Saturday
F1 practice 2:
Damon had a spin after 6 laps of practice. Rain started. Mansell quickest
this morning - 1:16.8. Nigel reckons the Benetton is a better car in the
wet so he doesn't want it to rain. Damon did a 1:36.2 under wet conditions.
Schu used his T car this morning.
F1 qualifying 2:
Barry Sheene interviewed Nige and Damon as qualifying started, and Nige did
nothing but hassle Barry and punch/pinch/hit him. Weird !!!
Murray told us that the drivers for 1985 (yes it's right) at Williams have
not been decided.
Schu went fastest 1:33.420. Nige did a 1:36.?. 25 mins to go. 9 drivers
not come out yet. Damon did a 1:36.0 then 1:35.511. 20 mins to go.
Damon did 1:33.9 but track is drying out. Alesi just went slightly faster
than Damon. 14 mins to go. Schu just did 1:33.025.
Schu,Alesi,Damon,Nige. Mika's engine gave way on Jones Straight. Katayama
retired at Jones Straight aswell. 4 mins to go. Damon out to have a go.
Schu back on aswell but he's already done his 12 laps. Then he came straight
back in. He was testing understeer problem.
SuperKart:
Fantastic drive by 19th qualifier to win.
ATCC cars V8 race:
Huge race. 16 lap race. John Bowe(Ford) on pole with full wets. Larry
Perkins in 9th with intermediates.
Lap 1: Skaife in to lead at start. Crompton spun coming onto Jones straight
taking off 2 or 3 others. Bowe takes lead.
Lap 2: Skaife (2nd) spins at end of Brabham straight. Down the escape road.
Lap 4: Seton takes Richards into 2nd at Stag Corner.
Lap 5: Jones takes Gardner into 4th from 10th at Wakefield. Jones takes
Richards into 3rd.
Lap 6: Richards spins off at Wakefield. Perkins takes Gardner into 4th
from 9th near Wakefield.
Order: Bowe, Seton, Jones, Perkins, Gardner
Lap 7: Johnson takes Gardner for 5th near Jones Straight.
Lap 8: Perkins nose to tail with Jones. Perkins takes Jones for 3rd on
Brabham Straight.
Lap 9: Perkins is sliding the car all over the place in the wet.
Lap 11: Larry 4 wheel sliding to catch Seton. Johnson T-Bones Jones as Jones
turns in at hairpin. Jones falls to 7th.
Order: Bowe, Seton, Perkins, Johnson, Gardner
Lap 12: Perkins tries at hairpin but not quite. Perkins unbelievable inside
pass coming down to Fosters Corner.
Lap 15: 2.1 secs between Bowe and Perkins. Bowe starts to throw car. Bowe
moves to wet area to keep his tyres cool. Perkins stays in middle because
only on inters. Perkins nose to tail to Fosters Corner. Goes to outside and
then back in to pass Bowe at finish line with 1 lap to go. Bowe persists
and retakes lead by Senna chicane.
Lap 16: Perkins puts nose inside thru Wakefield. Misses. Bowe goes to wet
area again but comes back quickly to block Perkins. They touch. Side by side
Bowe still in lead. Tries outside again at Fosters Corner. Bowe sticks with
it and wins by 1 car length.
Finish: Bowe, Perkins, Seton, Johnson, Gardner, Jones
Sat night:
Australia has a show called Hey Hey its Saturday which did their show from
Adelaide. Eddie Irvine and David Brabham appeared and raced to open
some Moet. Eddie wouldn't say who he reckoned would win the WDC title.
David reckoned Schu would.
Eddie Jordan appeared aswell and judged some acting.
The Hey Hey comics also did had a mock pit/tyre change with Eddie
Irvines car in the pits. It was quite funny. Eddie enters pits with
Wet Weathers on. The sky is bright blue.
Aussie crew are standing around. Russell uses a petrol station squiggy
mop to clear his visor. Russell says there appears to be a rattle in
the car (pulls out a babys rattle). The crew do a paper scissors rock
game to see who has to change the tyres. Red wins. While Eddie is
waiting, Plucka Duck brings out some McDonalds for him. Eddie throws
the food. Plucka is not impressed. Red brings in teh spare tyre
(a tractor tyre). Wilbur hears a leak in the tyre. Uses Band Aids to
fix it. Leaks starts again. Ends up using entire packet. Smoke pours
out from Eddies cockpit. Russell pulls out 3 pieces of burnt toast.
Eddie pulls out of the pits with Russell running after him because he
forgot to pick up his coupons.
Thats it. Now for the big race.
Bye
David
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David Dodds EMAIL: d.dodds@uow.edu.au
Computer Systems Officer
Dept. Business Systems Wollongong
University of Wollongong NSW Australia 2522
