Katsuaki Kubota scored his second and third straight Masters Historic F1 race wins with his JPS Lotus 78 (above, photo courtesy of Masters Historic Racing), following up his success in Austin with a pair of dominant victories in the support races for last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix. Kubota prevailed in Saturday’s first race after fending off an early challenge from Greg Thornton (Lotus 91). Starting from pole position, Kubota gradually opened up a final margin of victory measuring 3.6 seconds. Taking 3rd was James Hagan (Tyrrell 011), who was chased home by Ron Maydon (LEC CRP1) in 4th as Jamie Constable (Embassy Lola T370) filled out the top five.
For Sunday’s second race, Kubota again managed to stay ahead of Thornton throughout, with the final margin of victory clocking in at 3.4 seconds. A fraught duel for 3rd between Maydon and Constable enlivened the early going before Maydon’s retirement left Constable unchallenged for the final podium step. John Holtzman brought his JPS Lotus 87B through to 4th, ahead of Martin Lauber, who carved his way up from the back in James Hagan’s Tyrrell after Hagan was forced to return home when his mother took ill.
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