Hules (Hon);18. Yoshiaki Katoh (Yam); 19. AkiTa Salta
(Han); 20. Peter Tessari (Hon); 21. HeTTi Torrontegui
(Hon); 22. Angel Nieto (Apr); 23. Markus Ober (Hon);
24, Youishi Ui (Yam); 25, Darron Barton (Apr); 26. Garry
McCoy (Apr); 27, Gabriela Depbia (Yarn); 28. Christian
Kellner (Hon); 29. Ema:l.Uel Buchner (Apr); 30. Loek
Bodelier (Ron); 31. AlesS<1ndro Ballerini (Apr).
Time: 42 min., 14.nl sec.
Distance: 23 laps, 64.968 miles.
. Average Speea: 92.273 mph.
Margin of Victory: 0.317 sec.
, Fastest Lap' Peter Oettl, 1;48.383/93,824 mph, lap 22.
2S0cc GRAND PR1X: 1. Ralf Waldmann (Hon); 2.
Oliver Jacque (Hon); 3. Jurgen Fuchs (Han); 4. Max
'Biaggi (Apr); 5. Luis d'Antin (Han); 6. Luea Boscoscuro
(Apr); 7. Jean-Philippe Ruggia (Hon); 8. Regis Laconi
(Hon); 9. Christiano Migliorati (Han); 10. Tohru Ukawa
(Han); 11. Nobuatsu Aoki (Han); 12. O. Miyazaki (Apr);
13. Eskil Suter (Apr); 14. Oliver Petrucciani (Apr); 15.
Yasumasa Hatakeyama (Hon); 16. Christian Boudinot
(Apr); 17. Christophe Cog;m (Hon); 18. Davide BuIega
(Apr);.19. Sete Gibernau (Han); 20. Sebastian Porco
(Apr); 21. Marcellino Lucchi (Apr); 22. Tetsuya Harada
(Yam); 23. Juergen Lingg (Han); 24. Jurgen van den
Goorbergh (Han); 25. Matthias Neukirchen (Yam); 26.
Jose Barresi (Yam); 27. Alexander Folger (Apr); 28. Jamie
Robinson (Apr); 29. Takeshi Tsujimura (Han).
Time: 43 min.~ 16.908 sec.
Distance: 25 laps, 70.618 miles.
Average Speed: 97.894 mph ..
Margin of Vid07: 2.022 sec.
.
Fastest Lap: RaJ Waldmann, 1:42.991/98.736 mph, lap
22,
SOOcc GRAND PRIX: 1. Luea Cada10ra (Han); 2.
Michael Doohan (Hon); '3, Alex Criville (Han); 4, Scott
Russell (Suz); 5. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Yam); 6. Norifumi
Abe (Yam); 7. Tadayuki Okada (Han); 8. Alex Barros
. (Han); 9. Shinichi Itoh (Han); 10, Jean-Michel Bayle
Adrian Bosshard (Elf); 20. Terry Rymer (SU2:); 21. Jeremy
McWilliams (Yarn); 22. Sean Emmett (Yam); 23. Doriano
Romboni (Apr); 24. Carlos Checa (Hon).
Time: 4S min., 35.889 sec.
Distance: 27 laps. 76.267 miles.
Average Speed: 100.355 mph.
Margin of Victory: 0.210 sec.
Fastest Lap: Michael Ooohan, 1:40.219/101.467 mph, lap
21,
SIDECAR GRAND PRIX: 1. Dixon/Hetherington
(Win); 2. Klaflenbock/Parkzer (LCR); 3. S, Webster/
James (LCR); 4, Gudel/Gudel (LCR), 5, Abbott/Biggs
(Win); 6. Biland/Waltisperg (LCR); 7. Bosiger/Egli
(LCR); 8, Kumagaya/Hopkinson (LCR); 9. T. Wyssen/K.
Wyssen (LCR); 10, Reddington/ Crone (LCR); II.
Sch1osser/Herzog (LCR); 12, Janssen/Hanni (LCR); 13,
K. Webster/Mclntosh (LCR); 14. Rernse/Kolsch (LCR),
15. Bohnhorst/Rosinger (LCR); 16, Baker/Stapleton
(Bak),
Time: 42 min., 51.071 sec.
Distance: 23 laps. 64.968 nilles.
Margin of Victory: 4.107 sec.
Fastest Lap, Dixon, 1:45,451/96,433 mph.
125cc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (Alter 8
0114 rounds); I, Haruchika Aoki (146/1 win); 2, Masaki
Tokudome (100/3); 3. (TIE) Stefano Perugini
(94/2)/Ernillo Alzamora (94/1); 5, Tomoni·Manako (8S);
6, Noboru Ueda (83); 7, Peter Oettl (72/1); 8. (TIE)
of 14 rounds): 1. MichId Nurburgring, 'notorious for its difficult and dangerous cor..
