World Championship Road Racing Series
Round 5: French Grand Prix
LE MANS, FRANCE, MAY 14

125cc QUALIFYING: 1. Youichi Ui (1:49.776); 2. Roberto Locatelli (1:49.787); 3. Noboru Ueda (1;49.960); 4. Gianluigi Scalvini (1:50.083); 5. Lucio Cecchinello (1:50.169); 6. Arnaud Vincent (1:50.188); 7. Emilio Alzamora (1:50.620); 8. Max Sabbatani (1:50.678); 9. Manuel Poggiali (1:50.691); 10. Gino Borsoi (1;50.713); 11. Masao Azuma (1:50.796); 12. Ivan Goi (1:50.967); 13. Mirko Giansanti (1:51.002); 14. Steve Jenkner (1;51.565); 15. Alessandro Brannetti (1:51.631); 16. Simone Sanna (1:51.746); 17. Reinhard Stolz (1:51.800); 18. Antonio Elias (1:52.158); 19. Randy de Puniet (1:52.357); 20. William de Angelis (1:52.465); 21. Marco Petrini (1:52.471); 22. Alex de Angelis (1:52.493); 23. Jaroslav Hules (1:53.423); 24. Jimmy Petit (1:53.433); 25. Pablo Nieto (1:53.548); 26. Angel Nieto Jr. (1:54.438); 27. Gregory Lefort (1:55.314); 28. Hugo Marchand (1:55.378); 29. Erwan Nigon (1:56.029); 30. Lionel Lecomte (1:58.329); 31. Leon Haslam (1:59.656).

125cc GP: 1. Yoichi Ui (Der); 2. Mirko Giansanti (Hon); 3. Emilio Alzamora (Hon); 4. Roberto Locatelli (Apr); 5. Arnaud Vincent (Apr); 6. Ivan Goi (Hon); 7. Lucio Cecchinello (Hon); 8. Maneul Poggiali (Der); 9. Gino Borsoi (Apr); 10. Simone Sanna (Apr); 11. Gianluigi Scalvini (Apr); 12. Randy de Puniet (Apr); 13. Reinhard Stolz (Hon); 14. Alessandro Brannetti (Hon); 15. Alex de Angelis (Hon); 16. Angel Nieto Jr. (Hon); 17. Antonio Elias (Hon); 18. Marco Petrini (Apr); 19. Jimmy Petit (Hon); 20. Erwan Nigon (Yam); 21. Gregory Lefort (Apr); 22. Hugo Marchand (Hon).

Time: 43 min., 43.690 sec.

Distance: 24 laps, 64.05 miles.

Average speed: 87.89 mph.

Margin of victory: 1.655 sec.

125cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 5 of 16 rounds): 1. Emilio Alzamora (81/1 win); 2. Noboru Ueda (78); 3. Mirko Giansanti (76); 4. Roberto Locatelli (67/1); 5. Arnaud Vincent (55/1); 6. Youichi Ui (45/2); 7. Masao Azuma (44); 8. Ivan Goi (43); 9. Gino Borsoi (40); 10. Steve Jenkner (26); 11. Lucio Cecchinello (24); 12. Gianluigi Scalvini (23); 13. (TIE) Randy de Puniet/Manuel Poggiali (15); 15. (TIE) Angel Nieto Jr./Simone Sanna (12).

250cc QUALIFYING: : 1. Daijiro Katoh (1:41.635); 2. Ralf Waldmann (1:42.225); 3. Shinya Nakano (1:42.371); 4. Marco Melandri (1:42.493); 5. Tohru Ukawa (1:42.638); 6. Olivier Jacque (1:42.914); 7. Franco Battaini (1:43.060); 8. Anthony West (1:43.393); 9. Alex Debon (1:43.621); 10. Luca Boscoscuro (1:43.805); 11. Naoki Matsudo (1:43.921); 12. Shahrol Yuzy (1:44.042); 13. Jullien Allemand (1:44.075); 14. Johan Stigefelt (1:44.133); 15. Klaus Nohles (1:44.259); 16. Vincent Philippe (1:44.297); 17. Alex Hofmann (1:44.357); 18. Jamie Robinson (1:44.364); 19. Sebastian Porto (1:44.484); 20. Jason Vincent (1:44.838); 21. Jarno Janssen (1:44.921); 22. David Checa (1:45.159); 23. Lucas Oliver (1:45.354); 24. Adrian Coates (1:45.356); 25. Fonsi Nieto (1:45.580); 26. Ivan Clementi (1:45.729); 27. David Garcia (1:46.269); 28. Sylvain Guintoli (1:46.338); 29. Sebastien Gimbert (1:46.435); 30. Julien da Costa (1:46.963); 31. Herve Mora (1:47.532); 32. Eric Dubray (1:48.125); 33. Bruno Vecchioni (1:48.244).

