Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

• stant presence, always ther e when Rossi look ed back and never conceding. With two laps to go, Capirossi trie d Rossi on the inside but ra n in too fast and nea rly took them bo th ou t. "Valentino overtake me again and I follow Valen tino , and m ayb e the tir es are coming better a little bit , and the second-to-las t lap I try to ove rtake Valenti,no and Valen tino close the door, and I go a little bit ou t," sa id Ca pi rossi, who nea rl y ran in to th e gravel trap. "I tr y aga in very ha rd to take agai n Valenti no, but the last lap 1 lose the rear tir e and n ear to cras h a n d I d on 't try m ore , because this second position is good." "The fight with Loris is alw ays very 'go od fo r m e, for him , fo r the s how also," Rossi sa id . "A nd yes terd ay, af ter ·the practice, 1 was thinking Lori sis not fast like this becauseI see in the practice he has a prob lem , but today he is very fast. "And it is d ifficult, and I make a perfect s tart an d I try to push hard , but Loris come wit h me, and also overta ke me," Rossi continued. "But after five or six la ps, Loris stay me very nea r and , decided to slow do wn. I go in fron t and I try to pus h for go wit hout Loris, bu t is impossible, an d in the last lap there are two or th ree points w here Loris is possible to overtake me, bu t I close the door . I d o n 't m a k e sa me li k e Assen, w he re Loris wi n. Her e I close very much, and 1 win this time." Aprilia Ge rma ny's Ralf Wa ldmann wa s thi rd the hard way. Away 11th on the first lap, he quick ly jumped forward, se t tli ng into fou rth b ehind Shinya Na kan o o n the fift h of 30 la ps . Seven lap s later h e w ent fo r th ir d , crossing Nakano's front wheel and overshoo ting the corne r, losing about four seconds. "I w a n t to over ta ke Naka no, but 1 wa s a little bit too fast, and I tou ch him ," Waldmann said . "I was inside, and he 'go in to corne r and we are very lucky 1 do n't cras h him, 1 don't wa nt crash and I go straight into grave l bed , but the ga p fro m th e othe r guys co ming from th e back was b ig enough' th a t th ey don't 'come on road aga in." When he h ad a se co n d ch a nce to pass, on lap 19, it was clean a nd the crowd roa red its appreciation , but his tire was shot, and th ird was a ll he'd have today. "Th is is ve ry good for me and also for my tea m," Waldmann said. "It's my hom e GP, so it's important to be very goo d here ." Nakano began und er stressful conditions. He' d badly gas hed his left elbow and broken a bone in his ha nd . Th er e was a chance he' d miss th e race . Yet th er e he was at the s tart, mixing it u p wi th the leaders and d oing well to take fou rt h, behind Waldmann. "At th e beginnin g, I just th ought I wou ld try a n d d o a few lap s and see how my arm felt," Nakano said . "The n I cha nged my target to com plete the race and ge t some points." A bli tz of rid ers stormed across six seco n ds b eh ind Na ka no, w i t h Fil a Watches Honda's Stefano Perugini taking his second fifth in a row, a tick in front of Shell Advance Tea m's Ant ho ny Wes t, w ho finis hed a career-bes t sixth. The n came Sem p rucci Biesse-C ro up's Sebastian Porto and Ches terfi eld Yamaha Tech 3's Olivier Jacque, who got off his cru tches to take eight h. West's sixth was impressive because it came in his nin th s tart o n a fa ctory-ki lled TSRCN Ho nda. Sachsenring Hoh en st ein-Ernsthal, Germ an y Results: J Uly t 8, 199 9 (Round 9 of 15) SOOcc QU ALIFYING: 1. Kenn y