FIM Europe News

Last Saturday, 5th of December, the fourth tree planting action took place in Balen (Belgium). Since 2012, on the initiative of former motocross world champions, Eric Geboers, Joel Smets and Stefan Everts, a tree planting action has been organized with the support of the FMB and the motocross community in Flanders resulting in the fourth motocross CO2 forest. Read the whole news at the following link:  http://www.fim-europe.com/index.php/press/news-from-fmns  

All the award winners of the 2015 Championships of the Balkan Motorcycle Union. First row, from left: Dr. Asen Markov, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Rumen Petkov, Chairman of the Organizing Committee Grand Prix Bulgaria, Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President The affiliated Federations of the  Balkan Motorcycle Union (BMU) gathered for the traditional Annual Meeting, the Champions Gala as well as the prize giving of the European SuperMoto Champions SM Junior and S3 at the Park Hotel Moskva in Sofia, Bulgaria. BMU President Bogdan Nikolov welcomed the Balkan Federations to the meeting, where important topics have been discussed: reports of the various Championships, approval of the results, of the 2016 Calendar as well as the regulations for Motocross, Road Racing, SuperMoto, Cross Country, Enduro and MotoClassic. FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb was also present and gave a general overview about the activities of FIM Europe: "The Balkan

Mike Hartmann is the winner of the SuperEnduro European Championship. Photo by Robert Pairan The German rider Mike Hartmann conquered the first title in the SuperEnduro-European Championship at the indoor-event in Lodz (Poland).The GasGas-rider won both heats in front of the Austrian Lars Enöckl on KTM.Third in the championship finished  the local rider Jakub Lukaszczyk with Sherco.The event was held together with the first round of the World SuperEnduro Championship.“The long journey was worth it and the luck was on our side. Thanks to Gas Gas Germany especially to Marc Haftka and my mechanic Ingo”, said the new European Champion Mike Hartmann.Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/152 The podium - Photo by Robert Pairan

FIM Europe President, Dr Wolfgang Srb, with CEO Stefan Pierer and Head of Motorsport Pit Beirer. Upon invitation from KTM, FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb met on Thursday with the KTM Bosses (CEO Stefan Pierer and Head of Motorsport Pit Beirer) at the headquarters in Mattighofen, Austria. The 2015 season has been evaluated, as well as the plans for 2016 have been discussed. KTM is a major player in the off-road market and the riders have succeeded in many World and European Championships. There are also important activities in Road Racing in the Moto3 class. The MotoGP project will start as of 2017.“The direct contact with the manufacturers is important, as they know best the situation in the markets. Bikes develop year by year and electronics play already a big role; however, we share the same vision that motorsport has to be affordable, especially for young riders”, stated Dr. Srb after the

The traditional group picture at the end of the press conference Yesterday the traditional FFM Press Conference and prize-giving was held. The President Jacques Bolle illustrated the tendency for 2016, so as the FFM decisions and actions for defending and promoting motorcycling. It was also the occasion to celebrate the French riders for their results in the European and World Championships. In particular, in Enduro, Julien Jagu is the Vice-Champion in Enduro Senior 1, David Abgrall won the title of European  Champion in Junior E1, Jérémy Carpentier managed to conquer the title in Junior E2/E3, while Audrey Rossat is the European Vice-Champion. The French rider Johann Zarco won the Moto2 World Championship and the French team won also the Motocross of Nations, in front of a record crowd, with Gautier Paulin, Romain Febvre and Marvin Musquin, and the Supermoto of Nations, with Thomas Chareyre, Sylvain Bidart and Adrien Chareyre.Furthermore, the French rider Maxime Renaux

The FIM CEV Repsol Calendar has been issued,which will host the European Moto2 and Superbike Championships.

The 2015 FIM Gala, held on 22nd November in Jerez de la Frontera (SPA) concluded the four-day meeting of the FIM who have seen the performance of the FIM Women +  Sustainability Conference on 19th and 20th and the General Assembly on Saturday 21st. Among the significant results for the FIM Europe we must note the election of the President of the FMB Mr Jos Driessen as FIM Board Member FMB (in the photo with the FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb) and the new affiliation to the FIM, and of consequence to the FIM Europe, of the Motorcycling Federation of Georgia - GNMF. The number of Members Federations of the FIM grows up to 113 and of those Members of the FIM Europe to 48. The FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb stated: "All the various meetings - Board of Directors, Conference, General Assembly, Commission Directors and the Gala

From the left, E. Alexandru, A. Karlnins, Trainer Jan Postema, A. Enceanu, M. Caprani, A. Justs, T. Travesini, T. Konttinen, E. Kjarsgaard Larsen, Trainer Martin Van Genderen The first MX trainers meeting in Riga (Latvia), for the Northern region of Europe, was a great success. Eleven trainers out of 6 different Countries attended this meeting just before last weekend. The meeting was based on the start up of a cooperation between local trainers in Europe and FIM Europe MXGP Academy. This to start with the certification of MX riders in the local Countries.Academy trainers Jan Postema and Martin van Genderen were there, to start up this cooperation and education programme “Train the trainer” with the trainers. The target is to roll out the certification programme of the FIM Europe MXGP Academy, with the local trainers in several Countries in 2016. After this meeting, trainers who want to attempt, can start up the

The start of Eurosupercross - Photo by Antonio Cabrini The Supercross show was held in EICMA MotoLive, in Milan (Italy), with the dispute for the European title. Riders made their best, with the assignment of the fantastic public that supported them since the morning.   Nick Kouwemberg, European Champion in the  SXLites class, photo by Davide Messora In the SXLites class, Nick Kouwemberg (Honda J-Tech) is the absolute European Champion: he dominates the race after passing his team mate Filippo Zonta, who takes the HoleShot Tissot. Behind him it’s a bagarre: Francesco Muratori (Suzuki) with a block-pass overtakes Zonta, who crashes. The J-Tech rider jumps on his bike again and starts to recover positions until the second place, through breathless passes, especially on Clochet (Husqvarna) and then Muratori himself on the final jump. Thomas Ramette, European Champion in the Supercross Class - Photo by Davide Messora The Supercross class Final#1, the main class

FIM Europe, FIM Women in Motorcycling commission and Motocross promoter Youthstream have created Motocross European Cup for women. The first FIM-Europe Women's MX Cup will be held at Cieszyn in Poland on 21-22 May 2016 in conjunction with a round of the EMX65/85 North East Europe zone. The event is open to women of a minimum age of 15 years old riding MX2 specification motorcycles (250cc 4-strokes or 125cc 2-strokes). The top four women in the FIM World Championship for 2015 and 2014 are excluded from entering but the event is open to any rider from any Continental Union, not just Europe. The main idea behind creation of the new cup is to ensure that the success of the Women´s Motocross World Championship will continue into the future and that the number and level of the riders will stay at high level when women are able to get international racing