Sporting Digest: Motorcycling
CZECH GRAND PRIX (Brno): Sidecars (19 laps, 102.486km): 1 R Biland and K Waltisperg (Swit) Swissauto 40min 52.767sec; 2 M Boesiger and J Egli (Swit) ADM 40:56.880; 3 S Webster (GB) and A Haenni (Swit) Krauser 40:57.565; 4 D Brindley and P Hutchinson (GB) Honda 40:59.052; 5 R Bohnhorst (Ger) and P Brown (GB) Steinhausen 41:12.576. World championship standings: 1 Biland 116pts; 2 Webster 79; 3 Brindley 74; 4 Boesiger 72; 5 Guedel 65.
125cc (19 laps, 102.486km): 1 K Sakata (Japan) Aprilia 42:34.015; 2 N Ueda (Japan) Honda 2.839sec behind; 3 S Perugini (It) Aprilia +3.295; 4 J Martinez (Sp) Yamaha +3.397; 5 T Tsujimura (Japan) Honda +14.431; 6 M Tokudome (Japan) Honda +14.569; 7 D Raudies (Ger) Honda +16.588; 8 H Nakajyo (Japan) Honda +16.681; 9 O Petrucciani (Swit) Aprilia +16.739; 10 M Geissler (Ger) Aprilia +16.893. Standings: 1 Sakata 208; 2 Ueda 157; 3 Tsujimura 143; 4 P Oettl (Ger) 121; 5 Raudies 119.
250cc (20 laps, 107.880km): 1 M Biaggi (It) Aprilia 42:09.445; 2 R Waldmann (Ger) Honda +6.425; 3 J-P Ruggia (Fr) Aprilia +9.583; 4 N Aoki (Japan) Honda +32.565; 5 T Okada (Japan) Honda +37.479; 6 J-M Bayle (Fr) Aprilia +37.523; 7 L d'Antin (Sp) Honda +42.634; 8 E Suter (Swit) Aprilia +42.996; 9 W Zeelenberg (Neth) Honda +47.548; 10 A Preining (Aut) Aprilia +57.443. Standings: 1 Biaggi 169; 2 L Capirossi (It) 168; 3 Okada 163; 4 Waldmann 133; 5 D Romboni (It) 129.
500cc (22 laps, 118.668km): 1 M Doohan (Aus) Honda 45:39.974; 2 S Itoh (Japan) Honda +3.322; 3 L Cadalora (It) Yamaha +8.822; 4 A Criville (Sp) Honda +24.136; 5 A Puig (Sp) Honda +30.504; 6 N Abe (Japan) Yamaha +39.996; 7 K Schwantz (US) Suzuki +48.526; 8 A Barros (Bra) Suzuki +55.796; 9 N McKenzie (GB) Yamaha +56.504; 10 J McWilliams (GB) Yamaha +1:08.220. Standings: 1 Doohan 256pts (world champion); 2 Schwantz 169; 3 Puig 123; 4 Criville 122; 5 J Kocinski (US) 120; 6 Itoh 115; 7 Cadalora 114; 8 Barros 108; 9 D Chandler (US) 59; 10 Mackenzie 50.
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