Mr. Martin De Graaff, President of FIM Europe Sporting Council, makes the point of the FIM Europe Sporting Commissions Meeting in Rome.
FIM Europe hosted this weekend the second group of Sporting Commissions. Three weeks ago five Sporting Commissions met in the Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome.
The meetings of this weekend were: Vintage, Road Racing, Motoball and Track Racing Commissions.
On Sunday morning the Promoter of Hill Climb also talked with Road Racing and Vintage Commissions about the possibilities of combinations with Vintage. The organisers were also invited for this meeting.
The reaction of the Commissions three weeks ago was very positive about this kind of meetings, important was the contact with other commissions, the members of Management Council and the Staff.
Like the cooperation with motocross promoter Youthstream the contacts with Dorna, the promoter of the World Road Racing Championship are renewed. As from 2015 two classes of the CEV Repsol Championship will be under the flag of FIM Europe: Moto2 and Superbike will be races for the European Championship. The races will take place in the South part of Europe: Spain, France and Portugal
The new class for young riders, the Stock 250 European Championship, will be organised within the Alpe Adria competition. This weekend this class has been presented by Luigi Favarato, president of Alpe Adria European Union. The two competitions are the start of possible more races for the European Championship in the different European regions.
The development in other motor sport disciplines like Enduro, Trial and Supermoto is very important. Enduro has a very good European Championship, but it would be interesting to have two or three Countries more, the same is the case for the Trial European Championship.
Supermoto is a very nice discipline, the calendar has been presented last week. The races are in combination with races in the World Championship. Supermoto deserves more attention from all federations with many license holders in this discipline.
Also Drag Racing is an attractive discipline for riders and spectators. It’s a sport on a high technical level. Only specialised technicians are able to prepare the bikes for this very fast sport.
The Vintage Commission, with specialists in the bikes from the past, had also its meeting. They talked about road racing, endurance and regularity and also about trial events. In future the development of Enduro and Motocross is important for the Vintage Commission. The most difficult task for this commission is to set up the regulations with a diversity in several countries.
Motoball is popular in seven or eight Countries. It is very attractive for spectators: five motorcycles with a ball in the field, stopped by a keeper, is a charming game. Next years the final for the European Championship will be organised in Germany,The Netherlands and in France. The French federation is successful testing with electric bikes.
The Track Race Commission presented a full calendar for Grass Track and Speedway. In many European Countries Speedway is popular, like in Poland and Scandinavia. In several other federations are grass track and long track important.
At the end of this weekend we can be satisfied with the work carried out by all Commissions to plan events all over Europe. During the season the officials and Jury Presidents will guide and supervise all events for the European Championships. Everyone received a set of new clothing to be recognizable.
During the next FIM Europe Management Council meeting, in the beginning of December, all rules and calendars will be approved.
