Round 4: Monza,Italy
Frances co we n t in to th e gravel a n d
came b ac k j u st in front o f m e, I lo st con centration for that ultimat e lap."
In contrast to C o r ser, Edwards was
not too ha pp y about t h e t ire choice he
had m a d e . " I had no grip a t all," the
Dunlop u ser sa id, " A n d w h en th e t i r e
started vibrating an d I had to go short i n
.the chicane, I knew I coul dn't do a nything m o r e than to b e very ca reful and
try to finish the r ace."
McCar t hy ca me h ome eighth, i n t h e
slipstr eam of Reyn o l ds. " I did n o t get as
good a sta r t as i n the first race , John
(Rey nolds) got b y and we s tarte d a
SlIlaII priv ate battle . M aybe I used m y
tires a bit t o o much in that. St ill, I m anaged to ca tch Jamie Whitham a nd get
pas t h im , A f ew big sli des m a d e m e,
however, d rop b ack to eigh t h at the en d
of the r a ce."
A n t hony G ob ert w a s 10th, b l am i n g
the l ack o f h o r sepower of his Kawasaki.
" T h e bik e i s to o slow ," he sa i d . " W hen
Troy w ent b y o ne moment, I did not even
try to stay with him. I t w as just no use."
Rob Phill i s t ook th e l a st cha m p ionship p oint, a fter a long battl e with
Lin d hol m, G iles r etired at h al f -distance
with an ill-handling Ducati.
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A utodromo d l Monza
Mila n , It al y
Res u lt s: June 16, 1996 (Ro u n d 4 of 12)
QUALIFYING: 1. Pier -Fra ncesco Chili (1:47 .090); 2.
Anthony Gobert (H7.119); 3. Cad Fogarty (1;47.192); 4.
Aaron Slight (1.47.299); S. Joh n Kocinski (1.47.389); 6.
Nei l Hod gson (1:47.580); 7. Colin Edwards (H7.5B8); 8.
Troy Corser (1;47.738); 9. John Reynolds (1;48.179); 10.
Kirk McCarthy (1;48.210); 11. James Whit ham (1.48.212);
12. Ptergto rgio Bonte m pi (1:48.266); 13. Paolo Casoli
(1:48 .706); 14 . Si m o n Crafa r (1:48 .716); 15 . Bri an
Mo rrison (1;49.029); 16: Christ er Lindholm (1.49.272);
17, An d re as Meklau (1:49.389 ); 18. Mich ael Paquay
(1;49.57 1); 19. Ioch en Schmid (1:50.080); 20. Igor Jennan
(1:50.104); 21. Sh awn Giles (1:50,255); 22. Bruno Cirafici
(1;50.572); 23 . Rob Ph ill is (1;50. 855) ; 24. Step h ane .
Cha mbon (1:51.010 ); 25. Fer dinando Di Maso (1:51.264);
26. je an -Ma rc Deletang (1:52.58 2); 27. Joh n Boustas
(Left) After running
ofl t he track o n ly
moments before,
Ducati·mounted
Italian Pler·Francesco
C h ili dived passed
both Aaron Slight a nd
Carl Fogarty at t he
en d of race two t o
take the vi ctory in
front of his h ome
c rowd.
(Right) Re ign in g
W o rld Superbl ke
Cha m pion Ca rl .
Fogarty cele brates
his second victory o f
t h e season after his
nar row le g-one win.
Time: 32 min., 30.739 sec.
D istan ce: 18 laps, 64.393 miles.
Avera ge Speed: 118.835 mph.
Margin o f Victory: 0.650 sec .
Fastest Lap : Pier-Prancesco Chili, 1:47.224 / 120.110 mph .
RACE TWO: 1. Pier -Fr ancesco Ch ili (D ue); 2.
Aa ron Slight (Hon); 3. Car] Fogarty (Ha n); 4. Troy
Corser (Due); 5 . Colin Edwa r ds (Ya m ); 6 . Ja m es
W hit ha m (Yam); 7. John Reynold s (S uz); 8. Kirk
McCarthy (Suz) ; 9. Nei l Ho dgson (Due); 10. Anthony
Go be rt (Kaw); 11. And reas Me klau (Du e); 12. Brian
Morrison (Due); 13. Micha el Paqu ay (Due ); 14. Ch rister
Undho lm (Due ); 15. Rob Philli s (Kaw); 16. Igo r Jerman
(Kaw ); 17. John Bousta s (Due); 18. Bruno Cirafici (Suz) ;
19 . An ders Ra smus s en (Ya m); 20. Lin o Pit ta lug a
(Yam).
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(1:53.750); 28. Jean -Lou is Tranois (1:54.875); 29. Anders
Ra smussen (1:55 .234); 30. Antonio Giangiacomo
(1:56. 162); 31. Bruno Seato la (1:56 .659 ); 32 . Lino
Pittaluga (1:57.637).
RACE ONE: 1. Carl Fogarty (Hon); 2. Aaron Slight
(Hon); 3. Colin Edwards (Yam); 4. Pier-Francesco Chili
(Du e); 5. Troy Corser (Duc); 6. Neil Hodgson (Due); 7.
