Foggy in Valencia to reveal more on Petronas project 04 March 2002 IT may be four months before we're due to see Carl Fogarty's new Petronas World Superbike contender on the track, but Foggy will be at this weekend's opening round in Valencia to reveal more details... Read more ...
Xaus on provisional pole for Valencia 04 March 2002 Ducati’s Ruben Xaus was fastest in qualifying on Friday for Sunday’s WSB opener in Valencia.His time was more than half a second under the fastest qualifying time set last year.Reigning world champion... Read more ...
Free eight-page WSB preview 04 March 2002 Buy MCN on Wednesday (March 6, 2002) and you’ll get a free eight-page pull-out preview to the WSB season which kicks off this weekend.In it you can win VIP passes worth £600, Carl Fogarty rates the... Read more ...
Your bids raise £4537 for Clinica Mobile 04 March 2002 Your bids have helped raise £4537.22p for the Clinica Mobile in an auction on this site which closed at midnight on March 1.Chili, Edwards, Bayliss, Toseland and Haydon went under the hammer with... Read more ...
Bayliss socks it to ‘em in Valencia 04 March 2002 WSB champion Troy Bayliss got the perfect start to his title defence with two wins in Valencia on Sunday afternoon…thanks to his lucky socks.Bayliss had worn the same pair in his successful pre-season... Read more ...
Play MCN Fantasy Racing online – and win a ZX-7 04 March 2002 THERE’S more than £10,000 worth of prizes – including a new Kawasaki ZX-7R – up for grabs in the biggest ever MCN Fantasy Road Race competition.And for the first time this year you can play the game... Read more ...
Win a KBC Chrome helmet 04 March 2002 Win a KBC Chrome helmet worth £229.Entry costs 50p per competition, per entry.This competition runs from May 29-June 5. Other entry mechanisms are published in MCN.South Korea-based manufacturer KBC claims to be the first company to make a completely chrome-coated helmet after perfecting the process to cover lids with the shiny metal – and you can win one.MCN has teamed up with the firm to give... Read more ...
Benelli pulls out of WSB for first three rounds 04 March 2002 Benelli is out of the opening WSB races in Valencia on Sunday citing cash shortages.Essentially, they have blown up too many engines and don’t have enough left to compete.The factory, which has been showing off its road bike in Valencia, says it will have to miss the first three rounds of the season, but is confident it will be back for the Monza WSB round.MCN learned of the decision on Saturday... Read more ...
Whitham banned from morning practice 04 March 2002 Jamie Whitham was seething after having to sit out the Friday morning practice session in Valencia while his World Supersport rivals got a head start on their set-ups.Whitham was banned from the morning session by an FIM official because he had missed the riders briefing held on Thursday. He was angry because a representative of his Belgarda Yamaha team had been granted permission by SBK officials... Read more ...
Walker WILL ride in WSB opener 04 March 2002 Chris Walker is looking better and will ride in Sunday’s opening WSB round in Valencia, Spain.Walker still has partial facial paralysis as the result of a bout of Bells Palsy and is struggling to... Read more ...
Foret fastest after opening WSS qualifying 04 March 2002 Honda rider Fabien Foret was fastest after first qualifying at Valencia in WSS. He took provisional pole on a CBR600, more than half a second ahead of Italian Yamaha rider Alessio Corradi.Stephane Chambon was third quickest and Stefano Cruciani completes the provisional front row.German Yamaha riders Christian Kellner and Jorg Teuchert are fifth and sixth with Aussie Chris Vermeulen seventh. Paolo... Read more ...
MacPherson lands Riba’s WSS ride 04 March 2002 Scot Iain MacPherson has landed Pere Riba's vacant Honda World Supersport ride.MacPherson clinched a deal with the Dutch-based Ten Kate team on Monday morning after Riba quit on Friday to take up Alex... Read more ...
Rossi & co head-to-head this weekend 04 March 2002 Valentino Rossi will clash with his major GP rivals on Saturday in the first meeting of all the new four-strokes at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona.The reigning world champion though will be... Read more ...
Just how good is Rossi? 04 March 2002 With the big GP tests coming up at Barcelona this weekend, Valentino Rossi remains THE man to beat this season. But what gives him the edge?We’ve got all the datalogging info to reveal exactly where... Read more ...
You must be having a laugh 01 March 2002 The lesson is to never tell a brolly babe you’re faster than Rossi when you’re trying to impress her Read more ...
Look at the steak of that 01 March 2002 Fortunately Haga only uses organic, free-range brolly babes Read more ...
