MOTOGP
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S ept. 19,2004
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"Lo cate lli's crash was a shame fo r him but
good fo r me."
The ne xt gang of five were now battling
for second, and it was Gilera 's Fabrizio Lai
who managed to stay at the front of it for a
first-ever rostrum . Simone Corsi, Mirko
Gian san ti an d Ste ve Je nkne r fo llowed, with
Marco Simoncelli d ropping out of t he
group in the clos ing laps fo r sixth.
Loca telli was 15th, for o ne poi nt .
Lorenzo had grad ually picked his way
t hrough, taking seventh from Gabor
Talmacsi's Malaguti on the last lap. Barbe ra
never rode highe r than 19th, retiring with
five laps left after "the backmarkers started
to pass me down the straight."
Kallio was one of several to crash out of
the seco nd race; Pablo Nieto was among
seven who did not restart, after retiring
from the first leg.
Dovizioso now has a massive advantage,
208 points to Barbera's 163 and Locate lli's
156. Lo re nzo has 134, N ieto I 14 and
Stone r 104 .
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Mo,oGPQUAlI FYING, I. Makota T. . . - (I ,46.673);
2. John Hopkins (1.~ 7 . 230) ; 3. VaIeotino R=i ( 1 ,~ 7. 2 75); ~ .
Max &aggi ( 1:...7....0 1); S. Colin Edwards ( 1:4 7.82 1); 6 . Marco
Meland ri ( 1 ,~ 7 . 84 5) ; 7. Loris Cap;rossi ( IA 7.886) ; 8. Kenny
IlDbe
Nakano ( 1 :48 .CH~) ; 13. Sete Gibemau (1:48. 107): 14. TohnJ
Ukawa (IA8 .15~ ); 15. NorickAbe (I ;~. 1 5 ~ ) ; 16. TroyBa yl"
( 1;~8. I H ); 17. Ne,1 Hodg>On ( 1 ;~8 . 6 5 6) ; 18. Ru
ben Xaus
( 1:48.859); 19. Alex H ofmann ( 1:48.885); 20. Jeremy
Mc~lIiams ( 1 ' ~' . 1 3 ') ; 2 1. Di_ )aeque ( 1'~ '. 5~ 5 ); 22.
Nobeatsu Aok; (1.5 1.388); 23. Shane 8 yrne (1.5 1A66 ).
250GP QUAliFYING, I. D~ ie1 Pedrosa ( 1.52. 137); 2.
Hi"""i h>yam. ( I,52.366); 3. Randy DE Pcnee ( I , 52 A 5 3 ); ~.
Toni Elias ( I:S2.SH) ; S. Sebastian Porto ( I:52.550): 6. Y
uki
T.kahoshi ( 1,52.638); 7. Alex De Angeli ( 1,52.809); 8.
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Anthony West ( 1:53.6-4 2); 9 . Franc o Battaini ( 1:53.694); 10.
Manuel Pogg;a1i ( 1,53.786); I I. Fans; Nieto ( 1,53.798); 12.
Roberto RoIfo (1,53 835); 13. ShuheU'oy.nu (1.53.893); I ~ .
Alex Debon ( 1 , 5~ . 027); 15. Yuzo FujK>ka ( 1 , 5U~ 2) ; 16.
Naoki Matsuda ( 1,5H 23); 17. Choujun Kameya ( 1,~. 5 7 1);
18 Hect ... fa ubel ( I,H655); 19. Chou Da_ ( LI~ .670); 20.
&wan Nigan ( I , ~ .784 ); 2 1. Jakob Snv-z ( 1 , 5~ . 8 1 1); 22. Eric
Bataille ( 1 , 5~ . 867); 23. [N\< HeKloIf ( 1,55. 135); 24 . 5ylvain
GWntoI; (1.5 5 . 1 ~ 3 ) ; 25. Hugo Man:hand (1.55.286); 26. Joan
O live (1:55.606 ): 27. Arn aud Vincent ( 1:55.678 ): 28.
Katsuyuki Nakasuga 29. Johan Stigerelt ( 1;55.795); 30. Taro
Sekiguchi ( U 5.8 1l ); 3 I. Alex Baldolini ( U 6.020); 32.
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Reus ( 1 ,56 .~ ') ; JJ. KIauo NoHe. ( 15 7.256).
IZSGP QUALIFYING, I. Andnoa 0e<> (1,58.678); 5. M,ka Kallio (1;58.750); 6.
jone
C"'" (1;59.622); II. MMCO Simoncelli ( 1;5'.627); 12.
Fabrizio La; ( I , 59 . 6'~ ); 13. Gino Bonoi (1;5' .735); Ii. It"",
J""kner (1;59 .8 27); 15. MR O Giansanti ( 1,5'.905); 16.
