Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Nieto 0:41.851); 24. leon Hasl am 0:42.027); 25. Ang d NiE"tO Jr. (1:42407); 26. Chris Burns (I A-3.306); V. SIC:\'e Jenkne r 0 :43.791) ; 28 . Andi No tma n 0 :44 .106) ; 2Q. KenrwTibbie 1I:,u,6861, 1iScc G RA N D PRIX : 1. Masao Azuma (Han); 2. Noboru Uc da (Hon): 3. Emi lio Alzamora '(Hon ): '4. Roberto Loca telli (Apr); 5. Mar co Mela nd ri (Han); 6. Gianluigi Scalvini (Apr); i . Youichi Ui (Oer); 8. Gino Borsoi (Ap r) ; Q . Arnaud Vincent (Apr); 10 . Mirko Giansant! (Arr); 11. Ivan Goi (Han) ; 12. Pablo Nieto (Der): n . Ka z u to Sakata (Han); 14. Rei nhard Stoltz IHon ): 15. Jeronimo Vidal (Ap r) ; 16. Alessandro Branneni (Apr); 17. Angel Nieto Jr. (Han); 18. Mol . Sabbatani (Han); 19. Leon Haslam (Ha n); 20. Kenny TibbIe (Hon). T ime: 43 mm., 21.b90 sec . Distancr. 261011'5, 64.850 miles Average spttd: 89.734 mph M.argin of victory: 1.783 sec. t2Sce WOR LO C'S HIP PO INT STA ND IN GS (Aft er 8 of 16 round ",): 1. M asao Azuma (147/5 wins); 2. Emilio Alzamora (27); 3. Roberto Locatelli 000/ 2); 4. Arnaud Vincent (9 1/ 1); 5. Noboru Ved a (88) ; b. Gianluigi Scalvini (69); 7. Ma rco Mela nd ri (65); 8. (TIE) Kazu to Saka ta / Lucio Cecchinello/ Simune Sanna (48); 11. Gino Borso i (38 ); 12. Youichi Vi (35); 13. Mirko Gian:r.anti (30); 14. Ier o nimo Viddl (28); 15. Ivan Coi (27). 2SOcc QUALIFYING: 1. Loris Ca pirossl 0;34.277); 2. Ra lf wald ma nn 0 :34 .61 3); 3 . Va le n ti no Rossi 0 :34.S00); 4. Toh r u Uka wa 0:34.540): S. Marcellino lucch i 0 :..14.978); 6. Shinya Na ka no 0;35.150); 7. Fra nco Bat tia nl 0:35.151); 8. Jeremy McWilliams 0 :35.376); 9 . Stefano Peru gin i 0 :35.540); 10. Jason Vince nt (] ~5 .972) ; 11. M asaki To kudo me 0 :..16.098); 12. To mo mi Mana ko 0:36.115); 13 . An tho ny West 0 :36 .193); 14 . LUC.l Boscoscuro ():36.24bl; IS, Sebastian Porto ():36 .S03); 16, J u li e n Allemand 0 :36 .568); 17 . Ja m ie Ro bi n s on () :36.578); 18, A lex Hofm a n n 0 :36 ,802); 19, Sha ne No rva l 0 :37.535 ); 20. [oha n Stigefelt 0:37.714) ; 21. Fonsi Nieto (] :37.717); 22. David Garcia 0 :38.023); 23. Maur-ice Bolwerk 0:38 .093); 24 . Adria n Coates (] :3B.301); 25. Paul jones 0:38.466); 26. Jamo Jan ssen 0 :38.626); 27. Lucas Oli ve r 0:38.7'-8); 28. Ma tias Rios () :40.207), 2SOcc GRAND PRIX: 1. Val entino Rossi (Apr); 2. Lor is Caplrossi (Han) ; 3. Shinya N a kano (Yam); 4. Toh ru Uk a wa (Han) ; 5. Ste fa no Pe r u gini (Ha n) ; b . Jeremy McWiliam :, (Apr); 7. Ma rcellino Lu cch i (Apr); 8. Ralf Waldm.lnn (Apr); 9. Masaki Tckudome (Hon); 10. Luca Boscoscuro (Hon); I I. An thonv West (Han); 12. Iami e Robinson (Yam); 13. Ale. H~hnann (Han); 14. Tomomi Mana lo (Yam); 15. Ju lien ADemand (Hon); 16. David Ga rcia (Yam); 17. Fonsi Nieto (Yam) ; 18. Juhan Stif;efelt (Yam); 19. Ja mo Janssen (He n). I T ime: 42 min.•54.311 S<."C. • Di sta nce: 27 la ps. 67.345 miles Avera ge spee d: 94.177 mp h ~ Mal'J;in of vict ory: 1.261 sec. 2SOcc WORLD CSHIP POI NT STA NDING S (Aft. , 8 o f 16 ro u n ds ): 1. To h ru Uka w a 0 47/1 wi n); 2. Vale nti no Rossi 0 .w / 4); 3. Shinya Nakano (112/1); 4. Lori... Capirossi 002/2); 5. Jer emy McWill iams (n); 6. Fra nco Battai ni (71); 7. Stefano Perugin i (67); 8. Ralf Waldmann (61); 9. Ma rce lli no Lucc hi (38); 10. jaso n Vi ncent (6) ; 11. Se bastian Por to (32) ; 12 . Lu ca Boscoscu ro (31); 13 . Robe rto Ro lf o (28); 14. (TIE) Anthony West/Masaki Tokudome (26). 500cc QUAUFYING : 1. Tadayuki Okada 0 :32.597); 2. Alex Criville 0 :32.660); 3. Ma x Biaggi 0 :32.772); 4. Ncrick Abe (1:33.016); 5. Kenny Robt.erts Jr. 0:)..1.Q?-8); 6. Juan Borja 0:33.053); 7. Tetsuya Ha rada 0 :33.075); 8. Regis Laconi 0:33.336); 9. 