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All To Play For
The International Formula 3000 Championship this year has been all about Sebastien Bourdais and Tomas Enge. The young Frenchman has looked the goods all year, but has been unable to shake the Czech veteran, in so far that any Formula 3000 driver can be called a veteran. Since Magny-Cours though a third name has gradually moved forward, and with only Monza left, Giorgio Pantano has thrown a skifter into the deck by taking victory at that test of skill and bravery known as Spa-Francorchamps.
La Source loomed come the race. It is as tight as hairpins get. Would, could the field get around the corner without contact? Well, no. Enge got the jump to blast past Bourdais on the run to La Source but the two cars clashed in the corner, both continuing as chaos erupted behind them. Wirdheim nudged Pizzonia from behind, spinning the Petrobras car. Tiago Monteiro walled his car and was the only immediate retirement as Haberfeld, Toccacelo, Rodrigo Sperafico, Tony Schmidt and Thed Bjork had to make their own arrangements past Pizzonia. Pizzonia was not able to restart. With the secondary pits in use for Formula 3000, the Astromegas of Haberfeld and Rob Nguyen ducked into them for repairs.
Up front Enge wasn't getting away. Enge had a damaged front wing, and on such a high speed circuit it was hurting him. Pantano made a better exit from Eau Rouge and took second from Bourdais on the long run up the hill. Over the course of the lap Pantano closed in on Enge and took the lead on the downhill run from La Source into Eau Rouge the second time. Bourdais regained second from Enge on the run to Les Combes. Three laps later Enge lost another position to Ricardo Sperafico.
Both Pantano and Enge were able to hold on to their positions, allowing Pantano to take his third victory of the year. Bourdais finished second from Sperafico, Enge and Mauricio. Derek Hill had held sixth place but with two laps to go Nicolas Kiesa dived underneath at Stavelot when Hill made an error, allowing Kiesa to take the PSM team's first points in Formula 3000.
Bourdais's second place compared to Enge's fourth allowed the Frenchman to regain the series lead, if only by a single point. Pantano has closed to be within seven points of Bourdais. The battle for fourth is close with Rodrigo Sperafico on 20 and Pizzonia, Haberfeld, Wirdheim and Ricardo Sperafico all on 18. While it's unlikely that Pantano can take the championship, if the two leaders' rivalry gets too physical, Pantano could take the title from the pair of them. Otherwise it will be a battle to the final lap between Bourdais and Enge.
Result of International Formula 3000 Championship, Round 11 of 12, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium:
Standings: Sebastien Bourdais 55, Tomas Enge 54, Giorgio Pantano 48, Rodrigo Sperafico 20, Antonio Pizzonia, Mario Haberfeld, Bjorn Wirdheim and Ricardo Sperafico 18, Patrick Friesacher 13, Enrico Toccacello 10 etc.
Formula 3000 points distribution
Hot Chips
With the domination of road courses by Cristiano da Matta and his Newman-Haas prepared Lola-Toyota near complete, it was different to see another team atop the podium at the end of the Shell Grand Prix of Denver. Da Matta had never been in the hunt as Bruno Junqueira raced away from the field to record his second win of the season. The Chip Ganassi operation were in top form, as New Zealander Scott Dixon closed in on Junqueira in the second half of the race to celebrate the first 1-2 finish for Ganassi since Houston two years ago.
The conditions didn't stop Junqueira sending an early message by taking pole position in the second session. He would share the front row with Adrian Fernandez, who had been fastest in the first qualifying session, but only eleventh in the second. Under the regulations of CART qualifying, being fastest in a qualifying session guarantees you a front row spot, regardless of conditions. Thus Shinji Nakano's best ever second fastest qualifying time had him in third grid spot. Scott Dixon underlined the competitiveness of Chip Ganassi's cars while Christian Fittipaldi and Kenny Brack demonstrated Toyota's present supremacy in the category.
Race day dawned cold and overcast. Concern over the conditions led the field to complete several formation laps before finally going green on the third lap, Junqueira leading the field around the lap. Fernandez tucked in behind, ahead of Dixon, Nakano and Fittipaldi.
