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In the weekend from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June, the following European races will be held: 4-5 June - EMX 125 2 Stroke & EMX 250 in Saint Jean D'Ange­ly/France 4-5 June - EMX 65/85 South East Zone European Championship in Sevlievo/Bulgaria 4-5 June - Road Race Endurance Cup in Magny Cours/France    

Grigorij Laguta, one of the nominated riders for the Speedway Euro Championship The FIM Europe together with Speedway Euro Championship promoter One Sport, is pleased to announce the selection of the permanent wild card riders and nominated substitute riders for the 2016 Speedway Euro Championship, which will begin in Guestrow, Germany, on July 16th.   In addition to the top 5 riders from season 2015, who are automatically qualified, and to the 7 riders who qualified through the elimination rounds, the permanent wild cards are as follows: Grigorij Laguta (Russia), Andzejs Lebedevs (Latvia) and Vaclav Milik (Czech Republic). The field will therefore consist of 15 riders from 7 Countries: 4 from Denmark, 3 from Poland, 3 from Sweden, 2 from Russia, 1 from Czech Republic, 1 from Slovakia and 1 from Latvia. The full list of 15 permanent riders is as follows:Emil Sayfutdinov (Russia)Nicki Pedersen (Denmark) Antonio Lindbaeck (Sweden)Martin Vaculik

From the left Silvia Monatti - FIM Europe Financial and Accounting Department, Alessandro Sambuco - FIM Europe Secretary General, Jacques Bolle - FFM President, Sebastien Poirier - FFM Dircteur Général, Philippe Thiebaut - FFM Directeur Technique National FIM Europe is continuing its programme of meetings with the European Federations, with the aim of sharing the best practices for administration, and then to know each other better for growing together. This process of reciprocal knowledge is showing that we operate in a world extraordinarily rich in commitment, passion and creativity. In fact the meeting with FFM, having followed the one with SVEMO on the previous year, has highlighted a Federation really at the height of its history and projected towards the future.On May 31st, Alessandro Sambuco and Silvia Monatti have met, at the FFM headquarters in Paris, the President, the General Director as well as all the Staff of the French

The first European Drag Racing Championship and Cup race of the year started in Santa Pod, England this bank holiday weekend. The track was very well and professionally prepared by the Santa Pod Crew. The first round on Saturday showed us that this track was capable of some record breaking racing. During the second qualification round, Top Fuel Bike rider Iian King from Great Britain made a low pass at 5.8 sec. Also Super Street Bike rider Steve Venables, from Great Britain, too, broke the 7 seconds barrier with a stunning 6,9 seconds pass.  Qualification ended with Ian King  as top qualifier in Top Fuel Bike, Samu Kemppainen from Finland as top qualifier in Super Twin, Gert-Jan Laseur from The Netherlands as top qualifier in Pro Stock Bike and Steve Venables as top qualifier in the Super Street Bike Cup.The race day was Monday, and it started with small rain

In the weekend of 28-29 May the last event of North West European Motocross 65 and 85 cc Championship was held in Imatra (Finland), organised by Imatran Moottorikerho R.Y. Both racing days benefitted from light cloudy weather, which allowed 500 spectators to watch the event live in the track. After the technical control there were 22 riders in the EMX65 class and 23 riders in the EMX85 class. EMX65The first heat of this class was won by Czech rider Adam Maj, 4 seconds before Tomas Pikart (also from Czech Republic) and 6 seconds before Dutch rider Bradley Mesters. The second heat was dominated by the Danish rider Mads Fredsoe, 11 seconds before Maximillian Werner (Germany) and 23 seconds before Kasimir Hindersson (Finland). The overall standing for this event shows Maximillian Werner at the first place, followed by Adam Maj and Tomas Pikart. The final standings for the NW zone in

