Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Jero nimo Vida l (Apr); I S. Ale ssand ro Bran nett i (Ap r); r 19. Be nhard Abs meier (Apr); 20. Max Sabbatani (Ha n); 21. [akub Sm rz (Hen): 22. Pablo N ieto "(Der): 23. Igor K."11ab (Hon) . Time: 41 min ., 23.897 sec. Distance : 19 laps . 63.647 miles Aver age speed: 92.246 m ph Margin or victory: 11.672 sec. 125 WORLD C SHI P POI NT STANDINGS IAfter 10 of 16 round s) : 1. Ma s ao Az u ma (I61 ); 2. Em ilio Alzamora 057>; 3. N ob oru Ueda (I 19) ; 4 . Marco Melandri (15); 5. Roberto Loca telli ( 13); 6. Ar na ud Vincent (03); 7. Gi an lu ig! Scalvi n i (9 1) ; 8 . Luci o Cecchincllo (80); 9. Simone Sanna (63); 10. Gino Borsci (53); 11. Kez uto Sakata (4$ ); 12. Youichi Ui (46); 13. Ivan Goi (36); 14. Mirko C ian santi (34); 15. Jeronimo Vida l (Above) The 250cc Grand Pr i x gets ready to ge t started with pole sitter Ralf Waldmann (6) preparing to get the ju m p on the field . (Belo w ) Roberto Locate lli (15) w as hounded throughout t h e 125cc Grand Pr ix by Marco Melandri (13 ). Locatelli eventually succumbed to the p ressure an d c rashed, gi ving Melandri the victory. . (28 ). 250 Q UALIFYING : 1. Ralf Waldma nn (2:04.158); 2 loris Cap iros si (2;04.160; 3. Vale tin o, Russi (2:04.430; n 4. Stefano Perugini (2 :04 .503 ); 5 . Tohru Ukn w a (2:04 .69 3) ; b. 5 . Naka n o (2 :04 .705); 7. Jerem y McWilliam s (2:04.76K); 8. Fran co Batta ini (2:04.980); 9. Iaso n Vincen t (2:05.296); 10. Seba stian Porto (2:05.329); 11. O livier ja cqu e (2:05. 826); 12 . Ro berto Rolfo . (2:05.830); 13. Julien Allemand (2:0~ .377); 14. Tomomi Manako (2:06.405); 15.· Alex Hoffman (2:06.520); 16. Masak i Tok u dome (2:07.113 ); 17. Ma u r ice Bo lw c rk (2:07.114); 18. Luca Boscoscu ro (2:07.360); 19. Adam WL ~t (2:07.QI5); 20. [amo [an ssen (2:07.933); 21. Dav id Garcia (2:08.049); 22. Scott Smar t (2.1)8.255); 23. Lucas Oli ver (2:08.290); 24. Johan Stlgefelt (2;08.299); 25. Foru.i Niet o (2:08.542 ); 26. Vlad mir Castka (2:08. 725); 27 . Matia s Rios (2:09.678); 28. Ana Visscher (2:09.810; 29. Rado mi l Rous (2.:10.570); 30. Lars Lange r (2:11.720). 2SOC RAND PRI X: 1. Valen tin o Rossi (Apr); 2. Rolli Waldmann (Apr); 3. Tohru Uka w a (Hen): 4. Shinya Nak an o (Ya m); 5. Oli vie r Jac que (Ya m); 6. St efa no Perugini (Ho n): 7. l ori s Ca pi rossl (Hen): 8. Jer e my McWilliam s (Apr ); 9. Jaso n Vincent (Hen ), 10. Fra nco Battaini (Apr); 11. Roberto Rol fe (Ap r); 12. Masaki Tokudome (Ho n); 13 . Luca Bos coscu ro (Hon ): 14 . Tomomi Manakc (Ya m); 15. Ant hony West (Han); 16. Dav id Garcia (Ya m); 17. Fon s i Nieto (Ya m); 18. jarn o A third M od enas t riple • Hale' s spare bike . was ri dden by BSL rider Mark Willis. after the 'New Zealand team decided to w ithdraw their own three-cylinder machine aft er a first seas on in which the innova tive handbuild bike has failed to start even one race . "We tested during the break. and though we seem to have fixed the crankshaft prob lem. we had ot her pro blem s. including a jamming power valve ." said tea m coordinator Dave Stewart . ". flew back to N ew Zealand for discussions WIth Bill Buckley 1 (the wealthy computer sys tems manufacturer behind the projectJ. and we decided It was better to withdraw the machine and conti nue development in New Zealand . It was just too wa steful try ing to fix problems from so far away . " They decided to stick with the tbree-cylinder concept. however. leasing a Modenas to fini sh the season. so that rider Will is and the crew could gain much-needed race .experience. " W e hope