.25-10.45

TAG Heuer GT250/PMFC: Qualifying 2: Race 1:

09.40-10.10 16.00-16.45

SUNDAY 25/9:

WHAT’S ON 10

09.40-10.00

TAG Heuer GT250/PMFC:

23-25 Brands Hatch A1 GP meeting: PMFC Rds 9 & 10 Ferrari formula classic 24

Longleat Hillclimb

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Spa-Francorchamps: PMFC Rds 11 & 12 Ferrari formula classic invitation races

Cadwell Park Sprint

Mugello: European 360 Challenge

Hillclimbers Dinner Moore Place

Race 2:

11.15-12.00

You can see all the details of this race meeting, including the latest news on the A1 GP races themselves, by logging on to www.motorsportvision.co.uk

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Following hard on the heels of the Brands Hatch meeting, the very next weekend (Saturday/Sunday 1/2 October) sees us at SpaFrancorchamps. Without doubt, this is the finest circuit on the planet and over the years has been an unmissable event in the PMFC calendar. Entries have not yet closed as these pages are being

written and I do hope that the PMFC competitors will gave this meeting their 100% support. If you have mislaid your entry form (these were sent out some time ago) contact Anne Swift without delay on e-mail: annemswift@btinternet.com or telephone: 01757-702053. Because Spa is a relatively long circuit it cries out for a big grid. In order to boost the numbers I have therefore arranged a special invitation Classic race for cars generally complying with the spirit of Ferrari formula classic. This is a once in a flood opportunity for drivers of the older Ferraris to race on this awesome track, a chance that is unlikely to come up again in the near future. The Ffc cars will join forces with PMFC but will have their own classification. An innovation will be a rolling start for the Classic cars. Each of the double-header races will be of 20 minutes duration. Again, entry forms have already been sent out and I hope that there will be a good response to this rare opportunity.

END-OF-SEASON DINNER Advance information on the End-of-Season Dinner was given in the June issue of CompRes. To remind you, this annual event will take place on Saturday, 5th November and the venue will be the same as last year, Ettington Chase, near Stratford-uponAvon. We are including full details in the flyer accompanying this edition including a pro-forma for reserving your tickets and information on booking your accommodation at the hotel. We have kept the price of the Dinner (which includes copious volumes of wine) to the minimum and the charge for a room at Ettington Chase hotel is unchanged from last year at the very special rate of £65.00 for a double including full English breakfast. This is the occasion in the year when all the glittering largesse is distributed to those who have driven so hard during

the season. It is a time when you can relax and impress everyone with those hard luck stories of the past and the incredible plans you have to murder the opposition in the future. Those Ferrari stalwarts Tony and Jane Willis are our Guests of Honour and we look forward to welcoming all our friends who have made Ferrari competition this year so enjoyable. Whatever your direct involvement with the Club’s activities, whether as a sponsor, a competitor in PMFC, Ffc or the Pirelli FHCC, or simply as an enthusiastic Club member, we hope you will join us on this occasion.

IMPORTER NAME CHANGE No sooner had we got used to the change of Ferrari importer from Maranello Concessionaires to Ferrari Maserati UK than we understand that as from 1st September the import organisation at Slough have retitled themselves Ferrari GB. Also based at Slough is another new company: Maserati GB. Not a lot of people seem to know this—certainly none of the dealers I was speaking to last week. No doubt in the fullness of time somebody will explain how these companies fit together bearing in mind that Maserati now appears to be part of the Alfa Romeo empire.

VAN DER DRIFT My old pal GEORGE BYFORD, for many years our Eligibility Scrutineer for the Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge series, sent me a cutting from the current issue of Autocar magazine.

George says “I seem to remember someone with a similar name confusing the RAC MSA in the Maranello Ferrari Challenge some years back.” Ferrari Owners’ Club competitors of a certain age may recall your scribe assuming the pseudonym ‘Hans van der Drift’ on his competition licence back in the eighties. The reason for the ploy was because in those days it was difficult for British drivers to race abroad without going through a million bureaucratic hoops to get permission. It was far easier to become Dutch and change your name to something vaguely in keeping with motor racing. So I am afraid that the new man on the block referred to in the Autocar clip, Chris van der Drift, is an out-and-out impostor. Outrageous!

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RA’s HILLCOMMENT Four Rounds left now, out of fourteen, and we look to be in for another exciting finish to the season. Last year’s Championship winner, Nick Taylor, following his recent success, now looks likely to join Richard Prior’s and Geoff Dark’s battle for this year’s honours. Nick is carrying the previous winner’s one per cent handicap, but is not discouraged and really in the groove with his new 348GTC. He is the only person truly familiar with Cadwell Park, though I suspect one or two of our sneakily keen pilots will be booked in there for practice – especially the people in the Midlands area. Anyway, Nick is my tip for the class win and maximum points at Cadwell. He could also win the class at Gurston Down, though the max points may well be picked up by Geoff – always very competitive there. At Harewood Nick Taylor and the other Nick will challenge Jon Goodwin for the class win, but last time it was Christian Mineeff who collected the top points score. Both Richard and Geoff will need to do something special here. At Longleat the class win will be fought over by Nick and last year’s winner, Chris Butler. Who will hit the points sweet spot is anyone’s guess. If any of these meetings are wet then ignore these predictions! More on Curborough where I omitted a couple of key points in the report. Firstly Nick’s winning time constitutes a new Ferrari class record, seriously eclipsing the earlier one set many years ago on the one and only two-lapper the Ferraris were ever present at. This time it will be much more relevant as we are back again in 2006 for more of the same. Secondly, when the Ferraris were on track at this meeting the commentary was taken up by 550 Maranelloowning club member, Tony Richardson. He is one of our Track Day instructors and a very experienced race driver in serious single-seaters. Apparently many