Roberts (1:27.318); 2. Alex Barro s 0 :27.442); 3. Luca Ca dalcra (1:27.535); 4. Ca rlos Checa 0:27.667); 5. John Kocin ski 0 :27.701> 6. ; Ma x Biagg i (1:27.837); 7. Tetsuya Harad a 0 :27.856); 8. Norick Abe (1:27.998); 9. Haruchlka Aoki 0 :28,(48 ); 10. Alex Crivil le 0:28.094); 11. Tadayu ki O k. d .1 0 :28.242); 1 12. Regis La co ni 0:28.330); 13 . Ju rgen va n de n Coorbe rg h 0 :28.353); 14. Sere C ibe m au 0:28.372); 15. Nob uatsu Aokl (1 :28.694); 16. Garry McCoy (1 :28.697); 17. Jam ie Wh itham 0 :29.208); 18. Jua n Borja 0 :29.256); 19. Sebas tien Gimbert 0 :29.432); 20. David De Gea 0 :29.452); 21. Mark Willis 0 :29.877); 22. Markus Ober (1:30,02]); 23, Michael Rutter (1:31.261). 500cc GP : 1. Kenn y Roberts (Suz); 2. Alex Criville (Ha n); 3. Norick Abc (Yam); 4. Ca rlos ChL (Yam ); 5. 'Ca Joh n Kocinski (Hen) : 6. Haru ch tk a Aoki (Ho n) ; 7. Tet suya Hara da (Ap r); 8. Alex Barro s (Han); 9. Se te .Gibe m au (Hen): 10. Juan Borja (Ho n}; 11. Ga rry McCoy (Yam ); 12. Icrgen va n de n Goor ber gh (Muz): 13. Regis Lacon! (Yam); 14. Sebastien Gimbert (Hen): IS, Da vid De Gea (Han); 16. Mark Willis (Mod ); 17. Markus Ober (Hon) . Marc o Mel andri (13), Em ilio Alzamora (7) and Lucio Cecchinello (5) ba ttle fo r the to p spot in the 125cc GP. Melandri ended up taking the w in. M cW illi am s (7 2) ; 8. Fr an co Ba tt a in i (71) ; 9 . (T IE> M ar ce llino Lu cchi /Sebastian Porto (41); 11. Lu ca Boscoscuro (37) ; 12. ( rlE) Jason Vina:ntl Ant hon y Wes t (36); 14. Roberto Rolfo (36); 15. Alex Hofmann (29); 16. Masaki Tokudome (27); 17. Tom omi Manako (24); 18. eTIE) Oli vier Jacqu e /Naok o Mat suda (21); 20. Daijlro Katch (11). ' 125cc QU ALIFYING: 1. Mar co Melandri 0 :30.280); 2. Em ili o Ala zamora 0 :30.368); 3. Roberto Locat e lli 0 :30.646); 4. Gianluigi Scalvini 0:31.016}; 5. Youichi V i 0: 31.1 38 ); 6. Kla u s N e h les 0: 31.282 ); 7. Lucio Cecchincllo 0 :31.394); 8. Ivan Coi 0:31.395); 9. Masao Azuma (Han); 10. Jeronimo Vidal 0 :31.427); 11. Noboru Ueda 0 :31.4% ); 12. Gino Borso i 0 :31..566 13. Randy De ); . Puniet (1 :31.6 21); 14. Sim on e Sann a 0 :3 1.717); 15. Ma nu e l Po g gi al i (1:31.770); 16 . Arna ud Vi ncent (1:31.813); 17. Mirko Gia ns anti (1:31. 878); 18. Kaz u to Sa kata (1 :32 .0 11); 19. St eve [enkn er (1:32.032); 20. Bernh ard Abs me ie r 0 :3 2. 230); 21 . Fre de r ic Peti t 0:32.324); 22. Max Sabbat ani O :32.442}; 23. Reinhard Stolz (1:32.456); 24. Jam o Muller 0 :32.607); 25. Pablo Nieto 0 :32.640); 26. Angel Nieto Jr. 0 :32.681); 27. Maik Stief 0 :32.843); 28. Alessandro Bran ne tti (1:32.917); 29. Dirk Re iss ma nn 0 :33.222); 30. Philli pp He fen e ger (1:33,394), 125cc GP : 1. Marco M eland r i (H on ); 2. Em ilio Alza mo ra (Hen): 3. Lucio Cecchinello (Han); 4. Robert o Locatelli (Apr); 5. Noboru Ueda (Hen): 6. Masao Aro ma (He n): 7. Gianl uig i Scalvini (Apr); 8. Gino Borso i (Apr); 9. Simone San na (Hen): 10. Arn aud Vincen t (Apr); 11. Manu el Poggia li (Apr); 12. Iva n Goi IHon) : 13. Mirk o Giansanti (Ap r); 14. Klaus Noe hles (H en ): 15. Rand y Dc Pun ie r (A p r) ; 16. Jeron im o Vida l (Ap r ); 17. St e ve Jen kn er (Ap r); 18. Reinha rd Stolz (Hon); 19. Ka zuto Saka ta (Ha n); 20. Angel N ieto Jr. (Ha n); 21. Mai k Stief (Ho n ); 22. Philli p p H a fen e ge r (H a n ); 23. D ir k Reissmann (Apr). 