Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme : FIM SuperMoto World Championship

Gozzini delights Italian fans with first GP victory

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:44:00 +0200

It was an excellent weekend for Davide Gozzini after winning his first GP of the season and becoming the new FIM SuperMoto World Championship leader. Second was Thierry Van Den Bosch and third was Andrea Occhini, who was on the podium for the first time in his professional career. Thomas Chareyre took the Superpole, but was just fourth due to a DNF in the first race.

Teo Monticelli was first overall in the UEM European Championship Open class, while current Championship leader Nastran was second and Fabrizio Bartolini was third. Lukas Höllbacher dominated the S3 class and was proclaimed the 2010 UEM S3 European Champion.

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747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory's Gozzini gave the perfect present to TM's owner Mr. Gastone Serafini -celebrating his 50th birthday today- by clinching the top of the podium and becoming the new red plate holder of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship. The Italian achieved an eventual victory in race one after his team-mate Thomas Chareyre experienced an electric problem on his TM machine while he was leading the race. Gozzini obtained a consistent victory in the second race after overtaking VDB in lap six and he was second in the last heat of the weekend. Gozzini expressed his satisfaction for his GP victory in front of his Italian fans as well as for his ex team-mate and compatriot Occhini's podium.

PMR H2O Aprilia Racing's Van Den Bosch was on the second step of the podium after missing the rostrum in Sankt Wendel and is now third in the Championship - 18 points behind Thomas Chareyre and 23 points behind Championship leader Gozzini. VDB was involved in a tangle with Hermunen in race one and dropped back to eight position, but the French managed to finish an eventual second. In race two and three VDB took the holeshot but his speed was not good enough to keep the leadership and finished second and third respectively.

For the first time in his career as a professional Superider, Rigo Racing Suzuki's Occhini was on the podium completing the top three. The Italian felt really confident on his Suzuki machine and rode among the top five riders the whole weekend. Occhini was one of the most consistent Superiders during the three races in the Sicilian GP. His fifth position in race one and his double fourth places in the last two motos made him go up on the third step of the rostrum. Occhini is now eighth on the points standings of the Championship, only eleven points away from seventh classified Adrien Chareyre.

Instead, for 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory's Thomas Chareyre was not a good weekend at all. The French lost the red plate in Triscina and could only be fourth overall. Chareyre was leading race one with superb authority when his TM machine stopped in the last lap, with the dnf meaning the French would start heat two from the last row of the grid. The French, who took the Superpole and was the fastest in yesterday's time practice, managed to recover to third in race two and clinch the victory in race three. Thomas Chareyre is no longer the red plate holder but he is second, just five points behind this weekend's GP winner Gozzini.

HM Honda Racing's Lazzarini could not repeat the podium obtained in Sankt Wendel and was just fifth in his home GP in Sicily. The Italian arrived in Triscina suffering from a pulmonary bronchitis and could not ride with the top Superiders this weekend. Lazzarini achieved a solid fourth place in race one, but could only be sixth in the last two races, though he kept his fourth position in the point standings of the Championship.

Hermunen was third and fifth in the two first races, but a mistake in race three in the sky section made him lose several positions and could only finish ninth for sixth overall.

Italian Ravaglia was seventh overall in front of Hiemer, who could not find a good rhythm on the Sicilian track this weekend, and ninth was Italian Bussei. Completing the top ten was his compatriot Gaspardone.

Adrien Chareyre experienced an unfortunate weekend and was twelfth overall. The French had problems with the settings of his bike during the time practice and crashed twice during the races.

Sicilian Pirri finished 18th overall and received a special award given by DBO President, Mr. Danilo Boccadolce, for being the best local rider.

American Thompson took part in his first GP in Triscina and was just 19th after Sicilian Pirri. The American found really difficult to follow the rhythm of the World Championship Superiders and hopes to be back in better shape for the last two rounds of the Championship.

Chareyre and Gozzini the fastest in Sicilian GP qualifying

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:33:00 +0200

747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory's Gozzini tried to improve his teammate's time, but the Italian could only finish second, half a second behind Chareyre. The Italian is at the moment second in the point standings thanks to his consistency and he hopes to be back on the podium this weekend after missing it in Sankt Wendel.