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years ago he did a fair bit of hillclimbing and sprinting, and strange to relate he reckons Curborough is a bit dangerous! Even more on Curborough where I have just recalled the organisers asked some of our competitors for their MOT and insurance certificates. This is required for what is called the “road-going classes”, and was clearly stated in their event regs. However the Ferrari class is a one make class, and whilst meeting similar criteria to “road-going”, these items are not normally required. Fortunately they did not make an issue of this at Curborough as they were in the wrong on this point. MOT Testing Stations are now directly connected to the DVLA by computer, which is bad news for people like me who have a cavalier attitude to the test. It is irritating when you own, say, a four-year old 8000 miles Ferrari, having to go through this charade designed to keep old heaps off the streets. My 328 was originally red, and about six years ago I had it resprayed in what was supposed to be Ferrari titanium. I neglected to tell the DVLA of the colour change, but of course now I have had a new type MOT they have found out and are asking questions! David Hathaway our break neck cycling competitor, is making good progress. He is still wearing the head support frame, but is able to get on with most things now. Seems he is an aspiring long distance runner á la Goodwin, and was getting ready for a Lands End to John o’Groats thrash. Out training. a moments concentration lapse at fairly high speed and he was into the bank headfirst. Initially David thought he was ok, but his neck did hurt a lot. His neck break was exactly the same injury suffered by Superman Christopher Reeve, so his recovery is all the more remarkable. He will be driving again soon and will be at our Prizegiving Dinner.

An Antipodean Adventure for Jon Goodwin and Nick Taylor as, accompanied by their wives, they embark on The Adelaide Classic an event pioneered by Club Sec Peter Everingham. Jon has done it once before and is likely to be arrested when returning to Oz on account of all those unsettled speeding tickets. The Goodwins are travelling in style in P550 ROO, the ex-RA 550 Maranello, and Nick is shipping out his Mondial, newly repaired from tangling with the scenery in the Ferrari Formula Classic race at Zandvoort, after a wheel fell off. Sounds like they will all have a great time! Shipping your Ferrari out to the other side of the world needs careful planning. Jon Goodwin has done this sort of thing before and says a major concern is the huge amount of condensation that develops on the car in those big steel containers. Several large sacks of silica gel are needed to ensure you do not wind up with a rusty Ferrari at unloading time. Front Engined V12s are what Ferrari is all about – at least that is what the older chaps think! Many of us regard the 550 Maranello as one of the best Ferraris ever, and owners of these tipos are generally ecstatic. The 575 should be even better, and certainly has a little more grunt. Just for fun I have entered mine for Gurston, even though I have yet to drive it in anger. Like most of the hills, the course is a bit narrow for the 575, but I expect an exciting ride and it will be interesting to see whether it is possible to hold the car flat to the finish where the track is quite twisty – I will reveal all in the next issue of CompRes. Race Suit Pockets really need a redesign. I have had three suits, all from different manufacturers, and without exception stuff falls out of the pockets when you are seated in the car - loose change, combs, you name it. At Club track days (or drivers days as we call them now) I manage to spread my

worldly possessions around all the different cars I get in and out of during the day. Maybe there is a brand out there with pockets that work, but most people I have spoken too suffer with this concern.

includes three GT4Os and many similar historic exotica. Club racer Alan Newton (in his MG rather than a Ferrari) is also taking part, with the renowned Whizzo Williams acting as his codriver.

are a double header at Loton Park on July 8/9, which will include one of our memorable FHCC dinners, and even more importantly the return to Bouley Bay in the Channel Islands at Easter (April 14-18).

Tour Britannia, a new event that sounds like the right stuff. Run this September and organised to commemorate the life of rallying journalist David K Williams, it is for classic sports cars, and includes Cadwell Park, Rockingham, MIRA, Shelsley Walsh, Curborough and Loton Park in the itinerary. The entry

FHCC in 2006 is in the melting pot right now, and certainly we will be continuing with all the old favourites. Following the success of the recent two-lap Curborough, I have already accepted an invitation for an encore – the date is August 20th. Other notables to get in that 2006 diary that you do not yet have to hand,

2005 Prizeging Dinner at Moore Place Hotel in Aspley Guise should be firmly in your diary by now. I recently accompanied our ace organiser, Sally M-S, to the hotel to make the arrangements, and we are doing our best to make this event as memorable as it has been in previous years.

PIRELLI FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 9 HETHEL SPRINT: Sunday 7 August 2005

N ENTIRELY NEW venue for the series in Norfolk, and to those in the know this is Lotus Cars’ bottom secret test track writes RICHARD ALLEN. In theory this should give everyone a chance, but it seems apparent from the results that Nick Taylor may have been previously employed here as a Lotus test driver. The weather was dry but overcast as the reasonable entry of Ferraris gathered in the paddock. Originally ten, this dropped to nine as your reporter, mid-house move, had to pull out. Never mind, as we had our club chairman, Jack Sears, present, and he had the right associations, having been Jim Clark’s team mate in the halcyon Lotus Cortina days. The punters were duly impressed and the organising club soon had Jack involved in the proceedings! When introducing this round I had assumed that, being a Lotus Cars facility, the emphasis would be on handling rather than straight line performance, but it is apparent from the results that this is a power circuit. Anyway, Nick Taylor (348GTC) practised

on 79.23, with only Chris Butler (F355) anywhere near at 80.19. Richard Prior (348ts) was next at 82.36. His championship rival, Geoff Dark, usually economical with the mistakes, got mixed up with the gravel trap on his first practice, but found some form on his second run to head the smaller engined tipos at 85.13 secs. The usual two official runs were taken in the afternoon and Nick stamped his authority on the proceedings with a really fast first run time of 78.01, which was out of sight as far as the others were concerned. This was worth a “Triple” to Nick - a class win, maximum FHCC points, plus a new Ferrari class record to boot, and he wound up being a happy bunny! Chris Butler went well with his F355 for second in class, with 79.56 on his opener. He had a good chance to improve on his second following a red flag ahead, but then carelessly spun out. Charlie White exudes enthusiasm and goes very quickly when astride any F355 – he pulled in to third overall with an excellent 79.69. Richard Prior meanwhile was driving the 348ts with usual brio and sliding here and there – he was out-grunted

on this occasion at 81.80, and slipped to fourth overall, though taking a handy seventeen championship points. The same fate befell Geoff Dark at a best of 83.00, though he did have the satisfaction of heading off John Marshall (328GTB) on 83.89. Barry Wood kept going faster with his 308GTS to finish on 88.51 to lead Van de Perre’s similar car. Jos had made some basic navigational errors, gone the wrong way and effectively taken himself out of contention. Colin Campbell was out there too, doing the guards van routine with his 246GT. He tried manfully, but was several horsepower short of a picnic on 110.91. Hethel seems a good venue and was well liked by those that attended. We shall give it serious consideration for 2006, although I have to say I am concerned at the speed differentials here. In the meantime I look forward to comment and feed-back from competitors. Note: Because the Lotus track is used for prototype testing, photography is not permitted. Hence no pictures to accompany RA’s report—JMS