The huge turn five hairpin, 36 metres across, was always going to prove to be too much of a temptation for someone, and Paul Tracy, who had qualified a frustrating fifteenth, tried a desperate opening lap move. He locked up heavily trying to brake those extra metres too late and dived under two cars, bouncing up and over one of them. Tracy spun and restarted, but the car he hit did not and retired.
Tora Takagi on lap twelve took the first pit stop of the race. Dixon was putting the blowtorch on Fernandez while Junqueira built up a five second lead. When the pit window opened on lap 32, the entire field pitted together. Junqueira's advantage easily saw him out of the pits first. Fernandez made it out ahead of Dixon again.
The order remained static until just before the second round of pitstops began. Jimmy Vasser and Alex Tagliani had both pitted a lap early when Michael Andretti and Patrick Carpentier clashed in the giant hairpin. Andretti continued but Carpentier slid off the corner into the barriers and stayed there. The gearbox was broken and the Canadian was going no further. The rest of the field pitted a lap and a half later. This time the Ganassi team worked the stop perfectly and leapfrogged Dixon past Fernandez into second position. The Newman-Haas team now occupied fourth and fifth, Fittipaldi leading da Matta.
Dominguez limped back into the race while those who hadn't stopped got in their third stop. Junqueira resumed in the lead once more but his ten second lead was now down to almost nothing. Da Matta emerged from the pits first behind the Ganassi cars and took up third position ahead of Fernandez and Fittipaldi.
With six laps to go the race went green. Dixon was inspired, cutting the lead down each lap until it was half a second with two laps to go. At that point Junqueira found something, and the race was his. Dixon closed on the final lap to create a Ganassi show photo over the line. It was Dixon's first podium of the season. Da Matta was next, while Fernandez drove consistently throughout the day while no-one passed him on the track to give the Mexican a hard fought fourth with Fittipaldi, Tony Kanaan, Brack and Tracy all following with gaps under a second.
Da Matta did his championship no harm by finishing third. With Franchitti watching from the corporate box, Junqueira now takes up second position, some 52 points adrift of his countryman. Franchitti is now 69 points behind, Carpentier 74, and Fittipaldi 77 points behind. The numbers do make a depressing study as the field prepares to travel from one chilly circuit to another as Rockingham, and England, beckon.
Result of FedEx CART Championship Series, Round 14 of 19, Denver, Colorado, United States:
Standings: Cristiano da Matta 175, Bruno Junqueira 123, Dario Franchitti 106, Patrick Carpentier 101, Christian Fittipaldi 98, Michel Jourdain Jr 92, Paul Tracy 86, Alex Tagliani 83, Michael Andretti 82, Scott Dixon 81 etc.
Gordon's Darlington Double Up
A week ago, Jeff Gordon ended a long winless streak. This week, he celebrated ending this streak by making it a winning streak as he made it two wins in two weeks, taking the win at Darlington. After almost a year without a win it seems remarkable that Gordon has now won two races in a row, moving him to second in the championship on a weekend where championship positions remained fairly steady.
Lap 36 saw Elliott continue his push forward, taking second from Marlin, soon closing up to race leader Mark Martin. Meanwhile Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart were fading back through the field, both outside the top ten before lap 50. As they completed lap 45 Elliott completed his march to the front, taking the lead from Martin, Marlin soon passing him as well. Lap 52 and Jimmie Johnson was also ahead of Martin to take third as Martin began to slide back, Johnson then passing Marlin just a few laps later.
Green flag stops began on lap 70, with few changes occurring, Elliott extending his lead further over Johnson and the rest of the field after the stops. All of a sudden Johnson caught Elliott, and then passed Elliott on lap 92, and began slowly edging away. The first caution came out not long after on lap 108. The field pitted, with Ricky Craven leading Johnson off pit road.
