Today the General Assembly of the FIM Europe Congress in Rome will be broadcasted in live-streaming from 14.00. To watch it, please click on the following link: https://youtu.be/4WYZHVPOBe8
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The second day of FIM Europe Congress was held today in Rome, Italy. As scheduled, the Management Council was held, so as the Meetings of the Commissions and Panels. In the afternoon, the Road Safety Conference took place, which was very successful, with big attendance of delegates and media. The day ended with the traditional meeting of the Secretaries General, conducted by FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco, where various issues were discussed, and FIM President Vito Ippolito and FIM CEO Steve Aeschlimann did very interesting speeches. Tomorrow the Congress will live its third day and the program will start with the Sporting and Non-Sporting Council Meetings, followed by the Management Council. In the afternoon the General Assembly will take place and it will be broadcasted in live streaming in FIM Europe website. The Management Council FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb (at the centre) and, from the left, FIM CEO Steve Aeschlimann FIM President Vito Ippolito and FIM Europe 1st Deputy President
In the weekend from Saturday 1st to Sunday 2nd July, the following European races will be held: 1-2 July - European Stocksport 300 Cup at Grobnik-Rijeka/Croatia 1-2 July - EMX 125, 150 & 250 at Agueda/Portugal 1-2 July - European Supermoto S2 & S4 at Busca/Italy 1-2 July - Vintage Road Racing European Championship at Rijeka/Croatia 1-2 July - Vintage Endurance Cup at Spa/Belgium
The 125cc Youth Track Racing European Cup was held in the big stadium of Torun, in Poland. 24 riders took part to the event, which as run on a perfect track after a sunny day with rain shower at the end of the practice. The meeting was held with the excellent work of the club staff and it was a great event for the future talents. The heats were interesting and in the whole day there were 3 crashes with no physical injuries for the riders. Filip Sifalda from Czech Republic claimed his victory after he won the start of the A final. He was the rider who did dominate all the heats as he did win all his races. There was a close fight for place 2-4 and Daniel Klima, from Czech Republic, too, gained the second position in front of Bartosz Tyburski from Poland.
The 3rd round in EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc in the NE Zone and the 7th round in EMX Open were carried out in Kovel, Ukraine. On a well prepared track, with rainy weather the free Practice, pre qualifying practice and qualifying races were held on Saturday. In the EMX 65cc qualifying race the winner was Maksymilian Chwalik from Poland who the pole position for the Sunday races, in front of Richard Paat from Estonia and Janis Kubulins from Latvia. In the EMX 85cc class in qualifying the fastest rider was Romeo Karu from Estonia in front of Mairis Pumpurs from Latvia and Edvards Bidzans from Latvia. In the Open class the first rider over the finish line of the qualifying race was Dmytro Asmanov from Ukraine followed by Kristers Drewinskis from Latvia and Volodyyr Tarasov fromUkraine. On a sunny Sunday, with 26°C, the riders started the day with warm
fiAfter the successful live-streaming of last year, this year the live-streaming will begin already today at 16.30 with the Road Safety Conference at the following link: https://youtu.be/4906hEmM3jc. Tomorrow at 14.00 there will be the live-streaming of the General Assembly. Both the videos of the Road Safety Conference and of the General Assembly will be then available for free on demand on FIM Europe website. As usual, particular attention will be given to Safety and today the 11th edition of the Road Safety Conference will be held, which traditionally takes place yearly during the FIM Europe Congress. The topic of this year’s conference will be: “Sharing the road with Robots: when Motorcycling Meets Automation”, dealing with the development of electronics and technology. In particular, the agenda of the Road Safety Conference foresees the opening of Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe vice-President (in the photo), the welcome speech of Jean-Pierre Moreau, Chairman of FIM Europe
The FIM Europe Congress kicked off today in Rome, Italy, with the scheduled meetings of the Sporting and Non-Sporting Commissions. In the Sporting Commission relevant issues were discussed with the Chairmen of the various Commissions. The reports of the latest activities of all disciplines were analysed at the presence of FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb, of FIM Europe 1st Deputy President and Chairman of Sporting Council Martin de Graaff, of Michal Sikora, FIM Europe Treasurer. Today a meeting with the Non Sporting Commissions was held, to analyse the activities of the latest period in order to share the same level of knowledge of the various issues. It was a good occasion to arouse a brainstorming, so that every chairman could bring his knowhow and enrich the discussion with his point of view. Some of the issues discussed will be further analysed during tomorrow’s Commissions meetings. The whole day the
Italy is going to host the 2017 FIM Europe Congress and Road Safety Conference, which will be held from Friday June 29th to Saturday July 1st in Rome, at the Hilton Rome Airport Hotel (in the photo). The meeting is to host FIM Europe delegates from European Federations to discuss and approve decisions regarding FIM Europe management and 360° issues in the field of Motorcycling: from Sport to Safety, to Touring. The program of the Congress foresees the meeting of the Sporting Council and of the Non-Sporting Council on Thursday, of the Management Council and of the Secretaries General on Friday, and again the Sporting and Non-Sporting Council meeting on Saturday, followed by the Management Council and by the General Assembly, with the Official Dinner to conclude the Congress on Saturday evening. ROAD SAFETY - As usual, particular attention will be given to Safety - on June 30th, the 11th edition
In this issue, all the updates about the FIM Europe activities and in particular, the FIM Europe Course in Motorcycle Management Ceremony in Rome and the training activities, with the exclusive interviews to the students and to the team managers who are hosting them for the stage. Furthermore, FIM Europe for synergies in education, a complete interview to John Chatterton-Ross about “New developments in motorcycle protective clothing for street riders with changes to European law coming next year”, the preview of FIM Europe Club activity in France and the MXGP Rookie Program and plenty of other news. The FIM Europe MAG can be downloaded in FIM Europe website and at the following link: https://issuu.com/fimeurope/docs/fim_europe_mag_3-2017
The track of Slovakiaring, in Slovakia, hosted the Day 2 of European Stocksport 300 championship. Daniel Blin won race2 in front of Renzo Ferreira: the winner of race1 was fighting for the win until the last corner but he finished second. Third position for Vojtech Schwartz ahead of Peter Kacaba was fourth. The race was interrupted because of the heavy crash of Tarik Van Der Merwe, without consequences for the rider.
