European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 31, 1988 the stars and Page 25 racing Roundup 88 season a Mclaren Honda bore the 1988 formula one grand prix season will go Down in the record books As the year of  and if All continues according to form it will be the first time that one team has Ever won every grand prix race. This perhaps would t be so awfully Dull if the world championship season involved Only 10 races and ended in september. But now with 16 races on the Calendar from april through november a highly probable sweep by Mclaren Honda Borders on farce. In Short the 1988 season is proving a Gigantic bore. But perhaps it was inevitable. With this season the final one for the Turbo engines most teams opted for the less expensive non Turbo route. So it has been a test season of sorts for the non Turbo runners non with any Hope of winning. Mclaren Honda meanwhile has been opposed by Only four Turbo teams Ferrari Lotus Honda arrows megaton and Zak Speed. And All of these teams have proved from poor to mediocre not one remotely competitive against Mclaren or even competitive against some of the non Turbo teams for that matter. Next year hopefully we May see a return to close competitive formula one racing. But even Here Mclaren Honda May already have the Edge. Mclaren has developed an interim car that is powered by a newly developed 3.5-liter Honda v10 engine and it has undergone testing already at Silverstone where Mclaren s Drivers produced extremely Quick times. The test car was shown to the racing press at spa Franco champs last Friday during the belgian grand prix weekend. At spa Franco champs meanwhile it was a Case of More of the same with the Mclaren team winning its 11th grand prix from the 11 races staged so far this year and the one two Mclaren finish being the team s eighth. Brazil s Ayrton Senna won by some 30 seconds Over his teammate Alain Prost of France and Prost was so depressed after the belgian race that he con ceded his Hopes for the title telling reporters it s Over. It s lost. Ayrton has won the world championship. There s nothing else to say. He s had a fantastic season and it s logical to say that he deserves the  who would argue in Belgium Senna recorded his ninth pole Posi Tion in 11 outings and scored his seventh Victory of the season his belgian win being his fourth in a Row and his sixth in the last seven races. It s obvious that Senna has the motivation to win his first world title while Prost twice world Champion no longer has the lust for a third one and has Given up. Going into the italian grand prix at Monza on sept. 11, the Mclaren team has a total of 147 Points while Ferrari follows with Only 44 Points. That gives a Clear idea of the crushing superiority of the Mclaren Honda operation. Ferrari meanwhile had a mis Erable weekend in Belgium neither car in Contention and both Gerhard Berger of Austria and teammate Michele Albreto of Italy failing to finish. In motorcycle racing California s Eddie Lawson clinched his third Soock world championship All three titles on Yamaha with a second place finish in the czech grand prix at Brno last sunday. Taking the Check ered Flag at Brno was Wayne Gardner of Australia on a Honda while third was californian Wayne Rainey on a team Roberts Yamaha. Lawson has won six grand prix races on his Way to the 1988 title and he led on Points from the second race on the . Grand prix at Laguna Seca calif., which he won. Lawson has scored Points in All 1 4 races run so far this season the brazilian grand prix is the 1 5th and final round and his consistency paid off. The race for the 250cc world championship re Mains open with Sito Pons of Spain Honda leading countryman Juan Garriga Yamaha by just six Points going into the brazilian finale. Garriga kept his title Hopes alive by winning in Czechoslovakia where Pons finished second. Germany s Toni Mang the defending 250cc world Champion who has won Many other titles in the 250 class As Well As in the old 350cc division gave a demonstration ride at the czech up and then announced his retirement from racing. The highly pop ular Mang age 38, won the 250cc title in Brilliant fashion for Honda last season but injuries this year curbed his efforts and he decided to retire after a Long and illustrious career. In rallying Lancia of Italy which clinched the world title in june scored big in the 1,000 lakes rally of Finland last weekend with Lancia Delta integrate cars placing first second seventh and eighth. Finland s Markku Alen won for Lancia while countryman Juha Kankkunen dropped out with a broken engine on the newly developed Toyota celica Turbo rally car. Until the engine let go late in the rally it was a tossup As to which finnish Driver would win. Alen and the defending world Champion Kankkunen waged a close Battle throughout the three Day event. Alen s Lancia teammate Mikael Ericsson of swe Den placed second while Didier Auriol of France took third in a Ford Sierra co Worth. Lancia Driver Miki Biasion of Italy who leads big for this year s rally driving Crown did not compete in Finland the next world championship round is the italian rally of san remo on oct. 10-16. Where to go this weekend the adar 1 ,000 Kilometres of Germany eighth round in the world sports car championship will be held sat urday and sunday on the curb urging with a new two heat format planned for this event. Each 500 Kilometre heat will consist of 1 10 laps with the first heat scheduled from 7 to 10 . On saturday eve Ning and the second heat scheduled from 1 to 4 . On sunday afternoon. The Jaguar Sauber Mercedes and private porsche teams Are entered for this an Nual world championship endurance race. Races for