12See WO RLD CHA MP IONSHIP SE R IES POINTS STA ND INGS (After 9 of lS ro un ds) ; 1. Masao Azu ma (157 / 5 w ins) ; 2. Emilio Alz a mo ra (14 7); 3. Roberto Locat ell i 0 13 / 2); 4. Nobo ru Ue da (99) ; 5. Arn a u d Vince nt (97 /1); 6. Mar co Melandri (90/1); 7. Gia nl uigi Scal vi ni (78); 8. Lucio Cecchinello (64); 9. Simo ne Sanna (55); 10. Kazu to Saka ta. (48); 11. Gino Bor so i (46); 12. Youichi Ui (35); 13. Mirk o Gia nsa nti (33); 14. tvan Goi (31); 15. Jeronimo Vidal (28); 16. Manuel Poggiali (22); 17. Hid e yuk i Nakajo h (20 ); 18. (TIE ) S te ve Jenkner / Randy De Puniet /Ma x Sabbatan i (4). Ti me: 44 min.) 13.126 sec. Distance:63.074 miles Average speed: 138.039 mp h Margin of victory: 00.182 St.'C . Ti me: 45 rnin., 59.732 sec . Distance: 67.58 miles Ave rage spe ed: 87.964 mph . Mar gin of victory : 00.3..18 sec. 500" WO R LD CH AMPIO N SHIP SE RIES POINTS STANDINGS (Arter 9 of 15 ro un ds): 1. Ale x Crivi lle (174/5 win s): 2. Kenny Roberts Jr . (127 /3); 3. Tad ayuki O kada 0 13/1); 4. Sete Gibema u (95); 5. Ca rlos Checa (78); 6. Tetsuya Harada (75 ); 7. Nori ck Abe (73); 8. John Kocins ki (72); 9. Max Biaggi (71); 10. Juan Borja (70); 11. Alex Barr os (49); 12. Haruch ik a Aoki (36); 13. (T IE) Regis Laconi /Mick Doohan (33); 15. No bua ts u Aoki (31); 16. Ju r gen va n d en Goo rbc rg h (20); 17.. Simon C rafa r (19); 18. Lu cu Ca da lo ra (4) ; 19. Seba sti en Gimbert (3); 20. (TIE) Shin ichi Itoh /Yukio Kagayam (9 ). 250cc QUA LIFYING: 1. Valentino Rossi (t :27.913); 2 Franco Ba ttuini 0 :28.168); 3. Loris Capi ross i (t :34.277); 4. Shi nya Naka no 0 :35 .150); 5. Jer em y McWill iam s (t :35.376); 6. Ralf Wa ld ma nn (t :34.6t 3); 7. Toh ru Ukawa 0 :34.8 40) ; 8. Mar ce llin o Lucchi 0 :34.978); 9. Olivier ja cque (t :28.748); 10. Stefa no Preu gini (l :28.849); 11. Sebastia n Port o (l :28.859); 12. Alex Hofmann (l :28.994); 13. Tomom i Ma nak o 0 :29.088) ; 14. Lu ca Boscoscu ro (1:29.289); 15. Julien Allema nd (1:29.557); 16. Ant hon y West 0 :29.7(4); 17. Jaso n Vince nt 0 :29.934); 18. Joha n Stigefel t (1:29.939); 19. Roberto Rolf o 0 :29.974 ); 20. Joha n Stigfe lt (1:37.714); 21. Mauri ce Bolwerk 0 :30.216); 22 . Mas ak i Toku do me 0: 30.3(8); 23. Lu cas Oli ve r 0 :30.858); 24. Iamc Janssen (1:31.128); 25. David Ga rcia 0 :31.265); 26. Fons i Nieto 0 :31.616); 27. Lucas Oliver 0 :38 .72tD; 28 . Matias Rio s O:32.055}; 29. Mathia s Neu kirchen (1:32.694); 30. Christian Gemmel 0 :33.163); Dirk Brockma n 0 :33.389). 250c( GP: 1. Valen tino Rossi (A p r ); 2 . Lor is Capirossi (H e n): 3. Ralf Wal dmann (Ap r); 4. Sh in ya Naka no (Yam); 5. Stefano Perugini (Han); 6. An thony wes t (Hen), 7. Sebas tian Porto (Yam ); 8. Olivie r ja cqu e (Yam); 9. Alex H ofma nn (Hen); to . Lu ca Bos coscu ro (Han); 11. Juli en Allema nd (Ho n): 12. Roberto Rolf o (Ap r); 13. Mar cellino Lucchi (Ap r); 14. Tom omi Man ako (Ya m ); 15 . M asak i T o kud om e (Ho n ): 16 . M auri ce Bolwerk (Ho n); 17. Mik e Bald in ger (Ha n); '18. Fon si Nie to (Yam); 19. Ma th ias Ne u kirche n (Ap r); 20. Iamo Janssen (Han); 21. Dirk He idolf (Ho n); 22. Lucas Oliv er (Ya m ); 23. Ch ristia n Ge m me l (H e n) : 24. Ma tias Rios (Apr), T ime: 44 min., 49.622 Sf.'C. Dis tance: & 5.35 miles Average speed: 87,47 mph Margin of victory: 00.148 St'C. 2S0cc WORLD CHAM PIONS H IP SE RIES POI NT S STANDINGS (Afte r 9 of 15 ro un ds): 1. Valentino Rossi 065 /5 wi ns) ; 2. To h ru Ukaw a 047 /1 ); 3. Shinya Nakano (125/1); 4. Loris Capiro ssi (122/2); 5. Stefano Pe rugi ni (78) ; 6. Ralf Wa ld ma nn (78 ); 7. Jer e m y Upco ming Rounds: Round 10 - Brn o, Czech Republ ic. Augu st 22 Roun d 11 - San Mari no, ita ly, September 5 ty . 