European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 27, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Mclaren Honda steamroller Rolls on during last sunday s German grand prix we checked out the action with Ernst Richartz of Mainz a Long time motor sports colleague who also happens to be one of Germany s top authorities on the sport. He also has a Fine sense of humor. After the race the brazilian National Anthem was played for the winning Ayrton Senna then came the British National Anthem for the winning Mclaren car. Now How about the japanese National Anthem for the Honda Turbo motor Richartz said with a sly Grin. A perfect idea. The japanese National Anthem however did not follow. But it should have. Power ing the Mclaren cars to a nine race sweep of All formula one grand prix events staged so far this season is no mean achievement. The Mclaren Chassis and Mclaren organization deserve great credit too of course because it must be noted that the Lotus cars Are also powered by Honda Turbo engines and Lotus has been totally without Success. While the Lotus Driver lineup can t match Mclaren a it is still a formidable one. After All Lotus has the defending world Champion Nelson Piquet of Bra Zil in the no. 1 Driver Slot and he should be doing far better. Yet Piquet a Winner of three world driving crowns has t come close to a Victory or even a pole position this season. The Lotus Effort has been hopeless and a Good example was presented in sunday s German grand prix. With the rain pouring Down and rain tires a necessity Piquet started on Slicks and promptly crashed in the first Lap. The German grand prix was the 150th race of his career and he deserved a kind Lier Fate. Mclaren s nine victories in a Row Are unprecedented in grand prix racing and to say that the other Turbo teams Are demoralized is an under statement. Ferrari s Drivers the Only ones with a Remote Hope for a Victory this year have Given up. The usually optimistic austrian Gerhard Berger emphasized to reporters throughout the weekend that Ferrari has no Chance to win a race this season. No  those Are surprisingly Strong words and one would assume that Berger would hedge a bit if Only for Ferrari s Public rela ions purposes. The austrian is a Superb Driver and a Tiger on the track in every sense of that phrase. He s also highly personable and popular with the press and it is sad to see someone of his Fine talents giving up. The next race is the grand prix of Hungary on aug. 7, and it s a circuit that Senna says he enjoys racing on. He has the momentum now and will probably win there. And if he does to Prost who Gerhard Berger Randy Barnett needs to get going probably will. The Frenchman Prost could not keep Pace with Senna at Hocken Heim and his once Large Lead Over his brazilian team mate has dwindled to just three Points. So it will be a hard fought run for the title Between these two and As Prost said sunday it s still a Long Way to  looking briefly at the German grand prix track action the rain that began falling just before the Start made the Bockenheim circuit exceedingly Slippery and dangerous. The formula one Warmup plus two preliminary races had been run in dry conditions and a lot of rubber had been put Down. And the rain that followed was never Strong enough to Wash it away. Senna who also won in the rain at Silverstone was a pleasure to watch As he drove a perfect race from pole position to the Check ered Flag. His team mate Prost who hates driving in the rain lost it All from the beginning when he made a poor Start. Berger meanwhile always impressive made a brillant Start powered past Prost and Hung onto second place until the Mclaren Honda Power proved too much. Prost got by Berger on Lap 12 to remain in second place the rest of the Way while Berger ran third As he had predicted. It was wet out in the Back and nearly dry in the stadium area Senna said after the grand prix and that made things even More difficult. Alain was pushing hard to get Back to me so i just concentrated on maintaining the Gap. Using wet tires Over the full race distance with out stopping made things a bit difficult Senna said and my tires were worn near the end. It was too much of a Gamble to Start on Slicks but Halfway through the race i thought i would pit for them. Then it started raining hard again and that was  so moving past the half Way Point of the season and with seven races to go Senna has won five while Prost has won four. Prost has 60 Points Senna 57, Berger 25, Michele Albreto of Italy Ferrari 16, and Piquet 15. These Are the top five. In the formula one manufacturer s cup Mclaren Honda Turbo has it won for All practical purposes with 117 Points. Ferrari Turbo has 41, Benetton Ford 18, Lotus Honda Turbo 16, arrows megaton Turbo 10, March Judd and Williams Judd 7 each Tyrrell Ford 5 rial Ford 3, and Minardi Ford 1. Looking at a few other events Jaguar won the 1,000 Kilometres of brands Hatch last sunday with englishmen Martin Brundle and Andy Wallace and Denmark s John Nielsen sharing the driving duties. It was Jaguar s fifth Victory in seven world championship sports car rounds this season. The Sauber Mercedes team has won the other two rounds. Second behind the Jaguar were Klaus Lud wig of Germany and Bob Wollek of