The provisional calendar of the Moto2 European Championship has been issued.
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In the photo, the European Superbike In the weekend from Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th November, the following European races will be held:19-20 November - European Moto2 and Superbike at Valencia (Spain).
From the left, Marcel Hartman (coach), Marnique Appelt, Wannes van der Voorde, Marcel Conijn, Kay Karssemakers, Raf Meuwissen, Raivo Dankers, Herjan Brakke (assistant coach) This weekend the MXGP Rookies kicked off at the Olympic Sports Centre of Papendal (The Netherlands), with Marcel Hartman of the Dutch Federation (KNMV) as Federation coach and the selected riders. These riders from The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany have been selected for this first “Pilot”. Dutch rider Kay Karssemakers will follow a part of this program but is not internal at Papendal because of his age. Program: all selected riders will get a program in a system of a boarding school for a period of 4 months at Papendal Sport Centrum, with the same set up as in several other sports like Judo, Athletics, BMX and other individual and team sports. Many athletes prepare the selection and participation for the Olympic Games this way. The
The group of the participants of the FIM Europe Advanced Course in Motorcycle Management with FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb, the Lawyer Mr Jos Driessen, Member of the FIM Board of Directors, and the President of the Italian Motorcycle Federation Mr Paolo Sesti. The second day of the Advanced Course in Motorcycling Management was held at the Council Hall “Giulio Marinozzi” of the University of Rome "Foro Italico" and saw the participation of the Lawyer Mr Jos Driessen, Member of the FIM Board of Directors, of FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb, of FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco, of the President of the Italian Motorcycle Federation Mr Paolo Sesti, and of Prof. Francesco Purromuto, lawyer and teacher of Law and Sports Organization at UNICLAM, University of Cassino and of South Lazio. Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, during his speech At the end of the morning, Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, Rector of the University of
The opening of the FIM Europe Course in Motorcycle Management Today the opening lesson of the Advanced Course in Motorcycling Management was held at the Council Hall “Giulio Marinozzi” of the University of Rome "Foro Italico". More than 20 participants were welcomed by the FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco, who is also one of the teachers, illustrating vision and objectives of the Course. "Today we’ve begun a journey together after which I hope we all will be enriched”, stated Alessandro Sambuco. “In fact I hope that both teachers and participants will find themselves better at the end of this journey. The participants are expected to get better knowledge related to sports in general and to motorcycling in particular, they should be more aware of their own capabilities and braver in undertaking the way of Team Managers. Our sport needs new nourishment and energy and I am sure they will be
From the left, Anna Lisa Valleriani, Road Police Chief Commissioner, Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Vice President and Barbara Barra, Road Police 1st Executive Today the International Motorcycle Show EICMA at Milan opened to the public and it is expected to host 600.000 spectators, making it the most important motorcycle fair in Europe, besides being the most ancient one, being born 102 years ago. The exhibition sees the presence of the most important Motorcycles and Accessories Manufacturers, not only from Europe but from all over the world.Besides to all production models and many sports bikes show in a specific large area, attention has been given also to road safety, with different display from both companies and institutions. In particular the Italian Road Police made a presentation of all their activities in favour of reducing the number of road accidents, “from motorcyclists to motorcyclists”. Among their activities, the demonstrations with special sunglasses which simulate
The participants of the Sporting Commissions at Fiumicino, near Rome The FIM Europe Commission Meetings continued today with the second session of Sporting Commissions, which followed the first session of Sporting Commissions in October and which will be followed by the Non-Sporting Commissions next January. The meeting was held, as in the past, at the Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy). In this second session, the meetings of Road Racing, Track Racing, Enduro and Vintage were held, with the participation of the FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb, of Sporting Council Chairman Martin de Graaff and of FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco. Joining the meeting, also Rezsö Bulcsu, Director of the Circuit Racing Commission of FIM and Armando Castagna, Director of Track Racing Commission of FIM. The Road Racing Commission, chaired by Mr Ejgil Solkaer Road Racing Commission“Very good decisions were taken during the meeting”, stated Mr Ejgil Solkaer, FIM Europe Road Racing Commission Chairman. “Completely
FIM Europe President, Dr Wolfgang Srb, at the Alpe Adria Motorcycle Union meeting of the Road Racing Commission On Saturday October 28th the meeting of the Alpe Adria Road Racing Commission was held in Wien, at the headquarters of the Triumph Club Wien. At the meeting President of FIM Europe Dr Wolfgang Srb was present, together with Alpe Adria Motorcycle Union President Luigi Favarato, the members of the Road Racing Commission and the promoter and organizer of the championship. The Commission dealt with several points, both of sporting and technical regulations, which have been developed and defined, while the topic of having mono-brand tires or not for the 2017 series is still under discussion after various proposals both from the Commission and from the promoter.It was decided that this issue will be defined within a few days.Alpe Adria Road Racing Commission Chairman Mr. Martin Hejduk will inform all members of the
The latest Motocross of European Nations, in Pietramurata (Italy), in 2015 - Photo @Youthstream Youthstream is pleased to announce that the Motocross of European Nations and the Women’s Motocross of European Nations will be back on the calendar in 2017 with the event set to take place on the weekend of September 3rd in Poland. The event will be held at the circuit of Gdansk, on the same track that hosted the 2005 edition. Youthstream CEO Mr. Daniele Rizzi said: “We look forward to this event going into Poland with such an interesting race format, which will make this a very attractive event for the Polish fans. We thank FIM Europe, the Polish Federation and the City of Gdansk: they have all worked hard to make this happen”.FIM Europe Motocross Commission Chairman Mr. Eddie Herd said: “I am very happy to see this event on the calendar again for
The last and final round of the European Supermoto Championship 2016 SM Junior, S3 and Open was held this weekend in the circuit of “Dolna Mitropolia” in Pleven, Bulgaria, in front of around 1500 spectators in two days. As always, the facility in Pleven offered perfect circuit and racing conditions for the riders. The weekend had sunny, dry, windy and freezy conditions, with cold weather during the races on Sunday, and dry race condition.The fight for the first place was all Bulgarian and performed by Dimitar Petrov and Kristian Ivanov, both on KTM 85cc, too. Malinov had no luck this time during Race 1: he crashed and finished in 3rd place in front of Viktor Neychev; in Race 2 Malinov lost the start and finished at the 4th place in the overall standings. In the 65cc, the Turkish rider Omer Utku Kurpuz (KTM) had a difficult fight with fellow capacity
