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.
New four-stroke 250s win at first outing
28 October 2002
Ernesto Fonseca gave Honda’s new four-stroke CRF250R crosser its first win when he debuted the bike at the final round of the Japanese National series at the Sportland circuit in Sugo. The Costa Rican...
KTM names Locatelli in 125 squad
28 October 2002
KTM has named one of the riders it will field in the 2003 125GP season. Roberto Locatelli, the 2000 125cc champion, returns to the minnow class after an indifferent 2002 season in the 250s. He’ll be...
Nobody told them the colour changed
28 October 2002
Obviously no-one had told Mary-Anne Hobbs and the girls that the team had changed colour.
Shane Byrne in at MonsterMob
28 October 2002
Shane Byrne has been confirmed at MonsterMob Ducati for the 2003 British Superbike season. Byrne, who finished fourth in the MCN-backed series this year, replaces title-winner Steve Hislop in the Paul...
Walker test hopes dented
28 October 2002
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...
Bayliss to debut Ducati at Valencia
28 October 2002
Troy Bayliss will give Ducati’s new MotoGP machine its public debut at the Valencia Grand Prix on November 3. He’ll be riding the Desmosedeci V4 four-stroke on a few demonstration laps ahead of the...
Chili could be coming to BSB
28 October 2002
Frankie Chili could be set to race in British Superbikes next year. And if that’s not incredible enough, Steve Hislop could be his teammate. The veteran WSB star talks exclusively to MCN in the...
Buster Roberts passes away
28 October 2002
THE Grand Prix racing paddock is in mourning after the death of one of its biggest personalities. Buster Roberts, father to Kenny Roberts Snr, passed away last night (October 27) in hospital in California after a brief illness. He was 81. Buster was the driving forced behind the dynasty which has seen two generations of Roberts win GP world titles, having put Kenny Snr on a bike before his eighth...
Telefonica rings changes at Suzuki
28 October 2002
Telefonica Movistar, the Spanish mobile phone giant, has ended its two-year association with the Suzuki MotoGP squad. This weekend’s Valencia GP will be the last time Suzukis will sport the famous...
Rossi wins in Oz
21 October 2002
Valentino Rossi continued his amazing season with victory in Australia. He finished at the head of five Hondas, sharing the podium with Alex Barros and Tohru Ukawa. Daijiro Katoh and Jurgen van den Goorbergh took fourth and fifth. Max Biaggi was the leading non-Honda, ahead of Nobuastsu Aoki who finished seventh on the Proton KR. Eighth was Olivier Jacque, ninth Kenny Roberts Jr and tenth Jeremy...
Barros back on top, Down Under
21 October 2002
Alex Barros has continued his excellent run of form on the Honda RCV with a provisional pole start in Friday’s qualifying ahead of the Australian MotoGP round on Sunday. The West Honda rider ‘s time of 1’33.002 around the 2.78 mile Phillip Island circuit was just a tenth ahead of home favourite Garry McCoy on the Red Bull Yamaha YZR two-stroke. As if to prove the strokers have one last hurrah left...
Emmett joins Rutter at Renegade
21 October 2002
Sean Emmett has sensationally signed a deal to ride for Renegade Racing on a 2002 WSB-spec Testastretta 998 next season. You can read all about his deal in detail and Steve Hislop’s plans in the...
Rossi warms up for rally debut
21 October 2002
Valentino Rossi has been warming up for his rallying debut in next month’s Rally of Great Britain with a special test of his World Rally Championship (WRC) – spec Peugeot 206. There’s a rare personal...
Nice seat-warmer
21 October 2002
Aprilia have thought of everything, even a novel seat-warmer for the race bike
What is she doing?
21 October 2002
We don’t know why she’s lifting her skirt up, but we’re just glad she is
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,...
McWilliams takes pole in Phillip Island
21 October 2002
Jeremy McWilliams has put the Proton KR on pole position for Sunday’s MotoGP in Australia. He qualified 0.4 seconds ahead of Australian Gary McCoy. The other Proton KR of Nobuatsu Aoki qualified in...
Italy wins Motocross des Nations
21 October 2002
The Italian team won the 2002 Motocross des Nations at the Belpuig Circuit in Spain at the weekend. The squad of Andrea Bartolini, Alessio Chiodi and Alex Puzar, all former World Champions, easily...
Carmichael for AMA "Athlete of the Year"
21 October 2002
Ricky Carmichael has been nominated for the 2002 AMA Athlete of the Year award in recognition of his sensational performances in 2002. The award is given to the rider considered to have the most...
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...
Everts injured in Supermoto crash
21 October 2002
Reigning world 500cc motorcross champion Stefan Everts was injured after he crashed out Masters of Supermotard race in Belgium at the weekend. He went down at the first corner after clashing with...
Biaggi scraps for Sepang victory
14 October 2002
Max Biaggi finally broke his four-stroke duck with a win in the searing heat of Sepang in Sunday’s Malaysian round of the MotoGP calendar. The Malboro Yamaha rider benefited from the three-way scrap...
2003 Grand Prix Calendar
14 October 2002
The FIM has just released the details of dates and venues for the 2003 Grand Prix calendar. Round 1: April 6, Suzuka, Japan Round 2: April 27, Welkom, South Africa Round 3: May 11, Jerez, Spain Round...
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...