Originally posted by feng125:
4th round of SBK championships at Sugo, Japan.
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Race 1:
1) Colin Edwards (Honda SP-2)
2) Makoto Tamada (Honda SP-2) *wildcard
3) Noriyuki Haga (Aprilia RSV)
Race 2:
1) Makoto Tamada
2) Colin Edwards
3) Neil Hodgson (Ducati 996)
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Sensational victory for Melandri.
The RS Cube again in the points race.
A clean win by Marco "Macio" Melandri whose roar was heard
loud and clear in the land of lions. Three Aprilia 250s on
the rostrum: Battaini 2nd, Nieto 3rd. The last time Aprilia
made a clean sweep of the podium was in Barcelona, 1998
(Rossi-Harada-Capirossi).
Marco built up his victorious strategy with a shrewd choice
of race tyres - very hard on both front and rear. To this he
added a great launch off the line and a gradual build-up
which enabled him to increase his lead over the pack with
stunning perseverance, until he was over eight seconds clear.
Once he had a good gap, Marco just had to think about
keeping his cool and concentration right the way through to
the chequered flag.
This is MacioÂ’s second victory in the 250 class, which he
adds to another seven victories in 125.
[This message has been edited by ah_tee (edited 25 April 2002).]
[This message has been edited by ah_tee (edited 25 April 2002).]