October

Year: 2002

Month: October

Edwards signs for Aprilia

28 October 2002

Colin Edwards has signed for Aprilia to ride its RS3 in MotoGP next year. There is no word yet on whether he will partner Regis Laconi in a two-man team. We will bring your more details very soon.

Chris Walker’s race for fitness in time for his GSE Racing WSB squad’s important first test looks bleak. The pins in the ankle he damaged earlier this month in a supermoto race in Mettet, Belgium have...

Xaus confirmed at Ducati WSB

21 October 2002

Ruben Xaus has just been confirmed as Neil Hodgson’s teammate at the factory Ducati Corse WSB squad on the new 999. He renews his commitment to the factory after a torrid 2002 in World Superbikes,...

Scott Russell could be back in WSB

21 October 2002

Scott Russell could be set for a dramatic return to World Superbikes after an absence of five years. He last rode in the 1998 championship on a Yamaha YZF750, but he has been testing recently with AMA...

Scott Russell in comeback test

21 October 2002

Former WSB champ Scott Russell is on the verge of an amazing racing comeback, despite nearly being killed at the Daytona 200 in 2001. He has been secretly testing for HMC Racing, an AMA Superbike...

Officials settle on new AMA Superbike rules

14 October 2002

From next year the American superbike (AMA) series will run on broadly similar lines to the British domestic championship after officials finally settled on a framework to allow teams to run...

Walker breaks leg in Supermoto race

14 October 2002

Chris Walker has been diagnosed as having a broken ankle and tibia of his left leg after crashing out of a supermoto race in Mettet, Belgium at the weekend. He was due to start testing with his new...

Honda set to quit WSB

14 October 2002

Honda is set to quit WSB despite winning the 2002 World Superbike championship. You can read more on this story in the latest issue of MCN, out October 16. There had been rumours that GSE Racing would...

GSE to stick with Ducati for 2003 WSB

07 October 2002

GSE Racing has just announced that it will remain with Ducati in World Superbikes for 2003 and not join forces with Honda as had been widely rumoured. In a statement team owner Darrell Healey said: ”...

Edwards – the Aprilia deal in his words

07 October 2002

Early this morning (UK time) Colin Edwards wrote to users of motorcyclenews.com in our Racing – WSB section about his forthcoming deal to ride the Aprilia RS3 in MotoGP. He wrote: ” Friday is D-Day.

First pictures: Bayliss and Hodgson test

07 October 2002

These are the first pictures of Troy Bayliss and Neil Hodgson testing their respective 2003 MotoGP and World Superbike machines. The pair has just completed preliminary test at Mugello in Italy, just...

Edwards out, Xaus in at Ducati WSB

07 October 2002

Ruben Xaus will partner Neil Hodgson on the factory Ducati 999 in World Superbikes in 2003. The Spaniard is expected to sign shortly to fill the vacancy created by Colin Edward’s departure for...

Rumours put Edwards on RCV

01 October 2002

Following his stunning performance at the weekend, which saw him wrap up the 2002 WSB title for Honda, paddock rumours now have Colin Edwards back on an RCV in MotoGP for 2003. While the Texan Tornado...

Imola bike fault costs Whitham

01 October 2002

The FIM has announced that Jamie Whitham has forfeited the fourth place he earned on Sunday at Imola thanks to a technical infringement of the rules. World Supersport regulations state that bikes must...

Kawasaki bow out of WSB

01 October 2002

Kawasaki has announced it’s pulling out of World Superbikes to concentrate on its fledgling MotoGP programme. The annoucement has long been expected – this year was the last in which its ageing ZX-7R...