European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. August 16, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Mercedes is. Jags on curb urging today lets take a look at the world championship sports car scene where the Sauber mar codes cars arc dominating in Only their second year of Competition. Along with winning at be mans which was a non championship event the Sauber mercy pcs cars have won three of the four title events staged so far this season. Jaguar the defending world sports car Champion is still out of Luck in the Victory column while the private entry Joest porsche team has one win to its credit. With that background it s not difficult to predict another Victory for Sauber Mercedes this weekend on the curb urging but the British Jaguar team now with Power from a new v6 Turbo engine should make things interesting. The adar organizers say a full starting Field of 36 cars will be set to go for this race which is the fifth round in the world sports car prototype championship. Factory entries arc from Sauber Mercedes Jaguar Aston Martin Mazda Nissan and Toyota. Porsche also will be represented by several factory supported private entrants tops there being Joest of Germany Brun of Switzerland and Lloyd of eng land. The Jaguar team which has run v12-Powcrcd cars for the past five seasons has now developed its new v6 Turbo engine and new Chassis. Two of the new Turbo jaguars made their debuts at the recent brands Hatch round where dutchman Jan Lammers drove one of them to pole position. But Sauber Mercedes cars finished first and third in a hotly contested race. Still the new Jaguar Xor ii Turbo obviously has great potential and a Victory Over Mercedes at the ring on sunday is More than possible. Except for be mans the Days of Long distance sports car racing arc Over and sunday s championship round on the curb urging will be of about three hours duration 106 laps/300 Miles. This will be the first adar sports car race in 35 years that has not been of the traditional 1,000-Kilometer 620 mile format. But the sports car races have been shortened to make them More exciting and if the recent brands Hatch round can serve As an example the idea is not All bad. British friends who we talked to at the recent German grand prix said the race at brands was the Best sports car Battle staged there since the great 1960s Era when Ford gt40s, ferraris Lolas Chap arrays and porsche fought it out. Full details on times ticket costs etc., for Sun Day s race on the curb urging. May be found under where to go this weekend at the end of this column. Turning to formula one racing the unbelievable occurred in Budapest on sunday when Nigel Mansill driving a Ferrari beat the Mclaren hondas fair and Square in the hungarian grand prix. And even More amazing there were no mylar ens on pole As there had been in every previous grand prix this season. A stranger Riccardo Pat Csc of Italy won pole position honors in his Williams Renault break ing the Long Mclaren Honda string. Going into the hungarian round the defending world Champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil had chalked up seven poles this season and his teammate Alain Prost of France had won the other two. During the recent German grand prix the englishman Mansill said the very fast Bockenheim Cir Cuit favored the Mclaren Honda cars. Mansill. Who finished third at Hock Nheim behind the two my Larens said this circuit is perfect for Honda Power. But the Mclaren will not have that advantage in Hungary because that track is a lot slower with Many tight turns. I think the hungarian race will be a lot closer. We still have a lot of work to do. But 1 can Promise that the Ferrari team will be push ing very hard in Hungary and that i will be giving my  at the Hunga Roring on sunday Mansill gave it his Best and took the Check ered Flag to score a Brilliant Victory his second of the season and the 15th of his career. The next round the 11th in the 1989 world drive a pair of Sauber Mercedes 61 and 62 Lead the new Jaguar Turbo left and the Field at brands Hatch last month. Sunday s program with touring car races and the world championship sports car race starts at 10 45 . And ends about 4 ., with the 106-Lap sports race race scheduled from noon to 3  Admission on Friday is free. On saturday tickets Cost 20 Marks about $10.50and on sunday the Price is 40 Marks about $21. A combined ticket for saturday and sunday costs 50 Marks about $26.30. Youngsters up to 18 pay half while children under 12 will be admitted free. To reach the curb urging take the Koblen trick autobahn and exit at Ulman curb urging. The track is about 20 minutes from the autobahn exit. In the Netherlands meanwhile the Zand Voort Cir Cuit will Host the seventh round in the formula Lotus pm Tiro scrips on sunday along with races for touring cars formula Fords and Renault 5s. Practice and qualifying will take place on saturday. The circuit is located just outside the North sea resort City of Zand Voort. In England the sixth round in the european for Mula 3000 championship will be staged sunday at the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London with supporting races also on the program. Practice and qualifying take place on saturday. Motorcycle racing at Bockenheim. There s a German championship race on saturday for bikes in the 125, 350 and Soock classes plus a Yamaha Castrol cup race. Both racing and qualifying arc on saturday. On the following Day the Hocken Heim circuit will Host a German championship rally the final round in this year s series. At St. Wendel North of Saar Brocken another Ger Man championship race this one for All classes plus super bikes will be held on sunday. Motocross the adar Buhler Tanner Motocross sixth round in the German National championship for 125cc cycles will be staged saturday and sunday in Buhler Tanner. Which is located Southeast of Schwa Bisch Hall. The american rider Bobby Moore who rides for , leads for the title with four victories in the five Motos staged so far. Sup porting races Are also on the two Day program and the american rider Darrell Diamond is among the entrants in the Soock division aboard his Yamaha 490.  ing championship is the belgian grand prix at spa Franco champs on aug. 27. In the rally world the italian Lancia team clinched its seventh world manufacturer s championship with a sweep of the recent Argentine rally sixth round in the 1989 series. Lancia Driver Mikael Ericsson of Sweden won the event aboard a Lancia Delta to achieve his first world championship Victory. Lancia Delta cars also finished second third and eighth in Argentina. This year s rally championship just As in 1987 and again last year has been a Case of total domination by the italian cars. In the Driver s department Lancia s Micky Biasion the de fending world Champi on appears set to take a second straight title. He has 80 Points to French Driver Didier Auriol s 50. Auriol also drives for Lancia. Micky Biasion the next championship round is the 1,000 lakes rally of Finland on aug. 23-27. Whereto got1iis weekend the top race in Europe this weekend As noted at the Start of this column is the fifth round in the world sports car championship and it takes place sunday on Ger Many s new curb urging. Supporting races arc also on the program and they include races for Louring cars and go karts. Unlined training for All categories is scheduled from 10 15 . To 5  On Friday while sat urday s program which includes final qualifying and go Kart races begins at 9 . And ends at 5 40