thro ugh to ta ke second spot fro m rhe
rest o f the closely bunched p ack, by out
braking fo ur riders at the h airp in . Bu t as .
th e he at really built up , Franco dropped
back a little t o fin ish fif th .
Angel Nieto had b een quick est in b oth
50' and 125cc classes , but h e w as ca ught
napping in the early stages of the 50cc
even t, the opening race o f th e day .
Nieto grabbed a consolation win in
the 125 cc even t, which was switched in
the running order to give riders who
co mpe ted in both 250 and 5 00cc races a
breather.
P irp a o l o B ianchi on the works
Morbidelli led the race for fo ur lap s, but
th en he we nt o u t leavi ng h is teammat e
to' handle Nieto, and he co uldn' t! Nieto
was almost five seconds ah ead o f the
italian , and this p air were in turn almos t
a full min ute clear of third place man
Eugen io Lazzarin. ·
Th e 5 0 0cc race w as cut from t w elve
lap s to t en , after th e FIM Jury had
dis cussed the safety problems of the .
high speed eve nt. There co u ld n' t hav e
bee n many p eople in th e ranks of
com petitors, sp ec tat o rs or eve n p ress,
wh o were not d elighted at the id ea.
The race itself turned into a strictl y
three ho rse aff ai r, w ith Sheene and
Williams on th e works Suz u kis harrased
b y the standard model of Marcel '
Ankone,
William s led for th e first th ree laps,
with Sh eene an d Ankone sharing runner
up spo t, un til Sheene moved ahead on
fo urth lap. But if h is fa ns thought that
the race w as n ow o ver, th ey had second
th oughts , for William s, n o t at all pleased
in practic e when Sheene had loane d hi s
sp ar e w orks mach in e t o Frenchman
Michel R ouger ie, was out to show th at
he was a valuable m ember of th e Suzuki '
squad.
He an d Sh ee ne kep t swapping pl aces
at the h ead o f th e p ack, and A nkone
began to fall a little behind. Bu t then ,
wi th Williams regaini ng th e lead on the
eighth lap , it loo ked lik e a close fin ish .
But whe n J ohn eased off and lo ok ed
over his shoulder at the La So urce
hairpin , Sheene wasn ' t in sigh t . His
misfire at low revs had co o ked a co up le
of pl ugs and he was in tr oub le !
Williams was d ow n to ne ar walking
pace as he crossed th e line , b ut barring
ac t ually stopping to let Barry win, there
was noth ing else he could d o !
Sh ee ne limped h ome second, m ore
than seve n seconds behind Williams,
wi th An kone nearly te n seconds behind
Shecne ,
American Pa t Hen nen found the Spa
circuit something of a .prob lem on his
first visit.
He to o p ulled through from a p o o r
st art to finish eigh th and im proved still
f u rther h i s Worl d Ch ampionsh ip
positi on.
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Results
P.O. Box 390..Gardena, Californ ia 90247
SOcc (6 laps): I. H. Rlttberger ( Kr e) ; 2 . A .
Nieto (B ull ; 3 . U. G ra f (Kre) ; 4 . E . La zzarin i
Mo r ), S.
Lau rent (A BF ); 6. E. K ip (Kre) ;
e.
Kunz (Krel 8
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I • R.ummel (Kr. :; 10. .C. Van Cllongegen( K(Kre) ;9.
H. H
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8 .3 sIt 6 4 .644
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12 Scc (10 laps) : I. A. N ieto (Bul) : 2 . P. P ile r i
(Mor) ; 3 . E. uzza rln l (Morl ; 4 . G . Bender
Ben ) ; S. H . Ba r to l ( M or) ; 6. P. Pllnoo (M o r ) ;
• S. 'D o rf llnger (M or) ; 8 . J . V an Z eebro ec k
(M o r ). 9. L G ustafs son (Yam) : 1 0. C. Van
00098 " (M or) .
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Fas test Up' Blench l (M o r) 4, 22 .7 si!9 3 .22 4
kp h ..
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2S 0 cc (II la ps ): I. W. V illa ( H· D ), 2 . P. P llerl
( Mo r) , 3 . T . Kateyeme (V e m) , 4 . J . DOddS
( y am !, 5 . G . BonerJl (Ha D ); 6. V . Palomo
v am ; 7. D . B rau n (Vam) ; 8 . P. K orh o ne n
Va m , 9. P. Fe rn an dez ( V am ) ; 10 . T . H erron
(V am .
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Fastest LaP: V illa 4m 6 .9 sI206.58 9 kph .
SOOcc (1 0 leps) : I. J .G . Wlll lems (5 uz ); 2 . B.
Shee n e (Suz) : 3 . M .
Ro ugerle (S u z) ; 5 . T.
B raun (Suz) ; 7 . C.
Hennen (Suz) ; 9 . J.
K assner (Suz) .
Ankone (Su z) : 4 .
Lanslvuorl (Suz) ; 6 .
M o r t i m er (S uz) ; 8 .
N ewbold (Suz) ; 10 .
M.
D.
P.
H.
Fastest u p: Wlllie ms 3 m S 2 .6 s/2 t8. 228 k p h .
S id eca r (9 laps) : 1. R. Stel n h aus en/J. Huber
(Bus ) ; 2 . W . Sch wa r zel /Huber (Kon ) ; 3. H.
Schilling/ R. Gun del ( A ro) ; 4. S.Schau zu /W .
Kal auch ( Ar o) ; 5 . R. K urth/D . Rowe (Vam) ;
6. G . O de ll /A. Gosling ( Vam , ; 7 . O. H aller / E.
Ha selbeck ( B MW) ; 8. '1. Janssen /£" Sch m i tz
( V am ) ; 9 . M . H o b son/G . InchUffe (V am) ; 1 0 • .
Michel /Garc ia ( Vam).
Fa st est Lap: SChill in g 4m 2 2 .95 /193 . 077 k ph .
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