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From the left Wim Taal, FEMA Communications Officer, Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Vice President, Dolf Willigers, FEMA Secretary General, Rolf Frieling of FEMA, John Chatterton-Ross, FIM/FIM Europe Director of Public Affairs, Morten Hansen, new elected Chairman of the Working Group and Jesper Christensen, FIM’s Director of Public Affairs Commission On October 20th the planned meeting between FIM Europe and FEMA was held at Brussels, in Belgium, in the context of the initiatives aimed to coordinate intervention and communication strategies about the many topics being discussed at European level and with a focus on mobility and to security. The meeting was attended for FEMA by Morten Hansen, the Secretary General Dolf Willigers, Rolf Frieling and the Communications Officer Wim Taal and for FIM-Europe by Vice President Silvio Manicardi, Jesper Christensen and John Chatterton-Ross. During the meeting, the new Working Group Chairman was elected for the upcoming 12 months, that is till October 2017: Morten Hansen of FEMA is

From the left John Chatterton-Ross, FIM/FIM Europe Director of Public Affairs, Jesper Christensen, FIM’s Director of Public Affairs Commission, Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Vice President, Inés Ayala Sender and Wim van de Camp, members of the European Parliament, Steve Aeschlimann, FIM Executive Director Operations and Hennes Fischer ACEM ITS committee chairman and member of the CMC The FIM Dinner Debate 2016 “Sharing the Road with Robots: When Motorcycling Meets Automation” took place in Brussels on 19th October. Representatives from the motorcycling community, the industry and EU decision-makers exchanged over the future interaction between automated vehicles and powered two-wheelers, stressing the need to make roads safer for all transport modes. FIM announced during the evening its intention to join the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC). The event was hosted by two influential Members of the European Parliament, Mr Wim van de Camp (EPP, NL) and Mrs Inés Ayala Sender (S&D, ES), who opened the debate by

Honda will maintain the search for the talent of tomorrow in 2017 with the announcement that the Honda 150 European Championship will continue next year. The championship, which runs as a support series to MXGP, offers a complete development package for 11-14 year old, nurturing them in the areas of riding style, bike setup, mentality, nutrition and fitness, as well as providing them with the ideal career springboard and familiarising them with racing on the World Championship stage.

In the photo, Jeffrey Herlings, three times world champion, will be present at the Gelredome, in Arnhem, to watch the race In the weekend from Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd October, the follow­ing European race will be held: 22 October - European Supercross at Arnhem/The Netherlands

Youthstream and the FFM, the French Motorcycle Federation, wish to announce a new date for the final round of the 2017 FIM Motocross World and European Championship. The MXGP of Pays de Montbeliard, which will take place at the exact same venue that saw the former MXGP World Champion, Romain Febvre, win his first ever MXGP round over all, Villars sous Ecot, will now take place on the weekend of September 17th. This is one week earlier than the date that was originally prevised. The updated calendar of the Honda EMX150, the EMX65, EMX85, EMX125, EMX250 and EMX300 Championships.    

San Carlo Team Italia’s Axel Bassani was delighted to clinch the FIM Europe Supersport Cup title at the Gaerne Spanish Round on Sunday, with his fifth place finish in the WorldSSP race. The Jerez World Superbike round brought the FIM Europe Supersport Cup to a close, with the Cup riders competing in the WorldSSP class at European rounds only.Bassani’s top five performance at the Spanish circuit on his Kawasaki ZX-6R was enough to secure him the Cup, ahead of Illia Mykhalchyk and Alessandro Zaccone, who finished the season second and third respectively.Italian rider Bassani came to attention in 2015 thanks to two stand-out performances in STK600, a sixth place in Jerez and a podium in Magny-Cours, earning him a San Carlo Team Italia WorldSSP ride for 2016. He started the season just 16 years of age and turned 17 only in July.Having clinched the title Bassani commented, “Today was pretty

Paolo Grassia (Chiodo Moto Racing) has done it again: in what was the penultimate race of the Wil Sport European Junior Cup, powered by Honda, the young Italian rider claimed his second consecutive win in spectacular fashion, after successfully overtaking around the outside the championship leader and title rival Mika Perez (Granshagen Racing Team) at the very last turn before the chequered flag. This amazing manoeuvre was the icing on the cake of a great recovery put into place by the 16-year-old from Santa Maria Capua Vetere, an Italian town located 30 km north of Naples: in only six laps, Grassia was able to bridge the two-second gap that separated him from Perez. Once locked together, the two riders put up a great show and crossed the line only 0.069s away from each other.Hungary’s Richard Bodis (H-Moto Team) completed the podium in third place, ahead of Turkey’s Harun Cabuk (KNN54-TMF)

The European Supersport Cup, in the context of the World Supersport Championship The Superbike Commission composed of Messrs Javier Alonso (WSBK Executive Director), Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA Representative), Ignacio Verneda (FIM CEO) met at the Motorland Aragon circuit, on 23 September 2016 in the presence of  MM Daniel Carrera, Gregorio Lavilla, (Dorna), Charles Hennekam, Scott Smart and Paul Duparc (FIM). The main following changes have been decided in the 2017 FIM Superbike & Supersport World Championships and European Superstock 1000 Championship Regulations:   FIM Superbike World Championship Technical UpdatesSmall changes have been made to the Superbike Technical Regulations. Due to difficulty air freighting larger lithium based batteries, limits have been set for battery capacity. The machines will also be required to have working generators to maintain the level of charge in the battery.In addition to the update to the generator the regulations for balance shaft has been brought closer to Stock rules

EMX 125 - @Youthstream In 2017 the FIM Motocross World Championship will be bigger and better than ever with twenty rounds scheduled to take place in seventeen different Countries across four different continents and it will traditionally host the European 125, 150, 250 and 300cc serie. Youthstream is pleased to announce that the world’s premier motocross series, MXGP, will return to Russia for the first time since 2012, with the MXGP of Russia set to take place at Orlyonok, the same track and location that hosted the 2016 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship back in August. In addition, the motocross grand prix will return to some of the old favorite venues such as Agueda, Portugal, Baldasserona, San Marino, Uddevalla, Sweden and Ernée, France, the venue that rocked this world back in 2015 when France won the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations on home turf. With French motocross booming, France

In the photo, Axel Bassani, leader of the European Supersport Cup In the weekend from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 14/16 October - FIM Europe Supersport Cup at Jerez/Spain14/16 October - European Honda Junior Cup and Women's Cup at Jerez/Spain