World Championship Road Race Series
Round 1 : Japanese Grand Prix
Gianslinti (Apr); 3. Steve Jenkner (Apr): 4. Lucio
Cecchinello (Apr); 5. Andrell Dovlzioso (Han); 6.
Youichi Ui (Apr); 7. Pablo Nieto (Apr); 8. Daniel
Pedrosa (Han); 9. Thomas Luthi (Han); 10. Gino
Borsa! (Apr); 11. Mike Klillio (Han); 12. Simone
COfsi (Han); 13. Max Sllbbatani (Apr); 14. Gabor
T81macsi (Apr); 15. Gioele Pellino (Apr); 16. Fabrizio
Manuel Poggiali didn't qualify well, but
he still won the 250cc Grand Prix - in
what was his first-ever 250cc GP.
Here he leads Roberto Rolfo (3) on his
way through the field.
Neither of the Proton Team KR riders finished the Japanese GP on their two-strokes. .Jeremy
McWilliams, who tumed 39 on Friday, lost the front end and crashed without injury. Nobuatsu
Aoki pulled into the pits with transmission problems, fearin9 it mi9ht lock up. The pair will likely have
at least one more race and possibly more on the two-stroke, while continuin9 on the team' s 990cc
V-five four-stroke.
The Proton teammates wlt[en't the only nonfinishers. Pramac Honda's Makoto Tamada crashed
in his GP debut, less than 10 laps into the race. His fellow Japanese, Noriyukl Haga
