(Left) Rail Waldmann survived the inlense heat to score
the win In the 250cc GP. (Above) Winner Michael Doohan
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podium. Schwann finished third, riding with a painful
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was also 'officiaJly confirmed' that his probable : . US fuel s~p"lIer . S~noco . ~e v,e ~ad Elf .fuel: BI~gg, I S gelling. !or h,s :>upp.o~e~.ly identical . : has been Ile~~ng gradually, but u s.strong no~, .
destinatlon would be Team Marlboro Rainey.. ' lor some,time •'.we re alw~ys tes!l!"g dIfferent ·Chesterfleld .A~n lla . !:;o~ (ce.s ~'th,n ..the team . :: t~oug!l.ther~ ,IS ~om~ muscle P~I n. I J:1~ve n t
The 'only' question remaining is:..when? The :. : luels, W~ ve tested with Aglp, as.well; We .also: . say .that the bikes are main ly Idenucal..but .: ridden a racing bl~e smee Mala~a, whe:e we,.
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enth:round ofllie Japanese' SuperbikeChain-' '.: I mnot sure tI ,t .'s here. Vel, bealU it has to .. . TIlls was In.line.wllh an .!!9reemenl before tI1e .. ~ ve ' ~houghi about .It a lot, ~o m.entally.1m fll. :
Junoor"b~ok.e h's arm In .a tralmngc~s~on.a .
pionshlp:lNhich't1asreplaeed the 500cc series'. be sl)lpped from the. US 'by sea~ .lm not ,sure . season.that whoever was better placed In the.
that Abe won in hisfirstattempt .tast year..Abe.· .what we ' re aCtl!all y: us l.ng h e:e',: but : the
cha m p ,~n s h l p alle r. three ra ces would be .molocross bike be.for~..the.. eason, ruining h's .
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was eighth and fourth in the races' and' direCtly ,improvement I~ perform~nce hasn I come from · .·fav.ored II there ~ere any favors to !J.e granted. ·. .first lull seaso~, . . . :".
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· a~~o~~g \h~ ~hh-Y k~e:" fl~I~~y ,was talkl~9 ,, ""Daryl B.eattlewili have to wait ?ne more. race · next xear..ApriUa is ex"ectedto retain the ser· · · :·be revis~ ,to ·rnake ·the lasl .come(beforettie
w . e, . u ~IS c Olce 0 .n ers was up. o.. 'before he gets .the lalesL Yli maha 'chassis 10 .. vices ·of Blaggi and the ever-improving 'J ean ~ p.its safe r,·but aeoording to lATA chief Paul
him. .Wa~ne: Rainey, at Mugello,. confirmed.lor' . rep.lace the ' Roc fitted to: ~is -Teain Marlboro . ""iche! Bayle. ~e 'short list of na'rl)6s for R.ug-.. ': Butl.ei ,: there. is '1UlIe '~ubt .that it 'will all be
·the flTSt lime .th;lt he has .been,negotiat,n g w~th ' Roberts Yamaha- but til e Australian ",:as not · gia's replace ment inCludes DoriallO Romt;>oni . done. .':They' ve done everything else, including
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Abe, bU~w~s dellb7ra1ely noncommittaL 'We r~ . : . put out..AI Mugello he repeated his commerits . 'and Tetsuya Harada: ' . '
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.lust talkJng ~ , he. sa'd; 'Y"~ . hal/e .no agree.me~t . from Assen:"At the moment, llie chassis'is lj 'l ' .... ... ' . .
.~odo. !!:ny!hIAg Spe~'flO, . .' .:. : : . ... . . ... . : ,. my major' prob lem ;:t ne'ed 10 .get. the motor · T.he Italian GP,.was .milke or.break for .Carlos this lasi litt1e a1ieratidri: Bot we have specified It
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Was there any cha~ce Ab ~ wo~ l~ nde th is .. Posed to get a naw chassis here, ih e same' as . PUlling out earlier this y ear with "mental prob- . accepl promises." . . ' . ' . • . . . . . .