Marlin led at the restart on lap 159 but was soon challenged by Dale Jarrett, Jarrett taking the lead at the start of lap 160, though Marlin was not about to give up and retook the lead a lap and a half later. Jarrett was then passed by Jeff Burton and Gordon on lap 168, dropping him to fourth. John Andretti dropped some oil on the track, bringing out the next caution on lap 190, the oil sending several other cars into the fence for good measure. The leaders took advantage of this caution to stop again, Marlin keeping the lead again. The race restarted on lap 202 but was soon back under caution on lap 207 for oil on the track, several cars having kissed the wall since the restart.
The race restarted on lap 211, Jimmie Johnson taking second from Jarrett on lap 213 but unable to do anything about leader Marlin. Matt Kenseth brought out the next caution on lap 235 when he hit the wall. The field once again made stops, Marlin holding onto the lead ahead of Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon, having a good pit stop this time around, while it was Dale Jarrett's turn to suffer, falling from third to twentieth after a wheel gun failed.
On lap 309 it was green again with Jeff Gordon leading Newman, Elliott and Marlin, who along with Johnson had been contenders for the win all day. Almost as soon as they got racing it was caution time again on lap 315 as Gordon's teammate Joe Nemechek suffered a left rear tyre failure. Some cars at the tail of the lead lap took the opportunity to take fresh tyres. Lap 323 and it was back to racing, Gordon steadily edging out a lead over Newman.
Among those who took fresh tyres were Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson, Stewart moving up to tenth with 40 laps to go and Johnson having charged through the field to be on his tail. Dale Jarrett was also on the move, moving through the field up to sixth with 34 laps remaining and fifth with 28 laps to go, despite his earlier bad pit stop. Despite Newman's best efforts Gordon kept him comfortably at bay, Elliott third ahead of Marlin who had Jarrett glued to his tail lap after lap but unable to pass.
Result of NASCAR Winston Cup, Round 25 of 36, Darlington Raceway, South Carolina, United States:
Standings: Sterling Marlin 3405, Jeff Gordon 3314, Mark Martin 3280, Tony Stewart 3243, Jimmie Johnson 3238, Rusty Wallace 3175, Bill Elliott 3140, Ricky Rudd 3045, Dale Jarrett 3024, Matt Kenseth 3011 etc.
Edwards Closes In
After eight rounds of this year's title chase, the title seemed to be in Bayliss's pocket, having won thirteen races from sixteen starts. But since then, Bayliss has won one race, whereas his rival for the title Colin Edwards has now made it five in a row after winning both races at Oschersleben. With just two rounds to go and 100 points up for grabs, only 29 points separate the two for the title.
Polesitter Neil Hodgson lost out in the run to the first turn in race one, Edwards taking the lead, Bayliss moving up from sixth to third. Next was Ben Bostrom, Ruben Xaus, Noriyuki Haga and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon Edwards was breaking away from the fighting duo of Hodgson and Bayliss, who themselves soon broke away from the next pair of Bostrom and Xaus.
Bayliss looked left and right but just couldn't find a way past, despite getting alongside a couple of times, while Edwards continued to have a safe gap up front. Lap seven saw Xaus find a way ahead of Bostrom, with Bayliss not long after dropping a little bit further behind Hodgson. Meanwhile back in seventh place Haga was having a tough time with James Toseland, as he tried to hold him back.
After several laps of trying, Toseland made it past Haga on lap 13, while up front Bayliss was closing in on Hodgson again. Haga was repaying the favour to Toseland, running right on his tail. Lap 22 saw two moves in the top runners, Bayliss finally making his way past Hodgson while Haga retook seventh place from Toseland, though Toseland wasn't giving up yet.
Haga and Toseland gained a place on the next lap when Ruben Xaus planted his bike in the gravel at the last bend. Bayliss was trying his hardest to catch Edwards, and though he reduced the gap, he was unable to catch him, Edwards taking the win from Bayliss with Hodgson third. The rest of the placings were static apart from sixth place, which was taken by James Toseland after a desperate dive to pass Haga at the last turn on the last lap paid off!
