June

Year: 2004

Month: June

Archibald wins Senior

09 June 2004

Lap Four: Adrian Archibald crosses the line to take his second successive Senior win, leading TAS Suzuki team-mate Bruce Anstey by 30.2 seconds at the chequered flag. Gary Carswell finishes third,...

WSB: First qualifying

09 June 2004

Superbike first qualifying: 1) Chili 1:55.043. 2) Vermuelen 1:55.408. 3) laconi 1:55.415. 4) Haga 1:55.522. 5) Nannelli 1:55.932. 6) Borciani 1:55.977. 7) Toseland 1:55.984. 8) McCoy 1:55.987. 9)...

Standing tall

09 June 2004

The brolly babes all spent time practising for the Sunday night game of musical statues

McGuinness wins Junior

09 June 2004

John McGuinness has won Wednesday’s Junior TT in a time of 1:15.06 on a Yamaha R6. McGuinness adds the victory to those he has already landed on the Isle of Man this year in the F1 and Lightweight...

Nobody likes a poser

09 June 2004

Who do they imagine we’re all looking at?

WSB stars drive dirty

09 June 2004

If you’ve been amazed by the sideways antics of the top World Superbike riders, imagine putting them all through their paces at Silverstone’s 4×4 off-road course. And then making it a...

Spanish GP: free practice

09 June 2004

MotoGP free practice: 1) Gibernau 1:44.219. 2) Barros 1:44.229. 3) Biaggi 1:44.350. 4) Checa 1:44.485. 5) Rossi 1:44.625. 6) Edwards 1:44.661. 7) Melandri 1:44.769. 8) Abe 1:44.922. 9) Xaus 1:45.216.

She's no sucker

09 June 2004

He offered her a go on his sucker, which seems to have amused. Can’t think why.

Move over Toseland...

09 June 2004

Move over James, you can’t make that brolly babe peer over your shoulder all day….

FIM verdict in CBR row

09 June 2004

The row over the weight of the rear axle in Honda’s World Supersport CBR600s has been resolved and the six riders disqualified at the end of the Oschersleben round have had their points...

WSB Full results list

09 June 2004

Superbike race one results: 1) Vermuelen. 2) Haga. 3) Laconi. 4) Haslam. 5) Toseland. 6) Martin. 7) Ellison. 8) McCoy. 9) Corser. 10) Clementi. 11) Borciani. 12) Walker. 13) Sanchini. 14) Bontempi.

Trouble comes in threes

09 June 2004

Three’s company. And very good company at that…

WSB: Qualifying

09 June 2004

Superbike qualifying 2: 1) Chili 1:54.794. 2) Vermuelen 1:54.796. 3) Laconi 1:54.799. 4) Haga 1:55.522. 5) Corser 1:55.839. 6) Toseland 1:55.870. 7) Martin 1:55.892. 8) Nannelli 1:55.932. 9) McCoy...

Superbikes grid after superpole: 1) Laconi 1:54.331. 2) Vermuelen 1:54.643. 3) Haga 1:54.812. 4) Toseland 1:54.976. 5) Haslam 1:55.038. 6) Corser 1:55.113. 7) Ellison 1:55.276. 8) Martin 1:55.438. 9)...

Spanish win for Rossi

09 June 2004

Valentino Rossi overcame a determined challenge from Spaniard Sete Gibernau to take the win and deny the Honda rider a home triumph. Rossi led away from the grid, but a moment allowed Gibernau past,...

WSB: free practice

09 June 2004

Silverstone, Friday June 11 Superbike free practice times: 1) Laconi 1:55.344. 2) Chili 1:55.695. 3) Toseland 1:56.390. 4) Haga 1:56.431. 5) Vermuelen 1:56.607. 6) Borciani 1;56.796. 7) Martin...

MotoGP: Practice

09 June 2004

MotoGP Free Practice 2: 1) Gibernau 1:43.847. 2) Rossi 1:44.184. 3) Biaggi 1:44.187. 4) Edwards 1:44.497. 5) Hayden 1:44.537. 6) Bayliss 1:44.676. 7) Checa 1:44.756. 8) Roberts Jnr 1:44.778. 9)...

Some jaunty angles...

09 June 2004

Those brollies are being held at a rather playful angle…

Spanish GP: Full results

09 June 2004

MotoGP results: 1) Rossi. 2) Gibernau. 3) Melandri. 4) Checa. 5) Edwards. 6) Xaus. 7) Nakano. 8) Biaggi. 9) Abe. 10) Capirossi. 11) Hofmann. 12) Hodgson. 13) Byrne. 14) Pitt. 15) Aoki. 16) Fabrizio.

MotoGP: First qualifying

09 June 2004

MotoGP first qualifying: 1) Gibernau 1:42.934. 2) Biaggi 1:43.563. 3) Tamada 1:43.708. 4) Rossi 1:43.710. 5) Hayden 1:43.840. 6) Checa 1:43.860. 7) Barros 1:43.911. 8) Nakano 1:43.948. 9) Melandri...

Silverstone WSB winners

09 June 2004

Chris Vermuelen and Noriyuki Haga took the honours in Sunday’s WSB round at Silverstone. We reported the action with live lap-by-lap updates. Here’s how the day unfolded. Superbikes race two: Final...

Sidecar B TT winners

09 June 2004

Dave Molyneux and Daniel Sayle broke the lap record on their way to victory in the Sidecar B TT race on the Island on Wednesday June 9. It was Molyneux’s 10th Isle of Man TT victory equalling the record of the German BMW driver Siegfried Schauzu. Molyneux and Sayle’s Honda outfit lapped at just outside 20 minute pace, setting a new lap record on lap two at 113.17mph. Former world champions Klaus...