Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

2S0cc GR AND PRIX: 1. Tetsuya Harada (Yam ); 2. Ma x Btaggi (Apr); 3. Ralf Waldma nn (Hon); 4. Lu is d' Antin (Hen): 5. Nobuatsu Aoki (Hon); 6. Iurgen Fuchs (Hon ); 7. Tohru Uka wa (Hon) ; 8. Oliver Jacqu e (Ha n); 9. Sebastian Po rco (A pr ); 10. J.P. Rug gia (Hon); 11. Eskil Sute r (A pr); 12. Ju rgen van den Goo rbe rgh (H on ); 13. Luca Boscoscuro (Apr); 14. Da vide Bule ga (Ap r ); 15. Yasum asa Hatakeyma (Hon) ; 16. Regis Laconi (Hon); 17. Sete -Gibe mau (H on); 18. Gianluigi Scalvini (Hon ); 19. Olive r Petrucciani (Ap r ); 20. Chri stophe Cog an (Hon) ; 21. Osa mu Miyazak i (Apr); 22, Massimo Ottobre (Ap r); 23. [amie Robin son (Apr) ; 24. Cristia no Migtiorati (Hon); 25. Christian Bou id inot (A pr); 26. Ro berto Locat elli (Ap r); 27. Ta kes hi Tsu jim ura (Hon) ; 28. Jose Barr esi (Yam); 29. Jose Luis Cardoso (Apr). Time: 42 mi n., 13.486 sec. Distance : 28 lap s. 68.83 miles. Aver age Speed. 97.808 mph. Margin of Victory: 1.809 sec. Fastest Lap : Tetsuya Hara da, 1:29.696. Lap 28. 500cc G RAN D PRIX: 1. Michael Dooh an (Hon) ; 2. Alex Barr os (H o n) ; 3. Loris Capiross! (Yam ); 4. Alex Criville (Hon ); 5. Car les Checa (H an); 6. Luca Cada lcra (H en ): 7. Scott Russell (Suz); 8. Jea n-Michel Bayle (Yam); 9. N orif u mi Ab e (Yam ); 10. Alb e rt o Pu ig (Hon); 11. Dorl an o Romboni (Apr); 12. Jerem y McWiUiams (Yam); 13. Shi nich i ltoh (Han); 14. Fred eri c Protat (Yam); 15. Se im Em me tt (Yam ); 16. Laurent N avea u (Yam) ; 17. Toshi Arakaki (Ya m ); 18. Jam es Ha ydon (Yam ): 19. Ad rian Bos sh ard (Elf); 20. Ju a n Borja (Elf ); 21. Lu cio Ped er cini (Yam ); 22. Tadayuki Okada (Ho n); 23. Eugene Mcl\1an us (Yam ). Tim e: 43 min.• 50.798 sec. • Distan ce: 30 lap s. 73.74 miles. Brieflv. •• '-" Avera ge Speed: 100.918 mph. Margin of Victory: 3.227 sec. . Fastest Lap: Michael Doohan, 1:27.139, tap 27. 12See WORLD C'S H IP POINT STANDINGS (Afte r 2 of 15 round s) : 1. Haru ch ika Aok i (40); 2 . M as ak i Tokudome (38 /1 w in); 3. Stefano Peru gin i (33 /1 win); 4. Peter Oe ttl (32); 5. Tomomi Ma nako (18 ); 6. No bo ru Veda (17); 7. (TIE) Valen tin o Rossi / Akira Sai to (15); 9. Dirk Raud ies (13) ; 10. (TIE) Jor ge Mc rtin ez ZEmili o Alzamora (11); 12. And rea Bal lerin i (9 ); 13 . Ka z uto Sa k a ta (8 ); '14. Fred e ri c Pet it (6 ); 15. (TI E ) G arr y McCoy / Lu cio Cecchi nello (4). 250 " WORLD C'S H IP POINT STANDIN GS (Af ter 2 of 15 rounds): 1. (TIE) Te ts uya Ha ra da / Ma x Biagg i (45/1 wi n a p iece) ; 3. Luis d ' A n ti n (29 ); 4 . (TIE) Oliv e r Iecque r Nobuatsu Ao ki (21); 6. Iu rge n Fu ch s (19); 7. r.r. Ru g gi a (17 ); 8. Ralf Wal dmann ( 16); 9 , Iur gen va n den Coorbe rgh (12); to. Luca Bosc oscu ro (10); 11. Tohru Uka wa (9); 12. Se bas tian Porco (7); 13. . Regi s Loc a telli (6); 14. (TIE ) Jamie Rob in son / Es kil Sut e r (5). 