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Titolo: Dorna NEWS - Doohan makes it four in a row

Defending double world champion Michael Doohan took his fourth win in a 
row and his fifth this year in front of a crowd of
about 100,000 who braved very threatening weather to make the annual 
pilgrimage to the Dutch GP at the classic and
atmospheric Assen circuit.
The rain did come after eight of the scheduled 20 laps, and the race was 
red-flagged for a restart in 30 minutes, by when it
was dry again. The Repsol Honda rider had only to finish in the 
wheeltracks of his team-mate and pole starter Alex Criville
to take victory on aggregate, but he decided to win on the road as well, 
and forced the Spanish rider into errors in the
closing laps that made his victory clear-cut.
Third went to Alex Barros (Pileri Honda) after a close battle with Scott 
Russell's Lucky Strike Suzuki. The American
passed the Brazilian across the line, but remained a disappointed fourth 
on aggregate.
Kenny Roberts Junior was the top Marlboro Yamaha finisher, taking fifth 
ahead of team-mate Norifumi Abe; with Terry
Rymer - substituting for injured Lucky Strike Suzuki rider Daryl Beattie 
- seventh in his second GP finish in five years.
Loris Capirossi (Marlboro Yamaha) had been in close pursuit of the 
leaders, but retired on the penultimate lap, out of
petrol. Luca Cadalora retired after four laps, unhappy with the handling 
of his Kanemoto Honda.
Doohan stretched his points lead still further after seven of 15 rounds, 
with 146 points to Criville on 93, Barros on 83, and
Cadalora on 81.
250cc: WALDMANN TAKES HIS CENTURY
The Dutch GP was HB Honda rider Ralf Waldmann's 100th GP. He celebrated 
by taking his first victory of the season,
after surviving a race of attrition that saw many crashes and at least 
one lucky escape from serious injury.
Waldmann had dropped to second behind pole starter Olivier Jacque (Elf 
Chesterfield Honda) as spots of rain slowed the
pace. Then the Frenchman fell, leaving a clear win to his German rival; 
while a little way behind an identical battle between
their team-mates was resolved in exactly the same way: Elf-Chesterfield 
rider Jean-Philippe Ruggia crashed out of his battle
with HB rider Jurgen Fuchs, leaving the German to a career-best second.
Max Biaggi was delighted to inherit third spot, the defending champion 
riding injured after crashing his Chesterfield Aprilia
in practice. Then came Dutch privateer Jurgen van den Goorbergh, filling 
the role of home hero with a strong ride ahead of
several works riders. Eskil Suter (Mohag Aprilia) was fifth, narrowly 
ahead of Luis d'Antin's MX Onda Honda NSR.
Other crash victims included works Honda rider Tohru Ukawa, April's 
Roberto Locatelli, and four others in a spectacular
multiple accident where a bike blocked the track in front of the 
traffic. Spanish Aprilia rider Jose-Luis Cardoso fell heavily,
but escaped with fractures.
Biaggi's points lead remained huge - 161 to Waldmann on 101; with Harada 
dropping to third on 97 after placing 10th.
The former champion was having handling problems with his Yamaha all 
weekend.
125cc: "ALZA'S" FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR
Spanish Cepsa Honda rider Emilio Alzamora prevailed over a fierce 
five-bike battle that took a photo-finish to sort out
from second to fifth places. His team-mate Ivan Goi was given second 
place, by just five thousandths of a second from
defending world champion Harachuki Aoki (Rheos Honda), with Noboru Ueda 
(Docshop Honda) fourth and Tomomi
Manako (UGT Europa Honda) fifth. Italian Lucio Cecchinello (GP3 Honda) 
had also been with the group, but was hit
from behind by Alzamora on the penultimate lap, and sent flying.
Pole qualifier Masako Tokudome (Ditter Plastic Aprilia) also retired 
with ignition failure, after leading the early stages but
completing only five laps.
Aoki's lead is still impressive: 130 points to Alzamora's 81, with Ueda 
pushed to third on 79, Manako on 77, and
Tokudome now down to fifth on 75.
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Hey come on damnit!! At least don't post results in the subject of your
postings!!!! That's just stupid.
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postings!!!! That's just stupid.
Oh, no. Not again.
Can we please have a more interesting discussion? Like maybe about how
Russell was involved in an pace-car based conspiracy to to steal Foggy's
Daytona win?
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>> As Windows GPFed in '95, I heard Sea Bass Sears saying : <<
: Hey come on damnit!! At least don't post results in the subject of your
: postings!!!! That's just stupid.
No you cannot blame them. They were just doing their jobs : sending out
the press release. They are the Dorna organization.
I don't think there would be any paper that doesn't put the results of the
races as the headlines. Using the results of races as the headline is quite
normal.
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