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U.S. GP PREVIEW
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New for 1993. World Championship points are now awarded
to the top 15 finishers (last year they only paid points to the
top 10 finishers ), and there is a five-point difference between
first and second (last year's was three points between the top
two finishers) . All rounds will count towards the World
Championship. Here's a breakdown of how points are scored.
PosmON POINTS
First
25
Second
20
Third
16
Fourth
13
Fifth
11
Sixth
10
Seventh
9
Eighth
8
Ninth
7
Tenth
6
Eleventh
5
Twelth
4
Thirteenth
3
Fourteenth
2
Fifteenth
1
Current 500eeWorldC
hampionshipPointStandings (through Czech GPI
RIDER
1. Wayne Rainey
2. Kevin Schwanlz
3. Daryl Beattie
4. Michael Doohan
5. Luca Cadalora
6. Shinichi Itoh
7. Alex Criville
8. Niall Mackenzie
9. Alex Barros
10. Doug Chandler
11. Juan Lopez Mella
12. Mall Mladin
13. Jose Kuhn
14. Bernard Garcia
15. John Reynolds
TOTAL
214
203
136
136
104
101
AUS
20
25
13
85
80
69
66
36
35
34
28
MAL
25
16
20
13
8
9
10
6
11
17
7
3
4
23
JPN SPA AUT
25 20 16
20 25 25
16 10 9
9 13 20
11 11
10 13
10
11 11 16
8
3
9
5
9 10
13
7
5
8
3
8
3
6
6
2
7
4
2
GER NED EUR
11 11 25
20 25 16
25
13
20 20
8
9
1
16 10
13 16
7
8 10
11
10 13
2
9
9
3
8
5
6
6
RSM
16
20
10
25
11
13
8
9
GBR CCH
20 25
11
10 10
16
25 20
11 9
8
16
6
7
2
9
7
6
5
4
3
7
1
5
4
PHOTOS BY GCU) & GOOSE
Current 250ee World Championship PointStandings (through Czech GP)
RULES AND REGULATIONS
(Gapacity)
500cc: Over 350cc and upto 5OOa:
witha maximum 01 tour
cylinders.
25Oec: Over 175cc and upto 250cc
with a maximum 01 twocylinders.
1=: Over BOcc andupto 125cc
with a maximum ofone cylinder.
Engines may be either two-stroke or
lour ke, butthecylinder bore must
-sfro
be circular. Nomo
torcyde is permitted 10have more than sixgears.
RIDER
1. Tetsuya Harada
2. : Loris Capirossi
3. Max Biaggi
4. Doriano Romboni
5. Loris Reggiani
6. Helmut Bradl
7. J.P. Ruggia
8. Tadayuki Okada
9. Nobuatsu Aoki
10. John Kocinski
11 P.F. Chili
12.·Alberto Puig
13. Wileo Zeelenberg
14. ]ochen Schmid
15. Luis D' An tin
TOTAL
161
137
126
109
106
105
104
104
81
80
80
69
41
39
38
AUS MAL
25 20
4
16
9 13
2
9
8 10
7
13 16
11 25
20 11
7
6
3
8
5
4
6
JPN SPA AU
T
25 25 10
6
6 20
20 11
16 8 25
13
10 11 16
11 16
20 9
13
7 13 9
4
8
9
7
1
10
2
7
2
4
3
5
GER
10
20
13
25
11
16
8
4
9
5
3
6
NED EUR RSM GBR CCH
20
16
10
25 20 11
25
25 11 10 20
13
10
20 16 25
11 5
9
9
13 11 13 25
20 10 11 5
6
6 13 7
16
8 13 8
8
7 16 6
16
5
4
9
8
4
7
1
9
5
9
RULES AND REGULATIONS (weight)
5OOcc: 1 or2 cylinders mo
tortycles must
havea minimum weighl 011001<9 (220
pou ).
nds
3 cylinder motoreydes must have a minimum
weight 01 115kg(253 pounds) .
4 cylinder rnotoreydes must have a minillum
weight 0I1:1l1