Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

PRIX Kazuto Sakata (8) leads the 125cc pack, including eventual winner Dirk Raudies(S). , (Barros) and Cri ville pa ss ed me about half a lap after that." In the end, it was Criville by .304-0f-asecond over Chandler, with Rainey a little more than four seconds back in fifth. Itoh finished sixth after making a mistake on the brakes and losing touch wi th the leaders, thou gh he was safely in front of the Cadalora/Macken zie spat. The p air too k tu rns lea d in g each ot her, Cadalora using the superior power of the factory Yamaha to take over for good on the last lap after havin g had front brake problems throughout the race. 250ccGP Speeding a way from the pole position, Loris Capirossi established himself early on as the man to beat and several riders beat themselves up trying. Rothmans Kanemoto Honda's Max Biaggi was right behind Cap irossi on the first lap when he was hit from behind by Romboni, crimping his left side exhaust pipe. Biaggi pitted to have it repaired, rejoined the race, but was out soon after. Romboni's 'd a y also e nd ed when he crashed while in second place in a ninety-degree right-hander on the second lap . All of this commotion allowed Capirossi to st re a k away, the It alia n holding better than a three- second lead on the th ird lap as Ruggia and Bradl began their pursu it. Bradl w o uld be dropped back to fourth as Harada moved up to third, then second on the sixth lap, he and Ruggia swapping positions constantly, neither holding a significant edge. Gradually, Bradl lost tou ch and had no answer when Kocinski, after a horrendous start that put him in 12th at the end of the first lap, came by on the 14th lap. It was then that the race for second began in earnes t and the crowd was clearly behind Kocinski, though their countryman, Wile o Z eelenb erg, was invo lved in a spat for seventh slightly farther back. By now Capirossi had vanished, his lead sweIling to nearly seven seconds before his pit crew implored him to back off, something 'he wasn't in the mood to do. "My mechanics said to slow down at the end of the race, but I was afraid to d o that because I could run at that pace with no problem:' Capirossi said. Kocinski ca ught, and p as sed both Harada and Ruggia on the 15th lap, the Frenchman beginning to have problems with the Aprilia . First he admitted having chosen the wrong tires, causing him to slide around too much at the end, then added that he was ha ving ignition problems and the motor was cutting out w ith about five laps to go. The race for second would be between Harada and Kocinski. Kocinsk i seemed to ha ve the ed ge with a few laps to go, then he ran wide in de Strubben, a horseshoe heading onto the back strai gh t. The problem, he said, was with the gearbox. " I w as ha ving trouble goi ng fro m fourth to third, and that caused me nearly to run off the track at one point. That's wh y the other two