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10 In h1aflrat GP.
By Bob Gould
SITI"ENOORF, AUSTRIA. APR. 5
The first round of the 1981 500cc World Championship MX Series took place in Austria, and
after watching Saturday's practice session it
looked like there would be quite'a battlel Andre
Malherbe. Brad Lackey. Hahn
Carlqvist and Graham Noyce.
the top contenden for the series
title, all had the same unofficial
qualifying times.
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For the fint time at the AUltrian
GP, there was sun and not snow. The
ground was very hard and many sharp
stones were to C&UIe many flat tires.
On Saturday, ~ Oatl were recorded,
and on Sunday m trainiog three more
punctures occurred.
As the pte dropped at ! p.m.•
MaJherbe' sat the fIOlahot- with the
Swede Arne Lindfon splitting uf.
Andre Vromana and Jaak Van Ve·
thoven. Undfan fell shortly after the
third bend leaviog Belgiana one, two
and three. Lackey, Carlqvist and
Noyce all had bad starts, aad none of
the three were to finish.
After one lap, the lint victim was
Yvan Van Den Broeck who went out
with a rear flat tire. Two lapa later.
Carlqvist auhed aad retired. Jaak
Van Velthoven teized hia KTM at the
end of the ItaJt
Noyce abo
crashed, badly ciamaIing the ~
Itraifht.
