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je nkncr 0:52.405); 17. Mirko Giansanti 0:52.538); 18.
Ar nau d Vin cent (1:52 .823); 19. Rand y de Pun ier
0 :52.896); 20. Angel Ni eto Jr. 0 :52.965); 21. Fred er ic
Petit (1:53.231); 22. Pab lo Nieto 0 :53.464); 23. Kazu to
Sakata (1:53.628); 24. Robbin Ha rms (1:54.151); 25. jason
Di Salvo (1:54.387).
2SO Q UAL IFYIN G : 1. Valentino Rossi 0:45.844):
cc
2. O liv ie r Ja cq u e (1;45 .846); 3 . Ste fa no Peru gi ni
(t :46.238 ); 4. Sebastia n Po rt o (1 :46.330); 5. Fran co
Batta ini 0 :46.701); 6. Tomomi Manako 0 :46.713); 7.
To hru Ukawa 0 :46.744); 8. Robeto Rolfo 0 :46.764); 9.
Shinya Na ka no (1:47.097); 10. Ralf Waldmann 0:47.111);
11. Jeremy McWilliams 0 :47.261); 12. Lori s Capirosei
0 :47.335); 13. Mas aki Tokudom e 0 :47.644); 14. Luea
Boscoscuro (1:47.843); IS. Ju lien Allemand (1:47.892); 16.
Alex Hofmann 0 :48.021); 17. Fonsi Niet o 0 :48.199); 18.
jason Vincent (I :48.245); 19. Sco tt Sma rt (1:48.294); 20.
Joha n Stige felt (1:48.399); 21. An thony West 0:48.415);
22 . Mau ri ce Bol werk 0 :48.494); 23. Da v id Garcia
(1:48.930 ; 24. Ma tias Rios 0:49.619); 25. Ja rno ja nsse n
{1:49.967); 26. Ga briel Borgmann 0:50.053); 27. Diego
Pie rl uiggi {1:50.307}; 28 . Ma rk us Ba rth 0:50.989); 29 .
Lea nd ro Mulet 0: 52.381) ; 30. Leandro Gi uggia
0:52.477).
500cc Q UA LIFYING, 1. Kenny Roberts 0 :44.354); 2.
Tadayuki Okada (1:44.718); 3. Alex Crivill e 0 :44.782); 4.
Max Biaggi 0 :44.854); 5. [urger van der Goo r be rg h
0 :45.000); 6 . N n rick Abe 0 :45.02 0); 7. Carlos Checa
0 :45.056); 8. Nobua ts u Aoki (l :45.158); 9. Juan Borja
0 :45.291); 10. Alex Barros 0 :45.363); 11. John Kocin ski
(1:45.444); 12. Jos e Luis Cardoso (1:45.88 1); 13. Se te
Gibe rn au 0 :46.016); 14. Mar k Willi s 0 :46.266); 15.
Haru chika Aoki (1 :46 .322); 16. Tctsuy a Harada
0 :46.471); 17. Anthony Gobe rt 0 :46.523); 18. Ga rry
McCoy 0 :46.634); 19. Regis Lacon! 0:46.783); 20. David
Dt.. Ct.a 0 ;46.784); 21. Sebas tien Gimbcrt 0 :47.129); 22.
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Mike Hale 0 :47.595); 23. Micha el Rutter 0 :48.331); 24.
. Steve Martin 0 :48.362).
125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Marco Melandri (Ho n): 2.
Emilio Alz a mo ra (Hen) : 3. Roberto Locatelli (Ap r); 4.
Gino Borso i (Apr); 5. Mirko Ci ansan ti (Han ); 6. Simo ne
Sa nna (He n): 7. Gia nluigi Scalvini (Apr); 8. Ivan Co i
(Hu n); 9. Pablo N ieto (Der): 10. Randy de Puni et (Apr );
11. Ma x Sabbatani (Han); 12. Fred eri c Petit (Apr); 13.
Robbin Harms (Apr).
T ime: 42 min., 37.380 St.'C .
Distance:. 3 laps , 62031 miles
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Ave rage Spee-d: 87.32 mph
Margin of Victo ry: 0.219 St..-'C.
Fastes t Lap : Marco Melandri, 1:50.140/ 88.15 mph
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250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Oliv ier Jacq ue (Yam); 2.
To h ru Ukawa (Han ); 3. Val ent ino Ro ss i (Apr); 4.
Sebastia n Por to (Yam ); 5. Shin ya Nakano (Ya m ); 6.
St efano Per u g ini (Hen): 7 . Rob e rt o 'Rolfe (A pr) ; 8.
An tho ny West (Hon ): 9. To mo mi Man ako (Yam ); 10.
Alex Hofmann (He n): 11. Ralf Waldmann (Apr); 12.
