Road Racing

In the beautiful surroundings of Spoleto (Italy) the second round of European Hill Climb Championship was held ahead of 600 spectators. The whole event was in a very friendly "Italian lifestyle" atmosphere, together with the FMI National Championship. The riders taking part to the European series were 23. The free practices were held on Friday without any serious problems as well as the official practices and qualications on Saturday and today. The races took place in two heats for all riders under good weather conditions for the first race while it was wet for the second race. The winners of the day in the European Championship Classes are: Class 250 GP - Guido Testoni (FMI); Class Supersport 600: Davide Lignite (FMI); Class Superbike 1200: Jean Luc David (FFM); Class Supermoto: Philippe Bongard (FMS). The next round of the Championship will be held in Julbach - Austria in the weekend of

Also on Sunday the Polish track welcomed the riders with sunny weather and 28 degrees. From the beginning to the end three riders battled for the victory. The first two ended the race with a difference of only 0,003 sec at the finish line, with Simon Lukas from Czech Republic (photo1) winning ahead of Taric van der Merwe from South Africa (photo2). Third position for Lennart Ulbl from Austria. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/546  

Today the qualifying practice and Race 1 of European Supersport Cup 300 were held at Poznan, in Poland, in the context of the second event of the Alpe Adria International Championship at TOR Poznan. On Friday the two free practices for European Supersport 300 Cup were held under good weather conditions. Today the qualifying practice ended up with the pole of Balint Gyor from Hungary. Second place for Taric Van Der Merwe from South Africa and Simon Lukas. The race ended after a very close struggle between Van Der Merwe and Lukas, who passed below the checkered flag with a gap of 0,3 seconds after 11 laps. Third place for Lennart Ulbel. Race 2 tomorrow can be followed live on the website www.lutecracing.com, where live timing is also available.  

The first round of Supermono European Cup was held at Brno, in Czech Republic. Thankfully after the promoter of the series quit last year ESA took the organisation of the series for 2018. It was their first ever event beside a club event at Brno Circuit. The organiser made its best job, with 18 entries and 16 riders on the grid. Hopefully the number of the riders will increase because the category is very exciting. Here were some present very special "home-made" bikes together with the Krämer Motorcycles based on KTM engine or the factory KTM bikes. The pole position was taken by Mr. Thomas Mair from Austria during the Qualifying Practice on Saturday. In race1 held on Saturday the winner was Jerry Van den Bunt (KMNV) ahead of Josef Frauenschuh (AMF) and of Jürgen Pirstner (AMF). On Sunday 2 more races were held. In the first one Jerry Van

The city of Rivne, in Ukraine, hosted the first Semi-Final of U21 European Individual Championship. Over 6000 spectators were present during the meeting. The winner was Igor Kopec-Sobczynski from Poland ahead of Jan Kvech from Czech Republic and Wiktor Lampart from Poland. Next qualifiers were Patrik Wojdylo from Poland in 4th position and Oleg Michajlovs from Latvia. As a reserve, Nick Skorja from Slovenia. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/541  

Matteo Ferrari (Barni Racing Team) took the first win of his short career in the European Superstock 1000 Championship, after a blistering run which saw him start from the third row, before methodically picking off every single one of his rivals, and resisting a late revival from Roberto Tamburini (Berclaz Racing Team SA). Running only his fifth STK1000 race, his third at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola, Ferrari passed Maximilian Scheib (Aprilia Racing Team) at the end of lap 9, and kept his distances from then on. It could have been close if the race had been any longer, however, with Tamburini mounting an incredible comeback from thirteenth in the second half of the race. Championship leader Markus Reiterberger (Alpha Racing-Van Zon-BMW) quickly made his way up to fifth in the first lap, but then struggled to find the same pace he had at Aragon and

The Semi-Final 1 of the Individual Grasstrack European Championship was held at Wittstock, in Germany, in front of around 1500 spectators. It was a spectacular meeting with lot of overtakes and in really nice, sunny weather. Considering that the meeting was taken over on short notice, the organisation was smooth and well prepared and the event had a duration of 2 h 12 min. The track was well prepared and all the riders had a good chance to qualify for the final round in Tayac (France) – which was possible only for the first 9 riders. In most of the races there was tight fight and the final positions were not defined until the chequered flag. The winner was Josef Franc from Czech Republic ahead of Mathieu Tressarrieu, and Dimitri Berge, both from France. Behind them, the 4th place went to Romano Hummel ahead of Max Dilger, 6th position for

Maximilian Scheib (Aprilia Racing Team) survived the rain and the Italian cavalry to grab the first pole position of his career in the European Superstock 1000 Championship.  Scheib defied the wet conditions to record the fastest lap of the day, under constant pressure from Alessandro Delbianco (Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team) and Luca Salvadori (BMW Berclaz Racing Team SA), second and third respectively. With the first raindrops falling throughout the WorldSSP Superpole, by the time the STK1000 riders were ready they faced a drenched track, much different from the perfect conditions on Friday. Teams struggled to find the correct set-up, with up to 14 seconds between the times set by the first and last riders. Most of those who did find their feet at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola were the local riders, with four Italian riders in the top 5 and six in the top 8.

The venue for the 2018 European Championship Mini Bike Road Racing has been decided - it is the Autodromo di Franciacorta in Castrezzato, East of Milan, in Northern Italy. The event will take place with a duration of three days from 3rd to 5th August 2018 and will cover Mini Moto with 5 classes, Mini GP with 1 class and Honda NSF100 as well as the Ohvale 110, 160 and 190, as announced in press release 319/2017. Details about entry forms, and supplementary rules will follow shortly. The Franciacorta venue is of very high standard. The complete area hosts a 2.591 m race track reserved for Mini GP – Ohvale – Honda NSF100 and a Mini Bike 850m racing circuit. The compound also has an indoor kart track for collateral events and an off-road track. Access to the track from the airport in Milano is easy with a travelling time

The first round of European 300 Supersport Cup was held from this weekend at Slovakiaring and 15 riders from three different CONUS took part at this event. The track conditions were perfect and the first round with a new promotor, LUTEC Racing, was a big success and a step forward for all, riders, teams and spectators. The races had live coverage on the website www.lutecracing.com. In qualifying, the fastest rider was Samuel Aaron Lochoff of  Samurai-Yart Racing team - the same team which partecipates to World Supersport 300, too. Second best time for his team-mate Thomas Alonso, from Portugal, ahead of Taric Van der Merwe, from South Africa, same as the poleman.   The first race on Saturday was exciting, with riders swapping positions up to the finish line. The winner of race 1 was Samuel Aaron Lochoff from South Africa, ahead of Thomas Alonso from Portugal and Taric Van