FIM Europe News

In Superstock 1000 European Championship qualifying on Saturday afternoon at the Pirelli French Round it was Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team) who took pole with a 1’40.205 lap. The Italian will be joined on the front row by compatriot Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) and Australian rider Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team). Frenchmen Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) and Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing) qualified fourth and fifth respectively for their home race, with Italy’s Luca Vitali (Nuova M2 Racing) set to slot in behind them on row 2. Maximilian Scheib (Nuova M2 Racing), Illia Mykhalchyk (TripleM Racing) and standings leader Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing -Junior Team) are on the third row, whilst Marvin Fritz (Bayer -Bikerbox Yamaichi) completed the top ten to head row 4. Roberto Tamburini - Photo ©WorldSBK Championship contender Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) missed the session due to

Today the best motocross riders in the world joined by some of the biggest names, brands, and organizers of the 2017 season at the Matterley Basin circuit, venue of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations presented by Fiat Professional, for the 2017 MXGP Awards. Photo @Youthstream This year’s awards ceremony was held behind the circuit’s new start on the Podium and Skybox structure, hosted by MXGP Presenters Paul Malin and Lisa Leyland then broadcasted live to everyone worldwide via Facebook and MXGP-TV. Youthstream President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo and FIM President Mr. Vito Ippolito were on hand to present the awards to the 2017 FIM Motocross World Champions Antonio Cairoli and Pauls Jonass, in addition to the industry award winners. FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb joined Mr. Giuseppe Luongo to present the 2017 European Champions EMX65 Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Brian Strubhart Moreau, Honda

In the weekend from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 29 September -1 October – European Superstock 1000 and Supersport Cup at Magny Cours/France 29 September -1 October – European YZ125 bLU cRU Cup Superfinale at Matterley Basin/Great Britain 30 September - European Pairs Speedway Championship at Lonigo/Italy 30 September - 1 October - European Supermoto Junior and S3 Championships at Pleven/Bulgaria

From 22nd to 24th September, FFM hosted the FIM Europe Club Experience "France 2017", which this year had its headquarters in the city of Blois. From Blois, under the guide of Jean-Marc Desnues, FIM Europe Vice-President, and Jean-Christophe Regal, FFM Touring Responsible, the participants were led to live the wonderful scenery of the Loire Castles, including Amboise, Chenonceau and Chambord.   Great satisfaction from the participating motorcyclists who, as always happens on these occasions, leave their jobs and titles at home and simply share their passion: Motorcycling. However, the event has been, as usual, an opportunity to discuss topics of common interest in a relaxed way, demonstrating once more the great value of these meetings. FFM President Jacques Bolle managed to attend the Saturday dinner, not­withstanding his involvement in Supermoto of Nations at Carole in the same weekend. But he really wanted to be present, in order to give his

The last round of the European Endurance Championship was held at Oschersleben, in Germany with a total of 50 Teams, of which 10 participating to FIM Europe Stocksport and SuperTwin classes. The race was held with nice weather without rain and 20 degrees on Saturday. The winner of the 6 Hours of Oschersleben in the Stocksport class was the team of Aprilia Grebenstein from Germany. with Ralph Uhlig, Oliver Skach, Andreas and Jurgen Scheffler (in the photo). Second position for the BW77 Endurance, from France with Stephane Bednarek and Mikael Poteau, ahead of Box #44 Racing, from Germany, with Peter Weiß, Alan Agogue and Lutz Abram. The winner of the series in Champion Endurance Stocksport is Aprillia Grebenstein Team ahead of French teams Sky Moots Vitesse and BW77 Endurance. The FIM Europe Road Racing Commission has always believed in the charming power of this series and will pay extra attention in

The future of the European Supermono is unclear. After 23 years the European Supermono class seems to end. The European Supermono Association (ESA) has decided not to organize any FIM Europe races for next year due a lack of riders. The European Supermono Cup for single cylinder racers was founded by Sir Alan Cathcart in 1995 and since 2002, the European Supermono organization (ESA) has been responsible for organizing the competition. In the past, manufacturers such as MuZ and Ducati built dedicated racing bikes to participate to the series. "To make it financially break even, there must be at least 25 entrants per race, but unfortunately we are not gettting that number since a long time, while we need to vouch financially towards circuits for these amounts. We don’t have large sponsors who can cover our losses and organizing the competition itself is purely volunteers work out of love for

The sun was shining through the clouds and it was a bit chilly on Friday morning. From the start of the first qualifying, the riders were fast. Lukas Wimmer from Austria was the fastest rider both in qualification 1 and 2 and took the pole position almost a second ahead of his fellow countryman Josef Frauenschuh; third place for Jerry van de Bunt from the Netherlands. Race 1 - The weather had changed from qualifying sessions and the track was wet. At the start of the race Josef Frauenschuh from Austria took the lead and build up a gap ahead of his countryman Lukas Wimmer. But only a few laps from the end of the race, Josef couldn’t keep his bike on the track at the last corner, and he lost 3 places. Lukas Wimmer was in the lead, and he kept that position until the end of the race.

Today in Cingoli 3 races for sidecars plus 3 races for quads took place to decide the Nations team results. Perfect weather greeted the large crowd in the morning which was to change at the start of the last quad race. Quads- Team USA dominated the races but not without incident. In the first race Thomas Porter Brown holeshot but within 2 laps his team mate Joel Hetrick was in 2nd position despite starting on the second row. They continued to pull away from the rest of the field but Hetrick's quad suffered engine failure which put him out of the race. Italy's Andrea Cesari finished 2nd with French duo of Antoine Cheurlin and Yoann Gillouin taking 3rd and 4th place. The second race was totally dominated by the 2 Team USA riders, Chad Wienen and Joel Hetrick with Wienen holeshotting from the front row and Hetrick slotting into second

Today the qualifications for tomorrow’s races in the Sidecarcross of European Nations and the Quadcross of European Nations were held on the beautiful and perfectly prepared track at Cingoli, in Italy. The sidecar qualification required a 40 minute timed session because there were less than 10 teams present. The Netherlands team posted the 2nd and 3rd fastest times, which gives them pole position for tomorrow’s races. With the 1st and 7th fastest times, France finished as 2nd best team with Belgium in 3rd place with 6th and 8th fastest times. The Great Britain team will start in 4th position with 9th and 11th fastest times. In the Quadcross of Nations, there were 3 races, one for each team rider, which were totally dominated by USA team. Each of their 3 riders easily won their individual qualification race showing riding skills never seen in Europe. The French team was second with

In the weekend from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th September, the follow­ing European races will be held: 22-24 September – European Supermono Cup at Frohburger Dreieck/Germany 23 September - European Open Endurance at Oschersleben/Germany 23-24 September - European Sidecar and Quadcross of European Nations at Cingoli/Italy OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA