European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 4. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup japanese up a bust for Honda last sunday s japanese grand prix serves a a perfect definition Tor the word  Webster s dictionary defines irony a follows a state or affairs or events which is the reverse of what was or was to be expected a result opposite Toad As if in mockery of the appropriate result As the  and now for the examples. It was especially ironic that the japanese Honda firm whose Turbo v6 engines have proved practically unbeatable this year with 11 wins in 14 races in Williams and Lotus cars lost out on i s Homo grounds to Ferrari of All teams which had t won a race in More than two Yean. Meanwhile the Battleford the world driving championship was resolved even before the japanese race was run with Nelsoni Piquet of Brazil taking t he title. Let s look first Al the Ferrari Victory the italia firm s first win since the German grand prix on aug. 4 of 1985 when Kalian Driver Mich la Albore to took the Check ered hag on the Lucr Burgering. Ferrari s Victory in Japan sunday was anything but a Fluke. The austrian Driver Gerhard Burger not Only started from pole position but he led fro Start to finish never challenged by the Honda pow ered Williams or Lotus ears. The More than200.000 japanese spectators who had come to see a big Honda Triumph All went Home sadly disappointed the brazilian Ayrton Senna s second place in a Lotus Honda serving As Little or no Consola Tion. Ciger s Victory meanwhile signals that Ferrari is finally Back in business. The first indication came in september during the portuguese up when bar Ger tame close leading All the Way except for the final two laps when he lost out to the Frenchman Alain pros. Now with the win in Japan the psychological and mechanical barriers have finally been broken and Ferrari appears on the comeback rail. If things continue to go right Ferrari could be the team to beat next season the final year of Turbo engine Power. Bergey s teammate Albreto who stalled on the Starling line in the japanese race still Man aged to finish fourth the Only event since the grand prix of Monaco that both ferraris have finished in the Points. At Monaco Albreto was third and Berger fourth. So for the italian Ferrari team the japanese grand prix provided a Happy Day All around. In Maranello near Modena where the blood red Ferrari racing and sports cars Are manufactured fans rear the team s Headquarters filled the streets to celebrate Ferrari s Victory in Japan and Ferrari flags suddenly appeared in windows and in ban As the news of Berger s Victory spread. Enthusiasm like that is part of the Ferrari legend. In Japan he winning berber was quoted As say ing i knew that we had made great Steps Forward with the car in the past month and today is a truly magic one for us one int i la remember for a Long time. I just Hope it s the Start of a Long string of Success Ferrari has Good Luck with austrian Drivers. Its Las one was Niki Lauda and now bar Ger May Fol Low to put the italian team Back in business. While Honda was losing out to Ferrari it was equally ironic that the englishman Nigel Mansill would be unable