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34-788: The team was, together with the Zakspeed , one of the two last German Formula One teams based in Germany (with the Rial Racing's base in Fußgönheim ). Günter Schmid, ex-owner of the ATS company that competed in Formula One for eight years, bought Rial in 1987, ahead of the reduction in power of the turbo -engines in 1988, and set up a Formula One team at Rial's base in Fußgönheim . With old-ATS designer Gustav Brunner , Schmid produced

68-785: A brief return to single-seaters with a foray into CART racing in the US in partnership with the long-established Forsythe Championship Racing . In 2006, Zakspeed returned to the FIA GT Championship with the Saleen S7 -R. The team also runs a racing school operating at the Nürburgring circuit. In 2008, Zakspeed managed the Superleague Formula cars of Borussia Dortmund and Beijing Guoan , with

102-561: A collision with the Ferrari of Briton Nigel Mansell , who had been black-flagged for reversing in the pit lane. As a result, Prost moved 24 points clear of Senna in the championship with three races remaining. As well as Johansson taking Onyx's only podium finish, the race also saw Italian Pierluigi Martini lead for one lap – the first and only time the Minardi team led a Formula One race – and ten drivers from ten different teams finish in

136-539: A dispute over fuel tank size. A company related to Zakspeed, Nitec, built the NASCAR -like V8-powered tube frame prototype cars of the V8Star Series Championship series which ran from 2001 to 2003. These identical cars used bodies modelled after road cars from Jaguar , BMW , Opel , Lexus and others. Zakspeed itself won in 2003 with Pedro Lamy in a Jaguar-bodied car. In 2001, Zakspeed made

170-441: A great start and managed to overtake Senna. Mansell was in third followed by Prost, Martini and Patrese. Berger quickly opened a lead while Senna was trying to keep Mansell behind. Then Mansell finally managed to overtake Senna and started to catch Berger. As the two Ferraris caught up with the slower cars and were starting to lap them, Mansell managed to overtake Berger. Positions at lap 24 were: Mansell, Berger, Senna and Prost. Prost

204-651: A modification of the car. The fuel tank was again a problem in Canada where de Cesaris ran out of fuel in fifth place; however the next race in Detroit saw Rial finish in fourth place, scoring three points. After the French Grand Prix , the team's performance began to fall, and Brunner left the team after finishing 13th in their home race in Germany . Continuous mechanical problems and the fuel tank contributed to

238-462: A six-race string of retirements, de Cesaris finishing the season classified 8th in Australia. The team finished in ninth place in the constructors championship, and Andrea de Cesaris was placed fifteenth in the drivers championship. Rial expanded to two cars ahead of the 1989 season , and with de Cesaris moving to Dallara , German drivers Christian Danner and Volker Weidler were hired to drive

272-672: Is a motor racing team from Germany, founded in 1968 by Erich Zakowski and then run by his son Peter Zakowski. It is based in Niederzissen , Rhineland-Palatinate , around 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the Nürburgring circuit. The team was, together with the Rial Racing , one of the two last German Formula One teams based in Germany (with the Zakspeed's base in Niederzissen ). Zakowski founded Zakspeed in 1973 with

306-749: The Brabham . Further down the grid, Stefan Johansson took 12th in his Onyx after setting the fastest time in pre-qualifying, while another pre-qualifier, Roberto Moreno , took 15th, the best-ever grid position for the Coloni team. This was Christian Danner 's last Formula One qualifying attempt as he was fired by Rial after this race. The Minardi, Dallara, Brabham and Coloni teams all had their tyres supplied by Pirelli , whose special qualifying tyres were generally regarded as being superior to those of Goodyear . However, Goodyear's race tyres were still acknowledged as being superior to Pirelli's. Berger had

340-641: The EuroBrun . Eighth was Gabriele Tarquini in the other AGS, ahead of the Zakspeeds of Aguri Suzuki and Bernd Schneider . Slowest by nearly four seconds was the second Coloni of Enrico Bertaggia , the third time in a row the Italian had been bottom of the time sheets. Qualifying saw McLaren 's Ayrton Senna take his tenth pole position of the season, with the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger alongside him on

374-557: The Rial ARC1 , powered by a Cosworth DFZ engine, an updated model of the ubiquitous design of the pre-turbo seasons. The ARC1, nicknamed the "Blue Ferrari" due to the similarities with the Brunner-designed Ferrari F1/87 , featured a double wishbone pullrod suspension, with shock absorbers innovatively placed horizontally against the chassis. Andrea de Cesaris , with Marlboro sponsorship was hired to drive

