Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

GRAN PREMf MA DE CArALUN Katoh 0 :53.873); 8. Masaki Tokudome (l :53.937); 9. Ivan Go i (1:54.018); 10. Emili o Alz amo ra (1:54.0n); 11. Lucio Cecc h incllo 0 :54.111); 12. Marco Mclandri (1:54.2541 13. ; C ia n lu ig i Sca lv in i 0 :5 4.35 3) ; 14. Nobo ru Ueda 0 :54.480); IS. A . Gon zalez 0 :54 .659) ; 16 . Arnaud V in cen t 0 :54 .6(9); 17 . G ino Bor su i 0 :54 .764) ; 18 . Freder ic Peti t 0:54.827); 19. Steve Ienkner 0 :55.069); 20. Juan Enri qu e Maturana 0 :55.131); 21. Alvaro Molina 0 :55.189); 22. Angel N ie to jr. 0 :55.290 ); 23. Andre a lu m mi (1:55.325 ); 24 . [a r oalav H u les 0: 55.502 ); 25. Andrea Ballcrini 0:55.533); 26. F. Cerro n i 0 :55.740 ; 27. Pab lo Nieto 0 :56.317); 28. Ivan Martine z 0 :56.348); 29. Ad rien Araujo 0 :56.301); 30. Ioscf S rrda 0 :56.519). 12Sce G RAND PRIX; 1. Tomomi Ma nako (Han ); 2. Mirko C ia nsa n ti (lion); 3 . Masao Azu rna (l ion); 4. Lucio Cecc hinello (Ha n); 5. Roberto Locatelli (Ha n); 6. Noboru Ue da (H e n): 7. Yo ahia ki Ka toh (Ya m) ; 8 . M a rco Mcla ndri (Hu n); 9. Kaz uto Sak a ta (Ap r); to. Gia nluigi Scalvi ni (Hen): 11. Ivan Cui (Apr) ; 12. Arnaud Vincent (Ap r) ; 13 . Ma sa ki Tok udonre (Apr); 14. Em ili o Alzamor a (A pr); 15. Fred eric Petit (Ha n); 16 . Ste ve Ie nkner (Apr); 17. Alfonso Go nza lez (Apr); 18. An gel Nie to Jr . (Apr) ; 19 . ja ros la v Hu les ( H e n ): 20 . G ino Borso i (Apr ); 21. An d rea Ballerin i (Ya m ); 22 . Pa b lo Nieto (Apr); 2..1. Iosep Serda (He n): 24. Andrea lom mi (Hon): 25. Alva ro Moli n" (Ho n) . Ti me: 42 rnin., 10.704 St."C. Di stance: 22 lap s, 64.47 miles Average Sp ee d: 91.719 mph Margin of Victory: 0.079 sec. Pas test u p: Mirko Gie ns anti , t :53.142/93.251 mph, lap 5 125« WORL D C' SHIP POINT STANDINGS {Affer 12 of 15 ro un d s ): 1. Kaz u ta Sn ka tn (20 5 /4 wi n s) ; 2. Tomomi Ma na ko (172/4); 3. Marco Me landri 066/ 2); 4. . Lucio Cecchi nello 0 05 /1); 5. Mirko Gia nsa nti (99); 6. Ma sa o Azuma (97 ); 7. Ma saki Tokud ome (89 ); 8. Roberto Loca telli (77 ); 9. Gia nlu ig i Sca lvini (76); 10. Frederic Pe ti t (73) ; 11 . Youich i Vi (64); 12 . Arna ud Vince nt (63); 13. No bo ru Ued a (55/1 ); 14. H iroyu ki Kikuchi (51); 15. Stew Ienkncr (44). 2S0cc Q UALIFYING: I. Loris Capirossi 0 :47.487); 2. Va lentin o Ros s i 0 :47 .580) ; 3. Marcellino Lu cch i 0 :48.268); 4. Tohru Uka wa 0 :483 19); 5. Tetsuya Ha rada 0: 48 .492) ; 6 . O livier Jacque 0 :48 .786) ; 7. O samu Miyazaki (1:48.835); 8. Haruchi ka Aoki (1:49.387); 9. Seba s ti e n Porto (1 :49 .498 ); 10 . St ef an o Peru gini (l :49 .565); 11. j e rem y McWilli am s (1:49. 636 ); 12. N o riy us u N u m a ta (l :49 .69 6); 13 . Fran co Ba t tain i 0 :49.759); 14. Takeshi Tsuj imura (1:49.875); 15. Luca Boscoscuro 0 :50.165); 16. Luis d ' Antin 0 :50.388); 17. Jason Vince nt (1:50.459); 18. David e Bulega 0:50.698); 19 . j o ha n Sttg e fe lt (1 :50 .825); 20 . Robert o Rolfe 0 :50.880); 21. Diego Ciugovaz (1:50.889): 22. jose Luis Cardoso 0:50.9 12); 23. Yasu Ha t akeyarna 0 :50.979); 24. David Garci a (1:51.5.56) 25. Matthew Lagrive (1:51.901); ; 26. Eustaqu io Ga vira 0 :51.948); 27. Fede rico Gartner 0:52.289); 28. David Ortega 0 :52.724); 29. L. Oli ve r (1:53.680); 30. IvanSilva (1:53.778). . 