PMR H2O Aprilia Racing's Van Den Bosch was third, but he was only one hundredth of a second behind Italian Gozzini. The French clinched the top of the podium in the first GP of the season, but in Sankt Wendel he was just eighth overall. VDB expects to do a good performance tomorrow and improve his third position in the Championship.

Fourth classified was Husqvarna CH Racing's Hermunen, who was very close to the three fastest riders of today's session. The Finnish arrived in Triscina with the disappointing feeling of the fifth overall position in Sankt Wendel and tomorrow he will ride for the overall victory he lost in the last race in Germany.

Rigo Racing Suzuki's Occhini obtained his best qualifying result of the season in today's time practise. The Italian is willing to finish among the top ten riders in tomorrow's overall classification and improve his 14th position in the Championship.

Lazzarini, who is not fully fit due to a pulmonary bronchitis, was sixth behind his compatriot Occhini. Seventh was German Hiemer, who crashed during his last lap when he was trying to improve his time practice, and Bussei managed to be eighth in his come back from his knee injury of Sankt Wendel.

Adrien Chareyre struggled during the opening day of the Sicilian GP and could only be eleventh behind Italians Ravaglia and Gaspardone.

Balducci, who returned from a back injury suffered in Sankt Wendel, was 13th and Sicilian Pirri could only finish 19th.

After obtaining his best GP result of the season in Sankt Wendel, Delepine finished 15th in Triscina.

S1 Qualifying top ten: 1. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), 1:11.561; 2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), +0:00.573; 3. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), +0:00.714; 4. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:01.317; 5. Andrea Occhini (ITA, Suzuki), +0:01.492; 6. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), +0:01.540; 7. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:01.580; 8. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), +0:01.593; 9. Christian Ravaglia (ITA, Suzuki), +0:02.225; 10. Paolo Gaspardone (ITA, Honda), +0:02.365;

Tomas Chareyre heads to Sicily

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:10:00 +0200

Returning to Sicily after almost a decade, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship action resumes in Triscina this weekend on a new course yet to be discovered by the fastest Superiders in the world. After the first two rounds, Thomas Chareyre leads the Championship followed by team mate Davide Gozzini of Italy and defending Champion Thierry Van Den Bosch.

Other Italian Ivan Lazzarini is in fourth after his first season's podium in Germany, where Chareyre dominated. Bernd Hiemer rounds off the top five followed by Mauno Hermunen and Adrien Chareyre, the 2009 S2 World Champion.

Austrian Lukas Hoellbacher leads the UEM S3 class while Uros Nastran leads the Open class.

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Visiting Sankt Wendel for the German Grand Prix, Thomas Chareyre of 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory made the most of his weekend by winning all three moto's and jumping on top of the podium for the first time this year - the year of his move to TM after six seasons with Husqvarna. Tom did even more than that as he clinched his first career red plate and now leads the FIM SuperMoto World Championship with a 17 point advantage over 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory team mate Gozzini.

The latter was off the podium in Germany, where he struggled and even crashed. The Italian is now motivated to take his first season's win in front of his home fans, with the Championship hitting again Italy where it started in May at Castelletto di Branduzzo. The opening Grand Prix was when Gozzini clinched a hard fought second place on the podium after battling it out in all three moto's with eventual winner Van Den Bosch but Germany marked a setback for both.

PMR H2O Aprilia Racing's Van Den Bosch also struggled and missed out on retaining the red plate. The French was struck by bad luck, being involved in two crashes ruining his first and third moto's. Missing the overall podium, VDB dropped down to third in the Championship and is just one point ahead of other Italian Lazzarini.

The HM Honda Racing man heads to Sicily after his first season's podium at Sankt Wendel, where he seemed to have found his way through the 2010 season which he started with a disappointing eighth overall in Castelletto. Lazzarini moved from seventh to fourth position in the point standings and hopes to enter the top three this weekend in his home GP in Sicily.

