2001

Year: 2001

Month: ALL

Down in the mouth

18 November 2001

The gift of giant earrings did nothing to lift her mood

James Haydon aproaches final decision

18 November 2001

James Haydon was in Geneva at the weekend – looking at a race-spec R1 similar to the one Yamaha boss Rob McElnea wants him to ride in next season’s British Superbike championship. He visited Yamaha’s...

Haslam forced to 250s

18 November 2001

LEON HASLAM is expected to confirm this week that he will ride in next year’s world 250 championship. The 18-year-old British rider has been forced to drop into 250s after he couldn’t secure a ride in the 500 class. After an up and down rookie season in the world 500 championship, he looked like he would be retained by the Shell Advance Honda squad to ride a production Honda NSR V-twin. That...

Grand Prix attendance breaks records

18 November 2001

The biggest crowd at the British GP in years helped break new attendance figures for a world championship season. Official figures released by series organisers Dorna said 1,588.635 attended GPs to...

John Reynolds goes two-up for Children In Need

11 November 2001

John Reynolds took time out from his busy close-season schedule to take former Radio One and current Radio Northampton presenter Liz Kershaw for six high-speed laps of Rockingham circuit to raise cash...

Criville on course for Yamaha GP ride

11 November 2001

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville will find out later this week if his career has been saved by a shock move to Yamaha. The Spaniard appeared to be heading for enforced retirement when he was...

Put a cap on it

11 November 2001

She’s mobile. We’re not guessing about the other bit.

TT rivals to battle it out in Macau

11 November 2001

Next year’s main TT contenders will go head-to-head at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in the early hours of Saturday morning (UK time). John McGuinness and David Jefferies will both be in the...

Watch the video part of the interview

11 November 2001

Max Biaggi answers your questions at the NEC Show. Choose from Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM) downloads.

Firm and fair

11 November 2001

Pert, I believe, is the word you are looking for

NEC Supercross winners

11 November 2001

Here are the 10 winners of our NEC Supercross competition. They each get a pair of tickets to Saturday night’s event. The winners are: Richard Chown, from Beds, David Macklin, from Staffs, Keith Hopkins, from Staffs, Michael Collins, from Middlesex, Paul Sutton, from Glamorgan, Steve Boulton, from Gwent, Tim Holloway, from Berks, Jim McBain, from Wrexham, Paul Laver, from Herts and Robert Perrin,...

Rain holds up Bayliss and Xaus

11 November 2001

The second day of testing for the factory Ducati team of Troy Bayliss and Ruben Xaus was severely disrupted by rain. Bayliss and Xaus were only able to do 22 and 24 laps respectively at the Valencia...

Give us a ring

11 November 2001

There’s a ringing in her ears.

Good news for Mrs Hodgson

11 November 2001

That Neil Hodgson clearly only has eyes for his missus.

You can back Young’s 2002 effort

11 November 2001

British superstock champion Paul Young is starting a supporters club for his 2002 British superbike campaign. For £299, fans get a range of racing-related benefits including paddock passes, team...

Watch Chris Brock in action

11 November 2001

Choose from Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM) downloads to watch stunning stunts from the NEC Show

Search for a new Eastender

11 November 2001

The Tamsin Outhwaite look-a-like competition drew some quality entries

McWilliams and Haslam in line for Team Roberts

11 November 2001

British riders Jeremy McWilliams and Leon Haslam are the among the contenders to land a ride in Kenny Roberts’ Banbury-based Proton GP squad next season. McWilliams is a free agent following the late...

Watch freestyle star in video action and win PlayStation 2 games

11 November 2001

If you’ve already been to the NEC Show, here’s your chance to relive the awe-packed moments when you saw Freestyle supercross star Chris Brock in action. If you haven’t been, watch it and you’ll...

Battered Bayliss cracks lap record in Valencia test

11 November 2001

After six weeks of recuperation from a broken collarbone, World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss got straight back into the swing of it on Tuesday by racking up 77 laps and knocking 0.5s of the...

McGuinness on pole for Macau GP

11 November 2001

John McGuinness will start Saturday’s Macau Grand Prix from pole position after dominating qualifying and setting a time over three-and-a-half seconds faster than second-placed man Roger...

Off-road riding returns to IoM

11 November 2001

Footpaths and public rights of way are being re-opened to the public for off-road riding. " We are happy for bikers to come and ride around the island, as long as they take the necessary precautions " said Manx minister for tourism and leisure David Cretney. He also confirmed that next year’s TT will be going ahead even if Foot and Mouth is still on the mainland. " There will be fences put up...