250('(' G RAN D PRIX: 1. Valen tino Rossi (Apr) : 2. Tet su ya H a ra d a (Ap r); 3. Lori s Ca p iross i (Apr); 4. Olivier ja cq ue (Ha n); 5. Tohru Ukaw a (H en): 6. Stefan o Perug ini (Han); 7. Ha ru chika Aoki (Hen): 8. Roberto Ro lfo (Ho n ): 9. Fran co Battain i (Ya m ); 10. Takeshi Tsuj imura (Ya m) ; I 1. Jason Vincent (H e n ): 12. L uc a Bos cosc ur o (Hon ): 13. Noriyusu N u mata (Suz) : 14 . Os amu Miya za ki (Yam ); 15. Joh a n Stigefclt (Su z): 16. Lu is d ' An tin (Ya m); 17. Yasu Ha ta keyama (Hoe ): 18. Diego Ciugovaz (Apr); 19. Ma tth ew Lagri ve (He n): 20. . Da vi d Ga rcia (Ya m ); 21. L. Oli ve r (Ho n): 22. Da vid Orteg.. (Han) . 1 Ti me: 41 min ., 48.737 !OeC. D is ta nce: 23 la ps, 67.407 m iles Ave rage Spee d : 97.968 mph. M argi n of Victo ry: 3.922 sec. Fastest Lap: Valentino Rossi,l:47.5SS/98.l)67 mph 250" WORLD C'S HI P POINT ST AN DI NGS (Afl « 12 )jS w ins); 2. Loris of 15 ro unds): 1. Tetsu ya Ha rada (20{ Ca pi ross l (184/2); 3. Valenti no Rossi (151 / 3); 4. Toh ru Uka wa (121) ; 5. Ha r u c h ika Aoki (t Ool); 6: Ste fano Peru gini (92); 7. Takeshi Tsuj im ura (82) ; B. Oli vier jacqu e (80 ); 9. Jerem y McWill iams (77); 10. Luis d 'An tin (65); 11. jose Luis Cardoso (61) ; 12. Jaso n Vincent (60 ); 13. Marcellin o Lucchi (52); 14. Roberto Rolfe (47); 15. Luca Boscoscu ro (46). SO Oce QUALIFYIN G: 1. Alex Criville (1 :45. 83); 2. 5 Max Biaggi 0 :45.730); 3. Alex Barros 0 :45.945); 4. Mick Doohan 0 :46 .039) ; 5. N obua tsu Aoki 0 :46 .047 ); 6. Tada yuki Okad a 0 :46 .277); 7. Kenn y Ro bert s Jr . (1:46.427); 8. jea n-Mich el Bayle 0 :46.593); 9. Nortck Abc 0:46 .654) ; 10. Se te G tb e r na u 0 :46 .7 16) ; 11. j oh n Kocin ski (1:46.776) ; 12. Carlos Checa 0 :46.777); 13. j ur gen van den Goo rbe rg h 0 :46.798); 14. Regis Laconi (1:46.853); 15. Katsuakl Fu jiwa ra (1:47.034); 16. Sim on Cra far 0 :47.052); 17. Ralf Wald mann 0 :47.6(2 ); 18. Eskil Suter 0 :47.686); 19. Jua n Borja 0 :48.763); 20. Se ba stien Gimbcrt 0 :49.303); 21. Cra ig Con nell (1:49.405); 22. Scott Sm art 0 :49.649); 23. M.ltt Wa it 0 :50.377); 24. Fabio Carpani 0 :51.241); 25. Paolo Tessari 0 :51.336). SOOec G RA N D P R IX: 1. Mic k Doohan (Hon) ; 2. Tadayuki Okada (Han); 3. No rick Abe (Ya m ); 4. Sete Cibernau (H e n): 5. Simon Crafa r (Ya m); 6. Ca rlos Cbcc a (Honj: 7. Ale x Barros (He n): 8. Regis Lacon ! (Yam) ; 9. (A b o ve left) The 125cc Grand Prix was a t hriller, w ith 15 riders w it h in two seconds o f the leader. (Abov e, left t o right) Nor ic k Ab e, Mic k Dooha n and Tadayuki Ok ad a ce lebrate t he ir 3· 1·2 f i nishes in th e 500cc Grand Pr ix. John Kocinski (Hon) ; 10. Kenn'! Roberts Jr. (Mod ); 11. • No bu a ts u Aoki (Su z): 12. Ral Wa ld ma nn (M od ); 13. [urgen va n de n Coo rbergh (Hon); 14. Matt Wait (Hen) : 15. Scott Smart (Hen ): 15. Paolo Te s ari ( Pa t). s Time: 44 min ., 53.264 sec. D ist a nce: 73.268 miles Avera ge Spee d: 97.935 mph Ma rgin of Victory : 1.974 sec . Fastest Lap: Alex Barros, 1:46.810/98.779 mph,lap 5 SO WOR LD C'SH IP PO INT ST AN DI NGS (Aft er 12 O" of 15 ro unds): I. Mick Dooha n (210 /6 win s); 2. M .1X Biaggi 089 /2); 3. Alex e n ville (182/ 2); 4. Ca rlos Checa 0 31 /1 ); 5. Alex Bar ro s (09); 6. No rick Abe (104); 7. Simo n Cra fa r (96); 8. Nobua tsu Aoki (87); 9. Tadayu ki O kada (79); 10. Regi s Lacc ni (67); 11. Sete Cibema u (65); 12. Jo hn Kocin sk i (54) ; 13. Ken ny Roberts Jr. (48); 14. R.l lf Wd1d mann (45); 15. Ju rgc n van de n Gtxlrbergh (33). Upcoming Rounds: Rou nd 13 ' Philli p Island, Au stralia, Octo ber 4 Round 14 · Rio de Ja niero, Brazil , October 18 ' " Briefly.