Round 13 - Portugal (Estoril)

Qualifying Race Descriptions Report Mixed Log

Qualifying

  1. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m07.333
  2. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1m07.691
  3. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1m07.729
  4. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1m07.813
  5. Graham Hawkins		Blue Flame		1m07.893
  6. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1m07.931
  7. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1m08.190
  8. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1m08.204
  9. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1m08.240
 10. David Pennington 		Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1m08.366
 11. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1m08.580
 12. Juha Hyvonen 		F.O.R.T.-Jiuqi 		1m08.651
 13. Stephen Orr 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1m08.841
 14. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		1m08.933
 15. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	1m09.165
 16. Uwe Schuerkamp		BMS Racing		1m09.187

Race - 71 Laps

  1. Hans Gunnar Hansen 	Virtual Trundle 	1h27m44.527	20 
  2. Rene Smit 			Nightmare on Pit Lane 	1h27m51.007 	16+1
  3. Oliver Roberts 		Digitech 		1h28m00.179 	12
  4. Michal Janak 		Magia-Chrysler 		1h28m26.423 	10
  5. Patrick Giesbergen 	Grinder 		1h28m32.502 	 8
  6. Reinhold Schatzer 		Team Schatzer 		1h28m53.903 	 6
  7. Axel Bruns 		Wartburger Rennpappe 	1h29m16.617 	 4
  8. Markus Kruggel 		Wild 13 		1h29m20.736 	 3
  9. Alan Strang 		Digitech 		1h29m35.170 	 2
 10. Peter Daas 		Sunny Coupe 		1h30m31.859 	 1

 11. Graham Hawkins		Blue Flame		  70 laps
 12. Robert Schaftlein 		Red Five Renault 	  68 laps 
 13. David Pennington 		Nightmare on Pit Lane     44 laps 
 14. Uwe Schuerkamp		BMS Racing		  41 laps
 15. Andrew Clark 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	  31 laps 
 16. Stephen Orr 		Ant Hill Mob Racing 	  25 laps 
 17. Juha Hyvonen 		F.O.R.T.-Jiuqi 		   4 laps

The qualifying session at Estoril provided no shocks, as Rene Smit took pole position for the 6th time this season.

For the second race in a row, we had a new victor. This time the honour went to Virtual Trundle's Hans Gunnar Hansen, winning by over 6 seconds from Smit. Perhaps he was helped by the fact that this is his favourite circuit. Oliver Roberts trailed his championship rival Smit by 9 seconds, finding the traffic particularly troublesome.

Had it not been for a broken rear wing on lap 24, Italian GP winner Michal Janak could have had another podium finish. Instead, he had to settle for 4th place, just ahead of Patrick Giesbergen.

So, with only three races left, things are looking good for Roberts in the Drivers' Championship, leading Smit by 20 points. The battle for 3rd place is hotting up, with Janak, Robert Schaftlein, Hans Gunnar Hansen and Giesbergen all in with a chance.

The Constructors' Championship is even closer, with Digitech leading Nightmare On Pit Lane by just 16 points. Red Five Renault and Magia-Chrysler are both tied for 3rd place.


Last modified: Tue Jun 4 12:54:42 BST 1996