2002

McWilliams cracks collarbone in Rio

23 September 2002

While Valentino Rossi was popping champaign corks to celebrate his win in Rio and new MotoGp title, Jeremy McWilliams was popping painkillers after his bike seized, spitting the Ulsterman off,...

Edwards on pole for Imola

23 September 2002

Colin Edwards moved closer to his second World Superbike championship by putting himself on pole for the final round at Imola. His Superpole time of 1’49.021 puts him ahead of reigning champion and...

Painted ladies

23 September 2002

Wonder who helped them remove all the paint at the end of the day

Yamaha announces AMA 600 team

23 September 2002

Aaron Gobert and Damon Buckmaster will be joined at Yamaha by ex-Suzuki stars Jamie Hacking and Jason DiSalvo on the brand new factory R6 in the 2003 AMA Supersport series. Gobert, Buckmaster and...

Motocross des Nations switches to Spain

23 September 2002

The Motocross des Nations event scheduled to take place next week in California, USA has been cancelled, and will now take place in Spain in October. With only a week until the event, there were legal...

Rossi to test BAR F1 car

23 September 2002

Valentino Rossi is lined up to test an F1 car at the end of the year. The boss of British American Racing (BAR) David Richards has reached an agreement with the 23-year-old’s Repsol Honda squad to try...

Nakano and Jacque get M1s

16 September 2002

It’s just been announced that Olivier Jacque and his Tech 3 Yamaha teammate Shinya Nakano will get the four-stroke Yamaha M1 MotoGP machines from the Malaysian GP onwards. The Malaysian Grand Prix...

Edwards breaks lap record at Imola test

16 September 2002

Colin Edwards broke the lap record by 1.2 seconds during tests at Imola today according to Castrol Honda’s latest press release. Edwards set a time of 1:48.10 around the 3.04-mile circuit, faster even...

Max Biaggi signs for Honda

16 September 2002

Max Biaggi has just inked a three year deal to ride a Honda RCV V5-engined bike in MotoGP. Biaggi said: ” I was dreaming to race with Honda again and Pramac made my dream come true. ” ” I have...

Rossi takes the title with a win in Rio

16 September 2002

He’s been 125cc world champion, he’s been 250cc world champion and he’s been the 500cc world champion. Now Valentino Rossi can add the maiden MotoGP crown to his trophy cabinet after winning a soaking...

The camouflage doesn’t work

16 September 2002

It would be hard to disguise someone as pretty as this…

Have a double

16 September 2002

Just make sure a double doesn’t leave you too light-headed

Don’t forget: Saturday is the Rio GP

16 September 2002

Free practice for the MotoGP class has just ended in Rio ahead of Saturday’s Grand Prix, and it’s Valentino Rossi topping the timing sheets. 1)V Rossi (1:52.359) 2)N Abe (1:52.712) 3)M Biaggi...

Biaggi claims provisional Rio pole

16 September 2002

Yamaha’s soon-to-be-ex rider Max Biaggi has slotted his Yamaha M1 on provisional pole at the Nelson Piquet Circuit in Rio ahead of Saturday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. His time of 1:51.854 pipped...

Bayliss and Capirossi on Ducati GP bike

16 September 2002

It has just been revealed that Troy Bayliss will join forces with Loris Capirossi on the Ducati MotoGP machine in 2003. The two riders have signed two-year contracts to ride the new Desmosedici V4 in...

You find brolly girls in the oddest of places

16 September 2002

We found this one hiding behind a Porta Cabin.

Seeing red?

16 September 2002

It’s all she can see with those glasses

Foggy FP1 debuts at Donington

16 September 2002

Troy Corser and James Haydon took the all-new Foggy Petronas FP1 out for its first track test today around Donington Park. It’s the first time the bike has been seen in public since the bike was...

What has she done to him?

16 September 2002

Perhaps she is practising her powers of hypnosis

James Stewart becomes AMA Rookie of the Year

16 September 2002

James Stewart is the 2002 AMA Motocross/Supercross Rookie of the Year. The 16-year-old began an impressive debut season with the AMA 125 Western Region Supercross Series in January, notching up three...

Simply the breast

16 September 2002

There isn’t a lot of room for advertising but they’ve put it where it gets the most attention

Edwards fury at Hayden GP ride

16 September 2002

Colin Edwards has hit out at the politics behind Honda’s decision to give fellow-American Nicky Hayden a MotoGP ride on a Honda V5. Edwards – who has signed a letter of intent to ride for Ducati in...

The stairway to heaven?

16 September 2002

A babe at every step…it must be the stairway to heaven

Suzuki take top three at Bol D’or

16 September 2002

The 2002 Bold D’or endurance race finished with the Castrol Suzuki team taking the first and second places from the GMT 94 team, also mounted on a Suzuki. The race was won by the Suzuki team of French...

Estoril GP results

09 September 2002

Valentino Rossi won the Portuguese MotoGP round at Estoril today after runaway leader Suzuki’s Sete Giberanu crashed in torrential rain. MotoGP: 1)V Rossi 2)C Checa 3)K Roberts 4)A Barros 5)M Biaggi 250: 1)F Nieto 2)M Melandri 3)S Porto…7)L Haslam 125: 1)A Vincent 2)S Sanna 3)S Jenckner Rossi extends his lead over his Repsol Honda teammate Tohru Ukawa in second place to 89 points with four rounds...