Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

',*,ROAD RACE· ";:' Round 9: British Grand Prix . World Championship Road Ra~ SerieS ~, lever broke off; and crashers Manako, Falls, Katoh, and the luckless Peter Oettl, challenging Alzamora at the time, Aoki's championship lead was hardly dented. He has 161, Perugini 112, Sakata 102, Raudies 895 and Saito 79, SIDECAR GRAND PRIX Nobuatso Aoki and Luis d'Antin, the RS Hondas of Jurgen Fuchs and Takeshi Tsujimura. Locatelli also caught up to the back of this gang in the last laps, to finish 14th, Patrick van den Goorbergh had been well up with this group when he suddenly ran on straight at the chicane, his clutch failed, Regis Laconi (Honda) took the last point for 15th; Walker was 21st, and Scott Smart 24th and last Kenny Roberts Jr, and Jean-Michel Bayle were notable among eight nonfinishers, Both were among the leaders on the fourth lap when Roberts collided with the Frenchman going into the chicane, . Biaggi's fifth win took him to 188 points to 149 of Harada, Waldmann dropped back to third, just one point ,behind; Okada has 93, Ruggia 81, and Aoki 50, Jurgen van den Goorbergh lies 10th overall, top privateer, with 41 points to Jacque's 35, . 125cc GRAND PRIX The die was cast on the first lap for title leader Harachuki Aoki, As the front men swept through the final hairpin, Akira Saito fell right in the BlumexRheos rider's path, and he ran right over him, Both Honda riders were out this obligingly opened a little gap for the front two, Stephano Perugini and Sakata, who made the most of it, drawing ahead in a private battle that went back and forth until the closing laps, when Sakata stamped his authority on the younger man to win by three seconds, Perugini had the consolation of the only lap record of the day, They were followed by another pair: Alzamora fending off Raudies steadfastly, and drawing away by two seconds at the end, Raudies blamed his own bad start, which left him too much work to do and too little tire adhesion with which to do it, Nakajoh was a lone fifth, and then came the gang, a brawling group of eight swapping places all around the track, and running into the comers two or three abreast Good news for Tokudome, who caught up with them from a slow start, "There were some good riders there but they were slowing each other up, so I was able to get ahead," he said, He was sixth, Manfred Geissler (Aprilia) seventh; and charging young British wild card Darren Barton (Yamaha) a strong ninth behind super-late braker Jorge Martinez (Yamaha), Yamamoto (Honda), Oliver Koch (Aprilia) and Hem Torrontegui (Honda) concluded the group, Retirements included early front-runner Nobbie Veda, whose Honda's gear- (From left to right) Tetsuya Harada, Aprllla team manager Carlo Pemat, Max Blaggl and Ralf Waldmann celebrate on the 250cc podium, Biland is definitely back After three non-finishes he claimed his second successive clear race win at Donington Park, starting from pole position and leading every lap except the first one, That saw Derek Brindley briefly in front, but Biland's BRM-powered outfit moved smoothly past and from then on the Swiss veteran could control the race at will, '1t's never easy to win a GP," he said later, "But that one was easy," quipped his long-time passenger Kurt Waltisperg. , He was pursued until five laps from the end by the Guedel brothers, only for their chain to hop the sprockets, causing premature retirement. This promoted the battle for third to one for second, with Marcus Boes1ger forcing his way past Ralph Bohnhorst, Klaus Klaffenboek and Steve Abbott in the last laps, The last three were covered by barely two seconds, either of the two faseeIIt znen had anything good to say about the track. bat it dicta't do IDlIIdl to slow them dowD. NkbaeI Dooiw1 wu Oft top ill Ibe SOOa: da8I. but by N a DatMWer -l'JiD dum usual. "Tbat deesD't wony IIlIe," he .... "We'ft lIeeR closer at otIt« trae:b. I _ _'t.piaIg _pale, Jl* lor my ~ AI1aII't . . . CO P a'WfleJe _is.