Argentina MotoGP 2016

Reigning champ Jorge Lorenzo started his title defence with a controlling victory at the opening round in Qatar ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez. Now the MotoGP circus heads to the Termas de Río Hondo circuit, which last year played host to the now infamous clash between Valentino Rossi and Marquez.

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Rossi in contract dispute with Honda

14 January 2002

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi’s future with Honda has been thrown into doubt in a contract dispute with Japanese bosses. The world’s number one rider and the world’s biggest manufacturer are...

McWilliams tries his 2002 KR3 for the first time

14 January 2002

Britain’s Jeremy McWilliams kicked off his 2002 MotoGP campaign in Jerez on Wednesday, getting his first chance to test Kenny Roberts’ Proton KR3. The Ulsterman joined new team-mate Nobuatsu Aoki and...

Honda 250 hits crisis before it’s raced

14 January 2002

Honda’s new development works 250 GP bike has hit a crisis before it has even been raced as the team it was to be run in this season teeters on the brink of collapse. The RS250R-W, which is due to...

New British four-stroke twin for GPs

14 January 2002

Maxsym Engine Technology Ltd have given a public debut to a concept parallel twin-cylinder motor named MC2, which it hopes will be raced in GPs in the season after next. Like Kenny Roberts’ Proton...

PlayStation is more than a game for Davies

07 January 2002

Most 14 year-olds spend hours on their PlayStation trying to register high scores but it’s a little more serious for British youngster Chaz Davies. He is currently spending hours with the controls in...

Pit stops and non-stop races for 2003

07 January 2002

Rain will no longer delay the start or cause races to be paused from 2003 in both GPs and WSB. Racers will be able to make pit stops to change tyres to match changing conditions. Or, of course, they...

Full GP entry lists for 2002 revealed

07 January 2002

The FIM has just announced the entry lists for the three MotoGP classes in 2002. They are listed in full right here. 125cc class: 1 Manuel Poggiali, RSM Gilera Gilera Racing Team 4 Lucio Cecchinello...

Four-stroke rivals head-to-head next month

01 January 2002

February 15 will be a landmark day in the future of GP racing because it’s the day when Honda’s RCV, Yamaha’s YZR-M1, Suzuki’s XRE0 and Aprilia’s RS3 will all clash on the track for the first...

Rossi goes even quicker in final day of test

16 December 2001

Valentino Rossi signed off an unbelievable 2001 by going even faster on the final day of Honda’s four-stroke test at Phillip Island today. The Nastro Azzurro rider got his time down to 1.32.00 which...

Haslam tries factory R7 but signs to return to GP 250s

16 December 2001

Leon Haslam has tested the factory Virgin Yamaha R7 British superbike but he is still going to sign his world 250 championship contract. Haslam will link up with fellow British rider Jason Vincent in...

World’s biggest GP round to become finale

16 December 2001

THE biggest GP of the year will now act as the final round of next year’s world championship. Valencia, which attracted over 200,000 fans over three days this year, will now be held on November 3...

GPs tune into pit-to-lid radio

16 December 2001

Formula One-style helmet radios could be seen in GPs for the 2003 season. The radios will allow riders to communicate with their team while out on the track. They are under development by American...

Elias admits he has to be fitter to move up to 250s

16 December 2001

Teenager Toni Elias says he needs to toughen up to cope with the extra power and weight of the 250 he’ll ride in 2002, compared to the 125 he came close to taking the title on in 2001. Elias, who...

McWilliams signs to ride Roberts’ KR3

16 December 2001

Jeremy McWilliams signed his contract with Kenny Roberts on Monday to ride a Proton KR3 in next year’s world GP championship. ” I am really happy to have a rider like Jeremy on board, ” said...

Rossi beats lap-record pace in first Aussie session

16 December 2001

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi might not be 100 per cent happy with Honda’s new four-stroke GP bike but he was still well under lap record pace on the first day of testing at Phillip Island...

Ukawa proves costly… as Rossi goes faster still

16 December 2001

Tohru Ukawa is already proving to be an expensive acquisition to Honda’s new four-stroke camp. He crashed on Thursday at the second day of HRC’s test at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia, hot on...

Roberts to run two-stroke in 2002, four-stroke in 2003

09 December 2001

Kenny Roberts plans to launch a four-stroke GP bike for the 2003 season. The three-times world 500 champion, who runs the Proton team from Banbury in Oxfordshire, said he will continue running his...

Laconi lands Aprilia GP four-stroke ride

09 December 2001

Regis Laconi will ride the gorgeous Aprilia four-stroke GP bike in next season’s world championship. It seems his one-off victory in last year’s final WSB round did him a truck load of favours. He may...

