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Smart signs for Vivaldi

10 June 2005

After being dropped by the Rizla Suzuki team Scott Smart wasted no time and has signed up to ride with Vivaldi Kawasaki. Smart rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in 2004 and showed real promise on the bike. His...

Melandri tops first day

10 June 2005

Marco Melandri set the fastest lap time of the first day at Catalunya on Friday afternoon with a 1:43.317 lap. Colin Edwards was fastest after the morning session, yet was knocked back to 3rd place by...

Edwards tops GP practice

10 June 2005

Colin Edwards has topped a wet first practice session for the Catalunya GP, closely followed by his team-mate Valentino Rossi. Edwards set a best lap of 1:43.651 in the rain soaked practice session...

British GP will be huge

10 June 2005

This year’s British GP looks set to be a huge event with pre-booked ticket sales predicting the turnout is going to be much bigger than last year. With a month to go if tickets sales continue at the...

The racer stare

10 June 2005

Frankie Chili’s pit garage always came to a halt when Changing Rooms came on the TV

Don't mark the bike!

10 June 2005

We really do hope that PVC doesn’t leave a mark…

Hard at work...

10 June 2005

Normally you only ever see the pits during the 90 per cent fo the time when they are a hive of activity. Here’s the other 10 per cent.

Oceans apart

10 June 2005

She’ll need to move a bit closer to that brolly to have any effect.

Rossi wins in Spain

10 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has won yet another round of the MotoGP world championship after beating Sete Gibernau to the line in Catalunya. The Italian rider, who is now 58-points ahead in the championship, got...

Gibernau on pole

10 June 2005

Sete Gibernau has taken pole position for Sunday’s Catalunya Grand Prix. The Spaniard set a storming time of 1:42.337 in front of a massive home crowd to take the top spot, just ahead of Movistar...

Babe exodus

10 June 2005

You’re going the wrong way, ladies!

Free Cataluya GP winner

10 June 2005

Regular motorcyclenews.com user Aaron Butler has just won himself a free trip to the Catalunya GP this weekend. Butler, who checks the site every day, phoned as soon as he saw the competition on...

Haydon signs for Rizla

10 June 2005

Rizla Suzuki has signed James Haydon as a replacement rider for Scott Smart in the British Superbike championship. The team split with Smart after a disappointing start to the season and Haydon was...

Scott dies at TT

10 June 2005

Freelance motorcycle journalist and racer Ian ‘Gus’ Scott died on lap two of Friday’s senior TT race at the exit of Kirk Michael village when he collided with a marshal. The marshal, April Bolster,...

McGuinness wins Senior

10 June 2005

John McGuinness has become the only man to win two races in the 2005 Isle of Man TT taking his second win in Friday’s Senior TT, setting a new lap record in the process. After taking victory in the...

Say what?

10 June 2005

We suspect someone is trying their chat up lines in Japanese and doing badly…

Results: Catalunya GP

10 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has won yet another round of the MotoGP world championship after beating Sete Gibernau to the line in Catalunya, extending his championship lead to 58 points. Moto GP race...

Smart splits with Suzuki

03 June 2005

Scott Smart and Rizla Suzuki have split midway through the British Superbike season. In an apparently amicable split, the team and rider have “agreed to go their seperate ways in search of improved...

Standing tall

03 June 2005

This lady might be impressively tall, but if she’s called ‘Winston’ we’re a little suspicious

TT Superstock result

03 June 2005

Bruce Anstey took victory in the TT Superstock race, but only after leader Adrian Archibald ran out of fuel. The race took place on Monday, June 6, 2005, with Anstey winning with a time of 54...

800cc limit for MotoGP

03 June 2005

From 2007, the maximum engine size for the MotoGP class will be 800cc, a reduction of 190cc from current regulations. The change was announced following a meeting of the Grand Prix Commission on...

Lavilla/Kiyo share wins

03 June 2005

BSS Race positions: 1 , Stuart EASTON , 90.94 2 , Leon CAMIER , 0.340 3 , Craig JONES , 5.557 4 , Tom SYKES , 6.280 5 , Pere RIBA , 22.013 6 , Jamie ROBINSON , 22.351 7 , Rob FROST , 38.719 8 , Sam...

Here's looking at you...

03 June 2005

Shortly afterwards she decided the MCN staffers looked better with her dark glasses on…

Jacque back to GPs

03 June 2005

Frenchman Olivier Jacque has signed to race for the factory Kawasaki MotoGP team at the German and Valencia rounds. Jacque has ridden for the squad already this season with a second place result in...

Lougher wins Junior TT

03 June 2005

Ian Lougher has won the Junior Supersport TT onboard a Honda CBR600RR. After taking a second place in the Superstock race Lougher went on to take his seventh TT race win in the 600 race. Lougher,...

An enigmatic babe

03 June 2005

What are these young ladies thinking about?

Rutter on Croft pole

03 June 2005

Michael Rutter has taken his HM Plant Honda to its third pole of the season at the Croft round of the World Superbike championship. Rutter just managed to hold off Kawasaki rider Dean Thomas by 0.004...

Camel's finest features

03 June 2005

Camel girls always have the nicest… er, smiles…

Dunlop backs Moto1 race

03 June 2005

Dunlop has announced it will sponsor the Moto1 race event, which pits the top British motorcycling stars from a variety of disciplines against each other. The racing takes place at Mallory park in...

Farquhar wins Junior 'B'

03 June 2005

Ryan Farquhar took victory in the Isle of Man TT Supersport Junior B race, winning by 14 seconds from Jason Griffiths. Farquhar overcame the disapointment of retiring from two earlier races to...

Kiyo tops Croft practice

03 June 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has beaten his HM Plant Honda team-mate Michael Rutter to the fastest time on the first day of practice for the Croft round of the British Superbike championship. Kiyonari set the...

MotoGP: Mugello

03 June 2005

250cc GP free practice: 1. Porto 1:54.444. 2. Lorenzo 1:54.726. 3. Stoner 1:54.745. 4. De Angelis 1:55.075. 5. De Puniet 1:55.196. 6. Pedrosa 1:55.548. 7. Barbera 1:55.626. 8. Ballerini 1:56.053. 9.

Rossi on Mugello pole

03 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has taken pole position for his home grand prix at Mugello Italy. Rossi spent most of the session getting race settings and waited right to the last moment to set his fastest lap...

McGuinness' TT win

03 June 2005

John McGuinness has taken the win in the first solo race at the 2005 Isle of Man TT. The Superbike TT was postponed from Saturday becuase of mist and rain but the weather held out for the rescheduled...

Rossi takes tough win

03 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has taken the win at his home Grand Prix in Mugello, Italy, after one of the most exciting and close races of the season. Rossi initially got off to a bad start dropping down to...

Croft BSB kicks off

03 June 2005

British Superbikes first practice: 1. Rutter 1:21.958. 2. Thomas 1:22.523. 3. Kiyonari 1:22.614. 4. Plater 1:22.682. 5. Harris 1:22.722. 6. Smart 1:22.741. 7. Hill 1:22.862. 8. Haslam 1:22.987. 9.