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HETHEL SPRINT 7 August 2005 Round 9 Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship Driver Nick Taylor Chris Butler Charlie White Richard Prior Geoff Dark John Marshall Barry Wood Jos van de Perre Colin Campbell Class Awards:

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

Run 1

348GTC F355 F355 Sp 348ts 308GTB 328GTB 308GTS 308GTS 246GT

81.39 82.66 91.55 87.25 84.76 85.88 99.95 92.16 116.62

79.23 80.19 85.13 82.43 82.36 82.96 88.69 93.83 116.97

78.01 79.56 80.71 81.29 83.78 84.28 88.51 93.07 111.74

1st Nick Taylor

2nd Chris Butler

Run 2 78.77 --79.69 81.80 83.00 83.89 88.15 104.71 110.91

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Split

2.76 2.75 2.83 2.63 2.73 2.74 2.88 2.77 3.10

35.34 36.51 36.64 36.29 37.66 37.55 40.75 41.38 48.79

PEP % +2.5 +2.5 +2.5 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -2.0 -2.0 -4.5

PEP time 79.96 81.55 81.68 81.29 82.17 83.47 86.39 91.21 105.92

Pts 20 15 13 17 12 11 10 9 8

3rd Charlie White

PIRELLI FERRARI HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP: ROUND 10 CURBOROUGH SPRINT: Sunday 21 August 2005

UST ONE ROUND here this season, but to make things interesting this was to be a two lapper reports RICHARD ALLEN. Only once, many years ago, had the FHCC series taken in a two lapper and just Brian Jackson and John Dobson, who were out this time, had previous ‘twice around’ experience. Despite worrying forecasts the week before, Sunday turned out to be a really nice sunny day with no hint of rain, and we fielded an excellent sixteen runners in the Ferrari class. It was touch and go though, as Peter Rogerson had to turn for home on the way to the meeting when his F355 went on to four cylinders. Before he had gone back too far he got it run on eight and arrived at Curborough where the car went very well! Chris Hitchman had trouble too – his F355 had a battery flatter than a witches tit, and with no time to change it, he persuaded his wife Lorraine to share her 328 with him. This looked like a really hot Ferrari class, with all this year’s points leaders out in force to consolidate their positions. On the commentary note I handed in to the event organisers, I had Jon

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Photo: Graham Easter

“There looked to be a ‘handbags at dawn’ duel between Lorraine Hitchman and Pauline Goodwin.” It was Lorraine who came up trumps.

Goodwin (F355) down to win the class, but said Nick Taylor (348GTC), Chris Butler (F355) and maybe Richard Prior (348ts) would give him a bad time. As you will see this was reasonably prophetic, with one major exception. Nick Taylor headed the first practice on 65.79, but Jon Goodwin, Richard Prior and Chris Butler were all within a tenth or

so of his time. To add some excitement, Christian Mineeff had gone off piste with his 328GTB, just missing the Recticel barriers. but he got going again very quickly to post a still respectful time. John Dobson, making a welcome return to the series, spun off with his 328GTB – no doubt due to over enthusiasm and rather rigid Goodyear Eagles. On the second practice Jon

Photo: Graham Easter

Making a point. It was Richard Prior (348ts) who collected maximum championship points.

to head Butler. Chris responded well, his 65.01 was really close too, but just the wrong side! Jon Goodwin should sort his lot out, but it was not to be. He improved a little to 65.48, but Richard Prior went around in 65.46 to claim third in class and the all important maximum championship points. Both he

Photo: Graham Easter

Goodwin produced some of his old form, to clock a rousing 64.33 – a time that left the rest gasping. Richard Prior got in a good one too, with a blinding first lap to move in to second place with 65.20. These were to be the best two runs of the day for Jon and Richard – not too handy as this was practice! Taylor went slower and Butler improved to 65.67. Mineeff got cracking with a rousing 66.11 - right up with the more powerful tipos - and Geoff Dark took his 308GTB around in a very creditable 67.29. Unfortunately, just like Goodwin and Prior, Christian and Geoff were to be slower on their official runs. Elsewhere there was some interesting contests going on with what looked like a “handbags at dawn” duel between the 328s of Lorraine Hitchman (on 72.25) and Pauline Goodwin (73.06). Maybe Jon Goodwin though this was in the bag and relaxed a little - he dropped to third on the first official as Chris Butler, with 65.28, moved into the lead from Nick Taylor. Prior, now fourth, was followed by Allen (F355), Mineeff and Dark. Meanwhile a relieved Pauline, with a time of 71.23, moved ahead of Lorraine, both of them now in the seventyone second bracket. It was all to play for on the final official run and Nick Taylor, first away, improved some more with a well judged run on 64.95

and Nick could be seen wagging their tails from a block away! Richard Allen, on 65.87, was nearly caught by David Tomlin (F355) as the latter suddenly got the hang of Curborough, and carved nearly two seconds off his first run time with 66.03. Christian was next on 66.16, heading the smaller cars and finishing second in the PEP factored times. Then it was Geoff Dark, getting the better of Brian Jackson’s similar car as Brian made a rare mistake and spun off at the hairpin. Besides Lorraine there were others of the Hitchman clan out at their local circuit, and Chris, using Lorraine’s warm tyred 328, got the better of Peter in the Mondial, though strangely Peter was ahead at the split for the first lap time. Newly married Andy Grier had started well with 69.21, but as he tried harder he went slower and this first practice was to be his best of the day. Peter Rogerson showed remarkable consistency, rattling off a whole

Nick Taylor and his newly acquired 348GTC are proving a formidable combination. They took the Ferrari FTD with a fine time of 64.95.

