Conference oass::racers

      F3000 at Hockenheim                 
      1. Eddie Irvine (Reynard-Mugen/Eddie Jordan Racing) 58'14"604
                 197.113km at an average 203.058 km/h
      2. Marco Apicella (Reynard-Mugen/First Racing)        + 4"838
      3. Jean-Marc Gounon (Reynard-Mugen/Mansell-Madgwick)  +32"793
      4. Erik Comas (Lola-Mugen/DAMS Marlboro)              +39"558
      5. Karl Wendlinger (Lola-Cosworth/Acer Marko)         +53"574
 
      Championship positions
      1. Comas      36pts
      2. Irvine     19pts
      3. Apicella   18pts
      4. McNish     17pts
      5. Morbidelli 16pts

    
    	pjd -
    	
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    	Nate

    Result of the Brands Hatch round of the FIA F3000 championship:

    1. McNish
    2. Hill
    3. Apicella
    4. Irvine

    I went to this race yesterday - it was a cool and damp day, in complete 
    contrast to the GP last month. The race started wet, but the line dried 
    out to the extent that tyre changes became mandatory, and this factor 
    dominated the race. 

    In the wet it was Hill, McNish, and Irvine who rapidly moved ahead until 
    McNish made one of the early tyre changes, and then followed up almost 
    immediately with another stop to check the new tyres. Damon Hill stayed in 
    the lead until he was spectacularly passed by Irvine at Paddock, then he 
    came in for slicks. This was a disaster, a sticking wheel costing him 
    around a minute, and he only just returned to the circuit ahead of Irvine, 
    who quickly lapped him. It was soon clear though that slicks were the 
    thing to have as Hill retook Irvine and streaked away from him. Irvine 
    didn't get the message until he eventually spun, but by the time he 
    switched rubber it was too late and he dropped to fourth. All this left 
    McNish comfortably ahead of Hill, and the 20 year old Scot cruised to his 
    second F3000 win. At least Hill, who's led four races this year but failed 
    to finish once, got on the podium. Hill's one of the few remaining users 
    of the Cosworth engine (the rest are using the Honda-based Mugen), which 
    was first tested in the back of a Lotus by his father back in 1967.

    Comas, who leads the championship still, was way back in the grid (he was 
    on pole last year) and didn't show at all in the race. John Jones was just 
    ahead of him in mid grid, but disappeared very early in the race.

    Only just found my way back to this conference, but at just the right
    time.
    
    Hill has been a real revelation this season. I always thought he was a
    pretty good driver in his F3 days but to be able to put a Cosworth
    powered car on pole in 3 races and lead 4 (or is it 5 now?) in it is a
    VERY impressive feat. If there's any justice in this world Hill will be
    in F1 soon, especially as he achieves his success without mega-buck
    cigarette sponsorship. He is also very consistent. He hasn't finished
    many races this season, but only one was due to a mistake by him and
    the other failures have been of types which aren't due to him over-
    working the car (no blown engines).
    
    I hope he makes it.
    
    Mark

       In cars_uk Patrick Cheuveux  noted that Eric Comos has cliched the
    1990 F3000 Title with 12 races to go. 
    
    

And he has reported signed with Ligier for '91.

Dave