250cc GP: 1. Tohru Ukawa (Hon); 2. Shinya Nakano (Yam); 3. Olivier Jacque (Yam); 4. Marco Melandri (Apr); 5. Anthony West (Hon); 6. Daijiro Katoh (Hon); 7. Naoki Matsudo (Yam); 8. Ralf Waldmann (Apr); 9. Luca Boscoscuro (Apr); 10. Sebastien Porto (Yam); 11. Franco Battaini (Apr); 12. Johan Stigefelt (Hon); 13. Shahrol Yuzy (Yam); 14. Klaus Nohles (Apr); 15. Alex Debon (Apr); 16. Fonsi Nieto (Yam); 17. Jamo Janssen (Hon); 18. Alex Hofmann (Apr); 19. Ivan Clementi (Apr); 20. Lucas Oliver (Yam); 21. Sebastien Gimbert (Hon); 22. Julien da Costa (Hon); 23. Bruno Vecchioni (Yam); 24. Eric Dubray (Yam).

Time: 44 min., 42.954 sec.

Distance: 26 laps, 69.396 miles.

Average speed: 93.116 mph.

Margin of victory: 0.279 sec.

250cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 5 of 16 rounds): 1. Daijiro Katoh (91/2 wins); 2. Shinya Nakano (87/2); 3. Tohru Ukawa (77); 4. Olivier Jacque (75); 5. Ralf Waldmann (55/1); 6. Anthony West (52); 7. Marco Melandri (48); 8. Franco Battaini (32); 9. Sebastian Porto (32); 10. Naoki Matsudo (30); 11. Luca Boscoscuro (25); 12. Jason Vincent (15); 13. (TIE) Alex Debon/Klaus Nohles (14); 15. Marcellino Lucchi (9).

500cc QUALIFYING: 1. Max Biaggi (1:39.342); 2. Carlos Checa (1:39.396); 3. Alex Barros (1:39.610); 4. Kenny Roberts Jr. (1:39.682); 5. Alex Criville (1:40.034); 6. Jeremy McWilliams (1:40.074); 7. Norick Abe (1:40.369); 8. Garry McCoy (1:40.420); 9. Loris Capirossi (1:40.494); 10. Valentino Rossi (1:40.568); 11. Tadayuki Okada (1:40.612); 12. Regis Laconi (1:40.739); 13. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (1:41.167); 14. Nobuatsu Aoki (1:41.212); 15. Tetsuya Harada (1:41.288); 16. Sete Gibernau (1:41.315); 17. David de Gea (1:43.060); 18. Yoshiteru Konishi (1:43.397); 19. Ron Haslam (1:44.162); 20. Sebastien Le Grelle (1:45.042).

500cc GP: 1. Alex Criville (Hon); 2. Norick Abe (Yam); 3. Valentino Rossi (Hon); 4. Garry McCoy (Yam); 5. Alex Barros (Hon); 6. Kenny Roberts Jr. (Suz); 7. Carlos Checa (Yam); 8. Loris Capirossi (Hon); 9. Regis Laconi (Yam); 10. Tetsuya Harada (Apr); 11. Nobuatsu Aoki (Suz); 12. Jeremy McWilliams (Apr); 13. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (Hon); 14. Tadayuki Okada (Hon); 15. Sete Gibernau (Hon); 16. David de Gea (Mod); 17. Sebastien Legrelle (Hon).

Time: 47 min., 15.363 sec.

Distance: 28 laps, 74.73 miles

Average speed: 94.889 mph.

Margin of victory: 0.321 sec.

500cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (After 5 of 16 rounds): 1. Kenny Roberts Jr. (90/2 wins); 2. Carlos Checa (80); 3. Garry McCoy (61/1); 4. Alex Criville (59/1); 5. Norick Abe (54/1); 6. Alex Barros (52); 7. Nobuatsu Aoki (46); 8. Loris Capirossi (38); 9. Valentino Rossi (37); 10. Tadayuki Okada (34); 11. Regis Laconi (31); 12. Jurgen van den Goorbergh (24); 13. Jeremy McWilliams (18); 14. Tetsuya Harada (15); 15. Max Biaggi (13).