500r, WORLD C'S H IP POINT STANDINGS (Afte r 2 of 15 roun ds) : 1. Alex Barr os (40); 2. Micha e l Doohan (36 / 1 win); 3. Luca Cad alora (35 /1 win) ; 4. Carles Checa (27); S, Scott Rus sell (22); 6, Jean-Michel Bayle (18); 7, Loris Captrossi (16); 8. (TIE) Albert o Pui g / No rifumi Abe (15); 10. Alex Criville (13); 11. Fre deric Prot at (9); 12. (TIE) Jua n Borja / Sean Emm en /Ierern y McWilliam s (6); 15. Dorlano Romboni (5). Haruch lk a Aoki (1) and Masaki Tokudome (7) were this close fo r the final lap of the 125cc Grand Pr ix ; Tokud ome ended up taking the v ictory, Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 • Suzu ka, Japan: April 21 Round 4 • Jerez, Spain, May 12 fourth', one-tenth of a second off the pcd ium)." . The bigge r problem is t hat w it h o.nly o ne' machi ne on the tr ac k, t here is a 50·perc ent . decrease in datacollection and the . team struq gl':d to qualify 11th, ' , . managed to avoid going there ";'hen he ~as of: draft age,' Roberts said that hisIottery number 'was above th e .cutoff, 'but added t hat he was given' a medical deferment fora kn'ee injury suffered while he was' dirt trac kinq as a novice for ' the Suzuki factory, ' would provi de time so that both bikes 'of each . rider in the top l O is properly equipped . .Butler also said that on-bike cameras are (lever used at the Japanese GP, to.be run on Ap ril 2 1 at Suzu. ka. The cameras were to be fitt ed to bikes of the K u,rtis Roberts will be making his A MA 250cc topJO riders: as determined by.IRTA before'the . Grand !"rix rac in'g de but 'at 't he Laguna S ec a . ' ." season began, W ith the delay, the camera will , Nat ional on April 28 , according to his fath er .: Spanish .tuner Antonio Coba s ,.t he.innovative Kenny .Roberts , The youngest son of .the threedesiq ner who works as the technical director.of After spending nearly $20 m i llio n to 'upgrade . goon the top 10 in points : though IRTA has' dis: ti me W orld C hampio n w ill be riding a 1995 . ' Team Fortu na Honda Pons, provided the best ' t heir fac ility, the owners -of the Sentu l Ci rcuit' cretio n in putting : them ' on any ot her machine, Wi th Lucky Strfke Suzuki's Daryl Beatt ie m issing Yamaha TZ250s tuned by Brian Turfrey, Accord- ' q uo te of, th e wee kend In SentuL In e pre ss we re' not willing' to : take' any chances with the ing to the elder Roberts;' Kurti s is running .the , re l.ea~e descnbi nq the S ent ul .CirCUIt, Cobas weather.'so they employed ~ rain maste rs " to ' . the-first two races.jt's Iikelyhis bike will be,cam. era-equipped. despite hts being out of the top 10 race to get more 'track time during a break-in his said:' Boxes rear quibblinq IS one of the tardier . ,drive the notoriously Incle ment weather .away ' 'Europ'e an 250cc carripalqn.Tbere have been two . places In t~e W orld Co rnpetttlon. only overco me from Bogor, a town known as " rain city " for its .in poi nts. : ·of t he European races thus far, but the 'youn g by S uz~ka s qUibbling (p assage speed about 55 '. cons tant showers , "W e have had two or .t hree . 'Robe rt s has n't had much luck i n eit her one , krn/ h). Huh7. pawang hunjans here for. about a week already , A trio of Hondas took top -speed hono rs in the ' : W e 've h ad a lot o f tire prob lem s , ". Ke nny Th ey are . movi ng t herai n 't o near by Villages , 500cc classwith .the Jerry Burgess-tuned Heps ol Robert s said. "W e only got' the ·blkes a week ' .Du nlops .Jeremy Ferguson put tore st We' re hoping it will be 'a .d ry race , : T int o n .Hon'da of Doohanthe best o f the .bunch, The ' before