Ja m es Wh it ham (Ya m); 8. Kirk McCarthy (Su z ); 9.
Simon Cra far (Iwith one wide ·slrip of rubber' cut away from the middle of the '
· According to the doctor, lwas going 'to be out for someeight weeks.
Last week, liow ever, .1went to the French Grand Prix at LeCastellet.: : The fast.right·hand·sweeper after the firSt chic,," e,-where an Italian rider '.: tread:·This allows the heat to 00 dissipated easier iii the hot conditions
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ere; .. the race was run: Pier·Francesco Chili used one of these tires to takevlc:
: Doctor Costa put. a new, lighter casi ·6n. W e now are shooting for the .: was killed during anational race some weeks ago - was changed, Wh
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Scott Russell, ' D o ug .Poi en , Tets,rya Harada and Loris . Reg· .was expected to be slower, lap times went do';"" again. . '
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. Former W orld Superbik e:ace . au ro L~cchia~i. fi'nally made' it to the
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giani wer e saine o( the ·mosr noticed .guests in the Monza paddock;.
. finish. The Italian fanne r .teamrriate of W orld Champion Carl Fogarty
() f these , the man mosi likely to i un a superbike(again) in the' near . Young 'Australian S hawn Giles mad; an excellent World Superbike . moved.to European ·Supersport racing this year" and was considered to
· fut ure might be Scott Russell. ' It's an option: tli e Georgian said..lf he . debut, finishing 13th in the firSt heat. The Ducat/·rider had been invited by , be one of the main favoriteS for the lit le;Lucchiari always showed well in
Pirelli/M etzeler a couple of weeks ago to test the Pirellis on a Ducati. and . practice. but never succeeded in.finishing a race ' most of ·the time the
co mes back to World Superbike ·racing. p romotor seems the most'
.like ly employer of the America n. Both parties almos t ' came ·to an
to ride at least the Monza and Bmo rounds on th'e Alsiare Corona Ext';' :
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'cati 748 gave up the ghost early"on. In Monza. the Italian fin' .
ished his first race of .the season in third position. The race was won by.
' agreem,mt aflhe end of 1994: ana Russell.has always b'e en interested :.' team, which has fie lded European Supe,sports cham pion M ich'ael
Paquay.· The blue-and ·yellow ·bikes are p repared by Roland Simonelli,. . Yamaha·mounted Massimo Meregalli in front ofFabrizio Pirovano. .The
··in nding a Ducati in 't he wor ld championship..-If Scott e omes and ask
me to join t he team in ··1997, the 'contract will·be signed five minutes
who .used .10 wo rk for .Raymonc( Roche when he<'took his worid title in .. top three had been challenging·each other .nght until th" Iasi yards. Mer~· .
iater, ' 'team oWner Alfred Inzinger said. '"But! am not in ttie posi tion to
1990. They receive niinora ssistanc e from Ducati and their pudget comes· galli took leader Pirovano by surprise when he accelerated his bike .in
mainly from Plrelli. Shawn Giles hopes to enter all the remaining races;
hOni of the ltalian's Ducati pn the finish· line. Th·e .difference w as a mere
ask him myself no"".' Things are. however" i bit more complicated for
0 .006 second. In the championship: Pirovano is. still le;roing with a ·com.
Promotor. The Aust rian team wants to field a 500cc GP team in 1997.. .. Alter Bmo: the Alstare team will decide with which ridens) they.will conn;'x\ to 'their W orld Su·perbike. program. It is, .however: very unlikely .tinue.the season..
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. l ortable lead alt er his three victories in the first three races. .. ...
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that lnzingei will succeed in persuading the Japaneseto give him fac- .
. he sup~rniono Cup ';'c e.";as won by Glanhic:a' Vill~. a cousin of
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tory bike s while.the. same team· continues to ride Ducatis 'in the fourDouble· System. the smailltalian company t hat made .the air·o i l
stro ke championship . For Scott Russell, Suzuki and Muzzy Kawasaki : damping unit thaf wasused by ·John Kocinskri n Misano. has also devel-· fann er 250cc'World Champion W alter Villa.Fo·r most of the race: .a
group.of eight riders batt led for the lead, including Villa. Meyer.: Ruth,
· Seem· to be less likely partn ers' if h'e comes back to the ·superbikes, ' oped a front fork using the same principle. This.was tested two weeks
itter Katja 'Poensen: Som e of th erri lost
even though the Georgian already rode a GSXR750 (in Lucky Strike : : ago by Virginia Ferrari af Monza. ~We will not use the system on thefilc· · . Minoda: Cathcart and pole-S
ground or even their balan'ce due to the "unexpected" racing lines of:
tory bikes this year,' according to the manager of the teain that has a
'c olors at Daytona) this year: and 'evEm though Rob Muzzy 'said that he
."did not exclude the possibility for his team to wail< witli Scoit again if .' contract with ·Ohlins. " But it is not excluded thaf we use it next year when · Over Yamaha-rider Takashi Mineda. At the end of the day,Viila won from
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Hans:Peter Meyer and Steve Ruth.
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