--;--~~ .. . yea r by his own pre decessor at H RC . Then he qualified his · he hopes to be fit enough to ride at his home G P, Ihe next round . .. answer.. " Honda is making it big effort to follow the. for mer presi- at Phillip lsland.' dent' s decis io n, he said ...-" But in the cas e of racing orepecle! . ... applications, we will"con tinue to make tw o-strokes:" Regarding a · The Honda bogey of-unreliability on the unleaded fuel seemed GP 'switch to four-strokes, he said: "We have.not made any deci- . especially acu te at this trac k , wi thils punishinc lylonq st raiqht, :A ft'er a bout of public mUlual crit icism at the Italian GP,· title riv~l s sion yet. but as yo u know the G PMA (rrianufact urers ' assoc iatio n) · w here the fastest bikes we re pushing close to··.193 mph, But the Max Biaggi and Mick Doohan have buried the hatc het by speed -wa s not th e culp rit ; accordi ng to sources c1 q se·.- t~ t he jo int agree me nt : " I think enough has been said." said D oohan. at .,is studying the feasibility at the moment. Honda wo~ld welcome the " front-row" press co nference befor e the race ;' and Bia"ggi con -. . other manufactu rers in racing .- not jUsI from Japan,.bu·t also from ·team: sin ce they reached a higher top speed at M ugello without Europe. Thai is why Honda is willing to support a move to four-. : proble ms. It seems the long co rners .a t the M ontmelo ·circ uit . ·c urred. But the Italian doesn 't see m to have taken. the agree ment · . .. whe re ride rs spe nd a lot of time al part throllle, were causi ng co mpletely literally , continuing his ·compiaints abou l the fact that ..stroke ~acing.." . lubri cation pro blem s. Doohan had engine failures in practice M Mi c k has th e t BO-degree "·S c reamer " eng ine , but HRC has Jurgen van den Goorbergh' s hope s of racing a V ,fou r Suzuki · one of them a broke n piston ring: and teo mmate C riville also losl refu sed to leI him .tesl it . " M ick says the only difference betw een next yea r have .co me to nothing , according to the .factory's direc~ q ne engine : , that and the Big Bang is· that it is more diffic ult .to ride,' Biaggi tor in charge of racing .. M r: .Tadao mi Shige noya. " The answer is said. ." 1don ' t believe that. Why wou ld he make his life more diff idefinit'e ly no , he· said.. Suzuki plans ·to concent~a te fully o n. our ' Suzuka has _ bee n saved. The ' classic track . the seco nd M'o~ges t cult? I wasn' t born· ye Sle rday . I've not bealen M ick yet head to circuit still on the GP calendar and 'one of the mos t inter est ing. will " head , but th·at could change soo n. The tWo races i wo n this year · f~ctory team, and ·w e. h~ve no p~ans ~o run a ~atellite team.. conlinue 10 host the ·Japanese bike GP, sharing Ihe race wil h the he started b ut did not finish, At Suzuka; he ran off the track Irying C a·rlos Checa , one · of the key figu res ·in the :si lly-s~a son new M ot egi twi n:ring circ uit north-east of Toky o . It had been to catch me, then blew up his eOgine..M Ma drid he ·was~nocked changes, has not yei decide d·whether to switch to Ya maha·. If he · fea red