Circuit Zolder, Terlaemen 30, 3550 Heusden Zolder, Belgium
Tel: + 32 (0)11 250569 Fax: +32 (0)11 252144
Track length: 2.606 miles
The track is located six mile north of Hasselt and 35 miles east of Brussels. The track was first used in 1965, and was 2.601 miles long. A chicane was put behind the pits for 1973, extending the track length to 2.622 miles and in 1975 the set of esses before the pits were tightened, extending the length again to 2.648 miles. After Gilles Villeneuve fatally crashed at Terlamenbocht, a third chicane was built.
| Cars Entered by Chamberlain | Chassis C16 and Chassis C19 |
| Drivers | Ni Amorim & Toni Seiler - C16 - Car Number 18 Christian Glasel & Christian Vann - C19 - Car Number 19 |
| Qualifying | Car 18 - 5th Car 19 - 14th |
| Race | Car 18 - 2nd Car 19 - DNF |
| Brief Synopsis
of events (official) |
The Chamberlain
Motorsport Team had their best result so far in the 1999 FIA GT Championship when their
drivers Ni Amorim (Portugal) and Toni Seiler (Switzerland) came second to Olivier Beretta
and Karl Wendlinger at Zolder in Belgium yesterday. So far this year the works-backed ORECA Team has been invincible with first and second places being attained at all previous races of the FIA GT Championship. This time it was different. Ni Amorim, straight from a pair of wins in Portugal in another of Chamberlain Motorsport’s Vipers, started the race and after a very good first hour handed the car to Toni in third place. Toni held his position for most of his stint until a lurid spin avoiding a slower car dropped him to fifth. For the last hour Ni relentlessly chased the lead cars ahead until the pressure told and with 15 minutes to go he took second place from the Lister of Julian Bailey and Andy Wallace. Car 19 raced well moving up to 7th in the second hour with Christain Vann taking the first stint. Unfortunately all went well until lap 47 when Christian Glasel left the track (possibly at over 100 mph) causing mid-level damage to the car and forcing its retirement. Hugh Chamberlain, Team Principal, stated after the race "Make no mistake, for Car 18 this was a hard won place. To be beaten only by two ex- Formula One superstar drivers in a factory-funded car is a very good result indeed. Car 19 was proceeding well after a difficult time setting up the car to the drivers' satisfaction. However, their time will come." |
Highlights of the race will shown on Eurosport at 2000 CET on Tuesday July 20 and again on Wednesday 21 July at 0930 CET.
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