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;\kalll ime Gardner closed in on Haslam. made his pass stick and finished
fourth. llncini passed Haslam on lhe
IWxl-IO-lasl lap and finished fiflh.
Haslam. Van Dulmen. Virginia
Ferrari. Roth and Massimo Broccoli
rounded OUI lhe lap 10 finishers in'
tht· 500cc GP.
Spencer turned in the [aslest lap of
lheraceon thesevenlh lap. I minute.
21.:H seconds.
While Spencer and Lawson. joined
by Roche. celebrated on the \'iclory
podi u m. Gardn('r was surrounded by
the press. The slIIprise fourth place
finisher said. "1 gal the loan of a
motorcycit:' and some free tires. bUI I
had to pay the rest myself. Thc wcckend COSI me about $4.000 bUI I won
$3.000 in prill' money so il has been
worth it to prove I can do well in
Grand Prix racing."
In practice for lhe 250cc GP. less
than a second covered the lOp 14 finishers. The surprise pole position
holder was Jean-Michel Mallioli of
France on a Chevallier. West Germany's Manfred Herweh on a Real
staned second and local rider FausLO
Ricci staned third on a 'Yamaha.
Fourth fastest qualifier was Yamahamounted Carlos Lavado. the defending World Champion from Venezuela.
whose time was just three-tenths of a
second off Mattioli's.
Wayne Rainey's Yamaha seized in
qualifying and he gridded 19th for the
250c(' race. When lhe green nag fell
Rainey pushed his bike. bumped il
and stalled. By Ihe time he finally got
going he had spoILed Ihe field 30 places.
By lap five Rainey was 12th; on Ihe
27th l;ip he broke the 2SOcc track
record by 0.02 seconds. working his
way lhrough the field. Up frolll.
reigning 250cc World Champion
Carlos Lavado was being chased by
Wayne Rainey (55) overcame a terrible start to finish third in the 250cc race. Here he is in 18th place.
Romagna Ricci, Martin Wimmer and
M. Matteoni. all on Yamahas.
The order stayed the same until
Lavado fell on the 281h of 33 laps.
unhurt. One lap later Malleoni fell
and Ricci took the lead ahead of
Wimmer. After Ihe crashes Ihe pace
slacked off considerably.
Rainey was in sixth place with
four laps to go and - to his surprise
- picked up another three places 10
finish third.
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Results
500cc: 1. Freddie Spencer (Hon); 2. Eddie LawBon (Vern); 3. Reymond Roche (Hon); 4. Weyne
Gardner (Hon); 5. Franco Uncini (Suz); 6. Ron H••lam (Hon); 7. Boet Van Dulmen (Suz); 8. Virginia
Ferrari (Yam); 9. Reinhold Roth (Hon); 10. MII..imo
Broccoli (Hon).
500cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. Lawson (27); 2.
Roche (22); 3. Spe~r(15t 4. Berry Sheene(10); 5.
(TIE) Ven Oulmen/Oidier De Radigue./Gerdner(B).
25Occ: 1. Fausto Ricci (Yam); 2. Manin Wimmer
(Vern); 3. Weyne Reioey (Yem); 4. .leen-Michel Mellioli (Che); 5. Donnie Mcleod (Vern); 6. Jecque.
Cornu (ylm); 7. Jlcque Bolle (Per); B. Merio Redomever (MBA); 9. Menfred Herweh (Ree); 10. Anton
Meng(Vem).
250cc POINT STANDINGS: 1. (TIE) Petrick Fernendez/Ricci (15); 3. (TIE) Chri~ien Serron/
Wimmer (12); 5. (TIE) Herweh/ A1lonso Pon./Reiney
(la
.
125cc: 1. Angel Niero (Gor); 2. Meurlzio Vite"
(MBAt 3. Eugenio Lazzarini (Gor); 4. Slefeno Corlechi /MBA): 5. L CodoIo