ROOKIE CAMPARATO TAKES POLE IN HUNGARY!
WORLD CHAMP JONES 2^ND; CAPPELLINI 3^RD!

Dunaujvaros, Hungary (24^th July)- Italian rookie Fabio Camparato is fast becoming the new star on the horizon as he captured his first pole position in only his 5^th try on the U.I.M. F1 World Championship for powerboating at todayâs Grand Prix of Hungary. Camparato, who is joined by his teammate Guido Cappellini, the 4 time World Champion from Monaco, will make it a one-three from the start pontoon for Sundayâs 15:00 start.

The DAC Racing effort from Como, Italy has been developing new hulls and at present it seems to be working. Cappellini held the top time after the first session in the early afternoon, but it was the current World Champion, Jonathan Jones of Cardigan, Wales who was the man to beat after doing a 36:14 second lap with speeds approaching 165 kph.

In the top 6 "Shootout", the final special session of the afternoon where the top 6 pilots get a chance to improve their times and race for the pole at the start of the field, Scott Gillman, the two time pole position holder in the last two seasons, improved from 6^th to 5^th with a time of 37.3 second lap.

Massimo Roggiero, the Italian leader of the Castrol Team, did a remarkable job considering he has been fighting kidney stones, high tempatures and a brief hospital stay, while getting the job done with a 36.5 second lap and a 4^th place start.

Finlandâs Pertti Leppala came out 4^th and ended up 6^th with a frustrating 37.61 run, while Camparato was next and did the first ever sub-36 second lap on this modified 2 pin course with a 35.98 seoncd effort and pole position.

Rookie Italian Ivan Torta was a pleasant surprise starting 7^th in the Rainbow Belco Racing machine with a 37.84 lap, while Great Britan veteran Andy Elliott is 8^th with a 38.01 time.

Hungarian Rudy Mihaldinecz, a native of Dunaujvaros, will start 9^th despite a sensational 360 degree flip in the 1st timed session with a clocking of a 38.17 time in his American Seebold wooden boat. While Italian Fabrizio Bocca the 1992 World Champion will round out the top 10 starters.

22 pilots from 11 different nations will take the start in tomorrowâs 5^th round of the 1999 U.I.M. F1 World Championship the Grand Prix of Hungary beginning at 15:00 CET, 9:00 EST.