Race two started fairly similarly to race one, Edwards leading into turn one, though this time Bayliss made it through to second ahead of Hodgson, followed by Bostrom, Broc Parkes and Haga, Haga taking fifth place as they completed the lap, Chili and Xaus following through soon after. Up front Edwards led just ahead of Bayliss, who had a small gap over the duo of Hodgson and Bostrom, who had Haga and Chili quickly close in on them, Haga taking fourth from Bostrom on lap four.
Edwards continued his form from race one, eking out a gap over Bayliss, who just couldn't quite keep up with the pace of Edwards, while the next four were together but separated at the same time. Xaus eventually caught this pack and passed Chili for sixth on lap eight as Haga moved right onto Hodgson's tail, these two having broken away from those behind them. Further back Xaus closed in on Bostrom before passing him on lap 13.
Still Hodgson held off Haga, who was still glued to his exhaust pipes, the duo slowly closing in on Bayliss who was falling further behind Edwards before Bayliss decided they were getting too close and moved away again. For lap after lap Haga sat on Hodgson's tail, looking for a way past, but not able to find one. Over the last few laps Haga dropped off the back of Hodgson as Edwards went on to take the win ahead of Bayliss and Hodgson again, with Haga taking fourth.
Result of World Superbike Championship, Round 11 of 13, Oschersleben, Germany:
Standings: Troy Bayliss 481, Colin Edwards 452, Neil Hodgson 289, Ben Bostrom 229, Noriyuki Haga 228, Ruben Xaus 204, James Toseland 149, Chris Walker 134, Pierfrancesco Chili 127, Gregorio Lavilla 104 etc.
Superbikes points distribution
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Snetterton was a high stakes weekend for the British Formula 3 circus. Not only were Rounds 21 and 22 to be raced but the washed out and rescheduled round 10 was up for grabs as well. It was an important weekend for Robbie Kerr and James Courtney to try and exert themselves over their opponent. It would be the Australian, the former runaway series leader, who was found wanting. Kerr took victories in two races, whilst Courtney's best result was a fifth in the first race.
Antinucci was under heavy fire from Alan van der Merwe with Bruce Jouanny not far away. Van der Merwe soon was falling back into the clutches of Jouanny, the gearbox being the culprit. Jouanny moved into third behind Antinucci at the flag with Kovalainen's Fortec teammate Fabio Carbone in fourth ahead of Ronnie Bremer and the Scholarship car of Adam Carroll.
The following morning Kerr took off from pole position to lead Carbone and Jouanny around the opening lap. The first lap clash this time was between Mark Taylor and Shinya Hosokawa. Jouanny was keen to fight for the lead though and was soon past Carbone. Kerr would prove uncatchable, racing away for his eighth win of the year. A second safety car period for a three-car clash including Rob Austin failed to slow Kerr. Jouanny took second while Carbone came under fire from Kovalainen after Kovalainen had spent a lot of the race looking for a way past Courtney. Carbone did hold onto third leaving Kovalainen, Courtney and Alan van der Merwe to complete the top six.
Kerr has now jumped 26 points clear of Courtney as Courtney really suffered. Third place in the championship is Bruce Jouanny, now some 64 points behind Kerr with Kovalainen next some 81 points adrift of Kerr. Everyone else is out of the race for the title with only four races left on the calendar. In two weeks' time it is the speed and spills of Thruxton.
Result of British Formula 3 Championship, Rounds 10, 21 and 22 of 26, Snetterton, Great Britain:
Standings: Robbie Kerr 261, James Courtney 235, Bruce Jouanny 197, Heikki Kovalainen 180, Michael Keohane 142, Mark Taylor 122, Fabio Carbone 116, Alan van der Merwe 98, Richard Antinucci 79, Rob Austin 78 etc.
British Formula 3 points distribution
Franckly Zonta
Ricardo Zonta further tightened his hold on the Telefonica World Series by Nissan by taking a first and a second at the fifth round of the series, held at Magny-Cours.
"It has been a weekend very positive," said Zonta. "In second race, after changing the tyres in the pit stop I saw Montagny beside me when I was going to come back on to the track. I had to brake and avoid a collision. The end has been thrilling and this is very important for the spectators and the championship."
