FIM Europe News

The last round of the Dragbike European Super Street Bike (SSB) Cup was held this weekend in Santa Pod (Great Britain). We salute 18 year old Elvira Karlsson for being the first Pro Stock Bike racer outside North America for her less than 7 second run with her 6,998. This year’s championship as usual had the finals at Santa Pod Raceway in England. Unusual was that none of the classes had a champion before the race so the championship was still open and there was a battle for the points. 2013 European Champions were: • Super Street Bike: Garry Bowe (UK, Suzuki) • Pro Stock Bike: Fredrik Fredlund (FIN, Suzuki) for the second year in a row. • Super Twin Bike: Ronny Aasen (NOR, Zodiac) • Top Fuel Bike: Ian King (UK, Puma) for the second year in a row.   (FIM Europe Press Release 141/2013)

The sixth round of the MAXXIS EMX Quadcross European Championship was held this weekend in Dardon Gueugnon (France). The dominance of French Jeremie Warnia for the whole championship was confirmed also in this round, with the French rider winning both heats. Thanks to these victories he became 2013 European Champion with one round in advance. In the first heat second position went to French Florent Ramel and third to French Yoann Gillouin. In the second heat second position went to Yoann Gillouin and third position to Dutch rider Mike Van Grinsven. Final round is scheduled to take place next week in Rudersberg (Germany).   (FIM Europe Press Release 140/2013)

The final rounds of the European EMX125 and EMX250 championships took place today at the demanding circuit of Lierop, The Netherlands. Despite the treacherous conditions due to a substantial amount of overnight and early morning rain, the races were very spectacular. EMX125 class was left wide open this weekend when the 2013 champion Wilvo Nestaan JM Racing KTM’s Pauls Jonass opted to make his debut in the EMX250 instead. It’s no secret the Dutch riders love the sand and it was even more evident when both Dutch riders Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes and Kemea Reytec V/d Laar Racing Team’s Frederik Van der Vlist led the way around turn one. As the battle between Pootjes and Van der Vlist began to heat up, Van der Vlist took the lead but crashed half a lap later allowing Pootjes to ride away with a fifteen second advantage. After a quick remount

The 6th race of the PATA European Junior Cup, powered by Honda provided another thrilling climax to a race that nobody could predict the winner as the race entered its final lap. As the pack reached the final turn it was Bo Bendsneijder (RT Racing Support), at his second wildcard appearance in the series, who took the lead, holding a slender advantage to claim his 2nd win of the year. Kevin Manfredi (Newton Trasformatori Srl) and Robin Anne (Anne Formation) completed the podium. Sebastian Zielinski has won the Cup of Nations final race of the year at the Nurburgring. The wildcard from Poland led the entire race to finish ahead of Tommaso Lorenzetti and Daniel Tibaldo, both riders of the Nuova F.C.C. Corse Yamaha Team. Sixth place Domenico Fasanella, full-time entry, was awarded the winner of the 2013 edition of the Cup. The next race of the European Junior Cup

The final of the Sidecar European Championship was held yesterday in the track of Loppersum, close to Groningen (The Netherlands). The winning pair and new 2013 European Champions are German Thomas Kuners and Marcus Eibl. Second and third position went to two Dutch pairs, respectively William Matthijssen/Nathalie Stellingwerf and Christophe Grenier/Gerben Sanders.   (FIM Europe Press Release 136/2013)

The seventh round of the Superstock 600cc European Championship was held yesterday in the German track of Nürburgring. The race was a classic of the Superstock 600 European Championship, made of close racing and incredible performances by the riders fighting for the top positions. Franco Morbidelli (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki) came out on top at the end of a thrilling 3-way battle with team mate Alessandro Nocco and Christian Gamarino (Team Go Eleven Kawasaki), who completed the podium in second and third place respectively. The two Italian Motorcycling Federation (FMI) representatives got a good start of the race and they look like they could pull away in the early stages, but halfway through the race Gamarino and Gauthier Duwelz (MTM-MVR Racing Yamaha) closed the gap with the leaders to get in the mix for the win. While the Belgian was unable to stay with the front runners in the

At the second day at the European Enduro-Championship in Uhlirske Janovice you have had nearly the same winners in the overall. The Italian Maurizio Micheluz won – but this time in front of his countryman Andrea Beconi, who was third on Saturday. Now on position three a totally unknown rider: The German Andreas Beier, who is only a guest and this for had to start in the back of the field. That means that the KTM-rider had to overtake a lot of slower riders, starting just in front of him! Overall champion Maurizio Micheluz (Suzuki) won the E1-class too – this on second position the German Edward Hübner (Yamaha), while the Portuguese Luis Oliveira (Yamaha) became third. The overall second, Beconi (Yamaha), won the E2-class in front of Andreas Beier, who stopped first day with technical problems at his frontbrake. The Brit Tom Sagar became third with his handicap, a

After the regional qualifying races the final rounds of the EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championships were held during the MXGP Festival in Matterley Basing (Great Britain). In the EMX65 winner of both races was Dutch rider Raivo Dankers (KTM), who managed to become the new European Champion. Following in the rankings (all with 34 points) Spanish David Braceras Martinez (KTM), respectively 7th and 3rd , Italian Kevin Cristino (KTM), respectively 5th and 4th, and Finnish Emil Weckmann (KTM) 3rd and 7th. In the EMX85 class, the new European champion is British Conrad Mewse (KTM), who managed to win all the heats. Second position goes to Danish Glen Meier (KTM), who managed to get respectively 3rd and 2nd. Third overall position goes to Italian Gianluca Facchetti (Suzuki) with 38 points thanks to his 4th and 3rd position.   (FIM Europe Press Release 134/2013)

During the MXGP Festival were held also the 7th round of the EMX125 and 7th round of the EMX250 Motocross European Championships. In the EMX125 class, the victory went to Latvian Pauls Jonass (KTM) in front of French Nicolas Dercourt (Yamaha) and German Henry Jacobi (KTM). The provisional rankings see the leadership of Pauls Jonass with 193 points in fron of Nicolas Dercourt. With only one round to go, Jonass is the new 2013 European Champion in this class. In the EMX250 class, Swiss Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki) won the round in front of home rider Steven Clarke (KTM) and Swiss Valentin Guillod (KTM). Guillod maintains the first position in the provisional rankings with 164 points, followed by Jeremy Seewer getting closer, with only one round to go, with 152 points. Final round for EMX125 and EMX250 classes are scheduled the 8th of September in Lierop (The Netherlands).   (FIM Europe

At the third competition of the Enduro-European-Championship in Uhlirske Janovice / CZ the Italian Maurizio Micheluz won the overall in front of his country people Gianluca Martini an Andrea Beconi. – For this three different classes and three different brand of bikes (Suzuki, Beta, Yamaha) are on the top position! Overall winner Maurizio Micheluz (Suzuk) won with a huge gap also the E1-class in front of the Portuguese Luis Oliveira (Yamaha) and the German Edward Hübner (Yamaha). The overall-second Martini won the E3-class too – in front of his countrymen Jacopo Cerutti (TM) and Mirko Gritti (KTM). The third in the overall, Beconi (Yamaha), won the E2-class in front of the british rider Jamie Lewis (Honda) and the Frenchman Romain Dumontier (Yamaha). Allready at place 6 in the overall the first Junior was Nicolas Pellegrinelli (KTM): Pellegrinelli won the Junior E1 with the smaller displacement engines. Second in this class