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EMX 125 and EMX 250 European Championship: Italians rule in Mantova! Mattia Guadagnini of Husqvarna Junior Racing Maddi took his second consecutive overall victory in the EMX250 class, with a perfect double race win score on home soil. Meanwhile, fellow Italian, Valerio Lata from Marchetti Racing Team KTM, got his own taste of success, as a second and a race win was enough to put the young Italian on the top step of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing podium. In the opening EMX250 race, it was Marcel Conijn who led the way, with Guadagnini second and Tom Guyon of Team VRT Nordpesca Holland in third. Guadagnini wasted no time to get around Conijn, as he passed him on the second lap of the race. It then didn’t take long for Guadagnini to get ahead and lead the race by 5.642 seconds. Meanwhile Hakon Fredriksen of Yamaha SM Action MC Migliori J1 Racing was looking to pass

Northern Talent Cup: the Hungarian Soma Gorbe is the new champion The last round of the Northern Talent Cup was held last weekend at Brno Circuit, in the Czech Republic. Thanks to a victory in race 1 and the third position in race 2, the Hungarian Soma Gorbe conquered the European title. Great challenge for the second position: for just one point the Belgian Luciano Lorenz got the drop on the German Freddie Heinrich, who crashed in the free practice and was declared unfit to race. Fourth overall position for the Czech Jakub Gurecky, winner of race 2. Race 1 1. Soma Gorbe, HUN 2. Jakob ROsenthaler, AUT 3. Stephan Zuda, CZE Race 2 1. Jakub Gurecky, CZE 2. Jacopo Hosciuc, ROU 3. Soma Gorbe, HUN Final standing 1. Soma Gorbe, HUN 2. Luciano Lorenz, BEL 3. Freddi Heinrich, GER

CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship and Hawkers European Talent Cup: time for MotorLand Aragon After a month on the side lines the Moto2™ European Championship and Hawkers European Talent Cup riders hit the ground at MotorLand Aragon for another double race day weekend. The undefeated streak was finally stopped in the Moto2™ ECh race 1 as Alessandro Zaccone (Promoracing) getting the better of Yari Montella (Team Ciatti – Speed Up) after a thrilling four-way scrap. An eventful encounter saw mistakes aplenty with Niki Tuuli (Team Stylobike) enjoying a long spell at the front while Keminth Kubo (VR46 Master Camp Team) kept himself in the mix for the podium with his entertaining and aggressive style. In the end, Zaccone held on with the fastest lap on the last lap, with Montella second for the first time this season while Tuuli won a photo finish with Kubo for the final spot on the podium. A new face

Issue #03 of the FIM Europe Magazine is now online! The FIM Europe is proud to announce that the FIM Europe Magazine issue #03 2020 is now online! After a tough period of emergency due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the FIM Europe is back to the action with its events. Both road and off-road competitions finally took off with new and rich calendars. We are close to the end of this season but it’s only the beginning for riders and teams, with a look already to the 2021 season. Click here to read the brand-new issue of FIM Europe Magazine or download it for free. Enjoy the reading!

European Races of the weekend 03-04/10/2020

EMX 250 European Championship: perfect day for Guadagnini to win the Overall in EMX250 at the round of Città di Mantova The sixth round of the EMX250 Championship has concluded yesterday in Mantova, for the round of Città di Mantova, that saw Husqvarna Junior Racing Maddii’s Mattia Guadagnini make the perfect comeback to take the overall win on home soil. In the opening race of the day, it was Thibault Benistant of Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing, Tom Guyon from Team VRT Nordpesca Holland and Guadagnini who got a good start and were running out in front. Guadagnini wasted no time to past Guyon and get himself into second, before passing Benistant for the lead on the opening lap. He then went on to set the fastest lap time of the race putting himself 1.6 seconds ahead of the championship leader. Further down the field, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay

Hill Climb European Championship: double round in Italy Photo credit Daniel Sievers On 26th September the European U19 Pairs Speedway Cup raced its only event in Gustrow, Germany. Due to the heavy rain and bad weather conditions the official practice were cancelled and postponed to Saturday morning. With a total of 23 points the Czech Republic won the race with riders Jan Kvech and Petr Chlupac. Second position for Latvia with Ernests Matjusonoks and Ricards Ansviesulis. Third step of the podium with 19 points, just one from the second position, for the Polish team (Jakub Miskowiak and Mateusz Cierniak).

Hill Climb European Championship: double round in Italy Double round for the Hill Climb European Championship in Italy, with the races in Pieve S. Stefano-Passo allo Spino. Although the Covid-19 situation, a large number of participants took part to the events, with 21 riders participating at the series. The races were gratefully organised by Pro-Spino Team in a familiar mood: if on Saturday the weather was good, on Sunday the rain had a key role in the fights. Race 1 classification   250 Open/GP Guido Testoni Bernard De Pierreux Marco Vigilucci   600 SS Blanc Amalric Salvatore Sallustro Uwe Rademaker   Supermoto Alexander Ponzellini Steven Bellavoine Stefano Leone   SBK 1000 Stefano Bonetti Blanc Amalric Uwe Rademaker Race 2 classification   250 Open/GP Guido Testoni Bernard De Pierreux Rolf Haller   600 SS Daniele Stolli Uwe Rademaker Maurizio Bottalico   Supermoto Steven Bellavoine Alexander Ponzellini Stefano Leone   SBK 1000

Northern Talent Cup: Görbe does the double ahead of a Hosciuc vs Heinrich photo finish at Hockenheim Race 1 Soma Görbe (HRE Team) took his second Northern Talent Cup victory of 2020 in Race 1 of Round 3 at Hockenheim, coming out on top in a wet weather duel against Jakub Gurecky (JRT of Automotodrom Brno). The race was delayed and then shortened to an eight-lap dash, with the two at the front escaping into the distance as points leader Freddie Heinrich (PrüstelGP Junior Team) won the battle for third to keep his perfect podium record intact.
Off the line it was Gurecky who took the holeshot ahead of Görbe, with Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) slotting into third. It was very much a case of carefully does it in the early stages as the riders tested out the conditions, but even by the end of Lap 1 there were

Supermoto S2 European Championship: Diego Monticelli and Mickael Amodeo are the 2020 Champions Final round for the Supermoto European Championship and S Open Cup in Busca, Italy. After two rounds the titles were still open in each class and the riders were more than ready for last Saturday at the International Circuit of Busca in the region of Piemonte. S2/S Open Race 1 At the start of the first race of the combined S2 class and S Open Cup it was Gazza Racing rider Kevin Negri who took the holeshot in front of TM Factory Racing rider Diego Monticelli, Mario Schafler, L30 Honda rider Loucas Capone and Yannik Bartschi who had a good start from the back of the field. SMX rider Mickael Amodeo had a good start as well, but at the end of the first lap the French leader in S Open Cup crashed and had to restart