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Vito Ippolito FIM President

Matthew Roberts Master of Ceremony

FIM Legends

FIM Team World Championships

FIM Track Racing Champions

FIM Road Safety Award

FIM Cross-Country Rallies Champion

FIM Enduro Champions

FIM Environmental Award

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Vito IppolitoFIM President

“It is with great delight and no less pride that I welcome you to this fourth edition of the FIM Gala Ceremony and the  second  edition  to  be  held  in  this wonderful  venue that  holds  such  a  rich  racing  history.  With  another memorable  season  of  motorcycle  sport  successfully completed,  we  are  again  gathered  here  together to  celebrate  and  applaud  our  new  and  returning champions. 

After the many hours, days, weeks and months and sometimes years of training, preparation and sheer hard work that have gone into making an FIM World Champion, the moment has come at last when all those efforts  are  recognised  by  the  presentation  of  the  gold medal. The FIM Gala Ceremony is the perfect stage on which  to  recognise  and  to  reward  our  champions  in front of the hundreds of two-wheel guests who join us in person here this evening and our global TV audience that shares this special occasion with us.

Like  our  many  different  motorcycling  disciplines,  the FIM  Gala  Ceremony  itself  is  also  an  evolving  process. This year alongside our individual winners we welcome the  champions  of  our  team  titles  for  the  first  time. 

The  FIM  Motocross  of  Nations,  the  FIM  Trial  des Nations and the FIM International Six Days Enduro – the Six Days Enduro is the oldest event in the FIM calendar  and  celebrated  its  centennial  earlier  this  year – all represent the ethos and spirit of our sport and the  contributions  of  our  many  national  federations in upholding the tradition of these wonderful team competitions.

Finally  I  would  like  to  acknowledge  the  work  and commitment not only of our champions and our riders, but also of all the teams, federations, clubs, organisers, sponsors, supporters and the many volunteers that make  our  sport  possible  throughout  each  season. Without you all  there would be no  racing, none of  the entertainment and no FIM World Champions, those special  individuals who are each adored by  their many fans around the World and paint a smile on so many faces each weekend thanks to their combination of skill and bravery.

I would like to thank you for being here and being part of  this  special  occasion,  when  together  we  can  enjoy our shared and never-ending passion for motorcycling.”

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British-born Matt Roberts has been the host of the BBC’s live coverage of the MotoGP World Championship since 2011, having previously worked as a pit-lane reporter since 2006.

Prior to joining the BBC, Matt had already become a familiar face in the paddock as the in-house English language journalist for Dorna Sports and from 2001 to 2004 he became the recognised voice of MotoGP around the world thanks to his role as lead commentator on the live world feed, which was broadcast by a host of networks including ESPN Star Sports (Asia), Fox Sports (Australia), SuperSport (Africa) and Speed TV (USA), as well as for his regular role as the presenter of the MotoGP Awards Ceremony in Valencia.

Matt translated the biography of MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (“My Story So Far”) from Spanish in to English and in 2013 he ghost wrote Casey Stoner’s autobiography “Pushing The Limits”.

Matt is also a keen rider himself and in 2011 he rode a Yamaha R1 from London to Valencia in aid of the official MotoGP charity Riders for Health.

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Harry EvertsFIM Motocross Legend

Malcolm Rathmell FIM Trial Legend

Jutta KleinschmidtFIM Woman Legend

Ove FundinFIM Track Racing Legend

Phillip William ReadFIM Road Racing Legend

Cyril Neveu FIM Cross Country Rallies Legend

Alessandro GrittiFIM Enduro Legend

FIM Woman LegendBorn on 29 August 1962 in Cologne, Germany

Jutta Kleinschmidt

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Jutta  Kleinschmidt  graduated  in  Physical  Engineering. Working at BMW, she decided to take part in raids in the desert, and, starting in 1987, took part in the Pharaoh’s Rally.  She  did  her  first  Paris-Dakar  in  1988.  Learning the ropes was tough. Success came in 1992 when she finished in 23rd position in the Paris-Capetown riding a BMW R1000 GS, topping the women’s standings. In the same year she took part in the 24 Hour car races at the Nürburgring and in Spa.

In 1993, she took part in a Cross-Country Rally on four wheels  for  the  first  time,  as  co-driver  of  Jean-Louis Schlesser  (Buggy)  in  the  UAE  Desert  Challenge.  In 1994, she finished 22nd in the Dakar on a KTM and won the Women’s  class  again.  She  was  fifth  in  the  overall classification of the Pharaoh’s Rally (and the first woman classified). 

In 1995 she was contracted by the Mitsubishi team for the Paris-Dakar, in which she finished 12th. 

In 1996, again on a motorcycle, she won the Women’s class  of  the  Australian  Safari  and  the  UAE  Desert Challenge. In the 1997 Dakar, driving the buggy built by Jean-Louis Schlesser, she won her first stage (first stage victory for a female driver, and first German win  in the Rally). 

In 1999 she came back to Mitsubishi and took third place of the Dakar driving the Pajero, with two stage wins. For the  first  time,  Jutta  led  the  overall  classification,  from the third to the fifth stage. She became the first woman to be on the  final  rostrum – and that was not all. That same year she also took part in the Italian Baja (4th), the Tunisian Rally (4th) and the UAE Desert Challenge (3rd), which gave her a 4th place in the Cross-Country Rallies World Cup (FIA). In 2000, she took part in all the events of the World Cup and ended up in second place. 

In 2001 she obtained the ultimate accolade: victory in the overall classification on a Mitsubishi Pajero. Once again she established a record: first woman and first German driver  ever  to  win  the  Dakar.  She  finished  second  the following year. She was  then hired by  the Volkswagen team with whom she finished in third in the 2005 Rally with Italian Fabrizia Pons as navigator.

In 2003, together with a friend she covered more than 1500 km on a bicycle in the Alps, between Monaco and Salzburg, riding over no less than 26 passes, various of them used by the Tour de France a few days earlier.

In 2008, she competed in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring on a BMW 330 and finished first  in the S2 class. Jutta is also busy with training of drivers and riders for road driving  and  competition,  and  has  published  videos  on several subjects linked to motor sports.

