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16 May 2005, 11:49 am

Mercedes GP Winner But Masters Still In Dispute

Mercedes Grand Prix and Soling Masters World Championship 2005

Balatonfüred, Lake Balaton, Hungary

The Hungarian team of Balazs GYENESE, Andrej Monus and Karoly VEZER have won the Mercedes Grand Prix on their home waters with a race to spare.

The fight continues for second place between the German team helmed by Roman KOCH, and just three points behind them, the Austrians helmed by Carl AUTERIED.

The Masters is a three way battle between the favourites, helmed by AUTERIED, and two Hungarian teams helmed by George WOSSALA and Gabor BANKUTY.

Sunday started with bad weather, rain and no wind, but in the afternoon a breeze of 15 knots built from the north and a triangular course was raced, although the wind dropped on the last leg. The second race took place in a very light breeze and came very close to the time limit. Victory in this race, preceded by a second earlier in the day, means the team of Balazs GYENESE can take it easy tomorrow having secured the Grand Prix title.

Results After Five Races

Pos	Nation	Helmsman	Middleman	Bowman	Division	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	HUN	Balazs GYENESE	Gyula MONUS	Karoly VEZER	Open	1	2	(3)	2	1	6
2	GER	Roman KOCH	Maxl KOCH	Gregor BORNEMANN	Open	(6)	4	2	1	2	9
3	AUT	Carl AUTERIED	Martin KENDLER	Udo MOSER	Masters	2	1	5	4	(DNF)	12
4	HUN	Madarasz TAMAS	Hainzmann AKOS	Levente DEAK	Open	3	6	4	(8)	4	17
5	AUT	Markus SCHNEEBERGER	Volker MOSER	Christian PANEK	Open	5	(7)	1	6	6	18
6	HUN	George WOSSALA	Kovasci LASZLO	Peter NEMETH	Masters	4	3	(12)	9	3	19
7	HUN	Istvan SZUCS	GYULAI GABOR	Peter SZUCS	Open	7	(8)	8	3	5	23
8	SVK	Peter MOSNY	Anton SZOMOLÁNYI	Marek JANKOVIC	Open	10	5	7	5	(10)	27
9	USA	Matias COLLINS	Ancs ANTAL	Willy	Open	8	(10)	9	7	7	31
10	HUN	Majoross PETER	Farkas TAMAS	Izsak TIBOR	Masters	12	9	6	10	(13)	37

Matias Collins (As Amended By ISAF). Image, The Grand Prix champions battling against their fellow Hungarians, WOSSALA, NEMETH and KOVASCI:© Zsolt Szamody