Point of view - Martin de Graaf

POINT OF VIEW

MARTIN DE GRAAFF

FIM Europe President

The year 2021 was again diffcult with many restrictions on all our activities. At the

end FIM Europe can, in spite of all limitations, look back to

a rather successful season

concerning the numbers of events. Many competitions could be completed. The accent was on the second part of the season because of

many postponed races. We are grateful to all our promoters, organisers and federations to make this possible. The Sporting Commissions could meet in October and November, the Non-Sporting Commissions will be together in Fiumicino in January. The last two years it was impossible to organize the annual FIM Europe Congress. In conjunction with the FIM we had the change to keep a General Assembly in order to inform our afliated Fede-

rations and to take the ne-

cessary decisions, in January from a studio in Geneva, while

recently we could be present at the FIM Family meetings in Monaco.

During these meetings the Treasurer and External Au-

ditors gave the right information to all present and connected Federations, the

attendance was good. During the second part of the Assembly the new Statutes were approved, the last version from 2012 had to be

more in line with the FIM Sta-

tutes and the current deve-

lopments. Hopefully the FIM Europe congress in Bucharest can take place in July, like usual including the Commission meetings. We have noticed that meetings face to face are important, our volunteers missed after many zoom-meetings the real social contacts. they all worked successful on our common

interest: motorcycling and motorsport. This month the Motorsport World said goodbye to two legends, Valentino Rossi and Toni Cairoli, multiple World Championships with an enormous number of fans.

The next generation will take over, we see in our European Championships many talented riders with one goal, to be successful in the World

Champion after several years. The development in Motorcycling is hopeful for the future, it is more popular than ever. We have to stimulate the

use and create possibilities in a safe way. At the end of 2021 I would like

to thank all our volunteers,

also in the federations, our

partners and promoters. The staf in Fiumicino did a great job in this period. Thank you all and try to stay healthy!