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European STK 1000 and SSP 300 Cup: round 2 in Hungary The second round of the European STK 1000 Cup and European SSP 300 Cup was raced I perfect weather conditions at Pannónia-Ring, Hungary, together with the Alpe Adria International Motorcycle Championship. SSP 300 Both Race1 and Race2 saw the Hungarian rider Mate Szamado won ahead of Polish Matheusz Molik and Hungarian Krisztian Szilagyi. Home hero Szamado ruled with a huge gap on Molik: 26 seconds in the first round and 11 in the second. Great fight for the second position in the first round: the Polish rider managed to take it for just 0’079. STK 1000 After the double second position in the first round at Slovakiaring, Lennart Ulbel won both the races ahead of Martin Tritsscher, winner in Slovakia. Double third for home rider Daniel Ersek. Links FIM Europe Road Racing page Alpe Adria International Motorcycle Championship

Vintage Enduro European Championship: double round in Spain The second round of the Vintage Enduro European Championship took place in La Cerdanya, a region between the board of Spain and France. The winners (Day 1 and Day2) Expert up to 75 - Federico Fregnan, ITA (Fantic) Expert over 125 - Xavier Arenas Pena, SPA (Montesa) Classic up to 75 - Adriano Micozzi, ITA (Ancilloti) Classic up to 125 - Ole Fleischer (Kramer) Classic up to 250 - David Gomez Carrion, SPA (Yamaha) Classic over 250 - Angel Miquel Boet Angel, SPA (Yamaha) Open up to 80 - Patrice Mourges (Cardel) Open up to 125 - Fredric Rivalan (Yamaha) Open up to 250 - Rodriguez Montane (KTM) The winners (Day 1) Expert up to 125 - Pescia Massimo, ITA (SWM) Classic up to 75 - Adriano Micozzi, ITA (Ancilloti) Open over 250 - Dario Lamura, ITA (Honda) The winners (Day 2)

Dragbike European Championship: Sweden hosted the second round Second round of the Dragbike European Championship in Tierp, Sweden. With a great attendance number of riders from all over Europe, the event saw a very very competitive fight for the eliminations. Both qualification days were granted with above average conditions, but on Sunday the weather unfortunately turned against so it was raced just the first round of eliminations. Next round it’s scheduled on 10-13 August always in Tierp, Sweden. Links FIM Europe Drag Racing European Drag Racing

European races of the weekend 17-18/06/2023

Motocross European Championships: 2023 calendar update The FIM Europe, together with Infront Moto Racing and the FIM, would like to share an update to the 2023 Motocross European Championships' calendar. The MXGP of Finland which is set to take place on July the 29th and 30th will see a change of venue as it will now take place in Vantaa. Unfortunately, the infrastructure is not able to receive many classes, so the EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing races are cancelled. Additionally, the MXGP of Great Britain set in Matterley Basin and previously scheduled on October the 1st, will be brought forward to September the 23rd and 24th featuring the EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing classes line up for the final round of the 2023 season. Links FIM Europe Motocross MXGP FIM

Cancellation of the last round of the EMX65 / EMX85 European Championship – South East zone The FIM Europe together with the AMSS, the Auto-Moto Association of Serbia, regret to inform that the last round of the EMX65 / EMX85 European Championship – South East zone is officially cancelled. The event was to take place on 17th-18th June at the motocross track of Globare, Serbia, but due the extremely unfavourable weather conditions and the heavy rain felt last weekend in the region it’s impossible to guarantee the functionality of the track. The FIM Europe takes the occasion to remember that the Semi-Final between SE and SW zones will take place on 1st-2nd July in Gazzane di Preseglie, Italy, while the Semi-Final between CE and NE zones is scheduled on 24th-25th June in Axel, in the Netherlands. In mid-July the Final will take place in Loket together with the MXGP of

EMX250 and EMX125 European Championships: first win for Rossi in EMX250, while Reisulis is back on the top of the EMX125 The Round of Germany offered incredible racing in both categories as riders dompted the old school circuit of Teutschenthal for their sixth round of the season. In EMX250, it was Team VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Marc-Antoine Rossi who won his first EMX250 round of his career with showing great speed in front of Red Plate holder Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi and BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers getting his 4th consecutive podium. In EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, Red Plate Holder MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Martin won in front of 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin and Sturm STC Racing Team’s Mads who stepped on his first podium. EMX250 In race 1, the rider who took the best out of every rider was VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Ferruccio Zanchiwho took the lead early on from Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi after few turns and kept on riding without

S4 and SM Junior European Championships: Gomez and Albrecht won in Germany The riders of the S4 and SM Junior put on a great show that paid off the audience arrived in St. Wendel. In the S4, Spanish Francisco Gomez Requena (Husqvarna) triumphed thanks to a double victory and Kevin Vandi (L30 Racing Tm Factory) is the current Championship leader, while young German Til Albrecht starred in the SM Junior. S4 In Race 1 Alex Ruiz Jimenez (L30 Racing Tm Factory) did not make any mistake at the start of the race and perfectly took advantage of the pole position, his main rivals Francisco Gomez Requena (Husqvarna) and Kevin Vandi (L30 Racing Tm Factory) could not do anything else apart from following him. After a few laps Alex Ruiz Jimenez crashed forcing the race to be red flagged, unfortunately the strong Spanish rider could not get back to racing. When

Kevin Saar does it again in EMX Quad European Championship and starts the new season with a win The first round of the EMX Quad European Championship officially kicked off last weekend in the beautiful track of Lange near the city of Tartu. Situated in south-east Estonia, it is the second largest city in the country about 180 km away from the capital Tallinn. The first seasonal race out of five saw 18 riders fight for the win in good weather conditions and in a friendly atmosphere. European Champion Kevin Saar was the man to beat at the first event of the 2023 Championship and Race 1 featured the win of Norwegian Joakim Granli who managed to take on the challenge of defeating Kevin Saar by a comfortable margin. Kevin had to settle for second place while Patrick Turrini of Italy was third. In the second race Kevin managed to

European Sidecar Championship: QR in Loppersum won by the Meier’s Loppersum in the Netherlands was the venue for this Sidecar qualification round. 11 teams were prepared to battle for 6 spots in the final. Under very hot summer condition 2300 spectators saw very good and exciting action on the track. 12 qualification heats provided the line ups for the 3 finals. Manuel Meier with passenger Melanie Meier went directly to the final with 10 points. He was joined in the final by Markus Brandhofer and passenger Sandra Mollema, who also racked up 10 points. The B final provided the other 2 teams to the A final, Danish/German pair of Mike Frederiksen and passenger Desiree Holstein together with French pair Rémi Valladon and passenger Dylan Fourcade. A fierce heat ensued in the final with the German team Manuel Meier and passenger Melanie Meier coming out victorious. They were joined on the