France in a porsche 962c, while third came Sauber Mercedes driven by Mauro Baldi of Italy and Jean Louis Schlesser of France. In the United states Geoff Brabham and John Morton took the Nissan Ftp Turbo to a record sixth straight Victory in the recent Simsa round at Road America in Elkhart Lake wis. Two porsche 962s followed with two jaguars placing fourth and fifth. The Victory also gave Brabham the son of three time world Champion Jack Brabham of Australia the Lead in the Simsa driving championship. Next round is at Portland ore., this sunday. Germany s Hans stuck meanwhile gave Audi its sixth Victory in eight Acca trans am races this season when he took the Check ered Flag last saturday at the Meadowlands circuit in East Rutherford . Stuck in a four wheel drive Audi Quattro was followed by the american Driver Hurley Haywood in another Quattro. Stuck now has three wins for Audi Haywood has two and the German Driver Walter Rohl has one. The other two wins have gone to american Drivers Paul Gentilozzi Oldsmobile Cutlass and Willy t. Ribbs Chevrolet Camaro. Where to go this weekend the top automobile race in Europe this weekend is the 24 hours of spa Franco champs eighth round in the european touring car championship. It will be staged saturday and sunday on the High Speed spa Franco champs circuit in Eastern Belgium near Mal Medy. Practice and qualifying for this classic tour ing car event takes place All Day wednesday and All Day thursday As Well As thursday evening. Friday is a Day off for the Drivers. The Start of the 24-hour endurance race is set for 3 . On saturday. Ford Bow and Mercedes All have top entries. An additional race the fifth round in the new pm Lotus european series will be staged on saturday before the Start of the 24-hour endurance race. In England the Snetterton circuit near Norwich will Host the 13th round in the British National for Mula 3 championship and the ninth round in the British touring car championship. Qualifying and practice will take place on saturday. At Silverstone circuit near Northampton meanwhile there is Rac ing on sunday for touring cars formula 3 cars and formula Fords. Motorcycle racing on Germany s Nair Burgering circuit the Lith annual div Sieger land prize races will be staged on saturday and sunday 8 . To 5 . Both Days with races for All classes of bikes plus cycles with sidecars. All races Are German National championship rounds. To reach the curb urging take the Koblenz Trier Auto Bahn and exit at Ulmen curb urging. The circuit is located about 10 Miles from the exit. Demolition Derby a demolition Derby will be staged sunday at the Kaiserslautern motor sports Park which is located Between Mcdonald and Pulaski Barracks off German National route b40. Registration begins at 10 . Competitor entry fee is $10the Gates open at noon and Competition begins at 2 . Spectator admission fee is $2.50. The stars and stripes Tyson Cayton reach out of court settlement new York a heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson ended his fight with manager Bill Cayton on tuesday and postponed his scheduled bout with challenger Frank Bruno. Tyson who had sued to break his con tract with Cayton reached an out of court settlement under which Cayton will remain his manager until feb. 11, 1992. However Cayton s share of the Tyson s boxing income will drop from 33 percent to 20 percent and his Cut of the Champion s future commercial endorse ments was reduced from 33 percent to 10percent. Tyson also gained the right to veto any proposed fight control the hiring of a Trainer and have an accountant of his Choice review All revenues past present and  i m running the show now Tyson said at a news conference attended by his wife Mother in Law adviser Donald Trump Cayton and attorneys for both sides. If i disagree with anything it does t have to  Cayton said he was pleased that the bitter dispute was resolved following an All Day negotiating session monday. If it had gone to trial it would have been disagreeable and unhappy for everyone he said. Let the past be past and let s go on to a Bright  Tyson said the immediate future won t include a scheduled sept. 3 bout against Bruno at London s Wembley Sta  m going to take six to eight weeks off Tyson said. I just Don t want to fight right  said Tyson has received an Extension from the world boxing Council for his mandatory defense against Bruno. He probably has until the end of the year to make a decision Cayton  promoter of the fight Jarvis As Taire said the bout would have to removed indoors if it takes place this win Ter. Because of the smaller capacity he said Tyson s purse would probably beaut from $8 million to about $6 million. It takes two to make a fight Astaire said and Mike Tyson says he won t be there on sept. 3. So that Means we Don t have a fight on sept. 3."Tyson, who has talked about dismiss ing Trainer Kevin Rooney said he was t sure if Rooney would remain in his Cor  Haven t talked to Kevin yet he said. We need to discuss certain things before i make a  week Tyson and Cayton reached an agreement on How to Divide Tyson s purse from his 91-second knockout of Michael Spinks june 27. Tyson received Check for $10 million Cayton $5 Mil lion and Rooney $1.5 million. About $5 million is yet to be distributed