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Kenny chases pole at Donington.
Team Telef?nica MoviStar Suzuki riders Kenny Roberts Jr and Sete Gibernau claimed second and twelfth places in today's first qualifying runs for Sunday's British GP.
Cobas: Donington never a good track for us.
The original Donington Park circuit was built in 1931 and hosted many big events, but has never been the happiest of hunting grounds for the West Honda Pons team.
British GP wild cards named.
The wild-card riders for this weekend's Cinzano British Grand Prix have been unveiled, with some of Britain's rising stars slated to ride at Donington Park on 14 July.
London to give Rossi the red carpet treatment.
A movie-star welcome awaits the MotoGP World Champion as Rossi-mania arrives in London's Leicester Square on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the Cinzano British Grand Prix.
Rossi baptises own rose.
Terra Nigra's bright yellow hybrid-T rose was baptised in Holland by the 500cc world champion of 2001 and six-times MotoGP race winner Valentino Rossi, as the Italian attended a party at Honda Netherlands in the VIP Village after Saturday's Gauloises Dutch TT in Assen.
Rossi takes sixth 2002 MotoGP win.
Valentino Rossi (Repsol Honda Team RCV211V) waited until the 16th lap of the 19-lap Dutch TT to take the lead and from that point on his supremacy was never in question, setting the fastest lap of the race and the new record with a time of 2m 00.973s.
Points for Ryo.
Team Suzuki's Akira Ryo got into the points at the seventh round of the MotoGP championship at Assen today, finishing 15th. Ryo has scored in every MotoGP race he has entered this year on the awesome new Suzuki GSV-R race bike.
Walter Villa passes away.
Fifty eight year old Walter Villa died in Italy last from from a heart attack. Villa won three 250 and one 350cc World title for the Harley Davidson team. The American company bought the Italian Aermacchi team and re-badged their machines as Harleys.
Rossi wins but Barros is best.
Valentino Rossi's unstoppable march towards a second MotoGP World title took another step in Saturday's Dutch TT at Assen but the Italian star had some of his glory taken away following a truly heroic ride by Alex Barros on a two-stroke Honda.
Rain hands pole to Rossi in qualifying washout.
Valentino Rossi was virtually handed pole position today in the Gauloises Dutch TT taking place at Assen this weekend, as a couple of heavy downpours put paid to any other rider improving on the time he set in the first qualifying session yesterday.
Proton sets top speed at Assen.
Proton Team KR riders Jeremy McWilliams and Nobu Aoki qualified on the third and fourth rows of the provisional grid in today's first timed practice for Saturday's Dutch TT, with McWilliams also setting fastest top speed through the traps at the revised Assen, demonstrating the lightweight three
Hopkins rides fastest two-stroke Yamaha.
The two youngest riders in today's Moto GP session, Red Bull Yamaha's Hopkins and Hofmann, had a solid first qualifying aboard the fastest two stroke Yamahas.
Four-stroke MotoGP boom comes to historic Assen.
Four-stroke GP bikes return to Assen this weekend for the first time in almost three decades, with Honda's rampant RCV riders Valentino Rossi (Repsol Honda Team RCV211V) and Tohru Ukawa (Repsol Honda Team RCV211V) leading the charge.
Wild card entries for the Gauloises Dutch TT.
The wild-card riders who will race in the Gauloises Dutch TT, scheduled at Assen on June 29th, are the following: MotoGP class: 33 - Akira Ryo (JPN-Suzuki)
Valentino Rossi to appear in Leicester Square.
World Champion Valentino Rossi invites you to his Ride-In London Premiere at Leicester Square in London on Tuesday 9 July at 15.00.
New Assen starts Proton's build up to home run.
Next weekend's Dutch TT at the classic Assen circuit is the first of a run of special races for Proton Team KR - at tracks where the lightweight triple's greatest strengths will pay the biggest dividends.
Rocket men.
It looked more like an Elton John concert with so many wide rimmed glasses being worn. Although there was no piano or the man himself to entertain the guests at this very special celebration, his Rocket Man song or in this particular case Rocket Men, was the perfect anthem.
Is there no stopping Rossi?
Valentino Rossi took a convincing victory today in the Gran Primi Marlboro de Catalunya after battling hard with his Repsol Honda team mate and the Marlboro Yamaha's of Checa and Biaggi.
Marlboro Yamaha YZR- M1 scores first pole!
Marlboro Yamaha Team rider Max Biaggi gave the mighty YZR-M1 its first pole position at Catalunya today, crowning several weeks of flat-out work by the team and Yamaha's engineers. Team-mate Carlos Checa looked like joining Biaggi on the front row until he tumbled at the end of the session.
125cc Qualifying Practice 1.
Full results of the first Qualifying Practice for the Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya.
Hot lap Hopkins on the fastest 2 stroke Yamaha.
John Hopkins the 19 year old American rookie has put in another exceptional performance in Friday's qualifying session in Barcelona aboard the Red Bull Yamaha YZR 500.
Onward and upward for Marlboro Yamaha Team.
Marlboro Yamaha Team riders Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa roll up at Catalunya this weekend aiming to maintain their impressive forward progress of recent weeks.
Yamaha Catalunya MotoGP set-up report.
For Yamaha, Barcelona will prove to be the ideal testing ground for the new generation YZR-M1 chassis, which was first introduced in Mugello on May 31, and proved to be the unit of choice for both Marlboro Yamaha Teammates throughout the rest of the racing weekend.
Late braker - nice guy.
World Champion Valentino Rossi joined a long distinguished list when he summed up Alex Barros's riding perfectly during the pre-race press conference at Jerez six weeks ago.