"
'ners. ".Hachi" made ,up for.,it this year in. a ,borrowed re.oted car.. ,:
A modiflcation to the 'siow'chicane ~t the end,qf the,Numurgring , equiprnentequal,to £;lc6han's. "
and he 'rolled it·
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back straightled to fierce controversy when. riders foUnd ,Hast ~ne
',cutting, right acroSs the curbs on, the inside, of ~he second'apex: this
Another who:gpes-where 'story appeal1\ to b,e COming to an end"
used to' be covered with gravel. promising a quick race exit 'for any' 'with do'uble '2S0cc. champion Max Biaggi no'w seeming set,to . F-1, par supremo Be",", Ece;:lestofte'may noi be 'au,t 01 matorcy:
.body who 'left their braking too late and 'ran across it by mistake,
defer plans ,for a'switch tQ the 500cc clas,s for a year,to stay on ,with' cle racing after all. Reports fromAssen a, weel< ago were that can;
Now, however, the in'side of ih'e corrier had been surfaced with' the factprY Ap,rilia 2S0cc team, The change of plan is apparently the ,tract negottatlons between him and Dor-na ,had stalled. His
'smeoth concrete, providing a time:sa.ving ,if rather'risky short cui
res'uil pf a'new TV deal in Italy, Until'now: the GPs have anly been, respons"" to the Spanish press, was to the point. As fur ~s he was, '
leaping over the curbs, Almost all riders used the short cUt at somEl
available on a pay. cable channel. with' subsranlially fewer than a . cancemed. he,said, ,they, had a ve{bal agreement with Dam,,- and if
they reneged on the deat"he Would:sue. Eccfestone. meanwhile; "
quarter,of.a-millio'n subScribers: From next season, the,'selies will'
'iime'or,another: 1hen race ,direc!or Rpberto NOsethtrieq,ta put 'a
stop to it. fOr the final pra~tice ,session: the ,2S05 ',sayj~g th,!l any, be seen ,on network TV, opening' the 'sport up to a potential audi- ,was the'vlctim of'an attack in Britain on Thursday hlght. Thieves
'lap ,time s'et i,n this way. would hot count.' As a result, Ipcal here Jur-, 'enc,e, of several millions, 8iaggi is famous in Italy already, but the' lying in' wait outside his London 'home set' upori the 'mogul, one of'
,gen Fudis; Wh'o ,cut the 'chicane every lap, did not have a ,time in the. . po'sSibility of a fourtn dominant 2SOcc"season would redouble 'liis " the country's:richest 'men, stealing 'j,;':'elery from his wife and,
"
'final sessi!;m. He' wailast. by virtue of his wet-weather Fliday time, . fame. and' signifiCantly enhancehis 'eaming power: He had alre~dy:' breaking his'c,h,eekbone in a yioleht attack. . ,
Which did not gQ' down 'well with the,fans or With his teal'J1. wt(e put
b,*,n asking for fees reportedly, in' the Doohan league' far the light
in a protest. Half,an' hour after tbe session, the protest was upheld
SOp deal, However, this' is not yet cut and tlri,ed. Biaggi was seen in
There was a ,thi~d. works .Su~';ki 'i~, Ge";"ariy. far'the' firsf time'
and times adjusted. putting Fuchs 'up to fifth ard Seriously upsetting' ' lengthy negotiations with, key Marlbo(O PersOnnel on race :8'e' Austrian GP a;well a,s the. British. as
'''It's ,part bf the' race track, II's painted, nat tarmac, but the, Curbs
challenge, but is believed to ~ave wanted to take severol members . he awaits full' reCO\!ery from his lingering head injury. Terry .Rymer.
are painted tbo, and yOu can ride on ihem ,if you, want to"Maybe it
of his pit crew: led by fellow Australian Jeremy Burgess.. This'may'
will ride at Zeltweg again"if Beattie.ls stili off" adding yet more to'
:shouldn't be 'like that. but that's' the way·it is, and' they ca~'t change
have been one of the sticking points oLthe contract. "l'm in'a te.am '.the busiest works,Mder schedule In the'world, One week after the
il now. How 'can yeu decide whether nder's gone acrosslt-by'mis,
naw wh~re things are 'done!he' way'l like them;" he said succinctly,' Genman GJ'l he was due to ride 'the faClOry S,uzuki.endurimce bike
take -oecause ,he left his braking too fate. 'or if he did it on purpose?"'
