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HO trovato qualcosa di interessante su Nosetto sempre se sia lui pare ci sia stato nel 1977 un direttore sportivo della ferrari che si chiamava indovinate un pò "Roberto Nosetto"

e poi una cosa abbasta inquietante riguardo a Imola 82........

.....Ma appena la corsa partì, la passione e la voglia di urlare il nostro appoggio a Gilles, oltre che alla Ferrari, presero il sopravvento. Anni dopo mi capitò fra le mani un libro nel quale il direttore di corsa, Nosetto, segnalò l'esistenza di un patto fra galantuomini in qualche modo sensibili al pubblico pagante: infatti Roberto Nosetto chiese a Villeneuve, Pironi, Arnoux e Prost (i piloti Ferrari e Renault), velocissimi in prova e certo destinati a spartirsi i posti sul podio, di fare un pò di spettacolo fino a metà gara, e poi di fare "gara vera". Questa testimonianza è stata resa nota pochi mesi dopo la morte di Gil da Nestore Morosini nel libro de La Gazzetta dello Sport "Gilles Villeneuve". Nel volume si riporta la perplessità del solo Pironi, che disse: "Devo pensarci... c’è in ballo il titolo mondiale." Già questa frase è significativa della opinione di Pironi sul ruolo che Gilles .............

Citazione tratta dal sito www.ventisetterosso.com

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Catalunya Grand Prix Results.
Doohan wins very controversial race
Biaggi disqualified, but first past flag

By Colin MacKellar

1998 GP Marlboro de Catalunya

TRACK: Catalunya
DATE: 20 September 1998

WEATHER: Dry,hot and sunny.



500cc Race Results (25 laps)
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Pos No. Rider Nat Bike Time/Diff
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1 1 Doohan Aus Hon 44'53.264
2 2 Okada Jpn Hon 1.974
3 5 Abe Jpn Yam 8.260
4 15 Gibernau Spa Hon(2) 20.865
5 11 Crafar NZl Yam 22.967
6 8 Checa Spa Hon 24.933
7 9 Barros Bra Hon 25.764
8 55 Laconi Fra Yam 28.571
9 19 Kocinski USA Hon 41.358
10 10 Roberts USA KR3 41.373
11 3 Aoki Jpn Suz 48.310
12 28 Waldmann Ger KR3 50.942
13 17 v.d. Goorbergh Ned Hon(2) 1'10.545
14 23 Wait USA Hon(2) 1'14.721
15 88 Smart Gbr Hon(2) 1'14.779

Fastest Lap: Barros 1'46.810 (lap 5)


500cc Championship Points
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Rider Points JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD HOL GBR GER CZE IMO CAT
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1. Doohan 210 - 25 20 25 20 - 25 20 25 - 25 25
2. Biaggi 189 25 16 16 20 11 10 20 10 20 25 16 -
3. Criville 182 13 13 25 16 25 11 10 13 16 20 20 -
4. Checa 131 8 20 13 13 16 25 11 - - 9 6 10
5. Barros 109 9 - 11 7 - 7 13 11 13 16 13 9
6. Abe 104 2 - 10 10 9 20 - 16 - 11 10 16
7. Crafar 96 7 - 3 9 7 8 16 25 - 5 5 11
8. Aoki 87 10 - 8 8 8 13 9 9 6 4 7 5
9. Okada 79 20 - 9 - - - 8 - - 13 9 20
10. Laconi 67 - - 2 6 5 9 7 8 11 7 4 8


Manufacturers Championship
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Honda
Yamaha
Suzuki
Modenas KR3
MuZ

Turn 1 crash causes havoc that leads to race mayhem
Criville taken out in incident, Barros and Biaggi penalised

In perhaps the most controversial GP ever run, Max Biaggi (Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda)and Alex Barros (Gresini Honda) were issued stop/go penalties at two thirds race distance, while leading the field with just 9 laps to go. The penalties were applied as it was determined that they had passed under the yellow flags that were displayed in Turn 1, at the start of lap 2. Jean-Michel Bayle (Yamaha Team Rainey) was still being treated in the gravel trap after being the victim of an incident at the start of the race. Initially Biaggi was shown a stop/go penalty board followed by a black flag as he failed to respond to the board. A couple of laps later Barros was also given a stop/go indication and on lap 21 he came into the pits from his leading position and returned in 8th. place after the 10 seconds had been counted off. Although it was clear that Biaggi had eventually seen the penalty signals, he ignored them, passing Doohan (Repsol Honda) on the road and crossing the line first and embarking on the usual victory gesticulations on the bike. He had already been erased from the results and there is some speculation that he may be penalised further for refusing to stop.

The initial incident was caused by Katsuaki Fujiwara (Suzuki GP Team) who left his braking for the first corner far too late, locked up the front wheel and went down, smashing into Bayle, who in turn crashed into pole-sitter Alex Criville (Repsol Honda). The three of them tumbled into the gravel, Criville managing to remount but retiring after a single lap with a severely damaged machine. Biaggi and Barros had escaped the carnage behind them and were leading the field followed by Abe (Yamaha Team Rainey), Doohan and Okada (Repsol Honda). Biaggi passed Barros on the entry to the first corner and Barros took him back on the exit leading to the later sanctions. The judgement of the IRTA and FIM was probably accurate, but applied with a harshness that ruined the race and probably destroyed Biaggi's chances of claiming the World Championship in his first year in the 500 class.

Biaggi and Barros started to consolidate their lead, going away from Abe who was being shadowed by Doohan and Okada. By lap 8 they had a 3 second lead over Doohan who had just managed to pass the Yamaha rider. From that point on, Doohan started to chip away at their lead at a rate of 0.2 seconds a lap, so that he was just over a second behind them when the dramatic penalties were announced. In the confusion that arose as the signs were being held out to the riders, Barros and Biaggi's concentration was broken and Doohan caught up with them. Okada had also passed Abe and was right behind Doohan, unwilling to pass his team-mate and possibly spoil his chance of the title. As Barros went into the pits at the end of lap 21 of the 25 laps race, Biaggi squeezed past Doohan at the end of the front straightaway and held onto the lead. Doohan was already being shown the "P1" sign on his pit board and was smart enough not to try and pass Biaggi with a head of steam under his helmet. Biaggi didn't let up, crossed the line and stood up in the saddle to pump his arms as if he had won. As Doohan passed on the cooling lap, he looked over in obvious amazement at the gesticulating Italian, knowing that he had just opened up a 21 point lead in the championship and probably won the title.

Criville had not been injured in the crash and Bayle was later reported as being conscious, lucid and able to move his legs, the further extent of his injuries being unknown.