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bunch of times within half a second and generally improving with his F355. John Dobson did a 70.66 on his first but then spun again on his second, proving that old tyres are not what you need for this discipline. There is little doubt that a new set of Pirelli PZeros would drop him straight in to the low sixty eights, easy! Pauline Goodwin now seemed

to have the edge over Lorraine Hitchman as they zoomed off on this final run with their 328s. At the end of the first lap Pauline was on 40.17 and stopped the clock at 71.58, somehow losing time on the second lap and ending up slower than her first run time. Lorraine took 40.85 for her opening lap and did not look to be in with a chance - she must

have found a new way around though as over the line her time came up as 71.04, to trump Paulineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first run time. This proved to be a really enjoyable event with some great competition, and the two lap format was generally rated as much more preferable to the normal Curborough meeting.

CURBOROUGH SPRINT 21 AUGUST 2005 Round 10 Pirelli Ferrari Hill Climb Championship Driver Nick Taylor Chris Butler Richard Prior Jon Goodwin Richard Allen David Tomlin Christian Mineeff Geoff Dark Brian Jackson Chris Hitchman Peter Hitchman Andy Grier Peter Rogerson John Dobson Lorraine Hitchman Pauline Goodwin Class Awards:

Tipo

Pract 1

Pract 2

Run 1

348GTC F355 348ts F355 F355 F355 328GTB 308GTB 308GTB 328GTB Mondial t 328GTS F355 328GTB 328GTB 328GTB

65.79 65.95 65.86 65.82 66.10 67.29 75.84 68.41 69.58 70.50 71.49 69.21 70.67 fail 74.09 73.22

66.36 65.67 65.20 64.33 68.10 67.56 66.11 67.29 68.28 68.21 70.19 69.26 70.77 73.46 72.25 73.06

65.40 65.28 65.73 65.63 65.93 68.29 66.29 67.43 68.12 69.35 69.61 69.89 70.19 70.66 71.52 71.23

1st Nick Taylor

2nd Chris Butler

Run 2 64.95 65.01 65.46 65.48 65.87 66.03 66.16 67.30 87.44 68.54 69.42 69.48 70.26 84.82 71.04 71.58

Split 36.73 36.72 36.88 36.75 37.66 37.90 37.90 38.28 38.46 39.46 39.34 39.00 40.01 40.58 40.85 40.44

PEP % +2.5 +2.5 0.0 +2.5 +2.5 +2.5 -0.5 -1.0 -2.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 +2.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5

3rd Richard Prior

Points after Round 10 Richard Prior

128

John Marshall

Nick Frost

Geoff Dark

116

David Tomlin

John Swift

Nick Taylor

109

Chris Hitchman

Peter Rogerson

Chris Butler

Mike Spicer

Jos van de Perre

Jon Goodwin

Peter Hitchman

Christopher England

Christian Mineeff

Barry Wood

John Day

Charlie White

Philip Whitehead

Marco Pullen

Pauline Goodwin

Mark Buckland

John Dobson

Brian Jackson

Colin Campbell

David Hathaway

Richard Allen

Andrew Duncan

Andy Grier

Lorraine Hitchman

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PEP time 66.57 66.64 65.46 67.12 67.52 67.68 65.83 66.63 66.76 68.20 69.42 69.13 71.94 70.31 70.68 70.87

Pts 15 12 20 10 9 8 17 13 11 7 5 6 1 4 3 2

PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE: ROUNDS 7 & 8 Castle Combe Monday 29 August 2005

Photo: Simon Cooke

HE ONE-DAY Bank Holiday Monday race meeting at Castle Combe promised, at least on paper, to be a real Ferrari humdinger. Along with the Formula Classic cars, Ferraris were promoted as a high spot in the programme. In the past our cars have proved to be firm favourites with the big holiday crowds and Castle Combe Circuit has always smiled on us by giving us plum spots on their timetable. So it is sad to report that our hopes for another good showing this year were dashed. In the event just 5 (yes five) PMFC Ferraris took part – fewer than half the smallest number of cars we have ever had in previous years. There was one understandable reason for the low entry and several inexplicable ones. Graham Reeder, hobbling around on crutches after suffering a torn ligament in his ankle while playing squash, was clearly unable to drive his 360 Challenge car although he

Photo: Simon Cooke

Two horse race. Kevin Riley takes the lead from Gary Culver in Race 1. Each notched up a victory during the one-day race meeting.

dry, with warm sunshine making the Castle Combe paddock one of the best we enjoy in the UK. It was an early start for PMFC drivers with scrutineering at 8.45am. Noise was always going to be an issue at ‘Combe for this event. Competitors who had been following the problems the circuit have been having with the Local Authority, chronicled in detail in Autosport not to mention the vast number of column inches devoted to the subject in last month’s CompRes, must have realised that they needed to come prepared to fit additional silencing if their noise emission Graham Reeder was an enforced spectator after exceeded the 108 suffering an ankle injury while playing squash. dBA limit specified. sportingly turned up with Sadly, Ted Reddick didn’t Margaret to enjoy the day. Of seem to have made these the other absentees, it is perhaps provisions. His F355/Ch was better that I refrain from measured at an almost comment. unbelievably high reading of 118 Race day dawned fine and dBA and he was not disposed to

do anything to redeem the situation. Yours truly attempted to help by persuading Ted’s preparer, Mark Leighton, to take the car back to the noise judge and make sure the car was well away from any reflecting walls. This second reading was substantially less: 111DbA but still above the limit. There were several drivers who offered to lend their exhaust mufflers but their offers weren’t taken up. The result was that we only had three Category ‘C’ cars to add to the miserable total of two class ‘S’ Ferraris. Mention must be made of Kevin Riley’s and his Damax team’s remarkable efforts in making their way to Castle Combe in time for qualifying.