the first race. There was no .tlmetotest.: ru mors Hiat lP A pnlla'sDoneno Romboni was ' S uprapt o . vpr eslde nt di recto r o f PT. S arana A ustrali an' s Ho nda NSR50 0 topped .o ut at ' He and Jimmy (Filice) both had tire problems at using an oversized 250cc tire on his Aprilia 400 Sirkuit Indo ' Utarna told Agence France Presse, ' 18 2 .3 2 . mph in the second' qualifying' sessic n. . the first race,. Jimmy' s bike overheated in the V·twin , ."The normal 500 rearis a ·190 and 'the . ' The race was 'beiil g held just at the 'end of the ' second we nt to -Honda Pilert' s A lex Barro s at , .: norma l 250 rear isa 160, For the 400 we'used a' rai ny .sea son a nd B ogor , th e nearest town , ' 18 1.70. mph , with Fortuna Honda Pons 50 0cc . sec ond race, Kurti s was in the top group when ' his tire 'w ent off again, Afte , that race .. we . put , 175 Iastyear and this year we 're using a .165, '. record s ·t hundersto rms on ' abou t .320 day s rookie Carles Checa third-fastest at 180,95 mph. , year, Mu ch 'of the off-season testing at the track . T he first non-Honda was the Marlboro Yamaha one of. the old bikes together to see what the. . We tried it On the 250 lastyeerand it didn't get universal acceptanc e " , was washed out and. because of its porous sur- : Raine 'y YZR500 of LortsCapirossi at ·180 .83 dlfferences are ." ' . . .. . . faCe :' the track 'takes an inordinat e amou nt of .. mph, Among t he 'slowe st of the fact ory b'ikes , T h~ Marl b oro R o berts 'Y a m a h a 500cc 'tlme to dry out after a downp our, The rain mas, . w as the Lucky Strike Suzu'ki of Scott Russe ll, . Kurti s' Roberts: older brother, M arlboro Roberts team will be moving Its home base from.U it horri, . ters couldn't stop the 'rain from inierrupting.Fri . The Georgian's .bike could .only muste r the 11tli . Yamaha 500cc rider Kenny Roberts Jr.. sat out . .the second Grand Prix of the season at Sent ul, , j us t o·ut si de . of Amsterd am; t o Ba.nbury, ' in ' day"s 250cc qualifying, rior could they prevent it' .fastest time, 1.76 .60 mph, just behind the·V ·twin Oxfordshire, in the nort h of England, '" I got tired " from c omfng down after 'p ractice ended 'on Sat. Repsol Honda' NSR-500V of:Tadayuki Okaaa. , . but w ill' be ready' fo r the next GP at' Suzuka on ' . . ' , ~ . . , o f A ms t erdam', ' K en ny Robert s said when. urday.·But the race program was run 'under blue ' . , ' April 28, .Robert s J r, has been dirt tracking to .as·ked aboui the move.: ~ I've got a 'Ford Co sskies' and ·a. blazing sun, and nota drop of rain . The quest ion continues' to surface: At ;";hat 'point ·get ready for his 500c e GP debut. ' worth 't hat I need to get t uned up," he said, half. fell on Sunday, '. .. .., will Repso l Hond~' s Mick. Doohan 'opt for the , , a WorldChampi ~nship hopes ~fLucky jt~~~;~_'Y:~~~~~sh;Jr~~~a~\~:~~u~~~~ ~~cs~ t=;';:k~~k~~a~~~s~~t:~~~~hs~~~~~n~me~:Jr The St rike W him Kane molo Honda's Luca Cadal ora ' S uzuki' s Daryl Beatti e we re' further damaged ' . 