,in the Spa 2'4:haurs. The, next ,weeKend is the Blitish GP', the'week"
Pole 2S0 qualifi~r ,R!'1f Waldmann agreed, "It would'be'better if it
was not there: but you canrot' put b,!les or co~es there. beca,use. Honde. the compariy wnich brough!' the clOse-firing"o'rder:" Big' end after tHe Suzuka a-Hour, then a Bntish <:hampionsHip wund
Bang", eRgine into racing to'-make the 'SOOcc machines more rider- , another weeK down the road'.., ,"
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that would .be dangerous, But I arn not S9 sure If it saves you' any
'time; You can 'brake a bit later: ,but then you are jumping through ,menoly. maY,be on the verge of anath,!,r.step 'in \he opp"si,te diraC:
lkm.a.€cording to Doahan. '"1 thillk we may see something.',ew 'Mick Doohan and AI~x Criville 'expec'led to test
the. Qewly
the air a'nd,you hev\l,to get the. bike ,settled again wheli it lands. so
redesigned a~d rebuilt' Zeltweg 'cirCuit., venue for the AuStrian' GP;
'yo,u cannot open the thr'ottle as' early as if you go all the ,way, be(o~ t~e,end of the Year." ,said the, Australian. after e>.m the '~'rider,lrie"dly" Dig bang machines t<;> 'ride an Elf SOO, as awi,ld Card for .the I;lritish GP in ,two weeks.
firmed later that' he had been ;n negotiation with "some other peo:
back ·towards the meaner"spirited. wbeel-spinning rriansters of the
Walker wai a wild card last year in' both 2S0 and, SOOcc classes;
pie" (he would not' name names) since t~ b.,ginning of the year,
previaus·gerief\llion. The bi.9 bang,m~de SOOs,easier to ri,deand on
and scored points in eh:f"!wing: up contires. leading, to 'ir:nPr9yed raCe averages. "bui it dae~n't do ·any.'
tracts. "Their contract was S9 cor:nplicated ,that you"d' need 14 ' , thing f<:>'r a single,lap ,time, ", confi.rime<:! Doahan, ."You can't 'open the, K~ny' Roberts;, 'teaim, was moving lack. stock, and barrel from
'lawyers following ybu rpund all the time to l)1ake sure'you !;lidn't.put, ' throttle.aut of acomer/ike you CQuid befOre, Th~ tli'ing, has SO mUCh ,Amsterdam,' t.o 'Eng,land the ,daY '~fter, tlie Gemnan 'GP ; but' still"
a fOot wrong, ", he said: There were, also "sol1)e, lis and buts" 'that
torque. that if it does ~pin the whee,l it'll spit you stiaighf off:" The old ',declined fo give detailed' reasons fur the ,switC,h from 'near Yama,
'he wasn't happy abOut. He asked for it to be Clarified. but IVas giyen
o~es Were higher'.up the rev range: and' you 'could use the wl]eelIia's European headquarterS, to the heart of ,the British"F: 1 raCing:
a "ta~e 'it or leave, it"' ultimat~m. ,AnYone 'vvho has'the smallest
spin tQ steer It. '~rid ellen ho.oll an.other gear; Uke ,a \Wp,stroke.". 'pelt Reading be.tween th<: ~nes ,of, his denials, he ,seems set to
'inkling of Doohan's character will have no surprise in hearing ~hat' 6,oohan.belie>t6s that to restore the'imprOve.ment in 'lap limes: and
build
new GP 'bike. possibly even .including 'an engine. in the
he Promptly did ,the latter.. HRC's first 'offer 'came at Assen a week
move the SOOs aWay from 2S0. 'ard Superbikes.. 'catcHingup 'a~' . fu!ure .. Twa.noted British motor rOCing ,i<1mes have been iioked
ago. but ii seems the numberS were Insufficiently large. HRC presl'
some tighier .tracks - it ,,,,,ould, be necessary'to restore the old'-style
with ihe.-project: T{),m WalkiRshaw Racing CTWR), with F, 1· ,and '!n
dent Takashl ·Shlnozaki returned to the Nurburgnng With a beefedsavage pawer band. ".It ,takes time: for the "e,ngineers' to translate
extensive sports, prototye,history incluqing winning La: Mans for
up figure. and Dooban ,promptly signed.on th,e dolled,line, ~ter tnat . , what we say'inlo machineiy; but I' think we may see samethi,ng new' Jaguar; and'Pm,Drjve, Which prepares the title,wi~ning Suparu rally
.day, Criville' also' signed, his own eXfle~tati9ns substantially reauc.edCfrom HRC) be(6rethe end,of the ~r. " ' , '
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