European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 racing round pop a circus a off to Canada Senna rules with the running of the grand prix of morn the formula one world championship Cam Nar a a poohed the one Quarter Mark and now the Palm j Orix circus Heads Back to North America for k1. J a a this sundays Canadian grand prix at Montreal. The teams have already done a lot of travelling with the first four rounds staged in the United j yes Brazil san Marino Imola circuit and Mona a after this weekends Canadian grand prix Mexico is next on june 24 and then the teams return to Europe for a Long stay a through sept. 30. The european series will include eight races opening on july 8 with the French grand prix at Paul Ricard circuit in Southern France. Two races a in Japan and Australia a close out the 1990  a a at Monaco the brazilian Ayrton Senna turned in another Brilliant performance achieving a record 45th pole position and a Start to fish Victory on the exacting and difficult Street circuit. It was his third Victory at Monaco and with this performance he showed conclusively that he is on his Way to the 1990 world driving championship. Senna who won the title in 1988, is leading for the 1990 Crown with two victories in four outings and he is followed by his Mclaren Honda teammate Gerhard Berger of Austria. The situation was similar last season with Senna leading his then team mate Alain Prost of France. The brazilian was heavily favored to capture the championship but he lost out to Prost in a Long and bitter Campaign. The situation should be quite different this year and the first four races have produced a Ayrton Senna Clear picture of Senna a advantages. He a won two races it. Out of four and has led big in the two he did no twin. He is clearly the dominant Driver in the grand prix Field. The Mclaren Honda Powers want him to win the title and he will get what he wants. This All puts Berger in a no. 2 position but Senna is clearly the Superior Driver on the Mclaren Honda team. The Frenchman Prost meanwhile will do his Best to Challenge and its possible of course that he could push the championship right to the end a just As he did last season. The three time world Champion has a Talent for fighting All the Way and he could make it another dramatic season. But the Odds Are against it because Ferrari has been unable to match the Mclaren Honda in performance and reliability. Both Prost and his English teammate Nigel Mansell failed to finish at Monaco and a Driver cannot win a world championship in a car that is not reliable. In the four grand prix races run so far Prost has failed to finish twice and Mansell has finished Only once. Prost has one Victory and a fourth place. Mansell has a fourth place. Senna meanwhile has a third place to go along with his two victories and he has Only one a did not Finis this occurring because of a broken wheel in the san Marino grand prix. It was his Mclaren a Only mechanical defect so far this year. Senna will Start As the favorite in Canada having won this race in 1988 and leading big last year until the engine quit three laps from the end handing Victory to Belgium a Thierry Boutsen Williams Renault. Going into sundays Canadian grand prix Enna has 22 Points to bergers 16, and the sensational newcomer Jean Alesi of France Tyrrell has 13. Prost has 12. In Germany an edited version of the Canadian grand prix will be shown on the second program Adf beginning just before Midnight sunday and ending at 12 30 . The eur sport Channel on satellite to meanwhile will show the race live from 6 30 . To 9 . On sunday and will also show the 500cc austrian grand prix race for motorcycles beginning at 1 .�?� a a looking at results from last weekend Germany a Jochen mass and the austrian Karl Wendlinger battled both the opposition and heavy Rains to win the fourth round in the world sports car championship at spa Franco champs Belgium. Their Victory made it three wins in four outings for the Mercedes team so far this season the German firms Only loss coming at Silverstone on May 13 when jaguars finished first and second. Mass and Wendlinger also moved into the Lead for the sports car driving championship ahead of their Mercedes teammates Jean Louis Schlesser of France and Mauro Baldi of Italy. Schlesser and Baldi finished seventh in Belgium with electrical problems. Placing second behind the winning mass wend linger Mercedes was the Jaguar driven by Jan Lam mers of the Netherlands and Andy Wallace of England while third came the Nissan piloted by Julian Bailey of England and Ulster Man Kenneth Acheson. The Ulster Man drove for Mercedes last year. The next sports car round is the 24 hours of be mans on june 16-17, but it does not count for championship Points and Mercedes will give it a miss. But Jaguar will be at be mans in Force. The next championship round is scheduled for june 24 at Jerez Spain. A Germany a popular Hans stuck meanwhile drove his Audi Quattro v-8 to Victory in both rounds of the German touring car championship at Wunstorff where 35,000 spectators cheered him on. This extremely popular series has now reached the Halfway Mark and after six rounds stuck is closing in on the venezuelan Driver Johnny decotto who campaigns aboard a Bow m3. Decotto has 118 Points stuck has 113 and Steve Soper of England Bow m3 has 111. So its All very close going into the next race meeting on june 17 at the  a a in Motocross action races in All three Motocross world championship classes Are scheduled for this weekend with the 500cc round in Vantara Finland the 250cc round in Markelo the Netherlands and the 125cc Moto in em6e, France. At this stage in the championships american riders Are doing very Well leading in both the 500cc and 125cc divisions. After four 500cc rounds the american rider Billy Liles Kawasaki leads Eric deboers of Belgium Honda for the title. The most recent round a the French