scored back-to-back wins in Australia and Spain, scoring his first ever podium in the latter. He retired at the Nations GP but took the fastest lap. Another win followed at round five in Germany, with a third place (and fastest lap) in Austria and a second place in the Netherlands as well. Another retirement followed at the Belgian GP, but Crivillé responded with two consecutive second places in France and Great Britain and two poles in the last two races in Sweden and Czechoslovakia, which he went on to win. Crivillé won the championship with 166 points to Spaan's 152, with Ezio Gianola third with 138 points. He clinched his first, and only, 125cc title. 250cc career Yamaha (1990) 1990 In 1990, he stepped up to the 250 cc class to race for Giacomo Agostini's team. Crivillé skipped the opening round in Japan for the second successive year, and started his year with a retirement in the United States. At the next round in Spain, he finished seventh, before recording another retirement in the Nations race. He finished eleventh in Germany but went on to score yet another retirement in Austria. He finished in seventh position in Yugoslavia but went on to register back-to-back retirements at the Dutch and Belgian rounds. Crivillé finished the season on a high note by scoring a flurry of points on the closing rounds - eighth in France and Great Britain, ninth in Sweden, seventh in Czechoslovakia, his season best result of fifth in Hungary and sixth in Australia. Crivillé finished eleventh in the championship with 76 points, 147 points behind the champion John Kocinski and 132 points behind runner-up Carlos Cardús. JJ Cobas (1991) 1991 After a lackluster season in Yamaha in 1990, Crivillé went back to the JJ Cobas team for 1991. He did not start the season well, retiring twice in Japan and Australia. Only at round three in the United States did Crivillé score his first points with an eighth-place finish. Two more retirements followed in Spain and Italy, with seventh and ninth-place finishes in Germany and Austria. Back-to-back retirements followed once again at the European and Dutch rounds. In France, Crivillé finished seventh, two more retirements followed in Great Britain and San Marino. He scored his season best result of fifth at the Czechoslovak grand prix, retired again at the Vitesse du Mans round - his ninth retirement of the