ROAD RACE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACESERIES
(Abo ve) Loris Capirossi sprays Olivier
J a cque wit h champagne on the 250cc
ro strum.
(Left) Tom o mi Manako celebrates after
winning the 125cc Gra nd Prix.
Az u ma and his M ac H o n d a broke
through and ran away, and Manako follo w ed him.
With five la p s left, Manako moved
in to th ird and achieved the impossible:
closing down on the leaders and bringing Az u ma wi th him.
Th ey s ta rted the last lap with Azuma
in fro n t, t h e n M ela ndri , M anako a n d
Cecchi nello, a nd s w a p p e d back and
fort h a ll t he wa y to the fla g . T hey fin is hed in thi s o rder: Manako, Meland ri,
Cecchinello and A zu m a .
Saka ta led Mi rko Gia nsanti for fifth .
The po ints are s till provisional, p en d ing the o utcom e of Sakata 's second fu el
tes t. A t present, he still h as the points ,
a n d lea d s with 229 to Manako' s 21 7 .
M e la nd ri ha s 202 , A zum a 13 5 , and
Cecch inello 130.
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Mas aki Tokud ome 0 :52. 168); 14. Iva n w i 0 :52.217}; 15.
Gianlutgt Sca lv ini (1 :52.271) ; 16. Luci o Cecc hi nello
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lo m m i (1:52. b65); Iq. Ja roS u v Hules (1:52.844); 20. Steve
Je nk m .· 0:52.870>; 21. l u.tn Matura na 0 :53.172 ); 22.
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24. C hri sti a n Manna 0 :55.536); 25. Ft.>deri co Ce rroni
0:55.6..10); 26. Cm-bano Vit--ira (1:57.052); 27. Silvio Cesa r
Zt'q u im 0 :58.273).
uSec G RAN D PRIX: I. Tomomi Manak,) (Ho n); 2.
Ma rco MeLmJri (H l1n); 3. Lucio Cecc hi ne llo (Ho n); 4.
M.ls.1U Az Um..l (Ho n); 5. Kazuto 5.1k.lta (Apr); 6. ~1 irko
Ciansa nti (Ho n); 7. Arnaud VinCl'nt (A pr); 8. Ma s.l ki
Tokudom e (Apr); 9. Noooru Ued .l (Hon); 10. Gia nlu igi
Sca lv ini (H on ); 11. Iva n C ui (A p r); 12. Gi no Borso i
(A p r); 13 . Fre d l.· ic Petit (H un); 14. Yos h iolki Kat oh
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(Ya m ); 15. Yo u ich i U i (Yam ); 16. Jua n E. M
