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The European Rally Tout Terrain Cup started at Brasov Vama Veche (Romania). Prologue The fastest of the 14 racers was Italian Emilio Procaccini ahead of Sebastien Souday, French quad rider (photo2. The 2nd motorcycle rider was Andrea Mancini, ahead of French Loic Minaudier (photo1). Day1 The day foresaw two SS of 142 and 60 kms and a 160 km liason, without service. The fastest rider was Loic Minaudier. Second position in the overall category for French Sebastian Souday with his quad. The second motorcycle rider is Italian Niki Giusti (photo3), ahead of Andrea Mancini, who is the leader of the series. Emilio Procaccini injured his shoulder injured. Day2 The fastest rider was Italian Ivano Zuccheiro, on KTM, breaking the victory series of Beta bikes. Second position for French Loic Minaudier ahead of Nicola Quinto. The first in Quad class was French Sebastien Souday. The leader of the series, Andrea Mancini, had

In the weekend from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September, the follow­ing European races will be held: 8-9 September - MX of European Nations/Women's Motocross of European Nations at Gdansk/Poland 6-9 September - Dragbike European Championship and Dragbike Junior Cup at Santa Pod/Great Britain 7-8 September - Bajas European Championship at Idanha a Nova/Portugal 4-9 September - European Rally Tout Terrain Cup at Brasov Vama Veche/Romania 9 September - Supermoto S1 European Championship at Sestriere/Italy 8-9 September - Vintage Road Racing European Championship at Grobnik/Croatia Photo ©Youthstream

The fifth and penultimate round of European Supersport Cup was held at Red Bull Ring, Spielberg (Austria), in wet weather. The qualifying practice was held in in the rain and saw Samuel Lochoff sign the fastest laptime. In Race1 the riders were around 2 seconds faster than in qualifying. Good start on the wet in Race1 for Alexandra Pelikanova from Czech Republic from the third place on the starting grid - she fought with the European classification leaders: Samuel Lochoff and Taric van den Merwe from RSA. She also managed to lead the race for a while but in the end she finished second behind Sanuel Lochoff and ahead of Taric Van der Merwe. In Race 2 Alexandra Pelikanova started from pole position but after the first corner she was second and up to the end of the race she fought with van den Merwe. Samuel Lochoff won again, this

The European Pairs Speedway Championship Final decided for the winner of the European Championship during the last heat at Brovst, in Denmark. The meeting was well organized, in ideal weather conditions. Tobiasz Musielak and Grzegorz Zengota won the home pair 5:1 and for Poland was the seventh win of the European title in history. This pair won last year too, and in 2018 the team was supported by third rider Jakub Jamrog, too. Denmark, led by the home legend Hans Nielsen, finished second. Denmark was represented by Michael Jepsen Jensen, Anders Thomsen and Thomas Jorgensen. Italy gained the third place with only two riders Nicolas Covatti and Paco Castagna. The best individual score in the race Italian was signed by Nicolas Covatti and Polish Grzegorz Zengota. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/623  

In a dry, sunny weather in front of 2.000 home fans cheering for their national team, 4 junior teams provided excellent racing at Daugavpils, in Latvia. The first two teams put up exciting racing on the track for the top podium place till the last heat. The Danish team produced great riding up to the end and deserved the first European U21 team title in their history. Second position for Poland ahead of Latvia.

In the weekend from Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd September, the follow­ing European races will be held: 1-2 September - European Supersport 300 Cup at Red Bull Ring/Austria 1 September - European Pairs Speedway Championship at Brovst/Denmark 1 September - European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship at Daugavpils/Latvia

The first overall winners have been crowned at the 2018 Sevlievo stop. The European Motocross Championship classes of EMX300 presented by FMF Racing and EMX250 finished their Bulgarian weekend this morning with Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson taking the overall victory but the biggest news was the Overall win of Honda RedMoto Assomotor’s Mathys Boisrame which crowns the Frenchman 2018 EMX250 Champion (photo 2). Steep hillsides and challenging track conditions put the riders in a battle for position, championship points, and traction. The beautiful track and surrounding nature hosted thousands of fans as they watched some of the best riders fight in what was the penultimate round in both of the European Championships. EMX250 Race 1 was the last event on track Saturday and followed the two Qualifying races of MXGP and MX2. The track was much changed with new lines since the morning practice sessions. BUD Racing Monster Energy’s

The last round of FIM Europe Supermono Cup was held at Oschersleben. Josef Frauenschuh arrived as the leader of the general standings and he confirmed his good state of form in qualifying practices, even if the pole position went to Jerry van den Bunt, who however was absent in Grobnik and lost many points in the general classification. The first race started on wet/dry (mixed) track surface but many riders opted for wet tyres. After the race all wet tyres were almost destroyed but there were no serious crashes. After very emotional fight the winner was Jerry van den Bunt. In this race he showed that the classification of the European Supermono Cup 2018 was still open. Josef Frauenschuh was 5th and lost many points: his advantage on the second - Jurgen Pirstner - was now only 24 points. In race 2 Jerry van de Bunt was the leader from

In this special issue, the report and all the pictures of the FIM Europe Congress, held at Nantes (France), in which FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb was re-elected for the next 4 years. During the General Assembly, the new Management Council was elected, too. Furthermore, the contents of the Road Safety Conference and an article about the campain “No ride without training”, supported by MotoGP stars. It can be read for free at the following link: https://issuu.com/fimeurope/docs/fim_europe_mag_4-2018

In the weekend from Saturday 25th to Sunday 26th August, the follow­ing European races will be held: 25-26 August - EMX 250 and 400 at Sevlievo/Bulgaria 25-26 August - European Supermoto Cup at Oschersleben/Germany