Statistics Kungsbacka GP 0141

Race preview

After pulling out a massive lead in the championship, Lauda will not be able to participate in the penultimate round. This opens the door for Prost who is currently on a roll after acclimatising with the gin pillars.

FIS predicts a charge from Prost as well as a bitter fight for third in the championship between Andretti and Fittipaldi.

The event will be jointly hosted by Wilson/Surtees. Perhaps they may come up with a few surprises on home ground.

The track is likely to be laid out in W/S apartment. Hence a short and relatively twisty cirquit is to be expected.

New equipment

Prost will enter recently acquired and heavily modified MB CLK GTR, Warsteiner for the first time.

Fittipaldi will have five working (!) cars for the first time as he returns with de-hibernated and completely rebuilt Ferrari F310B.

Driver stats


 
 
Fastest lap,driver   Fastest average lap, driver
Track Race Driver Car Time % of best   Track Race Driver Car Time % of best
2 27 Andretti, Mario Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 9.719 100.00   1 27 Fittipaldi, Emerson Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.300 100.00
2 20 Fittipaldi, Emerson Porsche GT1, Schübel 9.719 100.00   1 26 Prost, Allan Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.504 101.97
1 18 Prost, Allan Ferrari F310B(EF) 9.781 100.64   1 16 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 10.822 105.07
2 14 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 9.938 102.25   2 7 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 11.234 109.07
2 15 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 10.391 106.91   2 15 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.487 111.52

Vehicle stats

 
Fastest lap,car   Fastest average lap, car
Track Race Car Time % of best   Track Race Car Time % of best
2 27 Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 9.719 100.00   1 27 Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.300 100.00
2 20 Porsche GT1, Schübel 9.719 100.00   2 21 McLaren F1, TAG 10.791 104.76
2 7 Sauber C17 9.723 100.04   1 16 Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 10.822 105.07
1 18 Ferrari F310B(EF) 9.781 100.64   1 7 Ferrari F310B(EF) 11.192 108.66
2 21 McLaren F1, TAG 9.891 101.77   2 7 Sauber C17 11.234 109.07
2 16 MB CLK GTR, D2 9.938 102.25   1 1 BMW 320 11.348 110.17
2 22 Ferrari F310B(JS) 10.047 103.38   1 13 MB CLK GTR, D2 11.459 111.25
1 10 Porsche 911 GT1, Mobil 10.098 103.90   1 10 Porsche 911 GT1, Mobil 11.772 114.29
1 1 BMW 320 10.320 103.86   1 15 Porsche 908 11.822 114.77
1 15 Porsche 908 10.445 107.48   1 17 Seat Cordoba, Rovan 11.884 115.38
2 17 Peugeot 306, Monzon 10.547 108.52   1 30 Peugeot 306, Monzon 11.956 116.07
2 2 Porsche Joest 10.602 109.08   1 8 Porsche Joest 12.021 116.71
2 25 Seat Cordoba, Rovan 10.930 112.46   2 3 Chrysler Viper GTS-R Daytona 12.486 121.22
2 11 Toyota Corolla, Madeira 10.930 112.46   1 12 Seat Cordoba, Liatti 13.014 126.34
1 12 Seat Cordoba, Liatti 11.148 114.71   2 23 Toyota Corolla, Madeira 13.080 126.98
1 6 Audi R8R 11.199 115.23   1 6 Audi R8R 13.105 127.23
2 3 Chrysler Viper GTS-R Daytona 11.371 117.00   2 22 Ferrari F310B(JS) 13.140 127.57
2 13 BMW LM V12 11.430 117.60   2 13 BMW LM V12 15.758 152.99

 

Race chronicles

Emerson Fittipaldi held off strong challenges from Mario Andretti, and in the later stages, Alain Prost to win the race at Kungsbacka. The fast-lap machine quickly pulled out a points advantage from his rivals, a gap that would provide him with a crucial cushion over Prost for the rest of the afternoon.

Alain Prost pushed hard all afternoon and passed Mario Andretti in the closing stages of the race. Prosts podium finish could still give him the runner up position in the championship. The Porsche Schübel proved competitive all day as did his Ninco rubber, with Prost taking the challenge to Fittipaldi, taking second fastest race time, crossing the line just six seconds behind Emerson.

To underline the extent in which Emerson Fittipaldi dominated the event though, his point's tally was enough to let him do a fruitless attempt at humiliating De Cesaris by nobly driving the 306 rally car against the Warsteiner GT Porsche.

Mario Andretti opted to run an aggressive Porsche 908 strategy, but sadly it did not give him the pace he had hoped for and he had to settle for third place in the race ahead of John Surtees.

John Surtees chased De Cesaris to record fourth position after a difficult afternoon. Surtees looked set to claim a podium finish after demolishing Prosts Audi R8R, until an error while battling with Andretti proved too costly. Surtees had a good run on Andretti as they approached the Parabolica at half distance, but while trying to gain the position, Surtees failed to make the corner, cutting across the livingroom floor, effectively putting him out of the podium battle. Still, Surtees fought back, but was visibly unhappy with just a few FIS World Championship points. All in all, a tough day for the host.

