European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup no Senna yes Berger Home free Gerhard Berger the Mclaren team has finally losses in inc Loicl and paid Ayrton Senna s $100,000 Fine to fisa. And this is Good news for fans of the popular austrian Driver Gerhard Berger. At least we know thai Berger can go racing for Mclaren Honda this season even if Senna does t. For a while it appeared thai Berger would become a casually of inc Mclaron Senna fisa War. But with inc payment of the Fine the world Cham Pion Mclaren Honda team is now cleared to participate in the 1990 Campaign. But it May do so minus us brazilian superstar. As of this writing. Senna is still holding out in Sao Paulo and not apologizing to fisa and its All Power Ful Leader Jean Marie a in sure of France. In accepting Mclaren s payment of the $100.000 Fine. Balls arc said in Paris thai Aynon Senna has gone Halfway but he still Musl admin Hal inc for Mula one world championship is above suspicion and Hal Alain Prost of France is inc undisputed  Senna has until feb. 15to apologize for his charges thai the 1989 championship was manipulated. If he does t acl before Ihnn. He will nol receive his formula one super  and Berger will become the no. I Driver on inc Mclaren team. Senna meanwhile will sit out inc season. While this still does t seem possible the brazilian s Long holdout is beginning to make it a definite probability. From the standpoint of the other Drivers in formula one racing such a situation apparently would t be All bad. By now the Drivers should have organized a movement to support the 1988 world driving Champion in his Battle Wilh Balestre and fisa officialdom but there has been no such move. Senna obviously is on his own in this conflict. But a season without the brazilian Star would pre sent a hollow world driving championship and there would be a Cloud Over ii from Start to finish. Should either Alain Prost or Nigel Mansell win in for Ferrari ii would be of no value. And even if Berger should win in for Mclaren inc feeling would be the same. If Senna fails to give in the Drivers and the learn sin formula one racing should mount pressure against balls arc and fisa to solve this Issue and allow inc brazilian to drive and to gel on Wilh the 1990 world championship. The situation has been juvenile from inc Start and it has already Given formula one racing inc top racing series in the world a big Black Eye. The 24 hours of be mans is another casually of inc balls try fisa Rule of inflexibility Wilh inc race now cancelled. But the French govern ment is attempting to gel inc classic even Back on inc Calendar. On monday. Inc government promised to help the la mans organizers build the two mul Sanne Slraight chicanes and Mecl of her safely standards demanded by fisa. So it s still possible apparently that the june 16-17 classic will be held. Bui even if the government should solve All the problems and Hal s far from certain spa unions will come Loo late for the British Aston Martin company. We Drolc in this column last week thai Man fac Lurer support is the key to the future of this newly structured sports Prol Olyph championship but the Way things arc going it won t last  shortly Afler Hal was written the Aston Martin car firm announced from London thai in was drop Ping ils racing program. This pics Gigious car maker Winner of la mans in 1959, had re entered sports Prolo pc racing Only a year ago Wilh a $45 million budget set up for a six year Campaign. But now it s All Over. Aston Martin cited the uncertainty Over the future of the 24 hours of be mans As a key Factor in ils decision. A joint stat Emcil by Aslon Martin and proteus technology inc company Hal last year took the Marque Back to inc world s racing circuits said the decision would take effect immediately. This is despite the Success of our debut season last year when we finished every race we enl Rcd achieving sixth Overall in the world sports Prolo Lype championship and being widely regarded As the most improved team the statement said. In reaching this difficult and painful decision inc continuing uncertainly Over la mans Aston Martin s prime reason for returning to racing and an inability to finalize arrangements Over a 3.5-Liler engine for inc 1991 regulations were taken into account inc statement said. One team that is proceeding As planned for the 1990 sports Prolo Lype championship is inc porsche Krcmar racing team of Cologne. Long one of the most successful private racing Coler prisms in inc world the Kremer team is directed by the Broth cars Erwin and Manfred and they say that a lot of cars Are under  it was rumoured that the Krc Mars were considering a switch to a japanese Marque for 1990, but they la stick Wilh porsche As they enter their 27th year . They have Good reason Loas the Kremer firm has won 10 porsche cups As Well As winning the 24 hours of be mans 1979 with Krcmar porsche cars. Many of her achievements far too numerous to list have been recorded by Kremer porsche racing cars. The Krc Mars say they plan to build five sports prototypes designated Kremer porsche 962 ck6/2, the ck6/2 Label used because the cars arc evolutions of the Krcmar porsche ck6, inc world s first porsche 962 that was Ever raced Wilh a Carbon fiber composite Chassis. Last season was inc lest year for that program and the composite car scored a third place in the world championship round Al the curb urging. As Well As placing second in both the incr scenes and porsche cup Competition. Much work has been done on theck6/2 Over the Winter with the stress on modified