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tered - he thought by stones thrown up by Biaggi during a brief exc u rsi on off the track. Now Ruggi a encountered minor tire tro u ble, and th e gap sta rted to shrink once more, to less than 1.5 seconds on lap se ven, w ith Harada breaking free slightly in pursuit. By lap nine he had ca ugh t up, and next time he dra ft ed past down the straight to lead for the next two circuits . But Ruggia pulled the sa me tr ick on him, and he was in front once more. Now it was Biagg i's tum to have a go, and he moved clear of Capirossi to close on the leading pair.on lap 17. Two laps.later, Ruggia was alone again. The fir st to go had been Biaggi. "I don't know why. I had been sliding a bit, but nothing serious. Then I went through a corner exactly the same way and it highsided me." A little further round it was Harada, who said later a bump had jarred his shou ld er, making him too late on the brakes. He lost the front wheel and slid gracefully down. But when he ran to his bike to try and restart, marshals prevented him from doing so. Later, his Telkor Valesi team put in an official protest, more as a matter of form than for any other reason, and particularly since in the 12Scc race Veda fell at the same place and was allowed to restart. Harada claimed the lap record as slender consolation. For Ruggia, it was a welcome relief of pressure, for Capirossi was a little way behind. The Italian could hardly believe his lu ck when he saw Ha rada go. " I 'd been having a few problems with my rear end sliding around, and I kn ew it was sensible to go for a safe se cond." Sensible is not a word usually used in co n ju n c ti o n with the 20- y ea r-old 's name, but this time h e me ant it , and cro ssed the line a lonely 10 seconds adrift, with his cha mp ions h ip chances hugely boosted. The battle for thi rd was a corker, with s ix bikes in one si ng le brawling pack. Okada and Reggiani led the group most of the time, with Puig also there; but Bradl wa s close up and playing a waiting game, Aoki had joined from behind after a strong effort to recover from a mediocre sta rt, and Chili was hanging grimly on the back. Naturally enough, the last lap was d esperate, with Aoki in particular putting in a huge effort and making a small mi stake that gave Reggiani enough breathing sp ace to take the position by just over a second, although a full 24 seconds behind teamma te Ruggia. Then.came the canny Bradl, who had been saving it all for the last lap to avoid overstressing his injured collarbone, mere hundredths ahead of Puig and Aoki. Then came Okada, three tenths behind, with Chili half-a-second behind him. - Another s ix second back came Zeelenberg, who had worked furiously all race long to catch Schmid's Yamaha. He finally did so on the last lap, forced past into the final chicane, and Schmid, resisting too hard, ran onto the dirt. He followed the Dutchman's Aprilia across the line shaking his head, six seconds down. New Zealander Simon Crafar's Lucky Strike Suzuki was 11th after a strong ride from almost last into the first comer - he was one who had waited for the green light while 'everybody else had already left. Then carne Casoli's Gilera in a lonely 12th, having escaped from a three-bike privateer battle for the last points. This was won by Andy Preining's Aprilia, with Patrick van der Goorbergh's similar bike three tenths behind, and Adi Bosshard taking the last p o int on h is Hond a cl ose behind. Je a n- Mich el Ba yl e w as 19t h a fter starting from the back of the gri d; there we re 23 finishers. Ha rada 's second crash this vea r was jus t w ha t Ca pirossi needed . Now the Ja pa n ese rid er still leads the title, bu t with jus t 161 po ints to Cap irossi's 157. Ruggia mo ves up to third on 129, Biaggi has 126, and Reggiani 122. 