The two time World Chamimpion Hiemer completes the top five and is only five points behind Lazzarini and six points behind third in the Championship Van den Bosch. The German is closely followed by Finnish Hermunen, who could only be fifth overall in Sankt Wendel after finishing second in the first two heats. The Finnish made a mistake in the last moto and was out of the podium by two points after finishing 16 in the last and crucial race.

Adrien Chareyre is seventh in the point standings but knows that he can be among the top five as his overall ninth position in Sankt Wendel was due to a DNF in the first moto. Delepine follows the French, while Sammartin and Ravaglia complete the top ten.

Italians Bussei and Balducci will come back to action in Sicily after missing the second GP of the Championship in Sankt Wendel as they were still recovering from past injuries. Bussei is eleventh in the FIM SuperMoto World Championship, while his compatriot Balducci is in the 19th position.

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The UEM SuperMoto European Championship will also be present in Triscina, Sicily, to celebrate the third round of the series. In the Open class the Superrider from Slovakia Nastran leads the Championship with 21 points advantage over second classified Dall'Era and 28 points over Bartolini. In the S3 class Höllbacher is leading the series with 78 points advantage over his pursuers Malachi and Vermeulen. However, Brit Malachi imposed himself to the leader and won the third race in Sankt Wendel.

Lazzarini gets to grips with Sankt Wendel

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0200

Wendelinuspark street circuit played host to day one of the second Grand Prix of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship, where the riders starred in a really tough time practice with only one-second difference among the first eleven riders. Finally Ivan Lazzarini succeeded in being the fastest in Germany and will have to fight with Mauno Hermunen and the Chareyre brothers Thomas and Adrien in tomorrow’s Superpole.

Lukas Höllbacher was the fasted in the UEM S3 series and won the first race. In the Open class time practice session Teo Monticelli managed to be the fastest but it was Petr Vorlicek who went out with the victory of race one.

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HM Honda Racing’s Lazzarini was Saturday’s fastest rider in a really hot and tight time practice in Sankt Wendel, having just a tenth of a second difference with the second classified Hermunen. The Italian had to wait until the last rider went through the finish line to assure his result as the fight among the first five riders was really tough. In fact, Lazzarini stormed to the top of the time sheets only towards the end of the session.

Husqvarna CH Racing’s Hermunen was a close second while team mate Adrien Chareyre got the third best time just in his very last lap, ahead his brother Thomas Chareyre. The 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory rider from France was only eleven hundreds of a second slower than Adrien Chareyre.

PMR H2O Aprilia Racing’s VDB was fifth in the German track and he will have to do well in tomorrow’s races if he wants to keep on holding the red plate on his Aprilia machine.

Other 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory rider Gozzini, who was second overall in the first GP of the season in Castelletto, could only be sixth fastest in today’s time practice followed by the German Bernd Hiemer, the latter struggling on his home track.

Belgium fellow riders Seel and Delepine took 12th and 13th respectively while Bussei crashed early in the session and could not improve on his laptime – he was an eventual 22nd.

Mariani was 19th in the time practice in what is being his first race on an Aprilia machine, the Italian having ridden TM’s for most of his career.

In tomorrow’s Superpole riders will have to do their best in order to find out who gets the pole position in what it seems to be a promising Grand Prix, where the FIM SuperMoto World Championship standings can change notoriously.

S1 Qualifying top ten: 1. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), 0:58.603; 2. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:00.100; 3. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:00.229; 4. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), +0:00.240; 5. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), +0:00.365; 6. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), +0:00.438; 7. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:00.482; 8. Christian Ravaglia (ITA, Aprilia), +0:00.819; 9. Edgardo Borella (ITA, KTM), +0:00.826; 10. Andrea Occhini (ITA, Suzuki), +0:00.845;

German GP returns at Sankt Wendel

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:38:00 +0200

After a promising start in Castelletto di Branduzzo, the 2010 FIM SuperMoto World Championship S1, featuring the single class up to 450cc engines and the adoption of GoldenTyre rubbers, continues with the German Grand Prix set for this weekend at Sankt Wendel – the venue making a return in the calendar after the 2007 German GP.

