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Honda loses race to get V5 to NEC Show

11 November 2001

Honda’s hopes of putting the 2002 V5 race bike on display at the NEC Show have been dashed by red tape. It had hoped to get the RC211V, which will be its four-stroke entry on next year’s GP grid, to...

GP four-strokes won’t test together until February

11 November 2001

Honda and Yamaha won’t go head-to-head against each other with their new four-stroke GP bikes until the middle of February. So far the Japanese factories have kept tests of the RCV and YZR-M1 separate...

Exclusive video and audio interview with Max Biaggi

11 November 2001

While at the NEC Show, we hooked up with GP superstar Max Biaggi for this exclusive video and audio interview, based on the questions you wanted to ask. Your e-mailed in questions were added to our...

Listen to part two of the Max interview

11 November 2001

Max Biaggi answers your questions. Choose from RM (Real Player) or MOV (Quicktime) downloads.

McWilliams’ 2002 deal collapses

04 November 2001

Jeremy McWilliams is facing another uncertain winter after negotiations to sort out a works 250 deal in 2002 collapsed. McWilliams and his team enjoyed instant success in 2001 when he became Britain’s...

£10 off British GP tickets

04 November 2001

Next year’s British GP may be nine months away but plan ahead and you can save a packet. The race, on July 14, will be our first chance in Britain to see the new Honda and Yamaha four-strokes racing...

Haslam’s GP future in jeopardy

04 November 2001

Leon Haslam might have scored his best ever 500 finish in the rain-hit Rio GP, but that hasn’t been enough to secure his ride for 2002. He looked certain to be retained by the Shell Advance squad for...

Haga: I thought toothache would kill me

04 November 2001

Noriyuki Haga’s toothache in Rio turned out to be more serious than first thought. When he returned to Japan he needed emergency surgery. The tooth infection forced him to miss the final round of the...

Ukawa stuns by claiming pole for final 500GP

01 November 2001

Tohru Ukawa pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the GP season on Friday when he claimed pole position for the Brazilian 500 GP, ending Italian domination of qualifying this season The Japanese...

Rossi claims 11th win by 0.1 seconds

01 November 2001

Valentino Rossi’s midas touch didn’t desert him in Rio this afternoon when he won a rain-affected Brazilian GP after a dramatic race with Carlos Checa. It had looked like Spaniard Checa would create...

Poggiali crowned 125 champion in Brazil

01 November 2001

Manuel Poggiali was crowned world 125 champion in Brazil this afternoon – but only after a massive scare. The Gilera rider knew going into today’s 21-lap race that he only needed a top 13 finish to...

Poggiali on course for 125 title in Rio

01 November 2001

MANUEL POGGIALI looks odds-on to win the world 125 championship in Rio on Saturday despite suffering a scare in Friday afternoon’s final qualifying session. The 18-year-old Gilera rider only needs to...

Katoh can’t stop winning

01 November 2001

Daijiro Katoh may have already wrapped up the world 250 title but he still managed to rub his rivals noses in it again with yet another success in Rio today. It might not have been the typical runaway...