Pauline and Kevin Riley, with their helicopter pilot Jim, en route to Castle Combe.

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Qualifying The first qualifying session, reduced in length from the programmed 20 minutes, showed unsurprisingly that Gary Culver had the legs of the field, taking pole by a couple of seconds from

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faster (1:12.522) while Riley had speeded up to within 0.6 seconds to claim another front row grid position. In ‘C’s, it was Gamski who took the honours, with a 1:14.795, some 1.3 seconds quicker than Reeder this time.

Challenge class, Witt Gamski came home for his first win of the afternoon from the hard trying Mike Reeder, with Charlie White less than a second behind him after a sensible and competent drive.

Photo: Simon Cooke

Kevin Riley, in Race 1 1:12.559. The With Reddick deciding not to quickest ‘C’ car take any further part in was that of proceedings, the five contestants Mike Reeder, lined up on the grid for Race 1 at who put his around 2.20pm. When the red local lights were extinguished it was knowledge to Riley who reached Quarry corner good purpose first in his now non-ground by outpacing effects car. Culver was tucked in Witt Gamski behind and in third, and leading (who had the three car ‘C’ class, was forgotten to Reeder. switch on his Lap 2 saw Gamski transponder) momentarily pass Reeder at and newcomer Quarry but immediately lose the Charlie White. position. It took him two further Riley laps before he could make found that his another passing move stick on suspension the Castle Combe expert, this settings were Half the fun of motor racing is to be had with time doing the deed at Tower too low, his your mechanic. Here Witt Gamski helps Agi Corner. car’s gearbox with the wheel nuts. On lap 6 Culver decided to hitting the make his bid, making a clean They were competing the same track on some of ‘Combe’s move on Riley at the Esses. weekend at Oschersleben in the notorious bumps. The Damax From then on the order didn’t European 360 Challenge. crew quickly raised the car for change and Gary took the Immediately after the race Kevin the second session. chequered flag with a flew by helicopter from the Q2, again truncated, comfortable 13 second margin to German track to Hanover at 6.40 produced an almost similar result second-placed Kevin. In the on Sunday evening, just making to Q1. Gary was marginally the scheduled flight to Heathrow aided by a rapid transfer through check-in. They collected their car from the airport car park and had a peaceful night’s sleep at Castle Combe’s Manor hotel. In contrast, it was anything but peaceful for the Damax crew bringing Kevin’s Ferrari from Oschersleben. The car was released from the post-race parc fermé at 7.30pm, loaded onto a trailer and driven through the night to catch an early morning ferry from Calais to Dover. They arrived at Castle Combe just in time for signing-on and a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs. Great spirit (I wish all teams had this degree of enthusiasm) and full marks to Robin Ward and his Early in Race 1 Mike Reeder held sway in Challenge class, with hard working team. Witt Gamski and Charlie White in hot pursuit.

Photo: Simon Cooke

Gary Culver set the fastest lap in ‘S’, over a second quicker than his pole position qualifier, in 1:11.344. This is slightly adrift of the class record (Lewis Carter: 1:10.764) but then maybe he wasn’t under the same pressure. Witt Gamski’s best was 1:14.954, again faster than his qualifying time but quite a bit shy of Graham Reeder’s class record of 1:13.605 set in 2002. Perhaps this would have cheered Graham up as he watched the race on one leg.

Race 2 Race 2, shortened to 15 minutes from the original 20 because the meeting was running late, got underway at around 5.30pm. Again we had the worrying sight of just five cars on the grid and one wondered if this meagre number could generate enough excitement for the crowd to enthuse about. Well, as five car races go, I suppose the drivers did their best. As in the earlier race, it was Riley who got the drop at the

start, haring into Quarry with delighted Kevin. Culver in his wake and Gamski, in The order further back was third, leading the ‘C’ brigade. unchanged throughout the race, However, the battle we had with Witt Gamski taking his hoped for at the front didn’t seem to be materialising. Clearly Culver had a problem with gear selection on his 360 and appeared to be passing the Strawford Centre viewing area in 6th when perhaps 4th gear would have been appropriate. He was losing time all the way round and by lap 4 had lost contact with the leader. Then suddenly the electronic gremlins seemed to relent. Gary started to close the gap and by lap 9 was shaping up to have a go at the flying Riley. But Gary’s hopes were dashed when, on the very next lap, the gearbox started to play tricks again and at the finish he was some 12 A delighted Kevin Riley picks up the Wilkinson Driver of the Day award. seconds behind a

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Photo: Derek Seymour

Gary Culver acknowledges the chequered flag as he crosses the line in Race 1.

Photo: Derek Seymour

second win of the day from Mike Reeder (the gap was 9 seconds) with cheerful Charlie White a further 9 seconds in arrears. Despite his difficulties, Culver set the fastest lap – in the middle of the race when his gearbox was behaving – in 1:11.799. Gamski was the fastest of the ‘C’s in 1:15.718. Later, in the Strawford Centre, Emma Burn – née Strawford (which was nice) – presented the prizes. Every PMFC driver in the race received prizes (which again was nice but slightly bizarre), with Kevin Riley

getting the Wilkinson Ferrari Driver of the Day award in recognition of his maiden PMFC victory together with his superhuman efforts to get to Castle Combe in the first place.

It’s great to meet budding new Ferrari drivers. Your reporter introduces a young man called Christopher, on his first visit to Castle Combe.

