Rutter goes quickest in Donington practice 22 April 2002 Michael Rutter has gone into provisional pole position after Friday’s first qualifying at Donington Park ahead of Sunday’s BSB round.Rutter pushed his Ducati 998 around the Indy circuit in a time of... Read more ...
Renegade duo come good at Donington 22 April 2002 Renegade Ducati riders, Shane Byrne and Michael Rutter dominated the third round of the MCN British superbike championship at Donington.Shane Byrne scored his first-ever BSB victory in a dry first... Read more ...
Business as normal for Carmichael 22 April 2002 Ricky Carmichael is stretching his lead on championship rival David Vuillemin after riding to his ninth win of the season in Dallas.Jeremy McGrath might have got the lead from the start, but... Read more ...
Cheeky, very cheeky 22 April 2002 Forget road tester or editor…the job everyone wants at MCN is applying the trouser stickers Read more ...
Jeremy McWilliams: In his own words 22 April 2002 Sweetandsour: What are you going to do about bikes for Jerez?... I've heard they've gone walkies...?JeremyMcWilliams: Well it'll be an easy weekend then if that's right! At least mine haven't been crashed, so when they do arrive we'll be able to go straight out, and we've got our Jerez set-up so we'll be able to go straight out. But I'd rather be putting my feet up somewhere like Malaga if they... Read more ...
Take a bite at our caption competition 22 April 2002 Oh look, Rossi’s going bananas... wonder if anyone’s going to ape him, there’s certainly something a-peeling about a pre-race snack etc etc (fnarr, fnarr).Good, that’s most of the bad puns out of the... Read more ...
Ukawa pips Rossi in South Africa 22 April 2002 Tohru Ukawa held off Repsol Honda team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the MotoGP win in Welkom, South Africa today.The pair again proved the RCV four-stroke’s dominance finishing over twenty seonds... Read more ...
Jeremy McWilliams: I wish I was on a four stroke 22 April 2002 British MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams chatted live with motorcyclenews.com users today, Thursday April 25.He answered a very wide range of questions, including whether he would rather be on Max... Read more ...
You might wanna check the stand 15 April 2002 This is what happens when you employ mechanics fresh from college Read more ...
It doesn’t normally rain sideways 15 April 2002 One day she’ll be telling her granchildren how she got a champagne shower from Rossi Read more ...
Suzuki’s attempts at twins 15 April 2002 Sadly Suzuki’s attempt at twins was close, but didn’t quite make it through scrutineering Read more ...
Green as the grass of home 15 April 2002 Just imagine a front garden carpeted with brolly girls… Read more ...
Ramsay wins on CRF450 four-stroke 15 April 2002 Nate Ramsay takes the win, as Carmichael comes back to second after a fall dropped him to fifteenth. Jeremy McGrath took third, and David Vuillemin couldn’t take advantage of Carmichael’s misfortune,... Read more ...
Just ignore her 15 April 2002 If you don’t turn up in the yellow team jacket, you get ignored…no matter how pretty you are Read more ...
Frankie out for Sugo 15 April 2002 Frankie Chili has no chance of being fit for this weekend’s Japanese round of WSB at Sugo.The NCR Ducati rider broke his collarbone in a clash with Ruben Xaus on the warm-up lap of race one in Phillip... Read more ...
Hodgson just misses out in Sugo Superpole 15 April 2002 Noriyuki Haga may have taken the pole for tomorrows Japanese World Superbike round at Sugo, but Neil Hodgson was the closest man behind him, 0.017 seconds behind him. Japanese wildcard and previous... Read more ...
Izutsu injured in qualifying at Sugo 15 April 2002 Eight crashes, three stoppages and three restarts marked one of the most incident-laden qualifying sessions in the history of WSB at Sugo on Friday – with Hitoyasu Izutsu ruling himself out of racing... Read more ...
James Toseland: In his own words 15 April 2002 Starguide: How was dinner?JamesToseland: Hi...yeah it was ok...we've eaten at the same restaurant for the last 3 nights now. And there's not that much on the menu. Steak is about it. Other than that it's noodles and more noodles!Masalmon: At the last few rounds no-one has really threatened Bayliss, how do you see this changing as we come into the European rounds?JamesToseland: Good question. This... Read more ...
Six weeks to Foggy bike 15 April 2002 Team Foggy Petronas road bikes will be ready to roll in just six weeks time and will go on sale another four weeks later, says the team’s marketing boss.For the full story on the Foggy WSB project... Read more ...
Toseland chatted live from his bathtub at Sugo 15 April 2002 James Toseland joined us live from Sugo World Superbike round for a live webchat at 1pm UK time, Friday April 19.Due to the time difference, it was actually 9pm in Japan, so James was in the bath when... Read more ...
Edwards and Tamada share victories at Sugo 15 April 2002 Colin Edwards became the first non-Japanese winner of the Sugo World Superbike round after his victory in race one. He took the win after battling hard with Japanese wildcard rider Makoto Tamada and... Read more ...
First glimpse of MZ GP motor 15 April 2002 This is the engine MZ will take into the MotoGP series and which will power the firm’s first superbike.The 90° V4 is already running on the test bench, though so far the firm has only revealed this... Read more ...
Capirossi leads qualifying in South Africa 15 April 2002 Loris Capirossi again blew away the myth that the new generation four-strokes would cruise to this year’s new MotoGP world championship after he comfortably stuck his two-stroke Honda NSR500 on... Read more ...
Get GP results on your mobile 15 April 2002 Welkom, South Africa is over 5500 miles away, but you can keep bang-up-to-date with this weekend’s GP qualifying news and race results simply by signing up for the latest text messaging service from... Read more ...
Rossi on pole in South Africa 15 April 2002 Valentino Rossi starts as a red-hot favourite for tomorrow’s South African GP at Welkom after a commanding display saw him grab pole position this afternoon.The 23-year-old Italian wasn’t bettered after he’d beaten Loris Capirossi’s provisional pole time from yesterday within seven minutes of today’s final qualifying getting underway.He would improve his time on a further five occasions to show... Read more ...
World Ducati Weekend debut for GP bike. 15 April 2002 SEE Ducati’s new four-stroke GP missile in the flesh at the World Ducati Weekend in Misano, Italy, on June 14-16. So far only two images of the 990cc V-four bike have been released and this will be... Read more ...
2002 Motocross des Nations dates 08 April 2002 The 2002 Motocross des Nations will take place at the Compitition Park circuit at San Jacinto, California on September 29.The event, know as the Olympics of motorcross features some of the best... Read more ...
BSB news and results to your mobile 08 April 2002 Get British superbikes news and results sent direct to your mobile phone as it happens over the weekend, by signing up for the latest addition to our range of MCN2U text messaging services.If you have... Read more ...
Jefferies steps in for injured Crawford 08 April 2002 David Jefferies will take over John Crawford’s ride in the ETI racing squad after the Scot was knocked unconscious at the Silverstone BSB round two weeks ago.Crawford still isn’t fully recovered after... Read more ...
Reed storms to 125 Supercross title 08 April 2002 Chad Reed took his sixth straight win in the 125cc class in St.Louis and with it the Eastern Regional championship with four rounds remaining.The 19-year-old Aussie star blasted into the lead on lap... Read more ...