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MT CO O O R SS . World Championship 125ccMotocross Series Round 5: H ngarian GP u (Left) italian Sebastien Tortelll won both motos at the Hung arian 125cc GP_ (Above) Paul Malin posted consistent 2"3 mota scores to secure runner-up honors. (Right) American Bob Moore had a bad day In Hunga ry, scoring zero points In the second mote, By A lex Hod gkinson KAPOSVAR, HUNGARY, MAY 19 ren ch w hiz ki d Sebastien Tortelli co n tinues to call th e tune in th e 125cc W orld MX series as h e In creased h is lead to 36 p o in ts in th e sta ndings w ith a fou rth consecutive GP w in, th is o ne in sco rch ing heat a t the rugged Kaposvar track in H u n gary . American Bob Moore, in race on e, and France's Frede ric Vialle, in race tw o, each o ff ere d ea rly re sist ance, but Bri tain' s Paul M a lin, seco n d over a ll from 2-3 motes, is rapidly est ablishing himse lf as the most serious rival in th e championship chase. The afternoon su n was at its height for the firs t m oto as on loo ke rs go t the fir st ta ste thi s su m mer of the ba t t le w hich ever yone h ad e xpected in th is year's 125cc GP s. Moore holeshot but Tortelli was right on him. The French kid swooped on the first lon g stepped d ownhill, b ut the Am erican was not fin ished and re taliat ed a t the top of the next climb, Moore the n led fo r th e first qu ar ter F A &j e 8 w ith Tortelli ne ver fa r be h in d . " I felt already on th e first la p that one of the radiat o r plasti cs was loose, so 1 d idn' t push too hard ea rly on ," explained the Kaw asa ki teenager. "Just after 1took the lea d, one bolt fell ou t and the panel was ha ng ing loose, but it didn' t affect m y riding." By the e nd h e w a s pl a yin g in the turns. " I sta r ted looking for d ifferent places to hit the berms so 1 didn't ge t bored," he sai d. In his wake, Mal in was on a mission, "All 1 need is a start," M alin said. "I think 1 can ke e p Tortelli' s p a ce, bu t th ere was no point in ch asing h im once I p assed Bob (Moore) for second. Perhaps if 1 had got Bob earlier, but 1 m ade a silly mistake at the top o f th e third uphill as 1 came to hi m th e fir st time and then I h ad to pull b a ck 12 sec" ends." Moore was a fru strated th ird. "When I got the holeshot 1 had to go for it as lon g as I could, but after 10 minutes, 1 was just hanging on," Moor e sai d. "It's so frustrating, because I can go th at pa ce for 45 m inu tes when I' m fit. It's taking lon ger to get back because 1 rely on rid " Brieflv... Four weeks "after compressing vertebrae in his that European championship riders might be .considered as wild card entries at a GP.and continue to ride the European rounds. but my colleagues disagreed." Kokenyesi is now riding in.Pepsi colors as Giuseppe Luongo fulfills his promise to help promising riders from back at the Swiss GP Erik C a me r le ngo ' ' . returned to action with a fourth place in his eas tern Europe. qualification group. Team -boss Claudlo De Carlo confirmed that Claudio Fe de nc l will . Compet itors with larger transporters probably faced a longer trip than expected to the Croatreturn in France . ... ian Euro round. The normal route from central Eu ro pe would be through S lo ve nla. but ; Six days after'winning his first GP rnoto Erik ' because t he pope was visiting the country Eggens was a non-qualifier even though only for. the first time, trucks were not allowed to $1 riders tu rned up at Kapo svar. "It's just ente r Slovenia from midnight Thursday until .me." he said, "I practiced·on hard tracks this Sunday nlqht. week, but I just 'couldn't get round here 'any faster." . . Apparent ly'S e ba s t ie n To rtelli's 125cc GP bike ·weighs in regularly about" 10 pounds One Hungarian had to be seeded into the race ' heavier than most of tts rivals. Team boss Jan on the "home country" rule - and the one who qua lified out right didn't mea n to. Gyorgy' : K,oke~ye5i has been co ntesti~g ihe B-grade European 250cc Serie s, but missed the Croat- ' De. Groot explained that many of the' paris such as the frame and radiators are from the ' 250cc model, 'w hile factory forks and stronger swinging arm for the hard-rrdinq Frenchman ian round to 'ride on his 'ho me track. H~ving also add more. . . qualified for a GP he ls now excluded from the ' o' remaining rounds of the Eur series. .Gyorqy's . The ~rowd in Hungary ~as .Iibera·lly reinfor~'e d father, until last October a member of the FIM by"Ame rica n Gis billeted locally as the closM o t o cro s s C ornrn ts slon . was f r ust r at ed . es t "safe haven" ba's e for their peace-keeping "When I was .on the commission I suggested tasks in former Yugoslavia.