- --. fee) ' 8 IfHda" aacl . . . . .lot 01. . . . . . . . ,.. bw _1IliDOI1a I pnfer ~ _ _ JOIl GIll dlIe CIaIiIiIl_~. _ tliuJI8eldtie,. fit .., as.• Saalli' ...,. Ions the ~ if dDesIif; ~. . .... __ • • ......... 1 I ~ __ . - , . . • GIl a Iii ' but 1 doD't bow if • tile 1IiIIe, 01' if tile tires . . . lot beaer. ADd r. IIiD wlilllliu& feeL It .... me _ _ time to pt 111' to speed here, whift odIer IIadIs it cIIIIy ....ai.'llJlllple of laps." Mille _ be _ the . , (IDe of tile fast_lID iutpow ' - daye:- to a wiDdy clay two, .....I:iug his way dlnragh tile tires ancIlISing _ Kayaba frouIt ids fou' the first time apart &om testiRg. Alongside him, OIl tile front J'CJW in OII1y his fourth GP, was leamD. . Scott RusseB. full of lJeans lit a track he loves, in spite of a tumble on the second day, lowsidiug at the uphiD thirdgear Macleans bend. ,Nit seems this track tells me where 1 should be, where I see some other riders who've been here fou' years who just don't know the lines: he said. More Rgnificantly, he was now a big step further ahead at adapting to the UDfa. miliar two-stroke racer, and to the carbon brakes - AP had switched back from experimental compounds used by Schwantz to more basic carbon equipment, with good results. "When I started, the hardest thing was how quicIcly the bike stopped. Now I find it easier to ride the GP bike than the Saperbike because it stops so welL especially Oft the downhill comers here. I guess that means I'm getting used to it," he said. . Luca Cadalora completed the row, but denied this indicated a continuing revivaI. "My time came on the first day, but the bike wasn't right- We changed it for Saturday, and it was worse. Now I have a lot of different things to try in the m0rning. I've used Dunlop rear tires aDd Michelin and Dunlop fronts. I don't know what I wiD cboolIe ~. It wiJI be a lottery.N Row two _ led by Alelt CriviBe, who bad iuaplO'Ved his lap times in spill! of 5etuIday's wiD, IIat act Ilia IIIDod: ., ...... Points leader Darren Dixon had been as high as third early on, but gradually lost ground with persistent brake trouble, He ended up a distant sixth, still well clear of Barry Brindley and the Wyssen brothers, There were only 13 finishers, c:N Donlngton Park Donlngton, Engl8ncl Results: July 23, 1995 l25cc QUALIFYING: 1. Stefano P~ni (1040.640); 2. Kazuto Sakata (1:40.641); 3. Emilio Alzamora 0:40.647); 4, Harochilca Aoki 0:40.749); 5. Dirlc Raudies (1:40.759); 6. Akira Saito (1:40,857); 7, Peter Oeltl (1:41.067); 8. Oliver Koch (1:41.085); 9. Noboru Veda 0:41.106); 10. O. Barton (1:41,244); 11. Ciovani Scalvini (1:41,245); 12, ·Cabriele Oebbia (1:41,275); 13, T. Yamamoto (1:41.399); 14. Masaki Tolcudome (1:41.401); 15. Yoshiako Katoh (1:41.413); 16. Hem Torrontegui 0:41.440); 17, ManITed Geissler (1:41.450); 18, HideyulO Nakajoh (1:41.520); 19. Luigi Ancona 0:41,541); 20, T. Manako (1:41. 670); 21. Jorge Martinez (1:411318); 22: K. Miyasaka (1:42.135); 23. J. Fans (1:42.271); 24. Villorio Lope. (1:42.292); 25, J, Sarda (1:42.316); 26. Y. Su~ai (1:42.542); 27. H. Kikuchi (1:42,698); 28. Stefan Kurfiss (1:43,220); 29, Tomoko rgata (1:43.320); 30. Steven Pahickson (1:43,352); 31, Peter Jennings (1:43.670); 32, M. D'Agnano (J :44.294); 33. A, Ballerini (1:44.296); 34, C. Kellner (1:45.079). 25O; 8. Jean-Philippe Ruggia (1:36.010); 9. Oliver Jacque (1:36.027); 10. Kenny Roberts Jr. (1:36.092): 11. EsIcil Suter (1:36.213); 12. Luis D'Antin (1:36.247); 13. Takeshi Tsujimura (1:35.472); ]4. Noboatsu Aoki (1:36521); 15, Jurgen Fuchs (1:36.598); 16.YatricJc van den Goorberg (1:37.031); 17, Ari Stadler

• Cover