to be bac k next year With a two-rider team . M ark and a N ew Zea land rider. " said Stewart . It was .likely they wo uld run another .make of bike. "We are havinq discussio ns w it h M odenas and with V-foor manufacturers ." said .Stewart. A raeing ret urn. for the BSL was planned for 18 month s hence. thou gh it was hoped the machine wo uld have some Wild Card out ings durtnq next aea· son. out the tiresome interruption of haVing to go racing . Yamaha came up' with a new chassis for the ultra -nervous 500. with Marlb oro rider s M ax Biaggi and Carlos Checa testing it at' Brno du ring the break. Bo th were fast. with Biaggi setting the fa ste st-ever lap of the track. Biaggi also .has new gas: pressurized Ohlins front 'forks. also aimed at fixing the often tenuous front -end grip of the crash-prone machi ne. "It is a big step. and I feel th.at from now we can expect an improvement in resu lts. ". he said. after quahfying third -fastest for the race . Honda also te st ed during the break. as did Red Bull Yamaha and some other teams . Suzuki dec ided to take a break . but factory. engin eers delivered new engine parts and a new chassis for the race . along with a number of other parts that the team will tes t in the week after the Czech race . Showa suspension enginee rs also made improvements. "Th e bike feels better to ride off·the bot tom end. and the balance is bet ter. " said rider Kenny Rob ert s Jr. Kenny Roberts .Jr. continued his winning streak afte r vic tory in the GerrnanGf'. wi nning the Paddock Top G un shooting com pet ition at the range at the Bm o track. Robert s was tea med with his race engineer. Bob Toomey. Suzuki team manager Garry Taylor and learn software engineer '. Alfred Willeke were second. Valentino Rossi had a new etiassi s fo r his factory Aprilia that he tried for tlie first time at Bm o. " It is aimed to make the bike more stable under acceleration. and also to tum into the co mers bett er: At first : it was diffi · cult. but when we returned to the old suspension settings: it was much better." he said. . . MuZ also gave the te sting a miss . but likewise came up wi th a number o f impr oved eng ine and c hass is parts th at helped ride r J urgen va n den Goorberg h to take the powerful but hard-t o-ride Y·four to pole posi tio n at " . Bmo. A n';' co ffee 'u,ble mo torcycle .racing history book was launched at the Italian scooter firm Italjet mace th ei r G P debut at B rno . with Czech Czech Rep ub lic GP. Entitled ·Motocourse 50 Yea rs ' of Moto Republic rider Jaro slav Hules out on th eir new 125 . due for a full· time seaGrand Prix· · it is the offi cial history of the first 50 years of the world son in the year 2000. The' neat -lookmq machine qualified 19th. · on the fifth row of the grid · with top speed figures showing ,t was losing most of charnp ionsblps.' from 194 9 to 199 8. ' M ade to the same fo rmat as the its time in a straight hne. Hules set a best ' speed of 122.202 mph in prac · prestigious M ot ocou rse annual. the new book examines the pre-war roots tree , beating only three wild-card entries. wh ile Kazuto Saka ta 's Honda of the champions hip and covers the 50 years in five chapte rs. the first . . writt en by histo rian Jan Leek. and the subse quent decades by diffe rent . was fastest at 132.61 8 mph. writers who were present at the tim e; M ick W oollett. Chris Carte r. edito r . Masao Azuma . the 125cc championship points leade r. escaped wi th D ennis Noyes a nd depu ty edito r M ichael Scott. Numerous side panels cover important riders and