2003
Rossi wins despite penalty
14 October 2003
Valentino Rossi has won the penultimate MotoGP race of the year in fantastic style, taking the win despite incurring his second time penalty of the season. Rossi had a bad start to the race, running...
ACU Academy rider selection
14 October 2003
The ACU are looking for the next crop of riders to join their academy programme for road racers, and are holding a rider selection day at Rockingham on November 10. The most promising young riders on...
Toseland takes first WSB pole
14 October 2003
James Toseland has taken his first ever World Superbike pole position in the run up to Sunday’s race at Magny Cours. The HM Plant Ducati rider stole the top spot from factory Ducati rider Neil Hodgson...
Biggest brolly ever?
14 October 2003
WSB goes for the record for the biggest brolly in history. And this poor girl has to hold it.
A look of concentration?
14 October 2003
Or was it a bad decision to skip the loo break before the race?
Two new teams for WSB
14 October 2003
Two new teams have announced plans to move up to the World Superbike championship in 2004. At a time when manufacturers are pulling out of the championship left, right and centre World Supersport team...
Rossi on pole at Phillip Island
14 October 2003
Valentino Rossi has taken his Honda RCV to pole position for Sunday’s Australian GP, beating Ducati’s Loris Capirossi in to second place. The newly crowned world champion beat Capirossi’s...
Too hot to handle
14 October 2003
It looks like Katsuaki Fujiwara might have mistakenly left his helmet under the tyre warmers…
McWilliams ninth in qualifying practice
14 October 2003
Jeremy McWilliams, who last year claimed pole at Phillip Island on a two-stroke, is in a provisional ninth place on the Proton V5 for this Sunday’s MotoGP at the Australian circuit. Valentino Rossi...
Rossi plays down F1 move
14 October 2003
Newly-crowned MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has played down the rumours that he will be driving a Formula 1 car next year. Rossi was offered a no-strings-attached test drive of the Ferrari F1...
Walker tops first practice
14 October 2003
Chris Walker has topped the time sheets in the first practice session for the last round of the World Superbike championship this weekend. Walker and HM Plant Ducati team-mate James Toseland dominated...
MCN-backed European Supermoto comes to UK
14 October 2003
The MCN-backed British Superprix is the first round of the European Supermoto championship to ever be held in the UK, and it takes place at Lydden Hill in Kent on October 18-19. The circuit is...
Brit podium at Lydden
14 October 2003
The first-ever European championship supermoto round held in the UK took place in front of 10,000 fans at Lydden in Kent on Sunday The crowd had something to cheer after British rider Ady Smith...
The two-hand technique
07 October 2003
The brolly babe handbook recommends a two-handed technique in strong winds.
Terms and conditions
07 October 2003
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Sure you don’t want a pillion ride?
07 October 2003
Are you sure you don’t fancy a lap on the back of the bike?
Rossi is champion again
07 October 2003
Valentino Rossi has won his seventh race of the year to seal the MotoGP championship for the second year running. The world champion sat behind Sete Gibernau for early part of the race but at half...
Sepang pole for Rossi
07 October 2003
Amidst rumours about a possible switch to Yamaha, Valentino Rossi put his Honda RC211V on pole for the Malaysian GP on Sunday. Rossi created a new pole lap record of 2:02.480 on his way to the front of the grid. Second place goes to Spaniard Carlos Checa, with Makoto Tamada third. 1) Rossi 2:02.480. 2) Checa 2:02.885. 3) Tamada 2:03.138. 4) Biaggi 2:03.254. 5) Nakano 2:03.342. 6) Capirossi...
Rossi keeps world guessing
07 October 2003
Valentino Rossi looks set to keep the world waiting anxiously for an answer on his future for a few more days yet. It seems all the huge speculation surrounding his future won’t come to an end until...
Rossi on provisional pole for Malaysian GP
07 October 2003
Valentino Rossi underlined why there is so much speculation about his contract for next year by setting a new qualifying record to put himself on provisional pole for Sunday’s race at Sepang. The...
Phase One win World Endurance title
07 October 2003
The British Phase One team overcame a dramatic build-up to the final round of the 2003 World Endurance championship at Vellelunga in Italy, to go on to take the title. Regular riders Jason Pridmore...
Looking down from above
07 October 2003
The brolly babe smiled as she dropped the umbrella on the unsuspecting Hodgson
Have you won Mallory tickets?
07 October 2003
We’ve teamed up with Bennetts Insurance Services to offer five pairs of tickets to the Superbike race of the Year at Mallory Park on Sunday October 12. The five winners, who will each receive a pair...
Win Sheffield supercross tickets for McGrath farewell
07 October 2003
Seven-times U.S. supercross champion Jeremy McGrath will be the man to beat this Saturday, October 11, when he competes in the first round of the seventh International supercross series at the...
Entry list for GSX-R Cup released
07 October 2003
The entry list has been released for the Worldwide GSX-R Cup Final races, which will see Brits Steve Brogan, Kenny Everest and Ben Mossey compete against 25 identically-prepared Suzuki GSX-R750s. The...
Rossi set for shock Yamaha switch
07 October 2003
Valentino Rossi is looking more and more likely to make a shock switch from Honda to Yamaha in 2004. GP sources claim the deal is already done – but nothing official is expected until Sunday’s...
Biaggi’s Motegi win overshadowed by drama
01 October 2003
Max Biaggi has won the Pacific GP at Motegi, beating longtime rival Valentino Rossi into second place. But it was overshadowed by the disqualification of Makoto Tamada and John Hopkins. The Japanese...
You race motorcycles? Really?
01 October 2003
His tales of derring do failed to impress the brolly girl.
Dovizioso fastest in 125cc qualifying
01 October 2003
Andrea Dovizioso heads the timesheets after the first 125cc qualifying session for the Pacific GP on Sunday. Dovizioso posted a time of 1:58.988, one-tenth quicker than fellow Honda rider Daniel Pedrosa. Alex De Angelis is third on the Aprilia, with the Derbi of Jorge Lorenzo completing the front row. Australian Casey Stoner heads an all-Aprilia second row. 1) Dovizioso 1:58.988. 2) Pedrosa...