Harada secures 500 ride

09 December 2001

Tetsuya Harada has finally secured his deal to ride a 500 in the 2002 world championship. The 31-year-old former world 250 champion will be run by Shell Advance team boss Jeff Hardwick but not under...

Capirossi’s first test scheduled

09 December 2001

Loris Capirossi’s works Honda 500 team have confirmed five pre-season tests for the Italian despite rumours that he is poised to make a surprise switch to Aprilia’s four-stroke effort. Capirossi, who...

Aprilia’s stunning GP four-stroke triple goes public

02 December 2001

PICK your jaws off the floor – Aprilia’s gorgeous new four-stroke GP bike uses a British-developed 990cc, 220bhp inline triple with pneumatic valves. And something not too dissimilar could be in YOUR...

Four Brits secure 2002 GP rides

02 December 2001

JUST when it was looking like there might be no British riders in GP racing next season, FOUR riders from the UK have secured rides – all within a few days each other. Jeremy McWilliams will ride for...

Full transcript of webchat with Suzuki GP boss

02 December 2001

Suzuki GP boss Garry Taylor took the time to join us for a live webchat on Thursday November 29. In it, he revealed that he only applied for the job thinking it was a Formula One team, that he thinks...

Exclusive: First pictures of Katoh on the NSR500

02 December 2001

New world 250 champion Daijiro Katoh hasn’t had much time to dwell on his record-breaking 2001 season as he was back on track testing a works Honda NSR500 for the first time today. Katoh, who beat Mike Hailwood’s long-standing 250 record with 11 wins last season, got his pre-season campaign underway with the first of a two-day shakedown test at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan. The Telefonica...

Rossi smashes Jerez lap record in first four stroke test

25 November 2001

VALENTINO ROSSI’S first serious test on Honda’s new V5 four-stroke GP at Jerez saw him demolish his own lap record by over half a second. Rossi completed 46 laps on his RCV on the first day of the...

Video exclusive: Rossi tests 2002 GP bike

25 November 2001

Click on the link on the right for our unmissable video exclusive of Valentino Rossi as he gets to grips with his new RCV four stroke around the Jerez circuit in Spain. At this test Rossi sliced over...

Katoh and two-stroke NSR blast back at Jerez

25 November 2001

DAIJIRO KATOH blew away the myth that the four-strokes will blitz old two-stroke 500s with an awesome performance at Honda’s test yesterday in Jerez. With only his second appearance on the works NSR...

First pictures of the Suzuki XREO GP bike

18 November 2001

SUZUKI’S all-new GP four-stroke will be a surprise entrant to the new-look 2002 world championship series. The Japanese factory initially said it would use 2002 as a development year for the bike code...

Rossi and Bayliss collide

18 November 2001

World champions Troy Bayliss and Valentino Rossi will race head-to-head on equal machinery for the first time next month although sadly it will be on four wheels and not two. World Superbike champ...

Haslam forced to 250s

18 November 2001

LEON HASLAM is expected to confirm this week that he will ride in next year’s world 250 championship. The 18-year-old British rider has been forced to drop into 250s after he couldn’t secure a ride in the 500 class. After an up and down rookie season in the world 500 championship, he looked like he would be retained by the Shell Advance Honda squad to ride a production Honda NSR V-twin. That...

Argentina MotoGP 2016

Rossi in contract dispute with Honda

McWilliams tries his 2002 KR3 for the first time

Honda 250 hits crisis before it’s raced

New British four-stroke twin for GPs

PlayStation is more than a game for Davies

Pit stops and non-stop races for 2003

Full GP entry lists for 2002 revealed

Four-stroke rivals head-to-head next month

Rossi goes even quicker in final day of test

Haslam tries factory R7 but signs to return to GP 250s

World’s biggest GP round to become finale

GPs tune into pit-to-lid radio

Elias admits he has to be fitter to move up to 250s

McWilliams signs to ride Roberts’ KR3

Rossi beats lap-record pace in first Aussie session

Ukawa proves costly… as Rossi goes faster still

Roberts to run two-stroke in 2002, four-stroke in 2003

Laconi lands Aprilia GP four-stroke ride

Harada secures 500 ride

Capirossi’s first test scheduled

Aprilia’s stunning GP four-stroke triple goes public

Four Brits secure 2002 GP rides

Full transcript of webchat with Suzuki GP boss

Exclusive: First pictures of Katoh on the NSR500

Rossi smashes Jerez lap record in first four stroke test

Video exclusive: Rossi tests 2002 GP bike

Katoh and two-stroke NSR blast back at Jerez

First pictures of the Suzuki XREO GP bike

Rossi and Bayliss collide

Haslam forced to 250s

Grand Prix attendance breaks records

Criville on course for Yamaha GP ride

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McWilliams and Haslam in line for Team Roberts

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