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Villena (Spain) 12 July  2015 – Under blue skies and temperatures in the high thirties the GP of Comunitat Valenciana will go down as a memorable one as Marc-Reiner Schmidt was crowned S2 European Champion, and David Gimenez giving his fans a performance to be proud of in S2. TM Degasoline Marc-Reiner Schmidt entered race one knowing he had an opportunity to be crowned S2 European Champion and as soon as the lights went out he wasted no time in setting the holeshot and cruising to an unchallenged victory to claim his first European title. But while he was disappearing into the distance, all Spanish eyes were on the home favourite Suzuki Team Grau David Gimenez who after starting fourth took just five laps to move ahead of Honda Assomotor Fabrizio Bartolini and Honda Freccia Diego Monticelli  to move into second, although he was helped slightly when Monticelli fell. Nonetheless,

The second round of the Speedway European Championship was held in Landshut (Germany). With a crowd of of hundreds of spectators, the Russian rider Emil Sayfutdinov won in front of Danish Nicki Pedersen, while Antonio Lindback from Sweden completed the podium. Fourth place for Polish Tomasz Gollob who finished before Martin Vaculik from Slovakia. In the photo, Sayfutdinov (with the race number 89) is struggling with Hans Andersen, from Denmark, who finished the race in 7th position.The next round will be held on August 15th in Kumla (Sweden).Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/92

Villena (Spain) 11 July 2015 – Under sunny skies and with temperatures nudging the mid-thirties the fifth round of S2 European Championship arrived in Spain. After topping the free practice sessions earlier in the day, the European Championship leader Marc-Reiner Schmidt (in the photo) once again took control of the timed training session to put his Degasoline TM on pole position leaving him with a great possibility of taking his first European crown is all goes to plan on race day.Behind him, one second further back was Fabrizio Bartolini, the Assomotor Honda riding edging out former European champion Petr Vorlicek on the SHR Suzuki.The second row will be headed up by the Spaniard David Gimenez so he, and the fans will be hoping to see the Suzuki Grau Racing rider finish on the podium.Freccia Team Honda rider Diego Monticelli and TM Factory Racing's Mattia Martella rounded out the top six.S2

This summer the 3rd edition of the KNMV Racecamp will be organized at the Assen Juniortrack. From 10 until 12th August the Assen track will be occupied with young riders in different classes. This time however it will be the first International Racecamp where riders from different Countries will meet and compete next to each other. The main goal is to learn, have fun and prepare for the European minimoto championships.Racecamp competitors will get support from KNMV trainers and riders from various European championships and Red Bull Rookies classes. Racecamp can be entered by riders from all levels in the following classes: Minibike (all), NSF100, MiniGP50/70, Scooter and Yamaha R125.Next to racing there will be all sorts of sports activities during the evenings, new this year will be the introduction of a new mini supermoto experience. Already a tradition, racecamp will hold an Endurance race on the last day (EC

The European Motocross Open Championship event scheduled in Lida (Belarus) on 25-26 July has been cancelled. The final race of this Championship will be held in Sentvid, in Slovenia, on 5-6th September.

The 21st FIM Europe Congress in Malta hosted the 9th edition of Road Safety Conference, which traditionally deals with the most important and updated topics of the matter. In the latest years, the Road Safety Conference dealt with road incidentality, industry responses and initiatives, the systems to improve Road Safety, traumatic injuries and first aid, 2 wheeler behaviour and safety, roadside  barriers and crash tests, and, last year, with themes related with Safety concepts and devices derived from Track, such as airbag for motorcyclists. This year the Road Safety Conference dealt with the development of electronics to increase usability and safety both on track and on road. The conference was held under the auspices of Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe vice-president, and of Jean-Pierre Moreau, Chairman of Public Affairs Commission. From the left Ms Audrey Testaferrata de Noto, John Chatterton-Ross, Antonio Perlot and Matthias Moerbe. The first lecturer to speak was a representative of the hosting

UDDEVALLA (Sweden), 05 July 2015 – The rocky hillside of Uddevalla worked as a grandstand to the thousands of fans who came out to watch the fourth and sixth rounds of the European Championships EMX250 and EMX300 where Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Maxime Desprey and Italian Marco Maddii uncorked yet another bottle of bubbles on the top step of the podium. EMX250The premier European Championship class, EMX250, got off to a mega start today in the heat of Uddevalla as three of the hottest championship contenders, Bud Racing Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Maxime Desprey, Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Damon Graulus and J-Tech Honda’s Nick Kouwenberg led the way around turn one.Desprey, a former MX2 rider, was the fastest off the gate and led every lap for his fifth race victory of the season. Although Desprey never lost the lead, it wasn’t an easy race win as he was pushed all the way to

Accompanied by high temperatures - and seven thousand fans over the weekend - Pons and Morales celebrated victories in the Moto2 European Championship and Superbike European Championship races disputed today at MotorLand Aragon. Today was the fourth event and midpoint of the season, so riders were looking for points to get a good position in the overall table.MOTO2In the Moto2 both wins and the "Repsol free fuel voucher” prizes went to Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex, in the photo above), whose victories were more of a parade than anything else. In the first round, a comfortable advantage of more than three seconds over his pursuers allowed him to cross the finish line alone. Behind, there was a duel between Steven Odendaal (RSA-Kalex) - in second place in the overall classification - and Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech3) - in third place - to provide some thrilling final corners. Alan Techer (FRA-Tech3), Federico Fuligni (ITA-Suter)

The 21st FIM Europe Congress in Malta finished successfully today with the Meetings of the Sporting and Non-Sporting Councils, the Management Council as well as the General Assembly in the afternoon. There were 38 National Federations present and over 250 delegates. Important decisions were taken, among them the approval of the 2014 Balance-sheet, of the 2015 Budget and the election of one auditor (Mr Tapio Nevala from Finland), additions to the Sporting Code as well as to the Disciplinary and Arbitration Code. Comprehensive reports have been presented about the Sporting as well the Non-Sporting activities. The General Assembly approved the bid of the Luxembourg Federation to organise the 2017 FIM Europe Congress in the city of Luxembourg. “I am very pleased with the results of the Congress in Malta”, Dr Wolfgang Srb stated. “Important decisions for the future of FIM Europe have been taken. The atmosphere and the cooperation during all these days were excellent and

The Road Safety Conference: above, Silvio Manicardi during the introduction. From the left Perit Audrey Testaferrata de Noto (Transport Malta), John Chatterton-Ross (Director Public Affairs FIM-Europe), Antonio Perlot (Secretary General ACEM) and Matthias Moerbe (Vice-President Systems and Components Technology Management Bosch) Today the 21st FIM Europe Congress lived its second day of activity in Malta. As scheduled, the Management Council was held, so as the Meetings of the Commissions and Panels. In the afternoon, the Road Safety Conference took place, which was very successful, with big attendance of delegates and media. The day ended with the traditional meeting of the Secretaries General, where various issues were discussed, like insurance and licences. Professor Nils Ryrholm from the University of Gaevle (Sweden) presented the project ‘Motorsport and Biodiversity’.Tomorrow the Congress will live its third day and the program will start with the Sporting and Non-Sporting Council Meetings, followed by the Management Council. In