FIM Europe Magazine #02|2022 special supplement

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“A very good first day for the FIM Europe Congress. Finally, after two years we could meet in the presence of many delegates of the Federations. Today we had Sporting and Beyond Sporting Councils, facing a lot of items. Just before lunch time we had a press conference for the national tv with Cristian Muresan, President of the Romanian Motorcycling Federation, and Thomas Moldovan, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sports. We talked about the future of the sport and the importance of having a real Congress again in Romania after several years”.

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FIRST DAY FOR THE FIM EUROPE FAMILY IN BUCHAREST WITH THE REUNION OF THE SPORTING AND BEYOND SPORTING COMMISSIONS.

After two years of stop due to the COVID pandemic and restrictions, the FIM Europe Congress officially kicked off on June 30th inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest, Romania, in the presence of 39 National Federations.

A unique opportunity for all Federations, Commissions Chairmen and Members as well as FIM Europe Championships’ promoters to meet and share ideas and expertise, all driven by a common passion for motorcycling.

The first day began with a special press conference with the Romanian National TV in the presence of the FIM Europe President, Martin de Graaff, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sports, Thomas Moldovan and the President of the Romanian Motorcycling Federation, Cristian Muresan.

In the afternoon the first meetings: Sporting and Beyond Sporting Councils, with a focus on last year’s activities and the upcoming events.

In the Sporting Council relevant issues were discussed by the Chairmen of the various Commissions, who made the point on the current and last seasons. The reports of

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the latest activities of all disciplines were analysed in the presence of the FIM Europe President and the Chairman of the Sporting Council, Michal Sikora.

The Beyond Sporting Council analysed the activities done with its Chairman, Silvio Manicardi. It took stock of this mandate and pointed to the news that emerged this year in order to present them to the General Assembly.

From left: Thomas Moldovan (Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sports), Cristian Muresan (President of the Romanian Motorcycling Federation), Martin de Graaff (FIM Europe President)

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From left: Thomas Moldovan (Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sports), Martin de Graaff (FIM Europe President), Cristian Muresan (President of the Romanian Motorcycling Federation)

MARTIN DE GRAAFF FIM Europe President

“A very good first day for the FIM Europe Congress. Finally, after two years we could meet in the presence of many delegates of the Federations. Today we had Sporting and Beyond Sporting Councils, facing a lot of items. Just before lunch time we had a press conference for the national tv with Cristian Muresan, President of the Romanian Motorcycling Federation, and Thomas Moldovan, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sports. We talked about the future of the sport and the importance of having a real Congress again in Romania after several years”.

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MICHAL SIKORA IS THE NEW FIM EUROPE PRESIDENT

New elected FIM Europe President Michal Sikora together with Jorge Viegas (FIM President)

Moldovan, the new FIM Europe President, Michal Sikora, and the Romanian Federation President, Ioan Cristian Muresan, together with his Vice-President, Nicoleta Olariu, and Secretary General, Sabin Olariu.

Second official day for the FIM Europe Congress inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest, Romania.

The day started with the “General Secretaries Leadership Path” FIM Workshop and a special meeting with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, who received a complimentary plate from the former FIM Europe President, Martin de Graaff, as a sign of gratitude for the hospitality in Romania. At this special meeting also the FIM President, Jorge Viegas, the Sport State Secretary at the Romanian Sport Ministry, Thomas-Razvan

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In the morning, the FIM Europe Management Council met in view of the General Assembly, which took place in the afternoon in the presence of the FIM President and the representatives of 39 National Federations.

Before the beginning, the floor to the President of the Ukrainian Federation, Vadym Kopylov, who expressed his gratitude for the support of FIM Europe and FIM in this tough period.

Following the welcome of the FRM President, the Sport State Secretary at the Romanian Sport Ministry and the FIM President, the Congress begun in earnest with the reports of the outgoing FIM Europe President, the Treasurer Juhani Halme and all the Internal Auditors. After the presentation of the 2021 balance sheet and the 2022 budget approval, the Chairman of the Sporting and Beyond Sporting Councils, Michal Sikora and Silvio Manicardi, presented their reports. As he didn’t stand for the new elections, Manicardi had the opportunity to say goodbye after 45 years working with FIM. Therefore, long and loyal service awards were presented to the following National Federations: • FMB - Fédération Motocycliste de Belgique – 110th anniversary • SML - Suomen Moottoriliitto ry 100th anniversary • MUL - Motor-Union du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - 100th anniversary • FMU - Federation Motorcycling of Ukraine - 30th anniversary

A special awardee also to: Nina Birjukova (LAMSF) - Honorary Vice President Igor Eskinja (HMS) - Honorary Chairman Road Racing Commission John Chatterton-Ross (ACU) - Honorary Member In the second part of the General Assembly took place the official elections.

With a general acclamation of all the present Federations, Michal Sikora was elected as the new FIM Europe President.

