2005

Year: 2005

Month: ALL

First 2006 MotoGP dates

22 July 2005

Here are the provisional dates for the 2006 MotoGP calendar. These are subject to change. 26 March: Spain – Jerez de la Frontera 8 April **: Qatar – Doha/Losail 23 April: Turkey – Istanbul 7 May:...

A winning smile....

15 July 2005

Now why is it when we smile, we always discover a piece of food wedged in our teeth?

Meet stars of MotoGP

15 July 2005

Two of MotoGP’s biggest names will take part in a live chat show tonight (July 19) and you can be in the audience. Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri will be at Club Amadeus in Northallerton, North...

Double trouble

15 July 2005

With two brolly babes, no wonder he looks so happy…

A knowing look

15 July 2005

She has to be up to something….

Czech firm Blata has stepped up its fight against Chinese copies of the Minibike, Mini Motard, Quadard and Origami B1 with backing from official bodies on three continents. The cheap Chinese copies...

Feeling blue

15 July 2005

Sometimes it’s good to feel a little blue. Or even better, it’s good to feel a young lady wearing a little blue outfit….

Walker tops qualifying

15 July 2005

Britain’s Chris Walker has qualified on provisional pole for the Czech round of the World Superbike championship on Sunday, July 17. Walker completed 15 laps with a best time of 2:03.064 to put him...

Happy shiny babe

15 July 2005

It’s great when girls can continue to look happy and wear skimpy clothing, despite any bad weather…

Corser on Brno pole

15 July 2005

Troy Corser has put his Suzuki GSX-R1000 on pole position for the Brno round of the World Superbike championship. Corser pulled out all the stops in the Superpole session after being beaten to second...

Looking into my eyes...

15 July 2005

Look into her eyes and you’ll start to feel sleepy. Well, you’ll want to go to bed, anyway…

5 wildcards for GP 125s

15 July 2005

Five British wildcards have been granted entry into the 125 GP at July 24’s Donington Park British GP. Racing bosses at the FIM usually only allow three wild cards per class but the UK’s ACU asked...

Coppins wins Sun City MX

15 July 2005

Josh Coppins took his second successive overall Motocross victory at Round 11 at Sun City on Sunday, July 17, 2005. The Grand Prix of South africa saw Coppins take on reigning champion Stefan Everts...

Hairy Mary....

15 July 2005

She was working as a brolly babe just days after appearing as Aslan, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe…

Day of Champs in pics

15 July 2005

The Day of Champions at Donington Park on Thursday attracted 6000 race fans to the annual fund-raiser for Riders For Health. MCN was there, backing the stunt shows, taking part in the super anorak...

Wins for Corser and Haga

15 July 2005

Race one positions: T. Corser J. Toseland R. Laconi C.Walker P. Chili L. Lanzi N.Haga C. Vermeulen N. Abe A. Pitt Y. Kagayama F. Nieto K. Muggeridge M.Neukirchner D. Checa J. Cardoso S.

Camier to ride Suzuka

15 July 2005

British Supersport championship leader Leon Camier has been offered a factory ride in the Suzuka 8-Hour. Racing on July 31, the 18-year-old will compete on a Moriwaki Honda Fireblade. Camier, from...

Visit the Day of Champs

15 July 2005

Start coughing, complaining of feeling a bit rough – or be up front and book the day off because Thursday (July 21) is the Day Of Champions at Donington Park – your chance to rub shoulders with...

Win MotoGP pillion ride

08 July 2005

Did you miss out on the MCN Auction for the ride of a lifetime as a pillion on Randy Mamola’s two-seater Ducati MotoGP bike? Here’s a chance to win one instead. A ride just like this – lapping...

Hayden takes GP Pole

08 July 2005

Nicky Hayden has taken pole position for Sunday’s American Grand Prix. The US rider has dominated the entire weekend so far and beat current championship leader Valantino Rossi to the top spot by...

Brolly babe congestion

08 July 2005

Nothing worse than a brolly babe traffic jam….

Brno bonus for Corser

08 July 2005

WSB series leader Troy Corser has good reason to feel confident going into this weekend’s racing at Brno. The last time the championship raced at the Czech Republic circuit Corser won both races and...

Are you sure it's right?

08 July 2005

Noone was convinced that this was the right riding position, but sometimes you have to let riders experiment…

The breast of friends

08 July 2005

It’s good to see girls being so friendly to each other…

250 riders 'too old' for GP

08 July 2005

Campaigners are organising a widespread protest against the decision not to allow Dan Tarratt, Andy Meacham and Ian Gardner to enter the British GP as wildcards in the 250 class at the British GP. ...

Hodgson's Laguna crash

08 July 2005

Neil Hodgson missed the chance to win in front of the MotoGP paddock at Laguna Seca last weekend, when the AMA Superbike championship provided one of the support races for the MotoGP round. The...

Haslam on BSB pole

08 July 2005

Leon Haslam has taken pole position at the Snetterton round of the British Superbike championship. The Airwaves Ducati rider headed off the challenge from the dominant HM Plant Honda duo of Michael...

Hondas head Snetterton

08 July 2005

The HM Plant team have topped the second practice session for the British Superbike round at Snetterton on Sunday, July 10, with Ryuichi Kiyonari just pipping Michael Rutter to the fastest time. ...

Hayden wins U.S GP

08 July 2005

Nicky Hayden rode a perfect race to take his maiden MotoGP win at the American Grand Prix at Laguna Seca today, Sunday July 10, 2005. The factory Honda rider qualified on pole and dominated almost...

Three of a kind...

08 July 2005

All the best things come in threes…

Rider favouristism...

08 July 2005

How come Makoto Tamada gets a cool pink bendy straw?

Ride with Mamola at GP

08 July 2005

Today (Friday, July 8) is your last chance to bid for the ride of a lifetime – on board Randy Mamola’s Ducati Desmosedici two-seat MotoGP bike at the Donington MotoGP. The MCN Auction closes at...

Bigger brolly babes?

08 July 2005

Every year the bikes get faster, the riders get younger, and the brolly babes get taller.

Rutter extends BSB lead

08 July 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari and Gregorio Lavilla shared one win apiece at Snetterton today, Sunday July 10, 2005, but it was Michael Rutter who extended his championship lead despite a broken collarbone from a...

Hayden heads U.S GP

08 July 2005

Nicky Hayden has gone fastest in the second practice session with a new record time of 1:24.228. The American, who has experience at the California track from AMA Superbike, demoted Troy Bayliss from...

Not always professionals

08 July 2005

Sometimes it’s not just the professional brolly girls that can catch our attention.