The former BAR Formula One driver bolted away from pole position with Formula 3000 refugee Bas Leinders in pursuit. Franck Montagny took up third position ahead of Jonathan Cochet initially, but reigning Formula 3000 Champion Justin Wilson soon disposed of Cochet with Antonio Garcia quick to put Cochet down another spot.
The race positions though settled before the end of the second lap. Zonta took the win by less than a second, but still with pace in reserve over Leinders. The Racing Engineering squad followed in formation with Garcia less than a second behind in fifth. Cochet had Andre Couto close behind at the finish with Polo Villaamil and Narain Karthikeyan following at gaps of around a second.
Zonta again made the best of the start of the second race. Wilson was less successful and was off on the sand, forcing Leinders wide as well. Zonta and Montagny ran at the front of the field leaving their pitstops to very late in the race. Montagny pitted first and the Racing Engineering crew service his car better than the Gabord Competicion team could for Zonta.
When Zonta emerged from the pits he was forced to back off to avoid colliding with Montagny. Zonta chased Montagny to the flag, but ended four tenths behind in second. Garcia came home third ahead of Tuka Rocha in the second Gabord car with the recovering Wilson fifth. The delayed Leinders finished seventh behind Ander Vilarino.
Zonta has increased the championship lead out to 26 points over Leinders. Montagny now lies equal on points with Leinders after his pair of podium finishes. They are the only three with a chance in the championship. Justin Wilson in fourth place is 99 points behind Zonta. It hasn't been a happy year for Wilson.
Result of Telefonica World Series by Nissan, Round 5 of 9; Magny-Cours, France:
Standings: Ricardo Zonta 163, Bas Leinders and Franck Montagny 137, Justin Wilson 64, Jean-Claude Ravier 41, Andre Couto and Antonio Garcia 35, Nicolas Filiberti 32, Tuka Rocha 29, Peter Sundberg 27 etc
"We have worked together very closely over the last four years and have enjoyed much success during that time," said Ralliart chairman Andrew Cowan. "However, we now feel that the time has come to move on and we wish them well for the future."
Marlboro will now back the Peugeot cars of Richard Burns, Marcus Gronholm, Gilles Panizzi and Harri Rovanpera after agreeing a four-year deal with the French manufacturer. Peugeot Sport director Corrado Provera said: "With this new prestigious support we will carry on our quest to win new world titles for the years to come."
Sainz ranks among the sport's top earners and has won 24 rallies, as well as the world title in 1990 and 1992 with Toyota. Ford has yet to confirm either Briton McRae, the 34-year-old who won the championship with Subaru in 1995, or Sainz, and the team's boss Malcolm Wilson suggested last month that one might have to be released to save money for car development. The team plans to introduce a new Focus car in 2005.
McRae's contract runs until the end of the year and the Scot has been linked to Citroen.
Reports provided by Reuters
Formula 3000
Though Bourdais had lost the lead in the championship in Hungary a couple of weeks prior, pole position was demonstration enough of his intent to get it back. Enge was almost four tenths back in second, the two rivals eyeing each other closely. Williams tester Antonio Pizzonia shared the second row with Pantano. Next was Enge's teammate Bjorn Wirdheim and Pantano's teammate Enrico Toccacelo. Nicolas Kiesa was next, as competitive as he had ever been, with Mario Haberfeld and Ricardo Sperafico all within a second of Bourdais's pole time.
Meanwhile Bourdais was flying. Just before half distance Bourdais moved up to try to pass Pantano but Pantano defended on the run into Les Combes for the tenth time. Pantano surged from this and opened the gap slightly. Sperafico was lapping faster than either of the leaders and closed gradually. Further back Enge was starting to fall into the clutches of Ricardo Mauricio.
