Road Racing

The FIME has received the communication from the Circuit of Albacete cancelling the Road Race event envisaged for October the 5th. The reason for the annulation of the event, as well as the impossibility for it to be held for the years 2015-16-17, is due to the decision of the consortium of the Albacete Road Racing Circuit, which has approved its financial scheme in the following years. These decisions do not allow to proceed with the celebration of the Road Race event in the circuit.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 056/2014  

The Semi-Final 2 of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held today in Krsko (Slovenia). 1500 spectators watched an impressive meeting., with 2 additional heats for reserve place and for 1st , 2nd and 3rd place. The unhappy man of the night was a home hero Aleksander Conda who broke a collarbone after winning his first heat. Qualified riders are: Maksims Bogdanovs, Przemyslav Pawlicki, Andriy Karpov, Jurica Pavlic, Hans Andersen, and the reserve is Daniel Nermark. Next Semi-Final round is scheduled on the 24th of May in Zarnovica (Slovakia).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 053/2014      

The first Semi-Final of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held today in Dougavpils (Latvia). Michael Jepsen Jensen was flying to the victory in the semifinal 1 in Daugavpils, finishing on 14 points, the victory was almost secured before his last heat, only needing 1 point to take first place. More exciting was the result for the next places, before the last 4 heats, 8 riders was in play for the last 4 qualification places. After finishing the last 4 heats it was clear that 4 riders was equal on 11 point, but all riders was through to the ECC. Two riders was also equal on 10 points for reserve place. In first run-off Russian Renat Gafurov took a victory against Josef Franc and securing the reserve place. Final heat was a run off for 2-3-4 and 5 position. Local hero Andzejs Lebedevs took the victory in the run-off, finishing

The 3rd round of the FIM European Honda Junior Cup took place this weekend on the Imola circuit. 22 riders from 14 nations went to the start. The race developed into a very exciting competition. A group of 11 riders battled lap after lap for the podium. In round 6, there were still 10 and in the last lap it was only 7. The winner was Augusto FERNANDEZ in front of Javier ORELLANA and Josh HARLAND all Spanish riders. Augusto Fernandez (WIL Sport) has come out victorious at the end of an exciting battle for the victory in the Pata European Junior Cup, powered by Honda race at Imola. The young Spaniard crossed the line a fraction of a second ahead of compatriot Javier Orellana (Europe Food SL), second, and Brit Josh Harland (Josh Harland), third, with several other protagonists who were also in contention for the win. Fernandez is

The 3rd round of the FIM European Championship took place today on the Imola circuit (Italy). The Italian Rider Marco Faccani went on to start in the lead and won ahead of the Finn Niki Tuuli and Stefano Casa Lotti (Italy). Marco Faccani (San Carlo Team Italia Kawasaki) narrows thus his gap to the leader of the FIM Europe Superstock 600 Championship Tuuli after taking a lights to flag victory in the third round of the series at Imola today. Behind Faccani, a titanic race long battle kept the crowd entertained with eventually Niki Tuuli (Kallio Racing Yamaha) and Stefano Casalotti (VFT Racing Yamaha) completing the podium. The Finnish rider recovered from saving what looked almost certain to be a big highside crash on the opening lap, starting his charge on the leader before eventually settling for second place and keeping the championship lead for just 2 points over today's

The first semi-final of the speedway Pairs European Championship was held yesterday in Debrecen (Hungary). 2.200 spectators watched impressive speedway meeting. Heavy rain interrupted meeting for more than 1 hour. Winning pair from Latvia with 23 points, second from Russia with 22 points, and home Hungarian pair with 19 points. The final is scheduled on the 13th of September in Divisov (Czech Republic).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 043/2014

The second round of the European Juionr Cup powered by Honda was held today in Assen (The Netherlands). The six lap race of the Pata European Junior Cup, powered by Honda was held today under rainy conditions. Spaniard Augusto Fernandez (WIL Sport) managed to win his first race of the season, the second one in the series so far, edging out Sweden's Jesper Hubner (Honda Sweden) and pole sitter Marc Miralles (Honda Spain), who is still the points leader after the second race of the season. Next round will be held in Imola (Italy) on the 11th of May.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 040/2014

Niki Tuuli (Kallio Racing Yamaha) has won the second round of the FIM Europe Superstock 600cc Championship after a masterful display at a rain soaked Assen circuit in the Netherlands. A downpour just moments before the race meant a slight delay to proceedings but when the red lights eventually went out the committed fans who stayed and braved the treacherous conditions were treated to an exciting spectacle from the stars of the future. Starting from 10th on the grid Finnish rider Niki Tuuli rode an almost perfect race leading at one point by more than 4 seconds before being caught by Italy’s Kevin Manfredi (Agro-On Wil Racedays Honda) and local rider Wayne Tessels (Wayne’s Racing Team Suzuki). The trio then put up a titanic fight to decide the podium places. At the flag it was Tuuli who took his first ever STK600 victory ahead of Manfredi and Tessels. Tuuli also

The Individual Grass Track European Championship started on the 21st of April in the Dutch track of Balkburg. The winner of the day was Dutch Jannick De Jong, followed by Dutch Dirk Fabriek and German Matthias Kröger. Next semifinal is scheduled on the 15th of June in Mulsmhorm (Germany).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 035/2014  

The first round of the Road Racing Hill Climb European Championship was held this weekend at Landshaag. The circuit in Upper Austria is once again the fastest course of the whole calendar. The weather conditions were typical for April: sunny and rainy alternating... But everything was well organised and both race heats were very interesting. Overall winners of the first round for the different classes were: 250GP: Pierre Yves Bian (FRA, Yamaha) 600cc: Harald Jungwirth (AUT, Yamaha) 1200cc: Toni Rechberger (AUT, Suzuki) Sidecar: Dichamp/Peugeot (FRA, LCR) Supermoto Open: Josef Frauenschuh (AUT, KTM) The next event will take place on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of June at Carpasio (Italy).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 030/2014