were able to catch me back up again: ' he said . Harada made his run on the backstraight of the last lap, Kocinski taking him with :'an insan e move" in the next right. Harada d idn't give up and took him again in a fast right bend near the end of the lap . The television came ras showed Kocinski seemed to be surprised, sitting up in the saddle as .Harada took a daring inside line, but Kocinski thou ght it was clean. "I might have stayed ahead, but aga in I had trouble shifting and he just outaccelerated me on the next straight section. He rode fair, it was not a bad move on his part:' Kocinski said after crossing the line .763-of-a-seco nd behind the championship leader. Ruggia was about a second back in fourth and not unhappy with the resul t, th e same sentiment Helmut Bradl expressed after finishing fifth. "After all the problems during practice we took the risk to change the gearbox completely again and we were lucky with it," Ruggia said. " O n ly when Kocinski swept past, there was nothing I could do, and after a small slide I lost the contact to the leaders a bit." . Loris Reggiani finished sixth on the Aprilia, the Italian using his spare bike to get the better of Zeelenberg and TelkorYamaha Valesi's Pier-Francesco Chili. The Exac t SoftwareDC Sports-backed Zeelenberg took over sixth with four laps to go, only to see Reggiani come back on the final lap, Zeelenberg ended up sevIJ' enth, and Chili eighth. ' Results 12See QUALIFYING: 1. Dirk Ra ud ies (2:16.308 / 98 .77 m ph ): 2. Ralf Wal dmann (2:16.717); 3. Ta kesh i Tsujimura (2:16.855); 4. Ezio Gianola (2:17.336); 5. Peter Oe ttl (2:17.421); 6. H erri To rrontegui (2:17.462); 7. O liver Petruccianni (2:17.566); 8. Kazu to Saka ta (2:17.705); 9. Bruno Casa n ova (2:17.719); 10. Maik Stief (2:17.819); 11. Nob urc Ueda (2,17.857); 12. O liver Koch (2,18.088); 13. Ma nf red Baumann (2:18.108); 14. Hans Spaa n (2,18.137); 15. H. Ao ki (2,18 .266); 16. Ca rlos Giro (2,18.393); 17. Ga brie le Debbie (2:18.528); 18. Ezio Cu p pi n i (2,18.846); 19. Arie Molenaar (2:18.658); 20. Aki ra Saito (2:19.078); 21. Stefan Kurfiss (2:19.100 ); 22. Jo rg e Mar t in ez (2:19.251); 23. Fausto Gresini (2:19.345); 24. Kinya Wad a (2, 19.352); 25 . S. Se to (2, 19.437); 26 . Lu igi A ncona (2,19.498); 27. Lu is Alvaro (2:19.549); 28. Ju lian Mira lles (2:19.559); 29. Neil Hod gson (2:19.564); 30. Giovan ni Pa lmi eri (2,19.607); 31. R. Reni ers (2,20.024); 32. G arry McC o y (2:20.128); 33. Luci o Cecchine llo (2:20.401 ); 34. Ma n uel Hernandez (2:20.680) ; 35 . A. N ije nhuis (2:24.355). 