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FIM Track Racing LegendBorn on 23 May 1933 in Tranås, Sweden

Ove Fundin

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Ove Fundin is a former Speedway rider who took part in his first World Final in 1954, and won the FIM Speedway World Championship five times (1956, 1960, 1961, 1963,  1967).  He  was  the  first  rider  in  the  Speedway history to come from a country where English was not the first  language spoken. He finished runner-up  in the championship  three  times  (1957–59)  and was  third  in 1962, 1964 and 1965 meaning that from his first win in 1956 until his last in 1967, Ove Fundin did not finish lower than a podium place in a record eleven World Finals. He was known by the nickname of the “Flying Fox” or just “the Fox” because of his red hair.He went to ride in Great Britain, joining the Norwich Stars in 1955 and riding for them until 1964 when the Firs stadium closed. Then he rode for other teams in England but he will always be remembered for the glory days at Norwich Stars where he was worshipped by  the home  fans.Ove Fundin also took part in the Team Speedway World Championship for the Swedish team and won the very first Team World Final held in Malmö (Sweden) in 1960, and then in 1962,

1963, 1964, 1967 and 1970. He is considered by many to be the greatest rider of all time and this is reflected by the  fact  that  the Speedway World Cup  is  named after him.

In  1961,  together  with  Motocross  World  champion Sten Lundin, Fundin was awarded a Gold Medal by the Swedish  newspaper  Svenska  Dagbladet.  Fundin  was honoured as Freeman of  the City of Norwich  in 2006, only the second non-English person to be awarded this honour. 

Sweden  became  a  top  country  in  Speedway  largely because of him.He currently lives in the South of France.

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FIM Cross Country Rallies LegendBorn on 20 September 1956 in Orléans, France

Cyril Neveu

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After racing in Motocross, he became an internationally known cross-country rally rider from the mid-seventies. He  first  took  part  in  the  pre-Dakar  Côte  d’Ivoire-Côte d’Azur  (or  Abidjan-Nice)  Rally  in  1977  and  1978,  and then in the first Paris-Dakar in 1979, aboard an XT500 Yamaha. He repeated the win in 1980 and for 1981 was contracted by Honda to be official rider for the factory. He won the rally in 1982, but finished only tenth in 1983, and fourth in 1984. He came back in 1986 still as Honda factory rider riding the famous prototype NX780 – from which the Honda Transalp and the Africa Twin would be derived – and clinched his fourth victory. The following year, 1987, was maybe the most incredible in the history of the rally, when Cyril Neveu on the factory Honda and Hubert Auriol on the factory Cagiva were racing almost side by side. Nobody knew which would be the winner until, two days before the finish in Dakar, Auriol crashed heavily and broke both his ankles, leaving another victory for  Cyril.Preparing  his  future,  he  created  the  company NPO in 1987 which he ran until 2008, organising several 

African Rallies, particularly the Tunisian Rally (Rallye de Tunisie)  and  the  Rally  of  Morocco.  He  also  created  a company  to organise  the Tour of Corcega  (Corsica) by water-scooter. Lately he has been running a Regularity Rally in Morocco for vintage cars.Having been one of the first heroes of the African Rallies together with Hubert Auriol, Cyril Neveu remains one of the greatest Rally riders ever.

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FIM Enduro LegendBorn on 1 April 1947 in Vertova (Bergamo), Italy

Alessandro Gritti

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Alessandro Gritti started his career  in  1965  riding  in  Motocross competitions,  and  became  Italian Champion  in  1975  and  1979.  At  the same time, he competed in Regularity events (renamed Enduro in 1981) ; his first Italian title was in 1967 in the 250cc  class,  and  the  last  one  in  the 600cc class in 1990.

The European Championship was the top Individual Championship in the  70s  and  80s  (it  became  a World Championship in 1990). Riding a KTM, he clinched the 250cc title in 1975. He passed to the 125cc class in 1976 and took his second crown, and in 1977 he was back in the 250cc class where he captured his third title in a row. In 1981 he was a member of the Italian Trophy team which won the World Trophy at the International Six Days Enduro held on the Isola d’Elba. 

During  his  career  he  earned  10  Gold Medals for his individual performances in the Six Days, and he won three individual classes : the 250cc in Austria (1976), the 125cc in Germany (1979) and  the  250cc  at  the  Isola  d’Elba (Italy, 1981) ; he also won the overall individual  classification  in  the  250cc in 1976 (on KTM) and in 1981 (on Kramer).

At National level, he won ten class titles (four  in  the 250cc,  two  in  the 175cc, three  in the 125cc, one  in the 600cc, one  scratch,  one  Junior  –  in  1966 riding a Morini 100cc, and two Senior. He  also  won  the  Valli  Bergamasche competition four times. 

Alessandro Gritti started to race in off-road competition in 1965, and kept on racing until 1992 ! 

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FIM Trial LegendBorn on 18 June 1949 in Otley – West Yorkshire, England

Malcolm Rathmell

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Malcolm Rathmell  followed  the path of his  father Eric, Trial organiser and Motocross rider, starting to ride Trial when 17  years  old  in  1966 He  started  to  take  part  in national  events, with  so much  success  that  he  gained the support of Triumph. In 1967 he won his first national Trial,  beating  the great Sammy Miller.  In 1968 he was hired by Greeves,. Rathmell decided to go for Motocross beside  the  Scottish  Six  Days  Trial,  the  Scott  Trial  and several other meetings. In the 1973 ISDT in the USA he was member of the British team which finished second in the World Trophy – their best classification in the last 20 years.

In 1970, Rathmell went to Bultaco, and in 1971 he took part in the Scottish Six Days Trial, finishing in fourth with the famous Sherpa T, and winning the Scott Trial and the British Experts Trial. He began some major development work  on  the  motorcycle,  and  in  1971  and  1972  he ended  the  European  Championship  in  second,  behind Mick Andrews and his Ossa. In 1973 the title went to his friend Martin Lampkin, also on Bultaco, and  in 1974  it was finally his turn. In a long Championship (13 rounds, the first one in the USA, which is why the season became the  Euro-American  Championship),  Malcolm  Rathmell scored  three  wins  and  five  second  places,  enough  for him to beat Swede Ulf Karlsson and British riders Mick Andrews and Martin Lampkin. 

1975 was the first World Championship year. Rathmell decided  to  leave  Bultaco  (which  had  many  top  riders and  hence many  different  technical  inputs)  and  go  to Montesa,  in  order  to  develop  the  new  306cc  model which  was  to  replace  the  mythical  Cota  247.  Martin Lampkin  clinched  the  title,  one  point  ahead  of  Yrjö Vesterinen and two ahead of Rathmell. 

The famous Montesa Cota 348, the “Rathmell Replica”, came out  in 1976, and  the  fight  for  the  title  remained very close. However,  it was one more  for Bultaco, and Vesterinen’s  first title, ahead of Rathmell and Lampkin. The  Finn  would  take  a  second  title  in  1977.  Malcolm Rathmell finished third.

