(Left) Brit Kurt Nicoli
was the first nonBelgian finisher,
grabbing third overall
with a pair of thlrdplace finishes.
(Right) Mamlcq
Bervoets made It a
Belgian 1-2 punch by
finishing second
overall via 2-2 moto
finishes.
(Below) Former
champ Pedro Tragter
went 5-4 on the day
for fourth overall.
Belgian GP
Kester, Belgium
Results: June 25, 1995
MOTO 1: 1. Stefan Everts (l(aw); 2. Mami,,! Il; 5.
Peter Beirer (Hon); 6. Frederic Bolley (Yam); 7: Rob
Herring (Hon); 8. Jalmy Steve-nels (Hon); 9. Miska
Aaltonen (Hon); 10. Jesper Kjaer Jirgensen (Suz).
WORLD CHAMl'lONSHIP 250cc MX SERIES
POINTS STANDINGS (After 10 of 15 rounds): 1.
Stefan Everts (280/4 wins); 2.. Tallon Vohland (239); 3.
Marnicq Be.rvoets (236/2); 4. Kurt NiooU (234/1); 5.
Peter Beirer (194); 6. Bob Moore (183); 7. Werner Dewit
(180); 8. Andrea Bartolini (149/2); 9. Pedro Tragter
(137); 10. Yves Demaria (98/1); 11_ Peter Iven (%); 12.
loakim Karlsson (86); 13. Frederic Bolley (67); 14_ laimy
Scevenels (67); 15. Leon Ciesbers (61); 16. Danny
Theyben (53); 17. Miska Aaltonen (51); 18. Paul Cooper
(47); 19. Remy Van Rees (34); 20. Rob Herring (34).
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 11 - Maraca'y, Venezuela, July 16
Round 12 - Gdynia, Poland, July 30
Content. Strijbos alrea!ly ordered a' counter-test
which showed an acceptable amount of lead.
He has signaled an appea~ claiming contamination in tI)e testing procedure. If the riders are
ultimately disqUalified, Strijbos will lose 21
points and drop to" fifth in the standings with
129 points behind Jimmy Button's 144 and
Sebastien Tortelli's 134. The gap betwelln
championship Jeaders Alessandro Puzar and
Alessio Ohiodi shrinks by. one to 49 with scores
of.2S9-210.
Marcus Hansson has split with Georges Jobe.
Asked if the World SOO Champion would tie
able to race again soon, Jobe said, 'I don't
know. Not.in· my teani anyway. Our contract is
over:" The Swede's only ride in public were two
practice laps at, the Belgian Easter Trophy. His
hopes of a cOmeback at last month's SWedish
GP were dashed by doct!lrs who advised.
against riding after a. brain scan. Hansson sufBader Manneh drove the Pepsi truck to Belfered concussions and other he,ad 'inl-uries ai
gium himself after missing the Irish GP. Tne
American has not scored since' the Italian Gp,
the Leipzig SX in January and agaill'in a .freat< where he was the fastest qualifier but retired
accident on a trials bik& with JobEl in February.
on' the first lap of both. motos wl,th a sticking
Bouts of sleepiness and headaChes were . throttle because of water in the carburetor, "I
'eventually traced to a dislocation of the neck
didn't know until I got to England that they had
and consequent reduction of the oxygen supply
alre,ady decided to miss the Irish GP and I
·to the brain, but not until twa months laier, 'and' already had a Jlight ticket paid for" for thai race.
the long delay In treatment is still affecting '1 heard not~ing sinCe then so I phoned midHan~on: "l don't know whEln l will be able to ~eek and· ,asked if ·1_ could have rT)y bikes and
~Ide,.. said, HanSSOn on the phon'il from Swe- .. the -truck for the .weekend...1 am here with my
den, "I retumed all of my bikes ~nd spare parts
girlfriend and two friends to wod< on the bike:
to Georges several. weeks ago. He -didn't say .
m4ct1: . .
.
Andf9a Bartolini only did two laps of practice'
on Saturday before deciding that his crackedFuel samples take'; from Dave Strljbos and collarbon-e was too painful for him to race.
Yves Demaria was also still out but confirmed
Ja~ Fink <;luring qualification at the British
12Scc GP have both shown excessive lead that he will retum in Venezuela, which is at
.
.
least some.consolalion for Michele Rinaldi who
'then saw his lone remaining rider Bob Moore
crasM out on the first lap of ,acing.' All three
hav!! qualified for the traveling expenses to
Venezuela, so if any of them don't ride there
will, at least be plentY 01 spares fo.r the surviving
members o1lt1e team.
AMA official Bill Amick, FIM Jury president at
Kester, said that the American feder.ation
would soon be 'asking riders if they would be
available for selection for the Motocross des
Nations. "Duke Finch will be contacting American' riders both in America and Europe. It is not
out of the questron that the AMA could send' a
team composed entirely of GP riders with Bob
Moore on 12S, Tallon Vohland on 2S0 and
Trampas Parker on SOO: The Sverepec facility in Slovakia, whict1 will nost this year's event,
,is a natUral terrain track. _
Jan De Groot adrT\itted that he'could provide
machinery for Stefan Everts to ride in any
class. of tpe Nations for Belgium. the 2S0cc
GP points leader is in a four"man sqllad with
Suzuki teamsters Marnlcq Ber·voels and
Werner .Dewlt and SOOcc GP pacesetter Joel
Slnets. The expected lineup is Everts (12Scc),
Bervoets (2SOcc) and Smets (SOOcc). De Groot
also opened up some interesting possibilities
for the 'French team. "When we were all on
Ifondas a Co.uple of 'years ago already Mikeel
Pichon used to ride a 500 regularly, and ride it
very well: said De Groot. This could be the
answer to- the Frenct1 dilemma over the SOOCC
berth ncrw that Yves Demaria has switched to
Yamaha, tiut the selection of Pichon on a bigbore Kawasaki could upset the rest of the
team; last year Frederic Vlalle was drafted in
at the last minute on 12S when Demaria
refused to 'race in the same team as Pichon
after personal differences. But this .year France
could 'run Sebastien Tortelll on 12S while
Frederic Bolley, the mainstay of last year's
French Nations effort, is gradually getting back
to form and could ride a 250 again in pref~r
ence to. Demaria, Other than Pichon, the. only
altemative for the SOO ride would appear to ba
Vialle. The Brits are set to defend the title with
the same lineup o(Paul,Ma.lln (12Scc); Rob
Herring (ZSQccj and Kurt Nicoli' (SOOcc), '
though Paul Cooper 'and Mark Eastwood are
also in the. squ
