Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

23. ShahroJ Yuzy (Hon); 24. Juan Enrique Maturan (Yam); 25. Youichi Vi (Yam); 26. Peter Oettl (Apr); 27. Garry McCoy (Apr). (Right) Doohao and Nobuatsu Aoki celebrate on the podium, ·(Below) The 125cc GP featured a I;Iattle between eventual winner Valentino Rossi (46) and Kazuto Sakata (8)_ Time: 48 min., 9.30 sec. Distance: 29 laps, 63.010 miles. Average Spee,d: 78.503 mph. Margin of Victory: 0.994 sec. Fastest Lap: Valentino Rossi, 1:37.824/85.450 mph, Lap 27. 250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Max BiaS.$_i (Hon); 2. Tetsuya Harada (Apr); 3. Olivier Jacque (Hon); 4. Rail Waldmann (Hon); 5. Haruchika Aoki (Hon); 6. Tohru Ukawa (Hon); 7. Emilio Alzamora (Hon); 8. Cristiano Migliorati (Hon); 9. Jeremy McWilliams (Hon); 10. Olivier Petrucdani (Apr); 11. OSarnu Miyazaki (Yam); 12. Eustaquio Gavira (Apr); 13. Franco Battaini (Yam); 14. Noriyasu Numata (Suz); 15. Luea Boscoscuro (Hon); 16. Sebastian Porto (Apr); 17. Loris Capirossi (Apr); 18. Jamie Robinson (Suz); 19. William Costes (Hon); 20. Idaljo Gavira (Apr); 21. Luis d' Antin (Yam); 22. Takeshi Tsujimura (Han); 23. Stefano Perugini (Apr); 24. Jose Luis Cardoso (Yam); 25. Kurtis Roberts (Apr). Time: 4S min.• 29.592 sec. Distance: 311aps. 67.366 miles. Average Speed: 88.844 mph. Margin of Vidory: 13.870 sec. . Fastest Lap: Max Biaggi, ] :26.835/90.712 mph. Lap 8. 500« GRAND PRIX, 1. Michael Doohan (Hon); 2. Alex Cnville (Hon); 3. Nobuatsu Aoki (Han); 4. Luea Cadalora (Yam); 5. Takwna Aoki (Hon); 6. Carlos Checa (Han); 7. Alberto Puig (Han); 8. Norifumi Abe (Yam); 9. Sete Gibernau (Yam); 10. Tadayuki Okada (Hon); )l. Alex Barros (Han); 12. Regis Laconi (Hon); 13. T.roy Corser (Yam); 14. Juan Borja (Elf); 15. Jurgen van den Coorbergh (Hon); 16. Lucio Pedercini (Yam); 17. Laurent Naveau (Yam); 18. Kirk McCarthy (Yam); 19. Alessandro Gramigni (Apr); 20. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Mod); 21. Daryl Beattie (5uz); 22. Frederic Pro'a' (Yam); 23. Ju.rgcn Fuchs (Elf); 24. Jean-Michel Bayle (Mod). Time: 47 min., 11.545 sec. Distance: 33 laps, 71.712 miles. Average Speed: 91.174 mph. Margin of Vidory: 11.796 sec. Fastest Lap: Michael Ooohan, 1:24.840/92.21 mph, Lap (13); 5. Haruchika Aoki (ll); 6. Tohru Ukawa (10); 7. Emilio Alzamora (9); 8. Cristiano Migliorati (8); 9. Jeremy McWilliams (7); 10. Olivier Petrucciani (6); 11. Osamu Miyazaki (5); 12. Eustaquio Gavira (4); 13. FIanco Battaini (3); 14. Noriyasu Nu.mata (2); 15. Luca . Boscoscuro (1). . 500cc WORLD C'SHlP POINT STANDINGS (After 1 13. 12Scc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (Aft... 1 of 15 rou.nds): 1. Michael Doohan (25/1 win); 2. Alex Cnville (20); 3. Nobuatsu Aoki (16); 4. Lua Cadalora of 15 rounds): 1. Valentino Rossi (25/1 win); 2. Kazuto Sakata (20); 3. Noboru Ueda (16): 4. Mirko Glansanti (13); 5. Takuma Aoki (ll); 6. Carlos Checa (10); 7. Alberto Puig (9); 8. Norifumi Abe (8); 9. 5o1e Gibemau (7); 10. Tadayuki Okada (6); 11. Alex Barros (5); 12. Regis Locom (4); 13. Troy Corser (3); 14. Juan Booja (2); 15. lUTgen van den Goorbergh (1). ' (13); 5. Masaki Tokudome (11); 6. Jorge Martmez (10); 7. Tomomi Manako (9); 8. Yoshiaki Katoh (8); 9. Frederic Petit (7); 10. Lucio Cecchinello (6); 11. Jaroslav Hules (5); 12. Masao Azuma (4); 13. Ivan Goi (3); 14. Dirk Raudies (2); 15. Josep 5an1a (1). ' 2S0cc WORLD C'SHlP POINT STANDINGS (Aft... 1 Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - Suzuka, Japan, April 20 Round. 3 - Jerez. Spain. May 4 of 15 rounds): 1. Max Biaggi (25/1 win); 2. Tetsuya Harada (20); 3. Olivier Jacque (16); 4. Ral( Waldmann place -23rd: -, fe ..1·all . t~~inmate. Gobert's·crash·at'Phlllip Island. A·similar pro.blem was ·right o~ the. bike,. bui tre the original· causi; .of Beattie.'.s· pr9blems last year. when /1e su(problem is' I can't risk. fe~ed a.long-lasti~g·COflcussionalter.a Seizecup crash!'