Homestead, Fla. Mark Blundell is listed in stable condition. His vital signs are ok, and Jackson Memorial Hospital spokesperson Maria Gonzalez predicts after tests and X-ray's conducted at the hospital that he "should be fine".
The British driver of the PacWest Motorola Reynard Mercedes had hit the outside wall at Homestead Motorsports Complex earlier today. In spite of the accident, he recorded the fourth fastest lap of the afternoon at190.757mph (306.928 km/h).
Pos | Driver | Car | Laptime | mph | km/h |
1 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Hollywood Reynard-Mercedes | 28.268 | 193.220 | 310.891 |
2 | Raul Boesel | Brahma Reynard-Ford Cosworth XD | 28.467 | 191.843 | 308.675 |
3 | Jimmy Vasser | Target Reynard-Honda HRR | 28.497 | 191.667 | 308.392 |
4 | Mark Blundell | Motorola Reynard-Mercedes | 28.633 | 190.757 | 306.928 |
5 | Richie Hearn | Ralphs/Food 4 Less Lola-Ford Cosworth XD | 28.649 | 190.650 | 306.756 |
6 | Paul Tracy | Marlboro Penske-Mercedes | 28.712 | 190.232 | 306.083 |
7 | Parker Johnstone | KOOL Reynard-Honda HRR | 28.806 | 189.611 | 305.084 |
8 | Christian Fittipaldi | Kmart/Budweiser Swift 007.i Ford Cosworth XD | 28.830 | 189.453 | 304.830 |
9 | Alex Zanardi | Target Reynard Honda HRR | 28.887 | 189.079 | 304.228 |
10 | Al Unser Jr. | Marlboro Penske-Mercedes | 29.034 | 188.122 | 302.688 |
11 | Dario Franchitti | Hogan Racing Reynard-Mercedes | 29.170 | 187.245 | 301.277 |
12 | Bobby Rahal | Miller Lite Reynard-Ford Cosworth XD | 29.376 | 185.932 | 299.165 |
13 | Gil de Ferran | Valvoline/Cummins Reynard-Honda HRR | 29.428 | 185.603 | 298.635 |
14 | Max Papis | MCI Reynard-Toyota | 29.638 | 184.288 | 296.519 |
15 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | Castrol-Jockey Reynard-Toyota | 29.694 | 183.941 | 295.961 |
16 | Bryan Herta | Shell Reynard-Ford Cosworth XD | 29.735 | 183.687 | 295.552 |
17 | Andre Ribeiro | LCI Lola-Honda HRR | 29.887 | 182.753 | 294.050 |
18 | Patrick Carpentier | Alumax Reynard-Mercedes | 29.930 | 182.490 | 293.626 |
19 | PJ Jones | Castrol-Jockey Reynard-Toyota | 30.086 | 181.544 | 292.104 |
20 | Greg Moore | Player’s Ltd. Lola-Mercedes | 30.263 | 180.482 | 290.396 |
21 | Dennis Vitolo | SmithKline Beecham Lola-Ford Cosworth XD | 30.529 | 178.910 | 287.866 |
22 | Adrian Fernandez | Tecate/Quaker State Lola-Honda HRR | 30.695 | 177.942 | 286.309 |
23 | Hiro Matsushita | Panasonic-Duskin Reynard-Toyota | 30.730 | 177.739 | 285.982 |