Jason Vince nt (Hen): 13. Sco tt Smart (Apr); 14. Fon si
N ieto (Yam); 15. Masa ki Tok ud ome (Hen): 16. Iamo
Ja nssen (Han); 17. Ma uri ce Bolwerk (Ha n); 18. Johan
Stigefelt (Yam); 19. Leandro Mulet (Hen): 20. lea nd ro
Giuggia (Yam).
Tim e: 44 rnin., 34.817 sec .
Distance: 25 1aps, 67.425 m il e
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Averag e Speed: 90.746 mph
Margi n of Vietoryt 9.236 sec .
Fastest Lap: Olivier Jacque, 1:45.734/ 91.826 mph
SOOcc GRAND PRIX: 1. KI."Ony Roberts Jr. (Suz); 2.
M .1XBiaggi (Yam); 3. Norick Abe (Yam); 4. Carlos C heca
(Yam); 5. Alex Crivil le (Hen): 6. Sete Cibemau {He n): 7.
John Kocinski (Hon); 8. Alex Barros (Hon ); 9. Juan Borja
(Ha n); 10. [u rge n van d er Goo rbergh (Muz); 11. Tets uya
Harad a (Apr); 12 Regis Laco ni (Yam); 13. Ca rry McCoy
(Yam); 14. Mark Willis (Mod); 15. Ha ruchi ka Ao ki
(Hen) : 16. Jo se Lu is Cardoso (He n) : 17. Sebasti en
Gimbe rt (Hen): 18. Mike Hale (Mod ); 19. Michael Rutter (Hen): 20. Steve Martin (Hen).
Ti me: 47 min ., 23.710 sec.
Dista nce . 27 laps , 72.819 mile
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Avera ge Speed: 92.185 mph
Margin of Vidory: 2.033 sec.
Fastes t Laps Kenn y Roberts, 1:44.781/ 92.661 mp h
125« WOR LD CH A MPIONS HIP FINAL POI N T
STANDINGS: 1. Em ili o Alza mo ra (227) ; 2. Ma rco
Mela nd ri (226/5 wins); 3, Masa o Azuma 090 /5 wi ns);
4. Robe r to LocateJlUl73 /2 w ins) ; 5 . Noboru Ueda
071/1 w in); 6. Gian luigi Scalvin i 063/2 wi ns ); 7.
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ST AN D IN G S : 1. Va le n ti no Ross i (309 /9 w ins) ; 2.
Tohru Uk<:l wa (261/2 wi ns); 3. Loris Capirossi (209/3
wins) ; 4. Shin yil Nakano (20 7 / 1 win) ; 5 . Stefan o
Pe rugi ni ( 51); 6. Ralf Wal dmann' (131); 7. O li vie r
Ja cque (122 / 1 w i n ); 8. Fran co Battaini (21) ; 9 .
Seba stia n Porto (98); 10. Je remy McWilliams (83); 11.
Jason Vince nt (70); 12. A ntho ny Wes t (66); 13. Luca
Boscosc uro (66); 14. Roberto Rolfo (62); 15. Tom omi
Man ako (52); 16. Alex Hofm.lOn (51); 17. Ma rce llino
Lu c hi (49); 18. Masaki Tokud ome (3 7); 19. Na oki
Matsu do (21 ); 20. Daijinl Kat oh (11) ; 21. Julien
Allema nd (1); 22. Ta tsu ya Ya maguchi (10); 23. Fonsi
Nieto (10); 24. Tosh ihiko Hon ma (6); 25. Lucas Oli\'ier
(6); 26. Scotl Sm> rt (5); 27. Jo ha n S'i gefel. (4); 28. Jam ie
Robinson (4); 29. David Ga rcia (4); 30. Jamo Ja nssen (2);
31. Te kky u Kayo (I ).
500« W OR LD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL POINT
STAND INGS: 1. Alex eriville (267/6 win s); 2. Kenny
Robe rts Jr . (220 / 4 wins) ; 3. Tada yu ki Okada (211 / 3
wi ns) ; 4. Ma x Biaggi (194/1 wins ); 5. Sete Gibemau
(165); 6. Norick Abe (136/1 win); 7. Ca rlos ChCOl (125);
8. John Kocinski (115); 9. Alex Barros (110); 10. Te .suyn
Har.ld a (104); 11. Regis Laconi (03); 12. Jua n Borja. (92);
13. Nobuatsu Aoki (78) ; 14. Ga rry McCoy (65); 15.
Haruchika Aok i (54); 16. ].urger van der Goorbergh (40);
17. Mic k Doo ha n (33) ; 18. Simo n C rafa r ( 9); 19.
Sebastien G imbc rt ( 6); 20 , Luca Cadalora (14); 21.
