Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(LCR); 4. Kumagaya/ Hopkinson (LCR); 5. Brindley/ Hutchinson (LCR); 6. Cuedel/Cuedel (LCR); 7. Boe.lger/Egli (LCR); 8. Reddington/Crone (LCR); 9. Schlosser/Herzog (LCR~ 10. Janssen/Hanni (LCR); 11. euman/Z1l1man (LCR); 12. Webster/Mclntosh (LCR); 13. Gray /Jewell (LCR); 14. Muldoon/Gusman (LCR). Time: 42 min., 24.323 sec. Dist4U1ce: 26 laps. &4.850 miles. Av~..ge Speed: 91.758 mph. Margin of Victory: 22.651 sec. Fas'estLap, Steve Abbott, 1036.489/93.061 mph. lap 12 125ee WORLD C'SHlP POINT STANDINGS lAfter 9 of 15 round.), 1. Haruchika Aoki (154/1 win~ 2. Masaki Tokudome CUO/3); 3. Stefano Perugini (119/3); 4. Tomomi Manako (101); 5. Emilio Alzamora (94/1); 6. Noboru Veda (93); 7. Peter Dett! (77/1); 8. Kazuto Sakata (68); 9. Valentino Rossi (57); 10. (TIE) Ivan Goll/orge Martinez (51); 12. Manfred GeIssler (41~ 13. Dirk Raudies (36); 14. (TLE) Akira Saito I Lucio Ceccinello (32); 16. Yoshiaki Katoh (27); 17. Frederic Petit (15); LB. Andrea 8eUerini (14); 19. Garry McCoy (13); 20. Darren Barton (12); 21. M. Azurna (10); 22. (TIE) Herri Torrontcgui/Youishi Ui (9~ 24. S. Ibarakj (6); 25. jarosla. Hules (5); 26. (TIE) Lock Bodelier /P Tessari (4); 28. jo.ep Sarda (3); 29. (TIE) S. Sugaya/lorge Ramirez! Gabrielle Debbia (1). 250« WORLD C'SHlP POINTS STANDINGS (After 9 of 15 rounds): 1. Max Singgi (199/6 wins); 2. Ralf Waldmann (146/2); 3. Tetsuya Harada (97/1); 4. Jurgen Fuch, (96); 5. Olive, Jacque (92); 6. Luis d'Antin (SO); 7. Nobuatsu Aoki (72); 8. Tohru Ukawa (61); 9. Jean Philippe Ruggia (49); 10. Luca BO'CO'CUfO (43); 11. E.kil Suter (38); 12. Christiano Migtiorati (36); 13. Jurgen van den Goorberg (30); 14. Regis Laconi (26); 15. Takeshi T.ujimura (24); 16. Osamu Miyazaki (21); 17. (TIE) N. Numata/M. Lucchl (20); 19. Jamie RobUuon (19); 20. D. Kato (16); 21. Roberto Locatelli (14); 22. Sebastian Porco (11); 23. Sete Gibemau (10); 24. K. Haga (9); 25. Davide Buloga (8); 26. Yasumasa Hatakeyama (7); 27. Massimo Ottobre (6); 28. (TIE) A. Antonello/Oliver Petrucciani (3~ 30. Christophe Cogan (2). 500cc WORLD C'SHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 9 of 15 rounds): 1. Michael Doohan (191/6 wins); 2. Alex Criville (129); 3. Luca CadaJora (113/2); 4. Alexandro Barros (100); 5. orifumi Abe (94/1); 6. Scott Russell (86); 7. Alberto Puig (67); 8. Tadayuki Okada (63); 9. Jean Michel Bayle (60); 10. Carlos Checa (48); 11. Loris Caplrossi (43); U. (TIE) Kenny Roberts jr./Shinichl Itoh (42); 14. (TIE) Jaun Borja/Frederic Protat (26); 16. Daryl Beattie (24); 17. Doriano Romboni (21); 18. Jeremy McWilliams (18); 19. Lucio Pedercini (17); 20. Jame. Haydon (16); 21. (TIE) Terry Rymer/Sean Emmet (9); 23. Eugene McManus (5); 24. (TIE) Laurent Naveau/Florian Ferracci/Toshi Arakaki (3); 27. Jean Mark Deletang (2). SIDECAR WORLD C'SHlP POINT STANDINGS (After 4 of 7 rounds): 1. Darren Dixon (95/3 wins); 2. Steve Webster (68); 3. Peter Guedel (64/1); 4. Rolf Biland (53); 5. Y. Kurnagaya (37); 6. M.. Boeslger (25); 7. K1a. Klaffenboek (33); 8. Steve Abbntt (32); 9. M. Reddingtnn (24); 10. T Wyssen (23). Stefano Perugini (6) and Masaki Tokudome (7) celebrate their 1-2 finish in the 125cc Grand Prix, Perugini won by 2,6· seconds_ Upcoming Rounds: Round 10 - Zeltweg, Austria, August 4 Round 11 - Brno, Czech Republic, August 18 Briefly---,-.•._ _ Mex Bill\tlfii gave a fine display of tempera",ent in Britain - leaying Italy's m9st ir)1pOi1ai'lt sporting n,!,wsp~per severely ·Insuited, and experienced Max-watchers wondering. whether ifs part of some Macchii>vellian manipulation of the media from a man supremely skilled in self-promotion·- or is the superstar cracking under the pressure? The blowup came after the first practice day. when the Gazetto della Sport's reporter' asked once too often of Max the question that has been at the top of everybody's Iisf for weeks: What wil~ you be doing next year1 Max reacted badly to ·a repetition of this unanswerable query: then·compounded his angry ·response with a special visit io the press. rOom fo continue the row, during which the ~azetto man's lap-top ·computer took