July

Year: 2002

Month: July

MCN: Your British GP souvenir

15 July 2002

If you were one of the 60,000 there, if you wished you had been, if you watched it on TV, or missed everything, you need this week’s MCN, out on Wednesday, July 17. We’ve got a full 16 pages of...

Marlboro and Yamaha part company

15 July 2002

Yamaha has announced the end of their sponsorship by cigarette brand Marlboro. The deal will cease at the end of 2002, after three years with Marlboro as the team’s main sponsor. It doesn’t look like...

If Ducati made girls…

15 July 2002

They’d be as sexy as their bikes

Foggy’s FP1 won’t race this year

08 July 2002

Carl Fogarty has just announced his Foggy/Petronas team will not race in WSB this year. For more details on Foggy’s announcement don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out July 10. The strain of...

Toseland signs two-year GSE deal

08 July 2002

James Toseland has pledged himself to his HM Plant/GSE team with a new two-year deal that’ll see him assume the mantle of number one rider with the squad until the end of 2004. The current embumbent...

Dry my bike off love

08 July 2002

Her cleaning method was unusual, but no one complained

Show your support for Jezza

08 July 2002

Jeremy McWilliams is Britain’s only rider in MotoGPs this season, and he’s hoping the fans at Donington will give him the same kind of support that has led to Brands World Superbikes turning into a...

All white now

08 July 2002

Anyone got a handy hose or bucket of water?

British GP results: Rossi wins again

08 July 2002

Good weather and big crowds have marked this year’s British GP, but if you couldn’t make it, we’ve got all the results… MotoGP results: Valentino Rossi rode a textbook race to win at Donington,...

Pichon victory makes history in Sweden

08 July 2002

Mickael Pichon became the most successful French rider in GP history when he took his 21st Grand Prix win in Uddevalla, Sweden at the weekend in the 250cc class. Local hero Kenneth Gundersen got the...

It takes 3 things to wear a vest

08 July 2002

Young, female and attractive seems to be the criteria

She’s behind you

08 July 2002

Is that our babe of the Year winner? Quick, turn round and catch her

The new pit to bike radios

08 July 2002

There were a few design problems to be worked round

Hislop: WSB is mediocre

08 July 2002

MCN British Superbike star Steve Hislop joined registered users of motorcyclenews.com for a webchat at 1pm on Thursday July 11. Not only did he reveal his views of World Superbikes, he also told users...

Nice front end

08 July 2002

Now that’s a bikini fairing

Knockhill crash broke Hislop’s collarbone

08 July 2002

Steve Hislop has definitely ruled himself out of a Brands Hatch WSB wildcard after tests discovered he’d broken his collarbone in Sunday’s MCN Knockhill BSB round. You can read more about Hislop’s...

Carmichael makes it 12 in a row

08 July 2002

Ricky Carmichael continued his perfect season in AMA Motocross to take his 11th and 12th motos, and the overall win, breaking Bob Hannah’s 1978 record of 10 moto wins. Carmichael’s Honda teammate,...

Steve Hislop: In his own words

08 July 2002

cbr6dude: Steve, is Sean Emmett your biggest adversary, or mis-fortune? SteveHislop: Biggest adversary? Yeah I mean the form that Sean had last year, he was there , or thereabouts. He was every bit as good as me and John. But he basically had to play a team role and back John up, and not win. But this year he can go for the wins, so yes he is a strong, strong challenge Alan: Exactly how pissed off...

You’re a bit lop-sided

08 July 2002

The fact they put the scaffolding up at a 45 degree angle is even more worrying

They look so happy

01 July 2002

Considering someone has stolen the sleeves from their shirts

Keep it under your hat

01 July 2002

And don’t forget to wear your safety glasses near the heavy machinery

Laguna Seca wildcards announced

01 July 2002

Anthony Gobert will renew his WSB acquaintances at Laguna Seca after he and five other AMA riders were awarded wildcards for the round on July 14. The Australian, who took a run-away win at the track...

Freestyle MX goes backflipping crazy

01 July 2002

US freestyle MX star Mike Metzger has been filmed landing an amazing 48ft backflip, and you can see the sensational video online. Carey Hart was the first to attempt the backflip and Caleb Wyatt...

Llewellyn leaves Motopower

01 July 2002

It’s been announced at Knockhill, ahead of Sunday’s MCN BSB round, that Matt Llewellyn has parted company with Russell Savory’s Motopower BSB squad. Llewellyn has had a poor season; an unhealthy dose...

Rutter’s title warning

01 July 2002

Michael Rutter reckons he’s the man to challenge Sean Emmett and Steve Hislop for the 2002 MCN British Superbike title. For more on Michal Rutter’s challenge and Niall Mackenzie’s Knockhill...

Hislop denied Knockhill double after tangle with Rutter

01 July 2002

Steve Hislop should have left Knockhill with a 29-point lead in the MCN British Superbike championship. He’d already won the first race from champion rival Sean Emmett in convincing fashion and was...

Don’t get distracted

01 July 2002

It’s hard work sometimes, concentrating on getting a good start

Rutter on pole for Knockhill

01 July 2002

Michael Rutter will start from pole position in Sunday’s BSB round at Knockhill on the Renegade Ducati after the most dramatic qualifying session of the season. Officials had already scrapped...

She doesn’t look happy

01 July 2002

Obviously needs a darker tint on those glasses

Hislop back on the pace at Knockhill

01 July 2002

Steve Hislop is setting the pace on the second day of practice ahead of Sunday’s MCN BSB round at Knockhill. According to the MonsterMob Ducati rider his recent lack of race-winning form can be traced...

Harris to miss Knockhill

01 July 2002

Karl Harris has lost his battle to be fit for the Knockhill round of the MCN-backed British Superbike series on Sunday, July 7. The 22-year-old broke his wrist after crashing heavily at Oulton Park on...

Capirossi to miss Donington GP

01 July 2002

Loris Capirossi will miss the British GP at MCN Donington Park on July 14 after crashing heavily at Assen on Saturday. For more on this story, don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out Wednesday July...

The blues sisters?

01 July 2002

Looks like Jake and Elwood ditched the police car for HM Plant Ducatis

Board my dear?

01 July 2002

Because we could look at you all day.