t~at the ultra mo d.em and relatively sterile new trac k wo uld ' dow n on the first corner, and he said that he hates rider s who trY and win the race on the first lap: At Brno , he crashed on the·first · doe s g6, he is likely to take the MoviStar sponsorship with him, . · displace t he ·fast , challengi ng and sc enic figu ·re-eight Su zuka. . .. Instead , the two Iracks will alterna te . . leaving prese nt tea m ·bo ss S il o Pons h igh and dry .. This has ieft lap - so you have 10 wal ch what he says. ' . . the Barcelona'based team .ow ner in a fiat s~in , a.nd the ·atmos- .. Olivier Jacque - cu rrently ·the hottest property ·in the 250cc, Headline-grabberBiaggi ·was also outspok en about .HRC 's refusal phere in Ihe team .is dire: after an apparent b low:up between Pons to give him a Screamer engine , eve n to test. " If I don) have ' and Che ca. At a huge ce lebratory dinner to mark 10 yea rs since . class silly season .- will delay making his decision until after he. has equal equipmen t to ·D oohan next year. I'm off . I'll ride a differenl . Pons' s title on the eve of the G P,Checa stormed out afte r only · se en th e new w o rks Ya ma ha' in the A ustralian Gp ., The. French bike," he threatened, at anot her press confe rence: He is know n 20 minutes or ·so after Pons had formally introd uced all the ex-rid-· · rider is being chased by Apr ilia as we ll as Yamaha, while.Honda is . to be in discus sions ·withYam·aha for next year .· er s 'c:m d cur re nt ri ders 'i n attenda nce - w it h t he e xce p t i~ n · of ·also anxious .to ·retai·n ·his services MJ acque has bee n an a'rdent · . C heca. . :"' . . critic o f this year' s flawed f'!SR.works machine. ' .I am not sure . .what I w ill do ," he said. " I wanl to see how Ihe Yamaha perf orm s HRC co ulpn't supply Biaggi with the Sc reamer engine eve n if Derbr s plan to. return. ·to Ihe 125cc'; class in ·1999 ha·s gone ~p. a · up against bike s other than the Hondas." ·The Yamaha is currently they. wan ted to ; nor could they give D oohan a Big· Bang , either, gear, after they signed two lop riders. It is believed that Spaniard leading the Japanese 250cc championship in ·the hands of Shinya if he wanted it. That wa s th e message from HRC pr esident Emilio A lza inor a and J apan's Y ouichi Ui will ride the Spanish . Nakar'o, w ho is.down to ra~e the-bike as a wild. card in A ustralia. Yasuo Ikenoya.a t a speciai press co nferen ce at the circ uit. HRC machines. . . ca lle d the con fe rence, but he wa s· in a cagey frame o f mind, It' s true: Stro ng rumor~ that Ke'~ny Rob~rts Jr. ~'nd enginee r skirt ing aro und que stions and giving ob lique answers .as journalM Noboru Ueda ma'd e an onexpec ted ly early ret~m to racing at W arren .Wi lling will 'join Suz uk i next yea r we re c onfirmed at ists pre ssed him- to expla in why . Biaggi does not have the sa me Barcelo na - wea ring a spe ci al bi o nic kangaroo -skin g love- that. Catalunya . Rid er and tech nician have .each ·sig ned o n fo~ two eng ine as D oo han . "We have two .types cif el'Jgine, " lke noya earned him th· nic kname ".RoboC op " in his pit . The Japanese e yea rs. Robert s Jr. will ride alongside Nobuatsu Aoki and another said. " All riders. could choos e at the beg inning ·of t h", yea r, and they all start ed at the same level. As we make new parts, we try . rider broke ·his ·arm badly in the French GP in .May, badly damag: . rider, possibly current new boy ·Fujiwara, while Willing will take a ing his radial nerVe so that he lost most of the move ment in his · senio r engi neeri ng ro le. liaising ,wi th riders and cr ew ch iefs and to give them to ·as many 'riders as po ssible Mbut B i~ggi joined ·Honda later than all" the other riders . HRC ·is wo rking very hard left h·and. He was expe cted to be out of racing until at least next the factory race' eng ineers: ye ar, and po ssibly for ever. H ow ever.. he has recovered - quicker . to sati sfy these .'req ,uirement s, ' but so metimes if req uirem_ent arrive·s a littl e bit late. If D oohan was to ask for a di ff erent Iy pe than expec ted , and .he made it strong relurn in Cata lunya. The · Wani to know how to ride like a G P Sl ar? W ant 10 master: the glove , specially made for him by Spidi, had spring-loaded finger of engine, w e do not hav e the engi neering capacity to meet tha t powerslide t echnique ? It' s easy , ac cordi ng - to an elaborate requirement. " The tr uth of the maHer is thaI the unleaded fu el . mo.vem~nt and wa s V elcroed. t6 his leather~ . . hand-out magazine published by Repsol. " If s done by locki ng .up has c.ut t he' servree life of Honda e ngine parts, partic ularly ~rankM . the back ·wheel, which takes a different line from the front one," Kenny Roberts missed the Catal~ nya · GP unexpectecllY.·He is · said the .guide. So there you go. Just sto';' p on that back brake a shafts, so thai HRC is at full capacity simply serv icing .the day tOM day needs o f th eir ·sev en, ~ders . ' 'The service life has been suffering from a sto mac h ulcer. and his co ndition deterio rated bit harder, and yo u too can.be M ick Doohan. after he arrived in Spain. He retu rned home fo r treatm ent. . . . . reduced , · said Ikerioya Cit is believed by as muc h as two-thirds), . '.. .' .'.. ':b ut the sw itch 10 unleaded has bee n of value , and we expect to Ral f Waldmann has turned his ·back ·on a$ t ·.5-million .tWo-ye·ar John Ko';'i n sk i tested D u n l o p t ires at M~gello after . the last · .offer 10 joi n the· Kawasaki Worid Superbike. team, after reportediy fi n·d an eng i ne eri ng s ol ut io n .t 6 rest o re the se rvi c e life as before . " G P, in a quest to di scove r whether the Mi chelin tires are the shaki ng ha nds o n th e deal w ith t ea m man ager Harald Ec kl. cause ·of his · difficulty in . findi ~g the racing pace . It turn s- ou t .the Japanese fact o ry ,peo ple are alre'ady o n the aircra ft co ming to Ikenoya spoke p ositively about Ihe proposa l 10 sw il ch to four- . .tires are n.ot th ,: pro~lem : Europe i o sign the deal," said t eam manager H arald Eckl." 1don't . .strokes in the 500cc Class, and co nfirmed · the sl atemenl by · .know how I ca n explain it to them . " Wal dmann has also declined McCoy , who brok e his leg badly at Bmo. wa~ at "catal un-. an ·off er fo r a 250 cc ride w ith Apri lia, pre ferring to stay· in the .retired president Nobuhiko Kawamo to that Honda would not build 5.00c c class if possible. · . , tWo-strok e engine s after '200 2. which 'w as contradicted earlier thi s ya ; ~eari.ng a hea\/)' plaste'r cas t and a glum express ion. How ever. . M two M M a M .. carry 9

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