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fen ding off Perugini (who led once briefly) . The Au stralian wa s giv ing querulous waves as he crossed the line each time. "I was w ondering why they didn't stop the ra ce," he said. On the 13th l a p t h ey did, t aking results from th e end o f lap 12 , and awarding h alf-points, sin ce it d id not look as 'th ou gh the rain would let up in time for them to stage a restart. With McCoy (Honda), Perugini (Aprilia) and Saito (Honda) claiming the first three places, and T orrontegu i's Hond a narrowl y ahe. o f Ballerini 's Aprilia and Yamamoto's Honda in sixth, . Raudies was seventh, only just managi n g to get back in fr ont o f brave girl racer Igata 's Honda. Sakata, also on intermedia tes , managed to get up to 10th after a bad start. Australian GP winner Aoki w as out of the points, b u t retained his ti tl e lead on 35, over Sakata on 23, Perugini on 20, Manako on 16 and Saito and Alzamora on 13. a Shah Alam Circuit Shah Alam, Malaysia Results: April 2, 1995 125« QUALIFY ING: 1. Haruchika Aoki (1031.144); 2, Dirk Ra udi es (1:31.310); 3. Akira Saito (1:31.756); 4. Kazu to Sakata (1:31.893); 5. Pet er Oe ttl (1:32.009); 6, 2.184); Gary McCoy (1032.105); 7. Herri Torron tegui (103 B. Emili o Al z am ora (1 :32.3 68 ); 9. Ke n Miyasak a (1:32.378 ); 10. Hi deyuki Na kay jo (1032.614); 11. Leek Bcdelier (1:32.752); 12. Yoshiako Ka toh (1:32.759); 13. Oli ver Koch (1:32.818); 14. Noboru Ueda (1:32.836); 15. . G ianJuigi Sca lvi n i (1:32.859 ); 16. Tom oni Manako (1032.872); 17. Masaki To kudo me (1032.882); 18. Tomoko lgata (1:32.968); 19. Jorge Martinez (1:32.992); 20, Stefano Peru gini (1:33,015); 21. Gabriele Deb bie (1:33,204); 22. Andrea Ballerin i (1:33.227); 23. Vitt or io Lopez (1:33.428); 24. Takehiro Yam amo to (1:33.457); 25. Man fred Geiss ler (1:33.580 ); 26. Ste fa n Prein (1:33.617); 27 . H iroyuki Kiku chi (1:33.734); 28. Chee Keong Soong (1:35.350); 29. (31) Ste fa n Kurfiss (1:35 .375); 30 . Iva n Cremonin i (1:35.827); 3 1. Satoshi Ito (1:35.916), 250 ('c Q UA LIFYING : 1. Mass im ill ia no Bia gg i (1 :25 .939); 2 , Te ts u ya H a r a d a (1:26 .506); 3 , Ra il Waldmann (1:26.695); 4, Tada yuki Oka da (1:26.741); 5. je an-Philippe Ruggia (1:26.882); ·6. Kenn y Roberts Jr. (1:27.251) ; 7, Jean -Mich el Bayl e (1:27.578); 8, Ca rlos Checa (1:27,622); 9, Luis O'A ntin (1:27,646); 10, Esk il Sut er (1:28.103); 11. Nob ua tsu Aoki (1:28.235); 12. [urgen va n d e r Goorbergh (1:28.23 8); 13 . Oli v e r Ja cqu e (1:28 .395) ; 14. Ju rgen Fuchs (1:28.4 22); 15. Dorian o Romboni (1:28.613); 16. jose Luis Cardoso (1:28.750); 17. Sa d a no ri H ikita (1:28.76 2 ); 18 . Oliver Pet ru cci an i (1:28.796); 19. Patrick van der Goorbergh (1:29.011); 20. Lui s Ca rlos Maurel (1:29.067); 21. Ta keshi Tsu jimu ra (1:29.230); 22. Adi Stad ler (1:29267); 23. Bern d Kassne r (1:29 .3 14 ); 24. Regis La co n ! (1 :29.8 21 ); 25 . N ia ll Mackenzie (1:30.076); 26. Gregorio Laville (1:30.108); 27. Da vid e Bulege (1:30.115); 28. Pere Riba (1:30.358); 29. Sh arun Ni zam (1:3 0.961 ); 30 . Meng H e n g Kuan (1031.512); 31. Miguel Cas tilla (103 2.568), SOOcc QUALIFYING: 1. Mich ael Doohan (1:25.059); 2. Luca Cadalo ra (1:25.142); 3. Loris Capirossi (1:25.649); 4, Daryl Beatti e (1:25.869); 5, Loris Reggiani (1:25.926); 6. Norifumi Abe (1:25.938); 7. Kev in Schwantz (1:25.957); 8, Alex Crivi lle (1:25.967); 9. Shi nichi Itoh (1:26.093); 10. Alberto Puig (1:26290); 11. Alexa ndre Barr os (1:26.368); 12. Juan Borja (1:27.430); 13. Adri an Bosshard (1:27.736); s 14, j ame Haydon (1:27.828); 15. Scan Emm ett (1:27.879); 16. Cris tiano Mig liorari (1:27.952); 17. Fred eri c Pro ta t (1:28.057) 18. Je rem y McWill iam s (1:28.217); 19. Ma rc Gar cia (1:28.337); 20. Bernard Ga rcia (1:28.342) ; 21. Lauren t Navea u (1:28.456); 22. Neil H odg son (1:285 12); . 