5ete C ibemau 0:33399); 10. Alex Barros 0:33.523); 11. Nobuatsu Aoki 0:33.5.l(); 12. Ca rlos Checa 0:335751; 13. John Kocinski 0 :33,761); 14, Haruchika Ao ki 0:34.112); 15. Garry M«:oy 0:34.194); 16. jo-e Lu is Ca rdoso 0 :34.409); 17. Iu rgen van.den Coorbcrgh 0:34,6291; 18, Simon Crafar 0 :34,678); 19. Se bastien Gi m bert 0 :35 .169); 20 . Joh n McGu innes s (Above) The 250cc Grand Prix gets underway w ith Sh lnya Nakano getting the jum p on Jeremy McWilliams (9), Loris Cap irossi (1) and Valentino Rossi (hidden). (Rig ht) Rossi won for t he fourth time on the yea r and now closes to within seven poin ts of championship leader Tohru Ukawa. w ho fi ni shed fourt h In England. 0 :35.603); 21. Michael Rutter (1:36 .098) ; 22. Markus Ober (I :36. 16Q) 23. Jam ie Whit ha m (1 ~7.1 1 n. ; SOOcc G RAN D PRIX : 1. Alex Crtville (Han); 2. Tadayuki Okada (Hon): 3. Te ts uya Ha rad a (Apr); 4. M., . Biaggi (Hu n); 5. All". Barros (Hen): 6. Norick Abe (Yam); 7. JU.10 Borja (Hon); 8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (So2); 9. Jo hn Kocinski (Hon): 10. Si mon Cra fa r (M uZ); 11. Micha l'l Rutt er (Han). T im t': 47 min. 06.290 sec. D ist.ance: 30 laps. 74.827 mi ll'S AVf'ragf' 5~d : 95 .3 1 1 mph M.arg,inof vid ory: 0.536 sec. 500cc WORLD C' SHIP POI NT STA NDI NGS (Af'" 8 o f 16 rounds): I. Alex Criville (154/5 wins); 2. Tadayuki Okada 013 /1); 3. Kenny Roberts 'j r. 1I02 /2); 4, Se te Gibernau (88); 5. Mol. Biaggi (71); 6. Tetsuva Ha rad a (66); 7. Carlos Checa (65); 8. Juan Borja (64); 9. Jo hn KOL;n....ki (61); 10. Noric k Abe (5i); 11. Ale. Barros (41); 12. Mick Doohan (33); 13. Nobuatsu Aokl 01); 14. Rl'gi... Laco ni (30); IS, Ha ruchika Aoki (26), Upcoming Rounds: Round 9 - Sachsenring. Germany. July 18 Round 10" Brno , Czech Republic, August 22 Who was the only Daytona' winner in the 500cc field? That Was If you went looking for GP coverage on the Doma web site . you . S i mon C rafa r had a rough' initiation into the world 6f the MuZ. were probably stee red to Q uokk a S p o rts (www.motog randtaking 19th in the first qualifying session on his way to a 20th in the trivia question that stumped most journalists in the Donington press room . The answer was Brit .John McGuiness. theVtrnto prix,com ). the San Francisco -based digital.informa tion co mpany the final sess ion. " My main problem." 'he said aft er the first sesHonda twin rider who was awarded the Daytona 250cc GP win that took over the interactive coverage for the Grands Prix on sion, "(is thall the throttle connection wilh the rear wheel is very the Friday of the British ' Grand 'Prix. Quokka Sport s chairman different to whati'm used to . W e' are still in the proc ess of find,alter race winner Luis Lavadowas disqualified for fuel violations. and co -founder Dick Wi lliams said he hoped to expand the coving a suitable setup for the chassis and engine. and. as it was my Lavado appealed to t he FIM . which j ust last week uphe ld the AMA' s verdict saying, "Article' 10,1.2 of the RMSport ing Cod e erageand Interest of Grand Prix racing worldwide. " Hopefully. first day on the bike. and as I'm stili leaming what It .does, I'm , does not impose the applicat ion of the FIM Rules Appendices to ' with ou r interactive coverage, we can help do that. " Wil liams " obviously stili hesitant through the turns." The team was adjustsaid. adding that he would help in bringing a Grand Pri x back to ' ing the machine to the taller Crafer and found that he prefers less .intemational events.jn this case. the Rules of the National Orga: niiing Federation do apply. Moreover, -tne CDI considered that the the Un ited Slates , The fo ur-year deal mak es Quo kk a " t he 'weight t ransfe r under acceleration and under brakes. The fir st rider has to be aware of the enforced rules. as the supplementary exclusive right s holder and producer of interact ive media cove rday was marred when he 'w as stranded on the course when his ' number -on e bik e dev eloped a fuel..supply problem hal fwa y requlations 'of the event state that the AMA rules apply for 'this , age for 500 GP M otorcycl e ,Ch ampionship . " acco rding to a event, Therefo re. the exclusion of M r, Lavado froni the results of Quokka pre ss relea se, Quokka currently is in the firs't year of a through th e session. A s for the tire prob lem