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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">WORLD TOURING CAR</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">08/06/2002</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Jan Magnussen on pole in DTC</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Peugeot 1 & 2 on grid</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/citroen(1).jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Jan Magnussen was the absolute pace setter during qualifying for the third round of the Danish Touringcar Championship at Jyllands-Ringen. In fact the former Stewart Grand Prix driver was so fast that he elected to park his Peugeot 307 GTI after two thirds of the 20 minute session.<BR> <BR> ”I think my present lap time will be sufficient,” was the first comment from the winner of round one. “Until now everything has been running according to plan. The car drove beautifully, but in this heat I could imagine that people will be getting trouble with their tyres, especially for race two. You simply won’t be able to go pedal to the metal during both races, you have to be careful.”<BR> <BR> Jan Magnussen was right in his decision to stop early. His time was sufficient to give him an over night pole position, as the top eight qualifyers go on to the Super Pole session at noon on Sunday. Magnussen’s lap time was 0.4 seconds better than runner-up, fellow Peugeot 307 GTI driver Jason Watt, but behind Watt things were really close. Less than four tenths of a second split Watt’s second place from championship leader Kurt Thiim in eleventh place, and it thus meant that the latter will miss out on the Super Pole.<BR> <BR> ”I knew it would be difficult running with 80 extra kilos, but not that it would be so difficult…” a deeply disappointed Thiim said afterwards. ”I had hoped for a top eight position, but it was so close that a tenth of a second would have meant that I would have been sixth or seventh! That says a lot about the present level for the Danish Touringcar Championship, so the rest of the season is going to be really tough!”<BR> <BR> Up-and-coming driver Martin Jensen – who is backed by the party of the Danish Prime Minister – was also disappointed. Aboard his ex-Watt 306 he had been a regular top six runner during the free practice, but a mere 0.03 second meant that he too missed the Super Pole.<BR> <BR> ”There was too much traffic on the circuit,” the young talent explained. “Every time I was on a flyer, I ended up behind somebody else, who wouldn’t give me room. I would have qualified if there had been less traffic.”<BR> <BR> A driver who will be making his first appearance in the Super Pole tomorrow will be 1999 champion Jesper Sylvest, who has lacked pace in his Citroën Xsara in the two opening rounds of the series.<BR> <BR> ”I never really expected that sixth position in a timed practice would give me such a happy feeling,” the lanky driver said.<BR> ”I didn’t really reckon that I stood any changes before the weekend. Either I would end up as 25th or I would have a good weekend. Magnussen is untouchable, but my mechanics have done a tremendous job, and I’m sure that I will have the speed tomorrow. I think that we will see the return of the Old Sylvest, so a top four result tomorrow is likely.”<BR> <BR> Result of timed practice for round 3 of the Danish Touringcar Championship:<BR> <BR> 1.<B>Jan Magnussen</B> Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTI <B>48,209</B><BR> 2.<B>Jason Watt</B> Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTI <B>48,608</B><BR> 3.<B>Michael Carlsen</B> Carlsen Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTI <B>48,624</B><BR> 4.<B>Henrik Larsen</B> K-motorsport Honda Civic Type-R <B>48,670</B> <BR> 5.<B>Mike Legarth</B> Team Vamdrup BMW 320i <B>48,719</B><BR> 6.<B>Jesper Sylvest</B> Team Racing Ahead Citroën Xsara Coupé VTS <B>48,766</B><BR> 7.<B>Henrik Lundgaard</B> Toyota Castrol Racing Toyota Corolla <B>48,844</B><BR> 8.<B>Casper Elgaard</B> Team Essex Invest BMW 320i <B>48,846</B><BR> 9. <B>Martin Jensen</B> Peugeot Statoil Motorsport Peugeot 307 GTI <B>48,875</B><BR> 10.<B>John Nielsen</B> Team Essex Invest BMW 320i <B>48,930</B><BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>