DAMS win pole in Lola

The car has been fastest all along, setting fastest times
in both free practice sessions as well as dominating qualifying.

Driven by the French trio of Jean-Marc Gounon, Eric Bernard and Christophe
Tinseau, the team set a time of 1:38.069 on the 5.77 km Monza track - over
half a second faster than the reigning ISRS champions, JB Giesse's Emmanuel
Collard and Vincenzo Sospiri.

The Lola led a group of 6 Ferrari 333 SP cars, with the Doran Lista car a
second slower than the JB Giesse car, and the GLV Brums car an excellent
fourth.

Baldi and Redon, in the second JB Giesse car, will start from 6th
place on the grid.

The Ferraris were followed by a three Riley & Scott cars, with the
Judd-engined Target 24 car, driven by Alex Caffi and de Lorenzi, four
hundredths of a second faster than the Ford-powered car, driven by Philippe
Gache and Gary Formato.

In all, 23 cars took part in qualifying, the number 9 Repsol Kremer
Porsche having suffered from a cracked chassis during free practice.

Tomorrow's 500 km race is being held as part of the traditional "1000 km of
Monza", with the FIA GT Championship completing the distance.

Qualifying results for the
International Sports Racing Series 1999,
Round 2 - 500 km of Monza:

Ps.No. Driver , Car Lap Time

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1 12 SR1 Gounon/Bernard DAMS Lola Judd 1:38.069

2 1 SR1 Collard/Sospiri JB Giesse Ferrari 333 SP 1:38.841

3 27 SR1 Lienhardt/Theys Doran Lista Ferrari 333 SP 1:39.887

4 5 SR1 Lavaggi/Mazzacane GLV Brums Ferrari 333 SP 1:39.984

5 23 SR1 Moncini/Pescatori BMS Ferrari 333 SP 1:40.074

6 2 SR1 Baldi/Redon JB Giesse Ferrari 333 SP 1:40.204

7 22 SR1 Zadra/Zadra BMS Ferrari 333 SP 1:40.493

8 15 SR1 Caffi/de Lorenzi Target 24 Riley&Scott Judd 1:41.143

9 31 SR1 Gache/Formato R&S Europe Riley&Scott Ford 1:41.149

10 25 SR1 Bleininger/Riccitelli RWS Riley&Scott BMW 1:41.944

11 4 SR1 Calderari/Bryner Auto Sport Ferrari 333 SP 1:42.474

12 16 SR1 Gabbiani/Corradi Cornero Riley&Scott Chevro 1:45.383

13 6 SR1 Waaijenberg/Lof Dutch Nat. Ferrari 333 SP 1:47.670

14 3 SR1 Dickens/Becker G4 Team Gebhardt G4 1:48.930

15 55 SR2 Amati/Lancellotti Caoduro Tampolli RS2 1:49.385

16 7 SR1 Ploeg/Papenburg BPR Comp. Kremer K8 Porsche 1:49.881

17 56 SR2 Maccari/Merzario Caoduro Tampolli RS2 1:50.559

18 62 SR2 Tonetti/Mancini Turbomotor Signiolfi 1999 1:51.996

19 57 SR2 Guidici/Raimondi Sc. Guidici Picchio BMW 1:51.996

20 99 SR2 Bruneau/Rostan Bruneau Debora BMW 1:52.376

21 54 SR2 Gozzo/Leone Taverna Osella BMW 1:55.737

22 50 SR2 Show/Yvon M Bailey MBR Rover GR4 1:56.738

23 53 SR2 Peroni/Maddalena Siliprandi Lucchini Alfa 1:58.708