Jerman (Kaw); 20. Anders Rasmussen (Yam); 21.
Bernard Haenggeli (Hon); 22. Heinz Platacis (l(aw); 23.
Uwe Pollheide (l\l year. For us, the ideal thing
when Frenchman Bertrand Sebileau ITucson RotaxJ finally caught
would be to have a WSC-program for Christer Lindholm, with a
and passed. Fourth place was a bailie between Alan Cathcart
very fast German-speaking rider for the German Open Champi·
(Ducati) and Steve Ruth (Harris Yamaha). Cathcart held on to
onship. Andreas Meklau and Jochen Schmid might be good candi·
clinch fourth place at the line; Ruth now leads the championship
dates in this plan. "
by one point over Cathcart going into the final round at Albacete.
where either of the two British· riders, Minoda or Bindrum, can still
On Saturday, Zeyen informed Claudio Castiglione of what
win the championship.
was going on after some joumalists had told him that Ducati might
have something big. in store for his team in 1997. On Sunday
The S"persport race was wo~ by Mauro Lucchiari, with Fabrizio
momlng, Castiglione and. Massimo Bordi visited the team. offering
Pirovano taking second place and 'the title: Several top riders
them a possibility to run a factory. team in 1997. "Duca~ Wi'mts ~s · re.tired in' this race. with Fred Bayens throwing away a third piace
to propose a budget for next year for a two-rider team, which they
on th'e I~st lap: when he crashed. Earlier in the race, Thomas
would supply with factory bikes,: Zeyen said. "They would like
Komer had peen given the. black flag. when his Ducati 748 started
Christer Lindholm to ride the factory 916 in the World Superbike
to emit an unsettling white-blue smoke. The German was lying
Championship, and Thomas Komer a factory 748 in the Supersecond at that time. The Supersport riders still have one race to
sport events. They will have a look at our proposal in tne second
go this season. Next season might be very important for them:
part of next week. If we reach an agreement. a contract might" be
with very probably a world title to be distributed, and most of the
signed puring the weekend of the last German Open Superbike
Thunderbike riders coming back to their" roots" now that it
race. This would be a great opportunity for us, even though DNL
seems certain that the Thunderbike Trophy will be canceled.
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