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JUKKA STEENARI demonstration at the
EFRA grand Prix
May 1, 1999
Vichy, France.
  that is the first touring car EFRA grand Prix that
take place in France, in the beautifull club of Vichy. yes, you're right
that where they take the wellknow Vichy water. the weather was very good.
the track temperature approach 50°C during the qualify. it was very disppointing
for most of the french driver who never race on so hot track. tire had
to be very hard and it was not good to treat them. if you do, the tire
come so hot that it was impossible to make the first lap without get out
of the track.
  Alot of good pilots was there like jukka Steenari,
ralph Helbing, oscar Jansen, jean Marc Bettischer, sacha Falter,... some
italian, belgium and spain drivers was also there.
 during
the qualify, jukka steenari was not very fast because of a wrong choice
of tire. the track began to be very hot. some pilots start to use some
MEDIAL PRO tire, the white one who are the harder. With this tire they
make a fastest lap after fastest lap. before the medial TQ was 16
Laps in 5.10.00 and after 16 laps in 5.00.10. steenari with this tire
finally take the TQ.
The Challenge!
 the first heat of final have been win by italian yokomo
driver ricardo with his just mounted MR4 TC full plastic parts. he was
very fast and win with more of 5 sec on steenari. the secaond heat, ricardo
make a very good start and take the leads but a 1 minuts of the end, make
a little fault and steenari go to the end. the third heat, steenari take
the leads imediately and win the heat and the race.
  so a very good day for jukka steenari with TQ and
victory of this EFRA grand Prix.
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