Andrea 8aI1erini (1;59.9 19); 17. Tomoyoshi Koyama
(1,5' .9«); 18./Warn IlautKta (2«l.27 I); 19. lhoma> Luthi
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you cannot see the yellow nags," he said. "If
the corner goes to the right and the nags are
on the left, it is possible no t to not ice. Now
they will show the sign on the finish line, and
also your team will show it." Some suggested pro blems might arise if, for insta nce, the
rider o r ride rs he had passed then cras hed
out o r dro pped right back do wn the order,
but Rossi con finned tha t you don't have to
go back behind the rider you passe d, but
rather back to the pre vious position . "If
som ething happens to the one you passed ,
and the next one is maybe I0 seconds
beh ind , then you have to wa it for him and go
be hind him. But it is still better than a ride th rough pe nalty."
(2:00.296); 20. Mani a Pasioi (2:00.314): 2 1. M ike Di M eglio
(HlO .477); 22. Angel RDdriguez (2,00.589); 2J. Stefano
Perugirn (2,00.687); H . T"'hiMa Kuzulwa (2«l.77J); 25.
5edez (2;02. 129); ~ . Lcreruc
Zaneti (2,02. 15 1); 35. Yuki Hatano (2;02.286); 36. Raymond
Schaut"" (2;02.857); 37. Manuel Manna (2;02.9n); 38.
Gioele PoIlono (2;02.990); 3• . MariJe' Bam>. (Hon ); 5.
);
Mam> Melandri (Y
am); 6. Sete Qbemau (Hon ); 7. Carlos
Cbeca (Y ); 8. Neil Hodg.on (Doc) ; 9. Ruben Xaus (Doc) ;
am
10. Alex HoImam(Kaw) ; I I. DiMerJacque (Yam); 12.jeremy
McWdlwm (Apr ); 13. Shane Byrne (Apr ); I~ . NoOOat>u I'<>ki
(Pro ); 15. YOOch Ui (WCM).
Time: - ] min., -4
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3.220 sec.
Distance : H laps. 71.43 miles
Ave ra ge speed: 98 .0] mph
Mu gin of victory: 6.168 sec.
Fas t es t lap: MakotaTarnada. lap 5. Imin.. 48.524 sec.
25OGP; I. Daniel I'ettr=> (Hon) ; 2. _
u.s (Hon) ; 3.
H..... ADyorN (Hon) ; ~ . Sebastian Porto (Apr); 5. YukJ
TaJka (Hon); l I . Naoki MatsudoYam); I~ . Hugo Mardund
(Apr); 15. Hect ... Faubel (Apr); 16. ~ Kameya (Hon );
17. Manuel Poggiafi (Apr ); 18. Taro 5e1cigud'O (Yam 19. Sylvain
);
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Gu.,,010 (Apr ); 20. Kat>uyuIU NaI=uga (Yam 2 1. on HedoIf
(Apr); 22. &wan N igon (Apr ).
Time: .0 min .• ]6 .798 sec.
Distance: 23 1api. 68.46 miles
Average speed: 94.18 mph
Margin of victory: 3.174 sec.
Fastest lap: Daniel Ped rosa, lap 19, 1:52.788 min.
125G P; I. And"'" ()a,oizio,. (Hon); 2. Fabrizio La; (Gd);
3. Sfmone COBi (Hon) ; 4. Mlrko Giansanti (Apr); 5. Steve
J
""kner (Apr) ; 6. Marco Smoncelli (Apr ); 7. Jorge Lorenzo
(Der); 8. Gab..- Talrnaaj (Mal); 9. lC Koyama(Yam);
10. Tos!>
hi1a Kuzuhva (Hon); I I. Gone Bonoi (Apr ); 12.
lhoma> Luthi (Hon) ; 13. 5es); 3. Max 8ioggi (15l1'l win); ~ . Alex
Barros( 115); 5. Mako< T. . . - ( 1 1 ~/2 win); 6. Cd in Edward>
o
Checa ( 102); 8. Loris Upirossi (84); • . N'Kky
( I I I); 7.
Hoyden (83); 10. Marco Melandri (75); I I. 5hinyo N..kano
(62); 12. Norick Abe (55); 13. Ruben Xees (53); I ~ . Troy
BayIOs (~ 2); 15. (TlE) Kenny RobertsJr./Ne;I Hodg.on (37).
2s 0 WORLD C 'SHIP POIN'TS STANDINGS (After 12 of
16 rounds), I . Daniel Peo-csa (2~/5 wins); 2. Randy De
Puniet ( 187/ 1 win); 3. Selmtian Porto ( 18613 wins);~ . _
Elias ( 1 ~ 2I 1 win); 5. Alex De Angelis ( I I ~); 6. H.-h>yama
(103); 7. F..,,; Nieto (9-4); 8. Roberto RoIfo (' 211 win); 9.
Arera ( 163/3 wins) ; 3. Roberto Locatelli (15612 wins); ~ .
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