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Round 4: Spain "This race was harder than the first one," Fogarty said afterwards. "Not only did the tires move a lot more due to the higher temperatures, but my lead was such that I made a few mistakes. I had to kick myself a few times to stay concentrated." Exactly the same problem besieged Slight. He said: "When I saw Scott crash, I started thinking about the point standings . lf the FIM accepts our appeal, that might have been the moment that I took over th e championship lead. Then 1 noticed a hill around the circuit had caught fire , which made me worry that • the race would be ended prematurely and that we would only get half of the points. Fortunately, 1 succeeded in motivating myself again in the last couple of laps, an d that earned me th is secon d place." Po len fini shed seventh, only one tenth of a second behind Bontempi. "I changed the gear ratio for this race and als o chose a harder tir e. But that seemed to be a mistake," Polen said. "Right from the start, I got into trouble. During the two laps 1 was leading, the bike had already started sliding. That's why 1 am happy about the result I got. Plus, I shouldn't complain about the four rounds we've done with the brandnew RC45 up to now . I've scored about half of the maximum number of points. " Carlos Cardus finished an honorable eighth, after having disappointed with 13th place in the first hea t. For Pirovano, a streak of bad luck continued. He never go t near the top men, struggling the whole race with Stephane Mertens and Serafino Foti (both on 888s) and frenchman Adrien MoriIIas because of an electrical problem. His official 916 wouldn't pull over 8000 rpm. Still, it was the first race or session of the weekend that he finished without having to run back to the paddock. The two Spanish races may have lacked some suspense but, in any case, they put back lots of thrills in the point standings. DI Clrcuito Albacete Albacete, Spain Results: June 19, 1994 QUALIFYING: 1. Ca rl Fogarty (1:33.347); 2. Scali Russell (1:33.542). 3. Jam es Whitham (1:33.864); 4. Aaron SUgh. (1:34.109); S. Paol o (1:34.449); 6. Piergio rgio Boneempi (1:34.631); 7. Terry Rymer (1:34.654); 8. Carlos Ca rdus (1:34.682); 9. Massimo Meregalli (1:34.723); 10. Valerio Destefanis (1:34.779); 11. Doug Polen (1:34.856); Casou 12. G ianm aria Liveran i (1:35.305); 13. Simon Cr afar (1'l5.346); 14. Andreas Meklau (1:35.359); 15. Serafino Foti (1'l5.428); 16. Brian Morrison (1'l5.510); 17. Mkhael Paquay (1'l5.564); 18. Stephane Me rtens (1'l5.6S0); 19. Fabrizio Pir ovano 0 :3,$.682); 20. Adrien Ma rillas (1'l5.696); 21. Mauro Lucx:hiari (1:36.245); 22. Jose Kuhn (1.36.381 ); 23 . Mauro M oroni (1:36.415); 24 . A ld eo Presciutti (1.36.527); 25. Denis Boncris (1:36.604); 26. Jean-Marc Dele tang (1:36.624); 27. Bernard Cazade (1:36.842); 28. Stefano Caracchi (1:36.859); 29. Thierry Crine (1:36.B97);30. G

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