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moves him into fourth plaCf~. one point
behind Anton Mang.
Thin;! home in the race was Walter
Villa (Yamaha) looking as good as
ever, with Anton Mang holding off
Michel Frutschi (Yamaha) in the
closing stages. to stay fourth.
Australians Graeme McGregor and
Jeff Sayle were next home, and both
made a big impact on their fiTSt Dutch
IT visit.
Opening the day's programme,
before a crowd of more than 130.000
fans. was the 50cc race won by
Eugenio Lazzarini (Kreidler) but only
after lillie Ricardo Tormo had grab·
bed too big a handful of front brake
on the fourth lap and crashed his
Bultaco.
But then Tormo had opened up a
J2s lead. and looked firmly in command. Lazzarini consolidated his tide
lead with his win. but the scrap for
second place between Frenchman
Patrick Plisson (ABF) and Swiss Rolf
~Latter (Kreidler) which. went in
Plisson's favour. was the dice which
captivated the crowd.
Lazzarini's teammate in the Van
Veen squad. German Gerhard
Waibel, lost his chance of adding to
his score when the crankshaft broke on
the third lap, when lying third.
Tormo made amends for his
mistake in the l25cc event which
followed. He couldn't beat fellow
countryman Angel Nieto (Minarelli)
who won his seventh successive l25cc
race to maintain a maximum score.
but he tried.
At the flag the Bultaco factory rider
had cut Nieto's lead to just 2 \-25. but
ieto had things under control. Third
was Italina Maurizio Massimiani
(MBA), after Thierry Espie crashed
the Motobecane.
Determination. and a slice of good
luck saw Clive Honon (Morbidelli)
fmish tenth. and claim his first well
deserved championship . point of the
year.
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Results
50cc 19 laps, 43.13-mllest: 1, E. Lauarini U(rel; 2. P."
P1tsson tABF1; 3. R. Blatter (Kre); 4. P. Looyesteyn
(UFOI; 5. W. Mull.. (Krel; 6. H. Klein (Hess Spociall; 7.
J. Huneeu tABFI; 8. T. van Geffen lKr81; 9. T. Timmer
(Bull; 10. G. Strikker (Krel.
Record lap. E. Lazzartni, 3m 32.45·81.23 mph.
Old record: E. Lazzarint IKre), 3m 33.5s . 80 mph.
125cG (14 laps. 67.09 mllesl: 1. A Nieto (Bull; 2. R.
Torma (Bult; 3. M. Maasimsiani (MBAI; 4. G. Bendel'
(Benl; 5. B. Kneubuhler (MBAI; 6. S. Dorflinger (MOIl; 7.
J.L. Guignabodet (MBAI: 8. W. Koschlne ICeIIa Fan·
tic); 9. H. v KessellCondor NGKI: 10. C. Horton (Marl.
Record lap: Nieto. 3m 13.2 -89.31 mph.
Old record: P.P. Bianchi IMOfl3m 13.7·89.07 mph.
250c... Ilo laps, i1.89 miles): 1. G. Rossi 1Mor); 2. G.
HansfOf'd (Kew); 3. K. 8a&lington; 4. A. Mang (Klwl; 5.
J.F. Balde (Kewl; 6..P. Fernandez (Yaml; 7. R. Mamola
lYaml; 8. R. Freymond IYaml; 9. W. Villa (Yaml; 10. V.
Sousun (Yaml.
Record lap: Ballington 3m 2.&·94.38 mph.
Old r8COfd: W. Villa (H·DI3m 5.90·92.81 mph.
350cc (161_. 76.68 mil..): 1. G. Hansfo