Luca Cadalora received his first pole of the season at his home race, sending the Italian press into a frenzy.

As he slid off the track, the deep furrows in the gravel somersaulted him end-over-end and he landed heavily on his head.

It felt like there was a hole in the middle of my chest.”Mick Doohan got past Schwantz hoping to catch Cadalora, but was unable to pass him.

Tad Pilati of the Roberts team said of Rainey: “There’s no feeling from the center of his chest down.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing did not return to Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica until 2007.