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Issue #03 of the FIM Europe Magazine is now online! The FIM Europe is proud to announce that the FIM Europe Magazine issue #03 2020 is now online! After a tough period of emergency due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the FIM Europe is back to the action with its events. Both road and off-road competitions finally took off with new and rich calendars. We are close to the end of this season but it’s only the beginning for riders and teams, with a look already to the 2021 season. Click here to read the brand-new issue of FIM Europe Magazine or download it for free. Enjoy the reading!

European Races of the weekend 03-04/10/2020

EMX 250 European Championship: perfect day for Guadagnini to win the Overall in EMX250 at the round of Città di Mantova The sixth round of the EMX250 Championship has concluded yesterday in Mantova, for the round of Città di Mantova, that saw Husqvarna Junior Racing Maddii’s Mattia Guadagnini make the perfect comeback to take the overall win on home soil. In the opening race of the day, it was Thibault Benistant of Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing, Tom Guyon from Team VRT Nordpesca Holland and Guadagnini who got a good start and were running out in front. Guadagnini wasted no time to past Guyon and get himself into second, before passing Benistant for the lead on the opening lap. He then went on to set the fastest lap time of the race putting himself 1.6 seconds ahead of the championship leader. Further down the field, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay

Hill Climb European Championship: double round in Italy Photo credit Daniel Sievers On 26th September the European U19 Pairs Speedway Cup raced its only event in Gustrow, Germany. Due to the heavy rain and bad weather conditions the official practice were cancelled and postponed to Saturday morning. With a total of 23 points the Czech Republic won the race with riders Jan Kvech and Petr Chlupac. Second position for Latvia with Ernests Matjusonoks and Ricards Ansviesulis. Third step of the podium with 19 points, just one from the second position, for the Polish team (Jakub Miskowiak and Mateusz Cierniak).

Hill Climb European Championship: double round in Italy Double round for the Hill Climb European Championship in Italy, with the races in Pieve S. Stefano-Passo allo Spino. Although the Covid-19 situation, a large number of participants took part to the events, with 21 riders participating at the series. The races were gratefully organised by Pro-Spino Team in a familiar mood: if on Saturday the weather was good, on Sunday the rain had a key role in the fights. Race 1 classification   250 Open/GP Guido Testoni Bernard De Pierreux Marco Vigilucci   600 SS Blanc Amalric Salvatore Sallustro Uwe Rademaker   Supermoto Alexander Ponzellini Steven Bellavoine Stefano Leone   SBK 1000 Stefano Bonetti Blanc Amalric Uwe Rademaker Race 2 classification   250 Open/GP Guido Testoni Bernard De Pierreux Rolf Haller   600 SS Daniele Stolli Uwe Rademaker Maurizio Bottalico   Supermoto Steven Bellavoine Alexander Ponzellini Stefano Leone   SBK 1000

Northern Talent Cup: Görbe does the double ahead of a Hosciuc vs Heinrich photo finish at Hockenheim Race 1 Soma Görbe (HRE Team) took his second Northern Talent Cup victory of 2020 in Race 1 of Round 3 at Hockenheim, coming out on top in a wet weather duel against Jakub Gurecky (JRT of Automotodrom Brno). The race was delayed and then shortened to an eight-lap dash, with the two at the front escaping into the distance as points leader Freddie Heinrich (PrüstelGP Junior Team) won the battle for third to keep his perfect podium record intact.
Off the line it was Gurecky who took the holeshot ahead of Görbe, with Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) slotting into third. It was very much a case of carefully does it in the early stages as the riders tested out the conditions, but even by the end of Lap 1 there were

Supermoto S2 European Championship: Diego Monticelli and Mickael Amodeo are the 2020 Champions Final round for the Supermoto European Championship and S Open Cup in Busca, Italy. After two rounds the titles were still open in each class and the riders were more than ready for last Saturday at the International Circuit of Busca in the region of Piemonte. S2/S Open Race 1 At the start of the first race of the combined S2 class and S Open Cup it was Gazza Racing rider Kevin Negri who took the holeshot in front of TM Factory Racing rider Diego Monticelli, Mario Schafler, L30 Honda rider Loucas Capone and Yannik Bartschi who had a good start from the back of the field. SMX rider Mickael Amodeo had a good start as well, but at the end of the first lap the French leader in S Open Cup crashed and had to restart

EMX 250 European Championship: Thibault Benistat on top at the round of Lombardia The EMX250 round in Mantova saw Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing’s Thibault Benistant have a successful end as he took a fourth consecutive overall victory in the category. As the gate dropped for the opening EMX250 race, it was Meico Vettik who got off to a flying start and was the early race leader. He was followed by Emilio Scuteri of Celestini Racing and Tom Guyon of Team VRT Nordpesca Holland. Bastian Boegh-Damm of W-Z Racing didn’t have such a good start to the race as he crashed out and seemed to be in discomfort as he hopped towards his bike. He did re-join for a couple of laps though eventually retired from the race. Meanwhile Husqvarna Junior Racing Maddii’s Mattia Guadagnini and Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing rider Thibault Benistant didn’t get off to the best start in the race, as both were down the field, with Guadagnini 10th and Benistant 14th. Another rider struggling in the beginning of

European Races of the weekend 26-27/09/2020

EMX Quad European Championship: the Polish Roman Gwiazda is the new champion EMX Quad European Championship | Photo @Drazen Palaic The track in Mladina, Croatia, hosted the only seasonal race of the EMX Quad European Championship as the Covid-19 emergency completely change the calendar. Even if the travelling restrictions did not allow a normal competition, riders from 4 different countries (Poland, Czechia, Bulgaria and Croatia) battled it out for the European title. The first race saw the Polish star Roman Gwiazda lead from start to finish, winning ahead of Kacper Mieszkowski (Poland) and Zdenek Polaček (Czech). The second race was quite similar: once again Gwiazda took the lead from the start, while in the battle for the second position Polaček had the better on Kacper Mieszkowski. EMX Quad European Championship | Photo @Drazen Palaic