European races of the weekend 09-10 February 2019 In the weekend from Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th February, the following European races will be held: - European Individual Ice Speedway Championship Final 1/2 in Ufa, Russia.
The Estonian Motorcycle Federation announces that the race of European Snowcross Championship scheduled in Tallinn, Estonia, on February 27th, has been cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions. The weather, in fact, is too warm even for the production of artificial snow.
The start of one of the races held last year in Demino (Russia) The Russian Motorcycling Federation MFR announces that the race of European Snowcross Championship scheduled in Demino, Russia, on March 19th, has been cancelled due to mild weather conditions. The torrential rains of the latest days, in fact, swept away snow day by day and the weather forecasts for February and the beginning of March are not encouraging.
The Ice Racing European Championship was held in Assen with a very good formula of a Semi Final on Saturday and the Final races on Sunday. The first 8 riders of the Semi Final were placed for the Final on Sunday. Vasili Kosov (MFR), Antti Akko (SML) and Franky Zorn (OeAMTC) took place on the podium. For the last Final place a run-off was necessary between Per Anders Lindström (SVEMO) and Martin Leitner (OeAMTC), with Lindström managing to place. This was also the case for the first reverse rider. Fredrik Olsson(SVEMO) was the fastest. Besides the 8 qualified riders from the Semi Final the other 8 riders have been placed by their respective FMN's. 16 riders started on Sunday with very exciting heats, the spectators could see breathtaking heats with the best riders. No re-start were necessary, so it was a very save event under good ice circumstances and beautiful