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408-749: The XXIII Grande Prémio de Portugal ) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo do Estoril in Estoril , Portugal on 24 September 1989. It was the thirteenth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship . The 71-lap race was won by Austrian driver Gerhard Berger , driving a Ferrari , with Frenchman Alain Prost second in a McLaren - Honda and Swede Stefan Johansson third in an Onyx - Ford . Prost's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Ayrton Senna , retired following

442-645: The 1990s Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the short-lived ITC series. Around this time, Peter Zakowski , who had raced in Formula 3 and endurance races (he had won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2002) took over from his father. In 1998, Zakspeed entered two Porsche 911 GT1 in the FIA GT Championship , where French Team Oreca dominated the GT2-class with their heavily modified Chrysler Viper GTS-Rs . One of these Vipers

476-506: The ARC2. Designed by new engineer Stefan Fober, the car was an updated version of the ARC1, with reworked aerodynamics by McLaren designer Bob Bell , and the improved Cosworth DFR engine being worked into the chassis. With turbo-charged engines banned for 1989, the entry list had increased to 39 cars from 20 teams; to accommodate the number of cars a pre-qualifying system was introduced, where

510-601: The ambition of competing in sports car racing. In the late 1970s, the team became the official Ford team in the German Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) series, a predecessor of the current DTM . Zakspeed constructed and entered an FIA Group 2 Escort and the Group 5 Capri , based on the MKIII production model. During this period, the team achieved a number of victories including

544-421: The car, which proved strong in testing due to a small fuel tank. At Rial's début race, the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix , de Cesaris qualified 14th and reached sixth place in the race, but he ran out of fuel seven laps from the end. Mechanical failures occurred during the following races, and Rial twice breached regulations; for working on the car on-track and the drivers head being above the roll bar - necessitating

578-526: The championship in 1984 with Klaus Niedzwiedz . The engine was the basis for their Formula One entry from 1985 to 1988 . Zakspeed became notable for building their own chassis and engine, something only Ferrari , Alfa Romeo and Renault did at that time. After a maiden season with Jonathan Palmer , the team hired the first Formula 3000 champion Christian Danner and ex- Tyrrell driver Martin Brundle . The team's best result (and only points finish)

612-425: The final two races, but neither Raphanel nor Gachot managed to qualify to race, with the outdated car several seconds off the nearest competitors in qualifying. Finishing 13th in the championship, Rial Racing closed down at the end of the year. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Zakspeed Zakspeed ( German pronunciation: [ˈtsakspiːt] )

646-476: The front row. Nigel Mansell took third in the other Ferrari, with Alain Prost fourth in the other McLaren. Pierluigi Martini impressed by qualifying fifth in his Minardi , ahead of the two Williams of Riccardo Patrese and Thierry Boutsen in sixth and eighth respectively, with Alex Caffi seventh in the Dallara . The top ten was completed by Luis Pérez-Sala in the second Minardi and Martin Brundle in

680-454: The latter taking the overall title from such clubs as PSV Eindhoven , Liverpool F.C. and A.C. Milan . Dortmund took one win in the season and Beijing took three on the way to the title with driver Davide Rigon . In 2009, Zakspeed managed Sporting CP (who won a race with Pedro Petiz ) and R.S.C. Anderlecht . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix The 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix (formally

714-409: The new cars and the teams ranked lowest in the previous season would compete for the 30 spaces available in qualifying, and then for the 26 starters in the race. Danner did not have to pre-qualify, while Weidler driving the new entry had to enter the session. Danner achieved a 14th place at the opening Brazilian round , before the improving cars of Rial's competitors forced Danner out of qualifying for

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748-582: The next two races, hampered by the older ARC2 chassis. The fifth race, the United States Grand Prix on the Phoenix street circuit , saw Danner finish in fourth place, in a similar attritional race to the year before, giving him the best result of his career. Weidler meanwhile had failed to pre-qualify for any race so far in the season, and following Danner's 8th-place finish in Canada in what

782-540: The overall championship in 1981 with driver Klaus Ludwig . In the early 1980s, Zakspeed also prepared a Mustang for Ford USA's Special Vehicle Operations to race in the domestic IMSA Camel GT series. The Mustang chassis was based on the Group 5 Capri. In 1982, Zakspeed ran the works Ford C100 Group C effort in conjunction with the factory. The Zakspeed-prepared machine was run by the works Ford Germany team with Klaus Ludwig , Manfred Winkelhock and Marc Surer at

