2002

Year: 2002

Month: ALL

Barros back on top, Down Under

21 October 2002

Alex Barros has continued his excellent run of form on the Honda RCV with a provisional pole start in Friday’s qualifying ahead of the Australian MotoGP round on Sunday. The West Honda rider ‘s time of 1’33.002 around the 2.78 mile Phillip Island circuit was just a tenth ahead of home favourite Garry McCoy on the Red Bull Yamaha YZR two-stroke. As if to prove the strokers have one last hurrah left...

Rossi wins in Oz

21 October 2002

Valentino Rossi continued his amazing season with victory in Australia. He finished at the head of five Hondas, sharing the podium with Alex Barros and Tohru Ukawa. Daijiro Katoh and Jurgen van den Goorbergh took fourth and fifth. Max Biaggi was the leading non-Honda, ahead of Nobuastsu Aoki who finished seventh on the Proton KR. Eighth was Olivier Jacque, ninth Kenny Roberts Jr and tenth Jeremy...

Rear of the year?

21 October 2002

Rear of the year?

Which do you prefer?

Emmett joins Rutter at Renegade

21 October 2002

Emmett joins Rutter at Renegade

Sean Emmett has sensationally signed a deal to ride for Renegade Racing on a 2002 WSB-spec Testastretta 998 next season. You can read all about his deal in detail and Steve Hislop’s plans in the...

Blonde or brunette Sir?

21 October 2002

Blonde or brunette Sir?

With the Rizla Suzuki girls, the choice is yours…

Rossi warms up for rally debut

21 October 2002

Rossi warms up for rally debut

Valentino Rossi has been warming up for his rallying debut in next month’s Rally of Great Britain with a special test of his World Rally Championship (WRC) – spec Peugeot 206. There’s a rare personal...

Nice seat-warmer

21 October 2002

Nice seat-warmer

Aprilia have thought of everything, even a novel seat-warmer for the race bike

Scott Russell could be back in WSB

21 October 2002

Scott Russell could be back in WSB

Scott Russell could be set for a dramatic return to World Superbikes after an absence of five years. He last rode in the 1998 championship on a Yamaha YZF750, but he has been testing recently with AMA...

Can I check your pass?

21 October 2002

Can I check your pass?

Sometimes there are perks to being a MotoGP security guard

What is she doing?

21 October 2002

What is she doing?

We don’t know why she’s lifting her skirt up, but we’re just glad she is

Scott Russell in comeback test

21 October 2002

Scott Russell in comeback test

Former WSB champ Scott Russell is on the verge of an amazing racing comeback, despite nearly being killed at the Daytona 200 in 2001. He has been secretly testing for HMC Racing, an AMA Superbike...

Everts injured in Supermoto crash

21 October 2002

Everts injured in Supermoto crash

Reigning world 500cc motorcross champion Stefan Everts was injured after he crashed out Masters of Supermotard race in Belgium at the weekend. He went down at the first corner after clashing with...

McWilliams takes pole in Phillip Island

21 October 2002

McWilliams takes pole in Phillip Island

Jeremy McWilliams has put the Proton KR on pole position for Sunday’s MotoGP in Australia. He qualified 0.4 seconds ahead of Australian Gary McCoy. The other Proton KR of Nobuatsu Aoki qualified in...

Italy wins Motocross des Nations

21 October 2002

Italy wins Motocross des Nations

The Italian team won the 2002 Motocross des Nations at the Belpuig Circuit in Spain at the weekend. The squad of Andrea Bartolini, Alessio Chiodi and Alex Puzar, all former World Champions, easily...

Carmichael for AMA "Athlete of the Year"

21 October 2002

Carmichael for AMA "Athlete of the Year"

Ricky Carmichael has been nominated for the 2002 AMA Athlete of the Year award in recognition of his sensational performances in 2002. The award is given to the rider considered to have the most...

Fancy a drink?

21 October 2002

You’ll need a drink to cool down after looking at these babes

Xaus confirmed at Ducati WSB

21 October 2002

Xaus confirmed at Ducati WSB

Ruben Xaus has just been confirmed as Neil Hodgson’s teammate at the factory Ducati Corse WSB squad on the new 999. He renews his commitment to the factory after a torrid 2002 in World Superbikes,...