Don’t look behind you Troy 01 March 2002 Although I suppose she is being quite complimentary Read more ...
McCrae firm signs up schoolboy Chaz 01 March 2002 British teenager Chaz Davies has been signed by a new sports management company run by former world rally champion Colin McRae.The 15-year-old, who will ride a kitted Aprilia in this year's world 125... Read more ...
Riba quits WSS to take Criville ride 01 March 2002 Spanish World Supersport star Pere Riba has quit his Honda team to take Alex Criville's vacant works Yamaha GP slot.It was confirmed on Friday morning in Spain that negotiations between Riba and team... Read more ...
Where’s the beach? 25 February 2002 They thought they would be auditioning for Baywatch, not watching motorbikes in the rain Read more ...
Carmichael does it again 25 February 2002 Ricky Carmichael took his second victory on the trot in the AMA supercross 250 class, in front of 69,471 in the Georgia Doma, Atlanta.Now, the defending champion is 20 points behind leader David... Read more ...
Jefferies misses out on superbike ride 25 February 2002 David Jefferies’ dream of a return to British Superbikes is over for another year. His V&M team has failed to come up with the cash to run so the six-times TT winner will be stuck in the... Read more ...
Smets first at Beaucaire 25 February 2002 Joel Smets won the 2002 pre-season motocross international at Beaucaire, France, at the weekend in front of 15,000 fans.Jamie Dobb finished 12th overall. Here are the results:First heat: 1.Smets (Bel,... Read more ...
Hislop and Reynolds to test together 25 February 2002 Steve Hislop and John Reynolds will ride together this weekend for the first time since they collided at Rockingham last year. That resulted in Hislop crashing to hand Reynolds the title. This year’s... Read more ...
Permanent indoor dirt venue for Bristol? 25 February 2002 PLANS are well underway to establish the UK’s first permanent indoor supercross track at a site near Bristol.The man behind the scheme, Shane Fenton, reckons the track, with a 35,000 sqft area, will... Read more ...
It’ll be all white on the night 25 February 2002 This year the brolly babes will be wearing a colour that goes with anything. Read more ...
Best test times of Saturday and Sunday 25 February 2002 Valencia, Spain, WSB test, February 23-24, 20021. T Bayliss: 1’34.922. 2. N Haga: 1’34.957. 3. C Edwards: 1’35.168. 4. B Bostrom: 1’35.260. 5. R Xaus: 1’35.260. 6. P Chili: 1’35.668. 7. S Martin: 1’35.962. 8. L Pedercini: 1’35.962. 9. H Izutsu: 1’36.032. 10. J Toseland: 1’36.305. 11. N Hodgson: 1’36.358.12 G Lavilla: 1’36.595. 13. J Borja: 1’36.728. 14. C.Walker: 1’36.930. 15. A Antonello:... Read more ...
Hodgson reveals his go-faster diet 25 February 2002 We’ve now added the full transcript from Neil Hodgson’s Thursday lunchtime web chat in which he reveals his recipes for success.Neil starts a WSB race day with porridge, tucks into bananas and fig... Read more ...
Neil Hodgson: In his own words 25 February 2002 Jo d: You were very pleased with the Philip Island test but seemed more frustrated during the Valencia test. Do you think this is essentially down to your style being incompatible with the circuit rather than a more wide-ranging problem?NeilHodgson: Erm, yes. I think you've hit the nail on the head there. I do have a slight problem with the set-up of the bike, but I think it's more a case of my... Read more ...
Walker 14th fastest despite partially paralysed face 25 February 2002 The effects of Bell’s Palsy have left Chris Walker with blurred vision and unable to complete more than a handful of laps at a time. Yet he toughed it out to rack up 72 laps and end up 14th fastest... Read more ...
Slight to race in UK 25 February 2002 Aaron Slight will be racing a 500bhp V8 this year. No it’s not Moto GP gone mad, he’s on four wheels for the ASCAR oval racing series in the UK and Germany.Slight is driving the TJ Motorsports Ford,... Read more ...
Criville up all night to solve fainting fits 25 February 2002 Alex Criville will be locked in a room and made to stay awake for over two days in a bid to pinpoint the cause of the fainting fits which forced him to take a break from GPs this season.One of the... Read more ...
Carmichael and Vuillemin lead title charge 18 February 2002 Ricky Carmichael and David Vuillemin have emerged as the main contenders for the AMA supercross title. With seven rounds down, each has won three racesCarmichaal won Saturday's event in Minneapolis,... Read more ...
Got a sweat on? 18 February 2002 Plastic pants and high humidity – yup; there’s a very warm front in Valencia today Read more ...