FIM Europe News

The European SuperEnduro was held in the context of the Maxxis World Championship at Cracow (Poland). In the FIM Europe class, Mike Hartmann (Husqvarna, in the photo) got his tittle defence off to a winning start with the overall victory. Placing second in race one to Thomas Hostinsky (SVK-Husqvarna) and then taking victory in the second and final race gave him the top step of the podium. Despite a race one win, third in race two dropped Hostinsky back to second overall on the night. With a 4-2 scorecard, Marcel Teucher(D-KTM) completed the top three.

The meeting of the FIM Europe Management Council was held today in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy). Among the topics that have been discussed were the Report of the President, the Report of the Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco, Sporting as well as Non-Sporting questions (Martin de Graaff and Silvio Manicardi) and the Report of the Treasurer Michal Sikora. “Today’s meeting was one of the most important of the whole year, as the Sporting season 2016 was analysed as well as changes to the Sporting rules and the 2017 calendars were approved”, FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb stated. From the left Silvia Monatti, Rodolfo Romeo, Juhani Halme, Michal Sikora, Martin de Graaff, Alessandro Sambuco, Dr Wolfgang Srb, Michel Turk,  Nina Birjukova, Jean Marc Desnues, Silvio Manicardi and Jan Stovicek “The Working Group on ‘Minimum Age in International Motorsport’ has produced excellent results, which have been the basis for the decision at the recently held FIM

In the weekend from Saturday 10th to Sunday 11th December, the follow­ing European races will be held: 10 December - Super Enduro Cup at Cracow (Poland)

The Moto2 European Championship 2017 Calendar has been updated. Below, the dates and venues.

The Motocross European Championship Calendar of 2017 has been updated.In particular, the EMX300 will not be held in Villars-Sous-Ecot but in Frauenfeld and a round of the EMX150 will be held in Agueda. Below, all the dates and venues. (Photo @Youthstream)

SHARP, the Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme was launched by the UK Minister of Transport in 2007 as innovative government safety scheme designed to save lives, helping motorcyclists to make a more informed choice when buying a helmet. In 2013 SHARP was awarded a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award and the FIM Road Safety Award.SHARP has now published safety ratings for five new helmets. This takes the total number of helmets that have been rated by SHARP to 401, conducting more than 13.000 high impact tests.UK Road Safety Minister Andrew Jones stated:  “We have some of the safest roads in the world but we are determined to do more to improve safety for all road users including motorcyclists. The confidence riders put in the ratings shows how vitally important they are in helping reduce the number of tragedies we see on our roads".“The Department for Transport and its

The presidential table of the Extraordinary General Assembly  The Extraordinary General Assembly of FIM Europe was held today at Berlin, with the presence of 31 National Federations. A few changes to the Sporting Code have been discussed and decided as well as the relocation of the 2017 FIM Europe Congress, which will be held now from 28th June to 1st July in Rome (Italy). Mr Hannu Toumainen from SML was elected as member of the Judicial Panel, obtaining more votes than the candidate from AMOTOE, Mr Theodoros Rachiotis. The Federations of Czech Republic and Serbia informed about the interest to host the FIM Europe Congress in the near future. “I am very happy with results of the Extraordinary General Assembly, held in conjunction with the FIM General Assembly and Gala”, stated Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President. “The necessary decisions have been taken to align the FIM Europe Sporting Code with

The European Superstock 1000 2017 Provisional Calendar has been issued.

Youthstream wishes to confirm the following updates have been made to the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship Calendar. Youthstream, the Federation of San Marino and the Government of San Marino have mutually agreed to postpone the MXGP of San Marino, which was set to take place on July 8th and 9th 2017, to 2018. The MXGP round of Italy, which was originally scheduled to take place on the 15th and 16th of April, and the MXGP round of Trentino, which was set to take place on the 24th an 25th of June, have officially swapped places on the calendar. The MXGP of Italy will now take place at the magnificent venue of Maggiora in June, while the MXGP of Trentino will be the first European round of the 2017 series and will take place at the picturesque venue of Pietramurata in April. Besides the EMX125 classes is switched from Russia

Last Friday November 18th 20 trainers form Latvia, Russia and Romania were present in Riga (Latvia) for education and instructions in the FIM Europe MXGP Academy certification program. The trainers followed their education, received  information and made the test for MX-B. All trainers were successful in obtaining the certificate MX-B.A new Country, which is connecting to the trainers’ platform, is Russia. No less than four new trainers are connected now and will roll out the certification program in their home Country. Besides that, Mrs. Teija Piirto from Finland was present as well to promote her project MX Safety. This program could be a great help for all trainers, who are connected to the FIM Europe MXGP Academy platform and their local clubs. This is important in order to create more safety on the MX tracks. Unfortunately most accidents happen during free practices at club tracks. Most of the time there