23. jean -Pierr e [ea n d at (1:28.543); 24. Jam ie Robinson (1:28.744); 25. Lucio Pedercini (1:28.911); 26. Bernard Haenggeli (1:28.978); 27. Andrew Stro ud (1:29.066); 28. Eugene McManus (1:29.338) 29. SOOll Gray (1:30.053); ~. Bruno Bonh uil (1:30.132). USce G RAN D PRIX: 1. Garry McC oy (H on ); 2. Stefano Perugini (Apr ); 3. Akita Saito (Hon); 4. He m Tom nt egui (Ha n); 5. Andrea BaUerini (Ap r); 6. Takehiro Yamama to (Han); 7. Dirk Ra udies (Hon ); 8. Tomoko Igat a (Han); 9. Gabriel e Deb b ia (Yam); 10. Kazuto Sakata (Apr); 11. Gianluigi ScaIvini (Apr); 12. Hideyuki Nakayjo (Hon); 13. Ken Miyakasa (Hon); 14. Stefan Prein (Han); 15. Ma sa ki Tokudome (A pr); 16. Chee Keong Soong (Ya m ); 17 . Pe ter Oettl (Apr); 18 . Ha ruchika Aoki (Ho n); 19. Oliver Koch (Ap r); 20. Jorge Martinez (Yam); 21. Noboru Veda (Han); 22. Satoshi Ito (Ho n); 23. Emilio Alza mora (Ha n); 24. TomaN Mana ko (Hon); 25. Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Ho n); 26. Ivan Cremonini (Hon) ; 27. Yoshiako Katoh (Yam ); 28. Manfred Geiss ler (Apr); 29. Villorio Lopez (Apr); 30. Stefan Kurfiss (Ap r); 28. Loek Boedelie r (Apr) . Time: 21 min., 18.350 sec. DiBunce: 12 lap s, 26.13 miles. Average Speed: 73.436 mph. Margin of Vict ory: 0.427 sec. 42.972176.145 mph, Lap B. Fastest Lap: Stefano Perugini, 1: 25DccGRAND PRIX: 1. Massimil1iano Biaggi (Apr); 2. Tetsuya Harad a (Yam); 3, Tada yuki Okada (Hon); 4. Rall Waldmann (Hon); 5, Jean- phillipe Ruggi a (Hon ); 6. Jean -M ichel Ba yle (Apr) ; 7. No buatsu Aoki (Hon); 8. Luis D' Antin (Hon); 9. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Yam) ; 10. O live r Jacque (Hon); 11. Jur ge n van der Goorberg h (Hon); 12. Esk il Suter (A p r); 13. Jose Luis Ca rdoso (Apr); 14. Patrick van de r Goorbergh (Apr); 15. Oliver Pe truccia ni (Ap r); 16. Ad i Sta d ler (Apr); 17. Ju r gen Fuchs (Hon); 18. Takeshj Tsuj imu ra (Hon) ; 19. Davide Bu leg a (Han); 20. Sada nori Hikita (H a n); 21. Regi s Laconi (H a n ); 22. Gregorio Lavilla (H on ); 23. Bernd .__ Kassner (A pr); 24. Pe re Rib a (A p r); 25. Lu is Ca rlo s Ma u re l (Ho n); 26. Mi guel Castill a (Yam ); 27. N ia ll Mack enzie (Ap r); 28. Sharon Nizam (Yam); 29. Doriano Rom boni (Ho n ); 30. Meng Heng Kuan (Yam). Ti me : 45 min, 27.292 sec. Distance: 31 laps. 67.52 mil es . Average Speed: 135.335 m ph. MArgin of Victory: 5.084 sec . Fas tes t Lap: Max Biaggi, 1:26.679/90.458 mph, Lap 4. SOOcc GRAND PRIX : 1. Mick Doohan (H on ); 2. Daryl Bea ttie (Su z); 3. Alex Cri ville (H on ); 4. Kevi n Schwantz (Suz); 5. Alberto Puig (Hon); 6. Alex Barros (Hon); 7. Shini chi Itoh (Hon) ; 8. Loris Rcggiani (Apr); 9. Juan Borja (Yam); 10. Bernard Garda (Yam ); 11. Frederic Protat (Yam); 12. Cristi ano Miglioratti (Yam ); 13. Ma rc G ar ci a (Yam ); 14 . Jer em y McW ill ia m s (Yam); 15. Andrew Stroud (Yam); 16. Bernard Ha enggeli (Yam ); 17. Bruno Bcnhuil (Yam ); 18. Jamie Robinson (Yam); 19. [ean-Pierre Iea ndat (pat); 