Vice-Presidents: Jean Marc Desnues (FFM), Josè Ramon Garcia (RFME), Juhani Halme (SML), Manuel Marinheiro (FMP), Francesco Carmelo Mezzasalma (FMI), Nicoleta Olariu (FRM), Stijn Rentmeesters (FMB), Roy N. Wetterstad (NMF).

Internal Auditors: Laurent Delbroek (FMB), Vadym Kopylov (FMU), Tapio Nevala (SML).

Judicial Panel Members: Elvio Fortuna (FMI), Piotr Piekutowski (PZM).

MICHAL SIKORA FIM EUROPE PRESIDENT “I’m really happy with result of today’s General Assembly. I congratulate to elected vice-presidents, auditors and judicial panel members. I would also like to thank Martin de Graaff for inspirations and great cooperation over last years".

Michal Sikora, as FIM Europe President, will represent the 44 European Motorcycling Federations. “I’m really looking forward for the future. There are a lot of challenges in front of us but with good team and faith we will succeed”.

At the end of the Congress, some words about the next ones: 2023 in Saragoza, Spain, and 2025 in Malta, organised by RFME and AMFK.

MARTIN DE GRAAFF "Today the General Assembly started with the usual agenda points and the new FIM Europe President Michal Sikora has been elected by acclamation. All the best to him. I can look back to fantastic time in FIM Europe, where I met many friends. I trust in the new Management Council and for sure it will continue the current policy of FIM Europe”.

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The new FIM Europe Management Council: From left: Francesco Carmelo Mezzasalma, Roy N. Wetterstad, Stijn Rentmeesters, Nicoleta Olariu, Alessandro Sambuco, Michal Sikora, Juhani Halme, Josè Ramon Garcia, Manuel Marinheiro, Jean Marc Desnues.

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From left: Sabin Olariu (Romanian Federation Secretary General), Michal Sikora (FIM Europe President), Martin de Graaff (former FIM Europe President), Thomas-Razvan Moldovan (Sport State Secretary at the Romanian Sport Ministry), Ioan Cristian Muresan (Romanian Federation President), Nicoleta Olariu (Romanian Federation Vice-President), Marcel Ciolacu (President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania), Jorge Viegas (FIM President), Nicu Nita (Romanian Deputy), Alin Chitu (Secretary of State Ministry of Finance).

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From left: Piotr Piekutowski, Michal Sikora

From left: Tapio Nevala, Vadym Kopylov, Michal Sikora, Laurent Delbroek

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From left: Jorge Viegas, Martin de Graaff, Michal Sikora

Silvio Manicardi

From left: Alessandro Sambuco, Michal Sikora

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THE NEW MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MET OFFICIALLY AFTER THE ELECTION OF FIM EUROPE PRESIDENT MICHAL SIKORA

Third and last day for the FIM Europe Congress in Bucharest, Romania, inside the Radisson Blu Hotel.

A thrilling weekend full of emotions, meetings and news.

After the elections of the new President and Vice-Presidents, the new Management Council met for the first time. In the agenda the appointment of the new positions and new Commissions’ and Medical Panel members.

Manuel Marinheiro, has been appointed 1st Deputy President and Chairman of the Sporting Council, Roy N. Wetterstad 2nd Deputy President and Chairman of the Beyond Sporting Council, Josè Ramon Garcia is the new Treasurer.

In the meanwhile, the nine Sporting Commissions (Enduro & Rally, Drag Racing, Motoball, Motocross & Snowcross, Supermoto, Road Racing, Track Racing, Trial, Vintage), the three Beyond Sporting Commissions (Environment Commission, Public Affairs Commission, Touring Commission) and the two Panels (Medical and Judicial) gathered with regard to 2018/2022 mandate.

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MICHAL SIKORA FIM Europe President

“It was three very intense days. New management Council met today for the first time a took some very important decisions and agreed on dividing tasks between members. It was wonderful time here in Bucharest. I would like to thank Romanian Motorcycle Federation, especially my colleague Nicoleta Olariu, President Christian Muresan and Sabin Olariu for great hospitality and perfect organisation.

Well done!”

From left: Stijn Rentmeesters, Juhani Halme, Francesco Carmelo Mezzasalma, Nicoleta Olariu, Jorge Viegas (FIM President), Michal Sikora (FIM Europe President), Manuel Marinheiro, Josè Ramon Garcia, Alessandro Sambuco (General Secretariat), Roy N. Wetterstad, Jean Marc Desnues.

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ROBERT SVENSSON

CHAIRMAN ENDURO & RALLY COMMISSION “Enduro & Rally Commission had a good meeting. We had the occasion to discuss with our promotor for Enduro European Championship, Maxim, about how to improve the Championship in the future. Our TT Rally promoter, Mr Meletis, joined us on Zoom for a discussion of this and next season. The Commission also talked about Baja, Cross Country and SuperEnduro”.

