1-2-3-4 for
Ferrari
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- Monza, April
11 1999
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- Double-win for
JB Giesse
- Jean-Pierre
Jabouille’s delight and skepticism
- Arturo Merzario
on 5th
- Results
The 1999
International Sports Racing Series (ISRS) seems
to become a repetition of the last year’s
edition: In the second race, the highly
traditional 1000 Kilometers of Monza, Emmanuel
Collard and Vicenzo Sospiri drove to their second
win of the season. The two drivers had already
been dominating the ISRS last year when they
gained the championship title in their Ferrari
333 SP in an impressive way.
This year, the
experienced drivers have to face a new
"rival" within their own ranks: A
second 333 SP was entered the JB Giesse Team,
driven by Mauro Baldi and Laurent Redon;
interestingly, at Monza this very car was the
last and only one to be in same lap as the
winning team. The 3rd and 4th
position were taken by 333 SPs as well, but these
were missing three, respectively four laps to the
winning car.
Naturally,
JB Giesse boss Jean-Pierre Jabouille felt
delighted after the win, but at the same time he
pointed out that there was no reason to lay back
and to relax. "The challenge in the ISRS is
getting tougher and tougher by every race.",
quoting the 49-times Grand Prix entrant. This
statement was basically referring to the fast
DAMS Lola-Judd which had its debut at Monza. Eric
Bernard and Jean-Marc Gounon had lead the race
right from the pole position and after a short
while, they had already been in front of the
other competitors by about 30 seconds. But later,
the fast British car – which is, compared to
the 333 SPs, a brand new design – suffered
problems with the exhaust system, and in the end
the car dropped out due to a broken gearbox.
A legend in
sports car racing could be seen at the wheel of a
Cauduro Tampolli: Arturo Merzario, well known to
Ferraristi through his entries for the Scuderia
Ferrari in the late 1960’s and early
1970’s. This time, he won the SR2 category.
By the way: The
so-called "1000 Kilometers of Monza"
were actually not the real McCoy this year; since
the ISRS had joined the FIA GT Series for this
event, there was not one 1000 kilometers race,
but two 500 kilometers races instead!
Text
Gregor Schulz
Translation Andreas Birner
Photo Axel Schmidt
| Results |
| 1 |
Collard/Sospiri |
JB Giesse |
Ferrari 333SP |
2h29m31.944s |
023 |
| 2 |
Baldi/Redon |
JB Giesse |
Ferrari 333SP |
2h30m41.757s |
022 |
| 3 |
Calderari/Bryner |
AutoSport Racing |
Ferrari 333SP |
86 laps |
020 |
| 4 |
Waaijenberg/van der Lof |
Dutch National Racing Team |
Ferrari 333SP |
83 laps |
021 |
| 5 |
Merzario/Maccari |
|
SR2 Cauduro Tampolli-BMW |
77 laps |
|
| 6 |
Amati/Lancelotti |
|
SR2 Cauduro Tampolli-BMW |
74 laps |
|
| dnf |
Lavaggi/Mazzacane |
GLV Brums |
Ferrari 333SP |
|
003 |
| dnf |
Pescatori/Moncini |
BMS Scud
Italia |
Ferrari 333SP |
|
024 |
| dnf |
Zadra/Zadra |
BMS Scud
Italia |
Ferrari 333SP |
|
029 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
- SR1
Drivers
- 1 Collard,
Sospiri 40
- 3 Baldi,
Redon 27
- 5 Calderari,
Bryner 20
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