20. Eugene McMa nus (Yam ); 21. No rifumi Abe (Yam); 22. Ne il Hod gson (Yam); 23. Luea Cadalor a (Yam ); 24. Lau rent Nev ea u (Yam); 25. Adri an Bosshard (Yam); 26. Scott Gray (Yam); 27. James H ayd n (Ya m) ; 28; Sea n Em me tt (Yarn) ; .29 . Loris Ca pirog5i (Ho n); 30. Lucio Ped ercini (Yi m). Ji. Time: 47 min., 54.380 sec. • Distance: 33 lap s, 71.87 miles. Average Speed: 90.019 mph . Margin of Victory : 6.799 sec. Fas test La!" Michael Doohan, 1:26.090/ 91.077 mp h. Lap 5, 125cc WORLD CHAMP IONSHIP POINT STAND· INGS (Afte r 2 of 14 rounds): 1. Stefano Peru gini (30); 2. Kazuto Sakata (26); 3. (TIE) H aru ch ika Ao ki / Garry M cCoy (251 1 win); 5. A kira Sa ito (21) ; 6. Tom oni Ma na ko (16); 7. (T IE) Herr! To r ro n tegui /Gian lu igi Scalvini / Hideyuki N aka joh /Emilio Alza mo ra (13); 11. An dre a Ballerini /Noboru Veda (11); 13. (TIE ) Takehiro Yama mo to / To moko Igata (10); 15. Dirk Raudles (9); 16. Gabriele Debbia /Loek Bodelier (7); 16. Yoshiako Katoh (6); 17. Ken Miyasaka (5); 18. (TIE) Stefan Pre;,, / Masaki Tokud om e (4); 20 . (TIE) Chee Keon g Soo ng/ Jo rge Martinez (3). 250" WOR LD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAND· INGS (After 2 of 14 rounds): 1. Massi miIlian o Biaggi (41/1 win); 2. Tetsuya Ha rada (40); 3. Ralf Wald mann (38 /1 wi n); 4. No bua tsu Aok i (20); 5. (TIE) Tadayuki Okada / Kenny Roberts Jr. (16); 7. Car los Checa (13); 8. (TIE) [ean-Phillipe Ruggi a/jose Luis Car doso (11); 10, (TIE ) Iean -Mlche l Bayle lJurgen van de n Coorbe rg h l Dor ian o Rom boni (10); 13. Luis 0' Antin (8); 14 (TIE) Eskil Suter I Ta kesh i Ts ujimura (7); 16. (TIE) Ol ive r Jacqu ellurgen Fuchs (6); 18. Adi Stad ler (4); 19. (TIE) Patrick van der Goo rbe rgh / Marcus Payten (2). 500" WOR LD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STAND· INGS (After 2 of 14 rou nd s): 1. Mick Doo ha n (50 /2 w ins); 2. Da ryl Bea t ti e (40); 3 . Alex Cri v ill e (32 ); 4. Kevin Schwantz (24); 5. (TIE) Alex Bar ros l Albe rto P uig (20) ; 7. 5 hi nich i lt o h (15 ); 8 . (TI E) Loris Reggiani / Luca Cad alor a (13); to. Bernard Garcia (9); 11. Loris Capi ross t (8); 12. (TIE) Juan Borjal No rifumi ''.'"fl ''1 ' ' Br Ie .. Au st rali an Garry McCoy won the rain-shortened 125cc Grand Prix , bu1 was only awarded half-points for hi s efforts. . Abe (7); 14. Cr istia no Migliora ti (6). 15. Frederic Protat (5); 16. Scan Emm ell (4); It Ma rc Garcia (3); 18.Jere my McWilliams (2); 19. (TIE) Andrew St ro u d I Adrian Bosshard (1). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3: Suzuka, Japan - April 23 Round 4: Jerez, Spain - May 7 Malaysia to complai n ,directly to the team 's . that they could u's~' a harder-compound tire: ,: sponsors Chestert leld . The complaints had a' amove that anvaltearn crew ohietsaid ~ • ririg of familiarity to team boss Carlo Pernat , . smacked ,ilf desperation : Said Kenny Roberts: , " .. ' ,. - -~--:-~-_",:",_ . who heard sim ilar .storles all lastyea r from "The Yamaha is closer this year than it has , Tetsu ya Harada' was scheduled io test the . ,then team -number two Jean-Philippe Ruggia. been for a long time :' But the tires hold us new ' 250 Yamaha in Malaysia the week after. . "Now Ruggia is on a Honda: he is discover ing " back. It's .not surpr ising , with their Japanese the GP. The new bike, believed to be a' disc- ' thaUhe thing that makes Max 's bikes go so ' race-tire factory flattened in' the earthquake. 