FIM Europe News

An important agreement was reached between UEM and Booking.com, the leading worldwide online hotel booking agency. Thanks to this collaboration, several pages of the UEM website will display online hotel booking forms, providing thus the opportunity to book directly an hotel in the desired location with booking.com. All people involved in UEM activities are warmly invited to use this tool, whenever it is possible.

Please check here the March 2012 issue of the UEM Newsletter: click here (subscribe to the mailing list to get the newsletter directly on your email)

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

The UEM Executive Board met in an emergency session to take the required measures after the decision by the FIM Board of Directors of the 17th of February to assign to the Czech Association of Motorcycle Sport (CAMS) the organization of the World Championship Moto GP, Superbike and Speedway events scheduled this year in the Czech Republic. The UEM Executive Board, noting that FIM acknowledged de facto CAMS as the federation operating in the Czech Republic, decided as a consequence: The assignation to the CAMS of the necessary authority to organize the Road Racing European Championship event, class Superstock 600cc. as well as the UEM Junior Cup, both foreseen inside the program of the Superbike World Championship event in Brno. The acknowledgement that the CAMS is authorized from the Czech Minister of Sports, Josef Dobeš, to issue sporting licences and to organize National events inside the Czech Republic. The request

The 1st International Motorcycling Senior Activity Conference will be held on the 19th and the 20th of May 2012. The event, whose slogan is “extending the riding age”, is addressed to motorcyclists of the age group (over 60) that represents almost 20% of the European population The event programme and the reservation form are available on the page dedicated to the event: click here.

UEM Vice-President, Mr Ted Bartlett, together with the Road Racing and Drag Racing Commission Chairman, Mr Ap Ruitenbeek, met recently with Mr Keith Bartlett the CEO of the Trakbak Racing, official rights owner and promoter of the UEM Drag Racing European Championship, and its Commercial Manager, Mr Geoff Myers, to define the last details of the 2012 European Championship. In particular, it was decided as follows: Top Fuel Since their removal from the Top Fuel class in 2011 teams from the Funny Bike class have been in regular contact and discussion with representatives of Trakbak Racing with a view to the return of Funny Bikes to the Top Fuel class. After a long period of consultation the following changes to the Top Fuel class rules have now been agreed by Trakbak Racing and the UEM. In an effort to ensure the Top Fuel Bike class truly displays only the fastest

The new UEM Mag has been issued with a presentation of the new 2012 UEM Sporting season about to start. Please check here the UEM Mag nr 1: click here  

The SVEMO (Swedish Motorcycling Federation) organises a Road Racing Seminar, which will take place in Gothenburg (Sweden) from 31st of March to 1st of April 2012. The seminar will be divided in two different parts: one for getting a UEM official licence as Clerk of the Course and Sporting Steward (on the 31st of March) and the other as Technical Steward (on the 1st of April). The participants who will pass successfully the exam will get a UEM official’s licence, valid for three years. The cost of licence is Euro 65 (for Clerk of the Course and/or Sporting Steward) and Euro 65 (for Technical Steward). The licence cost is not included in the entry fee. The cost of licence(s) will be invoiced to the National Federation of the participant and after having received the licence(s) the participant will refund his own FMN. Please download here the following docs: Seminar Announcement

The UEM, in collaboration with the FIMS - International Federation of Sports Medicine – the FSM – Federazione Sammarinese Motociclistica and Infront Motor Sports organizes in San Marino from 7th to 9th June 2012 the 2nd Emergency Sports Medicine Course for UEM Event Physicians. The event programme and the reservation form are available on the page dedicated to the event: click here.

Please check here the February 2012 issue of the UEM Newsletter: click here (subscribe to the mailing list to get the newsletter directly on your email)