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Vintage Road Racing European Championship: Grobnik hosted the single event of the season The Circuit of Grobnik, Croatia, hosted the only race of the Vintage Road Racing European Championship, in a season totally modified by the Coronavirus outbreak. The winners are: • Class 2: Tanja Henchel, Aermachi 250, Germany • Class 6: Bert Heider, Moto Guzzi 750, Germany • Class 7a: Juergen Riedel, Honda, Germany • Class 7b: Peter Howrath, Yamaha TZ, Great Britain

Mini Road Racing European Championship: thrilling weekend at Adria Raceway Last weekend, Adria International Raceway, Italy, hosted the Mini Moto Road Racing European Championship. The race, originally scheduled at Assen, in The Netherlands, on August 2nd has been postponed in September due to emergency situation of the Coronavirus outbreak, thanks to the big efforts of the FMI (the Italian Motorcycling Federation) and Moto Club CMV, which have welcomed this event with enthusiastic although the difficulties of the current situation. Young riders from 11 different European countries set the fight in nine different classes in a friendly atmosphere. The winners are:  • MiniMoto Junior A, Tommaso Landoni, FMI • MiniMoto Junior B, Edoardo Savino, FMI • MiniMoto Junior C, Gabriel Tesini, FMI (from San Marino) • MiniMoto Open 50, Mattia Virone, FMI • NSF 100, Jaiden Blokzijl, KNMV • Ohvale 110, Cristian Borrelli, FMI • Ohvale 160, Matteo Masili, FMI •

Bajas European Championship: Tomiczek, Engeitado and Dias win the Baja TT do Pinhal Vila Velha de Rodão, in Portugal, hosted the opening round of the Bajas European Championship. Baja TT do Pinhal was characterized by 300 km of very technical special tests on a very well-marked route, with an exemplary organization by Escuderia Castelo Branco. In the bikes category the winner was the young Polish Adam Tomiczek of the Orlen Team (Husqvarna). The Portuguese Micael Simão (KTM) finished second ahead of the European champion Tiago Santos (Yamaha). Jorge Brandão (KTM) and veteran Pedro Bianchi Prata (Honda) completed the top 5. In the Quads class the Portuguese Luís Engeitado won ahead the Spanish Toni Vingut and the Czech girl Olga Rouková, all with Yamaha. In the SSV class, with a strong presence of Portuguese drivers, the podium saw João Dias and Alexandre Pinto, both from Benimoto Racing, and the CanAm official

Supermoto S2 European Championship and S Open European Supermoto Cup: Diego Monticelli and Mickael Amodeo takes the vicotries in S2 and S Open After a thrilling opening round three weeks ago in Castelletto, the 2nd round of the S2 and Open European Championship took place at the International Circuit of Abruzzo in Ortona. The track in the region of Abruzzo near the Adriatic Sea has very fast corners, long straight and technical off-road which makes it a challenge for not only the riders, but also for the bikes and tyres. S2/S Open Race 1 First race of the S2/Open class started on Saturday. At the start it was TM Factory Racing rider Diego Monticelli who took the holeshot into the first corner of the track, followed by Mickael Amodeo and Axel Marie-Luce on his Kawasaki. In fourth position it was Jannik Hintz who was followed by Kevin Negri. In lap number

European Races of the weekend 19-20/09/2020

New date for the Bajas European Championship The first seasonal race of the Bajas European Championship, originally scheduled last weekend in Serta, Portugal, and cancelled due to the Covid-19 restrictions, will be officially recovered and raced this weekend (19th-20th September). This in accordance with the Portuguese Federation and local authorities, giving the opportunity to all the foreign riders to race the Baja do Pinal.

Supermoto European Championship: Pleven crowns the 2020 champions The final 2 rounds of the FIM Europe SuperMoto Championship for the SM Junior and S3, as well as the European SuperMoto Senior Cup, were held last weekend at the circuit of Dolna Mitropolia, in the city of Pleven, Bulgaria. These two rounds (from a total of 3) were of the highest importance for the riders, as in the beginning of the year, a special COVID rule was implemented in the regulations, allowing the riders to miss a whole round (due to the travel restrictions) and this would have not impacted they year’s standing. In other words, two worst results had to be subtracted for their total score, having in mind that nonparticipation is also counted as “worst” result. This time, Pleven welcomed the riders in a totally different condition as compared to the July event which was at rainy conditions –

Northern Talent Cup: round 2 in Lausitzring Second round for the Northern Talent Cup in Lausitzring, Germany, with one win for the Belgian Luciano Lorenz and for the Czech Jakub Gurecky. Race 1 Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) was the first to taste Lausitzring glory in Round 2 of the Northern Talent Cup, with the Belgian just pipping home hero and points leader Freddie Heinrich (PrüstelGP Junior Team) to the top step in Race 1 for his maiden win. JRT of Automotodrom Brno riders Jakub Gurecky and Jonas Kocourek duelled it out for third, with Gurecky coming out on top for a first NTC podium. It was Gurecky who took the holeshot from pole, with Soma Görbe (HRE Team) slotting into second ahead of Heinrich. The number 42 then struck for and briefly held the lead, but it didn't last long for the Hungarian before Gurecky hit back. It

EMX 125 and EMX 2T European Championship: Bonacorsi and Anderson make it three on the bounce in Faenza The round of Emilia Romagna concluded stages three and four of the EMX2t Presented by FMF Racing and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing series. Once again Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson and Andrea Bonacorsi of Fantic Racing repeated their success from the previous rounds, to both take their third consecutive overall victories.   The first race of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing saw Valerio Lata, the rider of Marchetti Racing Team KTM grab the holeshot. He was closely followed by Pietro Razzini and Constantin Piller from KTM Kosak Racing. It didn’t take long for Bonacorsi to get himself into the top three as Guillem Farres of RFME GasGas MX Junior Team was also making moves as he got into fourth and followed Bonacorsi. It was clear that Razzini was looking for a way to move into the lead as early as

European Races of the weekend 12-13/09/2020