'valver. may now tie ready in time for Wayne tastis Max: . . We have to' use whal we have · but l sure 'wish Rainey's own prediction of an appearance for Wayne (Rainey) wason the bike: ' .the fir st 'European round ,at Jerez. Harada The best April Fool s: Day joke in the paddock , would not confirm any date of amval; but said ' was pair of bogus press releases on IRTA '. New 250cc :rider Ni all Macke'~zi e rushed before the race, "The Yamaha .is down on top , . paper. One , to be.delive red to 500ccclass home unexpectedly afte r the Australian GP , speed on the Apri lia and Hondas, 'and unlil the - works teams managers , asserted that the because his 'mother had' fallen ill. He returned new bike arrive s " can only race for points : "popular" one-bike-per-rider rule was to be , j ust ,in time 'to dash irom the 'airport -to fir'-' 'Asked when the new bike would be ready, 'he , . brought in to the sooerass wttnimmectate'. practice.at Shah Alamwith the .cheering 'news gave the typically Japanese response:,"Ask ·, effect, to make ' it more .fair for the ,privateer" . that shl:l was recovering well after surgery. . : Yamaha." The n he added: "Wheri you do ask teams. The other was thatthenne would. be . them, please also ask themtohurry up: ' : reversed for the 250cc class from Japan Just , how 'effective has .the new one-bike rule , .0nward;,M ost people saw thro ugh it: but one : been at controlling costs? Notvery, if tne overROC boss serge RosSet is the latest recruit to' who was ecstaticalty v~rbal was .MaX Biaggi. · , .all weig ht of freight isany indication: It has . water injection, first" used in the 500 class by ' . '' " . ' gone up, rathertha n down, since last year, to Honda ' last 'year; Rosset has a home-brewed: ' Who will replace Kevi n Schw antZ in Tea m : the extent that the 'alrcraft carrying pauetsto system fitl ed to Juan Borja's 'bike; but makes. '. Lucky S trike SuzUki In ,1996? ,Favorite candiMalays ia had to offlo ad several containers to , no claims to having made any sort of breakC,,' dates so far are A prilia25OCc 'riders Max Biag- save weight, to be forwarded onschedul ed : through. As with the Honda, the purpose is 'to " . gi and Jean-Michel Bayle: The team is known : flights . GibsonFrei,ght boss Bill Gibson con-', lo wer exh aust gas 'temperatu re an dthu s to ha ve ha d disc ussi ons with ,Bayle even ' fir. ed that the .total freig ht had gone up by m change the characteristics of exhaust gas reso- . before ,th ey ' rec ruited ' Dary l Beattie for the , 4400.pounds t9 about 215,600 pounds. " nance '- a way 01 fooling the engine into thinknumber-two slot Bayle's ambition is to add a : .' : . , . ' . . ", '' ing it has longer exhaust expansion chamber, .500cc class title, to his seveial motocross and '; There was a touching moment"when veteran' · which improves power and throll ie response at '. supercross titles., Biaggi is the more:glillerihg . Austrian 'GP reporter,Gunther Wiesinger sum- ' ' Iow. r rel/s. ROSs claimed that he' was getting : .' candidate. The 1994 250cC Worid Champion e ,et monedDirk Raudies :to the pre ss room to , · 1 e~ra horsepower 'at 10,000 ,pm', near ,the .: : has .Iong . mad~ it known that the500Cc class is ' "look 'at a ' c:ontroli ersiaJ. ~tory .1 am ·gol[1 g to ,0 bottom .of the usable reit range, but w.as having , .,his ultimate: go~l . Questioned about a