For  1978,  Rathmell  signed  a  two-year  contract  with Suzuki  and worked on developing  the motorcycle,  but it was a disaster. At the end of the first year the contract was  terminated  amicably  and  Malcolm  went  back  to Montesa  for  1979.  He  finished  the  Championship  in fifth place but he won the Scottish Six Days Trial for the second time (after his first win in 1973), and the British Championship for the fifth time. He would still compete for another three years, but knee problems finally prompted  him  stop  competing.  He  now  runs  a  shop specialised inTrial equipment.

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FIM Motocross LegendBorn on 6 February 1952 in Neeroeteren, Belgium

Harry Everts

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As  a  child,  Harry  had  polio  and underwent a series of operations on his  leg.  Under  the  guidance  of  his uncle  Jef  Teeuwissen  (himself  a World Championship  rider),  he  started  racing at  national  level  in  1967  on  a  250cc Maïco.  Joel  Robert  spotted  his  riding skills and recommended him to the Puch factory.  He  entered  the  250cc  World Championship in 1973 and finished in 14th place as best Belgian  rider  ahead of  Jean-Claude  Laquaye,  Joel  Robert, Gaston  Rahier  and  Sylvain  Geboers! In 1974, he took third spot behind Guennady Moisseev and Jaroslav Falta. He  then  dominated  the  1975  season and won a first World title (the only one for  Puch).  Still  on  a  Puch  in  1976,  he finished fourth, repeating that feat on a Bultaco in 1977, scoring sixth in 1978. 

Hired  in 1979 by Suzuki  for  the 125cc class,  replacing  Gaston  Rahier  who went to Yamaha, he was on a mission: to keep the title in the hands of the yellow  brand.  Harry  literally  destroyed the competition, clinching 18 heat wins (a  record  never  broken  nor  equalled) and  nine  GP  victories.  His  reign  over the  125cc  class  lasted  three  years (1979-1981).  During  that  time,  he even  prepared  his  own  succession. He  finished  fourth  in 1982 while  team mate  and  “protégé”  Eric  Geboers –  younger  brother  of  his  mechanic Sylvain  Geboers  –  continued  Suzuki’s domination in the class. He then went to defend the Suzuki colours in the 500cc class  in 1983 and took another fourth, battling  it  out  with  Hakan  Carlqvist, André  Malherbe  and  Graham  Noyce. On  a  Husqvarna  in  1984,  he  suffered a severe leg injury while training that marked the end of his career. He retired and concentrated his efforts on his son Stefan, with some success! The younger Everts would claim 10 Motocross World Championships  and  101  GP  wins. Today, Harry  is a  talent  scout  for KTM and runs a motocross school.

Harry Everts was also a member of the Belgian team which won the Motocross des Nations in 1976 and 1979.

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FIM Road Racing LegendBorn on 1 January 1939 in Luton, England

Phillip William Read

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Eight-times  world  champion  motorcycle  road  racer Phillip William Read is nicknamed “The Prince of Speed.” He was the first man to win world championships in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes.

In 1964, Phil gave Yamaha their first world title when he won the 250cc class. He repeated this feat as champion the following year. For 1966, Yamaha introduced a new four  cylinder  250cc  bike  and  teething  problems  with the new engine meant he  lost  the crown to Hailwood. In 1967 he battled Hailwood on his six-cylinder Honda all  the way  to  the  final  round.  They  ended up  tied but Hailwood took the crown as he had five wins to Read’s four.

The  1968  season  proved  to  be  controversial.  The Yamaha  factory  had  wanted  Read  to  concentrate  on winning  the  125cc  title  while  team-mate  Bill  Ivy  was to  take  the  250cc  crown.  After  winning  the  125cc championship, Read decided to  fight  Ivy  for the 250cc title. They  finished the season tied on points and Read was awarded the championship based on elapsed times.

After sitting out most of the 1969 and 1970 seasons when  the major  Japanese  factories  all  withdrew  from Grand  Prix  racing,  he  returned  in  1971  on  a  heavily 

modified privateer Yamaha with no factory support. On this  bike  he  claimed  his  fifth  world  championship  and became the only rider to win a world championship as a privateer.

In 1972 he was offered a ride with the MV Agusta team and  in  1973  he  took  the  500cc  world  championship. He  successfully  defended  his  crown  in  1974  in  what would be the last world championship for the legendary Italian  marque.  It  would  also  be  the  last  time  a  four-stroke machine would win a title until the advent of the MotoGP class in 2002.

 He put up a strong fight against Agostini’s Yamaha for the  1975  500cc  championship  but  finished  in  second place.  Realising  that  the  writing  was  on  the  wall  for four-stroke  machines,  he  left  the  Italian  company  to campaign as a privateer on a Suzuki in the 1976 season, after which  he  retired  from Grand Prix  racing. His  last race was at the Isle of Man TT in 1982 at the age of 43. The FIM named him a Grand Prix “Legend” in 2002.

  A  less  well-known  aspect  of  Phil’s  career  was  his involvement  in  endurance  racing.  He  rode  a Honda  in the  24-hour  Bol  d’Or  endurance  race  at  Le Mans  and was involved in the 8-hour race at Thruxton.

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RussiaFIM Team Ice Speedway Gladiators World Champion

The Netherlands FIM Team Long Track World Champion

Great BritainFIM Women’s Trial des Nations

DenmarkFIM Team Speedway Under 21 World Champion

ItalyFIM SuperMoto of Nations

PolandFIM Speedway World Cup

SpainFIM Trial des Nations

FranceFIM International Six Days’ Enduro World Trophy

AustraliaFIM International Six Days’ Enduro Women’s Team

FranceFIM International Six Days’ Enduro Junior World Trophy

BelgiumFIM Motocross of Nations

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FIM Team Ice Speedway Gladiators World ChampionRiders: Daniil Ivanov, Dmitry Koltakov, Nikolay Krasnikov

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LAST GASP RUSSIANS

In a dramatic finale to the second day in Sanok, Poland, Russia edged a win over a gallant Austrian team but needed a run-off to do so after both had tied on 55 points at the end of the programmed 42 heats.

The Austrian team had held a slender two point lead over  the  Russians  after  the  first  days  racing.  With temperatures down to minus 10 degrees and light snow falling, the teams had engaged in some tough racing and there were five accidents in the first six races which took some  45  minutes  to  complete.  Thankfully  no  injuries were  reported and the Russians were  left cursing  their luck  when  reserve  Krasnikov  ground  to  a  halt  with engine  problems when  leading Heat  15,  costing  them three valuable points. 

On the second day  it was not until  the two teams met in  Heat  40  that  they  drew  level  courtesy  of  a  great opportunist pass by Dmitry Koltakov on the final bend to force a deciding race.

