European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 23, 1s8b the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup few outsiders still looked Good during the 198s world driving championship most of the attention entered on the All conquering Mclaren Honda team and its Drivers the new world Champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil and runner up Alain Frost of France. But what of the other teams and Drivers what did they achieve obviously not much where the actual world championship was concerned but there were still a few Drivers who gave every Effort despite competing aboard cars that were hopelessly outclassed by the Mclaren Honda turbos. Austria s highly talented Gerhard Berger Tor in stance did his Best for Ferrari despite emphasizing practically from the Start of the season that his Ferrari Turbo was not competitive against the Mclaren Honda Turbo. At the German grand prix in lat july where Mclaren scored its ninth Victory in nine Outing we asked Berger at a news conference i there was any Hope for a Ferrari breakthrough. Al though normally optimistic he said Ferrari has no Chance to win a race this season. No still it was bar Ger who won he italian grand prix for Ferrari six weeks later the Only Victory Dur ing 1988 Tor a team other than Mclaren. Despite the Odds Berger gave it everything he had. Completing the season with one Victory two second places two third places Hryc fourth places one fifth one sixth and a ninth. He failed to Complete five races Berger took third in the 19s8 world driving championship series and he More than earned that Posi Tion. One of the big name Drivers who be came practically a forgotten Man in this year s championship was the englishman Nigel Manset runner up in both the 1986 and 1987 campaigns. Mansill joins Berger on the Ferrari learn for 1989,and both Drivers it is to be hoped can look Forward to better Days. Unlike his new Ferrari team male Mansell had no Turbo engine this season using Judd v8 Power on his Williams car. But manse fought hard regardless always on the limit and usually out of Luck blowing engines or englishman tailed to finish in 14 races but in the two races he did Complete the British arid Spain ish Gashe raced All out to score second m both. The brazilian Nelson Piquet meanwhile who re turns to Lotus next year was the defending Champi on during 1988, but in name Only. He enjoyed number one status on the Lotus team and he enjoyed Honda Turbo Power As Well but he achieve nothing of value. Unlike Berger and Mansell and some other Drivers who at least tried. Piquet simply appeared out of it from the first race to the last. His year was marked by three third place finishes one fourth place two fifths and a sixth. He finished sixth in the world championship standings. ,.,.,. V v among the non Turbo Drivers the racing Roundup Randy Barnett Alessandro a in let Iran Capelli belgian Thierry Boutsen was tops where championship Points were concerned finishing fourth in the Campaign. Boutsen who leaves the Benetton for team to join Williams Renault next season was dependable and steady Over the Long haul but but there was no Lack of spark brilliance an fighting spirit where two italian Drivers Ivan Ca Pelli and Alessandro Nannini were concerned. In the japanese grand prix Capelli was exciting to watch challenging Frost the Leader before Senna took Overand actually getting by Prost and leading the race for a glorious few seconds. Capelli who drives for March Judd had several other excellent races this year and he s a Young Man to watch. His countryman Nannini is also a fighter and he turned in some Superb drives in his first year aboard a competitive car. Nannini who will be the Benetton for team Leader next season will be supported by the Young British Driver Johnny non Turbo Driver who made a Strong impression this year was Mauricio go Gilmin a Youn brazilian highly regarded by his countryman Senna. The partner of Capelli on the March team Gugelm should be among the top 10 contenders next season. �. And regarding next season we veal ready had requests for the 1989 formula one grand prix schedule from those who engage in Long Range planning so Here it is. But please note that the 16-race schedule is tentative and incomplete with the . Round in Detroit cancelled us noted in Las week s column /. The of duration internationale de t Luio Violitte