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a!iJ&J[fiJ @1] lifJD@ [ljJ@@liD[fiJ(f)8 @&J~@W [Sli@[fiJ@[l ~..a_rce etii'ites his seconcI· place finish. The Japanese rider sits aecond In the championship points standings. ally shrinking. By lap 17, he and his shadow Yuzy were among them. Stoner won it, claiming his second sixth place of the year, though he admitted that, while his wrist injury gave him few problems, sheer exhaustion was a problem. He headed Matsudo, Yuzy and Alzamora over the line, with Elias dropping back eight seconds in 10th, though still safe from the next pair, Haru Aoki and David Checa. Nieto retained the points lead, with Melandri closing, 101 to 95. Rolfo has 80, then de Puniet 66, Battaini 60 and Alzamora 59. 125cc GRAND PRIX A fierce first lap saw three crashed out on only the third corner, but by the end of it Pedrosa was in front, pursued by Poggiali and second junior-team Telefonica rider Joan Olive, himself pursued by Youichi Ui. Poggiali led the next two laps, but then ran wide, and from then until almost half distance Pedrosa made the running, Ui and Olive in pursuit, Poggiali among them and Jenkner hanging on behind. Olive then dropped out of the group, with Jenkner also not quite able to stick to the pace. On lap II, Poggiali powered back ahead of Pedrosa, but the young Spaniard stayed glued to his back wheel, and likewise Ui, until the luckless Japanese rider was flicked over the high side on lap 14. Then there were just the two, and the crowd roared as Pedrosa - who seemed clearly faster through the twists moved around the outside to lead across the line as they started the final lap. Had he gone to soon? Poggiali powered past to lead into turn one, but Pedrosa stayed poised and passed again going into the final complex. He seemed to have it won as he ran into the last turn with a couple of lengths in-hand. Poggiali's masterstroke proved him wrong. Jenkner was a lonely third; behind, Olive also had a disappointing race after starting so well. CecchineUo had gotten away badly, 14th on the first lap, but had been pulling through remorselessly. By the time he caught Olive with five laps to go, he had a high-class gang with him, and the Spaniard had to fight hard to maintain any sort of a place in the group. Five riders crossed the line within one second: Cecchinello, Simone Sanna (Aprilia), Olive, Stefano Bianco and Pablo Nieto (both Aprilia), with impressive Finnish rookie Mika Kallio (Honda) dropping off the back of the group for ninth, narrowly fending off the next gang, led by Mirko Giansanti. The first-lap crash had claimed Borsoi, Dovizioso and Barnnetti, with Bautista falling a little further around. De Angelis also crashed, after recovering from an earlier collision with Bianco. Poggiali extended his recently won lead from one point to 21 over Arnaud Vincent, who was 11th behind Giansanti, 111-90. Pedrosa is closing on 86, then Cecchinello (80) and Jenkner (59). ION Gran Praml Morlboro De Cotolunyo Bon:elono, Spoin Results: June 16, ZDDZ 125 GRAND PRIX QQAAUFVING: 1. Manuel Poggiali (1:51.216); 2. Pablo Nieto (1:51.472); 3. Steve Jenkner (1 :51.657); 4. Deniel Pedrosa (1:51.667); 5. Lucio Cecchinello (1:51.988); 6. Vouichi Ui (1:52.138); 7. Jorge Lorenzo (\ :52.