In the run-off Daniil Ivanov met Franz Zorn and led from the  start  from  the  inside  gate.  He  closed  down  Zorn on the first bend cruising to a comfortable victory and another gold medal for the rampant Russians.

Sweden took the bronze medal, one point ahead of the  Polish  and  Czech  teams,  helped  by  a  maximum heat win in Heat 41 after Germany’s Gunter Bauer had temporarily lost control whilst leading.

A spirited performance by the Poles, racing in this final for the first time, resulted in a fourth place ahead of the Czech Republic team on count back.

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DUTCH DELIGHT

The county of Kent is known as “The Garden of England” but  at  the  FIM  Team  Long  Track  Team  at  Swingfield Minnis  in August  it was  the Dutch who brought  in  the harvest in one of the surprises of the season. In front of a huge crowd they picked up their first gold medal in this competition  previously  monopolised  by  the  Germans, who  had  won  every  Final  since  the  competition  was started in 2007.

Racing  on  home  soil,  the Great  Britain  team had  high hopes  of  success  but  with  a  below  form  Richard  Hall and an injury to Andrew Appleton in practice causing his early withdrawal their chances slipped away in the early heats  and  they  eventually  had  to  settle  for  third  spot. Their consolation was in relegating holders Germany to fourth place.

The  French,  inspired  by  young  Dmitri  Berge  and  well supported by the Tressarrieu brothers, provided the other major surprise of the day and finished the meeting only two points behind the winners to collect a deserved silver medal.

But during a long hot day, as organisers battled to contain  the  dust,  it  was  the  Netherlands  who  proved the superior team, brilliantly led by Theo Pijper with a 30 point maximum They sealed their victory with a massive 12-3 win over Germany in Heat 15 to become the first holders of the new Don Godden Trophy in memory of one of the greats of Long Track. 

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FIM Team Speedway Under 21 World ChampionTeam Manager: Anders SecherRiders: Michael Jepsen Jepsen, Michelsen Mikkel, Bech Jenssen Mikkel, Porsing Nicklas 

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YOUNG DANES BRING HOME THE BACON

Some consolation for the Danish speedway squad came with their defeat of Poland in the Under-21 version of the team competition in the Czech Republic.

On  the  vast  spaces  of  the  Pardubice  track  the Danish youngsters gained revenge for their SWC disappointments  with  a  one  point  victory  over  the Poles. Despite being seven points  in arrears at  the half way stage they recovered well to snatch victory. It was a reversal of their ill fortune in Prague and on this occasion the use of the ‘Joker’ worked to their advantage. 

The Australians were a major disappointment but their performance should not detract  from a splendid effort from the Czech team to win the bronze medal.

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FIM Speedway World CupTeam Manager: Marek CieslakRiders: Jaroslaw Hampel, Krysztof Kasprzak, Patryk Dudek,  Maciej Janowski

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BACK ON THE GOLD STANDARD

Captain  Jarek  Hampel  led  his  Polish  team  to  another SWC win in Prague in July despite the absence of Tomasz Gollob  through  injury.  In  yet  another  last  heat  decider Hampel  faced Denmark’s Under-21  champion Michael Jepsen Jensen but did not allow the pressure to deflect his concentration. He jetted from the start leading all the way and his three points meant that Poland regained the title  they  last  held  in  2011  and provided hero Hampel with his sixth SWC winners medal. 

Previous holders Denmark were disappointed not to retain their title but Nicki Pedersen’s engine failure  in a crucial Heat 16 was a bitter blow. However, team spirit in the Danish camp is high and they are already planning their assault on the title for next year.

The Poles and Danes had reached the final directly from their qualifying round but Australia had to fight through the Race Off event to win against a resurgent USA team led by evergreen Greg Hancock and a developing Latvian squad.

It was a disappointing tournament for injury hit Sweden and Russia who were unable to track their best  teams. Both will have to face the preliminary rounds next year in order to reach the final stages. Great Britain scraped into the top eight but lacked the strength in depth that this competition demands.

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GREAT BRITAIN’S GIRLS TAKE BACK THE TROPHY

In the FIM Women’s Trial des Nations it was Great Britain, represented by Emma Bristow – Sherco, Rebekah Cook – Beta and Joanne Coles – Gas Gas, who were triumphant over last year’s winners Spain, who were without Laia Sanz  –  Montesa  on  this  occasion.  However  Sandra Gomez – Gas Gas, Mireia Conde – Beta and Elisabeth Solera – Gas Gas, did their country proud as they fought off the attentions of Germany’s female trio of Theresa Bauml  – Ossa,  Ina Wilde  –  Sherco  and  Jessica Wulf  – Beta, who eventually completed the podium places.

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FIM Trial Des NationsTeam Manager: Salvador GarciaRiders: Toni Bou, Albert Cabestany, Jeroni Fajardo, Adam Raga

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SPAIN’S MEN REIGN AGAIN

For a tenth time in a row the mighty Spanish team comprising of Toni Bou – Repsol Montesa, Adam Raga – Gas Gas, Jeroni Fajardo – Beta and Albert Cabestany – Sherco secured the FIM Trial des Nations title. In truth with all their four riders ranked in the World’s top four in 2013  their  victory was never  in doubt. Who would be second and how far behind they would finish, was more the question of  the day. Spain’s winning margin would prove to be a massive eighty-nine marks after two laps of eighteen sections set around the French  town of La Chatre.

Great  Britain’s  line  up  of  James  Dabill  –  Beta,  Jack Challoner  –  Beta, Michael  Brown  –  Gas  Gas  and  Jack Sheppard – Beta had  to  resist a  strong challenge  from the  host  nation  of  France  to  repeat  their  runners-up placing for a fifth time in a row. France’s quartet of Loris Gubian  –  Gas  Gas,  Alexandre  Ferrer  –  Sherco,  Steven Coquelin – Gas Gas and Cedric Tempier – Sherco battled hard  in  front  of  a  large  home  crowd  to  gain  their  first podium position since 2001. 

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FIM International Six Days’ Enduro World TrophyTeam Manager: Fred WeillRiders: Riders: Jeremy Joly, Johnny Aubert, Pierre-Alexandre Renet, Fabien Planet, Rodrig Thain, Antoine Meo

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CENTENNIAL EDITION – FRANCE CLAIM GOLD IN SARDINIA

Few  expected  France  to  do  anything  but  top  the  FIM World  Trophy  team  competition  at  the  centennial running of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), held in Olbia, Sardinia. And not even a last minute change of rider line-up prevented them from doing just that. 

