Road Racing

The third round of the Superstock 600cc. European Championship was held today in Monza (Italy) after it was postponed after a lightning storm in very close proximity to the circuit made it unsafe to continue as planned on Saturday. This round was run under very difficult weather situation, the Start was deleted due to the strong rain. The race was characterised by 4 minor crashes. The race was won by Italian Riccardo Russo (Yamaha), followed by Belgian Gauthier Duwelz (Yamaha) and Swiss Bastien Chesaux (Honda). The provisional rankings see Riccardo Russo in leading position with 61 points. Due to weather conditions the round of the Road Race European KTM Junior Cup class was cancelled. Next round for both classes is scheduled on the 9th of June in Misano (Italy). (UEM Press Release 28/2012)

The first Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held yesterday in the Hungarian track of Debrecen. The winner was Ukrainian Andrey Karpov, followed by Hungarian Jozsef Tabaka and Danish Kenni Larsen. The next Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship will be held on the 12th of May in Rivne (Ukraine). (UEM Press Release 27/2012)

The 1st round of the new Road Race European KTM Junior Cup class, was run today at the World Championship track of Assen (The Netherlands). The race was extremely exciting with the first tree riders PolishAdrian Pasek (KTM), Dutch Rob Hartog (KTM), and Polish Artur Wielebski (KTM) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish, changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory by Adrian Pasek and second Hartog. Next round is scheduled on the 6th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 22/2012)

The second round of the Superstock 600cc. European Championship was held today in Assen (The Netherlands) Again it was a very fantastic and exciting race. With all standard bikes in this class, there is no speed difference and riders must show a good riders technique. The first four riders Michael Van der Mark (Honda), Nacho Calero Perez (Yamaha), Gauthier Duwels (Yamaha) and Stephane. Egea (Yamaha) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish. Changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory of Van der Mark. Also after this group, another group of four riders competed together. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Michael Van der Mark with 41 points. Next round is scheduled on the 5th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 18/2012)

The first round of a new UEM competition, called the “European Hill Climb Road Racing”, was held this weekend in the beautiful area of Landshaag, Austria. In total 218 riders were present to race up to the top of the hill for over 3260 meters. The race track has an altitude difference of 981 meter. The track has 21 corners of which 9 to the right and 12 to the left. The weather during the free- and the qualifying practices on Saturday were good and dry, but on Sunday during the qualifying practices there was some light rain. During the two heats there was good weather. The competition takes place in the following classes: 125/Moto3, 250GP Open, Superstock 600, Supersport, Naked 650, Superstock 1000, Superbike, Supermoto and Sidecars. All riders starts with an interval of 20 seconds and try to make the fastest time. The absolute fastest time was run

The first event for the UEM Superstock 600 European Championship was held on the 31st of March 2012 at the historic track in Imola (Italy). It was a very well organized event held together with the World Superbike Championship. At this opening round participated 38 riders from 15 countries. Riccardo Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha) won the event by a large margin of 2.534 seconds after 11 laps of front running action. The series regular was unchallenged at the end, with Nacho Calero Perez (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) second. During the race there was a big fight for the 3rd position, which was decided in the very last corner when Rider No. 70 Vitali crashed, allowing the Dutch rider Van der Mark to finish on the podium. (UEM Press Release 07/2012)

UEM will be the sanctioning body of this season of the TTXGP Euro Championship. The 2012 TTXGP Euro will consist of a total of 3 races across Sweden, Britain and the Netherlands. An exciting season is ahead with new racers and promises of technology improvements Round 1: Falkenberg (Sweden) May 19th - May 20th The 2012 TTXGP Euro Championship opening round will take place at the fastest race circuit in Scandinavian racing, Falkenberg is like a high-speed oval with two fast corners, and a slow corner with a chicane and should provide exciting racing for the TTXGP teams this May. 'A fantastic opportunity to show that motorsport isn't always about noise - it can be exciting and innovating without the problems normally associated with our sport" said Sven Göte Svensson at the Falkenberg Motortrack. Scandinavia is a big potential market for zero carbon technologies and we are excited to be

The UEM European Superstock 600 Championship will start this weekend in Imola (Italy) during the Superbike World Championship. Superstock 600 has a similar flavour to its bigger 1000cc brother, but this time it is open to under 22 year-olds on mid-sized machines (600cc for fours, 750cc for triples) with virtually no modifications allowed from their equivalent road bikes. The series, which has fast machines but with a similar performance and one-make tyres, has been designed to offer a low-cost entry formula for youngsters and it always guarantees spectacular racing. Last year the title went to Jed Metcher, 21 years of age from Australia, who like Giugliano, has now moved up a category into the Yamaha RivaMoto Supersport team. The first round will see a grid bursting at the seams, with 39 riders entered: Italians make up the lion’s share with 14, but there are also 12 wild-cards. Men to watch

The World Moto 3 Championship tests were completed yesterday in Jerez (Spain). The event witnessed the interesting performance of three riders that reached the first three position of the podium in the 2011 European Championship. Among a total of 31 riders, Renato Fenati (FMI ITALIA TEAM), Niccolò Antonelli (HONDA GRESINI TEAM) e Alex Rins (ESTRELLA GALICIA) reached respectively the 3rd, the 6th and the 9th position. Therefore, the European Championships confirm again their role of a breeding ground for young riders and the first step to obtain positive results in World Championship events.

The SVEMO (Swedish Motorcycling Federation) organises a Road Racing Seminar, which will take place in Gothenburg (Sweden) from 31st of March to 1st of April 2012. The seminar will be divided in two different parts: one for getting a UEM official licence as Clerk of the Course and Sporting Steward (on the 31st of March) and the other as Technical Steward (on the 1st of April). The participants who will pass successfully the exam will get a UEM official’s licence, valid for three years. The cost of licence is Euro 65 (for Clerk of the Course and/or Sporting Steward) and Euro 65 (for Technical Steward). The licence cost is not included in the entry fee. The cost of licence(s) will be invoiced to the National Federation of the participant and after having received the licence(s) the participant will refund his own FMN. Please download here the following docs: Seminar Announcement