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WorklChampioilship Road Race Series ;:
Final Round: European GP
Dirk Raudies (1) won the 125cc Grand Prix
after holding off a horde of pursuers. The
win boosted the German to fourth In the
final championship standings.
voicing o ther concerns. "I must ad mit
m y m ind wasn ' t so much on this ra ce;
tomorro w 1 r id e the 500 f or the first
time."
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Romboni said he was "co nfi d en t to
secur e second place," adding, " b ut with
four or fi ve laps to go the tires were gone
an d m y bike started sliding badly. Loris .
Capirossi came past and 1 saw no chance
for another attack without risking far too
much."
Next to cross the line was Okada, getting the b etter of a d i ce with Harada
who spent m uch of th e race in fifth. "It
was a very tou gh race for m e becau se 1
wa s ab le to ca tch the o t he r rid ers
th rough th e com ers, but w as unable to
m atch th ei r spee d on th e straigh ts, and
they pulled away fr o m me," H arad a
said . "At the end of the d ay 1 think 1
achieved the best possible r esult."
Beh i n d the l eaders was a separa te
race for sixth, with Chesterfield April ia' s
Jean -Phili p pe Ruggia taking the spot
after break i n g away n ear the h alfway
mar k. H e said h e w as su ffering from the
flu, and tha t he destroy ed his rear tire
trying to stay with the leade rs.
HB Honda ' s Ralf Waldmann was
i nvolved with Chesterfield Aprilia ' s
Jea n -Mich el Ba y le much o f the race.
W aldmann w as near the front, but nearly crashed on the third lap and lost touch
with the front After that he w as in with
Bayle and Ru ggia.
Bay le found early on he' d chosen a
rear tire that was too hard an d also that
h e was down on top speed to W aldpertormed to his 'right"leg to fill the lOw ieg out of the ankle
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.'joint and .free ~ from the scar tissue thal has accumulated from
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m ann's Honda. " E v en though 1 w as
faster through th e comers, I could n't get
by because this is a one-line track," Bayle
said.
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Clrcuito de CBtalunya
catalunya, Spain
Results: October 9, 1994
12Sc< Q UALIfYI NG: 1. Dirk Raudies (1:56,673); 2.
Ste fan o Perugin i (1 :56. 688); 3. Masak i Tokudome
(1 :56.821); 4. Jo rge Ma rt in ez (1:56.873); 5. Takeshi
Tsujimura (1:56.952); 6. Peter Oett! (1:57.180); 7. KazulX>
Sabia (1:57.22S); 8. Noburo lJ