Pos Driver Team
1. Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000
2. Sebastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing
3. Ricardo Sperafico Petrobras Junior Team
4. Tomas Enge Arden International
5. Ricardo Mauricio Red Bull Junior Team
6. Nicolas Kiesa PSM Racing Line
7. Derek Hill Durango Formula
8. Zsolt Baumgartner Nordic Racing
9. Justin Keen European Minardi F3000
10. Kristian Kolby European Minardi F3000
CART
Controversy over the meeting involved the circuit itself. Denver is a new circuit this year, and not the same Denver street circuit used by CART in the 90s. To a man the drivers criticised its bumpiness and more importantly its lack of grip. The circuit remained slippery throughout practice and qualifying, prompting drivers to liken it to off-road racing and motocross.
It just happened to be his teammate and da Matta's biggest rival for the championship Dario Franchitti. Tracy was soon black flagged for his troubles. Once he found a microphone after the incident Franchitti was coldly scathing of his teammate's performance. Team Green pits would not be a particularly happy place to be post-race. The third car involved, Oriol Servia, was able to escape the scene with minimal damage.
The order continued relatively unchanged until cars started making stops as the lap score reached into the 80s. Half the field had pitted when the race's only yellow appeared. Takagi and Mario Dominguez collided. Takagi was out on the spot with the left front corner wrecked.
Pos Driver Car
1. Bruno Junqueira Lola-Toyota
2. Scott Dixon Lola-Toyota
3. Cristiano da Matta Lola-Toyota
4. Adrian Fernandez Lola-Honda
5. Christian Fittipaldi Lola-Toyota
6. Tony Kanaan Lola-Honda
7. Kenny Brack Lola-Toyota
8. Paul Tracy Lola-Honda
9. Michel Jourdain Jr Lola-Ford
10. Jimmy Vasser Lola-Ford
NASCAR
After qualifying was rained up, starting positions for the race were determined by owner points, with Sterling Marlin taking the 'pole'. Rain also delayed the start of the race by two hours, and even then the race started under caution flags as the cars ran around the track to help dry it out. Finally the race got underway on lap 20, Mark Martin on the high line taking the lead from Sterling Marlin through turns one and two. Bill Elliott was soon on the move, up to fifth on lap 22, fourth past Stewart on lap 25, and third ahead of Jeff Gordon on lap 28.
The race restarted on lap 112, Craven leading the race until lap 129 when Jeff Buton took over, having passed Johnson for second a few laps earlier, Johnson then fading back through the field. Lap 149 saw the lead change again as Marlin found his earlier pace, taking the lead from Burton. This change in lead was followed just a few laps later by the second caution of the day on lap 155 when Todd Bodine spun in turn four. The field once again pitted under the caution, Marlin retaining the lead through the stops.
Marlin led at the restart on lap 239, with Jeff Gordon ducking under Newman at the restart through turns one and two to take second, and continuing on to take the lead from Marlin on lap 240, not long before Jerry Nadeau brought out the next caution two laps later. The race was back under way on lap 245, Jeff Gordon leading as Ryan Newman passed Marlin for second on lap 251, the leaders running fast but no passing occurring. The green flag stops began at lap 300, the stops just being completed as the caution came out on lap 305 when Jimmie Johnson lost part of his tyre just after his pit stop, dropping him from fourth to twentieth.
Pos Driver Car
1. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2. Ryan Newman Ford Taurus
3. Bill Elliott Dodge Intrepid
4. Sterling Marlin Dodge Intrepid
5. Dale Jarrett Ford Taurus
6. Ward Burton Dodge Intrepid
7. Kurt Busch Ford Taurus
8. Tony Stewart Pontiac Grand Prix
9. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo
10. Jeff Burton Ford Taurus
Superbikes
Race One
Pos Rider Motorcycle
1. Colin Edwards Honda VTR 1000 SP2
2. Troy Bayliss Ducati 998 F 02
3. Neil Hodgson Ducati 998 F 01
4. Ben Bostrom Ducati 998 F 02
5. Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati 998 RS
6. James Toseland Ducati 998 F 01
7. Noriyuki Haga Aprilia RSV 1000
8. Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki GSX-R750 Y
9. Chris Walker Kawasaki ZX-7RR
10. Broc Parkes Ducati 998 RS
Race Two
Pos Rider Motorcycle
1. Colin Edwards Honda VTR 1000 SP2
2. Troy Bayliss Ducati 998 F 02
3. Neil Hodgson Ducati 998 F 01
4. Noriyuki Haga Aprilia RSV 1000
5. Ruben Xaus Ducati 998 F 02
6. Ben Bostrom Ducati 998 F 02
7. Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati 998 RS
8. James Toseland Ducati 998 F 01
9. Gregorio Lavilla Suzuki GSX-R750 Y
10. Broc Parkes Ducati 998 RS
Formula 3
The weekend started in the way the points looked, as the replayed Round 10 saw Courtney and Kerr lead the field away only for the title protagonists to clash at turn one. The two cars spun and Richard Antinucci was through to the lead. He lasted a lap as the latest in a growing line of fast Finns, Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault-powered Dallara took up the lead. Kovalainen quickly gapped the field and the battle become one for second.
