improved his best lap tim e by I. 7.
seconds a nd put up th e seventh fastest
la p o f the da y, six-tenths o f a second
slower th an Mackenzie, b ut q uicker
th a n Po ns, Ol iver a nd Magee.
Barros, who had chased th e four
lead ers d u r in g th e o pe n i n g laps,
retired with ig nition problems.
Ol ive r held o ff tw o -t ime 250 cc
World Champion Pons to ta ke seventh, whil e Mella outrode Da ni Amatriai n o n a n identical R C30 to take
ninth and to win the Superb ike battle.
T he Koeinski/ Doohan battle in hea t
two may be a sign of things to com e
in 1992, but without inj ured stars
Wayne Rainey a nd Kevin Sch wa n u we
ca n onl y specu la te as to w h et he r
Gardner 's lap record of 1.48.978 cou ld
hav e been beat en a t th e Superpres tigio.
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