s that led to his the event is confirmed; M r: Lavado also must bear the costs of : five -year deal to be the official web site of CART. and th ey departure from t~e ' Red Bull Yamaha WCM ,team. the Kiwi said. the appeal." M cGUiness quabfied 21st and was running in 13th recently announced that they will offer digil al interact ive cover-' " I've been trying to get used to the Michelin front for half a seawhen h e was forced outof the race when his front tire wor e a ' .age of Am erica' s' Cup '2000, the pr em ier eve nt in sailing , In, son on the Yamaha and I experienced the same problem here." , hole through his radiator: ', ' , addition . they 'll join NBC to 'p rodu ce NBC's Olympi c Internet Crafar agreed to iide for M uZ on Tuesday 'afternoon', while he :., was 'in Japan testing the Yamaha R-7 h'e'll ride in the Suzuka 8 , pres ence, 'RepsoIH onda's S et e Glbernau was forced to sit oui the British Hours , As for how long he'll be with 'the team, that dec ision was GP after dislocating his ieft shoulder a Sunday morning 'w armup C redit Dennis Noyes' of Dom a and his gang of merry numbers- ' due to ,be made afte r the British GP. Officially. Luca Cadalora sat , crash , Gibema,;, in his third raceon the V-fou'r, had qualified ninth . crunchers for providing 'the following passel o f statistics , Kevin ' ,out Donington,wit h a broken rib: replaced by Crafar. Unofficially, ' fastest. "The rear end just stepped out. ",Glbemau said" " I've said Schwantz is the most success ful 500Cc rider at Donington . start.. ' Crafar will be with the team for, the, rest of 'the year, 'and C adalo- ' all along that there,would be difficult times 6n this bike: and, to be , ing seven races. winning'four times: and crashing three others:, In ' ra's, finished. .Though Crafar expects to stay with' MuZ , he will honest. up until today things had been going a lot beller than we the 500c c class. Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha ,each have four wins. ' race the Suzuka 8 Ho urs with Yamaha ,World Sup erbi ke rider ' had expected , I'm not worried about the next race. I've only slightKazuto Sakata, 125cc W orld Champion. holds the records of the , Noriyuki Haga, Crafar finished 10th in his M uZ debut. Teammate ly dislocated my left shoulder. so I kriow I should be fully fit for the most consecutive races and the ma'st point-scoring finishes, By Jurgen van der Goorb ergh pitted when his gear lever brok e on German Grand Prix. in two wee ks." . , qualifying 12th for the British GP. the Japanese rider has started . the 11th lap, ' in his l OOlh consecutive race, the 1992 European GP at Catalun- • Aprilia's V a l entino Rossi was fined 4000 Swiss francs. about ya being the last one he missed. By linisping 13th. he completed Last season more or less ended for Carlos C h eca at the Bntlsh $2.667 . for leaving the pit lane on a red signal aft er the morning his 26th consecutive points·scoring finish. Wh en C riville too k the Grand Prix. ' the then MoviStar Honda Pons rider crashing badly win in the Bntish GP.' il gave Honda 135 wins in the class. just warmup pract ice sess ion had ended and the pit lane exit was during the Friday mom ing session, The accident landed him · par· closed. ' four behind all-time leader MV Agusia. which they seem certain to tially paralyzed and blind - in the Queens Medical Cen ter in nearby pass before season's end. Nottingham. ,;,mere he spent 10 days in Ihe hospital before TetumSchw ant z to Hond a? For mer 500cc W orld C hampion K e v i n ing home to Barcelona" where he was again hospitalized, this time Sch w a ntz was asked by Honda Racing Corpora tion to race the Speaking of numbers, this was the 100th SOOcc GP for Repsol with complications . Checa visited Ihe ward on Wednesday to perSuzuka 8 Hours with fellow former champion Freddie Spencer on sonally thank the doctors and nurses who helped him recover. " It Honda's Alex C rivllle in a 500cc career that began in 1992. (He a " Dream Team," friends of Schwantz