PIRELLI MARANELLO FERRARI CHALLENGE—CASTLE COMBE 29 August 2005 Round 7 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Class

Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

Pts

34 Gary Culver

360/Ch

20:32.336

1:11.344

1:12.559

7 Kevin Riley

360 Ch

20:45.576

1:11.927

1:14.563

43 Witt Gamski

F355/Ch

21:41.802

1:14.954

1:15.916

31 Mike Reeder

F355/Ch

20:37.694

1:16.185

1:15.907

33 Charlie White

F355/Ch

20:38.218

1:15.990

1:16.494

38 Ted Reddick

F355/Ch

Fastest Laps:

Gary Culver Witt Gamski

1:11.344 (93.35mph)

1:14.954 (88.85mph)

Round 8 Pos 1

No Driver 7 Kevin Riley

Tipo 360 Ch

Class S

Laps 13

Time 15:59.510

Best Lap 1:13.271

Qualify 1:13.130

Pos 2

Pts 15

34 Gary Culver

360/Ch

16:11.628

1:11.799

43 Witt Gamski

F355/Ch

16:36.908

31 Mike Reeder

F355/Ch

16:45.879

1:15.718 1:15.900

1:12.522 1:14.795 1:16.129

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33 Charlie White

F355/Ch

16.53.783

1:16.508

1:16.998

38 Ted Reddick

F355/Ch

Fastest Laps:

Gary Culver Witt Gamski

PMFC Points after Round 8

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S C

1:11.799 (92.75mph) 1:15.718 (87.95mph)

Category S Gary Culver Kevin Riley Graham Reeder David Dove Alan Newton Ted Reddick

Category C 122 92 54 22 16 14

Witt Gamski Mike Reeder Charlie White Ted Reddick Mike Furness Les Charneca Phil Nuttall

90 82 47 30 24 0 0

Photo: Simon Cooke

FERRARI formula classic Castle Combe Monday 29 August 2005

UGUST may be thought of as a hot month, but it has to be said that for club motor sport it can be not so hot. Family holiday commitments invariably clash with motor racing programmes and so it was with the Castle Combe race meeting organised for Bank Holiday Monday, 29 August. A year before, at around the same date in August, the Ffc series attracted 25 Ferraris to Castle Combe. This time it was just 13 cars – half the grid size of twelve months before. Anyone who thinks that it is easy organising races given these wildly changing statistics should think again. A certain amount of mechanical trouble was to blame for some of the non-appearances. Nicky Paul-Barron’s saga of engine problems on the 308 continues and would probably make a story of biblical size. The latest news from the Shiltech prep shop was that pistons were

colliding with cylinder heads and valves were colliding with pistons. Perhaps I have got the detail slightly wrong but you get the idea. Nicky was commendably philosophical but you have to wonder whether he needs to put mothballs in his race suit. Similarly Nick Taylor’s Mondial was still hors de combat, awaiting a drive shaft to replace

Some drivers in Classic seem to be having a different sort of fun to the others.

the one fractured at Zandvoort way back in the middle of June. In Nick’s case the old question “How long does it take to change a light bulb?” has now become

“How long does it take a halfefficient engineering shop to machine a drive shaft?” Answers on a postcard please. There were others in the same boat, either problematic or seaside, so full marks to those who did manage to get to Wiltshire for what turned out to be an exciting and enjoyable race meeting. Your reporter had his own difficulties bringing his Ferrari to ‘Combe. A couple of nights before thieves stole the trailer as it sat in the drive waiting to be loaded with the 308 the following morning. Being a Bank Holiday, hiring an alternative wasn’t easy and the trailer I did manage to find was so unroadworthy that a tyre burst not 70 miles from home. The journey took the best part of 8 hours, the majority of the time being spent on a motorway hard shoulder waiting for the RAC Emergency Assistance to get their act together (try the AA!). The big crowd at the circuit could not have failed to spot the smart 550 Maranello Ferrari

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Photo: Simon Cooke

course car, provided at our invitation by Bob Houghton Ferrari. Although Bob was away on holiday, one of his sales staff, Lee Stoddart, seemed to be enjoying driving the car round the track at characteristic speed between each race.

Qualifying But enough of the hassle. The weather at Castle Combe was perfect, none of the Classic cars’ exhaust noise worried the MSA sound judge (unlike the PMFC Ferraris) and the 15-minute qualifying session started spot on time at 11.30am. There were a few calamities that caused concern. Marco Pullen’s Mondial was seen to have an enormous aerodynamic device fitted to its rear until it was realised that the engine deck had become unlatched. William Jenkins sensed that the handling of his 308GTB wasn’t as good as usual – a rear tyre was steadily deflating, ultimately parting

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company with the rim at the Pogson (328GTB) and John Swift Esses and resulting in the car (308GTB) who were less than 0.4 being returned to the paddock on seconds apart. Leading the Gp1 the back of a breakdown truck. cars was Stuart Anderson Richard Atkinson-Willes, who (250GTE/TRC) in 1:28.332 – goes well at this circuit, found his again marginally faster than his GT4’s engine out of sorts. 2004 record. Investigation showed that a spark Hospitality at Castle Combe plug was bent, caused by the breaking up of rings in one of the pistons. Wisely Richard scratched the car from the race. The timesheets showed that Gary Culver was in top form, setting a stunning pole position time of 1:21.048, just 2/1000ths quicker than his Gp2 lap record set last year. Second and third fastest overall There was a race-long dice between the Mondials were the two Gp3 of Jon Goodwin and John Shirley. cars of John

Photo: Simon Cooke

Battling for second: John Pogson (328GTB), John Swift and William Jenkins (308GTBs) in close company.

Photo: Simon Cooke

Engine maladies to his GT4’s engine during qualifying grounded Richard Atkinson-Willes.

Quarry corner. Pogson retained the lead for most of the first two laps, thwarting all Culver’s efforts to get past by making his 328 as wide as possible. Meanwhile Swift, having got ahead of Goodwin, took 3rd position away from Spicer at the entry to Quarry. A lap later, Jenkins demoted Spicer to 5th and set about making up for lost time. At the halfway point, with Culver enjoying a useful little

reporter and on to the boot lid of Pogson, the latter jigging around a bit alarmingly in his resolve to retain second place. Behind these four, Jon Goodwin and John Shirley were having a terrific scrap in their Mondials, with Shirley always looking menacing and keeping the similar car of Pullen just a small pimple in his mirrors. Vying with Pullen for track space was the Gp1 leader, Stuart Anderson, using his shapely Ferrari’s straight line speed to advantage, and Ray Hanson in the big Testarossa. Bringing up the rear was Colin Campbell in his Dino, seriously outpaced (by a worrying 30 seconds a lap) by the leaders. With three laps remaining a frustrated Jenkins got alongside Pogson as the pair went through the Folly kink on the main straight. It was unfortunate that the cars touched but Jenkins emerged ahead to keep his nose in front for the remainder of the race. Swift had an off-track excursion in the chicane at Bobbies but regained the tarmac with only a delay of a couple of seconds as punishment. Also

