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The dates of the 2015 provisional calendar of European Superstock 600 championship.   DATE COUNTRY CIRCUIT 12 April Spain MotorLand Aragón* 19 April The Netherlands TT Assen 10 May Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola 07 June Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve** 21 June Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 20 September Spain Circuito de Jerez 04 October France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours *STK600 double race ** STC = Subject to contract conditions      

Mr. Martin De Graaff, President of FIM Europe Sporting Council, makes the point of the FIM Europe Sporting Commissions Meeting in Rome. FIM Europe hosted this weekend the second group of Sporting Commissions. Three weeks ago five Sporting Commissions met in the Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome. The meetings of this weekend were: Vintage, Road Racing, Motoball and Track Racing Commissions. On Sunday morning the Promoter of Hill Climb also talked with Road Racing and Vintage Commissions about the possibilities of combinations with Vintage. The organisers were also invited for this meeting. The reaction of the Commissions three weeks ago was very positive about this kind of meetings, important was the contact with other commissions, the members of Management Council and the Staff. Like the cooperation with motocross promoter Youthstream the contacts with Dorna, the promoter of the World Road Racing Championship are renewed. As from 2015 two classes

The Roof Garden of Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome, hosted the presentation to the media of the Stock 250 4 Strokes European Championship. It is a completely new challenge, which aims to increase the participation of young riders in a low cost road race class which will prepare to the next steps in road racing. The new championship consists in six double races and the calendar is the same as the Alpe Adria championship, with six events in Adria Raceway (Italy), Pannoniaring (Hungary), Rijeka (Croatia), Most (Czech Republic), Hungaroring (Hungary) and Slovakiaring (Slovakia). "We wanted to organize a credible, affordable and strong road race championship for the coming years for federations, teams and riders", Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President said. "From July we started talking with Dorna and thanks to a close cooperation next year we shall have a European Championship in Moto2 and in Superbike. We missed

The second session of meetings of the FIM Europe Sporting Commissions has been just completed at the Hotel Tiber in Fiumicino, near Rome.“With the meetings of the Road Racing, Track Racing, Vintage and Motoball Commissions we close this first year of experience with this new format for the meetings”, FIM Europe President, Dr. Wolfgang Srb said. “Meetings have been held no longer separately but autonomously in common sessions. The rationale for this change is the aim to foster horizontal communication among the various Commissions within the FIM Europe to develop in the members the sense of belonging to the group and improving the organizational climate”. On this occasion the FIM Directors Oriol Puig Bulto – Technical Commission and Rezso Bulcsu – Road Racing Commission, participated in the meetings with the spirit of cooperation currently underway between the FIM and the FIM Europe.“We are working to create new rules for vintage 

FIM Europe communicates that from 2015 maximum age limit for participation to the European Stock 600 Championship will change from 22 to 24 years. The minimum age is confirmed in 15 years. The minimum age starts on the date of the rider's birthday. The maximum age finishes at the end of the calendar year in which the rider reaches the age of 24.  

  On November 11th  FEMA, FIM and FIM Europe representatives met in Brussels: Morten Hansen, Dolf Willigers and Rolf Frieling from FEMA, Silvio Manicardi from FIM Europe, Jesper Christensen and John Chatterton-Ross from FIM.Since July the organisations have been working on the draft OECD-ITF report on the safety of powered two wheelers (OECD is the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development based in Paris, which also hosts the International Transport Forum). This group will now coordinate responses to the final report which is expected to be published shortly. Common ground was established on the issues connected to motorcycling and mobility, but also on  training, awareness of riders by other road users, infrastructure, intelligent transport systems and the need for more research.  All agreed that the OECD-ITF report will have a major impact on policy by governments and the EU institutions for many years to come. The meeting serves as a

The 8th November 2014 on the occasion of the last MotoGP race at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana in Valencia (SPA) a meeting was held between representatives of Dorna, FIM and FIM Europe to define the details of the 2015 Road Racing European Championship formula. The Championship will see eleven races in eight events involving classes Moto2 and Superbike. The races, like the FIM CEV 2014, will take place in France, Portugal and Spain. The calendar is being finalized and will be presented in the coming weeks. At the end of the meeting this is the statement of Dr Wolfgang Srb: “I am very happy that an agreement has been reached for a credible and attractive European Road Racing Championship. The sport is the winner!” In the photo from the left: Oscar Gallardo – DORNA/FIM CEV Repsol Director, Ignacio Verneda – FIM CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta DORNA CEO, Dr. Wolfgang

 On November 1st, the FIM Europe Management Council and some of the Presidents of the European  Federations have been invited by the Federation of Qatar to attend the final event of the World Superbike Championship, which is being held at the Losail International Circuit. The spirit of friendship and cooperation that binds the FIM Europe and the FIM Asia is also achieved through these initiatives, which provide opportunities to share experiences and examine common problems. The President of the QMMF, Mr. Nasser Khalifa Al Attiya, has personally welcomed the European guests together with representatives of the FIM on the occasion of an official  lunch held at the Hilton Hotel in Doha. “It was a great experience for us to visit Qatar and the unique Losail circuit. President Nasser is doing an excellent job in promoting the sport”, stated Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President.     In the photo, the

The new issue of FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded here. Among the articles, the news on the activity of FIM Europe after the election of Dr. Wolfgang Srb as FIM Europe President, from the FIM Europe Congress in Cracow to the 8th Road Safety Conference, from the meetings for the future of sport to the new projects for European Road Racing. In the Mag, also an interview to 8 times Motocross world champion Tony Cairoli, who won a title in European Supercross Championship, and a review of the 2014 season of European Motocross.

"FIM Europe is very careful to mobility and road safety aspects, considering that in Europe there are 37 millions of powered two wheels vehicles", comments Mr. Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe second Deputy President (in the photo). "For this reason every year during the FIM Europe Congress we organise also a Road Safety Conference, and the results and documents of the yearly meeting since 2007 can be consulted in our website. Every time we find interesting studies and documents, we care about bringing them to the attention of the two-wheeled world". The "Mobility Test" proves that powered two-wheelers can contribute to improve mobility and reduce congestions all over Europe. Last summer, in fact, the test was made in European cities with different modes of transport, with the contribution of Italian Motorcycling Federation (FMI) for Italy: commuting to work takes more and more time due to congestions. More than 60% of the