Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

-~------------------------------------'------------------------- tralian G ar ry McCoy leading t he next grou p over th e line for n inth, some 10 seco n d s behind. A oki ex ten ded his t i tle l e a d t o 114 poi nts over non-finisher T o kudome (75), with Perugini u p to third on 71 p oints, and Manak o fourth on 66. THUNDERBIKE TROPHY A second successive win for Y amaha ca me t his t ime from Adrien Morillas, who had a spirited b attle with teammate Eric M ahe for t he l e a d u n t i l t h e l a tter retired with m echanical failure. Th en Hon da - mounted W illi a m Cos tes m o v e d u p to d i spu t e the lead , t he p a i r locked toge t her so me way ahead of a fiel d d ep l et ed b y crashes and b reakdowns, u n til Cos tes also b l ew up, running off th e en d of th e straigh t to retire w i th n o m ore power . Bern ard Garcia w a s a distant th i rd ; then came Scheschowits's Kawasaki. Je ffr y de V r ies w as another three seco n ds away, after a h ar d r a ce starti ng from the fifth row , j u st fe nding off Yves Briguet's H o nd a a t t h e fi nish b y l es s than half a second. " I ' m very pleased - i t was j ust what I needed," h e said . " The bike w as g reat, and I th i n k I can win at Assen." Step han M ertens was o ne cr a sh er ; te amma te Wileo Zeelenberg retired after two l aps. " T he b i k e was going slower and slower. I thought i t was an engine prob le m , but when I p ulled into the p i ts we discovered the rea r brake was bin di n g. " h e said. Costes and Morilla5 n ow sh ar e the title lead with 45 points apiece. Briguet h as 43 , Garcia 33, an d Itali an wild card winner M eregalli 25, though he is n ot a . regular Thunderbi k e rider. a Circuit Paul Ricard Bandol, France Results: June 9, 1996 (Ro u n d 6 o f 15) 12Sce QUA LI FYIN G : 1. Ma saki To k u do me (1:29.351); 2. Noboru Ueda (1:29.467); 3. Dirk Rau dies ( 1~.523); 4. Stefano Perugini (1 ~.549); S. Garry McCoy (1;29.677); 6. Jor ge Ma rti nez ( 1~9 .692); 7. Pe ter Dettl (1~9.822); 8. Darren Barton (1 ~9.964 ~ 9. Yoshiak! Katoh (1:29.992); 10. Emilio Alzam ora (1:29.997); 11. Tomomi Manako (1,,)().1J62); 12. Akira Saito (1,,)().174); 13. Kazuto Sak ata (1:30.] 84); 14. Valentino Ros si (1:30 .190) ; 15. Ma nfred Geiss le r (1:30 .216); 16. H a ruch ik a Aoki (1:30 .31 4); 17. Youich i Ui (1:30 .31 4 ); 18. Iv a n Coi (1:30.578); 19. Lucio Cecchinello (1:30 .635); 20. Frederic Pe tit (1:30.795); 21. Herrt Torron te gut (1:30.888); 22. a Paolo Tess•• ri (1:30.910); 23. Gabriele De bb ia (1:30.938); 24. [aroslav Hules (1:31.228);25 . Loe k Bodelier (1:31.387); 26. Ange l Nieto Jr. (I~I.500); 27. B. Stey (1,31.587); 28. josep Sarda ( 1~2. 189); 29. Andrea Ballerini (1,32.7'l9); 30. A. Vincen t (1:33.149);31. G. Fouet (1,n.387). 250ee QUALIFY ING, 1. Max Biag gi (1;23.378); 2. Jean ·Philip p e Ru gg ta (1:2 4 .185) ; 3. Iu rg e ri Fuc hs (1,2 4 .269); 4 . Tets uya H a r ad a (1:24 .392); S. Ral f Wa ldmann (1:24.462 ); 6. O live r Jacque (1:24.529) ; 7. Tohru Ukaw a (1:24.690); 8. Nob uatsu Aoki (1:25.104 ); 9. Luca Bosco sc u ro (1:25. 172 ); 10. Oliver P e tru cci ani (1:25 .290); 11. E.