Bathurst winners keep places
- . •-■•-C I- ■ £*-••• Cft J /V; . . •’ FA .■ . ■■ • > ■ The winners al the*. James Hartle IM9 atBathurst have bees timed after tests ohtheir fuelshowed Math* normalities, the Coe-; federation of Australian' Motorsport said ..ysster-; Sierra Cosworths had used illegal high-octane; fsei. . However, a cenfedera-; tian'. spokesman, Mr. David HaasaH, said testsat BAP.*) petroleum laboratories In Melbourne” showed the fuel used; complied with race rules., « He sald the basic testdone-.- M the circuit,; whlckseggested irregwi laxities, was not eophiotieated enough. ’■ ■ J J “There was a small alert and, as is normal in’ these situations, you tpke; the fuel away and do the proper testing." The Texaco-Eggen-berger team's No. f Car, . driven by Steve Soper of. Britain and Pierre Diew donee of Belgium, took the chequered flag two laps ahead of fts teammates, Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz, of Vest Germany. Third was Australia’s. Peter Brock, who would have won his ninth James Hardie title had the first two plaeegetters been disqualified. Although the fuel question has been the Federation > < International du Sport Auto- , mobile, which : controls x all world championship races, has yet to hear protests over the bodywork Of the Sierras.
The pretests have been lodged by four Australian teams who said the European cars had been illegally modified to allow bigger wheels and: tyres.: 'Motor.: racing' sources said investigations into the< complaints oorid take up to six months.
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