Claiming an eventual thirteen-minute margin of victory, the  French  national  squad  took  control  of  the  World Trophy  team competition on day one and  remained at the top of the category for the full six days of competition. Helped  by  an  overall  and  Enduro  3  class winning  ride from Antoine Meo – KTM, the strength of their team once again resulted in a battle for the runner-up position.

Claiming the runner-up position in the World Trophy class,  and  in doing so placing  second  for  the  first  time in more than thirty years, the United States once again proved that they are an increasing force to be reckoned with at the ISDE. 

Led  by  experienced  ISDE  campaigner  Kurt  Caselli  – KTM, the team’s result was in part boosted by winning

performances  from  Honda’s  Zac  Osborne  –  Enduro  1 and KTM’s Mike Brown – Enduro 3 during the day six motocross races. 

As host nation the Italian World Trophy team started the eighty-eighth edition of  the  ISDE with high hopes. One  rider  in  particular  –  newly  crowned  Enduro  2 World Champion Alex Salvini – Honda, was hopeful of a winning result.

Salvini would  endure  a  torrid week  –  one  in which  he would need hospital treatment for a forearm injury – and would ultimately be helpless to assist his Italian teammates.  Recovering  towards  the  end  of  the  week and aided by Australia’s misfortune on day five, the Italians thankfully ended their home ISDE on the third step of the podium.

Despite fighting for the runner-up result, Australia dropped four minutes on day five and ended their week in  fourth  position.  Completing  the  top  five  in  the  FIM World Trophy team competition Spain were fifth.

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FIM International Six Days’ Enduro Junior World TrophyTeam Manager: Fred WeillRiders: Swan Servajean, Loic Larrieu, Kevin Rohmer, Mathias Bellino

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FRENCH JUNIOR TEAM LEADS THE WAY

In  the  FIM  Junior World  Trophy  team  category  it was France  who  ended  the  week-long  event  as  winners. Taking control of the race lead at the end of day one, they set a pace that few could match. Winning each day of the competition, they successfully defended their ISDE title. Completing the top three Italy and Great Britain were second and third respectively.

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FIM International Six Days’ Enduro Women’s TeamTeam Manager: Don AtkinsRiders: Jessica Gardiner, Tayla Jones, Jemma Wilson

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AUSTRALIA’S WOMEN BRINGS FRANCE’S WINNING RUN TO AN END

Ending  France’s  five-year  winning  streak  in  the  FIM Women’s  World  Trophy  team  competition  Australia were crowned champions in Sardinia. Leading the race at the end of day one, Australia’s three riders – Jessica Gardiner – Sherco, Tayla Jones – KTM, Jemma Wilson – Yamaha – continued their unrelenting pace throughout the  week  to  secure  a  commanding  fourteen-minute margin of victory over Sweden with France third.

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FIM SuperMoto of Nations Team Manager: Attilio PignottiRiders: Ivan Lazzarini, Cristian Ravaglia, Teo Monticello

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ITALY CRUSHES BULGARIA’S HOPES FOR “NATIONS” GLORY

Just like its Motocross counterpart, the FIM SuperMoto of Nations is based upon the same rules and stirs the same emotions among the teams and the fans.

As  a  reminder:  each  country  can  enter  a  team  of  three riders who must all hold a passport of that country. There are three races where two riders from each team race for “Nations” glory. Each rider participates  in a maximum of two races. The winner of a race gets 1 point, the second 2 points, and so on. Five out of the six results count. 

Emotions were already running high when the entry list was published and it turned out that the newly crowned FIM SuperMoto World Champion was a member of the Bulgarian  team and hence a passport holder of  that country also.

After  the  first  race,  the  Czech  team  was  leading  with defending  nation  Italy  in  second  position  facing  a  five points deficit. Tailing the Azzurri were the teams of Austria and Bulgaria. Then there was another group of teams that might not be  in contention for overall victory but whose riders  could  take  valuable  points  away  from  the  leading teams: France, Finland, Netherlands and Great Britain.

Another race and two more results later it was Italy leading five points ahead of a surprising Austria, 7 points ahead of Czech Republic and 21 ahead of Bulgaria and France. 

It was clear that the third race would be decisive. Even if they had been relegated by 21 points, Bulgaria would now field Mauno Hermunen and Angel Karanyotov. The home team was hoping for a victory and a top five position and with the five best results counting, anything could happen ! 

Italy  would  line  up  the  experienced  Cristian  Ravaglia and Teo Monticelli;  France  the duo of Thomas Chareyre and Sylvain Bidart. On paper, Austria’s Rudolf Bauer and Hannes Maier and Czech Republic’s Tomas Travnicek and Milan Sitniaksky were not quite as strong but in this kind of competition, one can never tell. 

Ravaglia immediately took the lead and never looked back. Although he was being pressured by Karanyotov and Bidart during the entire race, he never made a mistake and claimed victory in the last Race. Hermunen had worked up his way to fourth and it looked as though Bulgaria would take the “Nations” overall. But Monticelli had other ideas and worked up his way from fourteenth to eighth; the race within the race! The fifth result made all the difference… And for Bulgaria, that was Georgiev’s fifteenth place in the first  race;  Italy’s was a ninth  from Lazzarini  in  the  same race. 

So, it was Italy, two points ahead of Bulgaria with France claiming third.

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THIS ONE IS FOR GEORGES !

For some years now, the Belgians have honoured one of their motocross greats at the FIM Motocross of Nations. This year,  it was the face of the  late Georges Jobé that graced the shirt of the “Red Knights” as the team is called in Belgium. And what better tribute could the team have offered the former five-time FIM World Champion than to win the Chamberlain Trophy for the fifteenth time?

Having  lost  last  year’s  “Nations”  in  Lommel  on  home soil  to  the German  team,  the  Belgian  squad  set  off  to Teutschenthal to seek revenge on the Germans on their home  ground.  So  did  the  American  team,  because  its third position in 2012 had been a hard pill to swallow. 

In  an  event  that  brings  out  the  national  pride  in  each rider and where team spirit, grit and determination are dominant factors for success, Germany, France and Italy were  also  amongst  the  contenders,  each  fielding  top class riders.

The  rules  for  this  event  are  simple.  Each  country  can enter a team of three riders who must all hold a passport of  that  country.  There  are  three  races  where  two riders of each team race for “Nations” glory. Each rider participates in a maximum of two races. The winner of a race gets 1 point, the second 2 points, and so on. Five out of the six results count. 

After the first race, the German team – backed by a keen home crowd – was leading. Italy, Australia, Belgium and the USA were in close pursuit.

With  two more  results  added after  the  second  race,  it was now Belgium in the lead ahead of the USA and Italy. France and Australia rounded off the top five. 