2S0cc QUALIFY ING : 1. Lo ri s Capi ross i (2:05.007/107.147 mph); 2. Doriano Ro mbo ni (2:06.430); 3. Lo ris Reg gi a n i (2:06.502) ; 4. J.P . Ru g gia (2' 06 .936 ); 5. Kevin Schwantz (right> celebrates his vict ory with Michael Doo han (left) . Ta d ayu ki O kada (2:07.050); 6. Tetsuya Harada (2007.222); 7. Massa mili ano Biaggi (2:07.286 ); 8. John Kocins ki (2,07.532); 9. Alherto Pu ig (2,07 .644); 10. Helmut Bradl (2,07.898); 11. P.E Ch ili (2,07.906); 12. Nobuatsu Aoki (2,08 .634 ); 13. Wil co Zeelenberg (2008.780); 14. Lui . D' An tin (2. l8.846); 15. Ca rlos Ca rdus (2:09.006); 16. Paolo i C a sali (2,09.196); 17. [ochen Sc hmi d (2 ,09 .245 ); 18. Frederic Protat (2:09.332); 19. Adrian Bossha rd (2il9 .752); 20. And y Preinin g (2:10.286); 21. Alessandro G ram ign i (2,10.448); 22. Eskil Su ter (2:10.495); 23. P.V.D. Goorhe rg (2,10.570); 24 . Jean -Michel Ba yle (2,10.980), 25 . Bernd Kass ner (2:11.059); 26. Lu is Ma urel (2:11.198); 27. J.V.D. Goorhe rg (2:11.224); 28. J.P. Jeandat (2:11.781); 29. Juan Borja (2:11.993); 30. Bernard Hee nggeli (2:12.130): 31. l..oek Bodelier (2:12.762); 32 Volk e r Bahr (2:12.987); 33. Massim o Pennacchi oli (2:13.876); 34. R. Mar kin k (2:14.770); 35. M. Van Gaa len (2:18.481). 500ee QUALIFYIN G: 1. Michael Doohan (2:03.267); 2 2. Kevin Schwantz (2,03.281); 3. Alex Barros (2,Q3. 94); 4. Da ryl Beattie (2,03.979); 5. Doug Chand ler (2,04.054); 6. Wayne Rain ey (2:04.473); 7. Shi nic hi Itoh (2:04.514); 8. Alex Crivi lle (2:04.949); 9. Luca Ca d alora (2:05.490), 10. Mat Mladin (2:05.651); 11. Nia ll Ma ckenzie (2.'06.371); 12. Mic hael Ru d roff (2:06 .430); 13. Ts u to m u Ud ag aw a (2 ,06 .810), 14. John Reynolds (2 ,06.898); 15 . Bern a rd G a rcia (2:07.454); 16. Juan -Lo pe z Mell a (2,07.5 96); 17. Simon Cr a far (2:07.646); 18. Sean Emmett (2,07.886); 19. Jo se Ku hn (2007.9n); 20. Lau ren t Naveau (2:07.998); 21. Renzo Co lleo n i (2:08.017); 22. Kevi n Mitchell (2:08.336); 23 . Ceea Doo rakkers (2:08 .440) ; 24. Se rge David (2:08.685); 25. Jeremy Mc WiUiam s (2;09.224); 26. An d reas Meklau (2:09.269); 27. Bru no Bon hui l (2:10.148); 28. Tierry Cri ne (2:10.788); 29. [ea n-Luc Rom a nens (2:11.052); 30. And rew Stroud (2,11.491); 31. Marco Papa (2,12.314). SIDECAR QUALIFYING : 1. Biland /Waltisperg (2,08 ,4 12 ); 2. webs terystmmon s (2 ,09 .11 3); 3 . Boh nhorst / Brow n (2:10.300); 4. Dixon Heth erington (2, 10.725) ; 5 . Kl a ffe nbo c k / Pa rz e r (2 , 10.9 18); 6 . Bri n d le y /H u tchi nson (2:11.215); 7. G ue de l/Guedel (2:12.151); 8. Abbott/ Tailford (2:122 42); 9. Egloff/ Egloff (2 :12.987); 10. Lau sl ehto / Lev ins en (2:13.132); 11. Ku magaya/ Hough to n (2:13.733); 12. Brindley / Whitesid e (2,13.798); 13. Ilosiger /Leibundgut (2:13.907); 14. Va n Kempe n /De H aas (2:15.1 27) ; 15. Wys sen / Wyssen (2:15.150), 16. Reddington/Crone (2:15.669); 17. H ugli/Hanni (2:16.965); 18. Thomaa/Bettgens (2:172 n); 19. Janss en /Van Kessel (2:18 .710); 20 . Ba ker / Prior (2, 18 .87 4) ; 21. Knig h t/ Hoes. (2,1 9.3 39 ); 22 . Ca ll ro s/ Berg lu nd (2:19 .587); 23. Ko st e r / Combi ' (2:20.176). t zsee GRAND PRIX : 1. Di rk Ra ud ies (Ha n); 2. Kazuto Sakata (Han ); 3. Manfred Baumann (H an); 4. Maik Stief (Han); 5. Hans Sp aan (Ha n); 6. Peter Oe tll (A pr); 7. Ezio Gia no la (H a n) ; 8. O live r Petruccianni ' (A pr) ; 9. Akira Saito (Hon ); 10. O liver Koch (H a n); 11. Stefan Kurflss (Ap r); 12. Kinya Wada (Han); 13. Ezio Cu ppin i (Apr); 14. He rri To rrontegui (Ap r); 15. Ne il H od g son (Han); 16 . G ary McC oy (Apr); 17. Manue l He rna nd ez (Apr); 18. R. Reni e rs (Han ); 19. Ta kes hi Tsu jimura (Ha n); 20. Luigi Ancona (Han ); 21. Noburo Veda (Han); 22. Giava nni Pa lm ieri (Ap r); 23. 