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'avorable • . Wayn~ Rainey . sa.id: . " he .dld ..·. it in. France for. the.next .race. The 'current .··' ish GP at Jerez before practice' was over. Then ' 'The'V-lY/in Aprilla 400· suffered yet ano ther
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qhelr fool dovin : ' : .noi cOst .Leirls Regglani his '~ nse olhumOt.·"I:
'. Abe, "Yarryih/!; ~enny (Robe~) .and ¥arlboro. : The w rist ;i1i j ury th.at is hll-mperll)g Kevi n. 'saying the works .,b,prU rider must produce a ·. · thil1~ there,shou be a specialt:ategqry . then'.
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Rober:ts ar.e now e'!ecl,vely In,competition both: : injury was aggravated .du·ring the Dutch .TT~ . .that his learn would face a.hetty fine l rom IRTA :::The worst injUry Victim' at MugellQ was the ill:.
. for Ma ~lborC? · backmg ' and ·for .Abe, ·and ·also... ;':' and tre 'atment at '.GP .medico Dr. Cl aUdio ". 'if they switChed riders / this wa's cons idered :. ' .starred' Yamaha'rider. Yosh lako Kalo ,.whoSe
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possibly to get the .works 500 Ya~ahas,. The ' ...Costa:s Bologna' clinic in th,e intervehlng week . . enough lo'r him to keep the job.. '
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that Abe .w ill turn uP. this year; .on a Marlboro ' ·Iazar and electro-the'rapy: :As reported .from . Another 'depaiture .was .tha t of..500cc:class ·· surprise.'93 Japanese 125 Champion 'broke his '
Ralney.Yama!la. Whether this will be·a 500. or· HoUand, : in :idditiori 10 the dis lo oa tio ns ; ·. backmarker Lol h·ar NeuklrChiier. The .Val VOc ··..kiieecap duiing :praetlce In ltaly:and'willproba-:.
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:ltalili n r!ders ~ad& a li ne. fist olqualifyln·g.. : o\len takes a 10n9· li~etoheaJ..'uIlY: "",!y bik~ ·. . t1ie, .pace . When·a . ~ra·n ~halt. !liiled. Th~ impe;o , ·:Japan: l~st .yea{.ln.his f.!rsi G·pseason, ·.he ~:
· There were italians on P9le II'! all.t!Jree c)asses:·... de\(e1opment In pmct,C6 Is diflerent from what,t . ClJnlOI.lS .team bonowed.·another .frorn Briton ·..CT~hed In Avstralla 'and at almost·ev.ery other.
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·!-uca Cadalora- in 500s, ¥axB!aggl. 1 2.50s, :.. ' would tie norma!ly,~he said. "I'm trying to 'ma~e ' . Kevin MitChell, and he !Nas 100d to rul) it in for, ' track,_
" and senSl!t)olla! 19-year-:e1d I'loberto LocatelH ' .:.the. bike: eilsier ·to lum .and. to stable .it uP:T.hls . fiye laps: Howeyer, he crashed 'a ltllr only two;··' " Too mllch pressllre t said a ',Japanese col, .
·In 125s: The .Youngster 1rom nea:rt>y Bei"g!lffio,. .. ·tracR is 'haroer:tl' an AsSen bilc;ause it has, less .. . arid In the subseql.lel1t ;!rgul)1ent was .fired: He : ·.Ieague. N~ua~~old was' also hurt,disloeaF.,
,- ho 'tumed 20:tWo.days·alterthe mee,:Is only ·. · llrijl ,' longer com'ersand ' mo red lreclion . will be replaced by countryman Evren BisChoff, : '" irigand .IraClurlng lils shoulder. i" a practice
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race machine alter ridinir'produi:tion' 12ss In .: . excellenl frlth tWo dli.ysalter Ilie Injuiy. : . . " ,.:. . champiOn seven times', and a noted tuner"- '.' " . French' GP'.in two weeks: .. .' .
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