1.   Birmingham has added two more wins this season and likely will finish runner-up in the championship standings.

2.   But Marlin remained in second in the championship standing.

3.   He also had a disappointing finish in a race in Lausitzring, Germany, and sits fourth in the championship standings with eight races to go.

4.   Tracy was out in front on the championship points standings after winning in Long Beach until the seventh event of the season at Detroit.

5.   Poggiali closed the gap in the world championship standings to eight points.

6.   Alesi moved past Berger into third place in the Formula One championship standings.

7.   Auriol was second in his Toyota Celica but overtook Carlos Sainz of Spain to take a one-point lead in the world championship standings.

8.   Auriol went into Rally Australia with a one-point lead over Kankkunen and Sainz in the world championship standings.

9.   By contrast, Wales and Ireland also meet in Cardiff to decide which team finishes last in the championship standings.

10.   Carlos Sainz of Spain, the leader in the world championship standings, was fifth in a Subaru.