Kerr didn't stay on eight wins for long. Kerr again raced away from pole position as Robert Dahlgren, Jouanny and Stefan de Groot chased Kerr. Kovalainen was again charging up field from a poor qualifying. The Finn was soon through De Groot and then the fading Dahlgren and set off after Jouanny. It would prove a fruitless chase with Kerr winning from Jouanny and Kovalainen. De Groot was passed by Ronnie Bremer late in the race and came under fire from James Courtney when the laps ran out.
Round Ten (replayed)
Pos Driver Car
1. Heikki Kovalainen Dallara F302 Sodemo Renault
2. Richard Antinucci Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
3. Bruce Jouanny Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
4. Fabio Carbone Dallara F302 Sodemo Renault
5. Ronnie Bremer Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
6. Adam Carroll Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
7. Mathew Gilmore Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
8. Clivio Piccione Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
9. James Courtney Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
10. Stephen Colbert Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
Round Twenty One
Pos Driver Car
1. Robbie Kerr Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
2. Bruce Jouanny Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
3. Fabio Carbone Dallara F302 Sodemo Renault
4. Heikki Kovalainen Dallara F302 Sodemo Renault
5. James Courtney Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
6. Alan van der Merwe Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
7. Richard Antinucci Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
8. Ronnie Bremer Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
9. Adam Carroll Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
10. Stefan de Groot Dallara F302 Spiess Opel
Round Twenty Two
Pos Driver Car
1. Robbie Kerr Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
2. Bruce Jouanny Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
3. Heikki Kovalainen Dallara F302 Sodemo Renault
4. Ronnie Bremer Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
5. Stefan de Groot Dallara F302 Spiess Opel
6. James Courtney Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
7. Mark Taylor Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
8. Adam Carroll Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
9. Shinya Hosokawa Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
10. Richard Antinucci Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Formula Nissan
Race One
Pos Driver Team
1. Ricardo Zonta Gabord Competicion
2. Bas Leinders Keerbergs Transport Racing
3. Franck Montagny Racing Engineering
4. Justin Wilson Racing Engineering
5. Antonio Garcia Adrian Campos Motorsport
6. Jonathan Cochet GD Racing
7. Andre Couto Vergani Racing
8. Polo Villaamil Adrian Campos Motorsport
9. Narain Karthikeyan RC Motorsport
10. Ander Vilarino Epsilon by Graff
Race Two
Pos Driver Team
1. Franck Montagny Racing Engineering
2. Ricardo Zonta Gabord Competicion
3. Antonio Garcia Adrian Campos Motorsport
4. Tuka Rocha Gabord Competicion
5. Justin Wilson Racing Engineering
6. Ander Vilarino Epsilon by Graff
7. Bas Leinders Keerbergs Transport Racing
8. Walter Lechner Jr Zele Motorsport
9. Angel Burgueno Repsol Meycom
10. Roberto Gonzalez GD Racing
Briefs
"The global situation is not easy," the British weekly Motorsport News quoted the 40-year-old Spanish driver as saying. "We see football suffering and cutting, and I suppose if football is suffering it can be the same in rallying. I consider myself very well paid and I have no problem if I have to cut my salary. If I really want to drive in a good team next year, maybe I have to."
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