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World Championship Road Race Series 250cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Daijiro Katoh (Hon): 2. Tohru Ukawa (Han); 3. Shinya Nakano (Yam); 4. Olivier Jacque (Yam); 5. Marco Melandri (Apr); 6. Naoki Matsuda (Yam); 7. Anthony West (Han); 8. Franco Battaini (Apr): 9. Osamu Miyazakj (Yam); 10. Shinichi Nakatomi (Han); 11. Nobuyuki Ohsaki (Yam); 12. Luce Boscoscuro (Apr); 13. Sebastian Porto (Yam); 14. Klaus Nohles (Apr); 15. Taro Sekiguchi (Yam); 16. Alex Hofmann (Apr); 17. Jason Vincent (Apr); 18. Tekkyu Kayo (Han); 19. Johan Stigefelt (Han); 20. Shahrol Yuzy (Yam); 21. Daisaku Sakai (Han); 22. Jarno Janssen (Han); 23. Fonsi Nieto (Yam); 24. David Checa (Han). Time: 41 min., 0.361 sec. Distance: 19 laps. 69.077 miles The 250cc Grand Prix was also a thriller. Daijiro Katoh (74) held off Tohru Ukawa (4) and Shinya Nakano (56) to win the race, handing Nakano his first defeat of the season. claiming a second successive fifth place in his third race in the class, another 25 seconds away after a lonely race. Naoki Matsudo was next, a good result on a stock TZ, the Petronas rider dropped back after a good start, but managed to stay clear of the next group, where Anthony West's NSR Honda had. fallen back into the clutches of Franco Battaini's Aprilia and wild card Osamu Miyazaki's TX Yamaha. West .impressively managed to hold them at bay, in spite of being a first-timer at this tricky circuit. Ralf Waldmann was the most notable of four crashers, the German veteran was '0n his way through the field after a bad start. He'd reached eighth place, with 15 laps to go, when he higbsided on the exit from the chicane. Nakano hangs on to the points lead with 66 to Katoh's 61. Jacque has 46, Ukawa 36, West 30 and Melandri 25. forth. Then Lucio Cecchinello crashed the Givi Honda at the hairpin in· the middle of it, breaking it up somewhat so that champion Emilio Alzamora, Ivan Goi and wild card Hideyuki Nakajoh escaped up front for a while. Then Arnaud Vincent, wild card Yuzo Fujioka and Frenchman Randy de Puniet caught up again to cross the line all in that order, after much shuffling aro\,nd, fifth to 10th covered by barely three seconds over the line. Ui gained· the title lead with 45 points to Ueda's 42 and Alzamora's 40, with Locatelli dropping to fourth with 38, and Giansanti to fifth with 36. eN Resuhs: April 9,2000 125« QUALIFYING: I. Yoichi Ui (2:14.975); 2. Noboru Ueda (2:15.035); 3. Roberto Locatelli (2:15.281); 4. Luc;o Ce«h;nello (2:15.600); 5. O;no Borsoi (2:15.758); 6. Gianlugi Scalvini (2:16.086); 7. Randy de Puniet (2: 16.209): 8. Yuzo Fujioka (2;16.498); 9. Ivan Goi (2:16.698); 10. Arnaud Vincent (2:16.712); 11. Hideyuk; Nakajo (2:16.785); 12. Masao Azuma (2:16.806); 13. Emilio Alzamora (2;16.885); 14. M;rko G;ansanti (2:16.993); 15. Simona Sanna (2:17.184); 16. Angel Nieto Jr. (1:17.399): 17. Katsuj; Uezu (2;17.406); 18. Toni Elias (2;17.542); 19. Jaroslav Hules (2;'17.661); 20. Hiroyuki Kikuchi (2: 17.741); 20. Pablo Nieto (2:17.933); 22. Massamiliano Sabbatani (2;18.069): 23, Marco Petrini (2:18.261); 23. Alex de Angelis (2:18.313); 24. Leon Haslam (2:18.681); 25. Shinichi Sugaya (2:18.757); 26. William de Angelis (2:19.378); 27. Steve Jenkner (2:19.441): 28. Reinhard Stolz (2: 19.635): 29. Adrian Araujo (2;20.658). 