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... Possibly Dewit's most satisfying move was on fifth-placed Morris. "He just ran straight into me," the Brit said with a grin after the race. "1 guess he felt a bit angry about some" thing." (Right) CellfomJen Tallon Vohland ended his _son with a nlnth-plece finish overall and third In the World Championship point standings, (Below) Memlcq Bervoets did his best to stop Everts from clelmlng the crown, but he ceme up a little short - et least on \he rece track. Bervoets passed both riders as they tangled, and a lap later he had hauled back Leon Giesbers, putting him fourth at half distance. He needed just eight minutes to pull back the 13-second gap to Demaria before setting his sights on Everts. "[ don't know if 1 could have held him off anyway, but I wasn't going to take the risk of finding out," Everts said. "We could have collided or he could have tried something silly. 1 just gave him plenty of room." Bervoets couldn't quite catch Bolley in the remaining 10 minutes, but it was of no importance anymore and the Suzuki ace came home a disconsolate second. He didn't need ·to look around to see Everts arrive 24 seconds later, The roar from the crowd told him. Bervoets may still end up as champion, but he trudged away heartbroken - he had wanted to win it on the track, Beirer rode a scintillating race to fifth, passing Dewit three laps from the end; and Bartolini's brave attempt to come back from his misfortunes ended with another crash, cr Cooper (Kaw); 14. Cedric Melotte (Suz); 15. Rob Herring (Hon). MOTO 2: 1. Frederic Bolley (Kaw); 2. Marnicq Bervoets (Suz); 3. Stefan Everts (Han); 4. Yves Demaria (Yam); 5. Pit Beirer (Han); 6. Werner Dewit (Suz); 7. Leon Giesbers (KTM); 8. Thierry Bethys (Han); 9 Peter lven (Kaw); 10. Mark Eastwood (Hon); 11. Miska Aaltonen (Hon); 12. Alessandro Zanni (Hon); 13. Remy Van Rees (Kaw); 14. Ivan Lazzarini (TM); 15. Peter Nijs (Hon) OVERALL: 1. Frederic Bolley (Kaw); 2. Stefan Everts (Hon); 3. Mamicq Bervoets (Suz); 4. Pit Beirer (Hon~ 5. Yves Demaria (Yam~ 6. Werner Dewit (Suz); 7. Leon GiesbeJs (KTM); 8. Thierry Bethys (Hon); 9. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 10. Remy Van Ree5 (Kaw). FINAL WORLD 250•• MX C'SHIP SERIES POINTS STANDlNGS (ProvisionaJ aftn- 13 rowuu): 1. Stefan Everts (390/5 WiM); 2. Ma-micq Bervoets (381/5); 3. Tallon Vohl.nd (346/1); 4. Yves Demaria (253/1); 5. Frederic Bolley (240/1); 6. Andre> Bartolini (230~ 7. Pit Beirer (194~ 8. Werner Dewit (180~ 9. Jocke Karlsson (172); 10. Pedro Tragt.. (139); II. Peter Iven (118); 12. Remy Van Ree5 (115~ 13. Sandre puzor (95~ 14. Rob Herring (77); 15. Paul Cooper (68); 16. Clticco Cltiodi (64); 17. Loon GiesbeJs (47); 18. Kurt icoll (46); 19. Thierry Bethys (36); 20. Jaimy Scevenels (34). Swiss Grand Prtx Roggenburg,S~erlend "Results: September 1, 1996 (Round 13 of 13) MOTO 1: 1. Stefan Everts (Hon); 2. Marrucq 8ervoels (su.); 3. Frederi. Bolley (Kaw); 4. Pit Beirer (Hon); 5. TaJlon Vohland (Kaw); 6. Yves Demaria (Yam); 7. Werner Dewit (Suz); 11. Remy Van Ree5 (Kaw); 9. Andre> Bartolini (Yam); 10. Justin Mom. (Hon); 11. Leon Giesbers (KTM); 12. Thierry Bethl" (Hon); 13. Paul Btieflv...