European races of the weekend 06-07/08/2022
FIM Europe News
Vintage Road Racing European Championship: round 2 at Donington Park The Vintage Road Racing European Championship has stopped at Donington Park, Great Britain, for the second round of the season. A few drops of rain did not slow up the riders during qualifying on first day and in particular the Blumaq AJR Classic Team riders Sergio Fuertes and Javier Triguero soon settled into the fast-flowing track and qualified on the front row on their first visit to the circuit. Fuertes retired in the first race whilst leading, but made up for the disappointment by winning the second race by over ten seconds from his team-mate. With two solid second places Triguero took forty points and close within one point of second place man in the Championship, Neil Watson. The UK riders ruled the Class 2 (200cc) filling five of the top six places. Tanja Hentschel stopped a UK clean sweep
Women's European SS 300 Cup: round 7 at Misano World Circuit The fabulous Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Italy, hosted the 7th round of the successful Women's European SS 300 Cup. Despite rain on Thursday night, which spoiled some of the qualification for the fastest of the Italian Road Racing Championship, the Women’s Cup could run both qualification and race under perfect conditions. Pole position was taken by Sara Sanchez in the time 1’52.517, with Roberta Ponziani taking second and Josephine Bruno rounding up the first row. Sara Sanchez ran home a safe victory in 18’55.024. Ponziani came second with only 43 thousand of a second separating her from number three Josephine Bruno. This result still leaves the championship wide open since Neila came in fourth bringing her to a total so far of 154 points. Sanchez scored both 25 points for the victory and 1 point each for the fastest qualifying lap and
European U19 Individual Speedway Championship: QR1 QR1 for the European U19 Individual Speedway Championship in Slovakia, in the town of Zarnovica, situated in the Hron river valley, in the west part of the country. The race day started with a heavy rain and even if in the afternoon it stopped, the parade and 1st heat needed to be postponed. Thanks to the excellent job of club members all the heats were completed with no other setbacks. At the end of a thrilling challenge with many overtakes, after 20 heats Jakub Krawcz took the win but one additional heat had to be run for the 2nd place. In heat 21 Polish rider Damian Ratajczak got the silver medal ahead of Erik Bachhuber. Top three 1. Jakub Krawczyk, POL 2. Damian Ratajczak, POL 3. Erik Bachhuber, GER Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC official Page
Yamaha R3 bLU cRU Eropean Cup: Manso and Bergamini share Most spoils, Valentim closes on Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup title Brazil’s Gustavo Manso took a maiden Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup victory in the opening race at Most, with Italy’s Devis Bergamini winning Race 2 to keep his slim title hopes alive. Standings leader Enzo Valentim moved one step closer to the title, taking a pair of podium finishes to move 41 points clear of nearest rival Bergamini with one round to go. Having taken his third consecutive pole position on Friday, Andrea Pizzoli immediately found himself losing places, as those behind slipstreamed through on the run into Turn 1. Valentim assumed the lead early on, before Bergamini fired through. The Italian had to serve a ride through penalty for dangerous riding at the end of the Donington race, dropping him to the back of the field. Meanwhile, Pizzoli,
Northern Talent Cup: Moor and Farkas unbeatable at Most The Northern Talent Cup saddled up at Most together with the WorldSBK. Race 1 Rossi Moor (Fairium Next Generation Riders) bounced back from his Assen crash with a last-lap victory at the Autodrom Most after a thrilling opening race in the Northern Talent Cup, with Moor utilising the slipstream to claim victory in the Czech Republic and extend his title lead ahead of Kevin Farkas (Agria Racing Team), with the gap now at 36 points, although Farkas was able to limit the damage with second place. Valentino Herrlich (Busch Und Wagner Racing Team) joined Moor and Farkas on the rostrum in third place.
The race was shortened to nine laps following a red flag following a Turn 7 crash for Matteo Masili (Fairium Next Generation Riders Team). At the subsequent restart, Moor fought his way up from sixth place to move into
PMT Tyres and FIM Europe partner up for the next 3 years The FIM Europe is delight to announce the partnership with PMT Tyres for the next 3 seasons up to 2024. The agreement ensures to the Italian tyres company a playing and leading role in the Mini Road Racing European Championship, in different classes with tyres of 6,5-10-12 inches. The whole product line also includes 17 inches. This season the Mini Road Racing European Championship will be held at the historical TT Assen, in the Netherlands, on 5-6-7 August. Headquartered in Aprilia, near Latina, the Italian Company was founded in 1990 from the passion of driving radio-controlled model cars and today is recognized as a leader in the design and production of competition tyres, thanks to the successes achieved in every category. It all began in the 1980s when Alessandro Pauselli, followed by his father Umbro, began to try
Official FIM Europe Commissions and Medical Panel's Members 2022/2026 mandate Following to the 2022 FIM Europe Congress in Bucharest, the FIM Europe has the pleasure to share the official lists of the Sporting and Beyond Sporting Commissions’ members and Medical Panel's members for 2022/2026 mandate. Michael Sikora, FIM Europe President “In occasion of the first meeting of the new Management Council, held in Bucharest at end of the 2022 FIM Europe Congress, many topics were faced. One was the appointments of the new Sporting and Beyond Sporting Commissions and Medical Panel's members. We all agree with the final choices and I’m sure everybody will do their best in harmonious cooperation. I would like to express my congratulation to all Members of the FIM Europe Family”. Click here for the updated members' list of the Sporting Commissions Click here for the updated members' list of the Beyond Sport Commissions Click here
European Individual Grass Track: SF2 Semi Final 2 of the European Individual Grass Track in Werlte, a town in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The race took place in good weather conditions on a well-prepared track thank to the excellent job of the Organization. In front of a warm home-crew of 5 thousand spectators, all the riders gave their best showing great skills. The Dutch Romano Hummel ruled the event, ahead of the German Kart and Briton Cooper. Top three: Romano Hummel, NED Stephan Katt, GER Paul Cooper, GBR Visit the Track Racing page Visit the SEC official Page
