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CO 0') Hekan "Certe" Cerlqvist !top) lost both his visor end goggl.sln the second moto, but his 2-3 rid.. g8ve him the ov....II.IAbov.leftl Bred l.IIck.y, h.re leading Andr. Melh.rbe. finished 1&-4 whll. Melh.rbe went 5-1.IAbove right! Jean-Jecqu.. Bruno won the first moto but fell In s.cond when his shock jemmed. m 500cc World Championship MX Series: Round 11 Carlqvist first in Belgium, Malherbe leads by 10 By Bob Gould NAMUR. BELGIUM. AUG. 2 Hakan Carlqvist won the overall victory at Namur with second and third place moto finishes, but Andre Malherbe, the expected favorite, took a fifth and first to regain his lead in the World Championship standings by 10 Points '. T he ~aturday ram made the track slippery and, as always at Namur, dangerous. On Sunday the rain held off. In timed training, "Carla" put in the fastest time. Noyce thought his time was gOod enough for founh position, but when the official times were released, "Rolls Noyce" found himself credited with 16th ·tastest time. . After protests which resulted in failure, the fint moto got underway with the Suzuki duo of Brad Lackey and Jean-Jacques Bruno out front. Chasing them into the woods for the fint time was Y"amaha's Andre Vromans, KTM's Gerard Rond and Noyce. The completion of the fint lap gave the Suzuki tearnsten a slight advant· age over Vromans with Noyce challengi~ Rond. The Dutch Champion soon gave way tei -me" • ex-WoTla" Champion. Three laps had gone when Bruno took o~r from teammate Lackey. Noyce continued to ch~ Vromans while Carlqvist. who had started in ninth position, had moved into fifth place. Rond was holding back Malherbe who had climbed from 10th at the stan. The present World Champion managed to squeeze past the KTM factory rider, though one lap later Malherbe was having problems, and a pit stop was needed to rele~ a jammed footpeg. He set off again losing one position. and that was to Rond. Once again. the Belgian had great difficulty passing the Dutchman but with four laps to the flag he slipped past. Lackey was also experiencing difficulties and a drop from second to finish 15th came after trying to avoid two fallen backrnarkers. The Californian caught his footpeg on one of the downed machines. and the result was a snapped·off peg. . French Champion Bruno went on to win from Carlqvist who had fought hard to pass Noyce and Vromans. Malherbe carne in fifth behind Noyce, but the present world leader had pulled out another two-point advantage. Once again, in the second moto, Lackey and Bruno were out in front. In pursuit was Carlqvist and Vromans. Noyce completed the fint lap in seventh, and Malherbe was ninth. Four laps out, Bruno took a dive into the Belgian din after the rear shock • jammed sending the Frenchman flying into the crowd. Bruno was unable to re-stan and lost 12 valuable points. On the same lap, Noyce slid into founh behind Vromans. One lap later. Carlqvist hit problems after a rock struck his visor knocking it across the Swede's eyes; he tried to pull off his goggles and visor but crashed into the bushes doing so. Carla restaned minus visor and gt>ggles and soon pulled back lost ground. Noyce had moved into third only to slide off letting teammate Malherbe through. Then disaster struck for Noyce. When. trying to fmd better traction but choosing the wrong line. the former World Champ was flicked off his Honda and ended up in the crowd. Noyce collected a twisted knee as he fell and crawled back to the damaged Honda where he remained the few laps of the race. Malherbe was third, and he demoted both Lackey and Vromans (who had already passed the Yank several laps before). Brad was also to lose one more place to Carlqvist. _ Results MOTO ONE: 1 .J~ Bruno CSuzl; 2. Halcan CarIqviot (Yoml; 3. Andre Vromons (Yoml; 4. Graham Noyce CHonI; 5. Andre M_be (HonI; 6. Ger.d Rond CKTM); 7. Vwn Van den Broeck CMeij; 6. Conny (HusI; 9. l.8urance Spence (Voml; 10. Eddy eart.on Sten:luc CMail. MOTO lWO: 1. _ ; 2. Vrorneno; 3. CarIqviot; 4. l.Kkoy; 5. CorIuon; 6. Julc Van V _ IKTM); 7. Spence; 6. Rond; 9. Sterduc; 10. Oaniol"- l"-wl. SOOcc WORLO CHAMPIONSHIP MX SERIES POINT ST~NGS: 1. ~ ~ 11~; 2. ~-.m Noyce 11891; 3........ CarIqviot 11741; 4. . - - . . J _ Bruno C136); 5. Andre Vrorneno C1341; 6. Brod I.odcey (99); 7. Gerold Rond (841; B. JuIc Van V _ C73l; 9. o T_"'llhlltloo1ll~ to'! _ 'I'IbaiI'lrC421. r '