Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.R ADRACE . O . World C hampionshipR R~ce Series . oad To r ro nt egui (19.5) ; 11. Peter Oettl (18); 12. Ga r ry McC oy (16 .5 /1 w in ); 13. Yosh tako Ka to h (16); 14. Gianlu igi Scalvini (155); 15. S. Ibar aki (11). 250ce WORL D CHAMPION SHIP POI NT ST AN D· ING S (Aft er 4 of 14 ro unds): 1. Tetsuya Harada (78/1 w in ); 2. Ralf Wald mann (14/ 2 wins); 3. Max Biagg i (68/.1 w in) ; 4. No buatsu Ao ki (48); 5. [can-Phili p pe Ruggia (31); 6. Tad ayu ki Oka da (26); 7. Luis d ' Antin (24); 8. Do riano Romboni (23); 9. Jose Luis Card oso (20 ); 10. Jean-Michel Bayle (17); 11. (fIE) Sada no ri HikitaIJ.V.D. Goorbcrgh / Kenn y Roberts Jr. (16); 14. Eskil Suter (15); 15. (TIE) Jurgcn Fuchs /Carles Checa (13). Round 4: S panish Grand Prix 500ce WORLD C H AMPIONS HIP POINT STAND · IN G S (Af te r 4 of 14 round s): 1 . Dary l Beatti e (74/1 win); 2. Michael Dooha n (70 /2 wins); 3. Alberto Puig (56/1 win ); 4. Alex Criville (48); 5. Luca Cada lora (46); 6. Kevin Schwa ntz (34); 7. Alex Ba rros (31); 8. No ri fumi Abe (27 ); 9. (T IE) Sh inich i Itob / j ua n Borj a (23 ); 11. Loris Regglani (19); 12. l or is Capiro ss i (18); 13. Taku mi Ao k i (16) ; 14. Be rn a rd Ca rcia (14) ; 15 . C r isti a n o Migliorati (12). Upcoming Rounds: Round 6 • Nuiburgring , Germany, May 21 Round 7- Mugello, Italy, June 11 · on his fast tap he used a· Michelin· front and Dunlop rear.. : . . . Jimmy Fili ce pUlled out of the 500cc Grand Prix after only fiv e laps; the Californ ian was suffering fr om pain in his legs, a result of his recen t surgery. adjustable than his old ' blke. but that he was · . using the same sus-. • · The first formal protest of the ."one:bike" rule .pension . p iece s.· Kenny .Roberts Jr;·was part of.the. lead pack ·came . at Jerez and it wa s file d by Way ne .T hou g h Mac kenzie Rai ney on behalf of Tetsu ya Harada. The · wouldn't say if it was . in the 250Cc Grand Prix, mostly toward the end when he wasracl nq -wtth J .P . Rugg ia . He Team .Rainey Marlboro Yamaha rider crashed . Rugg ia ' s machine , . moved to fifth .on the t 7th lap, racing with Max .. in oil in.the final turn about 10 minutes into Sat- there were two factory Biaggi as the pair passed Doriano Romboni on .urday mornirig's free' practice. Rainey pointed Apri li a mecha ni cs out in his protest to Paul B utler, president of ·wo·rk ing on the bike, the 21st lap. Two laps later, Roberts pulled to a stop with a crankshaft failure.."It was great," the Int ernat ional Race Tea ms Associa tion .Ie nd ing. some ere dence to the rumor. Roberts Jr. said. "It was really neat riding with · (IRTA), that ther e was no oil flag dis played Lend ing mo re crethose guys. You just can't afford to make a sin- before the comer. Because the bike came to a we re · his " gle mistake. I found I could 'pass them round rest on the outside of the track on the exit ot" cence the back of the track, but then they'd eat me uo' the final comer, which·serves as the start of the . results. He was sixth ; front straightaway, they were unable to retrieve . fa st est in the fi rst ..on the straightaway . I feel that was my best untimed session and race ever - it's justa shame things didn't work .it· and the former World Champion had to sit out the final 50 minutes of the session. Accord-. qua lifi ed 18th: l n the out at the end there.' . ing to.Rainey , that meant that he would have race he finished 11th. Steve· Kennett, ·premier ·of the Australian siate .·.