2003

Year: 2003

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ACU Academy rider selection

14 October 2003

The ACU are looking for the next crop of riders to join their academy programme for road racers, and are holding a rider selection day at Rockingham on November 10. The most promising young riders on...

Rossi wins despite penalty

14 October 2003

Valentino Rossi has won the penultimate MotoGP race of the year in fantastic style, taking the win despite incurring his second time penalty of the season. Rossi had a bad start to the race, running...

Toseland takes first WSB pole

14 October 2003

James Toseland has taken his first ever World Superbike pole position in the run up to Sunday’s race at Magny Cours. The HM Plant Ducati rider stole the top spot from factory Ducati rider Neil Hodgson...

Rossi on pole at Phillip Island

14 October 2003

Valentino Rossi has taken his Honda RCV to pole position for Sunday’s Australian GP, beating Ducati’s Loris Capirossi in to second place. The newly crowned world champion beat Capirossi’s...

Biggest brolly ever?

14 October 2003

WSB goes for the record for the biggest brolly in history. And this poor girl has to hold it.

A look of concentration?

14 October 2003

Or was it a bad decision to skip the loo break before the race?

Two new teams for WSB

14 October 2003

Two new teams have announced plans to move up to the World Superbike championship in 2004. At a time when manufacturers are pulling out of the championship left, right and centre World Supersport team...

Look, up in the sky…

14 October 2003

What has distracted her?

McWilliams ninth in qualifying practice

14 October 2003

Jeremy McWilliams, who last year claimed pole at Phillip Island on a two-stroke, is in a provisional ninth place on the Proton V5 for this Sunday’s MotoGP at the Australian circuit. Valentino Rossi...

Rossi plays down F1 move

14 October 2003

Newly-crowned MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has played down the rumours that he will be driving a Formula 1 car next year. Rossi was offered a no-strings-attached test drive of the Ferrari F1...

Three of a kind

14 October 2003

If you get three matching colours you win a prize…

Too hot to handle

14 October 2003

It looks like Katsuaki Fujiwara might have mistakenly left his helmet under the tyre warmers…

Walker tops first practice

14 October 2003

Chris Walker has topped the time sheets in the first practice session for the last round of the World Superbike championship this weekend. Walker and HM Plant Ducati team-mate James Toseland dominated...

MCN-backed European Supermoto comes to UK

14 October 2003

The MCN-backed British Superprix is the first round of the European Supermoto championship to ever be held in the UK, and it takes place at Lydden Hill in Kent on October 18-19. The circuit is...

Brit podium at Lydden

14 October 2003

The first-ever European championship supermoto round held in the UK took place in front of 10,000 fans at Lydden in Kent on Sunday The crowd had something to cheer after British rider Ady Smith...

Packing real power

07 October 2003

She is certainly packing some firepower…

Terms and conditions

07 October 2003

Bennetts: Win Superbike Race of The Year Tickets. The promotion is open to UK residents excluding employees of Bennetts and other third parties involved in this promotion and their families. No purchase is necessary. Entry to the promotion is made by answering the competition question motorcyclenews.com. All entries must be emailed to mcn.online@emap.com The winner will be selected at random from...

Sepang pole for Rossi

07 October 2003

Amidst rumours about a possible switch to Yamaha, Valentino Rossi put his Honda RC211V on pole for the Malaysian GP on Sunday. Rossi created a new pole lap record of 2:02.480 on his way to the front of the grid. Second place goes to Spaniard Carlos Checa, with Makoto Tamada third. 1) Rossi 2:02.480. 2) Checa 2:02.885. 3) Tamada 2:03.138. 4) Biaggi 2:03.254. 5) Nakano 2:03.342. 6) Capirossi...

Sure you don’t want a pillion ride?

07 October 2003

Are you sure you don’t fancy a lap on the back of the bike?

Rossi is champion again

07 October 2003

Valentino Rossi has won his seventh race of the year to seal the MotoGP championship for the second year running. The world champion sat behind Sete Gibernau for early part of the race but at half...

The two-hand technique

07 October 2003

The brolly babe handbook recommends a two-handed technique in strong winds.

Phase One win World Endurance title

07 October 2003

The British Phase One team overcame a dramatic build-up to the final round of the 2003 World Endurance championship at Vellelunga in Italy, to go on to take the title. Regular riders Jason Pridmore...

Looking down from above

07 October 2003

The brolly babe smiled as she dropped the umbrella on the unsuspecting Hodgson

Rossi keeps world guessing

07 October 2003

Valentino Rossi looks set to keep the world waiting anxiously for an answer on his future for a few more days yet. It seems all the huge speculation surrounding his future won’t come to an end until...

What has she seen?

07 October 2003

Is there a rival brolly girl, just out of the picture?

Have you won Mallory tickets?

07 October 2003

We’ve teamed up with Bennetts Insurance Services to offer five pairs of tickets to the Superbike race of the Year at Mallory Park on Sunday October 12. The five winners, who will each receive a pair...

Entry list for GSX-R Cup released

07 October 2003

The entry list has been released for the Worldwide GSX-R Cup Final races, which will see Brits Steve Brogan, Kenny Everest and Ben Mossey compete against 25 identically-prepared Suzuki GSX-R750s. The...

Win Sheffield supercross tickets for McGrath farewell

07 October 2003

Seven-times U.S. supercross champion Jeremy McGrath will be the man to beat this Saturday, October 11, when he competes in the first round of the seventh International supercross series at the...

Rossi on provisional pole for Malaysian GP

07 October 2003

Valentino Rossi underlined why there is so much speculation about his contract for next year by setting a new qualifying record to put himself on provisional pole for Sunday’s race at Sepang. The...

Rossi set for shock Yamaha switch

07 October 2003

Valentino Rossi is looking more and more likely to make a shock switch from Honda to Yamaha in 2004. GP sources claim the deal is already done – but nothing official is expected until Sunday’s...

She makes the sun shine brighter

07 October 2003

Who could resist a smile like that?

Dovizioso fastest in 125cc qualifying

01 October 2003

Andrea Dovizioso heads the timesheets after the first 125cc qualifying session for the Pacific GP on Sunday. Dovizioso posted a time of 1:58.988, one-tenth quicker than fellow Honda rider Daniel Pedrosa. Alex De Angelis is third on the Aprilia, with the Derbi of Jorge Lorenzo completing the front row. Australian Casey Stoner heads an all-Aprilia second row. 1) Dovizioso 1:58.988. 2) Pedrosa...

2003

ACU Academy rider selection

Rossi wins despite penalty

Toseland takes first WSB pole

Rossi on pole at Phillip Island

Biggest brolly ever?

A look of concentration?

Two new teams for WSB

Look, up in the sky…

McWilliams ninth in qualifying practice

Rossi plays down F1 move

Three of a kind

Too hot to handle

Walker tops first practice

MCN-backed European Supermoto comes to UK

Brit podium at Lydden

Packing real power

Terms and conditions

Sepang pole for Rossi

Sure you don’t want a pillion ride?

Rossi is champion again

The two-hand technique

Phase One win World Endurance title

Looking down from above

Rossi keeps world guessing

What has she seen?

Have you won Mallory tickets?

Entry list for GSX-R Cup released

Win Sheffield supercross tickets for McGrath farewell

Rossi on provisional pole for Malaysian GP

Rossi set for shock Yamaha switch

She makes the sun shine brighter

Dovizioso fastest in 125cc qualifying

Biaggi’s Motegi win overshadowed by drama

Look into my eyes…

You race motorcycles? Really?

Happy to be here?