Sport (July 2004)

Sometimes it's best to keep quiet and let the picture speak for itself.

Don't turn your back on us...

Just keep ignoring him and the bloke with the camera will soon get bored and wander off...

Anyone would think it was the first time shes had here picture taken

The British round of the 2004 MotoGP championship officially gets underway today, Friday July 23, with the first practice and qualifying for the race on Sunday. We'll keep you informed about the...

American Nicky Hayden is on provisional pole for the British Grand Prix on Sunday, beating the circuit record lap by over one and a half second in dry and sunny conditions. Hayden waited until the...

Times from the first qualifying session for the German GP on Sunday July 18. MotoGP: 1) Gibernau 1:23.247. 2) Hayden 1:23.453. 3) Rossi 1:23.539. 4) Barros 1:23.625. 5) Roberts Jnr 1:23.684. 6)...

She's definitely got her eye on him...

It's your last chance to enter two competitions with British Superbike prizes you simply couldn't buy. Insurance firm Bennetts is offering the chance to wave the chequered flag at the end of the...

That's what happens when you hire your grid girls from the Ministry of Silly Poses

Times from Friday Free Practice for the German Grand Prix on Sunday, July 18. Conditions are dry. MotoGP: 1) Rossi 1:24.282. 2) Roberts Jnr 1:24.674. 3) Hayden 1:24.688. 4) Tamada 1:24.709. 5)...

Results from the German GP at the Sachsenring. MotoGP: 1) Biaggi. 2) Barros. 3) Hayden. 4) Rossi. 5) Edwards. 6) Tamada. 7) Nakano. 8) Roberts Jnr. 9) Hopkins. 10) Hofmann. 11) Xaus. 12) McWilliams.

The girls got excited when they thought Rossi had texted them, but it turned out to be Garry McCoy

I'll be your friend

Australian superbike racer Anthony Gobert is set to make a dirt comeback in the Maxxis Australian Motocross Championship this weekend. The former World Superbike, AMA Superbike and Grand Prix rider...

Australian Steve Martin has put the D.F.X. Ducati 999 on provisional pole for the Laguna Seca round of the World Superbike championship, finishing the Friday qualifying session just in front of...

James Toseland leads the 2004 WSB championship after the races at Laguna Seca on Sunday, July 11. There was no supersport race at the US round. Here are the race results and championship...

Do men still make passes at girls in glasses no matter how they are being worn?

Whatever the weather, you can always rely on the riders and brolly babes to look stylish. Perhaps this is the exception that proves the rule?

There's the babe, the rider, and the mechanic, but what's happened to the bike? Is that what the mechanic is looking for with that strange pose?

Steve Martin is on pole for the Laguna Seca round of the World Superbike championship on SUnday July 11. 1) Martin 1:26.912. 2) Toseland 1:26.943. 3) Vermuelen 1:26.987. 4) Chili 1:27.200 5) Corser...

It's good to see a brolly girl going for a smart shirt. Now if only more buttons were undone...

We're guessing she's the one without the strange facial hair...

Pier-Francesco Chili has gone fastest in the second qualifying section for Sunday's Laguna Seca WSB round. 1) Chili 1:26.782. 2) Haga 1:26.831. 3) Vermuelen 1:27.103. 4) Laconi 1:27.142. 5) Corser...

It must be so tiring being a grid girl, they do need regular rest

No need to look down on us just because we don't have an umbrella....

Track owner MotorSport Vision's work to improve its circuits continued this week with major developments at Oulton Park in Cheshire and Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. At Oulton the barrier on the...

Rizla Suzuki riders John Reynolds and Yukio Kagayama have taken first and second places on the grid for the Knockhill BSB round after torrential rain caused the final qualifying sessions to be...

Valentino Rossi was the fastest rider in Friday's free practice for the Rio MotoGP on Sunday. His Yamaha was just ahead of the Honda's of Nicky Hayden and Sete Gibernau. Home favourite Alex Barros is...

Places: Race 1: Scott Smart, James Haydon, Yukio Kagayama, John Reynolds, Jon Kirkham, Gary Mason, James Ellison, Ian MacPherson, Michael Rutter, Ryuichi Kiyonari, Chris Platt, Kieran Clarke, Chris...

Bumping into this young lady was good Fortuna on our part...

She's keeping a close eye on her rider...

Your whites have got to be whiter than white to get on the GP grid in Rio

Stand up straight and stop messing with your hair, young lady...

Camel Honda rider Makoto Tamada has taken his first MotoGP win after championship leaders Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau crashed out of the Rio GP. Makoto Tamada 44:21.976, Max Biaggi +2.019, Nicky...