816-410: The pit lane was expressly forbidden (the pit crew may legally push a car backwards), Mansell was given the black disqualification flag. At the start of lap 48, approaching Turn 1 even while the black flag was being waved at him Mansell tried to overtake Senna, the cars collided and both drivers were out. This damaged Senna's title chances, especially since rival Alain Prost came in second place. The race

850-459: The short distance into the correct spot, despite the Ferrari mechanics signalling to him to not reverse the car. After the leaders went to pit for tyres, Martini led a lap in the Minardi , the only time in F1 history that a Minardi car was at the front leading. Mansell was down in fourth. Berger, Senna and Mansell quickly overtook Martini and Mansell closed on Senna. However, as driving a car in reverse in

884-477: The team and was fired. In his first Formula One event, Lehto just missed out on pre-qualification after a suspension failure during the session, leaving him fifth. The Larrousse - Lola cars both pre-qualified again, with Philippe Alliot second and Michele Alboreto fourth. The other driver to go through to the main qualifying sessions was Roberto Moreno in third place in the Coloni . Yannick Dalmas had originally pre-qualified in third place in his AGS , but

918-468: The top ten places. The race was also Prost's 150th Grand Prix start and the last start for the Coloni team, though it would continue in F1 until the end of 1991. Onyx returned to the top of the Friday morning time sheets as Stefan Johansson was fastest by half a second. His new team-mate was Finnish driver JJ Lehto , who had replaced Bertrand Gachot since the last race, after Gachot openly criticised

952-598: The wheel. The car was a midfielder at best, although Jonathan Palmer and Desiré Wilson scored a 4th place overall the 1000 km of Brands Hatch in 1982. Ford Germany retracted their support and one car was sold to privateers, while the other chassis was evolved by Zakspeed into the C1/4 and the C1/8, making few appearances in international racing, but becoming a front-runner in the German Interserie , where it won

986-588: Was Brundle's 5th place in the 1987 San Marino Grand Prix . For their final season, in 1989 , Zakspeed switched to Yamaha engines as turbos were banned. The Japanese engine was unreliable and drivers Bernd Schneider (former German Formula 3 champion), Piercarlo Ghinzani and the rookie Aguri Suzuki struggled to pre-qualify the car. Schneider only qualified the car twice and retired both times, while Suzuki never got past pre-qualifying. After withdrawing from F1, Zakspeed focused again exclusively on sport cars. The team ran Mercedes 190E and Opel Calibra cars in

1020-451: Was excluded from the session and his times were deleted, after mistakenly using the wrong tyres. Also excluded was Osella driver Nicola Larini , for missing a weight check, although he had already failed to pre-qualify, being only ninth fastest. The other drivers who failed to proceed any further included the other Osella of Piercarlo Ghinzani , who outpaced his team-mate in sixth, and Oscar Larrauri , despite an improvement to seventh in

1054-471: Was his replacement, bringing with him new designer Christian van der Pleyn. However the new design team could not improve the ARC2 to qualify for a race, and Danner quit following the Portuguese Grand Prix . Gregor Foitek was brought in for Spain, but a rear wing breakage during qualifying caused an accident destroying his car, and he immediately left the team. Bertrand Gachot took over for

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1088-543: Was purchased by Zakspeed to be entered on the Nürburgring VLN series to take advantage of the new, less restrictive rules for the 1999 season. Zakowski and his teammate dominated the 1999 season, winning every race, before the rules were altered for 2000 and the Porsche 996 GT3 showed up. The team won the 24 Hours Nürburgring again in 2001 and 2002. In 2003, against factory competition, they were disqualified due to

1122-423: Was the first of the leaders to pit for new tyres from fourth position. He was quickly followed by Berger on lap 35 and then by Senna. Then came the crucial moment of the race. Mansell came into the pits slightly too fast, locked his tyres and missed his pit box by a few metres. Although his pit crew moved down the pit lane to try to change his tyres where he had stopped, Mansell engaged reverse gear and drove backwards

1156-557: Was to be Rial's final race start, neither driver qualified for the following Grands Prix, despite both Rial cars being allowed to enter qualifying following the changing of pre-qualifying rankings after the British Grand Prix . At the Hungarian race , where an illegal rear wing saw Weidler's qualifying times deleted, both Fober and Weidler left the team following the blame by Schmid for the imposed fine. Pierre-Henri Raphanel

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