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Titolo: Dorna NEWS - British GP

Doohan back to winning ways
Defending World Champion Michael Doohan claimed victory in today's 
close-fought British GP, once again stamping his
authority on his Repsol Honda team-mate Alex Criville, who was second 
for the fifth time this year.
It was the points leader's sixth win out of nine races so far this year, 
and marked another milestone .... it was his 100th race,
out of which he has won 32.
Third went to Japanese GP winner Norifumi Abe (Marlboro Yamaha), 
narrowly won from Tadayuki Okada's V-twin Repsol
Honda and Scott Russell's Lucky Strike Suzuki. The trio crossed the line 
covered by less than a second, with Russell claiming
fastest lap of the race as he chased down the leaders from a third-row 
start.
Loris Capirossi (Marlboro Yamaha) was sixth, and Alex Barros (Pileri 
Honda) seventh, narrowly defeating the all-European
Elf 500 of Juan Borja and Luca Cadalora's Kanemoto Honda in a race of 
many battles.
Capirossi had led for the early stages, after taking over from fast 
starter Kenny Roberts Junior (Marlboro Yamaha). Roberts
crashed out of the race unhurt, as did his team-mate Jean-Michel Bayle.
Doohan's points lead stretched again. He now has 191 points, with 
Criville on 129, Cadalora on 113, Barros on 100 and
Abe on 94.
250cc: BIAGGI IS BACK
Defending champion Max Biaggi marked his return to full fitness after a 
crash two races ago, claiming his sixth win of the
season and once again extending the championship lead.
The Chesterfield Aprilia star led from the first lap to the 27th and 
last, claiming best lap of the race, fractionally outside the lap
record.
Ralf Waldmann (HB Honda) was second, after moving past pole starter 
Olivier Jacque (Elf Chesterfield Honda), who was a
distant third in a somewhat processional race.
Jurgen Fuchs (HB Honda) did track down second Elf-Chesterfield rider 
Jean-Philippe Ruggia to claim fourth place, but the
battle did not last, for the Frenchman fell off shortly after being 
overtaken.
Tohru Ukawa (Benetton Honda) won a good scrap for fifth, with Luis 
d'Antin crashing his Honda out of the battle.
Tetsuya Harada qualified on the second row, but failed to start after 
his Marlboro Yamaha seized on the warm-up lap.
Biaggi's win takes him to 199 points, with Waldmann on 146, Harada 97, 
Fuchs 96 and Jacque 92.
125cc: PERUGINI SHOWS THE WAY
Nastro Azzurro Aprilia rider Stefano Perugini moved ahead of a fierce 
fight to take his second GP win of the season in
Britain, leaving Masaki Tokudome (Ditter Plastics Aprilia) and Tomomi 
Manako (Europa Honda) to battle over second place
after an exciting race.
Earlier, Spanish rider Emilio Alzamora (Cepsa Honda) had led, only to 
crash; while Italian teenage sensation Valentino Rossi
had also moved through to put his Aprilia in a short-lived lead, only to 
fall back with engine trouble.
Championship leader Harachuki Aoki (Rheos Honda) could do no better than 
eighth, and his points lead was cut. He now
has 154 points to Tokudome (10), Perugini (119), Manako (101) and 
Alzamora (94).
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20 July 1996 - 18:30 CET
Marlboro Riders - Final 125 & 250cc Qualifying
250cc
HARADA MOVES UP
Tetsuya Harada moved up to fifth fastest in the Donington sunshine this 
afternoon, giving the Japanese ace cause to expect his
best result for a while in tomorrow's British GP. Harada's Marlboro 
Yamaha Team Rainey squad made crucial chassis
changes overnight, improving the YZR250's steering capabilities around 
the sinuous Donington circuit. His final session time
was almost a second faster than his Friday best. "The bike is definitely 
steering better, but it's still not perfect, we have more
work to do in that direction," said Harada. "But I think the main reason 
for my faster time today is the improved feeling I'm
getting from the rear tyre, the rear-end traction is very good. Tomorrow 
we will run the same rear tyre in morning warm-up,
to see how it lasts. If it's okay. we'll be able to run it for the race. 
"I shall be trying for a good start, but my tyres take longer to
warm up than the other guys', and that could mean I'll lose touch with 
the leading pack. If we can get around that problem, I
think I can get a good result."
JACQUE'S SECOND POLE
French Honda rider Olivier Jacque stormed to his second successive pole 
position today, bettering Max Biaggi's provisional
pole aboard his Honda "I didn't expect to be on pole, because we were 
having a lot of suspension problems at the start of
practice," said the Chesterfield Elf Tech 3 Team rider. "We are running 
a new front fork here, and this morning we had to
switch to a harder front tyre because we knew the one we ran yesterday 
would not go race distance. So we had to change
the bike set-up to suit, and that lost us a lot of time."
BIAGGI SLIPS TO SECOND
World Champion Massimiliano Biaggi slipped to second fastest today after 
losing vital time during the final session when his
team experimented with different steering geometry. "We wanted to 
improve the bike, so we changed the angle of the front
fork. But I quickly realised it wasn't any better," explained Biaggi. 
"This is a good track for the Hondas. The NSR engine has
a more relaxed power delivery and a wider powerband which is good for 
the slow corners."
125cc
OETTL ON FOURTH ROW
Peter Oettl was one of the few 125 stars not to improve his time during 
this afternoon's final qualifying session. The Marlboro
Aprilia Eckl man tumbled heavily this morning and though he was able to 
ride, he was not able to improve on his Friday best.
He ended up 16th fastest, just over a second down on pole position man 
Masaki Tokudome (Aprilia)."I crashed this morning
again and landed on my head, so I don't feel too good, rather like at 
Nurburgring," said Oettl, who bounced back from his
German GP practice tumble to battle for the race lead. "I spent an hour 
with Dr Costa and then an hour lying down in my
motorhome, but I didn't feel up to riding 100 per cent. "I'm not in 
great shape at the moment, but I hope I'll be able to manage
a repeat of what I did at the Nurburgring. I'll definitely be feeling 
better tomorrow."
GEISSLER FACES TOUGH DAY
Manfred 'Tex' Geissler faces a tough race day tomorrow after falling on 
the second lap of today's final qualifier. The youngster
highsided at Redgate corner and took no further part in the action. 
Unable to even attempt bettering his Friday time, Geissler
slumped to 21st in the overall standings and will start the British 125 
Grand Prix from the sixth row of the grid. "I had decided
I needed to start qualifying in a more aggressive manner, but perhaps I 
was a little too aggressive, too soon," said the
Marlboro Aprilia Eckl rider who visited the Clinica Mobile for treatment 
for an injured ankle and backside. "We'll keep icing
the bits that hurt and see how I feel. But it's going to be a tough race 
from the sixth row."
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