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| Sheene homage at the Australian F1 GP |
| The widow of the World 500cc Champion Barry Sheene will lower the chequered flag at the Australian F1 GP on 7th March in Melbourne, the first date in the World Championship. This date is almost a year after the death of her husband, 10th March 2003, in the country he adopted when he retired from competition at the end of 1984. Barry Sheene was invited last season to start the race at the circuit of Melbourne, but his state of health meant that he couldn�t. He passed away a few days later, ao the age of 52, with lung cancer. |
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| Agreement between Renfe and the Ricardo Tormo |
| The general director of the management company at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana presented a collaboration agreement between the two institutions which aims to stimulate racing fans in the Valencian region to go by train to the circuit. The Circuit will promote its activities on trains and at RENFE installations through the campaign "�Ven al circuit en tren� - Come to the circuit by train", and this will last three years. This collaboration will begin next weekend, 28 - 29th February, with the World Superbikes GP and the price of the return ticket will be �3.10. |
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| The new statutos COE worry the RFEM |
| Juan �lvarez, president of the Federaci�n Espa�ola de Motociclismo and vice-president of the Comit� Ol�mpico Espa�ol (COE), thinks that the reform of statutes approved by this body "has opened a schism between the two federations" and all of them will end up losing. "The non-Olympic federations will show us the door at least as soon as somebody speaks. A schism has been opened and all the federal movement will end up losing. The reform of the statutes, that gives more weight to the Olympic federations as opposed to the non-Olympic ones, by four votes to one in all the discussions, was approved by exactly the number of votes required, after one long discussion where the barrier was two thirds of the votes. |
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| Rossi demands more from Yamaha�s engineers |
| Valentino Rossi has used a �big bang� engine for the first time ever at Phillip Island after he commented that his M1 lacked power to take the Honda on. "We left Sepang very happy when we were on the track alone, but just one day on the track next to the Honda was enought to tell us to get our feet back on the ground". Rossi based his demands on the top speed data registered in Malaysia: the new Ducati reached 315kph, the Honda 310kph and the Yamaha "only" 300kph. |
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| The FIM celebrates 100 years |
| The Federaci�n Internacional de Motociclismo (FIM) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. A series of conferences at the Hotel Crowne Plaza in Geneva - 20th 22nd February have been organized to celebrate this landmark. The FIM has created a new logotype to commemorate its 100 years of life and next year will publish a book with its complete history. |
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