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ROADRACE
Road Race Series: Round 12
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Lua Cadalora (1) pulled away from Max Biaggi (29), Francesco Orili (partially hidden),
Loris Capirossi (6) and Loris Reggiani (73) in the 250cc race. Biaggi was second.
from the third lap to the end, with
MacKenzie finishing ninth in front of
Mamola. The Scotsman chose too narrow a front rim and found it didn't
work in the race.
"I didn't use it in practice and the
race tire didn't work on it," MacKenzie
said. "On the really slower corners it
pushed the front end and I lost confidence in the front end handling. Fitting
it seemed like the right thing at the time,
but it turned out to be a costly mistake."
It was also a costly mistake that hurt
Mamola, but it wasn't his own. On the
first lap, Ducados Yamaha's Juan
Garriga fell right in front of him in the
first left-right combination. In order to
avoid crashing, Mamola had to stand
his Budweiser Yamaha up straight as
Garriga slid in front of him and .the rest
of the field went by.
"Once I got going it was hard to
pass. I could go through the chicane
really fast and get a good drive onto the
front straight. I'd stay in sixth longer
250cc GP
Luca Cadalora may have already
won his second World Championship,
but with his future undecided, it didn't
hurt to display his talents, which is
exactly what he did in Brazil. Third off
the start, Cadalora moved into second
on the second lap before taking the
point on the third, passing pole-sitter
Max Biaggi, and leading a quintet of
250s. Biaggi was an early second, PierFrancesco Chili third, Loris Reggiani
fourth, and Marlboro Team Pileri's Loris
Capirossi fifth.
Behind the leaders, HB Honda's
Doriano Romboni ran in front of teammate Helmut Bradl and Mitsui
Yamaha's Jochen Schmid.
By the seventh lap, Cadalora had
over a second in hand and would start
to increase the pace. He was quicker his
next two laps, but was consistently
hat happened on the track during practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix
wasn't nearly as interesting as what happened off of it. The question, after
Marlboro Roberts Yamaha's John Kocinski had earned the pole position, was
whether he, or any of the other 500cc riders, would take to the track for the race.
Riders were mostly in accord, though there was some confusion and a few
staunch holdouts. With Rothmans Honda's Mick Doohan returning to racing after
an eight-week layoff and the championship in the balance, the race was accorded
extra importance.
The question that most needed answering was: How did it come to this? And
though some tried to answer it, there was a modicum of doubt as to whether anyone had all thefacts.
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, As'Jor the trac1<, Paul Butler, the head of IRTA,explained: "The track was