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Engine "too sharp" for Checa.
Like team-mate Max Biaggi, Carlos Checa had strong hopes of a good finish in yesterday's Czech Grand Prix. The Marlboro Yamaha Team man had run well during qualifying but a minor change to the performance of his YZR500 caused him problems during the race.
Abe: I've got to sort out my riding style.
Norick Abe made an amazing start in yesterday's Czech Grand Prix to leap from eleventh to third by the first turn. He looked set to score a podium finish, running in third for the majority if the race.
Criville: I never imagined I'd be on the podium.
Alex Criville was justifiably delighted with his second place, his best result since he won the 2000 French GP last May.
Doohan recuperating after latest operation.
Five times World 500 Champion Mick Doohan (left on pic with countryman Ant West) may have ridden his last Grand Prix nearly two and a half years ago but he is still having operations to help him recover from his major crash at Jerez two years ago and at Assen in 1992.
Happy reunion for Vincent and QUB.
Former British Champion Jay Vincent made his 250 debut with QUB Team Optimum today at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic, after the Pulse GP team folded due to a lack of funds.
Czech GP wild-cards named.
The wild-card riders who will race in the Czech Grand Prix, scheduled on the circuit of Brno on August 26, are the following:
McCoy clocks up MotoGP century.
Refreshed after a mid-season holiday, Red Bull Yamaha rider Garry McCoy is determined to kick-start his injury-interrupted season at his 100th MotoGP start in this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix.
Vincent leaves Pulse - joins Queens University.
The 250 grid at this weekend's Czech Grand Prix will feature a familiar face in the shape of British 500cc privateer Jason Vincent.
'Emotional' Rossi samples Honda's future.
The latest test session for Honda's 4 stroke GP machine, the RC211V, took place at the Suzuka yesterday (August 7) where Valentino Rossi became the first Grand Prix rider to get a taste of Honda's future.
Yamaha riders 'burn rubber' at Marlboro Masters.
Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa today took part in a thrilling demonstration at the Marlboro Masters in Zandvoort, Netherlands.
Poensgen loses Dark Dog seat.
Record breaking German lady racer Katja Poensgen is currently in a race against time to find a new team after leaving the Dark Dog Aprilia squad after her home Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.
Doohan impressed after Honda four-stroke test.
Five-times 500cc motorcycle World Champion Mick Doohan said he was impressed with Honda's new four-stroke Grand Prix machine after riding it for the first time at the Suzuka circuit in Japan.
Foggy: I would've beaten Doohan.
Four times World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty has admitted he regrets not racing - and beating - Mick Doohan (pictured) in 500cc Grand Prix racing, to prove he was the best ever.
McCoy attends X-Fighter Freestyle frenzy.
Red Bull Yamaha WCM star Garry McCoy enjoyed some "time off" from his 500cc factory MotoGP racer, to climb aboard a Motocross bike at the Freestyle Motocross Invitational in Valencia, Spain.
Foggy: Walker wasn't good enough.
World Superbike legend Carl Fogarty has said that Chris Walker's sacking from the Shell Advance Honda team didn't surprise him and that the Englishman was "out of his depth" on two stroke Grand Prix machinery - while Jeremy McWilliams and old rival Neil Hodgson have both said they felt the decisi
Engine dilemma keeps Jurgen guessing.
Proton Team KR rider Jurgen van den Goorbergh will start tomorrow's German GP from a disappointing 13th position on the fourth row of the grid, after circumstances threw up a dilemma for the Dutch rider of the lightweight three-cylinder Proton KR3.
Walker replaced by Shell Advance.
Further to the earlier story that Chris Walker was to miss the German Grand Prix for health reasons, it now transpires that the British rider has been stood down by his Shell Advance Honda team.
Clarke receives call-up in maths class.
Brendan Clarke, a Year 12 student at St Francis College in Brisbane, Australia, received the shock invitation on Tuesday to join Jeff Hardwick's Shell Advance Honda team as a replacement for Chris Walker at this weekends German Grand Prix, after the Englishman was controversially dropped.
Sachsenring - a long way from home.
In 1937, a Scotsman was killed while plying his dangerous trade a long way from home on a stretch of road deep in the heart of a German forest near the border with Czechoslovakia - the people of Stollberg and the surrounding villages have never forgotten that Scotsman.
Kenny Roberts Jr. to make 100th GP start.
Telefonica MoviStar Suzuki Team rider Kenny Roberts Jr. is scheduled to make his 100th Grand Prix start at the Sachsenring this Sunday, having made his GP debut as a wild-card rider at the 1993 USA Grand Prix at Laguna Seca riding in the 250 class.
'Big Bang' tactics for Proton's top track.
Dutch star Jurgen van den Goorbergh will get more bang from his bike in Germany.
Superb second for Rolfo.
Roberto Rolfo rode his#44 Safilo Oxydo Racing Aprilia to a superb second at Donington in the 250cc Grand Prix, the Italian claiming the honour of top Aprilia after a thrilling fight to the finish with works rider Marco Melandri.
Walker: I was struggling after Assen.
Shell advance Honda rider Chris Walker endured a difficult home Grand Prix at Donington Park, the Englishman having been hospitalised just a week earlier after a huge crash at Assen.
Vincent: It's been a hell of a weekend.
Jason Vincent, filling in for the injured Garry McCoy on the Red Bull Yamaha YZR500, scored his first points in the premiere class after finishing 13th at his home MotoGP, following bar-to-bar battles with Haslam, West and Walker.