125cc Grand Prix Honda rider Kazuto Sakata had qualifie d on pole, but it was th e amazing Dirk Raudies who leapt aw ay from the flag, and kept on trucking to open up a commanding lead . By the finis h he was 12 seconds ahead, and had extended his title lead to 17 points. This time, Sakata had n o ans w er. Instead of dogging the German's heels, he had another one chasing him very hard: Peter Oettl on an Aprilia that lost ground on the straight but made it all up again on the comers. Sakata could do nothing to get away, and Oettl nosed ahead now and again, although never for long. Then with four laps to go Oettl wa s ahead across the finish line for the first time, and for the next three laps. "Then it got really tough," sa id the German. " On the last lap he got by again on the straight, and although he was sliding around on the comers a lot, I couldn't get back." There were six- tenths in it across the line, with Oettl 's third giving his first rostrum for two years. Honda-mounted Noboru V eda had been dominating a typical group battli n g for fourth, w ith Ralf Waldmann and his Aprilia also taking his tu m a t lead ing the group. Then Veda slid into the gravel trap in the same place as had Harad a, and though he restarted it was only to tour back to the pits to retire. This gave Saka ta's FCC Tec h nica l Sports teammate Takeshi Tsu jimura his cha n ce, and his Honda led Waldmann ov er the line by six-tenths, w ith Akira Saito (Honda) next. Front-row-starting Wild Card Scalvini had been in th is group , but crashed on the 11th lap unhurt. Ezio G ianola was seventh, with Stefan Prein eighth and Fausto Gresini dropping back to ninth behind Oliver Koch (all Honda). Luckless works Aprilia rider Carlos Giro was back to his old ways, crashing out on the first lap for yet another nonfinish. Raudies now has 247 points to Sakata's 230, with Tsujimura way behind on 147, Waldmann on 119 and Saito on 117. 0\' Results 125cc QUALIFYING: 1. Ka z u to Sakata (1:40.784/89.914 mph); 2. Peter 0etI1 (1:40.924); 3. Dirk Ra udi es (1:41.190); 4. G . Scal vini (1:41.538); 5 . Ezio Gia nola (1:41.583); 6. Aldra Saito (1:41.610); 7. O liver Petrua:iani (1:41.633); 8. Ta kes hi Tsujim ura (1:41.648); 9 . Oliver Koch (1:41.740); 10. Bru no Casanova (1:41.741 ); t 1. Ha ruchika Aoki (1:41.900); 12. Ralf Wal d m a n n (1:31.9 19); 13. Carlos Gi ro (1:41.959); 14. Fausto Gresi ni (1:41.962); 15. S.efan Prein (1:42.107); 16. Noburo Ueda (1:42.175); 17. Jorg. Martinez (1:42.226); 18. Ga ry McCoy (1042.375); 19. Manfred Baumann (1:42.381); ZO. Cabriele De bbi.a .( 1:42.40 1); 21. Kin ya Wada (1: 42.739); 22. S. Perugini (1:42.751); 23. Lu,S' Ancona (H 2.m); 24. Neil Hodgson (1:43.000); 25. Hem Torrontegui (1:43.020); 26. S. Sato (1:43.114); 27. Lucio Cea:hinello (1:43.285); 28. Hans Spaan (1:43 .318) ; 29. M. Geissler (1:43 .332 ); JO. Stefan Kurfiss (1,43.432); 31. Lu is Alv aro (1:43552); 32. Manu el Hernandez (1:43 .625): 33 . Ari Molenaar (1:43.716); 34 . Julian Miralles (1:43.852); 35 . Giovanni Palmieri (1:44.708); 36. G . Tegnoli (1:46.887). 