· added pressure to perform in the final qual ify~ of Vtctorla, marched into the.Australian parliairig session and that ' the adde d pr essu re ment in Melbourne ·and announced on Thurs- . impacts the safety of the iiders· because they day, MayA. that beginnirig in ·1997 the Aus- . are forced into higher risk having to perf oim tra li an Gra nd · Pr ix wi ll bemovedbackto with only one bike." The protest went on to say . Philli p 'Island. The race, which had been run .. "Team flainey proposes that Rule 1.14.3 ·be the re in 1989 and ·1990 , Was moved to the. changed immediately to allow riders to use two Eastern Creek circuit,just outside of Sydney, in . bike s in order 'to enhan ce rider salety. We 19.91, but has never been popularwithmerid- wouldIlke a response to this protest by May ersor fans. The race will be held there in·1996, 18.1995 (the.Thursday before the German GP but the New South Wales governmenl IS mak- .weekend)." Harada's time from the first qualifying no effort to keep ltbeyond thaI. The new . ,ng session was good enough for pole position NSW Premier , Bob Carr, said that the event . and ·it was only bettered by his time in the sec- . was too expensive and.described t he race as . ond session, about a tenth ota second slower. . . . "an ongoing drain on.the state .revenues." The contract at Phillip Island is for five years with a : Harada -said after .q·ualitYing that he would test . second five-year option. Rider .reaction at the .: the new disc-valve Yamaha at the Montmelo .S pa nis h GP at Jerez was entirely positive . . circuit near Barcelona, after.the German GP on . . Lucky Str ike Suzuki 's Da ry l Beall ie , :who May 21. "If the tests are good; we will use itat comes 4rom Cha rleville, Oueensl and, said, . Mugello; site of the June 11 ltalianGf>, "If the "Eastern Creek 's always been really good to tests are not so good, we should warn more me . But sp ectato r-w ise and as a race ·il's . lime ,"Harada said. . (Phillip Island) usually give n more enjoyab le and closer racing, and better views of the raeing. The one question mark is the weather ." Repsol Honda's Mick Doohan said; "As far as a spectator sport, Phillips Island is obviously the track to go to; r m happy to go back there and, at the end of the day: I'm happy that Australia . has retained a GP." . . . . • •• For the first time since he retired , Fortuna Honda Pons team owner 's ue Pons will race . his 500cc ·GP riderAlberto Puig at the Mont· . me lo circu it in Bar celon a ; Bu t instead ·o f NS R50 0s, · the pa ir will be co mpet ing in Porsche 911 Cup 3.8s as part of .the Interna- . tionaI Porsche Supercup .on the weeke nd of the Spanish Formula One GP. Pons thinks he has the edge since he owns a Carrera 4.:Puig said he would humor his boss, then pass him at the end for the win. Another of ih e .500,?': cra shers was Ap·rilia's · Lori s Reggiani. The Italian veteran high·sided violently while conte sl ing ninth place on the ninth lap. The V-twin 400 Aprilia was destroyed and Reggi an i broke th e four th an d fi ft h · metacarpals in the back of his left hand and ·the . fifth metacarpal in his left fool. He .returned to . Italy immediately and Is expect ed to race in Germany. "I was just riding it as hard as I could and thetirejust let go," Reggianis aid'; The .Marlboro Roberts Yam"aha team wa~· responsible for one of the .oddest sights at the Spanish GP at Jerez. When Luca Cadalora • . Docshop's .Niall Mackenzie ·had ·a change of who tested Du nlops ; but was : using Michelin equipment at the Spanish GP as well as a new tires front and rear on his fast lap, even though .technical crew. The Scot, who'd complained all the bike was still le stooned with Dunlop stickyear about the quality of his Aprilia, is thought ers •. carrie into the Roberts garage he would . to have received an ax-factory bike; the 1994 immediately be debriefed by a Dunlop tecnni-' mach ine which was ridden by Jean-Philippe clanDespite Cadalora'suse of the tires, there : Ruggia last year to sixth in the 2506c charnptwas no Michelin presence in the Roberts pits. onshlp. Mackenzie said that he'd .received an No~ifumi Abe also used Michelin tires, though : engi ne and c~ass is , wh ic h .was. mere f ull y

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