Photo: Simon Cooke

was again entrusted to the local Tavern Events caterers. As last year, they did a splendid job, with coffee and pastries in the morning, a good selection of seasonal fare for lunch, and tea with scones, cream and jam. All this, including access to the first floor panoramic viewing area of the Strawford Centre, was available to members for just £15.00, representing terrific value for money. The fact that numbers were down by 50% compared with 2004 is another of this season’s mysteries.

to an abrupt end when he omitted to move the lever on the gate which blanks off 4th and 5th gears for the start. By the time that error was sorted out, Spicer (328GTB) and Goodwin (Mondial t) had shot past. Jenkins, starting from row 2, made a dithery start to slot into 6th as the cars blasted round

The Race As with the PMFC events, the organisers decided to reduce the length of the race from the scheduled 20 minutes to 15. Clearly we need to tackle this increasingly common practice; we can’t ever remember competitors being offered a reduction in their ever escalating entry fees as a result of chopping race durations by organisers. At 4.30 the field of 12 cars zigzagged their way round the circuit on the green flag lap. As at Snetterton the rows are bunched uncomfortable close together so any slow get-aways can be potentially tricky for the drivers in the rows behind. Pogson made a great start, with Culver and Swift initially alongside each other. However, your scribe’s good progress came

TR takes on TR as Ray Hanson temporarily heads Stuart Anderson. Behind, Marco Pullen (Mondial t) has a grandstand view.

lead, there was a three car battle for second between Pogson, Swift and Jenkins, with rarely a length separating the three cars. On lap 6, Jenkins slipped past your

briefly leaving the circuit was Odhran McConnell, whose spin at Tower left him a lap behind the leader. Gary Culver crossed the line

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Photo: Simon Cooke

Once again it was Gary Culver and his 328GTB who proved invincible.

to take another superb win in the 2005 series, with William Jenkins and John Pogson, just a second

seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tally in Gp1. Looking at the fastest lap times, Jenkins set the fastest time in the race at 1:21.610, with Culver and Anderson the quickest in Groups 2 and 1 respectively. After John May had released the cars from parc fermĂŠ (there were no problems) the handsome Classic Parts trophies donated by Maranellos were presented to the winners by Emma Burns, daughter of Howard and Pat Strawford, owners of Castle Combe circuit. In addition. the victors in each Group received the usual bottles of that sublime Laurent-Perrier Champagne to help them cool off after their exertions.

apart, taking the other two podium positions. Stuart Anderson added to his excellent

Race 7: Castle Combe 29 August 2005 Pos

Driver

Tipo

Group Laps

Time

Best Lap

Qualify

Pos

34 Gary Culver

328GTB

15:17.869

1:21.677

1:21.048

38 William Jenkins

308GTB

15:23.273

1:21.610

1:22.655

40 John Pogson

328GTB

15:24.494

1:22.148

1:22.193

11 John Swift

308GTB

15:28.312

1:22.199

1:22.579

8 Mike Spicer

328GTB

15:38.904

1:23.589

1:24.846

18 Jon Goodwin

Mondial t

15:49.466

1:24.608

1:24.495

4 John Shirley

Mondial 3.2

15:50.699

1:24.418

1:26.812

13 Marco Pullen

Mondial t

16:14.329

1:26.560

1:29.402

250GTE/TRC

16:14.553

1:26.694

1:28.332

Testarossa

16:16.174

1:26.502

1:27.522

308GTBi QV

16:07.013

1:26.864

1:27.460

15:55.374

1:50.621

1:56.844

1:25.028

2 Stuart Anderson

5 Ray Hanson

30 Odhran Mc Connell

6 Colin Campbell

246GT

7 R Atkinson-Willes

308GT4

Fastest Laps:

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William Jenkins

1:21.610 (81.60mph)

Gary Culver

1:21.677 (81.54mph)

Stuart Anderson

1:26.694 (76.82mph)

Lap Record

Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – Europa Rounds 9 & 10 EUROPEAN CHALLENGE

Frenchman Ange Barde in either race and his points haul takes him to the top of the class 1 placings, with a slender one point advantage over the previous leader, Michael Cullen. Michael had a disastrous 2-minute penalty imposed after allegedly leaving the pits early at a pit stop in Race 1.

Oschersleben was the destination of the European Challenge competitors for Rounds 9 and 10 of the championship. A total of 27 cars took part, 11 in the ‘senior’ class 1, and 16 in the ‘gentleman’s’ class 2. No one could catch

Our own Peter Sowerby took a victory in the first race to maintain his lead in class 2, increasing his advantage over second-placed Freddy Kremer by a couple of points. PMFC driver Kevin Riley was placed 7th and 8th in the two races while Oliver Morley had a weekend of mixed fortune in class 1.

