FIM Europe News

Road to FIM Europe Congress Fiumicino ready to host the 2024 edition From Thursday 4th to Saturday 6th July the entire FIM Europe family will be reunited to celebrate the 28th edition of the FIM Europe Congress. This time will be the city of Fiumicino, headquarter of the FIM Europe General Secretariat, to host the esteemed gathering with the support of the FMI, the Italian Motorcycle Federation. One year from the last event in Zaragoza, it will be an important moment for all the officials to meet and discuss about the current year and next season. The Congress will take place inside the Hilton Rome Airport and the program will start on Thursday with the Sporting and Beyond Sporting Council. On Friday the Management Council and the Sporting and Beyond Sporting Commissions and Panels will meet in the morning and in the afternoon. Afterwards there will be the 2024 FIM

European races of the weekend 29-30/06/2024

European 250cc Pairs Speedway Championship: Polish team ruled Final 1 on home ground The European 250cc Pairs Speedway Championship kicked off yesterday in Gdańsk, Poland. In Final 1 Polish team put on an outstanding show on home ground, recording an almost perfect performance as riders out-paced a ferociously fast field to claim the top step of the podium. The first event of the series was a special eco-meeting. 8 National teams and 19 riders representing Poland, Great Britain, Estonia, Germany, Czechia, Denmark, Sweden, Slovenia, were invited to a special meeting: "A moment for nature”. Following the “Green Education Programme” riders were reminded to use the environmental mats under their bikes and care about the environment. With a potentially career-changing prize on the line, the racing was intense from the first block of Heats that saw the Polish riders fight against a high-competitive British team. that finished second with 30 points.

Northern Talent Cup: Van Crugten does the double The Northern Talent Cup headed to the Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic for the fourth Round of the season. Another exhilarating weekend of racing action from Northern Europe’s fastest young talents. Race 1 Jurrien Van Crugten (BB64 Academy) took his second victory of the season on Saturday in Race 1 at the Autodrom Most to propel himself to the top of the Cup standings, finishing an enthralling race ahead of back-to-his-best Tobias Kitzbichler (Racing Team Kitzbichler), and Belgian Ferre Fleerackers (Junior Black Knights).

Matteo Masili (SaMarigosa MM Racing Team) led proceedings from pole position and in fair conditions, the summer sun showering the track in its warm glow, but it was German racing machine Richard Irmscher (Racingteam Irmscher), fastest in all practice sessions, who quickly took over at the front of the race to set about building a gap to those behind.

Van Crugten had

European Under19 Pairs Speedway Championship: Polish team makes it double Single-race event for the European Under19 Pairs Speedway Championship in Pila, Poland. The race, scheduled on Saturday, was postponed of one day because of the heavy rain and a big crash in the first heat. In a nice and thrilling atmosphere, on Sunday’s race the Polish team confirmed its supremacy, winning the 2024 European title after the success of last year. Winner in 2023, favourited Polish trio took the win ahead of Sweden, at the end of a race with a lot of overtaking and fights. Great show and battle for the 3rd position, with the fight between Denmark, Great Britain and Czech Republic.   Standings – Top three Poland (Paweł Trześniewski, Bartosz Bańbor, Wiktor Przyjemski), 25 points Sweden (Rasmus Karlsson, Anton Jansson, Sammy Van-Dyck), 22 points Denmark (William Drejer, Villads Nagel, Bastian Pedersen), 19 points Links Visit the Track

European Individual Grass Track Championship: Semi Final 2 Pictures copyright: L. Laguibeau Challenging weekend for the European Individual Grass Track Championship with the Semi Final 2 of the season. After the Semi Final 1, raced in Germany at the beginning of the month, the series was hosted in Saint-Macaire, France. Originally, the 2nd Semi Final was scheduled to be held on June 8th at Loppersum, in the Netherlands, but the heavy rain did not allow to follow the schedule and the Jury was forced to cancel the event. Once more, the heavy rain did not make the things any easier. The track staff and volunteers fought all Saturday to make the track suitable for racing, but due to the bad weather conditions and the lack of significant changes forecasted, the racing was postponed to Sunday. Finally, in good weather conditions, the Semi Final 2 was run on a light cloudy

Moto2 European Championship, ETC and Stock: Garcia, Cano and McDonald claim victory in Algarve The Moto2 European Championship, ETC and Stock made its way to the south of Portugal for Round 4 of the campaign, and beneath the baking heat of a scorching Algarve sun, six phenomenal races unfolded to keep fans on the edge of their seats. Roberto Garcia (Fantic Cardoso Racing) made the double in the Moto2 European Championship. There was plenty of joy too for Carlos Cano (SeventyTwo Artbox Racing Team) in the European Talent Cup, while birthday boy Archie McDonald (MRE Talent) went from pole to P1 in the Stock European Championship. Moto2 Having secured a dream debut Moto2™ European Championship pole position on Saturday, Roberto Garcia made it Portimao perfection as he did the double on Sunday. Race 1 saw an electric start as Alberto Surra (Team Ciatti – Boscoscuro) took the holeshot ahead of Garcia, but

4th edition of the Moto Tour Assistant Training Course The FIM-Europe is pleased to present the 4th edition of the Tour Assistants Training Course. On proposal of the FIM Europe Touring Commission, the event is an important project for the FIM Europe, which also works for Touring Motorcycling.The course will be held from 15th to 17th August 2022 in Istanbul, Türkiye. The main aim of this initiative is to organize a Training Session for a pre-selected group of Tour-Assistants (TAs), who will be allowed to attend a professional training course for Moto-Tour Assistants in cooperation with Honda Motosiklet Gelişim Merkezi - Safety Türkiye. COSTS OF THE COURSE The Tour Assistant Training Course is subsidized by FIM-Europe. Participation Fee is 50 € for National Federation Affiliated Participants and 150 € for all others. It covers the transfer to/from DAYS HOTEL By WYNDHAM ISTANBUL MALTEPE to the Honda training facilities, the full educational program and the FIM-Europe

European races of the weekend 22-23/06/2024  

EMX Quad European Championship: Mclernon takes GP win, as Walker puts one hand on 2024 European Championship The fourth round of the EMX Quad European Championship at Tor Motocrossowy Gdansk, Poland, delivered another intense and competitive racing mixed with tough conditions for all the European riders. Race 1 Roaring from the gate and throwing it sideways to block the path for any challengers, Patrick Turrini stormed into an early race lead, claiming the holeshot, ahead of Mark Mclernon and Marcus Thomsen, with the leader of the championship, Harry Walker, nipping at the heels. A seemingly impatient Harry Walker would look to place his Yamaha in any gap that opened in front of him and, in some cases, attempted to prize open any potential gap that would see him move further up the order. Coming into this weekend, Manfred Zienecker was second in the championship, and this is a position he