Shin ichi Itoh / Yu kio Kag aya ma (9); 23. David Dt'Ge-a
(8); 24. Markus Ober (n; 25. An tho ny Gobert / Josie Luis
Car d oso (6); 27. Mich ael Rutter (5); 28. Jean Mich el
Bayle (4); 29. No riya su Nu ma ta / Ma rk Will is /M ike
Hale (3); 32 Jamie Wh itham / Steve Martin (2) .
Cha mpions aU: The n ew ly c ro wned World Ch ampions. (From le ft to r igh t) Em il io Alza m ora, Valent in o Rossi and Alex Crivllle.
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· ju st as happy for the Banbury workshop to operate -as an engineeri ng ·
· facility , and just co me to the races to watch Kenny (J r.l, " h e said..But he .
planned .lo build theewaited M k3 versio n of the three-cylinder mot or anyway by the end of the year, whether or riot the tea m.will ra ce thebike.
The M k3 mo tor is snorter and lighler than the curren t M k2 vers ion. which
Spain wi ll erupt onTuesday, Ncvemeer.z. with 25:000 peo ple expected
to meel the country's first-ever World Champion Alex C r iv ille· o n his ·solved reliability problems of Ihe first ; but inlroduced handlirig problems
becaus~ of its ex ~essiye length.
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return from Argeniina at Barcelona Airport. and 10 ,00 0 ecstat ic bikers i,t
the Catalunya circuit outside the city, before yet another official reception
·in his hom e town of Seva . Crtvi lle, wh o wrapped up the title last weekend .. Roberts denied rumors thai he wou ld take up the job as R i d e rs; Repre s e ntati ve ,·in the wake of the white -line co ntroversy...A sked if he had
in Rio, is only the second rider in history to wi n tit les in the 125 and SOOcc
been formally approac hed. he said only , "No comme nt." . .. . .
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.c1asses. The other was Brilish racer Phil Read .
There wa s surprise at an RM anno uncement that they are goi ng into the
gambling bus i n e ss . From the. Ar genti nean GP . Internet use rs we re
able to. play :" M otorplay , " be lting on line. by credi t card upto an hour
RaCing's iavorilebad boy A nt h o n y G o b ert' s f u ture GP ea·reer is in
before the race , wi th aminlmurn stake of 1.5 Euros for "a minimum of two
doubt yet again:after he failed to arrive for race-rnorninq wa rm-up' - to the
co lumns: ccrres pc ndinq to two combin ed classes : 500/ 125 or 500/250 ,
with prizes plus jack pot s for the top scores : For more .detail contact the
surprise of his hitherto-supportive MuZ team. It turned oui t he 24 .year.old
'A ustralian was sick i~ bed. after co mplaining all weekend of · stomach .. :IM W eb site . The surprise Comes from the fac t that the FIM .are also offi ·
cial stewa rds o f the .G P meeting s , re spon sible for. spo rt ing dec ision s.
probl ems. A terse sla tement fro m his team blamed " food poi soning and
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increas ing ·stomach cramps" fo r. his abse nce.with Gobert quo ted as say, . Soine clash of interes ts is suspec ted ," ·ing·: "I. am very sony for the team because I really would have like d to fin·
Race director and IRTA ·c hief executiv~ Paul .Butler was a blq-tirne loser
ish the year.on a high not e but J fee l so sick and weak that I can 't eve n
come .to the track today. " Gobert. sacked by S uzuki in .199 7 after l est ing . atthe Argentinean ·GP. Three yea rs ago, he bet. Team Padgett' s .boss
po sitive for marijuana. hopes to s tay with MuZ next y ear . after opp ortuni- . Peter Padgett $500 that the .M oden as. wou ld win a race with in its fir st
three years. " If I. wa s rea lly mischi evou s.t.lwould tellevery one he 'd
ties in W orl d Sup erbikes slipped away ove r the past w eeks, but" team
promi sed to give it
Riders for Health. " said a philo sophical Butler. " But
bo ss Rolf Biland said:: There is only a verysmall c hance he will be with
he' s sugges te d we should drink his winnings toqether.instead." .
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Ale x Bar ros set anothe r record in Argentina ·· becoming the first SOOcc .
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rider ever to' make 100 ·conse cutive race sta rts .
