Rome – The first edition of the FIM Europe Course in Motorcycle Management was very successful, and today it ended with the distribution of the diplomas to the students.
The ceremony was held at the Consular Room Giulio Marinozzi of the University of Rome “Foro Italico”, at the presence of its Rector Prof. Fabio Pigozzi and of Pro-Rector Prof. Gennaro Terracciano, of the FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb and of FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco, of the FMI President Avv. Giovanni Copioli and of the FMI Secretary General Alberto Rinaldelli.
The group at the end of the ceremony
The course started in November 11th and finished last February 25th. The students of the Master, by the means of 150 hours of lessons, spread in 12 weekends of attendance, had a general overview, Stage and Final Project Work, of the main themes connected with motorcycling: from international sporting organization and institutions of motorcycling to business and contractual laws, from economy and management applied to sport to basis of sport communication, from strategy and governance of the motorcycling sporting organizations to sport marketing, from leadership to techniques of Team Building, up to the leading figures of collaboration in the motorcycling team.
From left, Dr. Wolfgang Srb and Prof. Fabio PigozziAs foreseen for the second phase of the pilot project of these Courses,
contacts with other Universities and other Federations are already in progress, in order to start an exchange of lectures and students, for conferring a Continental dimension to such initiatives.
In particular, a meeting with DMSB and Hochschule Kaiserslautern – University of Applied Sciences, organizing the MBA Motorsport Management Course, is foreseen shortly.
The great opportunity is to create a new generation of managers, well trained and able to play different roles in motorcycling at international level, to whom have been offered, in addition to all subjects covered by the study plan, a wide and deep knowledge of the International Sports Law, of the Institutions of Motorcycling, as well as of their functioning.
From the left, Alessandro Sambuco, Prof. Gennaro Terracciano, Dr. Wolfgang Srb, Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, Avv. Giovanni Copioli and Alberto Rinaldelli
Among the 15 students who completed the course, 10 were present to discuss their final works:
Cristiano Barberis – Creation and management of a Motorcycling Team
Francesco Bartoli – The organization of a Moto3 monobrand cup for young riders: organizing aspects, rules and communication plan management
Francesca Yasmine Duran – The importance of the athlete image for the advertising message: the sports sponsorship contracts
Federico Falco – The agile methodology applied to a Motorcycling Team
Michele Fusillo – The overwinning obsession
Stefania Guernieri – The communication strategy of a motorcycling team
Simone Petrosemolo – Team Management: organization and contractual aspects and rider management
Gianmarco Pinto – Relationships between sports juridical rules and State juridical rules
Riccardo Santilli – From the Moto Club to the Team: which juridical and fiscal regime?
Lavinia Soppelsa – The motorcycle rider’s performance: the role of physical training, nutritional control and mental training.
For FIM Europe also the Second Deputy President Silvio Manicardi and the Lawyer Rodolfo Romeo attended the ceremony.
“The first Course in Motorcycling Management was a huge achievement”, Dr. Wolfgang Srb stated. “I am grateful to the University Foro Italico of Rome, to all Professors who gave lessons, but first and foremost to all the students that attended the course and were successful. They have learned a lot in these past weeks and months which will be most useful in their jobs, might it be with a team or a Federation. I wish them all a great future.”
Cristiano Barberis
Francesco Bartoli
Francesca Yasmine Duran
Federico Falco
Michele Fusillo
Stefania Guernieri
Simone Petrosemolo
Gianmarco Pinto
Riccardo Santilli
Lavinia Soppelsa
