Motorcycle Sport & Racing News
It’s tough for riders when autograph hunters work in packs
11 March 2002
It’s tough for riders when autograph hunters work in packs
Carmichael takes title lead with third Daytona win
11 March 2002
Ricky Carmichael made it three in a row in AMA supercross when he won the Daytona event on his home track.It was also his third Daytona win on the trot. David Vuillemin, who was leading the...
Lampkin loses indoor title
11 March 2002
Dougie Lampkin has lost his first title in five years of indoor and outdoor world trials.Plagued by an ankle injury since the fourth round in Italy, but also under pressure all season, Dougie remained...
IRTA test: Rossi leads the way
11 March 2002
18,000 fans turned out to see Valentino Rossi dominate the IRTA GP test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona at the weekend.It was the first clash between the new four-stroke title contenders and...
MCN Sport magazine out now
11 March 2002
Don’t miss MCN Sport’s latest issue. It’s out nowand comes complete with our greatest ever season preview, Rossi’s go-faster secrets and why James Toseland is fitter than David Beckham.And on top of...
Mark Heckles: In his own words
11 March 2002
Daveb: What was it like lining up on the WSB grid for the first time?MarkHeckles: In a word … amazing. To come so far so quickly was amazing really.Namezippy: What are your hopes for this season?MarkHeckles: My hopes...are to progress even further as a rider and to be competitive at such a high level. As a rider I have no doubt I've got what it takes to be worthy of being one of the strongest...
Heckles: I’d never ridden on slicks before
11 March 2002
Britain’s Mark Heckles made his World Superbike debut at Valencia, and on Thursday March 14, he joined us live in our VIP lounge for a webchat to tell us what it was like.His inauspicious start to the...
Toseland is fitter than Beckham
11 March 2002
James Toseland is fitter than football superstar David Beckham, our tests at Lilleshall have revealed.GSE Ducati WSB rider Toseland, standing 10th in the world championship after the opening races in...
Slight makes last gasp switch to BTCC
11 March 2002
Former World Superbike star Aaron Slight will be racing in the British Touring Car Championship after securing a drive with Barwell Motorsports. Slight had been linked with the ASCAR oval racing...
McGuinness to miss Oz WSS round
11 March 2002
John McGuinness has been withdrawn from the Australian round of the World Supersport series because he is not recovering fast enough from the shoulder injury he recently suffered.McGuinness struggled...
Aprilia man joins Foggy team
11 March 2002
Carl Fogarty has signed former Aprilia engineering chief Guiseppe Bernicchia to improve his chances of having the three-cylinder FP1 ready for track testing by the end of next month.Bernicchia spent...
Smiling is often used to cover shyness. Don’t know if that applies to the outfit
04 March 2002
Smiling is often used to cover shyness. Don’t know if that applies to the outfit
Why’s she laughing? Ah, someone’s just bet against Rossi…
04 March 2002
Why’s she laughing? Ah, someone’s just bet against Rossi…
Crafar tests R1 in Spain
04 March 2002
Simon Crafar has been riding his Virgin Yamaha R1 for the first time in a test in Almeria, Spain, alongside team mate Steve Plater.The team started testing on Wednesday and will finish on...
Honda Britain to race in superbikes
04 March 2002
Honda Britain is backing a team in BSB this year. The firm has announced it will back Lee Jackson on a privateer 2002 FireBlade in the Superbike series.Jackson’s bike is being prepared by Paul Bird...
Just one of the benefits of being a registered user
04 March 2002
Just one of the benefits of being a registered user
Sorry love, just not interested
04 March 2002
He appreciated the flowers, but he just didn’t like her in that way
Hislop and Reynolds clash ruined by weather
04 March 2002
The eagerly awaited first clash of the year between Steve Hislop and John Reynolds was something of a damp squib. Saturday’s Oulton Park testing was badly hit by rain and snow.It wasn’t much of a...
And this is my thoughtful look
04 March 2002
Nori thought that looking deep and meaningful was the way to impress the brolly babes
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bostrom misses out as Bayliss takes pole
04 March 2002
Ben Bostrom staged an amazing recovery to come within a tenth of a second of taking pole in Saturday’s Superpole at Valencia. But it was reigning world champion Troy Bayliss who came out No1.Baylisss...