Moto at Brou a was won by the australian Jeff Leisk Hond with deboers second and Liles third. Going into sundays finnish Moto Liles has 124 Points to be Boers 109. In the 250cc class the italian rider Alessandro Puzar Suzuki is tops there Puzar leading Michele Fanton of France Suzuki going into sundays Moto in the Netherlands. Third is the amen can rider Trampas Parker Kim. In the 125cc division italian rider Andrea Bartolini Honda won the fifth round in Czechoslovakia. American Mike Healey Kim placed second and austrian Erwin Mac linger Honda came third. American rider Donny Schmit Suzuki who finished fourth in Czechoslovakia is Overall Leader in the 125cc class. Going into sundays 125cc round in France Hollands Pedro Trayter Suzuki trails Schmit while Healey is third in the  a a where to go this weekend today lets Lead off with drag racing As there is a big program this weekend at Bockenheim. Its the first International dragster festival and its the first round in the newly formed German National drag racing championship. The races for both cars and motorcycles will be Neld saturday and sunday on Hocken Heimus new Quarter mile drag strip and the entry includes pro Stock bikes Street bikes pro Street cars Competition cars top fuel dragsters and rocket cars. Qualification races will be held from 10 . To 6 . On saturday with a night racing show set from 9 30 to 10 . The final elimination races on sunday Are Are scheduled from 10 . To 5 . Prices Range from 25 to 60 Marks for either Day while combined tickets Good for both Days Range from 50 to 110 Marks. The City of Bockenheim is located Southwest of Heidelberg off autobahn a5 and a6. Auto racing a in England the eighth round in the British formula 3 National championship will be held sunday at the Silverstone circuit with the fourth round in the National touring car championship also on the program. Several supporting races arc also on tap. Practice and qualifying will take place on Friday and saturday. The Silverstone circuit is located near Towcester Southwest of n Northampton. In Germany the International Adac-�?o01d-timer festival for old cars and motorcycles will be held on the Nair Burgering Friday saturday and sunday with the action going from 9 . To 5 . All three Days. The races will take place on the 2.8-mile grand prix course. To reach the Nair Burgering take the Koblenz Trier autobahn a48 and exit at Ulmen Nair Burgering. Motorcycle racing a the grand prix of Austria sixth round in the world motorcycle championship will be staged sunday on the Salzburg ring just East of Salzburg with races for 125, 250 and 500cc cycles plus cycles with sidecars. American riders Wayne Rainey and John Kocinski Lead for the 500 and 250 titles respectively going into this race. They ride for the Kenny Roberts Yamaha team. Practice and qualifying will be held on Friday and saturday while sundays full Day of racing is scheduled to get under Way at 10 . Motocross a the sixth round in the Moto Cross world championship for 250cc cycles will be held sunday in Markelo the Netherlands with practice and qualifying races on Friday and saturday. The town of Markelo is located a few Miles West of enschede and not far from the Netherlands West German Border. In France the sixth round in the 125cc world championship will be held sunday in Ernde Northwest of be mans. Practice and qualifying Are on saturday and sunday. In Germany the 36th div Motocross Hessen will be held sunday on the Stirn Borg circuit in Belem the town of Belem located just Northeast of Giessen. The featured Moto will be a German championship round for cycles with sidecars while races for 80 and 250cc bikes Are also on the program. Practice is scheduled from 1 to 5 . On saturday and from 9 . To 12 30 . On sunday. The racing program on sunday begins at 1 of clock and ends about 5 30, with the featured Sidecar Motocross heats set for 1 30 and 4 . Tickets for saturday Cost 5 Marks while sundays Cost 15 Marks. A combined ticket for saturday and sunday costs 15 Marks. To reach Belem exit at Giessen Nord Reis Kirchen off autobahn a5 Frankfurt Kassel. Camping facilities Are available at the circuit Rench pm Page 21 ent after first round upsets of Stefan �3anc Boris Becker the 20-year-old m Las vegas broke for a 2-1 Lead and a have games in a Row before Chang me Back from 0-30 to hold for 5-2. It Len held for the first set. Jpyce of n8 a five setter to Mats win in the semis Here two years ago n Al taken on a training program improve his Power and stamina. The results showed in the second set. Agassi pounded ground strokes deep into the Comers running Chang out of position then coming to the net for winning volleys. He had Chang in constant trouble even when the 11 the seed saved a break Point and held serve in the first game. Agassi Seles who ended grass 66-match winning Streak three weeks ago was in trouble from the Start against male Eva but showed her strength in the third set. Male Eva was almost knocked out literally when she whacked herself on the left Temple As she struggled to return a shot that gave Seles a break for 2-0 in the second set. It took about 10 minutes for her to recover and she won just 11 Points in the five games after the Accident. The third set found male Eva Back on form. She was a Point away from breaking for 5-1 before Seles saved it and held. The Lorida based yugoslav then broke the stars and stripes for 4-3 and held for 4-4, but had another scrape in the 10th game when Malleva opened at 0-30. Just two Points from defeat Seles held then broke at love and held for the match when Malleva netted a backhand. Martinez the ninth seed from Spain threw a momentary scare into the no. 1 seed when she took a 3-0 Lead in the second set and had game Point for 4-2. But Graf used her powerful forehand and some aggressive tactics at the net to win the last six games finishing the match on a Bullet like service return Winner