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Yamaha bLU cRU European Championship: Emiliano Ercolani crowned 2023 R3 bLU cRU champion in dramatic finale Italy’s Emiliano Ercolani became the Yamaha bLU cRU European Champion in Magny Cours, France, after a shocking series of twists and turns that saw him crash in both races. The day’s action got underway with Race 1, where six riders were still in contention for the crown. But drama is never far away in the class for upcoming talent and a crash early in the race saw three of those contenders - Aldi Mahendra, Ercolani, and Kevin Fontainha – down and out. The red flag was shown due to the debris and a rush ensued to get the bikes repaired and the riders back on track. Despite their best efforts, Mahendra and his crew ran out of time and were unable to take the restart, ultimately costing the Indonesian rider the crown. Meanwhile, Fontainha

Individual Speedway Euro Championship: Madsen won in Bydgoszcz! Leon Madsen won in the third round of the Individual Speedway Euro Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Madsen's third victory during SEC competitions in Bydgoszcz became a reality. The Dane showed that he really knows the oval secret of the track. This win extends his hopes for the title. The podium was completed by Mikkel Michelsen and Dominik Kubera. Janusz Kołodziej might feel the disappointment. After the regular phase the leader finished the most crucial race of the evening in fourth place. Nevertheless, the points he gathered still keep him in the race for medals in TAURON SEC 2023. Michelsen is continuing his course towards the championship title. The Dane scored fifteen points and gain the second place. Unless something unexpected happens in Pardubice, he will secure his third Individual European Champion title in his career. Surprisingly, Kai Huckenbeck and Antonio Lindbäck performed admirably

European STK 1000 and SSP 300 Cup: perfect weekend for Pavelec and Molik Fifth and penultimate round of the European STK 1000 and SSP 300 Cup at the Automotodróm Slovakiaring together with the Alpe Adria Championship in perfect weather conditions. STOCK 1000 Race 1 was raced in a smoothly mood without any incidents. Polish rider Milan Pavelec easily won ahead of Austrian Martin Tritscher and Lennart Ulbl from the Czech Republic. Race2 saw a thrilling battle for the second position between Tritscher and Ulbl. Pavelec made the double with a new track record (2’03’’368). At the end of the challenfe Lennart finished second ahead of Tritscher. SSP 300 Perfect weekend for Polish rider Mateus Molik, who took a double win ahead of Hungarians Szamado Mate, two times second. In Race1 third position for Lukas Hamilton, while in Race2 for the amazing home hero Patricia Sowa, who was the only female rider.

Dragbike European Championship: Santa Pod hosted the Final The Final of the Dragbike European Championship took place in Santa Pod, Great Britain, in extremely difficult weather conditions. If on Friday and Saturday the series had to deal with very high temperatures, to top it off, on Sunday in halfway the eliminations a thunderstorm hit the track, flooding the complete facility. A very tough and critical condition that the Promoter and the local crew handled with professionalism. Marcus Christiansen from Denmark came very close to the world record with his normally aspirated Harley Supertwin. The winners of the event JuniorDragBike - Leah Morrison, GBR ProStockBike - Bertrand Maurice, FRA SuperStreetBike - Jake Mechaell, GBR SuperTwinBike - Marcus Christiansen, DEN TopFuelBike - Rikard Gustafsson, SWE The 2023 European Champions JuniorDragBike - Leah Morrison, GBR ProStockBike - Bertrand Maurice, FRA SuperStreetBike - Alan Morrison Jr, GBR SuperTwinBike - Marcus Christiansen, DEN TopFuelBike -

European races of the weekend 09-10/09/2023

EMX250 European Championship: Bonacorsi dominates in Turkiye to clinch the title The penultimate round of the EMX250 in Afyon, Turkiye witnessed greatness in the making with many battles and good racing happening over the weekend. In the end, Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi managed to clinch the overall and the EMX250 Championship Title with one round to spare and a 100% podiums which shows the dominance of the Italian this season. Bonacorsi cannot be caught up by Husqvarna BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers in the last round in Great Britain and can enjoy to be a double European Champion following his title in EMX125. The round of Turkiye then saw Andrea Bonacorsi win the overall with an impressive second race win in front of Fantic Racing MX’s Cas Valk in second who is confirming week after week his talent and Kay Karssemakers, third, who has been consistently riding for the top spot throughout the season. In Race 1, it

S3 Junior European Championship: Brando Campocasso is the new champion! Two weeks after the second and third rounds of the FIM Europe S3 Junior Supermoto European Championship in Romania, the fourth and the fifth rounds of the series was raced Pleven, Bulgaria. Expectations were high and not dashed too as perfect conditions were reunited to offer an amazing and special show in this last date with the crown of the new champion. Ruler in the last two races, Brando Campocasso from France grabbed the S3 Junior European title, taking the gold medal with just two points ahead of his biggest rival from Bulgaria, Jivko Ivanov. Both riders finalized an interesting season and event in Pleven. Despite Ivanov was on home soil, a mistake in the first race on Saturday costed him these two points gap to the French rider. Even if the Bulgarian rider took three wins, that was not

SSP 300 Women's European Championship: Santos wins a thrilling head-to-head with Rivera The Autodromo del Mugello welcomed the Women's European Championship for the penultimate round of the 2023 season. This Italian Circuit in the middle of Tuscans hills saw action, battles and adrenaline: the perfect ingredients for an incredible round until the chequered flag. Beatriz Neila Santos (511 Racing Team) beat Natalia Rivera (Trasimeno) winning by just 43 thousandths. Third position for Roberta Ponziani (Roc'n'DeA), who completed the podium. Fourth position for Sara Cabrini (Gradara Corse), while Aurelia Cruciani (Roc'n'DeA) finished fifth ahead of Austrian Lena Kemmer (Bertlkr Racing). Now the series take a break before the season finale, which will take place in Imola from 6th to 8th October. Race results 1. Santos Beatriz Neila 21’42”235, 2. Rivera Natalia +0.043; 3. Ponziani Roberta +6.147; 4. Cabrini Sara +6.221; 5. Cruciani Aurelia +23.842; 6. Kemmer Lena +33.555; 7. Howden Jessica (Trasimeno) +33.576; 8.

European Pairs Speedway Championship: Semi Final 2 Following the Semi Final 1 set in mid-July in Finland, the season of the European Pairs Speedway Championship continued last weekend with the Semi Final 2 in Hungary. The town of Nagyhalász, situated in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Country, hosted for the second time this year a Track Racing competition as in May was the venue of the ECC round of the SEC. Amazing day for the Italian team, that did at the end of a spectacular race made it through winning the Semi Final with 23 points. After a slow opening heat, Italian duo Paco Castagna and Nicolas Covatti won 4 straight heats and secured the victory in their second last heat. Although Italy secured the victory early, the fight for the last two qualifying spots remained opened. Four teams fought till the end to secure the second and

European Under19 Pairs Speedway Championship: Poland storms the title Single-race events for the European Under19 Pairs Speedway Championship in Pardubice, in the Czech Republic. Located about 90 kilometres east of Prague, the city lies on the Elbe River: it was the perfect venue for the series, as the city is really well known for its sport events. This season also hosted the second round of the European Team Speedway Championship in mid-April. The strong heat and high temperatures put a strain on riders, but did not prevent the smooth running of the race, raced on a dry and good conditioned track. At the end of 28 thrilling and very battled heats team Poland claimed the victor thanks to the good job of Damian Ratajczak, Jakub Krawczyk, Oskar Paluch. The fight for the second position remained open till heats 27, with the challenge between the Swedish and Danish. At the end