Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Christ ian LeLiard pilots the new Elf2 bike in ear ly 500cc action; LeLiard retired w ith fuel starvation problems. Randy Mamola (left) holds the trophy after finishing third while Spencer looks on; second place finisher Raymond Roche is all smiles. .... VI"AG' DU ""A.QI; Toni Mang, who finished seco nd . That means he o n ly need s a fourth p lace from th e last th ree ra ces even if Mang wins a ll th e rem a ining rounds. No o ne else ca n ca tch Spencer for th e cha m p io ns h ip. It wa s n ot qu it e a start -to-finish , victory. bu t after five laps si tti ng righ t o n Mangs tail . Spencer p us he d th e works Ro th ma n s H o nda past Mang's Marlboro-sponsored Honda and opened up a lead a t the rate of o ne seco nd a la p . Fausto R icci mo ved into third pl ace o n h is Rothman s H onda after pa ssing th e Yam aha o f Carl os Lavado, who th en had to do battle for th e rest o f th e ra ce wi th Manfred H erw eh o n the Massa Re al , Pierre Bolle o n th e Pa risienne a nd hi s H onda-mounted tea m ma te. J a cques Corn u. ' That bailie for fo u rth we nt rig h t to th e line as d id th e struggle" behi n d. which by h alf d istance was co n tes ted by J ean Franco is Bal d e. Juan Garri ga. Dominique Sarron, Lu is Reyes a nd Ca rlos Card us. Card us crashed o n lap 19 an d wa s j us t o ne o f many fall ers, th at included Reinhold Roth and Maurizio Vitali . Martin Wimmer . second fastest in p ra cti ce. d id not even sta rt th e race. ha ving fall en in practi ce a nd badl y sprained his wrist. Spencer later p ointed o u t that it was no easy ta sk to get past Mang. " H is bike was fa ster th an mine o n top speed a nd I co u ld not even use th e slips trea m to get past h im o n th e run o ver the h ill after th e start a nd finis h , My bike j ust over-revved and ra n o u t o f power. I got by a fter the kin k in th e back straigh t beca use h e was sh utting off th rou g h ther e w hi le I we nt th rough fla t o ut. I ran up behi nd hi m a nd hi s sl ips trea m helped m y run past before th e brakin g po in t fo r the next right. I looked behind a nd I'd gOI we ll pa st h im yet h e nearly got by again up th e main stra ig h t before I co u ld break a way co m p letely ." As Spe ncer p u lled away - event u a lly to win by nearl y 10 seconds Man g sell led down to m a int ain hi s ad va nt age o ver Ri cci , who a fte r a n ini tial strong charge. a lso had to wat ch h is tai l because of the group behind . H erw eh eve n t u al ly to ok fourth with some d eci sive las t-la p Mike Baldwin (3 1 ) scored a World Championship point in his last Grand Prix of 1985 with a 10th place finish in LeMans; Baldwin will return to the U.S, in hopes of regain ing his American Road Race Championship. brak ing , crossed th e line in front o f La vad o, whose m ach in e was far 10 0 slow. Balde won th e eighth place ba ttle from Sa rron a nd Reyes a nd Garriga be ing unlucky to fin ish o ut o f the po ints, Stefan Dorflinger wo n his seco n d 80cc World Championship a nd his fourth titl e in a row o n the H erbert Ritberger a nd Louise Christen-bu ilt Krauser. The Swiss ace took a ca re fu l seco nd place behind Angel Ni eto o n th e Derbi, who proved tha t th ere is life in th e o ld dog yet. Dorflinger led co nvinci ngly a fter pa ssing ea rly leader Manuel H erreros, who th en cras hed. Derbi team leader Aspar Mart in ez ha d crashed even earlier trying to make u p fo r being las t off the li n e. When Do rflin ger was informed tha t bo th h is champio ns hip co mpetitors were o ut of the race, he throttled back, let ting N iero past. Ia n McCo nn a ch ie proved on ce agai n that he is the man to wa tch in th e fu tu re by pull ing th roug h from 2 1st to th ird on ly to have his Krau ser ge t sic k in th e la st few la ps, d ropp in g h im 10 ninth . T he Ga rell i tea m of Ezio G ia no la a nd Fausto G ressin i put o n a hi g h speed dem onstrat ion dom in ating th e 125cc race wit h G ia nola crossi ng th e line j ust in fron t. G ressin i now ta kes the lead in th e champions h ip fro m P ier Paol o Bianchi, who finish ed a stea dy fifth o n th e