Road Racing

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

The 2013 Final in Speedway U21 was held on 24th August in Güstrow, Germany. More than 3000 spectators have seen a very well organized meeting in the beautiful stadium of Güstrow. The club had his 50. anniversary this year and the European Final was the sportive highlight in this important year. Victory could only be taken after 20 exciting heats and an additional run-off by the Danish rider Mikkel Michelsen. Second place was taken by the favorite of the meeting, Andrzej Lebedevs from Latvia. For the first time in history of French track racing, David Bellego from France was on the podium of a Speedway European Championship and the Jury President of this Final, Christian Bouin, was very pleased about. The proud winners of this meeting received their medals from the FIM Europe and the whole meeting was a perfect advertisement for European speedway sport.   (FIM Europe Press Release

The semifinal of the Sidecar European Championship was held yesterday in the German track of Bad Hersfeld in Germany. The winning pair was British: Simon Beard/Anthony Goodwin, followed by two German teams (Markus Venus/Markus Heiß and Markus Brandhofer/Tim Scheunemann). The final is scheduled on the 31st of August in Loppersum (The Netherlands).   (FIM Europe Press Release 130/2013)

The FIM Europe 80cc Youth Speedway European Championship was held this weekend in Elgane (Norway). After the two Semi-Finals, which saw the victory of Danish Patrick Hansen (followed by Danish Mad Hansen and Norwegian Lasse Fredriksen) in the first and Danish Fredrik Jakobsen )followed by Danish Jonas Jeppsen and Danish Jason Jorgensen) in the second, was held the final round that saw again the dominance of Danish riders with the victory of Jason Jorgensen, followed by Fredrik Jakobsen and Sam Jensen.   (FIM Europe Press Release 120/2013)  

The Speedway European Championship - SEC Final 2 was organized in Togliatti, Russia in the beautiful "Anatoly Stepanov Stadion" of Mega Lada club. The meeting was perfectly organized and surrounded by sunny weather as well as ideal track conditions. The stadion was completely "sold out" and more than 15.000 spectateurs have been part of an unforgettable speedway night. After 22 exciting and dramatic heats, victory was taken by the local hero Emil Sayfutdinov and runner up was Nicki Pedersen, Denmark. On the third place was Grigory Laguta, Russia who had a very strong meeting as well. The whole event was broadcasted live in Eurosport all over the world and was a massive advertising for the speedway sport. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Sayfutdinov with 27 points, closely followed by Pedersen with 24 points. The next round will be the third final of the Individual Speedway European Championship and

The sixth round of the Superstock 600cc and the 5th round of the Junior Cup were held this weekend in Silverstone (Great Britain). A shortened Superstock 600 Race 1 at Silverstone was won by Alessandro Nocco (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki) as the Italian rider leading when the red flag came out on lap number seven, after the collision that involved Swiss Bastien Chesaux (EAB Ten Kate Junior Honda) and Gauthier Duwelz (MTM-MVR Racing Yamaha), causing the Belgian to crash on the main straight. As the final results were based on the positioning at the end of lap six, Christian Gamarino (Team Goeleven Kawasaki) scored an incredible podium finish - and best career result so far - ahead of Chesaux and Franco Morbidelli (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki). Christian Gamarino (Team Goeleven Kawasaki) achieved a memorable first ever victory today in the second STK600 race at Silverstone, that was dedicated

The Mini Road Racing European Championship started on Friday the 02nd of August on the AMZS Center Varne Vozne in Vransko (Slovenia) with the free practice and the first qualifying and yesterday with the second qualifying and race one and race two. The final race was held today. All the event was held in extremely hot weather conditions, sunny 39° and no wind. The overall winners in the different categories are the following: Junior A: Elia Bartolini (ITA, SG) Junior B: Raffaele Fusco (ITA, SG) Senior Open 40: Chiara Cavozza (ITA, Blata) Senior Open 50: Michael Carbonere (ITA, DM) Honda 100: Filip Salac (CZE, RFME) Mini GP 50: Nicholas Spinelli (ITA, RMU)   (FIM Europe Press Release 112/2013)  

The first final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held yesterday in the Polish track of Gdansk. The winner of the first round was Russian Emil Sayfutdinov, second position to Danish Nicki Pedersen and third British Tai Woffinden. The next round will be the second final of the Individual Speedway European Championship and it will be held in Togliatti (Russia). (FIM Europe Press Release 107/2013)  

The fourth and last round of the Road Racing Hill Climbing European Championship was held this weekend in Villers sous Chalamont (France). The winners of the different categories were the following: Moto3/125GP: Giovanni Ronzoni (ITA, Honda) 250cc Open: Jean Paul Clement (FRA, Yamaha) Sidecar: Gassmann/Chabloz (FRA, Suzuki) Superbike: Jean Noel Salvi (FRA, Honda) Supermoto Open: Jürgen SCHÖNLEITNER (AUT, Husqvarna) Supersport: Jean Noel Salvi (FRA, Honda) Superstock 600: Anthony Oren (FRA, Yamaha) Superstock 1000: Christophe Balmer (SUI, BMW) (FIM Europe Press Release 103/2013)