5. Sat o (H an) ; 24. LWo Alvaro (Hon); 25. Ca rlos Giro (Ap r); 26. Ju lian Miralles (Ha n); 27. RaH Wa ldmann (Apr); 28. Lucio Cecchine llo (Gaz). Time: 39 rnin., 8.938 sec. Disbnce: 17 laps, 63.78 miles. Average Speed: 97.713 mp h. Margin of Victory: 9.79 sec. Fast~t Yp: Kazuto Saka ta, 2:16.539/ 98.882 mph. 250cc G RAND PRIX: 1. Lori s Capir ossi (Ha n); 2. Te tsu ya Ha rada (Yam); 3. John Kocinski (5u z); 4. J.P. Rugg ia (Apr); 5. Helmu t Bradt (Hon ); 6. Loris Reggiani (Ap r); 7. Wilco Zee lenherg (Ap r); 8. P.F. Ch ili (Yam); 9. Albert o Puig (Ho n); 10. Nobu atsu Aoki (Ha n); 11. Luis 0 ' An tin (Han); 12. Adri en Bosshard (Han); 13. An dy P reining (Apr); 14. Eskil Su ter (Ap r); 15. J.V.D. Goorhe rg (Ap r); 16. Jean-Michel Bayl e (Ap r); 17. Bern d Kass ner (Apr); 18. Bernard Haengg eli (Ap r); 19. Volker Bahr (Han); 20. Massimo Pennacchioll (Han) ; 21. R. Markink (Ya m) ; 22. Pre de rtc Prota t (Ap r ); 23 . Al es sand r o G ra m.ign i (Gil); 24. Carlos Ca rdus (H on) ; 25. Joch en Sch mi d (Yam); 26. P.V.D. Goorberg (Ap r); 27. M. Va n Gaa len (Apr) ; 28. Loek Bodelier (Han); 29. J.P. Jeandat (Ap r); 30. Massamilian o Biaggi (Hon); 31. Luis Mau rel (Apr); 32. Paolo Casali (Gil ); 33 . Tad ayu ki Okada (Han ); 34. Doriano Rom boni (Han ). Ti me: 38 min., 26.004 sec. Disbnce: 18 laps, 67.506 miles. Average Speeds 105.387 mph. M.argin of Victory: 3.917 sec. Fastest Lap' John Kocinski, 2.'06.951/1 06.351 mph. SO Occ GRAND PRIX: 1. Kevin Sch wa n tz (Suz); 2. Michael Dooha n (Hon); 3. Alex Criville (Hon); 4. Dou g Cha nd ler (Cag); S. Wayne Rain ey (Yam ); 6. shinich ltoh (Hon ); 7. Lu ea Cada lora (Yam ); 8. N iall Mackenzi e . (Yam); 9. Simon Cra far (Yam); 10. John Reynolds (Yam) ; 11. Berna rd Ga rcia (Ya m); 12. Michael Rudroff (Yam ); 13. Jose Ku hn (Yam) ; 14. Ts u to m u Ud ag aw a (Yam) ; 15. Laurent Naveau (Yam) ; 16. Sea n Em me tt (Yam) ; 17. And reas Meklau (Yam); 18. Renzo Co lleoni (Yam ); 19. Kevin Mitchell (Yam ); 20. An d re w Stro ud (Ya m ); 21. Cees Doorakk ers (Yam); 22. Alex Barros (Suz); 23. Serge David (Yam ); 24. Tie rry Crin e (Yam); 25. Marco Pap a (L ib) ; 26 . jean-Lu c Roman ean s (Ya m ); 27 . Je re my McW illia ms (Yam); 28. [nan-Lopez Mell a (Ya m) ; 29. Daryl Beattie (H on); 30. Ma t Mladi n (Cag) ; 31. Bruno 80nhu il (Yam). Tim e: 41 rnin., 35.943 5e'C. Distance: 20 laps. 75JX)7 miles. Average Sp eed : 108.186 mph. Margin o f Victory: 0.829 sec . Fastest Lap: Alex Barros, 2:03.829/109 .032 mph. SIDECAR G P, J. Biland /Waltis perg (LC R); 2. Web ster /Si m m ons (LCR); 