Fia which governs grand prix racing usually has the schedule in final form by mid february we a print it in this column at that time during our an Nual listing of All the races including motorcycle and Motocross events. The tentative schedule follows Brazil Rio do Janeiro March 26 san Marino Imola ital april 23 Monaco Monte Carlo May 7 Mexico Mexico Cit May 28 Canada Montrea june 11 .a Detroit june 18, cancelled France la Caus set Paul Ricard circuit july 9 Britain Silverston july 16 Germany Hock Ichimi uly 30 Hungary Budapest aug. 13 Belgium spa Franco champs aug. 27 Italy Monz sept. 10 Portugal Estori sept. 24 Spain Jerez do la Frontera oct. I Japan Suzuka oct. 22 Australia Adelaide nov. S the sports car world championship Cameto a close sunday in Melbourne Australia with the Sauber Mercedes c9 cars scoring an impressive one two Victory Over the Jaguar Xor a. Driving the winning Sauber Marc cacs car were Jean Louis Schlesser of France and Jochyn mass of Germany with Italy s Maura Baldi und Sweden Stefan Johansson Only 20 seconds behind in the other team car. Third for Jaguar were Martin Brun die of England and Eddie checker of the United states while next up were Jan Lammers of the Netherlands and Johnny Dumfries of Scotland in the other Jaguar. The australian round was the 11 i and last inthe 1988 championship series it was a hard fought one with Jaguar winning six races including the 24hours of la mans and the Sauber Mercedes cars winning five. The sports car makes title was won by Jaguar for the second year in a Row with Sauber Marc cacs second and last porsche third. Jaguar so Rundle captured the world sports car championship for Drivers while Schlesser was second Anibaldi third. A new format will be used next year with a traces except the 24 hours ofic mans to be of 400 to 500-Kilomclers duration 248 to 310 Miles manufacturers planning to participate in the 12 race series for 1989 include the Champi on Jaguar Sauber Marc cacs porsche private entrants Alfa Romeo Pei got and Nissan. -. Th8hrik Dytrt a trojans Irish no strangers of staging classic Gridiron wars by Mal Florence los Angeles times los Angeles it seems appropriate that one of College football s greatest rivalries has developed into the game of the year. The University of Southern Californi and notre Dame have engaged each other in a historic series that began in1926 and saturday s game at the los an Geles coliseum is As significant As an thai has preceded it. In the matchup of the season,.top-ranked notre Dame will play second ranked us with the Winner becoming the Clear favorite to win the National championship pending the. Outcome of bowl games. The trojans and Irish have played be fore when one team was unbeaten and untied. However this is their first meet ing with both sporting perfect records. Us is 10-0 and headed for the Jan 2 Rose bowl game with Michigan. Notredame is in and already committed to the Jan. 2 fiesta bowl game against unbeaten West Virginia in Tempe Ariz. But first things first. The coliseum has already been sold out 92,516 capacity in anticipation of what could be called the poll bowl. Music set the stage for the game by beating Urcla 31-22 saturday at therose bowl to win the Pacific 10 Confer ence championship after notre dam easily disposed of Penn state. 21-3, ear Lier in the Day at South Bend ind the background for saturday s games really intriguing. Consider it s the 24th time since the inception of the associated press poll in 1936 that there has been a matchup of the nation s first and second ranked teams. Us has been involved in three such games beating Wisconsin in the Rose bowl in 1963 As the no. 1 team losing to Ohio state in use reuse cowl in 1969 As the no. 2 team and beating Oklahoma in an Early season game in 1981 with a no. I ranking at the Lime. Notre Dame has had six previous flings with the 1-2 match up against Iowa pre Friehl and Michigan in 1943 army in 1945 and 1946 Michigan Stalin 1966, and Purdue in 1968. The Irish Are 2-2-2 in such encounters. Us has a 5-1-2 record against notre Dame when the trojans went in As an unbeaten untied team. The Irish are64-1 against us when they were in similar circumstances. Notre Dame has Defeated us five consecutive years. Neither team has Ever been Able to make it six in a Row. Us has yet to lose a game at the coliseum since Larry Smith became coach in 1987, the record standing i