Round one saw a tough battle for the overall win in between eventual winner Thierry Van Den Bosch and Italian Davide Gozzini, taking second overall. With the duo battling for the victory, Thomas Chareyre kept a distant third position in all three heats and completed the podium at his maiden race on TM. Entering his home Grand Prix, German Bernd Hiemer is motivated to improve on his fourth place as Adrien Chareyre completes the top five.

Austrian Lukas Hoellbacher leads the UEM S3 class while Uros Nastran leads the Open class.

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A tough fight for victory in between Van Den Bosch and Gozzini made it a hard opening round for the 2010 FIM SuperMoto World Championship which promises a season of exciting racing.

PMR H2O Aprilia Racing’s Van Den Bosch eventually came out on top of the Italian Grand Prix to maintain the red plate on his machine. The French, who won his fourth Title last year, has a tight three point advantage over Gozzini, but his victory at the last German Grand Prix at Sankt Wendel in 2007 is a confidence booster ahead of this weekend.

On the other hand, 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory’s Gozzini had a terrible German outing in 2007 as he missed the podium and struggled in both heats. Having now switched to a 450cc TM, the Italian may be more at ease on the twisty course and seeks his first victory of 2010 after narrowly losing his home GP to VDB. Gozzini follows Van Den Bosch from second place and has a small three point gap.

The Italian’s teammate Thomas Chareyre had a great debut on the TM in Castelletto as he took a set of third places in the heats to finish third overall. The French was one of the top three riders on Sankt Wendel’s podium in 2007 but this will be his first time there on a TM machine.

As the above mentioned trio dominated the top three at each moto of round one, German Hiemer of Motoracing had to fight tooth and nail for his fourth overall position. With him, Adrien Chareyre and Giovanni Bussei ending level in points, the two time World Champion ended on top but is 26 points off the lead.

Husqvarna CH Racing’s Adrien Chareyre was a disappointed fifth in Italy, something he will try to make up for in Germany where he was second on the podium in 2007.

Lazzarini follows Bussei from seventh place, while Hermunen, Sammartin and Balducci complete the top ten.

Winning the 2007 German Grand Prix –but in the S2 class- Delepine is still adapting to the switch to the S1 class and to his new Kawasaki machine. The Belgian is currently in twelfth place.

Van Den Bosch wins from Gozzini at Castelletto

Sun, 02 May 2010 22:03:00 +0200

Thierry Van Den Bosch went on to win the first Grand Prix of 2010 on the Italian course of Castelletto di Branduzzo. The French dominated heat one and two but home racer Davide Gozzini won the final heat to secure a second place finish overall. Thomas Chareyre completed the podium.

Van Den Bosch of PMR H2O Aprilia Racing rounded off an almost perfect weekend by taking victory at today’s Italian GP. After clocking the fastest time yesterday and winning the Superpole today, the French only missed out on winning the final heat where he took second. The first and second heats instead saw VDB dominate from the start to the flag.

747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory, the squad winning last year’s S1 World Title with Van Den Bosch, completed the podium courtesy of Gozzini and Thomas Chareyre’s performances.

The Italian took two hard fought second places and even troubled Van Den Bosch in heat one putting tons of pressure on the eventual winner. The final heat was another story as Gozzini went on to take victory from Van Den Bosch.

Thomas Chareyre made it to the podium despite a broken front brake in heat two – just from half race onwards. The youngster sealed his maiden GP on TM with three third place finishes in the heats where he recovered after not so good starts.

Husqvarna CH Racing’s Adrien Chareyre lost a battle with his brother Thomas in the final heat and could not do better than fourth overall at the end of a tough weekend due to grip issues.

Motoracing’s Hiemer was fifth overall. A crash and then a tangle with Adrien Chareyre cost the German a good finish in moto two.

With the final moto starting on a slightly wet track after a light rain shower, Lazzarini took a wrong tyre choice (rain on the front and slick on the back while almost everyone was on slick) and dropped down to 13th in the race and eighth overall.

Belgian Delepine also struggled to finish twelfth overall.

