South American Touring Car Results

27 July 1998

Argentinian driver Oscar Larrauri, former F-1 driver, won the 5th round
of the SATCC (South American Touring Car Championship) in Mar de Ajó,
on the Argentinian coast.

After two rainy days, on Friday and Saturday, Sunday was a very sunny
day, making it difficult to find the right setup.

Brazilian Carlos Bueno, pole-position on the first 4 rounds of the
Championship, had trouble on saturday, when it started to rain during
his flying lap. The pole went to Argentinian Fernando Croceri.

At the race, with sun, Larrauri clearly had the best setup in his BMW
320i, and was never challenged by Bueno or Juan Manuel Fangio II (former
CART driver) from the Peugeot Team.

Ingo Hoffmann drove a very good race, despite having trouble in his BMW
320i engine and finished 5th.

Next round will be in Olavarria, Argentina, in August 2th.

                 Race Standings:
                 1 Oscar Larrauri - BMW 320i - 41:50:789
                 2 Carlos Bueno - Peugeot 406 - 42:06:513
                 3 Juan M. Fangio II - Peugeot 406 - 42:10:904
                 4 Osvaldo López - Alfa Romeo 155 - 42:21:828
                 5 Ingo Hoffmann - BMW 320i - 42:22:413

Championship Standings:
1 Oscar Larrauri - ARG - 80 points
2 Carlos Bueno - BRA - 70 points
3 Osvaldo Cocho Lopez - ARG - 37 points
4 Juan M.Fangio - ARG - 33 points
5 Ingo Hoffmann - BRA - 31 points
6 Ernesto Bessone - ARG - 27 points
7 Fernando Croceri - ARG - 24 points
8 Miguel Guerra - ARG - 19 points
9 Ricardo Rissatti - ARG - 18 points
10 Emiliano Spataro - ARG - 13 points


Marc Zimmermann - The Autochannel

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