!Vo weeks '. crashing and making the· . b·eIQre the start of the sl'asqn. The problem .seemeO to· nave been· injury worse, - . he. solved in MalaySia, but Beattie ·complained that reliability.had·only .-PeOple ·\fiho ·think·tha(this is·like going bac~ .to 1:991 are "Vrong. . The firing ord..r maY be.the same.as the old motor, I:!Yt everything .explained. ~ If's .always . been achieved· at. thl' cost ·of. - some crispne·ss. - A team else is. dift'erent: In fact 1t's inore like the·first Big Bang of 1992· in my mind, and that. ·spok'esman explained that the testrng.prbblems should be ioolatea in tl)e way it.feels·.: Mick Doohan's technical adventure, discard·means I can't (ide the· events, and were the result oflhe more ,rushed running-in.proce-· Ing the dominant c1ose-fi·ring-qrcier Big Bang. motor in favor·of a . wayllike to: at 10q pe·r-· dure althe !acEdrack,.where the factory teste.rs had betjln able ·to. new version· of the old Scream·er, with the cylinder pair$ firing cenl. - Earlier, he'd said: put more"miles on new parts. before. usin.g fullrevs and power: ... evenly aL180 .degrees, .was a mljjor pOint of in.teresl at.Sha~'.· . -I keep throWing mysel( . down ·th·e· road;· and· Seizing ·wa.s als~ one· of ~the pr~blems encOlJf\terecf by the .all:~ellY· ·.Alam. But .he. and his team· were anxious to pOint oui that they hadn:qust gMe back to 199L ·-The intemal changes to the Cylinthat:·s not g.ood . .sut·. ~odena. KR.v3, rush~ to the race track only 12 weeks after. wh.en I started·.off In the 'bike" were oQmmi~sioned. :There had been some doubt · ders sinee then as well as all Hie electronics mean the motor.is very (lillere·nt,"· poo.han said. -It's torquey wit!' good .inidrange,· . motocross my father· wheth..r the team would make .Ine first two rates.. bui. as kennY. rather tha~ having·~rything.at the top. What I did wanl'was.·to. to·id me if you.:·re not Roberts Jr. said, -We're here. ~ This WljS a considerable achieve-. gel back that direct relationship between lh.. throttle an·d the back crashing, you're never.: menl. According to Jean-Michel Bayle, the other rider, who said.· ~heei,. and. that has bee~ successful..1 muc!, prefer ~ding this going 10 find the bike:s :This- is the fitst time we've· odden the bike. hard. - IXnd aithough bik... ' ~hile. still painting pl...nty of black lines in. the road on the .Iimits. - Gobert broke his there were a number of one-iap outings in praGtice•. the pair. comer exils: he .looked smonth ever in his fastest. practice laps, . . collarbone' ·Iast year, :·racked up.a respectable· number of laps,to qualify· 17th and ·19th: ~poiling most of his last . . . . . .. . rathet than the' wild s!idirig peOple 'wl\o rern.empered the '91 bike · expected.. :We weren't sure what would happen, .but we estabsuperbik.. s"·ason,· Kenny' Roberts Sr. was happy with the generallevei of reliabitl- . lished in testlnilthat.tlre wear wasn't·going to. be tfie problem· ·though he did·retum· for· ty, but di~~PPointed ncit to be higher UP. the grid .. -Th,:.good tliinll we'd feared,"· team boss Jerry BuryeSs· said. -I can· under&tand. . a classlc ·doubfe ra·oe is we haven'fhad any major troul:ilewith the bikes;" he· said.· "We why. · lie fam,I,arwith. Mick knows both·types of motor, ·and·he hkes this .Phillip. Island.. Then·hl'.switqhed to the GP bike,. crashing aod hu·rtha;o'e only setup trouble. ~e c~me here to get·a Qase to· wor\< one more. We're not ruhng·out that we might go ·back to the Big .ing his shoulder at·his first attempt·at Sugo. Th·e next. jnjury came from. Obviously, we ,need time. The power deli.very's hot right,· Bang if we run Into problems•. but we're not· planning ·to switch .. at. Phillip 1S1~nd at the .end.of february, when h.e rebroke.th·e right. but we:ve only had'thl' mo.tor on the dyn9 for about three a~ys. back and forth. - .The qnly,difficulty Do·ohan reported wa~ when . collarbone. This was "",tal-plated in the hope of finding a perma: We're·leaming a I)ell of. a lot right now. - De.tail proQlems. includ-· down-shifting: the gear-pedal was stiCky. -It could be because of ·~entcure to.a·troublesome injury: But at the n",xtround oftests·a ed poor fuel feed du", to a misadjusted fuel strainer. They had · the .dillerent drag the. new· "';otO! puts on the gear~, - ·~urgess . month later at Shah Alam he crashed again, a·nd broke the bone· nevy pistons .flown in .for I~e Weekend: alter the exhaust ·port·· ~aid. Dooh.an was .well :awar.e that they are ~tm· on .0. learning. .qnce more, in spite qf the plate. A .s,ecbnd piece of. irbnmongery_· ·had been· dam·aging rlngs.; and mb~ pistons and. revised· qylin: . .curve. -The real test is going tOl'be in· .the:rain:~· Doohan-said. "I . laryer tban the first;.Wl!!l fitted.. but wilh less than two weeks to 90 ' ders will be sent to Japan: A bodywork· redesign is also ·on lhe haven't ridden IUn- the w~l so far, SOl I don't really know what 1t'1I··before the sea~on starte.d, he·was·still. in ·pain ·and far. from fit..·. ·way: ~fter .wind-t.unnel tests found· problems- with the. curren·t . be·like. You can be sure if there are any problems l'lI go· back· to .:-Tbe. GF' next·. ,Ue. Team· Rainey Yam"he•.un\,xpectedly .carriEid 'Marljusl, enjoy riding .it·more, and·there'·s an eiement of wanting to add : wee.k. some varieiy to my racing in the decision ·to u·sli it, :. :. . . boro stlck~rs at Shah Alam .- ;but this. was ·onl~ :temporary., a.' . .. . . .. .. Security is· nOlt usually·a problem i~ bociming Malay.la, .where compromise work~d ·out with the .Asian branch· pf th.e cigarett... The new privateer Ho'nda V-twins gave DunlOp a lirst.cliance to·· every year. more· huge hotels .and housi.ng d~elopments crowd company sees backing only for Malaysia ·and·.the Indon,.-siSll Gp.. move .further-back in tlie 500cc class: with both Regis· Laconi. ai1Q .. the Shah. Alam circuit;· but a .Iapse in· the week .before tne race ·.at the far end of the seasod. This foUows the confusion. after Jurgen van den Gooitlergh using the' Anglo-0apanese· rub:ber e;>n·· saw the Doma ]V offlce. broken IntO·" an(l· two ·of tbe latest digital tbe Asian Marlboro men ';iIere. taken· by. surprise alter·the deci-. · their new bikes,.8ltho ugh Alex Ba",?" was -still on Michillins With· ·TV cameras stolert_ The cameras,.worth almost $100,00.0 apiece. : sio,; notlo back Yamaha and Wayne Rainey, but to put all Marl-. , his, It. may 'Seem. disappointing, si.nce tlie tires. thai dOminate the· . are state-of-t~e-art. equip~ent.: and ,,?yld not be replaced}n time baro becking behind Kenhy Roberts and the new Moden·as: ·250cc.class· ""ig/1t be ·expecte" to s.uit tbe .lightweight twins well.· ... for the race... SomebOdy s .golng to have some ·very higb·-quaOt>i : Marlboro· came back to Rainey ·at the IRTA Jerez test: at the · But the .st0rY is not over yet, said Donlop .chief. J~.F ....guson;·· ho'!'e·vid..os. ~ said a Dqma ~pok~sn'1an.· .. end ci( M.arch, out it'ia believed 'that Yamaha was unwilling to· · - Even on 2508 this·track has fa~ored Michelins at·our expanSe: - he.. .. . . . . . compromise aher haVing been Oropped unceremoniously and .. . . . .. · said. - We·should start showin9 up bettedrom SuiUlike· wild· . back settled so I 9an be comfortable. put with everything .new it's child did make the· first day of. prllctice•. bUI his· ..nIl}'. with:. ·pot luck:- Qf more· COlnCem was the fact that the engine. had .suf- ..proved cruc(alto.his ~ce-victory. It was ·"l0ney well. spent. 'Said a .. . . ·drawn alter th,;-fi~ttim\!dsessib~,.in which he ran only Si!<·Iap~ ~o· .ferl'd a coople of .seiZlJres .during testing· - one of which. caused' .spo.kesman; .. Bri.efl. at ..viis:

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