\43); 8. Simone Sennll (I :52.258); 9. Gino Borsoi (1:52.324); 10. Mika Kallio (1:52.343); 1I. Stefano Bianco (1:52.383); 12. Alex De Angeli. (1:52.438); 13. ~SClO Azume (1 :52.565); 14. Andree Dovizioso (1:52.601); 15. Joneslav Hules (1:52.608); 16. Mirko Giansenti (1 :52.894); 17. Stefano Perugini (I :52.899): 18. Arnaud Vincen' (1 :52.938); 19. Andree Bellednl (I :53.179); 20. Michel Fabrizio (I :53.306); 2 I. Joan Olive (I :53.338); 22. Chaz Davies (1:53.434); 23. Gianluigi SClIlvini (1:53.532); 24. Jakub Smrz (1 :53.736); 25. Angel Rodriguez (\:53.841); 26. Julian Simon (1:53.884); 27. Hector Barbera (1:54.286); 28. Alvaro Bautista (1:54.433): 29. Mattia AngelonI (1 :54.865); 30. Alessandro Brannetti (1:55.165); 31. imre Toth (1:55.272); 32. Alex B~ddolini (I :55.700); 33. Leon Climier (1:56.451). 250 GRAND PRIX QOAUFYlNG: 1. Fonsi Nieto (1:47.315); 2. Morco Melandri (1:47.745); 3. Roberto Locatelli (1:47.792); 4. Randy De Puniet (1:47.805); 5. Franco Battllini (1:47.817); 6. Roberto Rolfo (1:48.058); 7. Emilio Alzamora (1:48.444); 8. Seba.tian Porto (1:48.447); 9. Toni Elia. (1:48.598): 10. Alex Debon (1:48.721); 11. Nlioki Matsudo (1:48.737): 12. Shah"'l Vuzy (1:48.772); 13. Casey Stoner (I :48.809); 14. Haruchika Aoki (\ :48.938); 15. Dlivid Checll (1:49.249); 16. Tliro Sekiguchi (1:49.314): 17. Raul Jara (1:49.370); 18. Vincent Philippe (1:49.471); 19. Hugo Marchand (1:50.084); 20. Leon HlIslllm (1:50.515); 21. JlIY Vincent (1:50.907); 22. Hector Faubel (1:5\.050); 23. Jamo Jan.sen (1:51.204); 24. Eric Bolaille (1:51.422); 25. Dirk Heidolf (I :52.057). MoloGP QOAUFYING: 1. Max Biaggi (1:44.523); 2. Tohru Ukllwll (1:44.859); 3. Sete Gibernau (1:44.940); 4. Vaientlno Rossi (1:44,950); 5. lori. Capirossi (1:45.133); 6. John Hopkin. (1:45.148); 7, Carlos Checll (1 :45.253); 8. Kenny Roberts Jr. (1:45.532); 9. Alex Barros (1:45.573); 10. Shinya Nakano (1:45.750); I\. Olivier Jacque (1:45.955); 12. Jeremy McWllliZims (1:46.022); 13. Regis LZIconi (1:46.057); 14. Jurgen VlIn Den Goorbergh (1:46.146); 15. Daiji", Kato (1:46.245); 16. Norick Abe (1:46.264); 17. Akiro Ryo (1:46.280); 18. Nobuatsu Aoki (I :46.529); 19. Alex HofmZlnn (1:47.025); 20. Pere Rib< (1:47.571). 125 GRAND PRIX: I. Manuel Poggiali (Gil); 2. Dliniel Pedrosll (Han); 3. Steve Jenkner (Apr); 4. There were a couple rookie candidates for Man of the Meeting, including John "Hopper" Hopkins, but Australian teenager Casey Stoner shaded him. After a couple of spectacular attempts, ending in equally spectacular crashes, the 16·year-old rider from Kurri Kurri, Australia, was in a pitiful condition by the time he got to Mugello two weeks ago, doing his best to ignore the pain from a broken right scaphoid. Riding with rather too much anesthetic in the joint, he crashed twice - the second time, a concussion made a significant contribution to the crash. Full marks for trying, but it was beginning to look as though the teenager, who travels with his father and mother and spent a year racing in Spain last year, might be a bit out of his depth. He was back on full try-hard form at Catalunya, saying brightly: "My wrist is hardly hurting now," but qualifying did not go especially well, and his Safilo Oxydo ApriJia was 13th on the grid, on the fourth row. Then he overheated on the grid and was left almost plum last, finishing the first lap in 19th. That's when he started to ride like a hero. Circulating almost as fast as the leaders, he was in the top 10 by half-distance, and settled back for a spell. Then he observed that he was catching the group ahead. "' pushed harder and was able to catch them," he said. By the finish, he was exhausted, but had every reason to be proud. This is a