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Su erbike Series: Round 13
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Italian Fabrizio Pirovano (5) gave Yamaha its first Superbike victory of the year. Terry Rymer (32) fini shed fifth in race one and sixth in the second leg .
Giancarlo Falappa (9) turned in a pair of fourths. Piergiorgio Bontempi (10) finished second in race one, but dropped to 10th in race two.
style, but I must admit too that this tactic has proved to be very successful with
me this year. You can 't win them all. For
Me xico, we 'll need so me more top
speed. But the Japanese are working on
that alread y; they 'll give me a new
en gine for this final race . But now I'm
going back home to do some training on
my dirt bike. And then I'll go to Mexico
and take the title."
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Results
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realized his chances to win the title were
almost nil. He used his spare bike, and
got away right from the start. Second
po sition was quickly occupied by Russell, who had first set his 's igh ts on beating his Ducati rival, but finally opted to
be happy w ith a solid second pos ition.
Pirovano, who had stayed up front with
the two leaders for a couple o f laps,
finally had to give way, and he a lso
cruised around in a lonely th ird place
after a couple of laps. Actually, the only
interest for the top places came from
Slight, who - according to him - was one
of the few riders not to have jumped the
start. .A few laps before the end, he got
by Falappa at the end of the straight, but
was then overtaken again by the Italian
in the final stages, to take fourth place .
Rymer, sixth, once again made a good
result, after finishing fifth a few hours
before.
"This time, I held on longer with the
top guys," the Londoner said. "1 tucked
in behind him, but fin ally I could not
keep up the rhythm."
Simon Crafar, who had been quit e
impressive in the first heat (even posting the fastest lap time), was out pretty
soon in the second heat, due to technical
pr oblems . For Fogarty, his 11th race victory of the season softened the blow of
the crash in the first hea t.
" 1 know that I could have wo n the
first race easily," Fogarty said. '''1 started
the second heat on the spa re bike. We
changed quite a lot in between the races,
but the gamble turned out to be good.
The bike was over-geared a bit, but that
di d not prevent me from getting away
pr etty easily from the pack. I have not
yet given up hope, but after Donington
and this disaster, I want to win desperatel y . I will go to Mexico, win both
races, but now it is no longer in my
hands, but in the hands of God ."
Russell, on the other hand, felt quite
confident abou t the final outcome of the
title figh t. "I' m quite happy," he sa id .
"The bike was sliding from the begin. nin g, which made me change my original tactics and have a cautious approach
to this race. I know that collecting second and third places is not really my .
QUALIFYING: 1. Sligh ' ( 1:54 .0 19); 2. Fog a rt y
(1 :54 .02 4); 3. T erry Ry me r (1 :5 4.9 08 ); 4. Russell
(1:55.022); S. Morri son (1:55.452); 6. Mer kel (1:55.455); 7.
Bontemp i (1:55 .567 );. 8. Si mo n C rafa r (1:56.047); 9.
Pir ova no (1 :56 .073 ); 10. Fa la p pa (1:56.230 ); 11.
Domin ique Sa rr o n ( J:57 .095 ); 12 . De n is Bon or is
(1:57.099 ); 13. Jeffry De Vri es (1:57.171 ); 14. Andreas
Meldau (1:57.377); 15. Jea n-Ma rc Deletang (1:57.650); 16.
Alex Vieira (1:57.668); 17. Christer Lind ho lm (1:58.312);
18 . Fa brizi o Furlan (1:58 .551); 19. Te lmo Pe reira
(1:58 .741); 20. Aldeo Presciut ti (1:58.981); 21. Michel
G raz ia no (1:59.166); 22. Alex Lara nje ira (2:00.270); 23.
Pedro Ba p tis ta (2 :00 .701); 24 . C h ri s tia n La viei ll e
(2,00 .95 7); 25. Ru i Ca rva lho (2,01.225) ; 26. Ge rard
Mu reau (2:01.673); 27. Jea n-Louis Trano is (2:02.535); 28.
Eduardo Pa u la (2:03 .05 4); 29 . Jean -Yves Mou n ie r
(2:03.351); 30. Joao Ramada <2'04.297); 31. Victor Fidalgo
(2:04.936).
. RACE 1: 1. Pir ova no (Yam); 2. Bontem p i (Kaw) ; 3.
s Hgh. (Kaw) ; 4. Falap pa (Du c); 5. Terry Rymer (Ya m); 6.
Sim o n C ra fa r (D u c); 7. An d rea s Me kl au (Ou c); 8.
Morrison (Kaw); 9. Dominique Sarron (Yam); 10. Denis
Bono ris (Ka w ); 11. Merke l (Ouc) ; 12. Je ffry De Vries
(Ya m ); 13. Jean -M ar c Deleta n g (Ya m) ; 14. Michel
G raziano (Suz); 15. Tel mo Per eir a (Su z); 16. C hris tian
Lavleill e (Duc); 17. Aldeo Presciutti (Du c); 18. Edu ard o
Paula (Yam); 19. Vietor Fida lgo (Yam); 20. Alex Vieira
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