250cc QUALIFYING: 1. Daijiro Katoh (2:07.987); 2. Olivier Jacque (2:08.624); 3. Shinya Nakano (2:08.728); 4. Tohru Ukawa (2;08.872); 5. Nobuyuki Ohsaki (2:0'8.915): 6. Ralf Waldmann _(2:09.309): 7. Naok; Matsudo (2:09.322): 8. Marco Melandri (2;09.458); 9. Osamu M;yazak; (2;09.800): 10. Taro Sekiguchi (2:09.933); 11. Franco Battaini (2: 10.354); 12. SebasUan Porto (2; 10.814); 13. Shinichi Nakatomi (2:10.869): 14. Anthony West (2:11.179): 15. Sharol Yuzy (2;11.288); 16. Adrian Coates (2:11.302): 17. Alex Deben (2:11.338);18. Luca Boscoscuro (2: 11.628): 19. Johan StigefeJt (2;11.636): 20. Daisaku Saka; (2: 11.644); 21. Tekkyu Kayo (2:11.999); 22. Jason Vincent (2;12.049); 23. Alexander Hoffman (2; 12.060); 24. Vincent Philippe (2: 12.248); 25. Ivan Clementi (2; 12.277): 26. Jamie Robinson (2: 12.287): 27. Alfonso Nieto (2: 12.304); 28. Jarno Janssen (2;12.668); 29. Klaus Nohles (2:12.829): 30. Dav;d Checa (2:13.112): 31. Robert Rolfo (2;13.225): 32. David Garcia (2: 13.420); 33. Mike Baldinger (2:15.106). 500cc QUALIFYING: 1. Kenny Roberts Jr. (2;06.679); 2. Max B;agg; (2;07.130); 3. Akira Ryo (2:07.349): 4. Sete Gibernau (2:07.677); 5. Jeremy McWilliams (2:07.687); 6. Loris Capirossi (2;07.900); 7. Tadayuki Okada (2:07.901); 8. Norick Abe (2:07.965): 9. Carlos Checa (2:07.987); 10. Alex Criville (2:08.082); 11. Garry McCoy (2;08.104); 12. Nobuatsu Aoki (2:08.242); 13. Valentino Rossi (2:08.404); 14. Alex Barros (2:08.512); 15. Reg;s Lacon; (2;08.716); 16. Jurgen Ui's red Derbi was first out of the traps, with Gianluigi Scalvini's Fontana Aprilia chaJlenging hard and even nosing ahead a couple of times, until the Italian crashed spectacularly on the second lap. By then, LocateUi was already in front of him, and he passed Ui in a strong outbraking battle into the chicane. From then on, the Italian rider seemed in control, Ui was in pursuit, and the field straggled out behind, with Azuma picking his way through from 16th on lap one. By lap four, Ueda had got to the front of the chase, and soon broke away, with Gino Borsoi and his UGT Aprilia going with him for a while before dropping back for a lonely run, interrupted only as Azuma caught up and came past on lap 15. The action behind was strong, with a pack of eight battling back and APRIL 19. 2000' cue I Upcoming Rounds Round 4 - Jerez, Spain, April 30 Round 5 - Le Mans, France, May 14 Suzuka Circuit Suzuka City, Japan 1 25cc GRANO PRIX 10 van den Goorbergh (2:09.085); 17. Tetsuya Harada (2:09.419); 18. Jose Luis Cardoso (2;09.475); 19. David de Gea (2:2:09.627); 20. Sebastien Gimbert (2:09.863); 21. Yoshiteru Konish; (2: 11.029); 22. Shane Norval (2; 13.567). 125cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Yoichi Ui (Der); 2. Noboru Ueda (Hon); 3. Masao Azuma (Hon); 4. Gino Borsoi (Apr); 5. Emilio Alzamora (Hon); 6. Ivan Goi (Han); 7. Hideyuki Nakajoh (Hon);·8. Arnaud Vincent (Apr); 9. Yuzo Fujioka (Hon); 10. Randy de Puniet (Apr); 11. Pablo Nieto (Oer); 12. Marco Petrini (Apr); 13. Steve Jenkner (Han); 14. Hiroyuki Kikuchi (Han): 15. Katsuji Uezu (Yam); 16. Reinhard Stoltz (Han); 17. Antonio Elias (Hon); 18. William de Angelis (Apr); 19. Max Sabbatani (Hon); 20. Adrian Araujo (Hon). Time: 41 min., 04.264 sec. Distance: 18 laps, 65.442 miles .Average speed: 95.603 mph Margin of victory: 7.846 sec, Fastest lap: Roberto Locatelli, 2:15.406, lap 5. Average speed: 101.074 O)ph Margin of victory: 0.129 sec. Fastest lap: Shinya Nakano, 2:08.581, tap 19 500cc GRAND PRIX: 1. Norick Abe (Yam): 2. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Suz); 3. Tadayuki Okada (Hon): 4. Nobuatsu Aoki (Suz); 5. Carlos Checa (Yam); 6. Alex Criville (Hon); 7. Alex Barros (Hon); 8. Jeremy McWilliams (Apr); 9. Garry McCoy (Yam); 10.'Ak.ira Ryo (Suz); 11. Valentino Rossi (Hon); 12. Loris Capirossi (Hon); 13. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (Hon); 14. Regis Laconi (Yam); 15. David de Gee (Mod); 16. Yoshiteru Konishi (Hon); 17, Sebastien Gimbert (Hon); 18. Shane Norval (Hon). Time: 45 min., 16.657 sec. Distance: 21 laps, 76.349 miles Average speed: 101.174 mph M.argin of victory: 0.279 sec. Fastest lap: Kenny Roberts Jr., 2:08.304, lap 19. 125cc WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Youichi U; (45/1): 2. Noboru Ueda (42); 3. Emilio Alzamora (40); 4. Roberto Locatelli (38/1); 5. Mirko Giansanti (36); 6. Arnaud Vincent (33/1); 7. Masao Azuma (31); 8. Gino Borsoi (29); 9. Ivan Goi (24); 10. Steve Jenkner (20); 11, Gianluigi Scalvini (18); 12. Pablo Nieto (11); 13. Hideyuki Nakajo (9); 14. Randy de Puniet (8); 15. (TIE) Yuzo Fujioka/Angel Nieto Jr. (7). 250« WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Shinya Nakano (66/2 wins); 2. Daijiro Katoh (61/1); 3. Olivier Jacque (46); 4. Tohru Ukawa (36); 5. Anthony West (30); 6. Marco Melandri (25): 7. R.lfWaldmann (22); 8. (TIE) Franco Battaini/Naoki Matsudo (21); 10. Sebastian Porto (19); 11. Luca Boscoscuro (13); 12. (TIE) Alex Deban/Jason Vincent (11); 14. Osamu Miyazaki (7); . 15. (TIE) Alexander Hofmann{Shinichi Nakatomi (6). 500« WORLD C'SHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 3 of 16 rounds): 1. Kenny Roberts Jr. (55/1 win); 2. Carlos Checa (51); 3. Garry McCoy (48/1); 4. Norick Abe (34/1); 5. Nobuatsu Aoki (32); 6, Alex Barros (30); 7. Tadayuki Okada (26); 8. Alex Criville (21); 9. Lods Capirossi (20); 10. Regis Laconi (16); 11. (TIE) Jeremy McWilliams/Jurgen van den Goorbergh (14): 13. Max B;aggi (14); 14. Sete Gibemau (9); 15. Jose Luis Cardoso (8). e n e "" s Derbi's Youichi Ui does a bumout in celebration of his 125cc Grand Prix victory.