250cc QUALIFYING: I. Max Biaggi (1:35 .804/94.587 mph) ; 2. J.P . Ruggia (1 :35 .810); 3. Tetsuya Harada (1:35.824); 4. Loris Capirossi (1:35.973); 5. Pier-Francesco Chili (1:38.401): 6. Tadayuki Okada (1:38 .410); 7. Doriano Romboni (1:36.435); 8. Helmut Bradl (1;36.482) ; 9. Luis D' Antin (1:36.489); 10. [ochen Schmid (1:36.618); 11. Alberto Puig (1:36.654); 12. Loris Reggiani (1:36.828) ; 13. Nobuatsu Aoki (1:36.985) ; 14. Slmon Crafar (1:37.415); 15. Adrien Bosshard (1;37.748); 16. Paolo Casoli (1:1:38.092 ); 17. Wil eo Ze elenberg (1 :38 .270); 18 . Frederic Protet (1:38 .38 1); 19. And y Preining (1:38.384); 20. Bernard Haenggeli (1:38.405); 21. C . Fiorillo (1:38 .589); 22. Alessandro Gramigni (1:38.667); 23. P. Riba (1:38.789); 24. Juan Borja (1:38.903); 25. Eskil Suter (1:39.160); 26. P.V.D. Goott>erg (1:39.263); 27. Bernd Kassner (1:39 .351 ); 28. ].V .D . Goorberg Jean-Philippe Ruggia (17) won the Italian 250ccGP; here he leads Tetsuya Harada (31). Dirk Raudies (5) easily won the 125cc GP, topping championship-rival Kazuto Sakata. (1 :39.565); 29 . D . Bul e g e (1:39.858); 30 . C. C h ece (1:40.016); 31. Luis Meure l (1:40.09 1); 32. Volker Ba h r (1:40.300); 33. Ma ssimo Pe nnacchioli 11:40.462); 34. J.P. jea ndat (1:40.623); 35. Jean-Michel Bayle (1:40.735). 500ce QUALIFYING: 1. Luca Cadalora (1:33.661/96.752 mph); 2. Wayne Ra iney (1:33.682); 3. John Koci ns ki (1:33.940); 4. Kevi n Sch w a ntz (1:33.94 2); 5. Michael Dooh an (1:33.943); 6. Alex Barros (1:34.856); 7. Da ryl Beattie (1 :34.969); 8. Al ex Cr iv ille (1 :35.058); 9.. Shinich ltoh (1:35.065); 10. Doug Chan d ler (1:35.289); 11. Ju an Lo p ez MeJIa (1:36 .080); 12 . Micha el Rudroff (1:36 .144); 13. John Re yn o ld s (1:36. 173); 14. Freddie Spencer ( 1:36.248); 15. N iall Mackenzie (1:36.672); 16. Lu cio Ped ercini (1:36.81 1); 17. Berna rd Garcia (1:36.964); 18. Jeremy McWill iams (1:37.244); 19. Renzo Colleoni (1:37.423) ; 20. Tierry Cri ne (1:37. 472 ); 21 . Jo se Ku h n (1:37.554); 22. And rew Stroud (1:37.59 2); 23 . Lau ren t N e veau (1:37.784); 24. Sean Em mett (1:37.794); 25. Kevi n Mitchell (1:38.073); 26. Tsu tomu Uda gawa (1:38.074); 27. Mat Mlad in (1:38.114); 28. Derek Jefferi es (1:38.894); 29. A. Prescui utti (1:38.910); JO. Serge David (1:39.050); 31. Ma rco Papa (1:39.131); 32. Andre.. Mekl au (1:39.538) ; 33. Bruno Bonh uil (1:39.941); 34. Rene Balbi (1:40.563); 35. C eee lJoorakkers (1:40.793). 12See GP: 1. Dir k Raudies (Ho n); 2. Kazu to Sakata (Hon); 3. Peter 0et11 (Apr) ; 4. Takeshi Tsu jimura (Ho n); 5. Ralf Waldmann (Apr) ; 6. Akira Saito (Hon); 7. Ezio Gianola (H on); 8. Stefan Prein (H on); 9. Oli ver Koch (Hon); 10. Fausto Greini (Hon); 11. Kinya Wada (Hon); 12. Jorge Martinez (H on) ; 13. Haruch;ka Ao ki (Hon); 14. Oliver Petrucciani (Apr); 15. N. i1 Hodgson (Hon); 16. Cary McCoy (Ap r); 17 . He m To rr on tegui (Ap r); 18. Bruno Casa nova (Ap r); 19. Gabriele Debbia (Ho n); 20. Mark Geissler (Apr); 21. Ari Molenaar (Hon); 22. S. Sa to (H on) ; 23. Hans Spaan (Han); 24. Stelan Kurliss (Ap r); 25. S. Peru gini (Ap r); 26. Lu is Al varo (H on); 27. Noburo Ued a (Han); 28. Julian Mirall es (Han); 29. Luigi Ancona (H on) ; JO. G . Scalvini (Al"' ); 31. Lucio Cecchinello (Gaz); 32. Manuel Hernandez (San); 33. D. Tognoli (H on) ; 34. Manfred Baumann (H on); 35. Giovanni Palmi e ri (Ap r). Time: 42 m in.. 30.722 sec. Distance 2Slaps. 