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Mamola (3 ) got past Lawson on the 10th lap and pulled away to win by 3.96 seconds; Mamola is now 21 points . behind Wayne Gardner. . Randy Mamola showed dry-weather dominance for the first time this seasoh w ith his win at Misano; Mamola used a new construction Dunlop. Gardner (2) battled with Taira (21) over third place but eventually got the decision; Gardner has been on the rostrum in 10 of the 1 2 GPs. P.F. Chili (1 0 ) leads Freddie Spencer (19 ) and Didier de Radigues (7) in the race for sixth; Chili ran into Spencer causing them both to crash. fifth after a week in which he felt he never really got going and which also saw the Italian press report allegations about certain aspects of his personal life. " It 's disappointing. It 's the farthest we've been down th e grid this year. It was a combination of suspen sion and tire problems . The last two sessio ns we made big jumps in bo th directions. At this stage I don't want to do anything wrong." The Australian added he felt th e Yamahas were better at Misano because the y were more stable and th e long corn er exits suited the Yamahas better than th e quickeraccelerating H o ndas. Although the Hondas make more power than the Yamahas, the power Isn 't th e sort that suits sixth-fastest Spe ncer 's riding style. "T he bike's producing so much power that it 's now important to co n tr o l the power," the three-time World Champion said. He continued by saying that the power comes on sooner than he would like, but also signs off sooner so th at he can't ride it in the familiar high-revving, back-sliding style he favor s. " I'm getting more a nd more used to th e way th e bike steers," he said. " Bu t I'm still loo king for th e edge." One thing that all of the top riders agreed on was that traffic would be a factor in th e ra ce's outcome. They also agree d that th ere were fa r too many rid ers allowed into th e field who were extremely dangerous and had no righ t to be there. The green light flashed and Lawson led the pack through the left right"at the end of the short front chute. He was followed by McElnea, Taira, Gardner, Chili, Mamola , and Spencer. T he Cagivas of Didier de Rad igues and Ra ymond Roche were eighth and ninth with Massimo Broccoli rounding out the top 10. Mamola was quickl y into second among th e leading quartet of Yamahas with Gardner already off th e pace in fifth. All of th e passing appeared to be in drafting and braking on.th e Shun ji Yatsush iro leads Christian Sarron . Niall Mackenzie and Roger Burnett in the struggle fo r fift h; Yatsushiro took fifth w ith Burnett sixth . back straig h t and that was wh ere Spencer went past Chili. As the two went into the left at th e end of the straight Spencer brak ed earl ier th an Chili and the acciden t began. " I have to brake earlier to get the four-cylinder sto pped. H e can bra ke later wi th the three-cyl inder ," Spe ncer later explained. "I felt hi m run into the back o f me and 1 remember trying to sa ve it, but tha t's the last thing 1 remember before waking up in th e a m bu lance." Swerving to avoid th e accident was de Radigues wh o dropped off the pace before later dropping out wi th a bro ken power valve. His teammate Roch e would dro p out on th e fifth 11