Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

German GP (Continued from page 13 ) and Palomo clashed, an d bot h were out lea vin g a very su rprised Braun to gra b se co n d pl a c e . from Finn P e nti Ko r ho n en. T he re was d ra m a fu rther down t he field . too . Eke ro ld was forced to stop after h is machine slowed, probably w ith gri t in th e ca rb ure t o r a ft e r an excursion on to t h e grass . Then Nurmi lo o kin g a good bet for a top five plac ing slowed wh en his exhaust pipe split. He finished 13th. Finally a he ct ic five man battle, separated by just eig ht secon d s , en d ed with Swiss Phillippe Coulon taking fourth position . fell ow co u n try m a n Han s Stadelmann fi fth , Austrian Karl Auer sixth. Britain's Chas Mo rt im er seven th and Sc o ts man Alex George eighth p la ce . Coulon, it w as alleged ha d twice gone straight on at th e ch icane, and there w as muc h talk of a pro test. b u t it di d not h ap p en . J u s t as the 500cc had b een a consolation p rize fo r Ago . t he 350cc w in was the same fo r Ce cot to , Aft e r a spell o f misfort u ne it h ad lo o ked as th o ugh he mi ght regain w inn in g form , b y tak ing first p lac e in t he 25 0cc b a ttle at Ho c ke nh eim , b ut w o rld cham p io n Wa lt e r V ill a h ad o the r ideas. He stor med t hro ug h th e fiel d in brilliant style t o snatc h th e lead fro m th e you ng South Ame rican afte r te n o f the 19 ·1ap rac e. C e c ott o w ou ldn 't ad m it d efe at , t ho ug h . S ide b y side t hey d iced it out , until th e last lap w he n Vill a really pulled o ut a ll th e stops . Ce co t to t ri ed so ha rd to stay w ith him he fe ll off, an d Wa lter we nt on to extend hi s World Ch a mp i on ship lead, wi th a re cord breaki ng las t lap ! Cecotto's di sapp earance gave Michel second spot, and the Harl e y David so n factory a mo ral e -b o o stin g 1-2 . T hi rd ho me was the Spaniard Victo r Palomo, right on form at the m omen t and obvio usly a m an wit h a big fut ure in r o ad ra cing. He beat Swede Le if Gu st a fsson by th ree tenths of a se cond . Not rid ing nearly as well t hough, was French ma n Pa t ric k Po ns w ho was leadi ng t he Wo rld Championsh ip before the race . He took fifth place . te n secon ds clear of a t re me ndo us battle be tween Brazilian newcomer Ed mar Ferrei ra an d ex per ie n ced Bruno Kenub uhl er, T hose ch ica nes cam e in for m o re co n trov er sy h e re agai n w he n Finn Tapia Virtanen clai med h e had been ro b bed o f t e n t h p lac e , and a valua b le World Ch a m pi onsh ip p o int, b y th e Fre nch man Bald e w ho clai ms Virt an en we n t st ra igh t on at th e last c h ican e o n the fina l lap , in w hich he he ad ed the Fin n home by t hree te n ths of a se cond . Kent An de rsso n finally too k third p o sit ion after a strong challe nge fro m O tello Busc herini on the Mal an ca ha d r e t i r e d at t he o ne -quart er of th e di stance . There w as just one tenth o f a se cond betwee n th e winning Morbidellis , but Ke nt was I min. 26 seconds beh ind the pair after the full 17 laps. Twenty three sec o nd s be hi nd Kent c a m e fellow c o u n t ry ma n Leif Gust afss on , a n d fifth best w as D u t ch man Hen k Van Kessel , while Br uno Kn eu b u h le r , almos t last aw ay at the start brough t th e wo rks w ate r c oo l e d ....... Y am ah a through to si x t h position . • Results 12 Scc: 1. Pa o l o Pit er! (Mar ); 2 . Pier p ao lo B ia n ch i ( M or) ; 3. Kent Andersson ( Y am ) ; 4 . Lelf G usta f sso n (Yam ) ; 5 . H en k va n Kessel ( A GV); 6. Bru no K neu buh ler (Yam ); 7 . Ge r t Be n der ( G B ): 8 . Horst See! ( Mail ; 9 . R o l f T h ie le (Clg ) ; 10 . Euge ne La z za r i n i ( Pia ). 2 5 0cc: 1 . W alte r V il l a (H ·D) ; 2 . Mtcnete Rouge r ie ( H -D ) ; 3. Victo r Pa lomo ( Y am ) : 4 . L et f G usta f sso n ( Ya m ) : 5. Pa t r i ce Po n s ( Yarn } : 6 . Edmar Ferret-a ( Y am); 7. B r u n o K neu bu h ler (Y am ): 8 . D Iet er Braun ( Y am ) : 9. H o r st Lah f e ld ( Y am ): 10. J. F . Ba ld e (Y am) . I 3 S0 ce : 1. J oh n n y Ceeo tto (Ya m ) ; 2 . Die t er Braun ( Y a m) : 3 . Pe ntti Ko r ho n ncn ( Ya m); 4 . Ph il i pp e Co u lo n (Y am ) : 5. H a ns St ade l m a nn (Yam); 6 . K ar l Auer ( Y am ) : 7 . C har les M or ti m er ( Yam) ; 8. A le x George (Ya m ) : 9 . t. es Ke nny (Vam ): 10. Peter Me. Kin ley ( Y am) . SOOc e : 1 . G ia como Agosti ni ( Y a m ) : 2 . Ph i l Rea d ( M V ) : 3 . Te uvo L a nsiv uc rl ( S u z) : 4 . H id e o Ka n ay a (Yam ); 5 . S tan W ood (SuZ);6 . D ie t er B r a un (Y am ); 7 . Chr i stia n L eo n ( Kon) : 8 . Al e x Ge orge ( V arn i ; 9 . Ad u C el so-San t o s ( Y am) : 10 . Ja c k ~In d lay (Ya m ) . 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