It was clear that the third race would be a nerve wracker and indeed, it was! Belgium had Clément Desalle and Ken De Dycker behind the starting grid; the USA counted on Ryan Dungey and Justin Barcia; Italy on Antonio Cairoli and David Philippaerts.

Both Belgium and the USA saw one of their riders go down  in  the  first  turn.  Desalle  dislocated  his  shoulder and pulled out of the race. The fate of the Belgian team was now  in the hands of De Dycker. The  lanky Belgian put in a tremendous effort which saw him take second place  in  the  last  lap  and  score  2  points  behind  Italy’s star  rider  Cairoli,  whose  results  on  the  day  secured bronze for Italy. Dungey came in seventh and everything now depended on a hard charging Barcia who finished eleventh.  It  was  a  nice  performance  and  the  much needed fifth result – better than Tomac’s sixteenth – but it was not enough. Counting the five best results made it gold for the Belgians and silver for the Americans by a slim three points.

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Tai Woffinden FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Champion

Joonas KylmäkorpiFIM Long Track World Champion

Patryk Dudek FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion

Daniil Ivanov FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Champion

FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World ChampionBorn on 23 September 1986, in Kamensk-Uralskiy, Russia

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Daniil  Ivanov was  introduced to the sport by his  father and  brother who  are  both  racers  and  he  is  one  of  the few ice racers who also take part in speedway. However, the  Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship has always been his target and for the previous four years he had been stalking eight times winner Nikolai Krasnikov without  ever  being  able  to  catch  him.  Krasnikov’s retirement presented him with the best opportunity to achieve  his  goal  and  in  Uppsala,  Sweden  in March  he finally secured the coveted gold medal having dropped only 11 points during the whole ten round series.

Ivanov had stamped his authority on the series early on with emphatic wins in Russia taking a five point lead from  the Krasnogorsk  and  setting  a  new  track  record. In Togliatti, his home track, he dropped only one point in 14 races but in Assen, the first of the artificial tracks, his  close  rival  Dmitry  Koltakov,  coached  by  former champion Krasnikov, hit back and came to within three points of taking the lead. 

A  high  speed  clash  with  Austrian  Frank  Zorn  in  Inzell could  have  slowed  his  progress  but  Ivanov  was determined and left Bavaria for the final rounds in Sweden with a 12 point advantage. When Ivanov beat Koltakov in the very first race in Uppsala the pattern was set and by the end of the day he had extended his lead to an almost unassailable 17 points. This was confirmed on the second day as he sailed to an  immaculate 21 point maximum to take his first title with a total of 199 points, an emphatic 21 ahead of the rest of the field.

Once  again  the  Russians,  who  dominated  this competition, celebrate another successful year and only the Austrians, who took them to a race off for the team title,  have  had  any  real  success  against  them.  As  the remaining competitors continue to search for the secret formula that might break their stranglehold we shall see how successful they have been in 2014  !

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FLYING FINN’S FOURTH

For  2013  the  FIM  Long  Track  World  Championship had been  restructured so  that 20  riders,  including one Wild Card, competed throughout the series in a 5-rider,  20 Qualifying Heat format, followed by two Semi-finals and a Final. This produced greater spectator interest and a closer competition with the six meetings producing six different winners. 

Once again the “Flying Finn” dominated the series with a  season-long  consistency  that  gathered  him  a  record fourth successive title. His final points tally of 126 points was a massive 29 ahead of his nearest rival and his place as  one of  all-time greats  of  this  discipline was  assured long before the riders went into the rain-delayed Final round  in  Morizes  in  September.  Here  he  secured  his title in the 10th race and finished with 18 points despite falling in the Final.

Joonas’  early  career  was  in  speedway  where  he  had been  racing  for  some  years,  mainly  in  Sweden  and Finland  before  taking  up  Long  Track  in  2000. His  first medals, silver in 2006 and 2007, marked him as a future champion and he  finally won gold  in 2010. Since  then he has added three more titles to his haul and looks to continue  this  success  for  some  years  to  come. He  still rides speedway regularly in the Polish, Swedish, British and  Danish  leagues  but  similar  success  on  the  short tracks has eluded him. 

The battle for the Silver and Bronze medals had been close  throughout  the  season  and  the  consistency  of Britain’s  Richard  Hall  eventually  proved  crucial  as  he pushed Josef Franc into 4th place and came within one point of Dutchman Jannick De Jong despite racing with an injured shoulder.

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2013 saw a major overhaul of the Under-21 championship with the number of rounds reduced to three in order to avoid fixture clashes with other competitions and make it easier for riders to enter. 

Patryk  topped  the  Final  Classification  for  this championship but left it to the very last minute. Despite a suspect engine he took the two points he needed in his last race in Terenzano, Italy to beat his fellow countryman Piotr Pawliki  by  a  single point. He  led  the  series  going into the last event but had to fight off a strong challenge from Pawliki and Kacper Gomolski and ultimately it was the 14 point haul he had taken from the first round in Pila in June which assured his victory. This was the first time that one country had taken the top three places in this competition.

Dudek started riding in 2008 and this year has seen his  first  major  successes  at  international  level.  Apart from the Under-21 title he played an important part in Poland’s Speedway World Cup success in Prague in July and also helped the Poles to a silver medal in the Team Under-21 Final. 

He  rides  for  the  Zielona  Gora  club  in  the  Polish Extraleague and there were hundreds of his fans who travelled to Italy to support him. 

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When Tai Woffinden was handed a permanent Wild Card  place  by  the  FIM Grand  Prix  Bureau,  there were few  who  would  have  predicted  the  outcome  of  the 2013 Speedway World Championship. Tai himself  later admitted that his personal aim had been to secure a top eight place  in  the  rankings and automatic qualification for next year’s series but that target was quickly revised as he demonstrated his ability to match the best of the field in speed, skill, courage and sportsmanship. 

From the opening round in Auckland it was clear that we were seeing a far different rider to the 19 year old who disappointed during his debut GP season in 2010. Then, struggling to deal with the recent death of his father and mentor  Rob,  and  ill-prepared  technically  or  logistically for  the demands of  a  long and competitive  season, he failed  to  impress  and  did  not  qualify  for  the  following year’s competition. Now,  there was a young man who was clearly able to compete at the highest level, whose riding  style  looked  comfortable  and  with  a  training and  fitness  regime which marked his determination  to succeed.

His  progress  was  rapid,  marked  by  the  “race  of  the season” when  beating  Emil  Sayfutdinov  in  Bydgoszcz, and  recovering  from  a  terrifying  first  bend  clash  with Nicki Pedersen in Gothenburg until, by winning his first 

Grand Prix in Prague, he rose to the top of the leader board.  A  disastrous  Cardiff  slowed  his  progress  and  it was not until the Italian Grand Prix in August that he established a clear lead in the series.  

