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| Round 3: GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE (Paul Ricard) 23/5/2004 |
| 1st 2nd 3rd 9th 17th |
| Transalp Anticyklona Don Mazzi rezist Nealzx6 |
| 20:54.075 20:54.323 + 0.248 20:57.167 + 3.092 21:13.865 + 19.790 21:24.156 + 30.081 |
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| 1st 2nd 3rd 13th 16th |
| Transalp SFW Anticyklona rezist Nealzx6 |
| 88 83 65 37 33 |
| 1 1 1 - - |
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| Rothmans Honda has again climbed the ladder in the race for the Team Championship title, with a satisfying result at the French GP.. Rezist has returned to his season-best form, with a ninth position at the Paul Ricard circuit. He was very happy with the result after the race. "Yes! Thats my best result since the preseason test! Saber and I were having a great battle, we were riding on the limit the whole race." |
| "I got a slow start but soon settled in about 1 second behind Saber. His Kawasaki was much faster in the turns, but on the straights I was able to use the power of the Honda to stay in touch. On about lap 10 I started to do a couple of good laps and edged closer to him, and I thought it could be possible to move up a place. So I kept pushing and managed to get in front on the back straight with 2 laps to go. Then I just tried hard to keep a clean line in the corners to match the Kawasaki." |
| "I managed to hold him off until the chicane, where had had a go at me. I kept the position into the Village but Saber passed me into the last turn. But luckily I have this wonderful V5 engine which enabled me to beat him to the line on the main staight. Im very happy with the result and look forward to Mugello, its a favourite track of mine." |
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| 7th |
| Rothmans Honda |
| 70 |