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"I 'm r eally, r ea l l y h appy with the
win , " Rugg i a said . "For the first time
this year, m y bike w as running r eally
well. I took the lead easil y enough early
on, but at midrace m y tires sta rted sliding and I preferred to slow rather than
r isk a fall and spoil m y title chance. I
w oul d 've b een h appy w ith second o r
third."
Sec ond w as the spo t tha t Romboni
w oul d h ave to settle for after his rear
tire went off at midrace, then his front
began to go with five laps to run.
"Halfway through the r ace, everybody started to ha ve problems with the
r ear tire," the 25-year-old Italian sai d .
"In my case, five laps from the end the
front tire started to slide as well. When I ·
tried to attack [ean-Philippe Ruggia in
the last lap, I had a nasty slide and had
to settle for second . But with all the
setup problems we overcame so far, I 'm
very happy with the result."
Okada, like the others, wasn't
immune from fading tires, though he
uses Michelins while the top two race on
Dunlops. Okada said that his tires went
off halfway into the race and he was
content wi th third, a gift, he realized,
due to the bad luck of Capirossi and
Ruggia. It was his bad luck, however, to
suffer a drop to fourth at the hands of an
incompetent official, in this case, the lap
counter. Waldmann would move into
third, his first podium in his rookie season of 250cc cla ss racing. The 27-yearold German said that when Romboni
had a big slide on what would be the
last lap, he was forced to back off which
allowed Okada to close up and pass him
on the uncounted 26th lap.
Aoki wa s better than six seconds
behind the top four, and better than 22
in front of the fight for si xth. It would
come down to D' Antin beating Bayle
and Harada, all on the same second,
with Zeelenberg another half a second
behind . Mohag Aprilia's Eskil Suter
completed the top 10.
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Kazuto sakata won the 125cc Grand Prix
with relative ease, beat ing Germ an Peter
Cetll by 6.802 seconds.
Clrcuito de Jerez
Jerez, Spain
Results: May 8, 1994
USce Q U A LIF YI N C : 1. Kazu to Saka ta
(1:50.210/89.57S m ph ); 2. Dirk Raudies (1,s 1.422); 3.
Pe ter De tt l (1:51.474); 4. Jo rge Martinez (I,s1.562); 5.
Noboru Ueda (I,s1.6S8); 6. Herri Torrontegui (1:51.863);
7. Ta keshi Tsuj imura (1 :51.930); 8. Ak in Sai to
(1:51.969); 9 . Fausto Cresi ni (1:51. 976); 10. O liv er
Petruodani (1:52.106); 11. Masal:i Tokudome (I :S2.288);
12. Oliver Koch (1:52.422); 13. Ga rry McCoy (1:52.426);
14. Loek Bodelier (1:52.584); 15. Stefan Prein (I,s2.672);
16. Emili Alza mora (1:52.734 ); 17. St efa no Pe rugini
(l ,s 2.966); 18. Gab rie le Debb ia (1:S2.988); 19. N eil
H od gson (1:53.030); 20. Tomo ko Igata (1:53.046); 21.
Yos h ia ki Kato h (1 :53.050 ); 22. Ma n fr ed Ge issl er
(1:53.070); 23. Haruchika Ao ki (1:53.134); 24. Lu cio
Cecch inell o (1:53.150); 25. Ha ns Spaan (1:53.380): 26.
Hid eyuki Na ka jyo (1:53.501); 27. Bruno Ca sanov a
(1,sJ.545); 28. J. Malurana (l ,sJ.993); 29. Fred eric Petit
(1:54.049); 30 . A. Sa n ch ez (1:54 .370) ; 31. Manfred
Baumann (1,s5 .111); 32. N. Du ssauge (1:55.554); 33.
Masafumi Ono (1:5 5.8 20); 34 . Daniel e Tog no li
(1:55.988); 35. Vittorio Lope z (1:56.045).
250(( QUALIFYING: 1. Loris Capirossi
(1:44.928/ 94.085 mph); 2. Max Biagg i (1:45.434); 3.
Tadayuki Okada (1:45.44ll); 4. J.P. Ruggia (1:45.817); 5.
Doria no Rombon i (1 :46.031); 6. Ralf Waldmann
(1:46.069); 7. ·Nobua tsu Aol:i (1:46.071); 8. Luis D·Anlin
(1:46.578); 9. Wilco Zeelenberg (1:46.886); 10. Ad rien
Bosshard (1:47.000); 11. Jean-Michel Bayle (1:47.012); 12.
Jurgen V.D. Coorbe rg (1:47.036); 13. Andy Pre ining
(1:47.614); 14. Carles Ch eca (1:47.633); 15 . Tet suya
Ha ra da (1:47.802); 16. Bernd Kas s ne r (1:48.053); 17.
Alessa nd ro G ram ign i (1:48 .056); 18. Jim m y Filice
(1:48.396); 19. jo se Lui s Cardoso (1:48.467); 20. Eski l
Suter (1:48.561); 21. O. Sainz (1:48.952); 22. Giuseppe
Fiori llo (1:49.130); 23. Ma nue l Castilla (1:49.133); 24.
Luis Maure! (1:49.230); 25. Fred eric Protat (1:49.293); 26.
A ri Sta d ler (1:49.528); 27. Patr ic k V.D . Goorbe rg
(1:49,954); 28. Noel Ferr o (1:50.590); 29. Krisrian Kaas
(1:51.334); 30. John Robinson (1,s1.334); 31.. C Bcidlnct
(1,s 1.380); 32. Enrique De Juan (1,s1 .929); 33. Manuel
Hernandez (1=
); 34. Alan Patterson (1:52.501).
soDec Q UALIFYI NG : 1. Ke v in Schwan tz
(1:43.944/94.975 mp h); 2. John Kocinski (1:44.103); 3.
Mick Doohan (1:44.192); 4. Alex Barros (1:44.363); 5.
Alberto Puig (1:44.440); 6. Dou g Chandler (1:44.738); 7.
Loris Reggiani (1:45.168); 8. AI~. Criville (1:45.174); 9.
Luca Caclilora (1:45.340); 10. Shinichi ltoh (1:45.461); 11.
Dary l Beattie (1:45.718); 12. Niall Mackenzie (1:46.562);
13. John Reyno lds (1:46.647); 14. Jere my McWilliams
(1:46.825); 15. Laurent Na veau (1:47.257); 16. Bern ard
Garcia (1:47.402); 17. Juan Lope z Mella (1:47.794); 18.
Sean Emmett (1:4 7.852); 19. C ri s t ian o M ig li ora t i
(1:47.976); 20. Ju lian Mlralles (1:49.112); 21. Bern ar d
Haenggeli (1:49.168); 22. Kevin Mitehell (1:49.519); 23.
Jean Foray (1:49.536); 24. Bruno Sonhuil (1:49.679); 25.
je an-Ph iltp pe Jean d at (1:49 .75 7): 26. Marc Ga rci a
(1:49.804); 27. An dreas Leuthe (1:50.196); 28. Marco
Papa (1:50.306) 29. Vittorio Scatc la (1:50.448); 30. Lucio
;
..
:
Pedercini (1:50.791); 31. Cees Doora kkers (1:51.665); 32.
Lothar Neul:in:hner (1:52.608).
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