·· - that he was waiting' for Grant, :1 have told him to make .me a proposal and I will see if I can meet it. Honda conftmned this week that tbey want me to 'run their. team next year and the choice of. , riders IS up to me. I don't know what Stefan is looking for. If ,he "They're not going to spOil my party," were fhe defianf woras of wants a two·year deal the'; I cannot give it to him because, 'everr Stefan Everts after he completed the successful defense of his ,th.ough we have made a verbal commitment to each other for "The' aim of the FIM Is for .everyone to race with pump fuel and . between tliree and fi';e yea1"$, my de~1 with Honda is only cqn' ·2.5pcc ~orld MX Champio~ship at Roggenb·urg. Or did he7 With the final moto of the series run: tlie ·23-year.old !3elgian' is nine none of them has a final octane rating over 88," Geboers cantin· · fi."lned for one year at a time:" . . points qhead of cpnipatrfot Mamicq Bervcets, put despi'te his cel· ued. "My team uses unli!aded pump fuel fro'!"" Aglp mi~ed with ebrations h.is title cannot be confiimed uritit the leg'll wl\lngle. over two·stroke oil from. our sponsors Ca.tro'. The octane ratln~ Everts' availability 'has frozen .the· transfer 'market, witl> TeUon "the results Qf June's British GP are completed. Honda·mou'nted without. oil is 88.3, and with ·oil .87.41 I leel sorry for Stefan. But Vohl.nd sitting on a potential offer frqm Rinaldi or a'retention of Everts was the double winner of that race,· but one of two fuel . rules are' rules. Elf has been playing with fire, .has. tried to QO to<;> his place at Kawasaki, wh~e Yves Demaria is also still up for grabs 'samples taken from his bike that· weekend gave an·octane· count" close tO'the limits, and -has ~ot ca~ght." but must wait to see what is left 'after the Belgian and the' Ameri· above· the regulation limit. Initially excluded: Everts wa~ reinstated can sign. Reed confimned that he has had no dlscusSion·with Vohat the FIM Disciplinary Court (GDI). ,?n A~gust i 3, .but the rival The Kawasak.i team also has appealed to the T1A 'against the land. " . . Johnson Bielle Suzuki team for which Bervciets rides has' exclusion of their rider Frederic Bolley from ·the British GP , appealed against the .declsion· and the next hearing, the final . when his fuel sample failed to ·meet. the regulation limits. Jim Shouid Everts'jul11P ship' to Yamaha. Dem~ria would be more than. Berry, the European representatIVe of Kawasakl'sfue! suppliers ,nstance within the .FIM, will take place between. September 10· will.ing to ret~ni to the roo bikes. And.... hrtollnl has' now 15.. at a venue not yet "decided. Whateirerthe decision, the matter Howell. said In Roggenburg' that theY have·now' produced a new · been con'fimned again as tesf rider fQr 't'a(11aha next. year With the m",y be, taken even further, possibly as far as the EurOpean civil. race gas with an'octane rating cif 87.2 without oil. . RZ team. He has been re"signed at the insistence of Yamaha' court, by the side which loses. . ·Japan arid wili get'full fu9tO,y .biKes. Sylvain Geboers confirmed RM motocross ~ommissi~n president WoJfge. . Srb admitted that he will not only retain the same two riders, 'but all of his cur· "This is ,nothing against Stefan,' and we Would pursued this that there must be 'chan'ges in the method 6f controlling fuel reg'u· rent sPonsors, "We made a two·year deal with everyone last win~ ' matter further even if Mamicq had ~on the title despite the rein: lations: "I have asked the technical com,;,ission fa pr.ovide us with "ter." . . . .' . . statel'(lent of Stefan as the wi.nner of the British GP,". admitted a system whereby we' can get an instantaneous result at the 'Johnson Bieffe Suzuki race boss Sytv.Ift Ceba...: "The CDI trac.kside, The image of the sport is sufferjng with all of these After ~ disa'p'pqinting 14th qualifying time, Tallon Vohland made its decIsion based on one side of the stOfY., and we must delays aod· uncertainty. We should not be comiRg here for the explained that he .had not 'been able to