The third race of the 2016 WIL Sport European Junior Cup, powered by Honda, was won by Spain’s Mika Perez (Granshagen Racing Team), who crossed the line at the end of the 11-lap race at Donington Park with a 0.7s margin over his nearest rival, Dorian Laville (Team Laville Mi&Do) from France. Paolo Grassia (Chiodo Moto Racing) completed the podium in third by edging out teammate and fellow Italian Alfonso Coppola and South Africa’s Dorren Louriero (Family Fitness Racing). Assen race winner Hannes Soomer (Auto24Ring) was en route to a second consecutive victory but ran wide on lap nine; the young Estonian rider made an incredible save and avoided a high-speed crash against the tyre barriers at Coppice, before re-joining and finishing sixth. Harun Cabuk (KNN54-TMF), who came out on top in the opening encounter of the season at MotorLand Aragón, was on the unlucky end of a collision with

  It was like re-living the good old days at the grass-roots style track here in Spain as the two-strokes racing the European Championships EMX125 presented by FMF Racing and EMX300 presented by FMF Racing ripped up and down the rolling hills of Talavera de la Reina for the third rounds of their series’. In the big-bore two-stroke class, EMX300 presented by FMF Racing, it was GL12 Yamaha’s Brad Anderson who rode the wheels off of his grunty blue beast for his first race win and overall victory of the season. Meanwhile in the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing class, it was the little Italian star riding for KTM De Carli Racing, Gianluca Facchetti, who took his first ever round win. The fifth round of the European Championship EMX250 also took place with Bodo Schmidt Motorsports’ Thomas Kjer Olsen extending his championship lead with yet another double moto victory and

  Steven Odendaal (RSA-Kalex) and Carmelo Morales (SPA-Yamaha) won both races in the Moto2™ European Championship and Superbike European Championship classes. The first Moto2™ race was won by Steven Odendaal (RSA-Kalex) after a struggle for the lead  between the South African, Tetsuta Nagashima (JPN-Kalex), Alan Techer (FRA-NTS NH 6) and Augusto Fernández (SPA-TECH3). Remy Gardner (AUS-Kalex) started second but went down in the early stages. With three laps to go, Steven Odendaal pulled clear to cross the finish line alone and take his second victory of the season. He was followed by Tetsuta Nagashima and Alan Techer. Ivo Lopes (POR-Kawasaki) was victor in the Superstock 600 category.The second Moto2™ race began with a multiple crash at the start of the back straight involving Xavi Cardelus (AND-Kalex), Michael Aquino (USA-Ariane), Jacopo Cretaro (ITA-Yamaha) and Thibaut Gourin (FRA-Yamaha). The shortened race (10 laps) was restarted with Odendaal, Alain Techer and Tetsuta Nagashima

It was a sunny day on the well prepared track of Orehova Vas, in Slovenia, for the EMX65 and 85 and Open Championships. EMX 65In Race1 the championship leader Russo does the holeshot before Gutierrez and Pavan who crashed in 2nd lap and was out of the race. Close racing in top 5 gave Gutierrez as final winner before Lata and Russo.In Race2 Italian Russo and Russian Osmolovskiy struggled for the leadership of the race. Russo crashed but restarted and managed to gain some points. In the end Gutierrez won in front of Osmolovskiy and of  Spanish Guillen. In the overall Gutierrez won before Lata and Guillen. EMX 85In Race1 it was close racing from the start. Holeshot for Eddie Wade before Facca and Hofer followed by Cristino. Local hero Mausser was in the pack around the 10th place. Three laps before the end Facca took the lead and also

In the same starting grid as the 7th World Supersport race of Donington (Great Britain), the 5th round of the European 600 Supersport Cup was held. The top FIM Europe Supersport Cup rider at Donington Park was once again Alessandro Zaccone for San Carlo Team Italia, with the young Italian impressing in his debut WorldSSP outings.Zaccone finished the race in 12th position, but first of the European Cup, in front of Mikhalchik from Ukraine. Third position of Zaccone’s compatriot and team mate, Axel Bassani. Now Zaccone leads the standings, 6 points ahead of Bassani.The next round will be on the home track for the Italians, in Misano Adriatico, on June 19th.