Motorcycle Sport & Racing News
Haslam joins Renegade squad
18 November 2002
Leon Haslam has turned his back on Grand Prix to return to British racing for 2003.He’ll race a Ducati 748 for Mark Griffith’s Renegade Racing squad in the British Supersport championship, alongside...
Van den Bosch denied Supermoto clean sweep
18 November 2002
Thierry van den Bosch has been unstoppable all season, but his string of victories was finally broken in Broadford, Australia at the last round of the World Supermoto series by a mechanical problem...
Edwards’ bruising Aprilia debut
18 November 2002
Colin Edwards and Noriyuki Haga began their pre-season tests on the Aprilia RS3 yesterday at the Spanish circuit of Jerez, with Edwards marking his debut with a crash.The reigning WSB champ was unhurt...
Honda reveals British line-up
11 November 2002
Honda’s decision to quit WSB (click on the link on the right for more details) means that we’re going to see factory-backed squads in Britain for the first time the 2000 season.Steve Plater is...
Brits take top six at Macau GP
11 November 2002
Michael Rutter has won the Macau GP for the third time in his career.Rutter won after the 10-lap race was shortened due to rain. Second was defending champion John McGuinness, and third was David...
Hislop signs with Virgin Yamaha
11 November 2002
Steve Hislop has revealed he will defend his British Superbike crown in 2003, riding for Rob McElnea’s Virgin Yamaha squad.Hislop will be switching to a 1000cc four-cylinder R1.For the full story, see...
World SX opener line-up confirmed
11 November 2002
The line-up of stars for the first rounds of the World Supercross event in Geneva, Switzerland on December 7 and Arnhem, Holland on December 14 has just been released.It includes: Jeremy McGrath...
2003 Speedway GP dates/riders
11 November 2002
Brit Scott Nicholls is included in the riders list for the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix series after a brilliant second place in Australia at the last round of the 2002 season. He is one of three British...
Rutter quickest in Macau practice
11 November 2002
Michael Rutter edged out last year’s winner John McGuinnes to go quickest in pre-qualifying ahead of Saturday’s Macau GP yesterday.Rutter, who won the race in 1998 and 2000, went seven tenths faster than defending champion McGuinness around the tight 3.9-mile public road course of the tiny island.British riders filled the top five places on the timing sheets with former Endurance world champion...
McGrath’s Italian job for KTM
11 November 2002
This weekend will see supercross legend Jeremy McGrath makes his debut for KTM in the huge Pianeta Supercross event in Pesaro, Italy.The seven-time AMA Supercross champion will be up against it...
Wanna play a round?
11 November 2002
There were surprised racers when the brolly babes played golf on the start-line.
It’s hard work looking good
11 November 2002
No one appreciates the stress you get from trying to look your best…
Rutter on pole in Macau
11 November 2002
Michael Rutter is on course to be the first man to win three Macau GP’s since Steve Hislop after he slotted his Ducati 998 on pole in today’s qualifying.He needed just eight laps of the 3.9-mile...
What are they saying?
11 November 2002
We think they’re deciding which one of motorcyclenews.com’s hunks to go after. Pic by Carly Rathmell
Japanese factory rider joins BSB
11 November 2002
Yukio Kagayama will join John Reynolds in the 2003 Crescent Suzuki squad. The 28-year-old will make history as the first Japanese rider, and first full factory rider, to compete in the British...
Something to lift the spirits
11 November 2002
It may be cold and wet in the UK, but in brolly babe land the sun is always shining
Langston rules Bercy
11 November 2002
Grant Langston is the King of Bercy, winning the new format, 125cc event with a win on the final day. This combined with two second places on the previous days to give him the crown from Chris...
Farewell to Manx GP veteran
11 November 2002
The funeral service of Manx GP veteran Bob Hirst takes place this Friday, November 15 at Telford Crematorium, Staffordshire at 2.30pm.Hirst, runner-up to John Goodhall in the very first Senior Classic MGP in 1983, died last Thursday aged 60. All donations in lieu of flowers are invited to the Manx Grand Prix Helicopter fund, c/o John Kermeen, 10 Ballacrosha, Ballugh, IOM.
A flock of Virgin girls?
11 November 2002
What exactly is the right term for a group of brolly babes?. Pic by Carly Rathmell
Whitham to miss supersport test
11 November 2002
Jamie Whitham is set to miss the start of close-season testing for the 2003 World Supersport championship.He has elected to stay in the UK to see a specialist about his knee injury, and will be...
Walker under the knife again
11 November 2002
Chris Walker has undergone a second operation to re-pin his broken left leg and ankle.Walker, injured during the Mettet supermoto race in Belgium last month, is battling to be fit in time for his...
2003 World Superbike regulations
11 November 2002
The governing body that regulates the World Superbike and World Supersport series, the FIM, has introduced a series of new regulations designed principally to bring down the cost of a season’s...
Vincent takes No.1 plate to KTM
11 November 2002
Newly crowned 125cc world champion Arnaud Vincent will take his number one plate to KTM for next season.Vincent, who became the first Frenchman ever to win the title, will ride alongside 2000 champion...
MotoGP 2003: The teams, the riders
11 November 2002
This year’s MotoGP silly season, as the annual contract hunt is known, will go down as one of the most unpredictable and protracted in living memory. But the fog of confusion has lifted and here’s...
Update: Rossi crashes out of Rally
11 November 2002
Valentino Rossi scored a spectacular first in the Rally of Britain this morning – by being the first person to retire.After climbing to 25th place after last night’s special stage, this morning the...
Hayden’s RCV debut
11 November 2002
Honda’s MotoGP new boy Nicky Hayden made his RCV debut at Motegi in Japan yesterday. The 21-year-old American completed just 50 laps of the Twin Ring circuit on the 220bhp V5 – a world away from the...
Rossi’s rally starts today
11 November 2002
Valentino Rossi’s Rally of Great Britain gets under way today. The reigning MotoGP champion will be tackling the tough Welsh forests from around 8pm this evening.Click on the links on the right to...
Foil-wrapped for freshness
04 November 2002
Another reason to give thanks for the invention of Lycra