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Pons would later say that he kn ew that he didn 't have to win the seco nd hea t to wi n the ra ce, but tha t he did need to maintain a sa fe di stance to Cornu. So th a t when he followed Man g across th e line, time was the critical factor. It would go in h is favor. Wh en the two leg ti mes were ad ded up h is margin of vic tory was 1.09 seconds. Man g, winner of the seco nd 'Ieg, wa s third, and Ro th , fou rt h in .the second leg a nd seventh in the first, was fo u rt h . Lavado's fir st leg 13th an d seco nd leg seventh was good for fifth with Garriga taking six th overall after his second heat ninth coupled with his first hea t win. " Ma ng passed me going u p the hill on the last lap, but I kn ew if I was behi nd h im I cou ld pass at the chicane and that's what I did," Pons said. . . In other action , Derbis j o rg e Mart in ez won the 125cc class run, lik e th e 250s, in two sections beca use of the rai n. H e finished seco nd to H onda-m ounted Ezio Gi a nola by .24 seconds in th e first leg and won the second by .68 seconds to post a '.44 be tter ti me overall. Giano la was second with julian Mi ralles th ird overall. The u nbeaten Bila nd/ Waltispe rg tea m kep t their reco rd intact, wi nning the ir fifth sidecar G P of the season ra ther easily. Seco nd, almost 14 seconds ba ck, were World Champ io n s Steve W eb ster a nd T ony Hewitt with th ird going to Derek j ones a nd Peter Bro wn. • Results 500: 1. W ayn e Gardn er (Han); 2. Eddi e Lawson (Yam); 3. Randy Ma m ola (Cag); 4 . Did ier de Radigues (Yam); 5. Wayn e Rain ey (Yam); 6. Rob McElnea (Suz); 7. Ron Haslam (Elf ); 8. P.F. Chil i (Hon); 9. Shun ji Yats ush iro (Hon); 10. Patr ick Igoa (Yam); 11. Niall Mack enzie (Han); 12. Al essand ro Valesi (Han); 13. Donnie McLeod (Han); 14 . M arco Papa (Han); 15. Cees Doorakkers (Han). RACE DISTANCE: 17 laps. 73 .147 miles. AVERAGE SPEED: 93 .538 mph. FASTEST LAP: C. Sarron 2:40.78 . 96.343 mph . 250:,I . Sito Pons ( Ho n~ 2. J acques Corn u (Han); 3. Ant on Ma ng (Han); 4 . Rein hold Roth (Han); 5. carlos Lav eda (Yam); 6. Juan Garriga (Yam); 7 . Carlos Card us (Hon); 8. LUCB Cada lora (Yam); 9 . J.P. Ruggia (Ya m~ 10 . Hans 8ecker (Ya m~ 11. Guy 8 ertin (Yam); 12. Donn ie M cLeod (EM C); 13. August A uin ger (Ap r); 14. Helmut 8radl (Hon ); 15. Paolo Casali (Gar). RACE DISTANCE: 15 laps. 64 .54 mil es. AVERAGE SPEED: 99.798 mph . FA STEST LAP: S. Pons 2:32.52. 10 1.79 mph . ~ _125: 1. Jo rge M art inez (Der ); 2. Ezio Gianol a (Han); 3. J u lian M ir alles (Han ); 4 . Hans Spaan (Han); 5. Gasto ne Grassett i (Han); 6. All an Scott (Hon); 7. Lucio Piet ron iro (Hon ); 8. Kohji Takada (Hon); 9. Hisas hi Unemo to (Hon); 10 . Ger hard W aibel (Han). SIDECAR: 1. 8 iland IWait isperg (LCR); 2. W ebste r / Hewitt (LCR); 3 . Jones / 8 rown (LCRI; 4 . M iche l/Fres e (LCR); 5. 8r indly Rose (Yam); 6. Kumagaya/ Barlow (Yam); 7. Sl einh ausen/ Hiller (A dm); 8. St rop ek/Dem ling (Kra); 9. Scherer/ Schr oeder (Kra); 10. Ab bott/Smith (Yam). 500 WO RLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STA ND· INGS: 1. Eddie Lawso n (159); 2. W ayne Gardner (125); 3. W ayne Rainey (11 5); 4 . Kevin Mage e (8 9); 5. Kevin Schwentz (8 5); 6. (TIE) Niall Mac kenzie/ Didier de Radigu es (7 6); 8. Chr isti an Sarr on (74); 9. P.F. Chili (60 1 10 . Rob McE ln ea (51 ). ; 250 WORLD CHA M PIONSHIP POINT STA NDINGS; 1. Sito Pons (129); 2. J uan Garr iga (12 8 ); 3. Jacqu es Corn u (11 2); 4 . (TIE) A nt on M ang/ • Reinh old Roth (8 7); 6. Luca Cadalora (80 ); 7. Dom in ique Sarron (68) 8. J.P. Ruggia (63); 9. M . Shimiz u (51); 10. M art in Wimm er (28). 125 WOR LD CHA M PIONSHIP POINT STAND INGS: 1. J. Mertinez (1 (0); 2. E. Gianola (86); 3. H. Spaan (70); 4 . M iralles (54); 5. Grassett i (51). 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