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Sunday’s FIM CEV Repsol round looks like being decisive with Jesko Raffin (Swiss Innovative Investors Junior) poised to take the Moto2™ European Championship title against poleman Edgar Pons (AGR Team, photo1). Alex Millán (Aro Racing, photo2) in the European Talent Cup will head off his race in this penultimate round of the championship at the Circuit de Albacete this weekend. In Moto2™, Edgar Pons dominated his rivals in the two qualifying sessions, posting an unmatched time of 1:31.945 in the morning session. The AGR Team rider will lead the grid for the third time in a row, this time accompanied by by Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) and Jesko Raffin. Raffin only needs four points more than the poleman in the first of Sunday’s two races to take the Moto2™ ECh title for the second time. If he doesn’t make it in the first race, he could still become champion

In the weekend from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 12-14 October - European All terrain Rally Cup at Palermo/Italy 13-14 October - European Moto2 and Talent Cup at Albacete/Spain

In race1 of European Supersport 300 Cup at Oschersleben, in Germany the winner was Michal Bulik (photo1) from Maco Racing Team. The gap at the finish line was less than 0,1 sec. on Samuel Lochoff from South Africa. With the second place Lochoff (Austrian YART Team under Samurai-Yart Racing) won the SSP 300 European CUP 2018. The second place in the Cup was also fixed after this race for Tarec van der Merwe from South Africa. Wet conditions for today’s final raceday. The warm up was declared as wet and not all riders attended it. The weather forecast for the afternoon was dry and sunny. The race started in very good conditions and Samuel Lochoff won but the fastest lap of the race was signed by Michal Bulik, a Slovakian rider of MACO Racing team who also took part to the World EWC Championship. There were some very interesting battles

The second event of the new discipline in FIM Europe was organised in the context of the famous Intermot Exhibition at Cologne, in Germany. The present riders made a very spectacular show for the spectators several times due to the practice sessions. On Saturday the Semi Finals and the Best Trick were organised and the results after the first two rounds saw Foma Kalinin 1st, Pawel Karbownik 2nd and Danila Zhelanov 3rd. On Sunday after a morning practice session the Finals started at 14:30 for the 12 riders who had to show their own best 5 minutes long program for the score marshals and the spectators. The final ranking of the event is: 1st Pawel Karbownik from Poland, 2nd Herczeg Balázs from Hungary and the 3rd Foma Kalinin from Russia. The overall result of the first ever official Cup Series in 2018: Cup winner Foma Kalinin, second by only 1

In the weekend from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 5-7 October - Supersport 300 European Cup at Oschersleben/Germany 6-7 October - European Street Freestyle Cup at Koeln/Germany 6-7 October - Vintage Enduro European Championship at Marina di Campo/Italy

The weekend of 29th and 30th September, the Imola circuit hosted the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship, the last round of the WMX and EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing plus the YZ125 bLU cRU Cup SuperFinale, Wrapping up a perfect weekend with victory in race two, young Swiss rider Kevin Brumann is the 2018 YZ125 bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale overall winner. Claiming the runner-up spot in race two Great Britain's Joel Rizzi secured second overall, with Denmark's Magnus Smith earning the third spot on the final podium. FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb with the YZ125 blU cRU Cup winner Kevin Brumann and Youthstream Vice President David Luongo Kicking off the race action at the Imola motocross circuit on Sunday, the second and last race of this year's SuperFinale saw YZ125-powered youngsters continue their quest for an invitation to Yamaha's bLU cRU Masterclass. With race officials working overnight to

The world famous Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari circuit in Imola hosted the Championship deciding races of EMX300 presented by FMF Racing where Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson renewed his title and became the newest FIM Europe Champion. Imola is known for its road racing circuit but its history in motocross goes back 70 years when the first Motocross International races were held on its grounds. This weekend a massive amount of soil was moved to create an epic motocross track where the returning sound of two strokes echoed of the hillsides. GL12 Racing’s Mike Kras was 27 points behind Brad Anderson from Verde Substance KTM coming into the weekend. Saturday hosted the first race of the two were we saw Kras take the lead as Anderson struggled and dropped from 4th to 7th before finally rebounding to finish 5th. Third in the championship was A1M Husqvarna’s Andero Lusbo and

FIM Europe Cross Country Cup at Madona (Latvia) gathered 19 participants from five Countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Finland. The two hours Cross Country race in Madona was not easy for many riders. The track was interesting and technical, and the riders after the race said they were satisfied with today’s race and track conditions. During the race they had to fight with forest trails, steep uphill and downhill and other obstacles. The track was unusual for competitors and suprised even many of the spectators who came to watch the race. Ugis Klimons from Latvia was the first to cross the finish line winning in Senior class ahead of Dmitriy Parshin (RUS) and Riho Keerme (EST). In the Veteran and Woman Classes Danielius Žoštautas (LTU) and Marita Nyqvist (FIN) won the Cross Country Cups. In the Junior Class Daniel Komkov (RUS) had to surrender to the supremacy of

The Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto was the ideal setting for the sixth round of the FIM CEV Repsol, in which Edgar Pons (AGR) Team) chalked up his third consecutive triumph in Moto2™ and Matteo Bertelle (SIC 58 Squadra Corse) took both wins in the European Talent Cup. Óscar Ibáñez (Noyes Camp) won the second European Kawasaki Z Cup race of the weekend. In Moto2™, Edgar Pons was unstoppable on the way to his third consecutive victory. The AGR Team rider led away and lap by lap he pulled clear, followed by Jesko Raffin (Swiss Innovative Investors Junior, photo1)). Hector Garzó (Team Wimu CNS), who set the pole time but who was sanctioned and started down the grid, was hit by Miquel Pons (Bullit) in the second corner and was out of the race. Marc Alcoba (Dynavolt Intact Junior Team) also crashed out on the third lap when he was running

Domination, passion, speed, skill, champion. Just a few words to sum up Markus Reiterberger (alpha Racing-Van Zon-BMW) and his 2018 season in the European Superstock 1000 Championship, as he leaves Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours as the champion. Taking the crown in the final round of the year, he showed out on track just why he’s taken this crown with his stunning domination and pace. Hailing from Trostberg in Germany, Reiterberger first began racing in 2007 in the acclaimed Red Bull Rookies Cup with small levels of success. His first competitive victory came in 2009, in the Yamaha Cup and he was crowned champion of that same series the following season. Moving into the IDM and European Superstock 1000 Championships, he had found his calling and progressed throughout both series. Re-entering the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship after half a season away as the reigning IDM champion, he was not short