Pulse 500

Stewart had left BSL at the end of 2000 with the intention of setting up his own European-based GP team the following year.

The Pulse team was also severely underfunded and with no major sponsor, so no pre-season testing or development work was carried out on the bikes.

Having worked with Mark Willis on the BSL, team manager Stewart offered him a seat on the Pulse.

Development of the bike was practically stagnant: plans were made to replace the original Mikuni carburettors with Keihins, but this never happened.

Vincent, though consistently a better qualifier, had a best race result of 16th for Pulse, but finished 13th at that year's British Grand Prix on a Yamaha, substituting for Garry McCoy who was injured.