Results:
S1 Overall top ten: 1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 72 points; 2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), 69 p.; 3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), 60 p.; 4. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), 46 p.; 5. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), 46 p.; 6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), 46 p.; 7. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), 42 p.; 8. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), 42 p.; 9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), 32 p.; 10. Fabio Balducci (ITA, Suzuki), 30 p.;

S1 Championship top ten: 1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 72 points; 2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), 69 p.; 3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), 60 p.; 4. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), 46 p.; 5. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), 46 p.; 6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), 46 p.; 7. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), 42 p.; 8. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), 42 p.; 9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), 32 p.; 10. Fabio Balducci (ITA, Suzuki), 30 p.;

Van Den Bosch fastest at Castelletto day one

Sat, 01 May 2010 21:57:00 +0200

A superb Thierry Van Den Bosch left his mark on the opening day of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship when he stormed to the top of the time sheets this afternoon. The Aprilia racer will enter tomorrow’s Superpole alongside Davide Gozzini, Thomas Chareyre and Ivan Lazzarini completing today’s top four.

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Van Den Bosch of PMR H2O Aprilia Racing came out on top of a battled time practice as the four time World Champion from France was the sole Superider to break the 1 minute 41 seconds barrier. VDB seems to have made a successful comeback to Aprilia but tomorrow’s three heats will be the final test of Van Den Bosch’s strength.

Taking a close second was Gozzini of 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory. The Italian –still chasing his maiden World Title- is pumped to be starting the season on home soil and will try to come out on top of the pack tomorrow.

His team mate Thomas Chareyre, mounting on a TM after several years on the factory Husqvarna, was third fastest ahead of other Italian Lazzarini of HM Honda Racing.

Tomorrow morning these first four Superiders will take part in the Superpole defining the places on the front row of this first Grand Prix on GoldenTyre rubbers.

The second row instead will start with Belgian Seel of Suzuki Valenti Lux Performance who took fifth in the final part of the session.

Sixth was Hiemer ahead of Bussei while the Husqvarna CH Racing duo Hermunen and Adrien Chareyre struggled. Chareyre took eighth while Hermunen was a bitter tenth.

S1 Qualifying top ten: 1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 1:40.818; 2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), +0:00.255; 3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), +0:00.478; 4. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), +0:00.765; 5. Eddy Seel (BEL, Suzuki), +0:00.979; 6. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:01.124; 7. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), +0:01.336; 8. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:01.492; 9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), +0:01.676; 10. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:01.717;

First FIM SuperMoto World Championship on GoldenTyre rubbers starts in Castelletto

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:56:00 +0200

The winter break is finally finished and the 2010 FIM SuperMoto World Championship is about to kick off on the Italian race track of Castelletto di Branduzzo, a superb venue featuring the sky section covered in asphalt. This season will see just the S1 class (up to 450cc engine, three heat races) and promises to deliver exciting racing also through the adoption of the new GoldenTyre rubbers.

Being all in one class, SuperMoto masters such as Thierry Van Den Bosch, Adrien and Thomas Chareyre, Davide Gozzini, Ivan Lazzarini, Bernd Hiemer and several more promise to battle it out for the World Title throughout the whole GP campaign.

The UEM series will continue being held together with the Grand Prix series with the S3 and Open classes, offering youngsters the chance to approach the high profile Grand Prix racing.

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The off season brought some news to the FIM SuperMoto World Championship collective other than the establishment of a single S1 class with motorcycles up to 450cc and the new partnership with tyre manufacturer GoldenTyre, now the only tyre supplier of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship.

Last year’s S1 World Title winner Van Den Bosch moved back to Aprilia as he entered the PMR H2O Aprilia Racing team. The French seemed to have got to grips with the bike already as he dominated the Italian Championship round in Castelletto and goes into the first GP with a winning mentality. With 28 GP wins and four World Titles to his credit, VDB is a living legend of SuperMoto.

Husqvarna CH Racing will line up again Finn Hermunen and three time World Champion Adrien Chareyre, the latter having won the S2 World Title last year. Having the chance to challenge countryman Van Den Bosch will be a further motivation for the 24 year old.

After an impressive season last year, Thomas Chareyre instead has joined the 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory squad to team up with GP winner Gozzini of Italy. The duo will seek victory at round one to make the Italian manufacturer proud as this looks like one of the strongest teams in the paddock.

