Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Reinhold Roth (5) won his second 250cc GP of the season, topping Masahiro Shimizu and Jacques Cornu in the Czechoslovakian GP. (From left to right) Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey celebrate their 1-2-3 finishes in Czecho; lawson leads the title chase. Roth (5) leads Shimizu (9), Cornu (3) and recently-crowned, two-time World Champion Sito Pons (1) . He took it, got th e better drive, an d the lead see-sa wed between th e pair for the 200-me ter dash to the flag, with Rot h fina lly ta ki ng victory by a n un imaginable tho usa nd th of a second. Co rnu was third , but amiable as ever , even though Ro th was now on eq ua l points for the championsh ip, because it had been suc h a n excellent race. With Po ns a close fourth, the nex t bat tle was for fifth . Bradl had been alone for most of th e race, but Cadalora finally caught up with o ne la p to go , and Garr iga o n h is tail. Bradl had enough to ho ld the Yamahas o ff, however. So me distance back came Carlos Ca rd us, with a raft of minor p rob lems; th en Lavad o , th e eve ntua l win ner o f a fierce p riva teer's di ce wit h fast-starter Alex Barros. 125cc Race 20 Spanish JJ Cobas rider Alex Criville needed ' o nly to come si xth ; ins tead he mixed it with a fierce figh t for th e lead , befor e galloping away until he had esta blished a comfo rtable five-second cus hio n. His first World ti tle was ac hieved in masterl y fashion, a nd th e talented you ngs ter rem ai ned cool as ice on the rostrum . Sure ly, th is is j ust th e first of ma ny tit les. His bi g ge st threat ca me from J apan 's Kohji T ak ad a (Honda), wh o also broke free from th e battle a nd was closing on Cri vill e, setting the fastes t lap as he did so, when h is exha us t spli t. This left Spaan to scrap for second , eventua lly p revai ling over fell o w H onda ride r Stefa n Pr ein, the pair o f them droppin g J or ge Martinez 's Derbi slig h tly in the closi ng stages. H o nd a-m ounted Ezio G ia nola had a lack lu ster race, robbed o f en thusiasm by m issin g yet a no ther crack a t th e title. H e was sixth behi nd H isashi Une moto. 80cc Race Derb i ' s Manu el H errero s a nd Krauser 's Peter Oettl ca me to Czecho eq ua l on poin ts. Wh oever finis hed a hea d o f th e o ther wou ldbe the last 80cc cha m pion. It d idn 't matter much , therefore, th a t Spa nia rd H erri Torron teg u i won th e race go in g a way - the rea l battl e was for second, with Oettl 's extra spe ed g iving him the upper hand in spi te o f so me rather o bvio us ba rgin g a nd ban g in g tactics b y H err eros a nd the teammat e Martinez. Until th ree bends from th e end, ho wever, whe n th e you ng Ge rma n's power became an emba rrassment. He was a head o f the Derbis a nd a pparently set for the crown when he opened up a tad 10 early and to ssed th e Krauser away . The titl e win unleash ed a storm o f frenzied emotio n from Herrero s, in sharp co ntrast to Criville in th e l 25cc class. T orrontegu i moved to second overa ll, w i th Dorflinger third, a nd the luc kless you ng Oettl down to fourth. Sidecar Race T he race go t u nderway und er ga the ri ng storm -clouds, with polestarte r Rolf Biland taking a n early lead , on ly to p u ll off afte r o ne lap wi th h is sideca r whee l spi nd le breakin g. Derek " Crazy Horse" J ones was also o ut by no w, havin g overt u rned his three-whee ler for th e th ird tim e this seaso n. Stre uer came through to take th e lead , th en th e Egl off brothers moved into second - but Webster needed o nly to come in 10th , a nd cou ld a fford to tak e it relatively easy . He still went hard enough to keep All ain Mich el in fourth. Web ster' s safe fini sh ga ve him hi s th ird sidecar titl e in successio n, putting hi s nam e up a mong th e World Ch ampionship greats. - Results 500: 1. Kevin Schwantz (Suz); 2. Eddie Lawson (Hon ); 3. Wayne Rain ey (Yaml ; 4 . Christian Sarron (Yam); 5 . Pier -Frenchesco Chil i (Han); 6. Niall Mackenzie (Yam ); 7 . Kevin Mag ee (Yam); 8 . Ron Haslam (S uz); 9 . Tadah iko Taira (Yam ); 10. Adrien Morillas (Hon); 11. Randy Mamola ICag); 12. Rob . McElnea (Han); 13. Alb eno Rota (Yaml; 14. Alex Valesi (Yam); 15. Peter Lind en (Han). RACE DISTANCE: 23 laps. 77 .09 mile s RACE TIME : 48 min.. 20.649 sec. AVERAGE SPEED: 95 .67 mph FASTEST LAP: Kevin Schwantz (2;04 .408 . 96 .99 mph) 250: 1. Reinhold Roth (Han); 2. Mas.hiro Sh imizu (Hon); 3. J acqu es Cornu (Hon); 4 . Sito Pons (Han); 5 . Helmut Bradl (Hon) ; 6. Luea Cadalora (Yam); 7. Juan Gar riga (Yam); 8 . Carlo s Cardus (Hon) ; 9 . Carlo s Lavado (Aprl; 10 . Al exandre Barros (Yam); 11. W ilco Zeelenberg (Han); 12. Paolo Casali (Hon) ; 13 . Didi er de Radigues (Apr) ; 14 . Daniel Amatriain (Hon) ; 15 . Manfr ed Herweh (Yam) . RACE DISTANCE: 20 laps. 67 .03 miles RACE TIME : 43 min.. 33 .888 sec. AVERAGE SPEED: 92 .32 mph FASTEST LAP: J uan Garr iga (2:0 9.670. 93 .05 mp h) 125: 1. A lex Criville (Cob); 2. Jo hannes Spaon (Hon); 3 . St efan Prein {Ho n}; 4 . J orge M art in ez (Der); 5 . Hi sashi Unemoto (Hon); 6 . Ezio Gian ola (Hon); 7. Kohj i Takada (Han); 8. All an Scon (Hon): 9. A lf red W aibel (Han); 10 . Ad i Stadler (Kra); 11. Robin A ff leyard (Han); 12. Taru Rin ne (Han); 13. Dirk Raud ies (Ho n); 14 .. Fausto Gresini (A pr); 15 . Heinz Lut hi (Hon). RACE DISTANCE: 17 laps. 56.9 5 mi les RACE TIM E: 39 :20 .52 1 AVERAGE SPEED; 86 .412 mph FA STEST LAP: Takada Kohji (2:17.252 . 87 .71 mph ) 80: 1. Her ri To rro ntebu i (Kr a); 2 . Manuel Herr er os {oer ); 3 . Jorge M artinez (o er); 4 . Jorg Seel (See); 5. Ste fan Dorf linger (Kra); 6 . Lu is A lvaro (Kra): 7. Padlo Prior i (Kra); 8 . Gabriele Gnan i (Gna ); 9. 8 erno Voelkel (See); 10. Bogdam Nikolov (Kra); 11. Jamie Ma riano (Cas); 12 . Jos Van oongen (Cas); 13. Ben Smit (Kra); 14. Janos Szabo (Kra): 15 . Hunter Seh irnidfer (Kr a). RACE DISTANCE: 13 laps. 43 .55 mil es RACE TIME : 31 min.. 30.370 sec. AVERAGE SPEED; 82 .794 mph FASTEST LAP : Torrontegui Herri (2 :24 .4 3 5. 83 .354 mph) SDCAR : 1. Streuer/De Haas (Yam); 2. Egloff / Egloff (Yam); 3. Webster/ Hewi n (Kra); 4. Michel/ Frese (Kra); 5. Abbon/Sm ith (LCR). RACE DISTANCE: 17 laps. 56 .95 miles RACE TIME : 37 min.. 33 .835 sec. AVERAGE SPEED: 90.809 mph FASTEST LAP : Streuer / De Haas (2 :11.182. 91 .776 mph) . 500cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Eddie Lawson (211); 2. Wayne Rainey (195.5); 3. Christian Sarron (157 .5); 4. Kevin Schwantz (142.5); 5. Kevin Magee (128.5); 6. PF Chil i (122); 7. Niall Mackenzie (97 ): 8. Ron Haslam (75); 9. Michael Doohan (68); 10. Wayn e Gardner (56). 250Cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAND INGS: 1. Sito Pons (247); 2. (TIE) Jacques Cornu / Reinhold Roth (180) : 4. ceetes Cordu s (150); 5. JP Ruggia (110); 6. Luca Cadalor a (106) ; 7. Masahiro Sh imizu (99~; 8 . Juan Garriga (92) ; 9 . Helmut Bradl (79); 10. Manin Wimmer (61 ). FINAL 125cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS : 1. Al ex Criville (166); 2. Hans Spaen (15 2); 3. Ezio Giano la (13 8); 4 . Hisashi Unemoto (104); 5. Fausto Gres in i (10 2); 6. Kohji Takada (99 ); 7. Stefan Prein (92); 8. J . M ira lles (90); 9. Jorge Maninez (72); 10. A llan Scan (54 ). FINAL 80cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS : 1. Manuel Herreros (92); 2. Herr i Torrontegu i (83 ); 3. Stefan Dorfl ing er (80); 4 . Peter Oen l (75); 5. Gabriele Gnan; (44); 6. Pablo Prior i (4 1); 7. 80gdan Nikolov (40); 8. Jorge Martinez (35); 9. Jaime Mar iano (33); 10 . Jorg Seel (32) . FINAL SIDECAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Webster/Hewin (145) ; 2. Streuer/De Haas/Schnieders (134); 3 . Michel/ Fr es e (109); 4 . Bi land /Wal! isberg (107); 5. Kumano/Simmonds (67) . .

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