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· M~ Blagg;'s ·new ~rew c hief for next year';"m be feliow Italian Fion.nzo : . The
on ne.x~ year's cale ndar . .afte rlacka daisica l prornotlon and bad -weather
Fanali,. wh o. will replace Mike Sinclair. The New Ze alander is expec tinq
·to reti re from GP racing after 20 years at the highes t levels , tho ugh h e · kept the cro w ds d own to pit ifu l levels -. But th ou gh many .expect the
M alaysian .G P to be put ·in its place ; Dom e managing direct orCarmelo
said he ·might be tempted to consider an offe r from Yamaha to take on an
Ezpeleta expressed doubts.also aboul that. because of the lack of specta·
overall tech nical role, if . the fee was sufficiently large . Fanali pre';i ou sly
· wo rked for the factorY Yamaha·.team wilh Eddie lawson, then wilh Ihe ·tors. ·" It' s impo rta nt to be able to show full grandstan ds on· lelevision for
the image of the spo rt· - that is .why .we acce pt ·some poo r condition s in
same rider al C agiva before moving to.Yamaha's W orldSuperb ike team..
·o ther respects at theSachsenring, for ""a~ple ." .
W hite·line fever grippedlhe paddock fora se~ond South AmeriCan.race ..
after several 500cc riders c ras h ed in th e first praClice session for the
Four-s t rO ke regu lations for the year. 2002 will be announced within a
Arge nt ine GP . Kenny Roberts was the firs!.: folloWed by Noric k·Ab e imd .. co uple of weeks. according to Ezpeleta. "The manufacturers are in agree·
ment. and we expect the FIM to final.ize details and make ' an announce· ·
Ca rlo s C heca , and the po litiC"ally motiva ted A merican immediately
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·arranged i meeiing between "i1lhe 500 riders and D oma managing direc- . m ent very. short ly," he said.
tor Carmelo Espeleta . The riders emerged from behind closed doors. all
. smiles, with notqnly a promise 10 try and improve .the conditions al the · Aprilia has ·suspended wor~·on thei r V.f~ur 50 0 machine .pending final
Buenos Aires trac k, but also to arrive at.an effective standard thaI wou ld
news on the four,strokes in the class, according to" race·depa rtment bo ss
prevent .problem s in Ihe future . Mick D oohan' s seaso n and possi bly
Jan Wi tteveein. " It is di. ficull to ma ~e a b ig commitment to a V .four in
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career 'w ere finished when he .crashed after- touching a white line in' half·
these ci~cumstances , " he said.
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wet con ditio ns al Jerez. and Robert s "iso crashed there that same afternoon fo r the same reason . "W e a.rranged ·the mee ting becau se w e wa nt. · Brit ish Sup erbike .rid er C h r i s W alker is earm~rked for a new SOOcc
·to ·fix this problem.· · said Roberts. "The w hite lines are very dangerous
team . with sponsorship ready and waiti ng: according to severa l high-level
right now al a lot of tracks . as we saw at Jerez." The riders found a ~yrri' . leaks ·around Ihe padd ock . Tuning guru Erv Kanerno to is earmarked to run
pathetic ear:with Espeleta, he continued. ' He was alieady on the same . I he leam, and it. might also ·mean that a British terrestrial·TV broadcas ter,
path as us. W e gave him some ideas ·and he gave us somebackup, and · · Channel ·Five: wi ll show the GPs live, The only thomy problem remains
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Michelin is all for helping us. tes ting differeni paints wit h th eir tire s. using
supply of a motorcyde for the popular rider .
simulating machines ," said Roberts.
. Italian .leenager M a n u a l P o g g i a l i w·i11 ride.a 1·2Scc Derbi next season ,
accordi ng to a press release issued by the ·I eam, But there is cont roversy
· Track o ffic ials attacked the offending Arge~tinean p aint w ith blow ·to rchesand high pressu re ho ses , working ·until 4 a :m. on Saturd ay - bUI new
over the dec ision . since A priliais also in contact with the yo ung rider . He
champio n·s Alex Crivi lle and Va lenti no Rossi bot h crashed .for the same ·· had not signed a contrac t ye I. admitt ed Derb i" because ,at . 16 he is not
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· Ken ny Roberts was· back at the Ar gentine GP . afie;an·absen~e of tWo . Valentino Rossi will. decide·his racing future a day or two after ;etu m·months following a heavy crash while trail riding at home in M ont ana;The .. ing to Italy fro m Ihe So uth Ame rican races. He must decide between joinfoim er ·t hree.time· W orld Ch ampion and founder of the Modenas team . ing Honda in the SOOcc class , or staying for one mor e ·year.w ith Aprilia on
brqke fiv e ribs ·and a w rist ·and said"" 1never hit the ·gro und as hard as that . th e ·2S0: "1 decided to wa it until thechampionshipwas .overbef ore makthrough out my .racing caree r.: He had littleoomfort fo·r·M odenas fans . ·ing mY decision, " .he said. Fellow Italian· Marco Mel andri h·as also yetto .
team. but l wo uld·be.. · c?mm it,but is currentlyexpecled io stay. in the. 1250c class next year.
·" W e 're still loo king for backirig for n"xi year fo r i he . . . ' . .
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