March

Year: 2004

Month: March

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24 March 2004

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MotoGP prepares for test showdown

24 March 2004

MotoGP teams will go head-to-head on Friday (March 26) at the start of a three-day test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, Spain. It’s the first real chance for all the teams to compare progress...

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

24 March 2004

Valentino Rossi showed the rest have still got it all to do when he set the fastest time at the MotoGP test at Catalunya at the weekend. Rivals had hoped his switch from the all-conquering Honda to...

Win Ducati book signed by MotoGP stars

17 March 2004

You can win a Ducati Racing Yearbook, signed by Ducati MotoGP stars Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi. All you have to do is ask the questions you’ve always wanted answers to about the great Italian...

Rossi to test F1 Toyota

10 March 2004

After years of speculation about Valentino Rossi switching to F1 car racing, it seems he may finally get his first ride in one of the 900bhp cars, and MCN has got an exclusive interview. The...

Rossi matches previous times in Oz

10 March 2004

Three weeks after his last Phillip Island tests… and Rossi’s clocking almost exactly the same time as he did back then – but he still reckons he’s making progress. His best of 1:30.80 is a tenth of a...

Proton V5 to join MotoGP tests

03 March 2004

Proton Team KR will join the big guns for shakedown tests of its V5 at Valencia in Spain this weekend. The March 6-7 tests bring together HRC, Ducati, Suzuki and Kawasaki, too. Valentino Rossi and the...

Weather limits Rossi’s progress in Oz

03 March 2004

Damp conditions have limited world champion Valentino Rossi’s test progress at Phillip Island, Australia. He was only able to get in 14 laps on a drying track in an afternoon bright spell. But he did...

Hayden quickest at Valencia tests

03 March 2004

Honda’s Nicky Hayden was fastest at the MotoGP tests in Valencia over the weekend. The test brought together Honda, Ducati, Suzuki, Aprilia and Proton with Kurtis Roberts getting his first ride on the...