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On October 7th the annual Nordic Motorsport Council meeting took place at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordic Hotel, hosted by the Icelandic Motorcycle and Snowmobile Association. The Presidents and Secretaries General of DMU (Denmark), MSI (Iceland), NMF (Norway), SML (Finland) and Svemo (Sweden) took part to the meeting. Also FIM Europe 1st Deputy President Martin de Graaff and Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco were present. “It was a great pleasure to host the NMC conference this year and have our colleagues from the Nordic countries and visitors from FIM Europe visit Iceland”, stated Hrafnkell Sigtryggsson, NMC President. “There are many similarities among the countries despite their different sizes and we all seem to share the same challenges within the motorcycling sports. The opportunity to have discussions like this and share ideas and solutions among us is immensly valuable, especially for us in Iceland as we are still developing our spoŕting environment". On

At MotorLand Aragón Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) and Eric Granado (Promoracing - photo1) shared the honours in the Moto2™ European Championship. In the European Talent Cup Alejandro Díez (Team Honda Impala, photo2) and Maikon Kawakami (Playstation Laglisse Academy, photo3) both won for the first time. Ricky Cardus (Team Stylobike) prevailed in the first race of the Moto2™EC, making good on his third pole of the season. The Team Stylobike rider and Eric Granado (Promoracing) took the lead in a group that included Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro), Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) and Joe Roberts (AGR Team), the quickest riders of the weekend. With 10 laps remaining Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) and Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) had established a gap of more than a second, but Eric Granado (Promoracing) was in full pursuit, leaving Joe Roberts (AGR Team) and the other riders behind. The last few laps were an

At MotorLand Aragón this weekend Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike, photo1) in Moto2™ and Manuel González (Halcourier Racing, photo2) in the European Talent Cup took pole in their respective categories. In the European Kawasaki Z Cup Raul Martínez (Motorbike Moya Competition) won the first race of two this weekend from pole position (photo3). Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) gave his rivals no chance in Moto2™, taking his third - and second consecutive - pole of the season with a time of 1:53.920. He was the only rider to lap under 1.54, beating Eric Granado (Promoracing) by 0.2. Joe Roberts (AGR Team) made it onto the front row for the first time – clear evidence of his progress since riding in the World Championship. Lukas Tulovic (Forward Junior Team), Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) and Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) complete the second row of the grid; they must take care that Ricky

In the weekend from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 6-8 October – European Moto2, European Talent Cup (in the photo) and European Kawasaki Z Cup at Aragon/Spain        

In the Superstock 1000 European Championship race at the Pirelli French Round a great last lap battle between two home riders, Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) and Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team), saw Guarnoni take a tight victory over his compatriot Marino. Italian rider Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) took third place to complete the podium. Guarnoni got the better of Marino in the final stages of the race, outpacing his fellow Frenchman on the last lap to ultimately cross the finish line by a 0.414s winning margin for another Magny-Cours triumph. The second place result for Marino, meanwhile, keeps him in the title fight going into the final round at Jerez in three weeks’ time. In third place Sandi was followed across the line by fourth placed Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team), who started the race on pole. The Superstock podium. Photo ©WorldSBK Illia

The European Pairs Speedway Final was held at Lonigo (Italy) in front of 1800 spetactors in a sunny day. Nineteen riders were present, representing 7 teams. Poland-Italy  It was an entertaining meeting with a lot of close racing and several passes, especially in the first half of the meeting. Poland won the 2017 Pairs Championship dominating the meeting. The runner-up place went to Russia while France climbed on the last step of the rostrum. Russia-Poland The hosting Country Italy finished at the fourth place with Covatti scoring 12 points out of 15 of the total of the team. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/470 The podium

On Thursday 28th September, FIM hosted its 2017 policy debate and annual reception at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels. This event titled “Motorcycles & Scooters: A New Boost for Electric Mobility?” was supported by Members of the European Parliament, Ms Inés Ayala Sender (Spain, S&D), Mr Dominique Riquet (France, ALDE) and Wim van de Camp (Netherlands, EPP). From the left, Steve Aeschlimann, FIM CEO, Stéphane Mertens, FIM Endurince World Champion, Dolf Willigers, FEMA Secretary General, Dietmar Krohm, Steering Governmental Affairs at BMW Motorrad, Antonio Perlot, Segretary General ACEM, Dominique Riquet, MEP, Inés Ayaha Sender, MEP, Jos Driessen, FIM Board Member, John Chatterton-Ross, FIM, Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Second Deputy President, Jesper Christensen FIM Director, Public Affairs Commission The event also saw the participation of special guest, Mr Stéphane Mertens (FIM Endurance World Champion 1995 and 2002), alongside Mr Jos Driessen (FIM board member) who framed the debates. This introduction was

In Superstock 1000 European Championship qualifying on Saturday afternoon at the Pirelli French Round it was Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team) who took pole with a 1’40.205 lap. The Italian will be joined on the front row by compatriot Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) and Australian rider Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team). Frenchmen Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) and Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing) qualified fourth and fifth respectively for their home race, with Italy’s Luca Vitali (Nuova M2 Racing) set to slot in behind them on row 2. Maximilian Scheib (Nuova M2 Racing), Illia Mykhalchyk (TripleM Racing) and standings leader Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing -Junior Team) are on the third row, whilst Marvin Fritz (Bayer -Bikerbox Yamaichi) completed the top ten to head row 4. Roberto Tamburini - Photo ©WorldSBK Championship contender Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) missed the session due to

Today the best motocross riders in the world joined by some of the biggest names, brands, and organizers of the 2017 season at the Matterley Basin circuit, venue of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations presented by Fiat Professional, for the 2017 MXGP Awards. Photo @Youthstream This year’s awards ceremony was held behind the circuit’s new start on the Podium and Skybox structure, hosted by MXGP Presenters Paul Malin and Lisa Leyland then broadcasted live to everyone worldwide via Facebook and MXGP-TV. Youthstream President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo and FIM President Mr. Vito Ippolito were on hand to present the awards to the 2017 FIM Motocross World Champions Antonio Cairoli and Pauls Jonass, in addition to the industry award winners. FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb joined Mr. Giuseppe Luongo to present the 2017 European Champions EMX65 Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Brian Strubhart Moreau, Honda

In the weekend from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 29 September -1 October – European Superstock 1000 and Supersport Cup at Magny Cours/France 29 September -1 October – European YZ125 bLU cRU Cup Superfinale at Matterley Basin/Great Britain 30 September - European Pairs Speedway Championship at Lonigo/Italy 30 September - 1 October - European Supermoto Junior and S3 Championships at Pleven/Bulgaria