FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 125cc MX SERIES
By Alex Hodgkinson
CINGOL!, ITALY, MAR. 28
lessio "Chicco" Chiodi had no
answer to Claudio Federici in
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the first rna to of the Italian
125cc MX GP, but the champion still had
the last laugh with yet another GP win the 20th of his career - after the challenger fell off three times in race two.'
After finishing second to Federici in
the first moto, Chiodi took full advantage of Federici' 5 problems in the second
moto to come away the moto win and,
with it, the overall victory. After winning both motos in the series opener in
France, Chiodi now has three moto wins
under his belt and a modest 12-point
series lead over Federici.
Rounding out the top five overall at
Cingoli were American Mike Brown and
French riders Luigi Seguy and Johnny
Aubert.
The Cingoli track, loca ted 2000 feet
up in the Apennines mountain range,
has not been kind to Americans over the
years. Billy Liles (in 1990) and Tallon
Vohland (in 1996) each crashed out of
the series while leading their respective
World Championship Series, while
Trampas Parker had a sig·nificant
mechanical DNF there when he lost the
500cc crown in 1995. But today, Brown
well and truly laid that jinx to rest with
his best-ever GP result: third overall via
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(Above) Italy's Luca Cherubini (14) gets a little out of shape atlhe start of the Italian 125cc GP. Cherubini ran up front for a while before fading.
(Below) Defending champ "Chicco" Chiodi came back from a first-moto second to win the second moto and the- second GP in a row.
