FIM Europe News

Under a blistering hot Spanish sun and high temperatures, today at the Circuito d’Albaida in the provence of Valencia the second round of the European Supermoto S4 Championship is being held. Spanish home rider Sergio Munoz was in all free practices the fastest. Also in the time practice the young Spanish wildcard rider was the fastest with a time of 34:051. Anthony Ford-Dunn took second position and Jorge Climent completed the top three. Championship leader L30 Racing rider Kevin Vandi will start the race of tomorrow from 9th position.

In the weekend from Saturday 17th  to Sunday 18th June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 17 June - European 250 cc Youth Speedway Cup at Plzen/Czech Republic 17-18 June - STK 1000 & Supersport Cup at Misano/Italy 17-18 June  - European Moto2, European Talent Cup, European Kawasaki Z Cup at Barcellona/Spain 17-18 June  -   International Classic Grand Prix at Sachsenring/Germany 17-18 June - EMX 65-85 South East Zone & Open at Krusevac-Globare/Serbia 17-18 June - EMX 65-85 North West & Women's European Championship at Schwedt/Germany 17-18 June - European Supermoto S2 at Albaida/Spain European Talent Cup

Over 20 Secretaries General of FIM Affiliated National Federations (FMNs) and FIM Continental Unions (CONUs) from three continents gathered on 13 June 2017 at the FIM HQ in Mies (Switzerland) for a meeting with the FIM President Vito Ippolito and the FIM Management. From left to right - Aeschlimann Steve (FIM CEO); Joko Prakoso Jeffrey (IMI) – Indonesia; Walter Julia (DMSB) – Germany; Ljungqvist Kurt (SML) – Finland; Carreira Ramon - FIM Latin America; Rinaldelli Alberto (FMI) – Italy; Ippolito Vito (FIM President); Rentmeesters Stijn (FMB) - Belgium; Westling Per (SVEMO) – Sweden; Zólyomi Andrea (MAMS) – Hungary; Bhattarai Govinda Prasad (NASA) - Nepal; Prel Andreja (AMZS) – Slovenia; Sambuco Alessandro - FIM Europe; Nygaard Jonas (DMU) – Denmark; Poirier Sébastien (FFM) – France; Sikora Michal (PZM) - Poland; Perret Richard (FIM Deputy CEO); Oetojo Poedio (IMI); Van Berkesteijn Camiel (KNMV) - The Netherlands; Saputra Medya (IMI) – Indonesia; Emery

The track of Nagyhalasz, in Hungary, hosted the SF2 of the European U21 Individual Speedway Championship. In a sunny, hot day, 16 riders took part to the event in front of around 1.800 spectators. Five top riders qualified to the Final which will be held at Daugavpils (Latvia) on 26th August. The winner was Bartosz Smektała from Poland, in front of Michael Härtel from Germany and Nick Skorja from Slovenia. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/371

In the weekend from Saturday 10th  to Sunday 11th June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 10 June - European Under 21 Individual Speedway at Nagyhalasz/Hungaria 10-11 June -  EMX 65/85 South East Zone at Zarnesti/Roumania 10-11 June -  EMX 65/85 South West Zone and Open at Orehova Vas/Slovenia 10-11 June -  EMX 250-300 at Orlyonok/Russia EMX 250 - Photo ©Youthstream  

It'll be the fifth time, when Speedway Euro Championship series will make us know the name of the best European rider. Nicki Pedersen will be defending this title. We've met  the names of the riders, who got the permanent wild cards for this year's series. In the Speedway Euro Championship 2017 we will see five riders, who secured their spots (TOP 5) and this list includes Nicki Pedersen, Vaclav Milik, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Grigorij Laguta and Leon Madsen. On May 20 in Gorican, the SEC Challenge was held, out of where seven riders got promotion to the finals. The Croatian tournament was won by Przemysław Pawlicki. Kenneth Bjerre, Nicolai Klindt, Mateusz Szczepaniak, Martin Smolinski, Kacper Gomólski and Adrian Miedziński (who made it through the race- off heat) got promoted as well. The next three spots in this year's SEC were taken by the wild cards' holder. Line up was joined by

During the first weekend of June the  500cc Sidecar European Semi Final was held at Merley Farm near Wimborne, Dorset, in the United Kingdom. Saturday’s practice was cancelled due to the force majeure (the doctor was called off to an emergency), so Sunday was a very busy day with practice, 10 EU SF heats and 18 support races.  As well as the 500cc sidecars, the 1000cc sidecars and grasstrack solos provided the entertainment to a crowd of about 1200 spectators. In the  European 500cc semi final 13 teams took part from 6 Countries with the local English riders making up nearly half of the field with 6 teams racing under the Union Jack. The battle for the 6 qualifying places was immense. The perfectly prepared, wide and safe track allowed for some spectacular action. The (one and only) all female crew (Natasha Bartlett & Ciara Southgate) gave their male counterparts

FIM Europe Director of Public Affairs John Chatterton-Ross (in the photo above) explains what is new for riders. We spoke a little about this in the interview published in February; can you give more detail on this subject and explain what all this news about “PPE” means? “Yes. PPE - Personal Protective Equipment.  It means protective equipment that we wear or use to keep us safe from injury. Human Protective Equipment might have been a better name…    “For a motorcyclist the most obvious item is the helmet but here we are concerned with clothing. I will deal with the legal aspects at the end as that does not interest everyone”. Can you give the position of FIM Europe and what advice would you give riders? “I think it is always a good idea to reflect on the racing experience. The first riders to go really fast in the early

The Open Endurance European Championship at Magny Cours, in France, started on Friday with the qualifying practice. In the starting grid the Team Yamaha Viltais Experience gained the 1st place and the second European team, JMA Racing was in 4th position. Sixt place in the overall and 3rd in the European ranking for thy Sky Motos Vitesse. Eight teams were present for the European championship. The race started with 35 Teams and riders from 4 different FMNs on a very good level. On raceday, on Saturday, short before the start at 7 p.m. it begun to rain. For safety reasons the start was behind the safety car. The race was held under wet conditions over all the 6 hours and for 3 times it was in Safety car regime. There were several crashes but without consequences for the riders. In Race1 Yamaha Viltais Experience won in front of Sky Motos

The Semi-Final 2 of the European Grass Track Championship was held last weejend at Saint Macaire, in France, in front of around 1.000 spectators. The meeting was run on a wet track after a storm in the morning but luckly the weather changed: in the afternoon it was sun and cloudy and the heats were interesting and without crashes. Among the 18 riders plus 2 reserves, the first three riders were Andrew Appleton, who won, and Edward Kennet and Paul Hurry, all of them from Great Britain.Andrew Appleton was impressive, since he won the meeting with the maximum score (20+5). Fourth position for the expert French rider Mathieu Tresarrieu, who was protagonist of some spectacular overtakings. The next round will be the final, on 12th August at Hertigen, in Germany. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/364