Biaggi scraps for Sepang victory

14 October 2002

Biaggi scraps for Sepang victory

Max Biaggi finally broke his four-stroke duck with a win in the searing heat of Sepang in Sunday’s Malaysian round of the MotoGP calendar. The Malboro Yamaha rider benefited from the three-way scrap...

Barros builds with Sepang pole

14 October 2002

Barros builds with Sepang pole

Alex Barros is emerging as the unlikely challenger to the dominance of Valentino Rossi in MotoGP after taking pole in Sepang today ahead of Sunday’s Malaysion Grand Prix. Despite only having sat on...

Prop her up

14 October 2002

Quick the blonde ones falling over, grab her.

Officials settle on new AMA Superbike rules

14 October 2002

Officials settle on new AMA Superbike rules

From next year the American superbike (AMA) series will run on broadly similar lines to the British domestic championship after officials finally settled on a framework to allow teams to run...

Honda set to quit WSB

14 October 2002

Honda set to quit WSB

Honda is set to quit WSB despite winning the 2002 World Superbike championship. You can read more on this story in the latest issue of MCN, out October 16. There had been rumours that GSE Racing would...

What is he wearing?

14 October 2002

What is he wearing?

OK, who told Steve that women prefer gingers?

Walker breaks leg in Supermoto race

14 October 2002

Walker breaks leg in Supermoto race

Chris Walker has been diagnosed as having a broken ankle and tibia of his left leg after crashing out of a supermoto race in Mettet, Belgium at the weekend. He was due to start testing with his new...

2003 Grand Prix Calendar

14 October 2002

2003 Grand Prix Calendar

The FIM has just released the details of dates and venues for the 2003 Grand Prix calendar. Round 1: April 6, Suzuka, Japan Round 2: April 27, Welkom, South Africa Round 3: May 11, Jerez, Spain Round...

Members of the sunglasses cult

14 October 2002

Members of the sunglasses cult

The mysterious ” sunglasses on head ” illness spreads…

Cheer up luv!

14 October 2002

Maybe her shorts are a little chafing

Must be good friends

14 October 2002

Must be good friends

Just look where her hand is on the enlarged picture…

GSE to stick with Ducati for 2003 WSB

07 October 2002

GSE to stick with Ducati for 2003 WSB

GSE Racing has just announced that it will remain with Ducati in World Superbikes for 2003 and not join forces with Honda as had been widely rumoured. In a statement team owner Darrell Healey said: ”...

A penthouse view

07 October 2002

A penthouse view

So that’s why a penthouse view costs so much money

Hello there

07 October 2002

Imagine the MCN offices filled with babes like this…That’s what we do to cheer ourselves up.

Ukawa leads Honda charge in Sepang

07 October 2002

Ukawa leads Honda charge in Sepang

Tohru Ukawa blazed to provisional pole in Sepang today, setting himself at the head of an all-Honda four-stroke front row ahead of Sunday’s MotoGP round in Malaysia. The Japanese rider’s time of...

Edwards – the Aprilia deal in his words

07 October 2002

Edwards – the Aprilia deal in his words

Early this morning (UK time) Colin Edwards wrote to users of motorcyclenews.com in our Racing – WSB section about his forthcoming deal to ride the Aprilia RS3 in MotoGP. He wrote: ” Friday is D-Day.

Barros asked for a firm rear

07 October 2002

Barros asked for a firm rear

Don’t think this was the ‘firm rear’ Alex Barros expected

Pitt to ride ZX-RR at Sepang

07 October 2002

Pitt to ride ZX-RR at Sepang

Aussie Andrew Pitt will replace the injured Akira Yanagawa on Kawasaki’s ZX-RR MotoGP machine for the rest of the season, starting with the Malaysian GP in Sepang on October13. The 2001 World...

Bercy Supercross line-up confirmed

07 October 2002

Bercy Supercross line-up confirmed

Organisers have just confirmed the line-up for the Bercy Supercross special in France on November 8-10. The quasi-des Nations format pitches one team from France and one from the U.S. against a...