Newcomer Andrea De Cesaris, who has previously competed in the ERF Championship, finished strongly in his maiden FIS GP after some spectacular runs in the Warsteiner Porsche. He pushed hard and drove with talent to finish in the points at Kungsbacka, the first race of his rookie season. Andrea was thrilled to finish his first FIS Grand Prix in Kungsbacka this afternoon and said he had gained significantly from the experience of top level motorsport. De Cesaris, who is filling in for Niki Lauda, qualified within 107% and kept a level head in the race to finish in fifth position.

Complete race table

 
Race Start time Driver , track 1 Car, track 1 Average lap time Fastest lap Driver , track 2 Car, track 2 Average lap time Fastest lap
1 14:57:42 Prost, Allan BMW 320 11.35 10.32 Fittipaldi, Emerson McLaren F1, TAG 11.53 10.10
2 15:11:32 Andretti, Mario McLaren F1, TAG 11.73 10.33 Surtees, John Porsche Joest 12.34 10.60
3 15:21:38 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 13.60 11.15 Prost, Allan Chrysler Viper GTS-R Daytona 12.49 11.37
4 15:32:30 Surtees, John Seat Cordoba, Liatti 13.41 11.26 Fittipaldi, Emerson Peugeot 306, Monzon 12.66 10.66
5 15:43:20 De Cesaris, Andrea Ferrari F310B(EF) 14.42 11.37 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 13.12 9.89
6 16:00:05 Prost, Allan Audi R8R 13.10 11.20 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.42 10.55
7 16:14:35 Fittipaldi, Emerson Ferrari F310B(EF) 11.19 9.94 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 11.23 9.72
8 16:29:41 Surtees, John Porsche Joest 12.02 10.77 De Cesaris, Andrea McLaren F1, TAG 13.86 10.76
9 16:42:27 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 12.26 10.16 Prost, Allan Ferrari F310B(EF) 11.25 10.10
10 17:01:23 Fittipaldi, Emerson Porsche 911 GT1, Mobil 11.77 10.10 De Cesaris, Andrea McLaren F1, TAG 14.02 10.87
11 18:15:32 Fittipaldi, Emerson Peugeot 306, Monzon 13.04 10.76 Prost, Allan Toyota Corolla, Madeira 14.25 10.93
12 18:30:52 Surtees, John Seat Cordoba, Liatti 13.01 11.15 Andretti, Mario Seat Cordoba, Rovan 12.68 11.26
13 18:44:32 Prost, Allan MB CLK GTR, D2 11.46 10.00 De Cesaris, Andrea BMW LM V12 15.76 11.43
14 18:55:04 Fittipaldi, Emerson McLaren F1, TAG 10.95 10.10 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.62 9.94
15 19:06:45 Andretti, Mario Porsche 908 11.82 10.45 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.49 10.39
16 19:15:42 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 10.82 10.16 Prost, Allan MB CLK GTR, D2 13.64 9.94
17 19:26:47 Andretti, Mario Seat Cordoba, Rovan 11.88 10.98 Fittipaldi, Emerson Peugeot 306, Monzon 12.12 10.55
18 19:38:32 Prost, Allan Ferrari F310B(EF) 11.67 9.78 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 13.63 9.89
19 19:48:41 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 12.61 10.49 Surtees, John McLaren F1, TAG 12.05 10.33
20 20:02:20 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 12.86 10.60 Fittipaldi, Emerson Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.75 9.72
21 21:24:59 Prost, Allan Porsche GT1, Schübel 11.18 9.84 Fittipaldi, Emerson McLaren F1, TAG 10.79 9.89
22 21:37:25 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 12.14 10.05 Surtees, John Ferrari F310B(JS) 13.14 10.05
23 21:58:15 De Cesaris, Andrea Peugeot 306, Monzon 13.41 11.70 Prost, Allan Toyota Corolla, Madeira 13.08 11.59
24 22:08:49 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.36 10.27 Fittipaldi, Emerson McLaren F1, TAG 11.21 9.95
25 22:18:27 De Cesaris, Andrea Peugeot 306, Monzon 13.99 11.54 Andretti, Mario Seat Cordoba, Rovan 12.14 10.93
26 22:29:03 Prost, Allan Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.50 9.83 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.26 10.16
27 22:38:54 Fittipaldi, Emerson Porsche GT1, Schübel 10.30 9.78 Andretti, Mario Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.39 9.72
28 22:51:08 Surtees, John Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.62 10.27 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche GT1, Schübel 13.69 10.66
29 23:05:46 Andretti, Mario Sauber C17 12.01 10.06 Prost, Allan Ferrari F310B(EF) 11.52 9.78
30 23:15:12 Fittipaldi, Emerson Peugeot 306, Monzon 11.96 10.71 De Cesaris, Andrea Porsche 911 GT1, Warsteiner 11.89 10.55