KARLOF WINS FIRST EVER GRAND PRIX IN FINLAND!
GILLMAN'S 2ND MOVES HIM IN CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD!

Tampere, Finland; June 14 th - Swedish driver Goran Karlof waited 7 years for his first Formula 1 victory and he couldn't have done it in a better place, winning in the heart of Scandinavia during the 4 th round of the U.I.M. F1 World Championship.

Karlof, who has raced here many times in the offshore classes, had come close but had never secured his first victory on the F1 tour, finally tasted victory, holding off World Champion Scott Gillman of the U.S.A. by 2.48 seconds. Gillman's 2 nd moves the native of Basalt, Colorado into 1 st place in the World Championship with 47 points.

The native of Stockholm was the third and final leader of the 50 lap event after pole sitter and points leader Guido Cappellini of Como, Italy led for the first 5 laps before stopping on the course and finally spinning out of the event on the 13 th lap. Cappellini's retirement leaves the 4-time Champ with 40 points and 3 rd in the title chase.

Picking up the lead was crowd favorite and Finnish native Pertti Leppala, who had qualified 3 rd and who moved to the front on the 5 th circuit around the 2 kilometer 5 pin course after Cappellini's stoppage. Leppala, who was in control with leads of up to 8.43 seconds on Karlof, came to a sudden stop and failed to restart on the 36 th lap to the huge dissapointment of the partisan Finnish crowd.

With Karlof picking up the lead and Gillman trying his best to cut into it, the 3-time World Champion Jonathan Jones moved up to 3 rd and settled for his 3 rd top 3 finish in 4 races this season to move into 2 nd place in the World Championship with 32 points.

Italian Francesco Cantando was 4 th and a lap down but his 3 rd straight top 5 finish moves him into 5 th place in the World Championship with 31 points. Rookie Hungarian driver Rudy Mihaldinez was 5 th , his best finish of the season, while another rookie, Sami Selio of Finland was a surprising 6 th in only his first complete event.

Fabrizio Bocca of Italy finished 7 th two laps down, while Thomas Ericsson of Sweden was 8 th for his second top 10 finish of the season. Andy Elliott of Great Britian started last and finished 9th, while Italian Franco Leidi rounded out the top 10 after starting from the 14th spot on the grid.

The U.I.M. F1 World Championship moves on to Corfu, Greece July 12th.