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Cheery on a Monday morning

12 May 2004

It’s not often you get to see a pretty, smiling face first thing on a Monday morning

Show us your pom-poms

12 May 2004

It’s not often girls get their pom-poms out for us

Free practice: 250cc and 125cc

12 May 2004

250cc free practice: 1) Porto 1:38.862. 2) Nieto 1:38.930. 3) Pedrosa 1:39.110. 4) De Puniet 1:39.533. 5) Poggiali 1:39.536. 6) De Angelis 1:39.794. 7) Rolfo 1:39.802. 8) Elias 1:39.990. 9) Battaini 1:40.018. 10) Guintoli 1:40.379. 11) Debon 1:40.407. 12) Aoyama 1:40.533. 13) Matsudo 1:40.706. 14) Davies 1:40.892. 15) Nigon 1:40.922. 16) Olive 1:41.156. 17) West 1:41.214 18) Bataille 1:41.226 19)...

Rutter tops 200mph at NW200

12 May 2004

Michael Rutter dominated the North West 200 road races, beating the total of nine wins held by his father, and managing a top speed of 201.1mph during the second race. Rutter has now claimed ten...

Sent to Coventry?

12 May 2004

All the mechanics secretly wanted to be the brolly girl

Laconi does Monza WSB double

12 May 2004

Here’s looking at you…

12 May 2004

Watch how her eyes seem to follow you around the room….

Laconi fastest at Monza

12 May 2004

Regis Laconi has gone quickest in free practice for the WSB round at Monza on Sunday, May 16. The factory Fila Ducati rider recorded a best time of 1:49.581, almost a second quicker than...

Biaggi fastest in Le Mans free practice

12 May 2004

Max Biaggi has gone fastest in free practice this morning, Friday May 14, for the Le Mans GP on Sunday, recording a new lap record in the process. The Italian Honda rider recorded a fastest time of...

He knows where we are looking!

12 May 2004

Sometimes even the riders realise they are not always the centre of attention

A good way to end the week

12 May 2004

What better way to look forward to a weekend of racing than a gorgeous brolly babe?

Join the party at the MX GP

12 May 2004

This month’s British Motocross GP is expected to attract 20,000 riders to Gore Basin on the Isle of Wight. The event is on May 29-30 and is the first British motocross GP in four years. MCN is helping...

First qualifying: Supersport and Superstock

12 May 2004

Supersport: 1) Muggeridge 1:51.939. 2) Foret 1:53.166. 3) Charpentier 1:53.159. 4) Vd Goorbergh 1:53.694. 5) Lanzi 1:53.698. 6) Curtain 1:54.235. 7) Chambon 1:54.521. 8) Parkes 1:54.529. 9) Migliorati 1:54.576. 10) Kellner 1:54.617. 11) Fujiwara 1:54.617. 12) Gugovaz 1:54.846. 13) Hanson 1:55.101. 14) Iannuzzo 1:55.164. 15) Bussei 1:55.215. 16) Neukirchner 1:55.278. 17) Guareschi 1:55.323. 18)...

Laconi does Monza double

12 May 2004

Regis Laconi has won both races at the World Superbike round at Monza today, May 16. The Frenchman completed a one-two with team-mate James Toseland in race one, but the pair found themselves split by Chris Vermuelen on the Honda in race two. However, the Australian rider was later excluded when the tilt-switch was found not to work. The switch is a safety measure and should cut the engine when a...

Gibernau wins Le Mans MotoGP

12 May 2004

Sete Gibernau passed early leader Carlos Checa and stayed clear of the drama behind him to take the French GP at Le Mans today, Sunday May 16. Checa surprised many by out-qualifying Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi but proved his grid position was justified by leading the race from the start, and eventually finishing in second place. Rossi, meanwhile, was unable to take third from Max Biaggi,...

Supermoto title fight hits Three Sisters

12 May 2004

The MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship thunders into Greater Manchester on May 16 for a spectacular festival of sideways sliding factory-bike action. Three Sisters race circuit in...

One last chance…

12 May 2004

We thought you might appreciate one last glimpse of this beauty

Laconi takes provisional pole

12 May 2004

Regis Laconi has taken provisional pole for the Monza round of the World Superbike championship on Sunday. The Frenchman recorded a time of 1:48.701, putting him ahead of Pierfrancesco Chili, and...

Gibernau wins French GP

12 May 2004

Keeping a tight grip…

05 May 2004

No-one’s going to be able to wrest that pole from her grip….

Don’t turn away

05 May 2004

Don’t turn your back on us….Whatever we said, we didn’t mean it…

Misano street named after Kato

05 May 2004

The road that leads into Santa Monica circuit in Misano has been named after Daijiro Kato. Kato’s parents, wife and children, close friend Makoto Tamada and Colin Edwards attended the naming ceremony...

They’re still together…

05 May 2004

Last time we saw this pair was over a week ago, and they’re still hugging…

MCN staff get out on the grid

05 May 2004

MCN’s Sam Bostock helping out Team PB in British Superbikes. Next week, Editor David Cushman.

Goldilocks?

05 May 2004

So that’s where all our porridge went….

Rutter out to beat dad at NW200

05 May 2004

Michael Rutter is out to overtake his dad Tony at the North West 200 on Saturday, May 15. Tony won nine races at the North West 200 in the 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and Superbike classes between 1973 and...

All white on the night…

05 May 2004

There’s never a skirt-lifting breeze when you need one…

Gibernau triumphs at Jerez

01 May 2004

Reynolds takes first pole for 2004

01 May 2004

John Reynolds has qualified on pole position for the fourth round of the British Superbike championship at Oulton Park. Reynolds dominated the weekend finishing with the best times in both qualifying...

Kagayama does the double at Oulton

01 May 2004

Yukio Kagayama dominated race day at Oulton Park for the fourth round of the British Superbike championship, with only team-mate John Reynolds providing a challenge to the Japenese rider. The two...

The look of glove

01 May 2004

Perfect gloves for grid work and doing the washing up…

A giggle of babes?

01 May 2004

What is the collective noun for a group of brolly babes

Rossi gives second pole to Yamaha

01 May 2004

Valentino Rossi has taken his second pole position in a row after a wet second qualifying session in Jerez. Showers dogged both the practice and qualifying sessions for the second round of the MotoGP...

Our man feels the heat of BSB fireball

01 May 2004

motorcyclenews.com’s commercial chief Adam Hitchcox thought he was going to die in the spectacular warm-up-lap explosion that stunned the crowds at Oulton Park on Monday. Hitchcox looks after ad...

Seeing red…

01 May 2004

It takes a certain type of person to make orange and red look this good.

Gibernau wins Jerez MotoGP

01 May 2004

Sete Gibernau fought through the rain to take an impressive victory at the Spanish GP, while Valentino Rossi failed to make the podium. Rossi had been on form all weekend qualifying his Yamaha on pole position,but with the rain coming down in torrents on Jerez circuit it was the Telefonica Honda riding Gibernau that took the holeshot and dominated the rest of the race. Only Camel Honda rider Max...