It was a season where the ambitions of a number of riders  were  curtailed  by  injuries;  reigning  champion Chris  Holder  saw  his  season  end  in  a  horrific  crash  at Coventry  in July, Darcy Ward broke his shoulder  in the Swedish Grand Prix and missed the next three rounds and  Sayfutdinov’s  accident  in  a  Polish  League  match prompted  his  withdrawal  from  the  championship  in September. Woffinden broke his collar bone at Cardiff in June, had surgery and a metal plate inserted to enable him to ride again only two weeks later, then broke the same  bone  again  in  Stockholm  twisting  the  plate  in the process. Gritting his  teeth  to  ride  through the pain he returned to race in Torun and claim the first of what should be many World Championship titles.  

Amazingly, and despite a racing schedule which would tax the fittest of men, he also found time before the British Grand Prix to take a 140-mile charity cycle ride from his British base in Wolverhampton to Cardiff in aid of Cancer Research which has raised over £30,000 as a tribute to his father. 

The boy had become a man – on and off the track.

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FIM Road Safety Award 2013

The United Kingdom Department for Transport

The Department is the winner of the 2013 FIM Road Safety award for its  SHARP – Safety Helmet Assessment & Rating Programme – helmet safety work.  

Over  three  hundred  motorcycle  helmet  models  have been independently tested, and rated, using a simple star system. The internet site is now generating close to one million visits per year. Visitors are coming to the site from across the world, no longer just the UK. 

The testing programme was developed by the Department  following  the  recommendations  of collaborative international research that looked in detail at motorcycle accidents.  

The programme provides motorcyclists with two strands of information to help them choose a helmet. The first is to  inform riders of  the  importance of a correctly fitting helmet.  Information  on  the web  shows  a  rider  how  to select a helmet that fits correctly.

The second is to provide objective advice concerning the level of protection that a particular helmet may provide in an impact by using an easy to understand “star rating” system;  adopted  because  of  its  success  in  the  safety rating of cars. 

Objective testing proves that consumers need not spend a lot of money in order to buy good levels of safety. 

It has also encouraged some brands to introduce design changes that are reflected in better SHARP ratings than were achieved by earlier designs. 

Helmet  standards  are  vital  –  all  helmets  must  meet minimum safety standards but this programme subjects helmets  to more  demanding  impacts  than  regulations require  to  highlight  the  better  performing  helmets  in the market place. This helps riders to make an informed choice when they buy a new helmet. 

The FIM expresses its thanks to the independent judges for this award:

Dr Rohit Baluja – President, Indian Institute for Road Traffic Education

Dr Luciano Iorio – Chair, United Nations ECE Working Party for Road Safety (WP1)

Antonio Avenoso  –  Executive  Director,  European Transport Safety Council

Tim Buche  – President, Motorcycle Safety Foundation USA

The United Kingdom Department for Transport

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Impact testing the front of a helmet  against a kerb-shaped anvil.

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Paolo GonçalvesFIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion

FIM Cross-Country Rallies World ChampionBorn on 5 February 1979 in Esponsende, Portugal

Paolo Gonçalves

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A TITLE DECIDED IN THE VERY LAST KILOMETRES OF THE SEASON’S LAST RALLY

In 1991, he started competing  in Motocross where he remained until 2002. He then moved  into Enduro until 2005 before taking part  in his  first Rally Raid  in 2006. From 2009 onwards, “Speedy Gonçalves” as he is known started  to  attract  attention, winning his  first  special  in 2011 and taking a place on the podium in 2012.

When Paulo Gonçalves took the start of the last special of the Rallye Oilibya Maroc, the last of the season, he had a lead of only 14 seconds over the discipline’s benchmark Marc Coma, reigning champion and six times FIM Cross Country  Rallies  World  Champion.  Gonçalves  needed nerves of steel to withstand the pressure in this last sprint,  especially  when  he  spent  a  good  while  going round  in  circles  looking  for  a  concealed  waypoint  40 km from the finish.  But the rider from Portugal hung in there and was able to offer the World Championship title to Honda, officially back in Cross-Country Rallies after a 20 year absence, and to his team Speedbrain. For Paolo, the title is gladly shared with his team mate Joan Barreda

who supported him throughout the season and without whom he would not have been able to make this dream come true.  

This is an unusual World Championship title: Paulo, who was on  the podium of every  race – except at  the Desafio Ruta 40 in Argentina, where he came fourth –, was  riding  a  Speedbrain machine.  He  came  second  in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge,  second  in Qatar,  and second  in Sardinia,  just a  few seconds  from victory on every occasion. Then he won the Rallye dos Sertoes  in Brazil that counts for double points and thrust him into the  Championship  lead.  For  the  Rallye  Oilibya  Maroc, team Speedbrain moved under the Japanese flag of Honda and  it was  aboard  the new CRF 450 Rally  that Paulo Gonçalves clinched his World Championship title.  

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Tadeusz Błażusiak FIM SuperEnduro World Champion

Matthew PhillipsFIM Junior Enduro World Champion

Antoine MeoFIM E1 Enduro World Champion

Alex Salvini FIM E2 Enduro World Champion

Christophe Nambotin FIM E3 Enduro World Champion

FIM SuperEnduro World ChampionBorn on 26 April 1983 in Nowy Targ, Poland

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Claiming  a  record-breaking  fourth  consecutive  world title, Poland’s Taddy Błażusiak – KTM was crowned  the 2013  FIM  SuperEnduro  World  Champion.  However with a strong line-up of riders entered in the three round championship Błażusiak had a tough fight on his hands to retain his number one ranking.

Injured  in  a  training  crash  just  days  before  the  opening round of the championship in Lodz, Poland, Błażusiak was almost a non-starter for his home race. However refusing to  concede  defeat,  the  KTM  rider  arrived  at  the  Atlas Arena determined to take his place on the start line. 

Grabbing the holeshot in the night’s first Final, Błażusiak unbelievably claimed a start-to-finish win. With the start order reversed for the second final, it was Britain’s Jonny Walker – KTM who avoided a first corner crash to emerge as the race leader. With a clear track at his disposal, Walker opened up an advantage over the chasing pack and won the  race.  Returning  to  the  top  step  of  podium  for  final number  three, Błażusiak  recorded his  second  victory  of the night and left Poland as the early championship leader. 

With his  injuries healed, Błażusiak entered round two of the  series  in  Barcelona,  Spain  in  February  in  confident 

spirits. Claiming the holeshot in the opening final, the KTM rider  immediately  opened  up  a  comfortable  advantage over his rivals to take the race win. In final number two, it was Manxman David Knight – Honda that led the way. Forcing his way to  the  front of  the  field, Knight claimed his first victory of the season. For the third and final race of the night, Błażusiak recorded a start to finish to extend his series lead.