MBA behind Domen ico Brig- gl ia and lonel y thirdd p lace-man Bruno Kn eubuhler . E g b ert S tre uer a nd Bern a rd Sch ni ede rs dom in at ed th e sideca r race in g rea t style a fte r fighting past R o lf Bil a nd a n d Kurt Wait ispe rg , who led fo r th e first two la ps. Despite increased power from steady deve lo pmen t work , Bil and 's o u tfi t is still n ot fast enoug h to match Stre ue r a nd h e was ha ving troubl e fighting for secon d w ith Werner Schwaerzel and Fritz Bu ck when th e co n rod of th e specia l Krauser engine broke a fte r 13 o f th e 22 lap race. Sch waerzel went o n to take a co mfortable second a head o f a g rea t battle between Masato Ku ma no a nd H el m u t D iehl . Fra nk Wrath all a nd G raham Rose. Alai n Mi chel a nd J ean Ma rc Fr esk h ad re tired a fter two laps with no clutch. • Results 500: 1. F. Spencer (Han): 2. R. Roche (Yam): 3. R. Mamola (Han); 4 . Eddie Lawson (Yam); 5. R. Haslam (Han); 6. P.E. Sam in (Han); 7. S. Pan. (Suz); 8 . G. Reine r (Hon); 9 . F. Bilion i (Hon); 10 . M . Baldw in (Han). TIME: 45 min.• 5B.33 sees. (99 .66 mph ). RECORD LAP: C. Sarr on (Vam) 1 min .• 33.92 sees. (100 .93 mph). 500 POINT STANDINGS : 1. F. Spenc er (111); 2. E. Lawson (94): 3. C. Sarron (62); 4. W. Gardne r (6 1); 5. R. Haslam (57 ); 6. R. Mamola (50 ); 7. (TIE) D. de Radigu es/R . Roche (34 ); 9. R. McElnea (19): 10 . B. van Dulmen (14). 500 aUAUFYING: 1. F. Spencer (1 min .• 33 .47 secs.t 2. C. Sarron (1:33.63); 3. E. Lawson (1:33.7 3); 4 . W . Gardner (1:34. 13); 5. R. Roche (1:34 .70): 6. R. Mamola (I :34 .90 ); 7. R. Haslam (1 :3 5.45); B. D. de Radigue. (1:36.06 ); 9. P.E. Samin (1:36.54); 10. R. McElnea (1:37.03). 250: 1. F. Spencer (Han); 2. A. Mang tHan ); 3. F. Ricci (Han); 4 . M. Herweh (Real ); 5 . C. Lavado (Yam ); 6. P. Bolle (Par); 7. J. Cornu ( H o n~ 8. J .F. Balde (Yam); 9. D. Sarron (Han); 10. L Reyes (Cbs). TIME: 40 min .• 00 .74 secs. (94 .7 5 mph). RECORD LA P: F. Spencer 1 min .• 39 .10 sees. (95.65 mph ). 250 POINT STANDINGS: 1. F. Spencer (119); 2. A. Mang (8 2); 3. M . Wimmer (69): 4. C. Layado (6n 5. L Reggiani (34); 6. F. Ricci (32~ 7. A. Caner (20); B. (TIE) C. Cardus /J. Cornu (17); 10. R. Rot h (16). 250 QUAU FYlNG: 1. F. Spencer (1 min .• 39 .34 sees .); 2. M . W immer (1 :39.7 1); 3. A . Mang (1 :40. 0 5); 4. C. Levede (1 :40.0 7); 5. J. Foray (1 :40.30) ; 6. M. Herweh (1:40. 44); 7. C. Cerdus (1 :40 .4 5): 8. A . Nieto (1:40. 5 2); 9. D. Sarron (1 :40.62); 10. F. Ricci (1:40 .81). 125 : 1. E. Giano la (Gar); 2. F. Gresini (Gar); 3. B. Kneubu hler (LCR); 4. D. Brigaglia (M BA); 5. P.P. Bianchi (MBA); 6. J.C. Selini (MBA); 7. A. Auinger (M BA): B. G. Ascareggi (M BA ); 9. H. Olsson (M BA): 10 . O. Liegeois (M BA). TIME : 39 min .• 11.46 sees. (88.75 mph). RECORDLAP: E. Gianola 1 min .. 45 .08 sees. (90.2 1 mph) . 125 POINTSTANDINGS: 1. F. Gresin i(76); 2. P.P. Bian chi ( 7 5~ 3. E. Gianola (571; 4. B. Kneub uhl er (50); 5. A. Au inger (42 1 . 80 : 1. A. Nieto (Der): 2. S. Dorf linger (Kra); 3. H. yan Kessel (H-C); 4 . J.M . Velay (Cas); 5. G. Waibel ( R e al~ 6. D. Blanco (Au t); 7. P. Rimmelzwaa n (Har); 8. G. Kafka (Seel); 9 . I. McConn achie (Kral: 10. T. Tim mer (H-C). _ TIME: 1. 32 min .• 43 .35 sec• . (B2.07 mph). RECORD LAP: 1. J. Manin ez (Der) 1 min.• 53 .19 secs. (83.74 mph ). 80 POINT STA NDINGS: 1. S. Dorflinger (76): 2. J . Maninez (52): 3. G. Kafka (4 2); 4. M . Herreros (40 ); 5. G. Waibel (321. SIDECAR: 1. E. Stre uer / B. Schnieders (Vaml: 2. W . Schwaerzel/F. Buck (Yam); 3 . M . Kuman o/H . Dieh l (Vam): 4 . F. Wrathall /G . Rose (Vam): 5. D. Jones/B . Ayres (Vam); 6. M . Egloff/U . Egloff (Yam): 7 . A. Zurbrugg /M . Zurbrugg (Yam); 8. L ce eegrande /R . Nydegg er (Ya m); 9 . G. Gleeson/ K. Chapman (Yam); 10. R. Steinhausen /B . Hiller lARD ). TIME : 37 min.• 05 .94 sees. (93.68 mph ). RECORD LAP: E. Streuer l B. Schn ieders 1 min.• 39 .50 sees. (95.27 mph ). SIDECAR POINT STANDINGS: 1. W . Schwaer· zel/F . Buck (6 1): 2. E. Streuer/B. Schn ieders (58); 3. R. Biland/K. Walt isperg (501; 4 . A. Zurbr ugg /M . Zurbrugg (26); 5. S. Webster /T. Hewitt (22 1 . 17

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