RACE 1 – OSCHERSLEBEN 26/28 August 2005 Pos

Driver

Class

Nat

Laps

Time

Behind

Pos

Best Lap

Pts

1:38.234

1:35.466

1 Ange Barde

51:24.140

2 Paddy Shovlin

IRL

51:28.107

3.967

1:34.949

1:35.235

4 Robert Pergl

CZE

51:32.399

8.259

1:35.652

1:35.230

6 Wido Roessler

51:59.780

35.640

1:36.019

1:36.161

5 Louis Machiels

52:14.505

50.365

1:35.693

1:36.226

9 22

76 Peter Sowerby

52:28.072

1:03.932

1:36.163

1:36.618

7 Oliver Morley

52:37.224

1:13.084

1:36.313

1:36.457

62 Freddy Kremer

52:39.945

1:15.805

1:37.157

1:37.293

3 **Michael Cullen

IRL

53:47.187

2:23.047

1:35.607

1:34.796

11 Maria de Villota / Tamara Vidali 68 Holger Harmsen

ITA

51:36.000

1 lap

1:35.878

1:35.605

52:20.707

1 lap

1:37.409

1:37.543

4 4 13

65 Mauro Miele / Renato Bianchi 59 Helmut Schlotterer

ITA

52:21.752

1 lap

1:36.637

1:37.431

52:23.165

1 lap

1:39.758

1:39.402

52:54.440

1 lap

1:38.673

1:38.807

64 Ronnie Kessel Ramon Pini 97 Kevin Riley

53:03.102

1 lap

1:40.793

7 7 5

56 Fons Schelterna

53:05.666

1 lap

1:39.589

1:41.787

99 Jurgen Limpert

51:52.071

3 laps

1:43.489

1:43.768

55 Germano Salernitano

52:58.897

4 laps

*1:46.985

1:42.777

11 12 13 14

11 11 9

Not classified 98 Phillippe Prette

49:15.992

DNF

1:36.536

1:37.499

9 Emilio Guisti 77 Norbert Waichoffer

1 2

ITA AUT

29 16

4:16.742 28:25.721

DNF DNF

1:37.800 1:36.651

19 16

1:37.749 1:37.412

1 1

24 Karl Baron

AUT

17:58.247

DNF

1:36.581

1:36.566

66 Frank Gelf

15:15.904

DNF

1:35.339

1:37.278

73 Ricardo Weber

GER

17:31.542

DNF

*2:00.124

1:57.775

69 Ralf Schaeffer

7:15.563

DNF

1:36.020

1:37.730

1:54.753

DNF

1:35.877

1:54.753

1:36.427

8 Nick Hommerson NS

54 Mikael Forsten

FIN

* qualification 1:44.443 ** 2 min penalty for leaving pits early at pitstop Fastest Laps

Cl 1 Michael Cullen

1:34.796 (139.25 km/h)

Cl 2 Peter Sowerby

1:36.618 (136.63km/h)

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RACE 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OSCHERSLEBEN 26/28 August 2005 Pos

Class

Nat

Laps

Time

1 Ange Barde

Driver

51:24.562

Behind

Pos

Best Lap

Pts

1:34.607

1:35.082

4 Robert Pergl

CZE

51:29.183

4.621

1:34.467

1:35.206

3 Michael Cullen

IRL

2 Paddy Shovlin

IRL

51:33.980

9.418

1:34.768

1:35.373

51:36.017

11.455

1:34.644

1:35.202

6 Wido Roessler

ITA

7 8

11 Maria de Villota / Tamara Vidali 9 Emilio Guisti 54 Mikael Forsten

51:36.698

12.136

1:34.770

1:35.651

52:02.833

38.271

1:35.705

1 2

ITA FIN

31 31

52:11.303 52:34.118

46.741 1:09.556

1:35.413 1:36.334 1:36.292

7 16 15

1:36.321 1:37.226

7 7 5 21

66 Frank Gelf

52:43.980

1:19.418

1:35.615

1:36.486

62 Freddy Kremer

52:49.875

1:25.313

1:37.302

1:37.666

68 Holger Harmsen

52:50.573

1:26.011

1:36.701

1:37.553

76 Peter Sowerby

51:28.934

1 lap

1:35.726

1:37.226

77 Norbert Waichoffer

AUT

51:31.403

1 lap

1:37.178

1:38.018

52:39.577

1lap

1:39.617

64 Ronnie Kessel Ramon Pini 97 Kevin Riley

52:43.283

56 Fons Schelterna

51:46.108

55 Germano Salernitano

65 Mauro Miele / Renato Bianchi 99 Jurgen Limpert

ITA

1 lap

1:41.765 1:39.629

22 21

1:39.721

5 5 4

2 laps

1:42.127

1:39.986

52:03.788

3 laps

1:42.451

1:43.087

52:08.164

3 laps

1:37.531

52:10.196

3 laps

1:43.167 1:42.030

26 23

1:41.842

1 1 1

Not classified 98 Phillippe Prette 24 Karl Baron

2 1

69 Ralf Schaeffer

7 Oliver Morley

59 Helmut Schlotterer

MC AUT

30 29

51:06.800 48:16.915

DNF DNF

1:35.797 1:35.405

11 6

1:37.040 1:35.394

1 1

48:54.977

DNF

1:35.980

1:37.314

32:58.777

DNF

1:36.066

1:36.415

25:51.266

DNF

1:38.750

1:38.895

5 Louis Machiels

16:10.427

DNF

1:35.595

1:35.984

8 Nick Hommerson

5:00.132

DNF

1:35.924

1:37.740

GER

73 Ricardo Weber

Fastest Laps

Cl 1 Ange Barde 1:35.082 (138.84 km/h)

Cl 2 Frank Gelf

1:36.485 (136.82km/h)

Provisional Points after Round 10 Trofeo Pirelli Ange Barde 144, Michael Cullen 143, Paddy Shovlin 126, Philipp Baron 89, Robert Pergl 69, Wido Roessler 67 .Louis Machiels 58, Maria de Villota 38, Tamara Vidali 38, Oliver Morley 33, Nick Hommerson 25, Massimo Mantovani 16, Karl Baron 16, Loronzo Bontempelli.15, Quinto Stefana 15, Emilio Guisti 12, John Bosch 8, Sandor Janosi 6 Coppa Shell Peter Sowerby 129, Freddy Kremer 125, Ralf Schaeffer 79, Norbert Walchoffer 76, Holger Harmsen 75, Mikael Forsten 74, Frank Gelf 71, Pierre Schroeder 59, Rolf Galliker 55, Philippe Prette 49, Mauro Miele 48, Renato Bianchi 43, Ronnie Kessel 23, Ramon Pini 23, Helmut Schlotterer 22, Fons Scheltma 18, Terence Coleman 16, Paulo Pinato 14, Kevin Riley 13, Jurgen Limpert 12, Jonathan Sicart 12, Michel Scotto 10, Germano Salernitano 10, Koos von Merkestein 9, Christopher Catt 6, Karl Oppitzhauser 6, Markus Kroyer 4, Carine Sicart 3, Ricardo Weber 1 17 CompRes

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