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European U19 Individual Speedway Championship: QR1 in Hungary With the Qualifying Round 1, hosted in Nagyhalász, Hungary, the 2021 season of the European U19 Individual Speedway Championship has officially begun. The meeting was run on dry track and was opened to the public thanks to the excellent work of the club members. At the end of a thrilling fight riders Ernest Matjusonoks from Latvia and Mateusz Ciernak from Poland lost only 1 point, racing an extra heat for the win. At the end the Latvian got the better and won QR1. Third position for Polish Karol Zupinski. The next event will be held on 19 June in Holsted, Denmark. Visit our track racing page

Moto Guzzi Fast Endurance European Cup: Varano hosted the first round On Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 May the Varano racetrack, Italy, hosted the first round of the third edition of the Moto Guzzi Fast Endurance, the monobrand valid as European Cup and dedicated to couples of riders riding Moto Guzzi V7 III bikes. The event was behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 restrictions and well 31 team (62 riders) fought in both days. Pole position was taken by the Altinier Motorsport & Biker's Island team, while the second-best time went to VMS Benty 2 and the third to CheMoto! Rome. In race 1 the VMS Benty 2 team took the lead in the very early stages, leaving for a little while the first position to the Motoclub dei Rapaci team. Once again leader, the couple ruled until the end in front of CheMoto! Roma and Garage 71, who

Northern Talent Cup: second round at Oschersleben Race 1 Jakub Gurecky (JRT Brno Circuit) hammered home his wet weather mastery once again at Oschersleben, the Czech rider disappearing in Race 1 for another stunner of a victory out front in difficult conditions. Teammate Jonas Kocourek came home second in a JRT Brno Circuit 1-2, with Swiss rookie Lennoxx Phommara (Phommara Team) impressing in the wet once again to take his first Northern Talent Cup podium in third. From the start it was Gurecky in charge as he took the holeshot, with Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) initially able to go with him... but not for long. The number 81 had an early excursion on Lap 1 and, although he was able to re-join, that left Gurecky ahead of the game and Kocourek in second. Initially, Jacopo Hosciuc (Hos Racing Team), Tibor Varga (Forty Racing Team) and polesitter Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next

European races of the weekend 22-23/05/2021

Postponement of the Motoball European Championship The FIM Europe would like to update about the Motoball racing season. It’s with great regret that the MFR, the Russian Motorcycle Federation, has decided to postpone to the next season the Motoball European Championship originally scheduled in Vidnoe at the beginning of August. The competitions will be host in the same venue from August 15th to 21st 2022. All useful information will be published in due time.   Visit our Motoball section. Click here to visit the website of the Russian Federation.

Women's European SS 300 Cup: Spanish Beatriz Neila Santos rules in Misano  Second round of the Women's European SS 300 Cup at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Italy. The competition, still at closed doors due to the Covid-19 restrictions, saw the ladies fight until the last for the leadership. After the third position in the opening round at Mugello, Spanish Beatriz Neila Santos got the pole position, the best lap and the win too. This means two extra points for the championships standing. All rider performed an enthusiastic race from the first lap till the end with Neila Santos leading with some gaps also due to the crash of Roberta Ponziani, while she was fighting with the leading group. Second position for another Spanish rider, Sara Sanchez, while the Italian Sabrina Della Manna finished third. Race1 results 1. Neila Santos Beatriz, SPA 2. Sanchez Sara, SPA 3. Della Manna Sabrina,

Northern Talent Cup: Race 1 and Race 2 at Le Mans begin the season in style Race 1 Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) is the first race winner of the 2021 Northern Talent Cup, the Belgian coming out on top in a race-long duel to take victory by less than a tenth in tricky conditions at Le Mans. Jakub Gurecky (JRT Brno Circuit) was the rider just denied in second, with his teammate Jonas Kocourek taking a lonelier but commendable third as Round 1 Race 1 started wet and then dried out throughout the 15 laps. It was polesitter and rookie Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) who took the holeshot, but the Hungarian was soon hit by bad luck in the first dose of drama: overcooking it out of the chicane, the number 92 slid out the lead, leaving Luciano to take over. From there, experience and

2021 Trial European Championship Calendar update  The FIM Europe, together with the Trial Sporting Commission, would like to inform of the update to the 2021 calendar of the Trial European Championship. The first seasonal round scheduled on the 29th-30th of May in Santa Fiora, Italy, will now take place in Cortenova because of the failure of the Tuscany Region local authorities to carry out the event. Here below the updated calendar: 29th-30th of May - Cortenova, Italy 31st of July and 01st of August – Grossheubach, Germany 07th – 08th of August – Kramolin, Czech Republic    

European races of the weekend 15-16/05/2021  

EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship: first round in the South East and North East zone  Romania and Ukraine hosted two successful first round of the EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship. TCS Racing Park Circuit in Ciolpani (Romania) welcomed 17 riders from Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey, ready to fight for the South East Zone. After ruling the Qualifying on Sunday, the EMX85 class was won by a long-shot with a double win by Hungarian rider Noel Zanocz, who is clearly the favourite of this class. Second place in both races for Bulgarian Vencislav Toshev: a great debut for him as he just jumped on an 85cc bike after competing last season on a 65cc bike. Third place for Danail Stefanov (Bulgaria).   In EMX65 the Hungarian rider Aron Katona swept all first places in each outing – practices or races. Romanian rider Sami Dimitru finished