kid with a big future. Lucio Cecchinello (Apr); 5. Simone Szlnna (Apr); 6. JOlin Olive (Hon); 7. Stefano Bi~mco (Apr); 8. Pablo Nieto (Apr); 9. Mikll Kallio (Hon); 10. Mirko Gillnsanti (Han); 11. Arnaud Vincent (Apr); 12. Andrea Ballerinl (Han); 13. Stefano Perugini (Itt); 14. Jorge Lorenzo (Der); 15. Mesao Azuma (Han); 16. Jakub Smrz (Han); 17. Gianluigi $calvini (Apr); 18. Heetor Barbera (Apr); 19. Mattia Angeloni (Gil); 20. Alex Baldolini (Apr); 21. Jaroslav Hules (Apr): 22. Julian Simon (Hon); 23. Imre Toth (Hon); 24. Leon Camier (Itl). Time:41 min.. 18.211 sees. Distance:64.57 miles Average speed: 93.66 mph Margin of victory: .019 Fastest lap: Youichi Uj, lap 10,1:51.443 250 GRAND PRIX: I. Marco Melandri (Apr); 2. Roberto Rolfe (Hon); 3. Fonsi Nieto (Apr): 4. Randy De Puniet (Apr); 5. Franco Battaini (Apr); 6. Casey Stoner (Apr); 7. Naoki Matsudo (Yam); 8. Shahrol Yuzy (Yam); 9. Emilio Alzamora (Han); 10. Toni Elias (Apr); 11. Haruchika Aoki (Han); 12. David Checa (Apr); 13. Alex Debon (Apr); 14. Hugo Marchand (Apr); 15. Raul Jara (Apr): 16. Taro Sekiguchi (Yam): 17. Vincent Philippe (Apr): 18. Leon HZlslam (Han); 19. Jay Vincent (Hon): 20. Hector Faubel (Apr); 21. Dirk Heidolf (Apr); 22. Jamo Janssen (Han). Time:41 min., 40.377 sees. Distance:67.40 miles Average speed: 97.05 mph Margin of victory: 2.193 Fastest lap: Franco Battiani, lap 3. 1:48.063 MotoGP RACE: 1. Valentino Rossi (Hon); 2. Tohru Ukawa (Han); 3. Carlos Checa (Yam): 4. Max Biaggl (YZlm); 5. Alex Barros (Hon); 6. Loris Capiross! (Hon): 7. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Suz); 8. DZlijiro KlIto (Hon); 9. Olivier Jacque (Yam); 10. John Hopkins (Yam); 11. Akira Ryo (Suz); 12. Jeremy McWilliams (Pro); 13. Tetsuya Harada (Hon); 14. Regis Laconi (Apr); 15. Pere Ribe (Yam); 16. Norick Abe (Vam). Time:44 min., 20.679 sees. Distance:73.26 miles Average speed: 99.13 mph Margin of victory: .880 Fastest lap: Valentino Rossi, lap 5, 1:45.594 125cc WORll) C'SHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 6 of 16 rounds): 1. MlInuel Poggieli (Ill /3 wins): 2. Arnaud Vincent (90/l); 3. Daniel Pedrosa (86): 4. Lucio Ceechinello (80/2): 5. Steve Jenkner (59): 6. Pablo Nieto (45); 7. Simone $anne (44); 8. Gino Borsoi (38); 9. Mirko Giansanti (32); 10. (Tie) Youichi Ui/Mika Kallio/Mesao Azuma (30). 2S0cc WORLD C'SHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 6 of 16 rounds): 1. Fonsi Nieto (101/2 wins); 2. Marco Melandri (95j3 wins); 3. Roberto Rolfo (SO); 4. Rzmdy De Puniet (66); 5. Franco <tlJini (60); 6. Emilio Alzamora (59); 7. Roberto Locatelli (55); 8. Sebastian Porto (45); 9. Toni Elias (40); 10. Naoki Matsudo (38); 1 I. Alex Debon (32); 12. Osamu Miyazaki (25/1). MotoGP WORLD C'SHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 6 of 16 rounds): 1. Valentino Rossi (145/5 wins); 2. Tohru Ukawa (97/l); 3. Loris Capirossi (65); 4. (Tie) Max Biaggi/Carlo. Checa (56); 6. Norick Abe (52); 7. Alex Barros (51); 8. Daijiro Kate (47); 9. Olivier Jacque (29); 10. (ne) Kenny Roberts Jr./Nobuatsu Aoki/Regis 18coni (28); 13. Akira Ryo (25); 14. (Tie) Tetsuya Harada/John Hopkin. (24). Upcoming Rounds Round 7 - Assen, Holland, June 29 Round 8 - Donington Pari<, England, July 14 Marco Melandri (3) won his third 250cc Grand Prix of the season. Fons! Nieto (10) ended up third. Manuel Pogglall (1) leads Daniel Pedrosa (26) In their 125cc Grand Prix battle. cue I e n e _ S • JUNE 26, 2002 21

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