Steve Baker king
, NZPA-Reuter Limbourg , Steve Baker, of the United • was yesterdav crowned • world <5O c.c. motor-cycle cham pion of the Zolder circuit, having dominated both stages of tne I Belgian Grand Pt lx. It was also a victory for the Japanese manufacturer. Yamaha II who supplied all the 30 bike s in the race ' The three top riders in the first race—Baker. Mario Lac-, 1 chinelli (Italy i and the Koreanborn Japanese, Takazumi Kata■vama—proved their superiority' I by going on to finish in the same
I order in the second leg Katazumi was only a third of a aecI ond behind the Italian at the I end of the second race. Warren Willing Australia) was I ninth over-all. ■ World chamolonship standings: Baker (U.S.), 97 points, 1: Chria- > tian Sarron (France . 34. 2- . Hubert Rigal (Monaco). 29 3; t Kenns Roberts (U.S.), 27, 4; Takaizuml Katayama (Japan) and • Marco Lucchinelli (Italy) 25 ■ leouai 5; Philippe Coulon' (Swit■irerlnd), -4. 7; Giacomo Agostini llvSl'' Boel v,n Dulmen i (Netherlands). 19. 9 Warren i-Willing (Australiit). Id, 10.
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