3. Dixon / He at heri ng to n (LCR) ; 5. (LC R); 4 . Brind le y /H u tchinson Klaffenboc k/ Parzer (LCR); 6. Bohnhorst/Brown (LCR); 7. Abbott/Ta ilfo rd (W in); 8. Guedel /Guede l (LCR); 9. Bosiger / Leibundgu t (LCR); 10. Kumag aya /Houghton (LCR); 11. Wyssen/ Wyssen (LCR); 12. Ga llros / Berglun d (LCR); 13. Red dingto n / Crone (LCR); 14. Kos ter / Combi (LCR); 15. Knight/Hoess (LCR); 16. Baker / Prior (LCR); 17. Thomas /Bettgens (LCR); 18. Van Kempen/De Haas (LC R); 19. Ja nssen/Van Kes sel ( LC R); 20 . Br indley /Whitesi de (LC R); 21. Lau slehto / Lev in sen (LCR). . Ti me 37 min., 03.424 sec. Dista nce:: 17 laps, 63.756 miles. Average Speed: l Q3..229 mph M.argin of Victory: 4.2 sec. Fostest Lap , Biland /Wal tisperg. 2>Jll299/1 04.662 mph. . 125ee WORLD CSH IP POINT STANDINGS (After 7 of 14 rou nds): 1. Dirk Raudies (145); 2. Kaz uto Sakata (141); 3. Takeshi Tsujimura (%); 4. Ralf Wald mann (59); 5. Akira Saito (53); 6. Herri Torrontegui (49); 7. Noburo Ueda (48) ; 8 . O liver P e truccia ni (36); 9. Manfred Baum ann (33); 10. Ezio Gia no la (32); 11. Oliver Koch (30); 12. Fausto Gresini (27); 13. Masafumi Ono (26); 14. Jorge Ma rtinez (25); 15. Peter 0e .1I (24); 16. Maik Stief (21); 17. mE) Kinya Wada /Bruno Casa nova/Luigi Ancona (18); 20. Haruchi1ca Aoki (16). 250cc WORLD C5H1P POINT STANDINGS (A fter 7 o f 14 ro u n ds) : 1. Te tsu ya Harad a (135/3 wi ns); 2. Dorian o Romboni (%/2); 3. Helmut Bradl (82); 4. Loris Ca p irossi (81/1); S. John Kocinski (80); 6. Massamilian c Biaggi (60 ); 7. Tad a yuk i O k a da (58) ; 8 . (T IE ) J.P. Ru g gi a /Nobuat .u Ao ki (55 /1 ); 10. P.F. Ch ili (51); 11. Lo r is Reggiani (45); 12. Alb e rt o Pui g (3 1); 14. Luis D' Antin (29); 15. Wilco Zeel enherg (24); 16. (TIE) Ca rlos Cardos/ Andy Preining (17); 18. Andrien Bossha rd (16); 19. (TIE) T. Aoki /Eskil s u ter/P.V.D. Goorberg (8). 500cc WORLD CsH IP PO INT ST ANDINGS (Aft er 7 o f 14 rou nds) : 1. Kevin Schwantz (156/ 4 wins); 2 Wayne Ra iney (128/ 2); 3. Da ryl Bea ttie (93/1 ); 4. Ale x Criville (77); 5. Michael Doohan (75); 6. Sh inichi Itoh (68); 7. Doug Chandler (59); 8. Luca Cada lora (47); 9. Niall Mackenzie (46); 10. Alex Barros (4. ); 11. Mat Mladin (28); 12. Laurent 1 . Ne veau (19); 13. Tsutomu Udagawa (IS); 14. Juan-Lo pez Mella (16); 15. (TIE) Jose Kuhn/Bemard Ga rcia (15); 17. John Reynolds (12); 18. Sea n Emmett (10); 19. Toshihiko H onma (8) ; 20. (T IE) Kevin Magee/Sim on Crafar/ Michael Rudroff(7). S IDECAR WORLD CSHIP POINT S TAND INGS (Afler 3 of 9 rou nds): 1. Biland (70/2 win ); 2. Webst er (47 / 1); 3. (TIE) Br in dley / Abbott (3 9 ); 5 . (TI E) Klaffenbock/Dixon (34); 7. (TIE) Guedel/Kumag aya (24); 9. Wyssen (19); 10. Ilosig er (16); 11. Bohnhorst (14); 12. Hugli (13); 13. G allros (12); 14. G a us e Uh to (11 ); 15 . Reddington (10); 16. Brindl ey (9); 17. Koster (2); 17. (TIE) Hollweg/ Van Kempen/Knight (1). 19

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