formula 3 cars go karts and opel Lotus cars Are also on the three Day program. Practice and qualifying will be held on Friday. Entrance on Friday is free while a ticket for sat urday costs 20 Marks about $11 and for sunday 35 Marks about $19. A ticket Good for both Days costs 45 Marks about $24. Youngsters from age 1 2 to 1 8 pay half Price and children under 12 will be admitted free. To reach the curb urging take the Trier Koblenz autobahn exit at Ulmen Nur Burgr ing and follow the signs to the track. In England meanwhile the Lith and next to last european touring car championship round the Rac tourist trophy will be staged sunday at the Silverstone circuit with practice and qualifying planned for saturday. Supporting races for formula Fords touring cars and historic cars Are also on the two Day program. The Silverstone circuit is located Southwest of Northampton. At the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London the 16th round in the British National formula 3 championship will be held on sunday along with races for formula Fords touring cars and it cars. At the Snetterton circuit near Norwich meanwhile races Are scheduled sunday for touring cars formula Fords and sports cars. In Italy the 10th round in the italian National championship for formula 3 cars will be held at Monza on sunday along with races for other categories. Drag racing drag races Are she ruled on saturday and sunday for All classes of cars and cycles at the Airport circuit near the French City of mul House Northwest of Basel. Stock car racing Stock car races will be held sunday at the Kaiserslautern motor sport Park near Pulaski Barracks with the action beginning at 12 30 . The program will feature races for six classes of cars. Race registration entries Cost $ 10. Spectator tickets Cost $2.50 for adults and $1 for children 13 to 18 years of age. Children under 13 Are admitted free of charge. Formula rally racing the adar of Germany and the formula rally association will present a formula rally race program on saturday and sunday in grind a near Hana this new style event to feature some of the world s top rally stars and rally cars in action. Among the Drivers Are Ger Many s Walter Rohrl Argentina s Jorge Recalde and Lancia stars Miki Biasion of Italy and Markku Alen of Finland. Practice and qualification runs Are planned for saturday while sunday s rally racing action starts at 10 . And ends about 5 . The program will be held at the adar safety training grounds at or Tindal. To reach the training grounds from autobahn a66 Frankfurt Fuld exit at Grain Dau Nieblos and follow the signs. The grounds also May be reached from National route b457 binding in Gellhausen. Adult admission on sunday is 25 Marks about $ 13 while youngsters up to age 14 pay 15 Marks about $8. On saturday it s 15 Marks for adults and 10 Marks about $5.40 for youngsters. Motorcycle racing the seventh round in the super Bike world championship will be held sunday in be mans France along with the seventh round in the european Road racing motorcycle championship. The european championship events will include races for bikes in the 250 and 500c classes plus cycles with sidecars. Practice and qualifying is set for saturday. Stadium super Cross the dutch world championship super Cross round will be staged sunday at the Offert stadium in Nijm Gen hol land with America s 10 Best Motocross riders led by Jeff Ward competing against Europe s 10 Best led by Soock world Champion Eric deboers of Belgium. Practice on sunday starts at 10 ., rider introduction is set for 1 30 ., with Motocross Competition scheduled from 2 until 5 . Motocross the 25th International adar Gail Dorf Motocross a German National championship event will be held on saturday and sunday with races for bikes in the 125, 250 and 500/750cc classes plus cycles with sidecars. The town of Gail Dorf is located Between Schwabish Hall and Schwabish a mind at the junctions of National routes b298 and b19. There will be no racing Roundup column next week so please consult the sports Calendar in the thursday sports Section for a listing of motor sports events. The stars and stripes no one talking strike As nil season opens new York not the 1988 National football league season is five Days away yet there is still no collective bargaining agreement Between . Both sides agree that free Agency re Mains the crucial Snag. We re sort of dead in the water Jack Donlan the head of the manage ment Council said of the negotiations. It is the same Story that previewed last season but with a twist this year Noone is talking strike. Gene Upshaw head of the players association said the next step would be an oct. 28 hearing in Minneapolis before . District court judge David Doty. Doty will Rule on when an impasse occurred in negotiations either oct. 11 when the National labor relations Board general counsel ruled that the players had bargained in Good Faith and an impasse existed or june 17, when Doty declared an impasse but sent the parties Back to the bargaining table. The key in deciding when impasse occurred is who would Benefit from judgment in Case we win the antitrust suit said Carol t. Rieger a players association attorney. The oct. 11 Date would cover each of the 500-plus players whose contracts with their teams expired in february while there was no agreement. The june 17 Date would cover Only free agents on Jan. 17 and beyond. We think it should include everyone whose contract expired feb. 1, whether they were Cut signed contracts with their old teams or with new ones and should also include those from the College draft. We also Hope in the hearing that judge Doty sets a trial Date on the Overall antitrust Issue and free