It was soaking wet in Assen, Holland.
ButYamaha defending World Champion Eddie
Lawson lefteveryone high and dry anyway:
Lawson stole the seventh round ofthe 500cc
World Championship Road Race Series onhisYamaha
YZR500. Even though the driving rain brought the
race to a halt after only five laps.
When the rainlet up, the competition continued.
And Lawson and the packraced to the finish.
Lawson won the first leg, while claiming second
place in the second leg. Despite that fact, the combined times ofthe two legs handedhimthevictory:
Which just goes to prove that when it comes to
'Y
amaha, even whenwe lose, we win.
YAMAHA
We make the dflerence
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