possible .write .' Instead his :computer screens)1owed a , trouble achieving a 'smooth·transition to .the ': move to SUZUki, he saip, "EverybO .wants to dy color picture ,of Dirk's rew baby" Anna Kathari- ' water-clos ed .conditions higher up th e rev ' , ride a Honda. It w ould be'nice :to do the 'same , na, who w.as'boml0 days late while Raudies ,range. in any case: he said, the'extra weight of ,:' as I didonthe Aprilia, beating the Hondas on ,. was racing in ,Australia. "That will give me half sbUo eight liters of water..plus,the electronics ' something different: . a seCond for practice ," said ,t he delighted Ger- , : arid water pump ,:n egated any" advanta ge . '" -,' . ' . . ' . ., man. c" , ' . . ' .' . ' 'W ater injection is not a new engineering tech- . B oth , DlrlCRaud les and '.G arr y . McCoy co;:-, ... .. .., , nique; and is thought to' have first beeri,tried in :: received an, ~u nofficial" verba l warning ,from' . 250cc team bosses Wayne Rainey and.Carlo , · molorcyclesby,Rolax some' 10 years ago.,This ;r ace director Roberto Nosetlo .in Malaysia; fol-" . Pernat (Aprilia) have held joint diScussions' to ' , year: HRC works 500 rider Shinichi Itoh is still :: lowing ih e .rather over excited first·lap ani ics try to get ttie one-bike-per-rider rule·reversed.. . eJq:ierimeC)ting'with the ·sy&terJ:l. . :, ' .. that saw t he pa'i ~ clash ' 0'1 the start line .and ' ' "There are a' lot of problems," saJd ' Raine y. : : , .: ' " ... , . ,. crash 0 ' 1 the ,second corner after both started · : The riders ·have too much to ' lest and the .Ressel' s sec recy in ' Australia' lad to i~ inors . trOI)l lti~ front row.of the grid. 'Although there , ' crews have too m uch ' to do. If you ' wan'( to ' 'that he was rurining Caglvaengines in at least ,' , was· no officialcompiaint,' Nosello' told both , chl1nge somethirig practice you can lose .15 one of his, bikes: Not sci'-'He was only hiding :. that he would be watching them carefully:, " . minUlesof time . And.you .can't makecarbure- ' thewater injection, . . ' " . ' . ,. . ' ,. " .. ' . tion expetjments ,'beCause YQu can't take ani, . , '. ' .' . . _ ' Th~ 500Cc 'cJas~ , Duril 'run'n er~ ·were ·still' ;n . risks of going too leari; But we a·re doing it on ' Tl)e crac Ks. are growing in the works ·Aprllia. ' trouble in Mafaysia, .with ~m i lar front tire prob- , . safety gr.oLinds. One tiling i~ a iop 'rider m.ight ·, . team , .wilh se~ond rid er Jean-Michel Bayle ' lems to lhose of much of last season. Although . , qualify on the back'row oft~e gri,d, and have to breaking ranks y;ith the not unfamiliar com ",uca Cadalora was able lo ' tuin. faSt single ' '. ride all the' way ."through in the opening laps; ·plaint.that his . bik~ is ·inferi or to ,that of hi s ',:. laPs in practice , sUstained fionl.giip,thro~gh . whiCh is risky. It toOk me' being in a whee!chai ~ -. '. teammate MaxBlaggi. Having started :com- ' :' the race has ,proved elusive..Team Marlboro . '. to get the sandtraps raked smoothly . We want , _ plaining to the team in Austra lia: the French · ' Robert s technic ians were working on putting : t() .::hange It)is betoresomething like. that hap, : former. 'm otocross 'superstar broklpanks in " more .weight on the, front ,wheels of' lhe:bikes · '. pens' again: ,., . " . ..' . , .. . " .. ; .' '.' .. . . ' .. .. so .'. a a: in oP

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