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The circuit of Nurburgring hosted the Supermono European Cup. Lukas Wimmer from Austria was again the winner on a warm and sunny Saturday. The 2015 European Supermono Cup winner took away directly from the start of the race, and was not really threatened by the other riders. He also scored the fastest lap of the race. Behind Lukas the fight was a bit tighter, but with a margin of 3 seconds French David Legalle snatched the second place before Mike Velthuijzen (The Netherlands) who has returned to the Supermono class again. On Sunday it was still an excellent weather and a lot of riders on the grid. This race had the same starting grid at the first race. Lukas Wimmer from Austria who won the first race started again from the second place near the poleman Jerry van de Bunt from the Netherlands. But this time Jerry made a good start, and early

The Semi Final 2 of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held in Mureck (Austria). A very good crowd of 1500 spectators enjoyed a well organised event. The race was thrilling also thanks to the good preparation of the track, which was in doubt after the rain of the morning.Danish rider Michael Jepsen Jensen won the Semi Final 2 and was unbeaten. His compatriot Hans Andersen and Polish Krzysztof Kasprzak showed their abilities to grasp the two remaining steps of the rostrum. Race off for the 4th place decided that Italian Nicolas Covatti will compete in the Challenge as Czech Tomas Suchanek lost important points in heat 17.  

A new step forward for the FIM Europe in matter of communication: from today on, in fact, the official magazine “FIM Europe MAG” can be freely downloaded from ISSUU platform without logging in.So, now downloading the MAG will be quicker and easier and when the pdf will be in one’s own computer it will be easier to read it even off line. Not only the actual issue, but also the preceeding editions of the FIM Europe MAG can be easily downloaded.The actual issue of FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded here.  

In the long weekend from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th May, the following European races will be held: 5 May - Individual Speedway Euro Championship in Mureck/Austria - Semi Final 2. 6-8 May - Supermono Cup in Nürburgring/Germany (2nd Round) 7-8 May - EMX 250 (3rd Round) & EMX 150 4 Stroke (1st Round) European Championships in Teutschenthal/Germany 7-8 May - EMX 65&85  South West Zone European Championship in Gazzane di Preseglie/Italy (2nd Round)

The sections of the Moto2™ European Championship and Superbike European Championship sporting regulations that have been modified are numbers 1.18.14, 1.19, 1.21.3 and 1.29.1. The section of the Moto2™ European Championship technical regulations that has been modified is number 1.11.A regularly updated version of the regulations which contains the detailed text of the regulation changes may be viewed here.You can find all the results, videos, photos and information regarding the Championship on the official website: www.fimcevrepsol.com

The second round of the European Supersport Cup was held at Imola, in Italy. As usual, the riders shared the grid with the World Supersport riders. Shortly after the start the race was redflagged because of the crash of Gamarino and of the oil lost from Krummenacher’s motorcycle. The second start was for a 11-lap race. The Italian rider Alessandro Zaccone (in the photo) was very close to the leading group and was again the fastest rider forming part of the FIM Europe Supersport Cup, with the San Carlo Team Italia rider coming home in P5 to head the ESS challenge.On the podium with Zaccone, Mikhalchick, from Ucraine, on Kawasaki of DS Junior Team, and Bassani, team mate of Zaccone in San Carlo Team Italia. Fourth position for Stirpe in front of Metcher.

Liam Everts, winner in EMX 65 It was a good weekend for European Motocross in St. Isidorushoeve, The Netherlands. On Saturday the track was still a bit wet because of the rain of the days before but throughout the weekend the track got better quickly. The EMX65 class was dominated by Liam Everts from Belgium, who won both races. The second place went to Dutch rider Ivano van Erp and the third was for Brit Charley Heyman. Emil Jonrup, winner in EMX85 In the EMX85 class it was Swedish rider Emil Jonrup who won both races, followed by Danish Rasmus Pedersen and by Finnish Matias Vesterinen. Edgars Mengelis EMX QuadIn the ITP EMX Quad Dutch rider Mike van Grinsven won the first race but had technical problems in the second race, when he was leading the pack. Therefore Edgars Mengelis from Latvia won the second race and is the overall

The start of EMX 250 @Youthstream The second rounds of the European Championship EMX300 presented by FMF Racing and EMX250 were joined by the opening round of the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing this weekend in Kegums, Latvia, where Bodo Schmidt Motorsports Thomas Kjer Olsen took his first overall victory of the season in the 250 class, while Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Yentel Martens took his second consecutive overall win in the EMX300 presented by FMF Racing and Sahkar Racing KTM’s Jago Geerts dominated the opening round of the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing. EMX 250The circuit of Kegums has a deceiving nature. It looks soft and loamy but underneath its hard and choppy with massive braking bumps and sharp acceleration bumps. In race one KTM Factory Juniors Jorge Prado got off to a fantastic start and led last years FIM Junior 125cc World Champion, riding for Kemea Yamaha, Maxime Renaux

On Saturday 30 April 2016 a good crowd of over 2000 spectators watched an exciting event in Hungary. Debrecen hosted in fact the Individual European Championship Semi Final 1, the season opener in Track Racing.Only 4 riders out of 16 from this round would qualify for the European Challenge on May 25th in Olching (Germany).Due to weather conditions of the day before - it was raining all day long - the track was a bit wet in the beginning and needed an extra track maintenance in between, but it got better an better. It was a tight meeting, with hard fights and close finishes in a nice and warm Saturday afternoon.At the end of 20 heats a run off was needed for the first 3 podium places and for the 4th qualifying place. For the 4th place, it was a challenge among 4 riders and Leon Madsen from Denmark was

Albaida (Spain) 1 May 2016 – After the cancellation yesterday, this morning was an early start for the riders with the S2 timed practicesin Albaida on the raceday. In very sunny and warm conditions it was  Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek who set the fastest time before fellow countryman Sitniansky and Promutico. In Lap 3 TM Factory rider Diego Monticelli had a crash in time practice and dislocated his shoulder, which ended his weekend.All weekend Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek showed his was the fastest rider on the track in Albaida. Also in Race 1 he took the holeshot before fellow countryman Milan Sitniansky and the rest of the field. Inside Motorsports Yamaha rider John Stambeck had a very good start following Sitnianksy closely on 3rd place but during the race he was losing some places. Giovanni Bussei started as 4th in the race, but the Italian TM rider was