~kil Sut er (1:25.300); 12 Sebastian Por co (1:25.35 1); 13. Rob e r to Locatelli (1,25.37 1); 14. Se te Gibemau (1:25.427); ]5. Regis Laconi (1:25.434); 16. Luis d 'AnOO (lZ.71S); 17. Takeshi Tsujim ura (1:25.736); 18. O s amu Mi ya z aki (1:25 .738); 19. Ju r ge n v an d e n Goorbergh (IZ.822); 20. Cristiano Migb orati (IZ.956); 21. Yas umasa Hatake ya m a (1:25.997); 22. Gianlu igi Sca lvin i (1:26.054 ); 23 . Jam ie Robinson (1:26.092); 24. D a v id e Bu lega (1:26 .263 ); 25. M assimo Ot tobre (1:26.712); 26 . Jose Barresi (1:26 .715); 27. Jose Luis Ca rdoso (1:27.060); 28. Christian Boud inot (1:27.073); 29. S. Gimbe rt (1:27.216); 30. Ch ristophe Cogan (1,27.322); 31. G. Ferstler ( 1 :28.276~ 500ee QUALIFYING, 1. Alex Criville (HI.448); 2. Micha el Dooha n (1:21.596 ); 3. Dad a n o Romb oni . (1,22.003 ); 4. Alberto Pu ig (1,22.249); 5. Alex Barro s (1:22.28B); 6. Ca rlos Checa (1:22.333); 7. Scott Russe ll (1 :22.352); 8. Tad ayu ki O ka da (1:22 .439); 9. Lo ri s Ca p irossi (1:22.480); 10. Da ryl Beattie (1:22.606); 11. Kenny Ro be rts Jr. (1:22 .889 ); 12. Jea n- Miche l Bayle ( 1 ~.907); 13. Norilumi Abe (1,22.950); 14. Shinic!li Itoh (1:23. 179); 15. Frede ri c Pr ot a t (1:23.253); 16. lu ea Ca da lo ra (1 ,23 .306); 17. Juan Bo rja (1 ,23 .42 2); 18. William Costes (1:23.455); 19. Lucio Ped.erd ni (1:24.089); 20. James Ha yd on (1:24.100); 21. Jeremy McWilliams (I,24. 18&~ 22. Jean Jeandat ( 1 ~4 .279~ 23. Sean Emmett (1 :24 .670); 24 . F. Ferracci ( 1:24 .8 18); 25 . Eu ge ne McManus (1:24.940); 26. Jean Delatan g (1:25.689); 27. . Tosh i Arakalci ( H5.8 18 ~ 125<:c GRAND PRIX: 1. Stefano Perugini (Apr); 2. Tom om o Mana ko (Ha n); 3. Emilio Alzamora (Hon); 4. Noboru Ued a (Hon); 5. Yosh iaki Katoh (Yam~ 6. Dirk Raudies (H on ); 7. H aruchika Aoki (H on); 8. Kaz uto Sak ata (A p r ); 9. Garry McC oy (A p r); 10. Akira Saito (Hen); 11. Manfred Geiss ler (Ap r); 12. Ivan eo; (Hon); 13. Frederic Petit (Hon ); 14. Herri Torrontegu.i (Ho n); 15. Youichi U i (Yam); 16. Paolo Tessari (Hon) ; 17. Loek Bodelier (Han); 18. Gab riele Debbia (Yam); 19. B. Stey (Hon ); 20. Angel Nieto Jr. (Apr); 21. G. Pouet (Ho n); 22Valentino Rossi (Apr); 23. Iosep Sard a (Honl; 24. Peter Oettl (Ap r); 25. Andrea Ballerini (Apr); 26. A. Vincent (Apr); 27. Masaki Tokudome (Apr); 28. Jorge Martine z (Apr); 29. Iaros la v Hu les (Hon); 30. Darren Barton (Apr). T ime: 40 min.• 44.539 sec. Dista nce: 27 lap s. 63.612 miles. Average Speed; 93.685 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.373 sec. Fastest Lap: Valen tino Rossi, 1:29.263/ 95.018 mph ... Lap 2 (new track reco rd) 250c( G RAND PRIX: 1. Max Blagg! (Ap r); 2. Ralf Wald mann (Hon); 3. Tetsuya Ha rad a (Yam ); 4. Tohru Ukawa (H on) ; 5. No bu at su Ao ki (Hon) ; 6. Lu ca Boscoscu ro (Apr) ; 7. Eskil Suter (Apr); 8. Renzo Locatelli (A pr ); 9. Cristiano Miglior ati (H on ); 10. Lu is d ' Antin (Ho n) ; 11 . Reg is Laconi (H on); 12. Iurgen van den Goorbe rgh (Hon); 13. Tek e sh i Tsu jimu ra (Hon ); 14. Yasurnasa H at ak ey am a (Hon); 15. O liver Petruccian! (Ap r); 16. Sebastia n Po rco (A pr ); 17. D a vid e Buleg a (Apr) ; 18. Mass imo Ottob re (Apr); 19. Giovani Scalvini (Ho n); 20. S. Gimbe rt (Hon ); 21. C. Cogan (Ha n); 22. G. Fe rstler (Ha n ); 23. Olive r Jacque (Hon); 24. Iurgen Fuchs (Hen): 25. Jose-L uis Cardoso (Apr); 26. Osamu Miyazaki (Apr) ; 27. Jean-Phil ippe Ruggia (Ho n ); 28. Jose Bar resi (Yam ); 29. Sete Gibemau (Hen). Times 41 min ., 6.274 sec. Di stance: 29 laps, 68.324 miles . Ave rage Speed: 99.743 mph. Margin of Victory: 6.894 sec. Fastest u p: Max Biaggi, 1:24.189 /1 00.745 mph. Lap 14 (new track reco rd) SOO

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