a good banging on the de·sk. If this was a calculated act, it was a bold '1ne. 11Ie newspaper is hugely influential in Italy, and a down. on the .superstar.would not enhance his s.tatus with. his sponsors or Aprilia. Biaggi will need to make some sort of a grand gesture to sei matters straight. If it was juSt a loss ·0.1 controL the·n the pressure is obvjous. Not only has Biaggi los.t his winnjng streak after crashing In practice at Assen, but his ·negotiations for neXt year have not gpn·e well. His target was a factory ride with Honda, but it seems both ·seats have already"been taken, with Doohan and Crivi!le having decided to stay on two weeks ago. Max is thought already to have priced h.imself out. of the general 500cc market, .with his last remaining 500cc hop", being ·a place with Yamaha. Meanwhile, there are rumol'll that Ya'T'aha will withdraw from. the .250cc, class next year, which would put 1g9;3· champion and his most respect~d rival etsuya .Harada on the rider market. further eroding Biaggi's possible· asking price. It now seems increasingly likely that Max may stay.with Aprilia, possibly taking on a two-class ·challenge by racing· the 41 Occ lightweight 500ccclass bike a .well as the 250. Biaggi bas already said he doesn't want to d9 that - that he will only move to the 500cc class with a top-rated V-four team. HoWever, his worsening bargaining position may mean' he win be happy to take what he can get. r Confusion over the 1989 Italian.·GP at Misano meant Mick Doohan's men nearly missed the party for his 100th GP. This 100th race was the Donlngton GP, but the DoOhan party had been expecting to celebrate the event two weeks hence. The Italian race is the rogue event. The works men went on strike, after rain had tumed the patchy suriace intQ a skating rink, and the depleted race was won by a thoroughly miserable Pier-Francesco Chili, whose Italian sponsors had insiSted he ra·ce on regardless, followed by privateers Michael Rudwff and Simon Buckmaster. The nders involved have struck the race from iheir own records: but the truth is that they started the race in the dry, then called a voluntary halt which brought out the red flags. Then ihey declined to take part in the restart. By then, however. they had already begun the event. and in the amalgamated results of the two-leg race were listed as "DNF. - It is thought not to be a matter that much concems the double World Champion. poor performances from their works ii-twin, as well as a fall froln favor a'T'0ng privateer customers. Only one other Yamaha regular-· 1'1 races in the· class, ridden by Venezuel~n J~se Barresi. . · · . · · · . racing. Now it's time for the industry 10 get involved," h.e add~d. Wayne Gardner and Kevin Schwantz werm Superbike boss Maurizio Flammini, financed by Indonesian potentate Tommy Soeharto. Aluminum made an unexpected return as braking material in a world dominated by carbon fiber, and (when it's wetter) castiron. Plasma-sprayed aluminum discs were used by 125cc man • Doohan had a reason: he -had promised to ·do so if it would raise 3000 poundS' for the Riders for Health charity at their 'pre-race Akiio Saito as well as ·four· British 250cc wild cards, who:included Paul Smart's riSing son Scott. The ·brakes are· considerably cheapDay of Challlpions. The sum was easily reached, the shears One drawback about racing bikes is that they are invariably singleer than· the costly carbon discs and pads, and rather surprisingly were Wielded by Randy Mamola: "At teast it'll grow back agaio," are also slightly lighter. The mate'ial is not new - indeed plasmawas Mick's stock response to any Questioner -with any sign of· seaters. Riders ·alone enjoy their periormance, and -they can't sprayed aluminum discs have a'long:standlng reputation for flaky incipient baldness.:The charity day raised almost 50,000 pounds, , even show off their .skill at cbnt'cilling the awesome power to tneir girlfriends. They can now. Racing innollator Kenny ·Robert.. has a· reoord in its six years. The money funds a project establishing behavior

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