Bodywork and aerodynamics with wind Tunnel test ing performed at porsche s a Kissach development Center. The ground effects and drag effects on the ck6/2 have been much improved the Krcmar Brothers note and the Overall results arc very sat  of the new Krcmar porsche Short Tail cars will have the Carbon fiber composite Chassis while the other two will be based on aluminium Honey comb Chassis. The Krc Mars also had planned to Field two Long Tail porsche for the 24 hours of lemans but that move of course is now on hold. The Kremer cars will continue to run on Yokohama tires during the 1990 Campaign. Test sessions for the new Krcmar porsche 962-ck6/2s arc scheduled for next week at Monza. Italy where the first european round in the world sports prototype championship will be staged on april 29. The porsche firm of Stuttgart meanwhile has announced that it will return to formula one racing in 1991 at least where engines arc concerned with porsche to exclusively Supply the British arrows team with 12-Cylindcr  left the formula one racing scene in 1987 after its v6 Turbo engines powered the Mclare learn to two formula one constructor s championships 1984 and 85 and three world driving championships. The austrian Niki Lauda won his third world driving Crown in a Mclaren porsche Turbo in 1984 and Alain Prost won two of his three world titles aboard Mclaren porsche cars in 1985 and 86.after the 1987 season when Mclaren porsche finished second to the Honda powered Williams team porsche withdrew from formula one Competition to concentrate on its american cart indy car racing  its return to formula one racing porsche says that its contract with the arrows team is for three years and that the project is being financed by the japanese footwork firm which took Over As majority owners of the British arrows racing team last month. The arrows porsche contract was signed sunday in Tokyo. Porsche first supplied its Turbo engines to the Mclaren team in August of 1983 at the dutch grand prix and with Lauda driving. Mclaren porsche served Quick notice that it would provide some Lough opposition for the 1984 Campaign. And Lough it was because Lauda won his third title in 84 with porsche Power in porsche s first full season. The great austrian Driver s teammate that year was the Frenchman again Prost who finished second in the world championship losing to Lauda by Only one half  retired at the end of 1984 and the Prost reign  inc Mclaren team. Porsche had two of the world s Best Drivers using their engines and doing the testing and Success was immediate but with the Veteran arrows team never a first rate outfit Success May not come so easily. The sum and strip picture changes for fledgling Grid leagues Abc pumps Cash into Olaf Italy teams delay joining Ilaf new York a after More than a year putting together the nuts and bolls the nil s new International Ven Ture is about to gel its first transfusion of  Cash comes from Abc a figure put by sources Al Between $12 million and $15 million Over iwo years. Official word was to come today. Bui More Money could be coming from contracts with networks in Europe Mexico and Canada As Well As local out lets in the United Stales and Cable television. All arc currently under negotiation. The new Spring league has changed its name several times and is now called the world league of american football. It is expected to Start play in a Little Over a year with six franchises in the United states four in Europe and one each in Mexico and Canada. The european Sites arc expected to be London Frankfurt Milan and Barcelona with new York and probably Mexico City and Montreal also set. The Sites of the other five american teams arc yet to be determined. The Olaf is totally distinct from the International league of american fool Ball which will debut in Europe this Spring with american coaches but a cast of players composed largely of euro peans who have been playing in already organized leagues. Players in the world league by con iras will be almost entirely american. The Olaf will play a 10-game Spring schedule after running its own draft both of free agents and nil players who May want to gel extra Lime in a Spring league. London a teams in Rome and Milan were dropped from the inaugural season of the International league of american football tuesday because of a conflict Wilh soccer s world cup which will played in Italy this summer. The loss of the two italian learns left six clubs in the league for the opening of play in april. They arc in in . Helsinki Munich London and Birmingham England. Rome and Milan will join the league in 1991, officials said. Flaminio stadium thai was to have been inc Home Field for Rome will be used in inc world cup Competition. Because of this development the Ilaf has decided that it is in our Best interests to focus on the 1991 season in Italy Ilaf founder and commissioner Carroll Huntress said in a press release. The loss of the iwo learns for 1990 is a setback to the Ilaf in its efforts to gain a foothold before inc world league of american football an nil sponsored Spring league begins play in 1991. Bui Ross Biddiscombe spokesman for inc London team said it was not a major blow to the new league. The league was Given assurances about inc stadium but things happen in business and in sports he said. It s nol a problem the Ilaf is going to be around and the italian teams will join us in 1991." each of the six remaining teams will play a 12-game season beginning april 14 and ending june 30, followed by play offs. Each team will include 12 Ameri cans and 24 local players