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were able to go with him. Then on lap 25, there were suddenly only two - Garriga had been punted off by Fabio Barchitta (Aprilia) as they were lapping him, at the same bend where Cadalora crashed. "I was angry," said the Spaniard; "But there was something to be pleased about ... for the first time all year I fell as though I was in a position to win a race." He also recorded fastest lap - a new record. Small consolation, as Pons and Ruggia were left to another interesting tactical battle - the scheming Spaniard against the impetuous Frenchman - not unlike a repeat of the Australian GP, except that this time Pons was manuevering from in from. "I knew he would attack me at the last bend, because he was faster than me there," the Spaniard said. "So I used a different line. Then in the last lap I used my favoured line again to hold him 0((." The plan worked, and Pons scored his win of the year by less than two tenths of a second. Cornu was third, Cardus fourth and Roth fifth. Behind this battle, Aprilia privateer Lucchi was excelling himself at home, succeeding to ninth when de Radigues had coasted to a stop, then remorselessly closing the gap on the fading Wimmer to get by on lap 22. He finished an excellem sixth. In the process, he had outpaced Palazzese and Renzo Colleoni (Aprilia); but they too caught and passed Wimmer, to finish seventh and eighth. Wimmer was ninth, then came Helmut Bradl (HB Honda), who had battled his way up from a poor start, • leaving Shimizu a lonely II tho Results 500cc: 1. P.F. Chili (Hon); 2. Simon Bucltmaste~ (Hon); 3. MIcliael Rudroff (Hon); 4. Marco Genlile (Fior); 5. Josef Doppler (Hon); 6. A. Mayer (Hon); 7. R. Balbi (Hon); F. Gonzales (Hon); 9. A. Lauthe (Suz); 10. N. Schmassman (Hon). RACE DISTANCE: 4 plus 29 laps. 71.61 miles. AVERAGE SPEED: 72.304 mph. FASTEST LAP: E. Lawson 1:19.169. 98.554 mph. 25Occ: 1. Sito Pons (Hon); 2. J.P. Ruggia (Yam); 3. Jacques Cornu (Hon); 4. Carlos Cardus (Hon); 5. Reinhold Roth (Hon); 6. M. Lucchi (Apr); 7. Ivan 'Palazzese (Apr); 8. R. Collaoni (Apr); 9. Martin Wimmer (Apr); 10. Helmet Bradl (Hon); 11. Masahiro Shimizu (Hon); 12. Harald Eckl (Apr); 13. A. Rota (Apr); 14. W. Zeelenberg (Hon); 15. A. Barros (Yam). RACE DISTANCE: 30 laps. 65.0 miles. AVERAGE SPEED: 96.148 mph. FASTEST LAP: J. Garriga 1:20.342.97.115 mph. 125cc: 1. Ezio Gianola (Hon); 2. Hans Spa.n (Hon); 3. Fausto Gresini (Apr); 4. K. Takada (Hon); 5. Julian Miralles (Der); 6. H. Unemoto (Hon); 7. R. Milton (Hon); 8. A. Stadler (Hon); 9. Bruno Ca..nova (Apr); 10. D. Romboni (Hon); 11. L.M Reyes (Hon); 12. H. Torrentegui (Hon); 13. D. Brigaglia (Gar); 14. R. Appleyard (Hon); 15. L. Pietroni'ro (Hon). RACE DISTANCE: 26 laps. 56.3 miles. AVERAGE SPEED: 90.22 mph. FASTEST LAP: A. Criville 1:25.768. 90.97 mph. SOcc: 1. Jorge Maninez(Der); 2. G. Gnanni (Gna); 3. H. Torrentegui (Kra); 4. Manuel Herreras (Oer); 5. Stephan Doerflinger (Kra); 6. J. Saez (Kra); 7. G. Ascareggi (BBFT); 8. A. Sanchez (Cob); 9. R. Sassoni (Uni); 10. P. Priori (Kra); 11. J. Bemard (Fan); 12. H. Koopman (lie); 13. S. Kurfiss (Kra); 14. R. Waldmann (Seel): 15. J. van Dongen (Cas). 500cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Rainey (71); 2. Lawson (61); 3. Sarron (47); 4. Chili (39); 5. (TIE) Magee/Schwantz (37); 7. Mackenzie (36); 8. Gardner (33); 9. Buckmaster (27); 10. Tair. (26). 250cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDe INGS: 1. Pons (87); 2. Ruggia (69); 3. Cadalora (65); 4. Cardu. (52); 5. Cornu (42); 6. (TIE) Roth/Kocinski (40); 8. Garriga (32); 9. Shimizu (32); 10. Filice • (22). 125cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Gianola (64); 2. Takeda (43); 3. (TIE) Criville/Gresini (40); 5. Unemoto (35); 6. Milton (33); 7. Miralles (30); 8. Scolt (28); 9. H. Spaan (26). 80cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Torrentegui (35); 2. Doerflinger (28); 3. Herrero. (24); 4. Gnani (23); 5. (TIE) SaellManinez (20); 7. Sanchez.(17); 8. Oeltl (15). -. tboU . 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