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Northern Talent Cup: round 2 in Lausitzring Second round for the Northern Talent Cup in Lausitzring, Germany, with one win for the Belgian Luciano Lorenz and for the Czech Jakub Gurecky. Race 1 Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) was the first to taste Lausitzring glory in Round 2 of the Northern Talent Cup, with the Belgian just pipping home hero and points leader Freddie Heinrich (PrüstelGP Junior Team) to the top step in Race 1 for his maiden win. JRT of Automotodrom Brno riders Jakub Gurecky and Jonas Kocourek duelled it out for third, with Gurecky coming out on top for a first NTC podium. It was Gurecky who took the holeshot from pole, with Soma Görbe (HRE Team) slotting into second ahead of Heinrich. The number 42 then struck for and briefly held the lead, but it didn't last long for the Hungarian before Gurecky hit back. It

EMX 125 and EMX 2T European Championship: Bonacorsi and Anderson make it three on the bounce in Faenza The round of Emilia Romagna concluded stages three and four of the EMX2t Presented by FMF Racing and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing series. Once again Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson and Andrea Bonacorsi of Fantic Racing repeated their success from the previous rounds, to both take their third consecutive overall victories.   The first race of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing saw Valerio Lata, the rider of Marchetti Racing Team KTM grab the holeshot. He was closely followed by Pietro Razzini and Constantin Piller from KTM Kosak Racing. It didn’t take long for Bonacorsi to get himself into the top three as Guillem Farres of RFME GasGas MX Junior Team was also making moves as he got into fourth and followed Bonacorsi. It was clear that Razzini was looking for a way to move into the lead as early as

European Races of the weekend 12-13/09/2020

EMX 125 and EMX 2T European Championship: Bonacorsi and Anderson take back-to-back wins for the round of Città di Faenza The second affair of three scheduled at the Monte Coralli circuit, Faenza, saw Fantic Racing's Andrea Bonacorsi and Brad Anderson of Verde Substance KTM once again rise to the occasion and take back-to-back victories in the EMX125 and EMX2t classes. In the opening EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing heat it was Scott Smulders of the No Fear Jumbo BT Racing Team who got a flying start though he didn’t hold on to the lead for long as Gerard Congost from the RFME GasGas MX Junior Team moved into first place. He was followed by Pietro Razzini and Andrea Rossi. Meanwhile round two of the series winner, Andrea Bonacorsi was down in eighth place on the opening lap and by the first official lap of the race Rossi had made some moves to

Northern Talent Cup: the season started in Germany The first round of the Northern Talent Cup -promoted by Dorna Sports- was held on 7th-8th September in Oschersleben, Germany, as a part of the IDM Championship. Due to the recent development of the Covid-19 the event was held behind closed doors. 24 young riders fought for the first place in the overall standing leading directly to the Red Bull Rookies Cup. The German Freddie Heinrich took the victory in the first race, while the Hungarian Soma Gorbe won the second one. Thanks to the third place in race 2, Heinrich is now first in the standing. Race 1 classification 1. Freddie Heinrich - GER 2. Jacopo Hosciuc HOSCIUC - ROU 3. Luciano Loren – BEL Race 2 classification 1. Soma Gorbe- HUN 2. Stephan Zuda - CZE 3. Freddie Heinrich – GER

Women's European SS 300 Cup: third win in a row for Spanish Neila Santos Third round for the Women's European SS 300 Cup at Imola Circuit, Italy, together with the Italian Road Racing Championship. The championship is still at closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions. For the Spanish rider Beatriz Neila Santos it was another amazing weekend: ruler of the first and the second round, she won also at Imola with an outstanding pace, crossing the chequered flag with 10’’ ahead of the Italian Sabrina Della Manna and Aurelia Cruciani. Out at the first lap Roberta Ponziani, who is still third in the standing. Neila Santos is always first in the standing and Della Manna second. Next round is on 18th October at Vallelunga Circuit, Italy.

EMX 125 and EMX 2T European Championship: Bonacorsi and Anderson win in Faenza The dust has settled on at the Monte Coralli circuit in Faenza following some intense races in the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing and EMX2T Presented by FMF Racing Championships. Fantic Racing’s Andrea Bonacorsi had a perfect day going 1-1 in the EMX125 class, meanwhile Brad Anderson of Verde Substance KTM has grabbed an early lead in the EMX2T championship following a 2-1 result. In race one of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing class, it was the KTM Kosak Racing rider Constantin Piller who grabbed the early lead in the race, followed by Guillem Farres and Gerard Congost of the RFME GasGas MX Junior Team, as well as Bonacorsi. Moments later championship leader Liam Everts of KTM Liamski crashed out of fourth place, though he did eventually re-join in ninth. As Piller continued to lead, Farres

European Races of the weekend 05-06/09/2020

CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship and Hawkers European Talent Cup: round 3 and 4 at Jerez The championships returned to action in Jerez for a 2 race day after more than 6 weeks away from the track! In the Moto2™ European Championship, Yari Montella (Team Ciatti – Speed Up) once again showed that he was the class of the field, taking his 5th and 6th win. In the Hawkers European Talent Cup, David Alonso (Openbank Aspar Team) won the first HETC race, Marco Morelli (Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0,0) the second one, while Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (Team Superb) would take his maiden HETC victory, after falling short of the win due to track limits at Round 3. Round 3 - CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship Yari Montella ruled the roost once again in the Moto2™ ECh as the Italian would pull clear and win by 4.3 seconds. He was challenged by Alessandro Zaccone (Promo Racing)

Supermoto S2 European Championship and S Open European Supermoto Cup: the season starts in Castelletto di Branduzzo, Italy After a long pause due to the international health situation, the first round of the Supermoto S2 European Championship and S Open European Supermoto Cup finally took place in Italy at the Motodromo of Castelletto di Branduzzo. Race 1 With a strong field of riders, the battle for the title in completely open. In the practices and time practices Diego Monticelli, from TM Factory Racing showed he as to man to beat this weekend. At the start it was Monticelli who took the holsehot and didn’t give the lead out of his hands anymore. With riders making mistakes behind him, the Italian rider took the victory in the first race of the championship with a lead of 4.1 seconds. Mickael Amodeo finished in second after his lost some places in the beginning