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p lug , caused by th e oil seal bet ween ge a r box a nd engi ne failing. Now it was Un cini wh o loo ked u n bea tab le but o n la p 23 a cra nk we nt a nd it was Ka ta ya m a wh o to ok over to win fr om Fernandez. But Gianfr an co Bon era (Ya ma ha) . looki ng ce rta in fo r th ird . pulled into the pi ts with a la p to go co m p letely ex ha us ted by t he hea t. Realising the situation he went ou t aga in but he ha d lost th ird place to Paolo Pil eri ( Mo rb idelli) who bea t Ball in gt on o n th e surviving Kawasak i by less than a second . Ire la nd 's T o m He rron ( Ya ma ha) was never in th e hunt and event ua lly reti red wit h sus pe nsio n trou b le wh ile Barrv W oodl and (Ya ma ha) soldiered on aru'r a bad sta rt to fin ish 12th. The 125cc ra ce was a procession with little Pier-P aolo Bianch i o n th e new Min arcll i far to o fa st to b e ca ught. H e wok the lea d from t hc sta rt a nd slic ing 2 .2 seconds off t he o ld lap reco rd he upped the winn ing average from 82. 58 to 86.9 1 mp h. La st yea r's win ner , A nge l N ieto ( Bu h aco) tried hard bu t co u ld n't Sla y wi t h th e M ina n -lli and th e li t t le Span ia rd eve ntua lly rc ri rc d with a broken piston . Th is let Euge nio Lazza rin i o n his h al ian-b ui lt MBA twin th ro ugh to second. T he te mperature had soard to 130 0 in the sun wh en the 250cc starters ca me to t he lim' wit h Ke n nv Ro bert s sitting , like a su ltan , u nd er a n a wning he ld bv his m echanics. Um:ini ( Ya ma ha) had been bes t in t raining a t 1m 39.4s beati ng th e o ld record of 1m 40.8s a head of Robe rt s with loca l ace Carlos L a va d os ( Yamaha) third and H a nsfo rd ( Kawasa ki) fourt h . But it was Pileri (Morbidc lli) who led on lap one from Unicini. La vados and Ro be rts. Uncini look ove r on t he secorul found and Rohc rt s soun joined him up Fron t h-aving La va d os to dice with Hans ford. Rob ert s I(o t a hea d but he co u ld no t sha ke off U ncini a nd when t hc It a lian sna tc hed back into t h e le ad th e Am c r ica n . rc nu- m ber in j; t hat t he ;,O(kc ran' was ne xt o n the prol(ra m · Ill" . let him 1(0. L'n ri n i pull ed away a nd al(ain look" d set to wi n un t il he tr ied to go ro u nd a la p ped rider a nd slid off a t high speed . This let Robl'rtslhroug h to lead from La va d os a nd wit h ll ansfo rd for ("('1 out. a repea t of his :~ :) O C C p rob lem , 1 Ferna ndez. ( Ya ma ha ) m o ved up to th ird wit h Mick Gra n t ( Ka wasa ki) a ~()()d fo u rt h . Then Mick dropped it in sp"'" ra rul a r styl(, on t lu- sa int ' fast sW('(' l)('r whcrr- Urwini had p arted cOlllpany with his h ike . Il l' was up straight away but will be stiff and sore for t he Ea ster Match Races . . 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Recoed Lap: p .p Bianchi (Min), 1rn, 44.&. 86.94. Old Record : A . Nieto (Bul). 1m 47.0. 82.58 mph. 25Occ: 1. K. Robert s (Yaml ; 2. C. Lavados (Yaml : 3. P. Fernandez (Yaml: 4. K. Balling ton IKaw l: 5. O. Chevallier (Yaml ; 6. M . Lega (Mo rl: 7. A . Mang (Kawl ; 8. T. Henter (Yam l: 9. E. Aleman (Yam); 10. V . Sousan (Yaml: 11. T. Herron (Yam.; 12. E. Elias (Yam): 13. A. Nieto (Yam); 14. F. Gonzalez (Yaml ; 15. V. Salmi (Yaml . Record Lap: K. Roberts IVaml. 1m 38.5s. 93.85 mph. Old Record: W . Villa lH·DI lm 40.8s. 91.66 mph. 350cc (29 laps, 74.47 m ilesl: 1. T. Katayama {Yaml ; 2. P. Fernandez (Yam l: 3. P. Piled (Ma rl; 4 . K. Ballington IKawl; 5. P. Pon s (Yaml ; 6. C. Sarron (Yaml ; 7. E. Saul (Yam): 8. G. Bonera (Yaml: 9. E. Alem an (Yam ): 10. A . Picconi (Yaml ; 11. F. Solaro li (Yaml: 12. • B. Woodland (Vaml; 13. C. Cortes (H·DI; 14. K. Rock· w elllYaml. Record Lap: F. Uncini (Yam). 1m 36 .65, 95.69 mph . Old Record : j. 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