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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, May 16, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports Quot monday May 16,1994 Germany s Michael Schumacher steers his bin Cotton Ford past the yacht Basin at Monte Carlo Monaco on sunday. Wire to wire win anoints new Al King Schumacher by Steve Keating Monte Carlo Monaco up they paid tribute to the late King of formula one before the Start of sundays race then hailed the heir to his throne As Germany a Michael Schumacher roared to Victory at the Monaco grand prix. Beginning from pole for the first time in 42 career starts Schumacher shot into the Lead and held it for the entire 78 laps collecting his fourth win of the season in As Many races. Deftly mane vering his Benetton Ford around the tight twisting 2.069-mile Street circuit the 25-year-old German posted a winning time of 1 hour 49 minutes 55.372seconds. A a. A a a Distant second 37.278 seconds behind was Britain a Martin Brundle in a Mclaren Peugeot equating his Best career finish. Austria a Gerhard Berger second to Schumacher most of the Day until spinning his Ferrari on Lap 42, was third. Berger also stands second to Schumacher in the season Points race with 10 to the germans 40. Veteran Andrea Decesaris of Italy took his Jordan Hart to fourth place ahead of Jean Alesi in the second Ferrari and Michele Albreto of Italy in a Minardi Ford. A it was difficult Here in Monaco a Schumacher said. A it was closer then All the other races this season. Its especially difficult to win on this course. A but this fourth win is a fantastic feeling especially being he to in  prior to the Start of the race there was a minutes  in memory of three time formula one world Champion Ayrton Senna and Austria a Roland Ratzenberger who lost their lives in accidents at the san Marino grand prix two weeks ago. Monaco grand prix organizers of the race paid tribute to Senna and Ratzenberger with a 90-second film shown on the giant projection screen in front of the main grandstand. Spectators were also asked to Pray for Austria a Karl Wendlinger who has remained in a deep coma since crashing during thursday s opening practice session. In addition the front two places on the starting Grid were painted in the colors of the brazilian and austrian flags. Quot a. A. Not All the tributes to Senna were symbolic. Senna hats photos scarves a even Senna s likeness Superio. Posed on a brazilian Flag a a were big Sellers sunday As vendors cashed on on the crowds emotions. With the Victory the 25-year-old German joins formula ones most exclusive club becoming Only the third Driver in 10 years to win on the streets of Monaco. For the majority of the past decade Senna made the event his personal property winning six times a including the last five. Reigning Al Champion Alain Prost claimed the four others. A Ayrton was the Best Driver and 1 would have liked to race Here against him and win this race a Schumacher said. A that would have meant i beat the Best Driver. A we All feel sorry we can to compete against him anymore. A a a -. V a a. V a a i had a strange feeling today and i imagine the other Drivers did too. A some maybe thought More then 1 did and it was difficult for them to get Back in the  next Stop on the formula one circuit is the Spanish grand prix at Barcelona on May 29. Unser or. By Mike Harris Indianapolis apr a Unser or. Survived a scare he described As a like looking Down a double barrelled Shotgun saturday and tentatively won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. A. The 1992 indy Winner son of four time 500 Champion a1 Unser turned a four Lap average of 228.011 Mph to Lead the first of four Days of time trials for the May 29 race. Unser was the fastest of 21 Drivers who qualified on a Day twice interrupted by rain. That left several Drivers who Drew for qualifying positions including defending indy Winner and pole favorite Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti with an Opportunity to qualify up front when time trials resumed on sunday. A a we were a Little bit slow that first Lap and i think that a what a going to get me a said Unser in Unser his first season driving for Marlboro team Penske. He gave his new car owner Roger Penske a few moments of trepidation As the first of his four qualifying laps a 225.722 a came in Well under the Speed needed to get to the front Row but Unser followed with laps of 228.351, 228.525 and 229.481 on the Indianapolis motor speedways 2vi-mile Oval. A i got caught in the rain this morning during practice when i went Down into turn 1,�?� Unser said. A i was going for a 229 because i knew it was out there and i went into turn 1 and i ran into a downpour and almost crashed. A that pretty much scared the you know what out of me. I saw 225 on that first Lap and thought a of Man i need to get after it a lot More than that a a Raul Boesel of Brazil was second among saturdays qualifiers at 227.618, followed by Rookie Jacques Villeneuve of Canada at 226.259, Michael Andretti at 226.205, Lyn St. James at 224.154, englishman Nigel Mansell at 224.041 and 1990 Winner Arie Luyendyk of the Netherlands at 223.673. Among others was 1986 Winner Bobby Rahal bumped from the lineup in the closing minutes of qualifications last year. Luyendyk won the pole last year with a four Lap average of 223.967 and finished second in the race followed by Mansell and Boesel. Speeds climbed considerably from last year As Drivers got used to physical changes to the track and the engineers overcame Rule changes that had slowed the cars. But none of saturdays qualifiers was Able to approach the one and four Lap qualifying records a 232.618 and 232.482 a set in 1992 by Roberto Guerrero. Saturdays qualifiers included seven rookies led by Villeneuve the son of the late formula one Star Gilles Villeneuve. The others were Hideshi Matsuda of Japan 222.545 Dennis Vitolo 222.439 Scott Sharp 222.091 Brian till 221.107 Bryan Herta 220.992, and brazilian Mauricio Gugelman 218.808. Further qualifying was scheduled for yesterday As Well As this saturday and sunday. New York a new Yorkus Derek Harper was suspended for two games and fined $15,000, and Chicago Sjo to English was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 for their parts in a wild fight during game 3 of the teams second round playoff series the Aba said saturday. Seven other kicks players and eight other bulls were fined $2,500 each for leaving the Bench during the Melee Friday night which took place two rows in front of Aba commissioner David Stern. Each team also was fined a total of $50,000. The total of $162,500 in fines was the second largest in league history topped Only by the $163,500 levied after a fight Between Philadelphia and Detroit on april 20, 1990, when the principals were the 76ers�?T Charles Barkley and the pistons Bill Laimbeer. The Brawl occurred during the. Second Quarter of the 104-102 Chicago Victory in the Best-of7 series which the kicks Lead 2-1. Harper is suspended for game 4 at Chicago sunday and game 5 wednesday night at new York. English missed sundays game the other kicks fined were Antho Ray Bonner Charles Smith Anthony Mason Greg Anthony Herb Williams Rolando Blackman and Corey Gaines. The other Chicago players fined were Pete Myers Steve Kerr Scott Williams Luc Longley Bill Wennington John Paxson Corie Blount and Toni Kukoc who hit the game winning shot at the final Buzzer. Blount was the Only player not in uniform. The teams $50,000 fines were based on $5,000 for each player coming off the Bench and a Matching total for the each of the two principals. The trouble began when English and Harper _ exchanged shoves near mid court with 2 41 left in the second Quarter and Harper hit English with a punch. Harper then threw English to the floor. The benches emptied and players and coaches piled atop one another in the front Row seats near Stem. Replays showed three female fans getting pushed aside and landed on during the fight. Harper and English were ejected  
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