June

Year: 2003

Month: June

Capirossi on pole for Assen GP

24 June 2003

Loris Capirossi has taken pole position for the Dutch MotoGP race on Saturday with a 1:59.770 lap, moving him ahead of countrymen Max Biaggi and Valentino Rossi. Throughout practice and qualifying the...

Rossi top by half-a-second

24 June 2003

Valentino Rossi went straight to the top of free practice times today, posting a time half-a-second clear of Max Biaggi, his nearest rival. Rossi completed 21 laps, with a best time of 2:01.404, with...

Rossi ups the pace

24 June 2003

Valentino Rossi has continued to improve his times in the second free practice session at the Dutch round of the MotoGP world championship, in Assen. At the end of the session Rossi was riding nearly...

Final WCM appeal rejected

24 June 2003

The Harris WCM team’s attempt to race in MotoGP has been scuppered once and for all after its final appeal was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday, June 26. Team Boss Peter...

Gibernau takes third win

24 June 2003

Sete Gibernau has taken his third MotoGP win this season at the third round of the world championship in Assen. The race was delayed by rain and the standing water made visibility difficult when it...

Assen first qualifying

24 June 2003

Three Italians head the MotoGP first qualifying time sheets, with Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and Lori Capirossi all posting two-minute laps. The trio are covered by just 0.2 seconds from Rossi in...

Yanagawa to leave hospital at weekend

17 June 2003

Kawasaki wildcard rider Akira Yanagawa is due out of hospital in Spain this weekend following his first lap crash at the Spanish MotoGP round on June 15. Yanagawa has been diagnosed with two...

First MotoGP win for Ducati

10 June 2003

Loris Capirossi has taken the first MotoGP win for Ducati after only six races. The Italian rider started the sixth round of the world championship, in Catalunya, in second place but took the lead...

Middle East to host MotoGP round in 2004

10 June 2003

A deal has been signed that will see a round of the MotoGP World championship going to the Middle East for the first time. The new round will be held on a track currently being built in the Gulf State...

Rossi fastest in Spain - Edwards close

10 June 2003

Valentino Rossi has taken his Repsol Honda RC211V to the top spot in the first qualifying session at the sixth round of the MotoGP World Championship in Catalunya, Spain. The Italian rider waited...

Rossi tops qualifying at Catalunya

10 June 2003

Valentino Rossi has taken provisional pole at the sixth round of the MotoGP world championship in Catalunya, Spain. The Italian had to work hard to take provisional pole with the top spot changing...

Rossi on pole despite slower time

10 June 2003

Valentino Rossi is once again on pole position after the second qualifying session the sixth round of the MotoGP world championship in Catalunya, Spain, despite not being able to better his time from...

Capirossi on provisional pole

03 June 2003

Loris Capirossi has continued his quest for speed by not only taking provisional pole for the fifth round of the MotoGP world championship, in Mugello, Italy, but also breaking the GP top speed record...

Rossi heads all-Italian podium in Italy

03 June 2003

Valentino Rossi overcame tough challenges from his countrymen to take the win at Mugello in Italy today, Sunday June 8. It was works Ducati rider Loris Capirossi who made the best start, giving the...

Capirossi tops 203mph in first session

03 June 2003

Lorris Capirossi has already topped the 200mph mark in the first practice at the fifth round of the MotoGP world championship in Mugello, Italy. After 14 laps of the first practice session Capirossi...

Rossi steals pole position

03 June 2003

Valentino Rossi has snatched the pole position for Sunday’s MotoGP fifth round at Mugello, Italy. Just beating Loris Capirossi’s time on his last lap. Capirossi didn’t manage to better his time from...