JOB HEEZEN

CHAIRMAN DRAG RACING COMMISSION “We had good discussion about some issues we are facing in the series, like finding solutions to bring back local racers to our international events. This is one of our main concerns for the near future and I think it has been brought to everybody’s attention in a positive way: this is not just concerning the Drag Racing but more sections”.

PASCALE RESCHKO JACQUOT

MOTOBALL COMMISSION “After a long period without any European event we are happy that Lithuania confirmed to organize the 2023 European Championship in the city of Kretinga. The Commission is working on concepts to organize additional events on Club level. We also discussed with the representative from Ukraine and the Netherlands to appoint new members to the Commission. The French Federation has implemented Electric Motorcycles in Motoball since 2015 already and the participating countries are interested to receive more details about their experience”.

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IVO TSVETANOV

MARTIN HEJDUK

“One main change is the restructuring of the EMX 65-85 zones, because of the situation in Ukraine and the fact that Russia and Belarus are no long member of FIM and FIM Europe. We have to consider the restructure of the two North Europe zones to maintain some consistency. From 2023 there will be a North Europe zone which will consist of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, plus Ukraine. The other zone will be Central European zone with the same member state except Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Basically, the North Europe zone will be based around the Baltic Sea and the South East and South West zone stay the same. This decision is in full agreement with our promotional partner Infront and is accepted by the Federations concerned.

This change is a reaction caused by the problems in Ukraine and to keep the four zones as stable and equal as possible.

This decision could be reversed at sometime in the future if the situation in Ukraine will be back to normality and if Russia and Belarus are allowed back to the FIM and FIM Europe family. This is my last meeting as Chairman of the Motocross and Snowcross Commission: thank you to the members past and present for the cooperation and I wish the new commission and its chairman my best wishes for the future”.

“All the Commission's members met again after two years of Covid restrictions. We have discussed about two different solutions to simplify the Junior Championship in 2023 and the next program of S4, S3 and Senior Cup. We also spoke about new calendars and soon we’ll be ready for the next season”.

“The meeting was very productive. A lot of topics was discussed in a very open atmosphere. My Laps presented its system for the circuits with a lot of interest of our members”.

CHAIRMAN MOTOCROSS & SNOWCROSS COMMISSION

CHAIRMAN SUPERMOTO COMMISSION

HAIRMAN ROAD RACING COMMISSION

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PIOTR SZYMANSKI

CHAIRMAN TRACK RACING COMMISSION “Unfortunately, not all our members could take part in our meeting today due to cancellation of flights.

We drafted a calendar with still some open spots and it will be finalized soon. All Championships and Trophies will be run according to our rules and ongoing calendar in 2022. There had been no rule change proposals for this meeting, but working groups are working on small amendments for 2023, this will be presented in Rome at the next meeting.

Discussions where raised up regarding reducing the power of engines, age limits for young riders and future European Team Championship. Christian Bouin was fare-welled after a very long period: the Commission thanked him for his good job, especially in Grass Track.

Thank you to all members for taking the way to Bucharest and supporting our meeting here”.

MAGNUS LILJEBLAD CHAIRMAN TRIAL COMMISSION

“We had a good meeting and almost all members attended in person. We get in contact with two members who couldn’t come and with the FIM CTR Director too.

The meeting was very constructive and we had good discussions. We are working on the new calendars. We are already looking forward to our next meeting in Fiumicino!”.

IGOR BOSKOVIC CHAIRMAN VINTAGE COMMISSION

“The Commission took the point on the current activities and already spoke about the new season.

This year the Vintage Commission saw races in all disciplines in full respect with the calendars”.

NILS FREIVALDS CHAIRMAN TOURING COMMISSION

“The Commission has finally met, discussing about future plans of Tour Assistant Training, FIM Europe Club Tour in Tuscany planned later this year as well as continuation of FIM Europe Club Tour in Finland on snowmobiles in March next year. A snowmobile tour was very well attended and splendidly organized earlier this year and it became obvious to continue such a beautiful activity.

After a long break it is a time for hands-on to the Tour Assistant Training organization that will take place at the Honda Safety Institute in Barcelona on October 1st. I would like to thank all the Touring Commission members for their dedication and support to the work done during the last term and wish a very successful and productive work for the new Commission team in future”.

ADAMO LEONZIO CHAIRMAN ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION

“A good meeting today about the first part of 2022. The main topic was the papers we prepared for next mandate 20222026 with some advices and good arguments to develop”.

JESPER CHRISTENSEN

MEMBER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMISSION “The Commission continued the noise discussion raised by the French Federation at the AGM. Another issue was the ban of sales of combustion cars in EU 2035 versus the rapid development of electric motorcycles, which are an interesting development for the mobility, particularly in the cities. Very positively were the new potential specialist members joining the commission for the first time”.

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