ride sinca t!le Belg"n have clarity on the RM fuel regulations. The rule clearly states that final rouod of the championship, knoWing that if Everts bas the the fuel must meet the regulations througHout the weekend of a CP two Weeks ago: "f h'urt niy right foot when I crashed two laps most points at the end of the day, then we'must wait for twa GP. It is irrelevant that ttie fuel sample iaken from his bike before from the end of race two trying to pull hack Bervoets. I need a' weeks for the resUlt of an appeal hearing to know if ne is champi· racing on Sunday was Within the limits. The'Saturday samPle test· pain·kjlling injection but it wore off after 45 minutes and I cat,lln't . on." Jim Berry of Howell 'said that he had suggested a 'solution to ed at 89.1 octane. It is also ridieulous to state that it was "only" ride in the last qaarter. of an hoar as the track dried O'~t So I tbe RM: "There is' a Califon)ian company which manufactures an 0." above the limit. It was 1.1 above the lImit. The.llmit is 88.0 and dropped from second best time:" . instrument costing around $800 which can be Pro9rammed to rec· the RM .already give a tolerance of one whole pctane. It Is quite possible that the octane rating of the fuel fell' overnight. This can ognize 'fuels by the fingerprint method. Each team could 'get its fuel tested at the start ofthe season." Srb immediately dismissed . Stefan Everts, selected to ride thE> 125 'class for 'Belgium in the happen' because of evaporation. It can· even be. reduced thrQugh MX des Nations, said that he ",!ould sWitch to the ·250 if Marnlcq this suggestion, ·The aim of the FIM ruling is to encourage tfle general handling, moving the can from place to"place. It is also ludi· Bervoets withdraws from the team; "' want to kick (Jeremy) use of pump fuel, not exotic race, gas. Even if a piivateer went to crous to suggest that the addition of twa--stroke oil increased the M,cGrath's ass," explained Honda's main man .in Europe. There is , octane rating. If you add milk to oo'ffee, you inCrease tlie volume' the same gas station all year..he could not obtain supplies which could be recognized this way. We are not making rules for race . a question mark over Bervoets for the team because he' fears that" and reduce the strength of the mixture. It is the -same with the oilhe would struggle to ,find the necessary motivation after losing the, ~as manufacturers to get rich," . 'fuel mix . 'and it is illegal to Include octane boosters In oil {Silko. .world title. 'If 'he withdr!!ws.. ~uzuki teammate Werner De\lllit \11(111" 'Iene, tne lubricant manufacture'r which supplies boih the Horma . and KBwasaki teams whose fuel,samples have tested outsjde FIM Bob Moore will race again next 'year after all, Last week he' ride' 125 for' Belgium. the deiending champions, while Joel Smets.. is confirmed for the ·500 class. 'Iimits, vehemently'denythat such additive.s are present in their 6il. ... ' . signed another one·year deal with Giorgio' Fors Magic Bike team Editor.>. When all interested partieS had a meeting in San Marino In to race factory 'ramah.as In. the 125cc GPs. Number tWo in the July, representatiVes from. Elf had the nerve to stand up and claim, team will be Erik Carnerlengo. ChiCco Chiodl i~ also confimned for. ·Yves Oemaria was using normal.ll,nkalle .uapen~n 'rather than the leaf spring system tie nas used bn his Yamaha since S~n· that the octane level of their'fuel was .'educed,by the addition of the. De Carli Yamaha 125cc tlOam. . ·Marino. Joakim Eliasson continued to use the. experimental rear . .tw

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