revealed at Donington, The won 'the 125cc World Championship in 1989'> Through the British was an emotional moment," the Spaniard, now with the Marlboro deadline was June 13 and Schwantz demurred, unsure if the wrist GP. Criville ,has 13 wi ns. 12 seconds and '18 thirds , He 's also Yamaha Racing Team. said. " I was in the same ward with the same peop le who looked afte r me ,and one of the nurses was that forced his early retirement f!'Om racing could withstand the crashed 13 times and has had to sit out six races due to injury. rigors of the eight·hour race , The Spaniard, who leads this year's World Championship, has a almost crying," Checa gave the staff one of his helmets and dis· best championship finish of second in 1996 , tributed some passes for the weekend, This year wasn't much Record Dave: The Riders f o r Hea lth Day of Champion s , beller. Checa crashed out on the opening lap, " I got another bad known colloquially as " Dave." raised a record $ 112.000 during an Tob a c co may be back in Grand Prix racing in a big way next start and I was just trying to makeup too much time too soon, I auction the day before the start of practice for the British Grand braked too late for the hairpin and fell, " he said, year . Winfield , the brand that announced on July 2 that it was pulling its sponsorship from the Williams Formula One team after Prix at Donington Park, The big·ticket Item was a Kenny Roberts Jr, Arai helmet, which sold for $1 1.620 to Dick Williams of Quok · this year, is rumored to be looking for a 500cc GP team, The rider Yamaha Motorsport announced that its all·new web site· they seem to be coveti ng is Aprilia's Valentino Rossi. the colorful ka Sport s, the information·technology company th3t is taking over www.yamaha·raci ng .com - was up and running . The site will feaItalian who they'd like to put on a Honda NS R500, Aprilia is said the World Championship web site from promo ters Doi na, (The ture same·day reports ITom'grand prix. World Superbike . Super. to bl' keen to keep him and has a contrac t offe r on the table.' sport 600 , and motocross World Championships worldwide. You new 'address is www .mo togrand prix.com.> D uring the auct ion, More interest ing is the' rumor that they 'd like to 'have' Repsol Kenny Roberts said, "Who are these guys? W~at the hell is going can also fi nd features on Yamaha, the bikes and riders. including on,here? M aybe they th ink t hey're gelling the whole team for , Honda's Mick, Doohan as the team boss. Doohan said'at D oning. photo s: which are stored in an electro nic photo' gallery, that!" Aft erward, Kenny Sr, told the buyer he, was crazy, " I could , ton that all the rumors of his start ing his own team with Shell backing ,were •a load of lies, " and he had personal sponsorship ' get you One for free." he said. Proceed. from '" Dave: will be s If you were 'planning on ~howing up for the Ger~n G P at the by W infield last year. Wi nfield was for merly in bikes under the , Sachsenring, you might have t o revise your plans, For the second spent on supporting programs that enable motorcycle's to save yea.- in a row. the event 'is sold out, with all ?5,OOO tickets purRothmans' brand., but they were bought oul by British'Am erican Iives' in eight African countries , The program 'support s more than Tobacco (BAD in 'January, BAT also sponsors the BAR Formula ,3000 motorcycles and a growin g number of four·wheeled ,vehi. chased a month before the July 18 race, according to Gunther One 'team of Canadian Jacques V illeneuve and Brazil;;,n RicardO W iesinger: editor of 'the influential Swiss motoring weekly, Motor ' c1es. The top price for leathers was $3600 for a set belonging to Zonta. though the team's results have been less than impressive. Kanemoto Honda;s John Kocinski. Marlboro Yamaha's Max Biag. Sport Ak utelL Wia$ingei has a stake in the gate: His newspaper gi donated a set that sold for $3500 . . , sponso.-s Ihe race. in 9

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