'Th~ layout ;"'ill be lengthened' by 'about '100 'meters i n an area str;; ight.'O riginally:it ';'a's b~)ieved thai Schmid wo uld have to pay . . Gibernau cras hed in Sunday 'l)"10mi!' g's war mup. ithe record was ' that w ill make' it s iight ly' fast er . There also be permane nt pit . the fine , but the-pro mo ter-eve ntually paid 'it , T he session was tied.·It didn't take ,long for the new 'mark 'to beset. Festma-Derbl' s fac'ilities and a media center bUili. and it will.be .desiqnated .a per- .. never stop ped ,an'd the worker was told .to remove the,flag: Bui it , Pablo Nieto crash ed on the first lap of the 125cc race, his third · came at a time when rnanynders were on .their fast ,laps , and it . shunt of the weekend. in the end. the ineptitude o f the riders would manent facility. Currently . the track is .oniy used twice a year. The ' project will cost 20 million Deutsche' marks. about $1 0.5 million. caused co nsiderable co nfus ion, Thecrasb. one of 2 1 for the com o , cause them to blow by the old markcrashmq a total of 69 .times for ' . '. bined three classes on ,Friday. carne.abo ut 40 minutes 'into the , : t he weekend, a new rec ord. Proton ,K R M od en a" rider .clarnie , . " ,Of all' the tracks ontheG rand Prix calendar; theSacbsenrinq is hou r-long sess ion. QUBTeam 'Optimu m's M cWilli ams ended up W hitham was crasher number two. the seco nd one ,being number ' easily the s fows'st..Data acquisition. from' Max Biaqqi's Kanernoseco nd 'fastest in the sess ion. . .: 68: Hepsol Honda's.Tady Okada was the last of Hie gravel trappers, If ihere is an' upside to all of this mayhem; it' s that the spills general- ' to Honda last year 'showed he .was at full thiottle for 'only a litt le Iy happ en'at low speed and very few seriousinjunes occur. over five seconds , of a 1:27.907 lap 'time. he was at part throitle ' IRTA . :the Intern at :onal'R'oad 'Racing Tea ms' A ssociat ion t ha; ' . . .' .'. '. . .. ' . . 'f<:> r about 42 sec'o nds. ~ nd off th rottle ,for 4 1: seconds ., The top' , aamini sters the GP s: and lSL ·Fr~nce .Ltd. m~de a jointa nnoun~e: speed he, achieved was 161 m ph:,By co ntrast. Marco ~elandri · 'i. m"nt that that lSL h ad dropp ed its lawsuit a9ai,rist IRTA in a Swi ss Mi;'helln debuted a sPeCial rea~ tire 'in Germany. adapted for V· 'Honda 125 was at full thrott le' for nearly' 40 s eco nds, of-a , :30,080 I court . The action had been filed by' ISL as a result of the failure of four use fro m iV·twi n .mold. Mic helin engineers believe the t ire's ' sec on d lap . ba rely two seconds .slo w er t ha n a 500 . .Rep sol .. the. tw o parties ,to collaborate on an 'agreement they' d ,signed 'in narrower profile and smaller size 'is useful around such a ,tightand , with an average speed , , February of 1996 . The ,pair had co me tog ether in a power play ' technical track . "We ' ve,had a few riders 'trying the V· 2 rear here.·.. . 'Honda's M ick 'D oohan won the ,Hi 98 of 88.,1 14 mph.' . . ,. , " , ' that IRIA was trying to make,to unseat D oma . the Spanish. com.Micli ehn Grano PriX' manager Jacques M orelli said of 't~ a tire that' panythat owns the prom oti onal and television'ri ghts to'the World ' looks' like a 250 tire. - The tire is from the same mold as our V-2 . Champ ionships.,IRTA. w hich'administers the GPs., selecting riders . tire but w ith diffe rent co nstruction and co mpound, This trac'k Is so ' ,A numb~r of nder s had'ambitious 'pians for the fo;'r -week brea k until 'the nex t G P, iri the' Czech' Republi c on 'A ugust 22. but'noi tight that 'the ,narrower rear helps ,handling and ' ste ering.,but I"m arid organizing the paddock .,approached ISL and