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(Above) Loris Caplrossl (2) led most of the
250cc Grand Prix, but an error on the final
lap allowed Max Blaggl (4) to take the win.
(Above right) KazClto Sakatawon the
125cc GP- a Japanese rider on a factory
Aprilla.
(Hon ); 17. Haruchika Aoki (Ho n); 18. Lucio Cea:hinello
(Hon); 19. Stefan Prein (Yam ); 20. Manfred Gei ssler
(Apr); 21. Giu seppe Fiorill o (Han); 22. Frederick Petit
(Yam); 23. Oliver Koch (Hon ); 24. Hans Spaan (Hon) ; 25.
G le n Richard s (Apr); 26 . Carlos Giro (Ap r ): 27 .
Masafumi Ono (Hon ); 28. Villorio Lopez (Hon).
Tlmea 43 min .• 5.474 !OeC
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Distance: 26 laps. 102.180 km.
Mugin of Victory: 5.199 sec.
Avera ge SPffd: 88.21 mp h.
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: . '. reduces steering trail; butthis :is considereddesirable to, wee size.Daplrossi said he would like to make the move to. . '. '
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· Kenny Roberts Jr: was.among the trackside spectators in :weight transferance. Cagiva; however, .tested this.systemin: is already negotiating with Cagiva for a 500 ride in 1995: . :
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Australia.' He was sitting out.whatshould have .beerr his ' . practice ' in 1992 at Donington Park with··Eddie lawson; '. '. .:.. i. , . . :' .: :
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a full-timer, after .bteak:ing hiS left arm ina pre- :. where the American qualified on pole position; Top' rider - World '250cc .Champion .Tetsu ya Harada. could hardly '
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· season trairiing accident. Thearmwas in. a cast, and he ·,·JoIin Kocinski w ould not be drawn out on how the system . h ave·started his title defense on a.worse note: The Japarrwas.wearing a .sling: "ltook th~ castoff last week, but they . 'works. "I don't f ~ llie Italians h~yelndicated that ~ey hope theb ike w!1I .. Lastof the ,Mohl9 .:; : . ... ... ..' . .:. .." . :... .. .
·109 lhe finanCIal backing to finish It.,Now he has been res" did. adr:nlt that the system had. been updated, and was Although not entered yet, Suzukl s GP 250 project may yet
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cued from poteniial bankruptcy by 'a back:up sponsor; : more electronically soph isticated than ' last yea r's semi.; ' :.·appear .during the year, Racing direCtor Mitsui:l Itoh con:- '
· PetE!r~ari Oeuzen > ,a DiJtqhbusinessman who plans to . : successful model,.whicl)·was. 'strictly digiiaJ; the neW OfIe·, .·firmed that the facioryha~e 'built an all-new bi~e ; ar,d are' .
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... caglva were running a' CuriouslY 'anachronistic:mSChanica1 ··'. Caglv3 are also kriown to:have testedfuaL injeCtion, but if ' . 'to conCentrate' on the 'AlI-Japari championship tl)is season'
lear whether' they had. any squirter .bikes at thf3' · . a~dlook for 1995," · · · : . '. . :.... .. .,'' . : : ...: . . .. . ..' . :
'. anthdive at Easter:n .Creek. lfs been more than .10' yeats ': was Onc
· since the ·principle was abandoned bY the racing establish- ' .t rack.. Al l.m·ajor teallis have. now followed .the Te'am ' . : '. :.: ,.' :; .. ' ". . ;: .:,. :... .. ,.:.' ' . .: : . ; ' : ': '. : ...:'. -.'.
menl; Cag iva's device ·is· sirriilarlo that used briefly by . Roberig leadin .hiding·their.'Pits behirid heaVy seCurity cur; "" Sig' tim'e t ire· i.mprovenients are .credited .with the close
Kaw~ki , among othe~; Whil!3 Honda . I)d .Su~uki . used.a ' ':tarns, w ith t he bikes only: visible 'while they a~e moying / . 5~,.class times 'and·a ·Qeneralimprovement..Miche.liri's :.
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. " . ..' ' blg news was a new ,1 6 ~!)" nch (earlo. mlltch the 16.5-Irn.;h .
hydraulic system .where brake pressure or caliper move- '.. unless they are crasheq:. :'. ..... .... ..' .. ... : . , .. .. :
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;: .:.'.:< frqnt introdu<;ed~year: "II gives.the lire' engine,ersmo:e .
r:nechanlcal .system. mounll; 'the ;caliper on an arm .traIling '. Will thIS be the last year of works 250s? Thls .lsa posslblHty , : ·scop e b,ecause .of ·t he deeper sidewall, " :saId . ~evln '
• fronrone side of the liub ;ancl' ~nneets to the ch~is 'end' : being explorEldbY IRTA,ir1'combination wi~ ihe factories;: '. Schwantz's.rnceengineer S.uart She'nton:· .~It's .1"I0t much.:
:.·different forus,.because ·:-ve'vedeveloped the.bike aroul"ld
·of the front forks;Whenthe brakes' are applied, thetorqiJe. . · in .a bid to:reduce' the CDSt of the second class, .~ well.
."acts:to resist.the dive·imposed by·weight transferance" By . 'improve the chances of privateers . ~One option would be to.' ~ ..Butwe can also run the 17-inch. if we like. ~ Ounlop have '
its ria41re; llie system tailors the.amountof anti-dive 10 the.'. create ' homologation njle;requiring a'minimum produc- .' stucJnvith their stock 17,inch ;front .anp rear..:-Vith ' a Iol.of .
amount of braking. CagiVaengineers also'said that the posic · : '. tion run'that would effectively rule out the.smalL'ruri works ',' development. 'We have almost 3,000 tires here,"'said Dun-:
tioning 'of the·lirikage..pointing up.....ards from the hub, ·also .·· bikes' (like the.leasoo Hondas}. "Another w'ould be to limit ','. lop 'chief Jeremy Fergus6n. "During the winter ,wi:!made30
· varies the·.rate according·to suspension loading .and posi- .·the number of works .bikes·to two per manufacturer,~ said, · different ·rear tire ·:constructions,·w ith 18 ·different ·com- :.·
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tion.'1t also.alloWs a·certain 'amollnt of dive:·Anti-d.ive was. '· IRTA geneial secretary Mike Trlmby: .", ..: . ' .. : ':.'. :'. ,:: ·pO
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