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At the FIM Europe General Secretariat in Rome, yesterday an important meeting was held with Julia Walter, DMSB Secretary General, Bettina Reuter - Dean of the MBA Course of Studies Motorsports-Management, Nürburgring, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and Alessandro Sambuco, FIM Europe Secretary General. The subject matter of the meeting was the cooperation between the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and the University “Foro Italico” of Rome for the Advanced Course in Motorcycling Management in Rome and MBA in Motorsport in Nürburgring. From the left, Julia Walter, DMSB Secretary General, Bettina Reuter - Dean of the MBA Course of Studies Motorsports-Management, Nürburgring, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern and Alessandro Sambuco, FIM Europe Secretary General. In the photo above and below they are at the FIM Europe General Secretariat. The main goal and details of this cooperation have been fixed, which will transform these initiatives into an international event. In the afternoon

The 2017 FIAT Professional MXGP of France started with the second races of European Championship EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing. Once both races results were tallied Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Mathys Boisrame and Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo (photo2) were the best European Championship riders. EMSX250 In what started as a field of 77 EMX250 riders (photo1) ended up with one winner, Frenchman Mathys Boisrame. Boisrame shined in front of his home crowd when he led every lap of race one on his way to the win. The #172 almost did the same in race two but was denied by his Honda Redmoto teammate Alberto Forato. Forato passed Boisrame on the very last lap to take the race 2 win after starting in eighth and working his way forward. Forato’s 12th in race one and win in race 2 put him 3rd overall. Splitting the two Hondas was Sakhar Racing

It was a great day for Kawasaki Puccetti Racing’s Toprak Razgatlioglu as he took victory in the Superstock 1000 European Championship race at the PATA UK Round on Sunday, crossing the line ahead of fellow podium finishers Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) and Maximillian Scheib (Aprilia Nuova M2 Racing). There was drama as pole man Michael Rinaldi (Ducati Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team) crashed out at turn 12 early in the race, having come under pressure from Razgatlioglu - and the Turk took full advantage. He pushed on for a 1.8s victory over nearest challenger Marino, with Scheib a further 2.4s back in third. The result moves Razgatlioglu nine points ahead of Rinaldi in the standings after four races, with plenty more racing to come in 2017. Completing the STK1000 top five at the Donington Park Circuit were Italian duo Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team)

The town of Liberec in the North of the Czech Republic hosted the Semi-Final 1 of the European Pairs Speedway Championship, which was held in front of around 1.500 spectators. The meeting was run with sunny, warm weather. Six teams with 14 riders took part to the event. Thanks to work of the local organizers, the track was ready for a perfect competition and the spectators could see a very good race. The riders from Great Britain won this dramatic race. They triumphed in the final heat ahead of the winner of qualifying race: the French team. The third place was scored by Danish team after a series of run-off heats. These teams qualified to the Final meeting European Pairs Speedway Championship that will take place in Lonigo, in Italy, on September 30th. Photos @Jan Kobzan Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/352

Burst of pride for German Theresa Bauml (Beta) and first victory for Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas photo1) respectively in FIM Europe Women and Youth Championships: these are the two new winners in the second day of competitions disputed in Liepaja, Latvia. The third round of a series consisting of four appointments was full of dramatic turns of events. Starting from the Women class - World Champion British Emma Bristow (Sherco) was beaten by former European Champion Theresa Bauml (photo2). The turn was in the second loop: Emma got a five in section 10 and her leadership, gained until this mistake, moved to Theresa, who won for the first time in this season. Again the level of sections was thought for everybody, penalizing the best females because it was almost impossible to recover from any casual mistake. One step below today for  Norwegian Ingveig Hakonsen (Beta) to complete a podium where

At the Donington Park Circuit on Saturday afternoon Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team - photo 1) took pole in the Superstock 1000 European Championship with a 1’29.587 lap, putting him ahead of Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team - photo 2) and Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team - photo 3) on the front row. Championship leader Rinaldi will look for his third win of the season and his fourth podium of 2017 in the fourth race of the championship on Sunday, having secured his third pole of the campaign by +0.267s from his compatriot Tamburini in the STK1000 QP session. Behind the pair of leading Italians at the head of the grid, Frenchman Marino will start from third place. In turn sitting to the rear of Marino on the second row will be Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) and

World Champion British Emma Bristow (Sherco, photo 1) and Norwegian Mats Nilsson (Sherco, photo 2) are the winners respectively in the Women and Youth class of the second round of FIM Europe Trial Championship, held in Liepaja, Latvia. New country for this evergreen European championship, arrived for the first time on the banks of Baltic Sea. In the Women class, the favorite Emma Bristow had a hard work to keep her concentration higher than ever - due to not very difficult sections, the top female riders had more or less the same chances. At the turning point Emma was only in second place even if she made only one mistake. She was behind Norwegian Ingveig Hakonsen (Beta) able to clean the whole loop. In third position German Theresa Bauml (Beta), whose score was 7. In the second lap there was probably too much pressure on the young Norwegian rider, who

In the weekend from Saturday 27th  to Sunday 28th May, the follow­ing European races will be held: 27 May - European Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship at Avesta/Sweden 27 May - European Pairs Speedway Championship at Liberec/Czech Republic 27-28 May - European Superstock 1000 and Supersport Cup at Donington Park/Great Britain 27-28 May - Road Race Hill Climb European Championship at Poggio Vallefredda/Italy 27-28 May - European Stocksport 300 Cup at Poznan/Poland 27-28 May - European Supermono Cup at Assen/The Netherlands 27-28 May - European Dragbike Championship and Superstreet Bike Cup at Santa Pod/Great Britain 27-28 May - EMX 65 and 85 South West Zone at Fernao Joanes/Portugal 27-28 May - EMX 125 and 250 at Ernée/France 27-28 May - European Trial Women and Youth Championship at Liepaja/Latvia

Women and Youth classes are going to dispute their championships on the banks of Baltic Sea because the round # 2 and # 3 of the FIM Europe Trial series will be held for the first time in the town of Liepaja, Latvia. The 2 km long circuit with 14 sections featured in is going to be decisive for assigning the 2017 titles in these two classes, because after this weekend there will be only one round left scheduled for the first week of August. Two separated rounds, one on Saturday and one on Sunday to show to Latvia public for the first time in the Trial history, an International qualified competition of this specialty. They will be lucky to see the two times World Women Champion, British Emma Bristow (Sherco, in photo1) coming from a brilliant 40th place in the hard Scottish Six Days, known as the most famous

Châtel St. Denis, in Switzerland, hosted the second round of the Road Race Hill Climb European Championship. The races were held in the afternoon and in best conditions, in a sunny day and with a temperature of about 20°. There were no crashes or accidents during the weekend. In the 250 GP Class Bernard Depierreux from Belgium won Race1 in front of Italian Guido Testoni and of Rolf Haller from Switzerland. In Race2 Testoni won ahead of Depierreux and Haller. In Supersport, in Race1 Italian Francesco Curinga (in the photo) won in front of Alex Ruggieri from Switzerland and of Italian Daniele Stolli. In Rac2 Curinga won again, this time in front of Ruggieri and of German Uwe Rademacher. In Superbike, in both races Italian Stefano Bonetti was the winner in front of French Jean Luc David and of Swiss Raphael Peclat. Same podium in the two races also in the Supermoto Open class, with