offered the GP s .Team Suzuki' s:Kenny Robert s: - I' m goi ng to go home and tum off - something it couldn' t do since it does not have the naming or TV not su're it has enough l ractiorr through: the fast comers . ~ , Team , the cellular phone ,andjustleave ,everyt hing," he 'sald, - I was sic k ' rights. ISL later filed suit because IRTA co uldn't deliver the chamSuzuki. fo r one. opted not to try it. - Therew as a differenl r ear"a smalle r rear, team techn'ical .liaison chie f Warren Will ing .said. ,from Thursday to Sunday: like a 102 fever. I was all messed up, I pionship. since IRTA never had it. Though no details of the reso lution were released. ifs believed that lRTA will be paying oui-lo " We haa one mounted , W e did'n't actua lly' try it. The feedback said. :O kay; I'm not goiog l o go to the gym .:' For me ifs hard not to go to the gym: I've been w orking out since basically Argentina last ISL over a five.year span.,' . was . • couple of 'people tried land ii doesn' t suit here. tt assisted ' turning .:but ther e was n' t sufficie nt tra.ctio·n . " ' Team Kanem ot o year to 'get ready for this season.' so ( w hen.l start spending more Honda's 'on a' roll , having wo n '45 of the last 50 ' races. a rate' . Honda's Erv Kane!"oto atso had, one mounted..bui o pted n ot to than tw,o days away'ITo m the gym. I start i eeling bad because'men: ' tally you ju st think that yo'uneed ,to, I said. :O kay. Tu~sday ' and ' that puts them on 'a p acet o take over the top spot as the most use 'il. M ar,lb or o Yamaha's C arl o s Ch eca'.is one ride r w ho 'is , 'W ednesday, I' m goIng to' take off 'no matt er what :.because 'I got " successful manufact urer 'in the 500 cc class . rep lacing the venera believed to have been using the tire when he crashed on Friday. " back to Spain' on MOnday., And then Thursday I 'got sicker than hell . ' ble 'MV-Agusta . Coming into Geima ny. Horida had won seven o f honors we n; to Axo 'Elf L o ris nine races this season. the ot her 'tw o going ' to Suzuki. a dist ant ' so I 'didn't ge t to ihe gym all w eek until Monday 'and Tuesday I( before here. And it ~eem,ed to help me. it seemed to take my min,d , . fourth ove rall'with '82 wins. With seve n races remaining afie r Ger· C a p iro's s L A fter qualifying s~cond fastest 'for,the 250cc G P, the ' ' off a lot ,~f the problems that we have with the bike: Training. you . 'many , the mark could co me ' dow n before 'the ,seaso n ends in Italian showed up for the front ·row pre ss co nference with .his face ,always set a 'goal 'and try to thin'k about the, bikes. I think getting ' Argentina atthe end of o.ct obeL " ' " half-shaven : th~ left side of his face.' giving the effect' of a befo re, ' " away from it'ryelped oufqUit~ a bit: - ' ,and-. ft er ad for razor blades , As to ;"hy he 'd done ii. he replied. a ' . . ' C~';'e t~ Germany and' cra~h: Short. tighi circuit;bririg out ' the" ,: If s different. ", Another opinion was that he simply co uldn' t see ' Throw ing ~ red flag without authOriZ~tion in Friday',S 250C~ quali.. .... woistin' riders: af least according to the crash rate on the 19-tum . . ,the right s ide"of his face. the evide nce being his blindsidiilg Doc· , fying sess ion co st a 'com er wo rker ,5000 Swiss francs. That wa s 2. 18-rnile-long Sachsenring, On Friday. 2 1,riders hit the deck : co m: shop Aprilia s Marcellino ,Lucchi off ,the ,track 'at the start of the the' fine ·that Karsten Schmid was docked for throw ing ,j redAag , , par8

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