Road Racing 2006

Plater denies Rutter at Macau.

Michael Rutter (Stobart Honda) at Macau 2006.
Steve Plater has denied Michael Rutter a record-breaking seventh Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix victory during a tense 15 lap battle around the Guia street circuit.

Plater, riding an AIM Racing Yamaha, passed pre-race favourite Rutter on lap four and stayed ahead of his rival right to the chequered flag.

Pole sitter Rutter tried hard to regain the advantage, with he and Plater breaking Rutter's long-standing lap record four times as they fought for supremacy. Rutter - riding a Stobart Honda - was badly baulked by a slower rider just two laps from home, but continued to chase the race leader and was less than one second behind at the chequered flag.

One man who was not disappointed that Rutter was beaten was former British star Ron Haslam who shares with him the record of six wins in the event. Haslam was a guest of the event as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations.

A third British racer, Rutter's team-mate Ian Hutchinson, looked as though he would challenge for victory in the early stages, but after losing second spot to Plater he began to drop back and finally finished third, 27 seconds down on the race winner.

Scot Stuart Easton, a third member of the Stobart Motorsport Honda squad, was fourth home, five seconds behind Hutchinson but only 0.1secs ahead of another British racer, Guy Martin on the second AIM Racing Yamaha.

Former winner and the man who has finished runner-up to Rutter for the past four years, John McGuinness, had a poor race by his standards and finished sixth on his Stobart Motorsport Honda.

Steve Allan beat fellow Scot Callum Ramsay, both on MSS Discovery Racing Kawasakis in the Supersport 600 Class.

It was the second year in succession that Allan had taken victory in the race, but he announced afterwards that he was now looking for a Superbike ride for next year's event.

Hong Kong racer Cheung Wai On on his privately-owned Yamaha was third in the smaller bike class, 20 seconds behind Ramsay.

bron: Crash

Steve Wins at the Macau Grand Prix

Steve has taken the win in the Macau GP with a 0.962 second advantage over six-times winner Michael Rutter.

He took the lead just three laps into the race and engaged in a two-way battle for supremacy with Rutter which continued throughout the 15 laps.

But Steve held on to take his first Macau GP win for AIM Yamaha.
A full report will follow as soon as I receive a report from Steve.

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iemand enig idee waar er eventueel online beelde van te vinden zijn? ik begreep dat er geen nederlandse of buitenlandse zender het zou uitzenden