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GMT94 win Le Mans

15 April 2005

Reigning world endurance champions GMT94 have won the Le Mans 24 hours with riders David Checa, William Costes and Sebastien Gimbert. The team qualified on pole position, with David Checa holding the...

WSB arrives in Europe

15 April 2005

The WSB championship hits Europe for the first time this season this weekend with defending champ James Toseland focused on clawing his way back into the title fight. We’ll be bringing you live...

Knight wins in Wales

15 April 2005

David Knight has extended his lead of the British Enduro Championship with a win at the second round, the Brechfa Enduro. The KTM rider was able to claim victory at the first one-day event of 2005,...

Bid for GP VIP passes

15 April 2005

Bid now for your chance to rub shoulders with the stars of MotoGP at the Shanghai round from Friday April 29. Dorna have given two VIP passes to MCN’s favourite charity – Riders For Health. Now you...

False advertising...

15 April 2005

If that’s Leon Haslam, I’ll eat the lastest copy of MCN….

Stop chatting, ladies...

15 April 2005

Actually, if you three keep chatting, we can ogle without you notice…..

Barros stays on top

15 April 2005

Alex Barros has continued his domination of the second round of the MotoGP World championship by setting the fastest lap in the second free practice session. After setting the fastest time in the...

Harley Supermoto racer

15 April 2005

There’s a huge range of exotic names in Supermoto racing with the likes for VOR, Husqvarna and Husaberg, but they’ve just been joined by probably the most iconic brand in the world. This season Keith...

Barros wins at Estoril

15 April 2005

The first win for the Honda team in 2005 has come from GP veteran Alex Barros, at the second round at Estoril in Portugal. Barros took the win on the Camel Honda RCV, from the Yamaha of Valentino...

MotoGP testing at Estoril

15 April 2005

Following the second round of the MotoGP championship at Estoril on April 17, 2005, nine of the riders returned to the Portuguese track the following day to perform further testing. Former 250cc...

Sold: Rossi's race bike

15 April 2005

A Cagiva Mito 125 raced by a certain Valentino Rossi has been auctioned for charity, with a winning bid of 22660 Euros (£15,413). The bike, which he used to win the Italian 125 production...

Seeing red...

15 April 2005

We don’t know how these young ladies queeze into such tight PVC, but our intrepid reporters are always volunteering to try and find out…

The green meenie?

15 April 2005

Green may be the colour of jealousy, or even Ireland, but every time we see this particular shade we think of the Kawasaki grid girls.

A brave brolly babe....

15 April 2005

It takes a brave girl to open herself up for the cheap jokes and puns associated with this particular sponsorship…

A model's pout....

15 April 2005

You can tell James Toseland is used to the camera with that professional pout…

A babe for all weathers

08 April 2005

Not only is she ready for sunny weather with her skimpy t-shirt, and wet weather with her umbrella, but if it gets windy, that skirt doubles as a neckwarmer…

Best of both....

08 April 2005

When the Virgin Mobile girls get together with a Bennetts babe, everyone is a winner….

Day of Champs tickets

08 April 2005

Tickets for the annual Day of Champions event on the eve of the British GP have gone on sale. It’s on Thursday, July 21 at Donington Park and will raise funds for MCN’s favourite charity – Riders For...

Results: Thruxton BSB

08 April 2005

BSB Race One: 1. Ryuichi Kiyonari. 2. Michael Rutter. 3. Gregorio Lavilla. 4. Leon Haslam. 5. Sean Emmett. 6. Karl Harris. 7. Scott Smart. 8. Dean Thomas. 9. Glen Richards. 10. Tommy Hill. 11. James...

Protest to save off road

08 April 2005

And, the MCI points out, “This action by one division of DEFRA comes at a time when another division within DEFRA has been calling for land to be made available for off road motorsport activity to...

MotoGP: Jerez Friday

08 April 2005

125cc Qualifying 1: 1. SImoncelli 1:46.996. 2. Pasini 1:47.397. 3. Luthi 1:47.747. 4. Kallio 1:47.934. 5. Lai 1:48.277. 6. Talmacsi 1:48.286. 7. Faubel 1:48.611. 8. De Rosa 1:48.632. 9. Zanetti...

Foggy: I'd beat Rossi

08 April 2005

Tough-talking former WSB champ Carl Fogarty reckons he would have spanked current MotoGP champ Valentino Rossi had the two ever gone head-to-head. The Foggy Petronas Racing WSB boss – who has four...

Rossi rules Jerez MotoGP

08 April 2005

250cc results: 1. Pedrosa 2. Porto 3. De Angelis. 4. Dovizioso. 5. Barbera. 6. Lorenzo. 7. Locatelli. 8. Debon. 9. Corsi. 10. Giansanti. 11. Davies. 12. Rous. 13. Baldolini. 14. Ballerini. 15.

Hair today...

08 April 2005

Now you see why there are very few racers with long hair. Aside from Giovanni Bussei. And formely Norrick Abe and Fred Merkel.

Do you want airhorns?

08 April 2005

The owners of Silverstone race circuit want you to decide whether to allow the use of airhorns during race meetings. This year the circuit will host two major bike events, with World Superbikes on...

Looking purposeful...

08 April 2005

We don’t know where she’s going, but it must be somewhere important…

Belgian star to try TT

08 April 2005

An increase in the number of foreign riders racing at the Isle of Man TT has continued, with a Belgian road racer the latest European star to sign up. Twenty-eight year old Michael Weynand has gained...

Hofmann slips up

08 April 2005

Kawasaki MotoGP rider Alex Hofmann high-sided his ZX-RR in front of a huge crowd at a pre race exhibition in Estoril, breaking a bone in his wrist forcing him to sit out the race. Hofmann turned out...

Kiyonari Thruxton double

08 April 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari dominates the British Superbike Championship after a double win at the second round at Thruxton in Hampshire. The Japanese rider adds these wins to his double victory at the opening...

The long legs of the law

08 April 2005

If the police followed this recruitment policy and uniform, criminals would be running towards them rather than running away.

Results: Jerez MotoGP

08 April 2005

Results from Jerez,Spain, the opening round of the 2005 MotoGP championship. MotoGP results:: 1. Rossi. 2. Gibernau. 3. Melandri. 4. Barros. 5. Nakano. 6. Bayliss. 7. Biaggi. 8. Tamada. 9.

BSB: Saturday

08 April 2005

Michael Rutter has put his HM Plant Honda on pole for the Thruxton round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike championship ahead of Leon Haslam and provisional poleman Sean Emmett. Superbike final...

Slight wind problem...

08 April 2005

What you can’t see is the bloke kneeling out of shot with an industrial fan to get that perfect windswept look….

BSB: Thruxton Friday

08 April 2005

The Thruxton round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike champship has begun with Michael Rutter going quickest in the second free practice session. Second quickest was Ryuichi Kiyonari, the double...

Have a blonde moment

08 April 2005

Everyone likes to have at least one blonde moment a day…

MotoGP: Saturday

08 April 2005

Valentino Rossi has taken pole position for the first round of the 2005 MotoGP championship at Jerez with a stunning 1:39.419 lap, around two seconds quicker than the fastest time in practice. Rossi...