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Freddie Spencer. aboard a Honda-3, leads Yamaha's Kenny Roberts (3) and Barry Sheene (7) early in the race . The skyscrapers of Buenos Aires form a backdrop for (left to right) Spencer. Roberts and Sheene. 14 sewed that u p by slo wing tw o co rners before and acce lera ting hard a nd sticking to the white line. " T h is was the fi rst ti m e I had raced o n Dunl ops. T hey were good, though we co u ld have used a so rter co mpound. " Barry's Mich elin seemed to be better o n the exi ts bu t the big Du nl o p had more o n the co rners. " In fo urt h pl ace, U ncini was u n trou bled. H e finished seven seco nds a head o f Lucchinell i wh o was ha ppy in fourth pl ace till halfway, wh en the temperature ros e a n d the motor seemed to lose its edge. Half-a-minute beh ind Lucchinelli ca me teamm ate Ka tay am a , w ho showed no ill -effects from h is previous Su nday's spi ll. In seve nth spot, Marc Fo nta n a lso had no ill- effects from a practice crash . H e ende d seve n secon ds clear o f Kork Ballingt on 's Kawasaki. Ballington now wai ts wit h :-~l i s h [o r round two in Austria, wh en he ho p es to ha ve th e Du n lo p m onster slick. J ack Middelburg , ninr h, a nd new 500 racer Loris Regg iani, tenth, were the last two not lapped by th e leading trio. It real ly 1;1'1-4 been acrackingsta rt , Defending World Champion Marco Lucchinelli finished fifth . His Honda-3 suffered overheating problems. to wh a~ promises to be th e best GP seaso n In yea rs. The four Japan ese factories are a ll in th e hunt. The H onda men wer e happy, th ough it was gen erally felt tha t more horses were needed [o r th e quick co urses lik e Salzburg and Silversto ne. Roberts won, Sheen e, back on form, co u ld h a ve won. So, too, cou ld Mamol a if he hadn 't messed u p . Sa id Mamola: " At th e start it mi ssed th en I slip ped th e clutch and th e rest had gone. From 15th I pulled up to join them , taking things stead y. . . . .':1could have turned in 1m 34s laps . a ll day. I reckon I'd have won if I'd got th e start." • Results 500cc (3 2 laps - 79.22 m iles): 1. K. Roberts. USA! (Yamt 2. B. Sheene. GB (Yam); 3 . F. Spencer. USAI (Hon); 4 . F. Uncin i. ttaly (Suz); 5. M. lucc hinelli . ltaly: (Hon ); 6. T. Kat ayama. J apan (Hon); 7. M . senten. France (Yam); 8. K. Bellington, S. Africa (Kaw); 9j . J . Middelburg. Holland (Suz); 10. L Reggiani. Ital'f'j (Suz). 350cc (30 laps - 74.26 m iles): 1. C. Lavaco, Venezu ela (Yam); 2. J -F. Balde. France (Kaw ); 3. O. de Radr igues. Belgium (Yam); 4 . E. Sau l. France (Yam); 5. J . Comu. Switzerland (Yam) . 125cc (26 laps - 64.32 m iles): 1. A . Nieto. Spain (Gar); 2. R. Torma. Spain (San ); 3 . W . Perez. Argentina (MBA); 4. A . Auinger. Austria (MBA); 5. I. Pal . aeeese. Venezuela (MBA); 6. P. Bianchi. Italy (San); 7. H. Vigneni. Argentina (San); 8 . E. Lazzarini. tt8ty: (Gart 9. G. Waibel, West Germany (MBAt 10. P Carloon. S _ (MBA).