key eve nts in greater detai l. and each chapter . only minor injuries after a spectacular 'crash in practice· a roe deer stag has a technical overview by Kevin Cameron. Supplements co mpiled by ran acros s the tra ck in front of him. and he hit it fair and square . Altho ugh sta tistician Dr. M artin Raines cover results fo r the five decades. as well dense forest s surround Bmo. this is the fir st time a deer has invaded the track .. Azu ma wa s doing som e 80 mph when he stru ck the dee r. after ' as other key events. The book is pub lished by Hazleton . braking (as his tea m announced with ' commendable accuracy for 80.34 The summer break gave a chance not only for rest and recreation for ' meters). He was thrown over the handlebars . and went tumbling down the . trackas his Benetton Honda disintegrated behind him . the riders . but alsofor engineers to work on machine development with- Janssen (Hon ); 19. Lucas Oliv er (Ya m); 20. Matia s Rios (Ap r); 21. Vlad imir Castka (Ho nl . . Time: 48 min ., 44.114 'Oe'C. Distanc e: 20 laps, 67.332 mi les Aver age sp eed : 96.163 mph Margin or viclory: 0.077 St.'C. 250 WO RLD CSHIP POINT ST ANDINGS (After 10 or 16 ro unds): 1. Videntino Rossi (190/6 wins) ; 2. Tohru U ke w a (163 /1); 3 . Shinya N akano (138 ); 4 . Lo ris Ca pi ros s! 031 /2); 5. RaJ( Waldmann (9';"); 6. Stefano Perugi ni (88); 7 . jeremy McWilliam s (SO); 8. Fran co Ba ttaini (n ); 9. jason Vinc e n t (43); 10. Marcellino Lucch i (41); 11 . Seba sti en Porto (41); 12. Lu ca Boscoscuro (40); 13. CI1E) Robert o Rolfo l Anthon y Wt. S "t (37); 15. Olivier Jacque (32). 500 QUALIFYING: 1. Iurgen van den Goo rbe rg h (2:01.572) ; 2. Ale x enville (2:01.617); 3. Max Biaggi (2:01. 720); 4. Te tsuya Hara d a (2:U1.758) ; 5 . Ken n y Roberts Jr. (2:01.762); 6. Tada yu ki Okada (2:01.89-1): 7. Ca rlos Checa (2:02.107); 8. Alex Barr os (2:02.121); 9. Norick Abe (2:02.237); 10. John Kocinski (2:02.418); 11. Ncbuatsu Aoki (2:02.429); 12. Ga rry McCoy (2:02.608); 13. Regis Laconi (2:02.b64); 14. Jua n Borja (2:02.697); 15. Setc Glbernau (2:02.7Ml);16. Haruchika Aoki (2:03.424); 17 . Lu ca C a d a lo r a (2:03 .83 4 ); 18. Jam ie Whitham (2 :04 .214 ); 19. Jose -luis Cardoso (2:04 .541); 20 . .094J; 21. Mik e Hale (2:05.572); Sebas tien Gimbert <2:05 22. Mark Willis (2:05.746); 23. Michael Rutter (2:06.201); 24. David DeGea (2:08.281). 500 GRAND PRI X: 1. Tadayuki O kada IHon ): 2. Alex Cri ville IHon): 3. Kenn y Roberts Jr. (Suz ); 4. Ma x BiAgg i (Yam) ; 5. Tetsuye Harada (Apr); 6. Nobuatsu Ao ki (Suz ); 7. A lex Ba rr o s (H o n ): 8. Garry McCoy (Ya m); 9. Regis Lacon ! (Yam); 10. Sete Clbernau (Hon); 11. Ju rge n van den Coorbergh (MuZ ); 12. Juan Borja (Ha n); 13. Haruchika Aaoki (Han); 14. John Kocinski (Ha n); 15. Mike Hal e (Mod) ; 16. Mark Willis (Mod). Tim e: 45 min ., 18.066 St.'C. Di ..ta nce: 22 lap s, 73.693 miles Average speed: 97.609 mph Mar gin of victory: 0.240 sec. 500 WO RLD C' SH IP POI NT STAN DINGS (Afte r 10 of 16 ro u n d s): 1. Alex Crivtl lc (194 /6 wi ns); 2. Kenny Roberts Jr. 0 43/ 2 win..); 3. Tad ayuki Oka da 038/2 win s); 4. 5cte Cibc rna u (138); 5. Tetsu ya Ha rada (86); 6. Ma x Biaggi (84); 7. Ca rlos C heca (78); 8. (TIE ) John Kocin ski IJuan BOr} (74); 10. Nonck Abe (73) ; 11. Alex "1 Barros (58); 12. No bua t...u Aoki (41); 13. Regi s Lacon i (40); 14. Haruchika Aoki (3'1); 15. Mick Doohan (33). Upcoming Rounds: Round 11 - San Ma rino •. September 5 Round 12 - Va len cia . Spa in . September 19 Q; E CD Q. CD en 13

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