Thread: F3000 at Jarama
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Old 9 Jun 2001, 13:18 (Ref:102960)   #11
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Ok, so here's a recap of all the information I could find on the topic in books and on the internet. First, I'll list those who credit the win and/or second place in the championship to Martini, then those who 'split' the honours , and finally those who credit Pirro with the achievements:

title, author, year of publication

- Grand Prix Data Book, David Hayhoe, 1989, p 35: 2nd in championship to Martini
- Grand Prix Data Book 2, David Hayhoe & David Holland, 1995, p 42: win and 2nd in championship to Martini
- The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, Peter Higham, 1995, p 237: win and 2nd in championship to Martini, quote: "Originally disqualified because the team worked on the car between heats, later reinstated"
- ibid, pp 512 & 522: individual driver records confirm that
- http://www.clarinet.fi/~spitkane/F3000/champfp86.htm, Seppo Pitkänen, 1996-2001: 2nd in championship to Martini
- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/woodcote/Tour/%2786table.html, Frédéric Breton, unknown: win and 2nd in championship to Martini
- http://www.f3thousand.com/Tour/Inter%20F3000%2086.html, presumably also Fred Breton, unknown: 2nd in championship to Martini
- http://www.forix.com/asp/3kcp.asp?z=...l=0&r=1986&c=7, João Paulo Lopes da Cunha, Rainer Nyberg & Nicolás Korzan, 2001: win and 2nd in championship to Martini

- http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/a...n/f300085.html, Darren Galpin, unknown: win and 2nd in championship to Martini, quote: "Martini was originally disqualified as team worked on car between heats, but was reinstated later" (presumably copied from Higham)
- http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/drivers/martini.html, Darren Galpin, unknown: win and 2nd in championship to Martini
- http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/drivers/pirro.html, Darren Galpin, unknown: win and 2nd in championship to Pirro
- http://dizzy1000.tripod.com/1986.htm, "The webmaster" with Stefan Persson & Sergio Fratus, 1999-2001: win once to Pirro and once to Martini, 2nd in championship to Martini

- Motor Racing, Ian Morrison, 1989, p 136: win and 2nd in championship to Pirro
- A-Z of Formula Racing Cars, David Hodges, 1990, p 217: quote: "Martini (...) won twice", ie not at Jarama
- The Grand Prix Who's Who 2, Steve Small, 1996, p 279: quote: "[Martini] winning rounds at Imola, Mugello and Birmingham. Any hopes of a title win were dashed when he was disqualified in the final round at Jarama" (Note: it was actually his teammate, Luis Perez Sala, who won in Birmingham...)
- ibid, p 336: 2nd in championship to Pirro
- http://www.speedsportmag.de/speedspo.../1986/86a.php3, Mike Zenger, 1996-2001: win and 2nd in championship to Pirro

NB: It should maybe be noted that, in 1981 there was a similar case when Eje Elgh was disqualified from the Thruxton F2 Championship round, but reinstated several months later, long after the last race of the championship was run. Interestingly, this fact is omitted by Higham (1995), but included in the Morrison book (1989), exactly contrary to their respective position in the 'Martini case'! This also affected Stefan Johansson's championship position, which is rightly reflected by Hayhoe (1989), Small (1996) and Galpin, although the latter ignores it all again in his Elgh career information.

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