European races of the week 02-03/10/2021
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Mini Road Racing European Cup Cancelled the rounds originally scheduled at Slovakiaring, Slovakia, on 25th July and Kartarena Cheb, Czech Republic, the Mini Road Racing European Cup has been hosted last weekend in Novi Marof Circuit, Croatia, with a single round. Thanks to the big efforts of the HMS, the Croatian Motorcycling Federation, free practices were raced on Friday, qualifying and race-1 on Saturday, race-2, race-3 and award ceremony on Sunday. Final classification: Junior A 1. Simone Kucerik, CZE 2. Alessandro Lora, ITA 3. Martin Hollas, CZE Junior B 1. Lorenzo Fino, ITA 2. Luca Rizzi, ITA 3. Tomas Turetta, ITA Junior C 1. Mattia Guaita, ITA 2. Filippo Orlandi, ITA 3. Leonardo Lapadula, ITA Open 50 1. Michele Quitadamo, ITA 2. Luca Bandini, ITA 3. Jan Poropat, SLO Ohvale 110 1. Viktor Cech, CZE 2. Tamas Lukas, HUN 3. Lukas Vegh, SVK Ohvale 160 1. Filip Lah, SLO Visit
SM Junior - S3 - S Senior European Championship: final round in Bulgaria Sunny and hot Pleven, Bulgaria, welcomed the SuperMoto Junior, S3 and Senior riders for the season finale. Day 1 The Juniors had their both races in a standard high competition level with the difference that the championship leader and fastest from the timed practice Giani Gatorc (FRA, KTM), had a technical issue on the first lap of race one and had to retire from the race. This gave chances for Bulgarian Jivko Ivanov (KTM) and Russian Elena Petrishina (Husqvarna) to make a nice race ahead of the other competitors in the class. However, Catorc gave no second chances in race two and secured a podium position, together with Ivanov on top and Petrishina second. For the S3 class, the big rivalry this season is between the Bulgarian Radostin Ivanov (Kawasaki) and the Russian rider Ivan Mosin (KTM),
FIM-Europe MXoEN heads to Krasnodar for 2022 From left to right: FIM Europe President Martin de Graaff, FIM President Jorge Viegas, Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo, MFR President’s Advisor Nikita Tepper. The FIM Europe and Infront Moto Racing are pleased to announce the venue for the host for the 2022 FIM Europe Motocross of European Nations. The popular European event will head to a brand-new venue in Krasnodar next year, with more details on the location and date to be released soon. FIM Europe President Martin de Graaff “The MXoEN is a very important event in the FIM Europe Calendar. The last two years it was not possible to organize it because of the pandemic restrictions and the many changes on the FIM and FIM Europe calendar which made almost impossible to find a right date for such event. The Russian Motorcycle Federation MFR has applied for this prestigious
Yamaha YZ bLU cRU 65cc - 85cc - 125cc Cup: Petit celebrates superfinale victory The 74th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Mantova, Italy, saw also the fight for the Yamaha YZ bLU cRU 65cc - 85cc - 125cc Cup. In timed practice, Spanish sensation Victor Puig went pole just 300ths of a second faster than Frenchman Adrien Petit, who finished the session in second position. Making up the top five, Norwegian Elias Auclair rounded out the top three and was closely followed by Sweden’s Hugo Forsgren and fellow countryman Adrian Bolviken. When the gates fell for the YZ125 Cup Superfinale, Puig rocketed out of the gate and took the holeshot ahead of a hard-charging Forsgren. As Puig controlled the race upfront, an exciting battle for second ensued after a fit, fast and flashy Petit carved his way through the pack. On lap 6, Petit set the fastest
EMX Quad European Championship: Saar and Tvaraen fight for the win Race 1 - Kevin Saar got the holeshot but was closely followed by Roman Gwiazda and Christopher Tvaraen, with Saar and Tvaraen pulling out a significant gap over the Polish rider. Laptimes dropped into the 1:50’s in the beginning, evident that the Estonian and Norwegian were trying their absolute best. A rare mistake from Saar, in which he miscalculated one of the many jumps, led to Tvaraen having no where to go. He came down and the front portion of his Yamaha hit Kevin Saar’s back hard. It was clear that Saar was in a lot of discomfort from the impact, and Tvaraen was as apologetic as he could be however, we still had a race on our hands. Tvaraen pulled out an advantage of 6 seconds almost by the time Saar had regrouped and found his groove. He
TT Rally Cup: action in Romania Six days of action in the heart of Romania from September 20 to 25: the city of Brasov hosted the second round of the Tout Terrain Rally Cup. After two days of administrative and technical check, on the 22nd was raced the Supertest which was counting for the starting of the next day. On the 23rd started the first day of race with 3 special test and almost 400 km. Same schedule on the 24th, while in the final day riders raced just 2 special test, about 250 km. Final classification: 1. Ionut Florea, Romania 2. Alexander Chepurko, Cyprus 3. Gabi Capusan, Romania Visit our Tout Terrain racing page
Vintage Endurance Cup: round 2 at Spa The second round of the FIM Europe Vintage Endurance Cup was held last weekend at Spa Circuit, in Belgium. Results: Classic 1. Team AM 2. German Guzzi Classic Team 3. AC R 2 Open 1. Dholda Racing 2. Team Bike 3. Team Semtex Maxi Classic 1. PoweRacing - Japauto 2. Road Runner 3. Dynothec Formula 1. Bolipack Racing Team 2. ATD-Projekt-34 3. Team Vulcanet Visit our Vintage page
EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship - Finals Vitezslav and Leok crowned champions The deep sand of Riola Sardo saw the finals of the EMX85 and EMX65 European Championship finals with Vitezslav Marek of Czech Republic victorious in the EMX85 category, while in the EMX65 class it was Estonian Lucas Leok who took home gold. The 85cc and 65cc youngsters were tested by the Riola Sardo circuit here in Sardinia but took on the challenge without hesitation as they got a taste of what it feels like to race an FIM Motocross World Championship circuit. Mr Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe President “I had the occasion to visit together with the Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco the finals in Sardinia. In both classes we saw a great attendance from all regional federations and in four excellent race the European champions could be honored. Congratulation to the organizers for the great job”. EMX85 In the first EMX85 race it