Two time World Champion Hiemer has remained on a KTM but moved into the Motoracing awning for the 2010 season. An injury plagued 2009 did not let the German express his talent as he took part to one Grand Prix only – he ended third overall in Greece.

Italian Lazzarini of HM Honda Racing is another potential candidate for the 2010 Title after taking third in last year’s series, behind VDB and Thomas Chareyre.

Belgian Veterans Seel (Suzuki) and Delepine (Kawasaki) are also ready to start the 2010 season to show they are still up for winning GP’s.

A threat for those aiming at the Title can come from Englishmen Winstanley and Hodgson while Bussei hopes in a stronger season than 2009.

2010 Organizers’ Meeting gets underway at Monaco

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:21:00 +0100

The classic meeting in between Youthstream and the FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championship organizers was held on Friday 19 February, at the Riviera Marriott Hotel La Porte de Monaco, Monte Carlo. FIM/CMS President Dr. Wolfgang Srb also attended the meeting.

In a friendly and cooperative atmosphere, the 2010 Organizers’ Meeting was the occasion for Youthstream and the local Grand Prix organizers to share ideas on developing the FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championship series. It was also the occasion to enhance the networking in between the organizers, all set on reaching higher standards in the coming future.

All organizers also had the chance to be informed on the latest FIM Regulations changes directly by FIM/CMS President Dr. Srb.

Giuseppe Luongo, the Youthstream President, stated: “The annual organizers’ meeting went very well and the atmosphere was very positive, I was happy to see the change of generation in the organizers and that everyone understands the importance of working together to reach our common goal of bringing our sport more and more professional and bringing our sport worldwide using modern technology so that Motocross and SuperMoto are brought into all homes around the world. This meeting is very important to bring us all together and to allow for easy communication, it shows the organizers Youthstream’s policy is to open our sport, not only by having a Women’s Motocross World Championship, but also because Youthstream itself has many women in its management with responsible positions and we see that there are more and more women in the structures of organizers and promoters. There is a strong feeling from the organizers and promoters of their will to progress with the development of infrastructures and the welcome for the teams, riders and fans, and a general feeling of moving forward and improving.

“We thank Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM/CMS President, for attending the meeting and for explaining the recent changes to the FIM Regulations. We would also like to especially thank the SuperMoto organizers who, despite the economical crisis and the difficulties in financing SuperMoto events, continue to believe and invest in SuperMoto so that it can stay alive and try to make it grow.”

Dr. Wolfgang Srb, FIM/CMS President, added: “The communication with the organizers is very important, on Friday they got the latest news from Youthstream as well as from the FIM/CMS. It is also a perfect occasion to share experience and to talk to many colleagues. I am happy that Youthstream organizes this kind of meeting since many years and that the family gets bigger and bigger!

“It was also good to see that the organizers are all very busy in preparing their events and that they are optimistic and fully motivated. The mission of Youthstream and FIM/CMS to keep the sport affordable, in particular for young riders and families, was welcomed by all.”

Eurosport 2 to air more live coverage of FIM SuperMoto World series

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:41:00 +0100

Youthstream and TV broadcaster Eurosport recently came to an agreement enhancing the FIM SuperMoto World Championship S1 and FIM SuperMoto of Nations coverage through more live TV hours.

Eurosport 2 will be broadcasting live the FIM SuperMoto World Championship S1 and the FIM SuperMoto of Nations with live coverage on each event in Western and Southern Europe. Eastern, Central and Nordic European countries will show live or slight delayed coverage of the Grand Prix while Eurosport Asia Pacific will add other two hours of delayed television coverage.

The six rounds of the FIM SuperMoto World Championship are due to start in Castelletto di Branduzzo, Italy, on the May 2 weekend while the FIM SuperMoto of Nations will be held in Cahors, France, on the October 3 weekend.

Launched in 2005, Eurosport 2 currently reaches 40 million households. It is available in 14 languages and in 46 countries, covering the whole European geographical area.

In 2010 Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Asia Pacific will also cover the whole FIM Motocross World Championship MX1/MX2 and the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations.