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Up fron t, Chili held fast to his lead to take the win by just over tw o-tenths of a second, wit h Fogarty ab le to take second des p it e be in g p assed by H aga a few times. 'This is the first time I get a d ou bIe, " Chili sa id . "Things we n t per fectly, but I'm a bit disa ppointed bec ause I fee l I have ridden a better race in the first heat. But the wh ole w ee kend I ha ve been struggling in th e chi ca ne and in th e slowe r com ers of the circu it. Those are the places where yo u just can not ge t a Ducati throu gh at a fast-enough pace ." Despite losing to Chili for the second time, Foga rty was s till fairl y p lea sed w ith his results since it has mo ved him ba ck in to the title ra ce a fter his disappoint ing resu lts at the German and San Marin o rounds. "We changed the rear tire for the second race, a nd th at w ent a littl e be tter, but jus t like in the first race, the bike was cha ttering in th e front a nd the rear," Fogarty said. "This is the first tim e this yea r that we hav e en coun tered th at problem. I even had to cha nge my riding sty le a bit and ge t on the brakes earlier and gas it up earlier. But I enjoy ed thi s race a lot , es p e ci a ll y the dice with No riyu ki." " Th e Japanese Yamaha ride r came home third , returning to the impressive form he showed at the beginning of the season . "I' m ge tting back to full fitness after the crash in Monza and the infec tio n I had at the start of the week end, so I am lookin g forward to th e res t of the sea so n," Haga sa id . "I haven't made many changes to the bik e since I was last on the rostrum. I enjoyed my dic e with Fogarty, but on this circui t it is very hard to p ass. I only hope th at I did not upset Carl too mu ch this afternoon." Edwards finished fourth . "I knew there w ere n o t too many places to pass around here so I just had to s tay uprig ht for th e last few laps," said Edwards. "I almost got it wrong at th e chic an e, w here I just w en t in too hard on the brakes. Before I knew where I was, I was through the sa nd . Fortu nately, I did n't lose a place." (L eft) Ch ili (7) pu lls c le ar o f Fogarty (2), Haga (41) and Edwards (45) in the second leg . (Belo w) Fogarty (2) managed to hold off Ha ga (41) t o f in ish secon d i n the sec on d race . Ed wa rds (45) f in is hed fo urth in the second race. Ya na gawa finis he d just behind the Hond a rid er, and Go ddard took sixth position . "The w eekend as a whol e s ho wed just wha t progr ess we have mad e," the Aus tralian said after having spent most of the race battling for fifth, before losing tou ch with Hodgson and Yana gawa when he was held up by th e slo w ing Corser. 'The bike is the best it has been this year and I hav e regained my confid ence, so the combination of bik e a nd rider is now mu ch stronger and it shows in the results." Corser finall y had to settle for seven th after stru gg ling for grip. "In the first race, we hadn't had the time to check out which tires were best ," the Au stralian explained. "As the Michelin guys knew that the track temperature would be a bit lower in the aft ernoon, they opted for a sligh tly so fte r tire . I thought I had the same as Frankie (Chil i) and Carl (Fogarty), but that was appar ently not the case . I sho uld have as ked before the sta rt... After five laps, the tire sta rted to slide. I cou ldn ' t run into the comers and ge t the bike to tum. This has b e en a b ad weeke n d fo r m e , e ve n th ou gh I a m o n ly o ne p oin t behind Aa ron (Slight), who's the new cham pionship lead er. But with a little bit mo re lu ck, I could have left this place with a huge points lead ." Slight finished so me thirteen seconds behind the Ducati rider in eight h. "W ha t a b izarre d ay," Sli ght said . "Two eighth places was enoug h to take the championship lead. That is unbelievab le. Especi ally as I though t my race was over wh en I crashed . I wa s so lu cky to have a machin e that worked so I cou ld finish the race." . .. . Russell came home ninth afte r having lost ground in the "Lavilla incident" earlier in the race. "I didn't make any changes to the bik e a nd I am very disappointed with th e result," he sa id . " I had th e s a me vibra tio n problem as I did in th e first (race) bu t I was with the big group at the start and the accident just ru ined it for me. My season has been full of bad luck and it is hard to keep pulling yourself back up. But I guess tomorrow I wiII start thinking about the next race and I am looking forward to going home." l ~ Ky ala ml Circu it Ky alami, South Africa Results : July 5, 1998 (Round 7 of 13) Q UALIFYING: I. Pier -Fran cesco Chi li U:43.&)3); 2. Troy Corser 0 :43.911); 3. Akira Yanagawa 0 :44.133); 4. Ca rl Foga rty (l :44.141; 5..Aaro n S~gh t 0 .:44.274); 6. Co lin Ed wa rds II U :44.284); 7. Greg on o Lavi lle 0 :44.373); 8. Peter God da rd U :44A·04); 9. Noriyu ki Ha ga 0 :44.688); 10. Ja m es Wh it ham 0 :44.726 ); 11. Ne il H od gs o n (1 :44.800); 12. Sco tt Russe ll 0 :45.130); 13. Pier giurgio Bonternpi (no time); 14. Alessandro Gramigni 0 :4b.898); 15. Lucio l'e ercini 0:46.904); 16. Igor Je rman (1:47.768); d 17 . Andrew St rou d 0 :47.522 ); 18. N oe l Ha urh o f 0 :47.847); 1'J. Fred e ri c Protal 0 :49.173); 20. Cl into n Pienaa r (1:50.717); 21. 155), Zimm er man (1:53.482). - RACE ONE: 1. Pier-Fran cesco Chili (Due); 2. Ca rl Fo garty (D ud; 3. G rego r io Lavill a (Du e ); 4. James Wh it h am ISuz) : 5. Pe te r Go d dard (S uz ); 6. A kira Yaneg awa (Ka w): 7. No riyu ki Ha ga (Yam); 8. Aaron Slight (Ho n j: 9. Co lin Edwards (Hon); 10. Scott Russell (Yam ); 11. Ales sand ro Grami gni ( Due); 12. Piergiorg io Bontempi (Ka w): 13. Igor Jennan (Kaw): 14. And re w Stro ud (Kaw); 15. Frederi c Protat (D ud; 16. C Hnt on Pienaar (Due); 17. 1ssy Zimmennan (Dud. Time: 43 min., 45.405 sec. Distance: 25 taps, 66.046 miles Avenge spee d: 90.563 mph Margin of victory: 1.301 sec. Fastest lap : Pier-Francesco Chili. 1:43.970 / 91.474 mph RACE TWO: 1. Pter -Francesco Chil i (Due); 2. Ca rl Fo ga r t y ( D ue); 3. No riy u ki H a ga (Ya m) ; 4. Co li n Ed wards II (Ho n); 5 . Akira Yana gawa (Ka w ), 6 . Peter Godda rd (Suz) : 7. Tro y Corser (Due); 8. Aaron Sligh t (Honk 9. Scott Russell (Yam); 10. Piergi org io Bontempi (Kaw). 11. Igor Ierman (Kaw); 12. Andrew Stn)lld (Kaw); 13. Lu cio Ped erct ni (Due); 14. A lessa nd ro G ramig ni (Dud; 15. Frederic Prot a t (Due) ; 16. lssy Zimmerma n (Due) . Ti me: 43 m in., 45.115 sec. Distances 25 laps, 66.046 miles Average speed: 90.573 m ph M.ugin of victory: 0.230 <;LC. O Fastes t lap: Akira Yan.lga wa.l :44.151/9 1.315 mph WOR LD SUPE R 8 1KE CHA MPIONSH IP POINT STAND INGS (After 14 of 26 ra ces): 1. Aa ron Slig ht (210 / 3 wi ns); 2. Tro y C orse r (209) ; 3. C u i Fo ga rt y (203 / 2) ; 4. P ier -Fr an cesco C h ili (1 94 /2 ); 5 . Coli n Ed wa rds Il (187/2); 6. Noriyuki Ha ga (168 /3); 7. Akira Ya na gawa (122 ); 8 . Pe te r Go d da r d (92); 9 . Ja m es Whit ham (86); 10. Scott Russell (75); 11. (TIE) Grego rio Lavilla / Nt.il Hod gso n (67); 13. Piergior glo Bon tempi > (58); t4. Alessand ro Gra migni (38); 15. Igor Jerm an (30). . · replaced 'by. Jua n B01a in J anuary. He started negotiation s with . t he A ust ralian S uzuki supe rb ike team. bu t another ride r wa s Britain in one year _ and the second for the considerable modifica. tions that would have to be carried out to make it comply with AM sig ne d . T hen he reac hed a.n agree ment with .an Au stralian requ irements . At this point. only Hockenheim remains as a some The new ver sion of the red factory bike · which is officially called Kawasa ki superb ike team. rode one race for them. then took the w hat realistic possibility as a host for the 13th round . the Ducati 9 16 H1 Foga rty Replica · is the fift h since the fuel-injected Suzuki GS X·R750 for a ride in the first round of the 916 was introduced in deale r showroo ms and on the trac k in German O pen Superbike c hamp ionship . be fore gOing . back to 1g94 . That first vers ion was replaced by the 99 5 at the end of According to Suzuki team manager Lester H arris . the f uel ~ Australia to have another ride with the Kawasaki. .By that time . i n j e cte d version o f the Suzuki G SX-R7 50 is nearly race1995 . to allow for the bi9ger cylinder capacity. A year later. the disas ter had struc k at the Honda Cas trol Supersport team. and ready. Theoretically speaking. the Kyalami circuit could have been - heavy weigh t - 996 was put on track . in order to com ply with the M cC art hy was asked to replace the late M ichael Paquay . An a 900d venue at which to let the bike make its debut. given the new weig ht rules (do ing away wit h the wei ght advantage of the injury on his family's fanm delayed the debut another race. but at twin s) . In the begi nning o f 1998. the H I was introduced with particular atmosp heric cond itions of the track and the advantages Kyalarni. things finally fell into place. - A fter having ridde n super these were expected to give to the injection bike s. · Still: we did some minor de tail chanqes. and the fifth vers ion • the Fogarty bikes in the last couple of seaso ns. the C BR600 felt slow on the not consider the possibility to ente r the injectio n GS X·R here for Replica · was ho mologated jus t in time for the second yearly first laps. " the Australian said. " But I'll get used to gett ing the the first time. - Harris said. -With the American round only one deadline. w hich came on J une 30 . Five different versions in as best out of the bike. Compa red to the Suzuki.' we still lack some .many years is more' than the Japanese manufacture rs are used to week later. we couldn 't afford to run Into trouble here and not speed. but com pared to the Du cati, our bike handles better and is have enough time to sort it 'o ut for the fonowing race . M oreover. making. And in Kyalami. the Japanese teams came up with their good on the brakes and in acceleratio n. The CB RSOO is an exce lwe prefer the Japanese to con tinue developing the systeni back tradit ional co mplaint s. "The h o m o loga t i o n rules are just not lent overa ll pac kage and I' m sure that I will be able to get some fair. " said one of the fac tory tea ni managers . - Fact ories like in J apan a fe~ more weeks. B ut I expect the if."'jection' bike to . good results wit h it this season: M cC art hy's superspo rt expertmake its debut at Austria. We want to give it a go at a few races . Ducati only have to make 150 new bikes to gei another homoloence is limited to ome 10 laps aboard a Honda CB R back in 92 so we have enough feedbac k to start the wint er testing prog ram.. gat ion ; the J apanese have to build 500. An d next year will be and a two- hour endurance race on a Yamaha FZRSOO one year The development work on the bike is now speeding up. It delivers even wo rse. w ith Aprilia joi ning the game . - Accord ing to FIM before. . good power: the main point of interest is now the software side. technical delegate St eve Whi teloc k . the Japanese' co mplaints are The J apanese are .using their own testing experiences . as w ell 'a s not justified. - W e have offered the Japanese three times already Frenc hman Stephane Cham bon too k the second W o rld the racing exper ience from the Ameri can Yoshi mura team. The .to cha nge th e .ho mol ogati on rules . but th ey have eac h time Superspori w in of his c. reer on the Corona Extra Alstare:Suzuki a refused. - the American said at Kyalami. " May be their main co nfeed back they get fro m the German importer. who runs its own after another dramatic race Italian Cristiano M rgliorati had led the injec tion sys tem. serves as a usable be nchmark. but we really cern up to now has been not to lower the homologation threshold first half of the race . but was then called back to the pit for a stop' want to use the 'Suzuki sys tem . Tw o J apanese eng ineers w ill in order not 'to make it any easier for their J apanese colleagues to and-qo penalty afte r he jumped the start . His luckless Swiss teamco me ove r with the new bikes solely to fo llow the sottware-develco.me up wit h a new bike. " Suzuki and Kawasaki .are the most mate Yve s Bri guet. meanwh ile. was recoveri ng in the C lini ca oprnentwork." Harris also hopes to finalize htsneqcti auons with active Japanese manufacturers to homologate their bikes. Suzuki. M obile after anoth er crash on the firSt lap. He was hit in the leg by for instance. had Steve W hitelock co me over to J apan at the end . Suzuki by the be9 inning 'of August concerning next year' s racing · a local rider in the gravel trap. but was lucky only to have suffered progra m. of 1995 to homologate a slightly revised GSX·R (frame changes) a bruised knee and shoulder. Five laps before the end. Charnbon . and at the end o f 199 7 (for fuel injectio n). . Fab r izi o Pir ov an o , Kirk M cC art hy : Pe re Riba and V ittorio K i rk McCarthy too k t he Cas trol Honda C BRSOO out for a spin Guareschi we re still fight ing for the victory. but two laps later Riba for the first time during Friday 's first free pract ice session for the With the I n d o n es i a n World Superbike round officia lly canwent down . followed at exactl y the same spo t and at exactly the Supersport World Series. For the Au str alian, this was suppo sed celed . it is loo king les s and less likely that t he race wil l be to be the real start of his 1998 seaso n. O riginally, the fonmer fac- · same moment by M cCarthy. who had a pparently been surprise d replaced. The M anfeild. N ew Zealand. venue has apparently been by the Spaniard's crash. This allowed C hambon a small gap and tory Suzuki W orld Superbike rider was goi n9 to ride on the Sh ell nixe d as a ca ndidat e . in ost likely fo r financ ial reason s. Both he too k the win . G uareschi finished sec ond and Pirovano third . . Advance 500 cc G rand Prix team with Garry M cCoy . but he was Brands Hatch and the Belgian Zol der circuit were discussed but characteristics now also offer a wi de rma rgin in' si tua tions w here . neit her seemed likely. the first for being the third event in Great we had.trouble finding the right geari ng in the pas t. - , . 21