1.986,. The t eam' is moving ' into what' is ,considiook the . checkered flag io. win the M alaysian. ' For me,' at the. momen t , I'm prefer ring theVwhen his Malaysian.t.esting crash kept 'him out of ered th~ hotbed of car racing deveiopment ; trig; GP , it was the first time a European had led the , four, I've ' only .done five . laps on the V ·twin and ' his second .c onsecutive race . The 25-yea r-old 'gering speculat ion that Roberts may be looking 500G Wo rld .Championship since Italian Franco c that' s ..w he n th e bik!" was in. it s ·early, early A ustralian suffered inner ear damage , a cond;'- '. to .deve lop his lea m along the lines of the For-. Uncini led it in 1982 , It was also the first ·time a .. stages, ('or me, I preferlheV-four and I haven't" tion that not only affects 'his balance, but doesn't · mula ' One teams which use .specialty c hassis ,European had won tli e season.opener s.ince even pushed to ride the V-twi n: For people like.·.. have .a: w ell: def ined rec overy period , Luck y . and fact ory engines , The Williams Formula One B arry. Sheene wo n ' t he first race ·of .t he· 1979 ,' Tad (Okada) is 'a 250 . rider, Loris < Capirossi), .Strike te am manager Garry Taylor said, '''1spoke . ' team is in riearby Dldcott, 'Coswort h is close' by, '. season in Venezue la. If a. European had won in Max Biaggi, for' people liKe that. the bike wo uld to Daryl yesterday_ He's done ECG 's :in ' A us- " and much of the Ferrari Formula One design and . Indonesia, it wou ld have been the first time Eurobe magic , But we 've ju st got to wart·. and ' see ' tr alia a,nd here , He said he's .getti.ngbe tter eve~ .. deve lopment is'd one in Wo king.The Silverstone ' peans had wo n three races in a row since ·1982, what' evolves wi th t he. fo ur-cyl inde rs: At t his ' ·.day,. lt s an Inner ear equlltbnum probl<:m, He s . : circuit. which once' hosted t he bike GP and now . Repsol Honda's' Alex' Criville won the final race " .stage , we 'v e j ust got to work as hard'as we can ' also had severe locking of some neck and shoul, . has the Formula One race, is about 20 'minute s ' .of 1995 at Barcelona, with 'Cadalora: winning in ' with what we've' got : Obvio usly, ii'it comes ' to : Maiaysia, Instead, Brazilian Alex Barrqs became the point wh ere.we' have a disadVantage by' run":der muscles,. From what I understand, it's identi- , . aWay, Robert s has always ' been an innovator.in · cal to ,the Inj ury ,(luc~) Cadalora had a couple of .. seeking out specialists from, outside the motor-, .' the firsi Brazillan ' w er to lead the championship, ning ,i he V-fo ur, the n we 've got .to' do wha t · it years ago . We II wa lt untd the midd le of next . cy cle indust ry, and the move 'gives him t hat . ' '. . takes .to kee'pwinning ,' 1 guess: Hopefull y, we week and see , He stU I·has ·to be signed off. by . much greate r accesS to the best in the wo rld..'" '.If you watch the first tli ree CP s on tel~vislon and' .can keep. wo rking .on the Y-four, .Hopefully, we'll , the.medical tribunal in:Japan:.1 don 't, think D aryl. ' , . do n't' see ' any on-bike came ra wo rk :. there 's a have .some new things to test at Paul 'Ricard,'At will ride if h'e's not .fit. He had a thrash in his .' Furt her e'viden~e of i he growth of m~torcycle ' verygood reaso n,' !ionda Racing Cor pora tion ' . the mOment. ·t he V ;four really ' hasn't changed '

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