62.93 miles. Average Speed: 88.817 mph. Margin of Victory: 15.874 sec. Fast~t Lap: Dirk Raudles, 1:41.088/89.643 mph. 250cc GP: 1. J.P. Ruggia (Ap r); 2. Loris Capirossi (Hon); 3. Loris ReJ<>:jani (Apr); 4. Helmut Bradl (Hon); S. Alberto Puig (Hon); 6. Nobuatsu Ao ki (Hon); 7. Tad ayuki Okada (Hon) ; 8. Pier-Francesco Chili (Yam); 9. Wilco Zeelenberg (Apr); 10. Jochen Schmid (Yam) ; II. Si~o!, Crafar (5uz); 12. Paolo Casoli (Gil); 13. Andy Pretning (Apr); 14. P.V.D. Goorberg (Apr); 15. Ad rien Bosshard (Han); 16. Bernd Haenggeli (Apr); 17. P. Riba (Hon); 18. G. Morillo (Apr); 19. jean-Michel Bayle (Apr); ZO. C. Cheea (Hon); 21. Bernd Kassner (Apr); 22. Volker Bahr (Han); 23. D. Bulega (Apr); 24. Frederic Protat (Apr );.25. Tetsuya Harada (Ya~); 26. Max Bia~ (Hon); 27. LUIS Maurel (Apr ); 28.-Masslmo Pennacchioli (lion); 29. J.P. Jeanda. (Apr); JO. A1 essandro Gramigni (Gil); 31. Deriano Rcmboni (Hon); 32. Lu is 0'Antin (Hon); 33. J.V.D. Goott>erg (Apr) . Time 43 min., 39.138 sec. Di.lance V laps, 67.964 miles. Ave~ge SPftd: 93.416 mph. Margin of Victory: 10.425 5eC Futnt Lap: Tetsuya Ha rada, 1:36.782 / 94.610 mph . SOUce GP: 1. lu ea C ad a lo ra (Yam) ; 2. Mich ael Dooha n [Hon): 3 . Ke vin Sc h wa n tz (5uz) ; 4. John Kocinski (Ca g); 5. Alex Barros (5uz); 6. Alex C riv ille (Hon); 7. Daryl Beattie (Hon); 8. Sh in ich ltoh (Han ); 9. Ni all Mackenzie (Ya m); 10. Doug Cha nd ler (Cag); 11. John Reyn old s (Yam) ; 12. Juan Lope z Mella (Yam); 13. Bernard Garcia (Yam ); 14. Freddie Spen cer (Yam ); 15. Miche el Rudroff (Yam) ; 16. Jose Kuhn (Yam); 17. Lucio redet?~i (Yam); 18. Andrew 5tro ud (Yam); 19. Jeremy McWilliams (Yam ); 20. Re nzo Coll eon i (Yam ); 21. Laurent Naveau (Yam); 22. Dere k Jefferi es (Ya m); 23 . Ts utom u Udagawa (Yam); 24. And reas Mekl au (Yam); 25. Bruno Bonhuil (Yam); 26. Rene Balb i (Yam); 27. Mat Mlad in (Cag); 28. Sean Emmett (Yam); 29. Serge David (Yam); 30. A. Presciuitti (Yam); 31. Ceee Doo ra kkers (Yam); 32. Wayne Rain ey (Yam); 33. Marco Papa (Yam) ; 34. Kevin Mitchell (Ya m); 35. Thiery Crine (Yam). lime: 45 min.#59.166 sec. Distance: 291a ps, 72.998 miles. A ver.age Spttd: 95.244 m ph. M.argin of Vktory: 0.368 sec. Fastest up: Michael Doohan. 1:34.289/96.108 mph. 12See WORLD CSH1P POINT STANDINGS (Alter 12 of 14 roundst: 1. Dirk Raudies (247/8 wi ns ); 2. ICaz uto Sa ka ta (230/2); 3. Tak esh i Tsu jimu ra (147/1); 4. Ralf Waldmann (119); 5. AJar a Saito (117); 6. Noburo Ueda (106/ 1); 7. Olivee Petrcccian i (67); 8. Hem Torrontegui (55); 9. P eter 0ett1 (64); 10. J~ Martinez (61); 11. Ezio Giano la (50); 12. Fau sto Gres lni (48); 13. Olive r Koch (42); 14. Manfred Baumann (36); 15. Kinya Wada (30). 2SOc<: WORLD CSHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 12 of 14 rounds): 1. Tetsaya I-larada (161/3 w ins ); 2. Loris Capirossi (157 /2); 3. J.P. Ruggia (129/2); 4. Ma x Bi.lggi (126/ 1); 5. Loris Regg iani (122/1 ); 6. He lmut Bradl (118) ; 7. Tadayuki Okada (113); 8. Doriano Romboni (109 / 2); 9. Nobuatsu Aold (91/1); 10. Pier-Prancesco Chiu (88); 11. (TIE) Alberto Pu ig/John Kocin ski (80); 13. Wilco Zeelenberg (48); 14. Jochen Sdunid (45); IS. Lu is D' Antin (38). SOOcc WORLD C'SHiP POINT STANDINGS (Alter 12 of 14 rounds): 1. Kev in Schw a n tz (219'/4 wins); 2. Wa yne Rainey (214/4 w in s) ; 3 . Michael Doohan (1 56/1); 4. Daryl Beattie (145/1); 5 . Luca Cadalora (129 /2); 6. Shinach Itoh (109) ; 7. Alex Criville (95); 8. Niall Mackenzie (87); 9. Alex Barros (80); 10. Doug Chandler (72); 11. Juan Lopez M.lla (40); 12. Mat Mladin (35); 13. Jose Kuhn (34); 14. Bernard Garcia (31); 15. John Reynolds (28). 9

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