With  the  final  round of  the season  in France  remaining, the Polish rider was all but assured of clinching the title. Knowing a trouble-free night was all that was needed to be crowned champion, Błażusiak did exactly that. Placing first in the initial final, he followed Spain’s Dani Gilbert – Husaberg, home for second  in  race two to wrap up the 2013 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship with one race to spare. 

Claiming the last race win of the season in final number three,  Knight  secured  the  runner-up  result  in  the championship.  Aided  by  his  race win  in  Poland, Walker took the third and final step of the podium. 

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AUSTRALIAN ROOKIE MATT PHILLIPS STAMPS HIS MARK

Despite 2013 being Husqvarna rider Matt Phillips’ debut season of FIM Enduro World Championship competition, the young Australian impressively ended it as the newly crowned FIM Junior Enduro World Champion.

Competing in the EWC for the first time, Phillips was a relatively unknown entity in the Enduro Junior category.  But  needing  only  one  round of  the  series  to formalise  himself  with  the  competition,  the  youngster from Tasmania quickly established himself as a  serious threat for title honours. At round one in Chile it was the 2012  FIM  Youth  Enduro World  Cup Winner  Giacomo Redondi – KTM, that secured a double win. However at the following round in Argentina, Phillips hit his stride and  won  day  one.  Second  on  day  two  to  Italy’s  Rudi Moroni – KTM, Phillips placed himself at the top of the championship standings. 

Back in Europe, Phillips built on his winning momentum gained in South America. Brimming with confidence, he claimed  four  consecutive  race wins at  the GP of Spain 

and  Portugal.  Topping  the  standings  in  both  Romania and  Greece,  the  nineteen-year  old  moved  to  within striking distance of securing his first ever world title. 

Although with the final round of the season proving to be a tough one due to torrential rain, he gave way to Manxman Danny McCanney – Gas Gas on day one. Finishing second to the Manx rider, Phillips nevertheless ended the day as the newly crowned FIM Junior Enduro World Champion. 

Despite being unable to win again for the rest of the season, Redondi’s six remaining podium results helped him to finish as runner-up to Phillips. Ending his year just eight points behind Redondi, and boosted in part due to his  victory  in France, McCanney claimed  the  third and final step of the championship podium. 

Winning day one in Romania, Spain’s Mario Roman – Husaberg placed fourth. Ending his year on a high with victory on day two at the GPs of Greece and France, Loic Larrieu – Husaberg rounded out the top five.

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FIM E1 Enduro World ChampionBorn on 29 August 1984 in Digne, France

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ANTOINE MEO DOMINATES TO CLAIM FOURTH EWC TITLE

Entering the 2013 FIM E1 Enduro World Championship as  the  defending  champion,  France’s  Antoine  Meo  – KTM was  the  favourite  to  retain  the  E1  title  honours. However  with  a  strong  line-up  of  riders  competing  in the  class  along with  the  return  of  the  2011  E1 World Champion,  Finland’s  Juha  Salminen  –  Husqvarna,  few expected Meo  to  dominate  the  season  in  the manner that he did. 

Meo began his year  in determined  fashion by claiming a  double  win  in  Chile  while  his  closest  rival  Salminen struggled to fifth position on day two, the KTM rider was able to gain an early advantage on the Finn. Seven days later at the GP of Argentina in San Juan, Meo overcame a number of small mistakes to secure his third and fourth wins of the year. 

On  day  one  at  the  GP  of  Spain  the  defending  champ suffered his first loss of the season. Crashing heavily on the opening enduro test, a notably de-tuned Meo was forced  to  dig  deep  in  order  to  simply  finish  the  race. Unable to fare better than fifth, he allowed Finland’s Matti Seistola – Husqvarna to claim an  impressive and unexpected  win.  Battered  and  bruised,  Meo  gallantly 

fought  back  on  day  two  to  secure  the  top  step  of  the podium. 

Meo’s day two win in Spain ultimately sparked an eight-race  winning  streak,  allowing  the  Frenchman  to successfully defend his title at the penultimate round of the series, the GP of Greece. Despite not needing to fight for  the win  in  order  to  collect  the  championship, Meo opted  to  lift  the  Enduro  1  title  in  style.  Charging  hard throughout the day he steadily increased his advantage to comfortably top the standings. 

With the title already his, Antoine opted to contest the final round of the season in France on a KTM 125 EXC two-stroke. Battling through heavy mud and rain on day one he capitalised on a mistake by early  leader Jeremy Tarroux – Sherco  to  take  the win. On a  revised course for day two, Tarroux recorded the final victory of the E1 season. 

Behind Meo, the battle for the runner-up result raged between Husqvarna teammates Salminen and Seistola, with  the  former  eventually  coming  out  on  top  in  this internal  battle  as  the  pairing  placed  second  and  third respectively in the final series standings. 

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FIM E2 Enduro World ChampionBorn on 5 September 1985 in Bologna, Italy

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ALEX SALVINI SECURES FIRST EVER FIM WORLD TITLE

With  four  previously  crowned  FIM  Enduro  World champions fighting for victory in the 2013 FIM Enduro 2 World Championship, nobody expected Alex Salvini – Honda,  to end  the year as  the new  title holder, but he deservedly did. 

On day one at the opening round of the championship in  Chile,  it  was  defending  champion  Pierre  Alexandre Renet – Husaberg, who claimed the win, finishing ahead of  Johnny Aubert  – KTM,  in  second with Salvini  third. But  on  day  two,  the  Honda  rider  delivered  a  flawless performance. Taking control of the race lead early on, he maintained his advantage over Ivan Cervantes – KTM, to secure his debut career win. He was to follow this up with a double win at the next round in Argentina to leave South America leading the series.

At  round  three  at  the  GP  of  Spain,  Cervantes  placed his KTM on the top step of the podium on both days to reduce  the points gap  to Salvini. Though  fighting back at round four in Portugal, Salvini beat Cervantes by just six seconds to win day one. Confident in the terrain 

and determined not to be beaten, Salvini again led his classmates  home  on  day  two. With  the  championship now entering the second half of the season, the  Italian had established himself as the rider to beat in E2. 

In Romania, Aubert collected  the  race win on day one with Salvini  finishing close behind  in  second. However on day two Salvini regained control of the top step of the podium to  record his sixth  race win of  the year. At  the penultimate round in Greece, he again delivered another stunning performance. Second on day one to Renet, he beat his rival by just three tenths of a second to win day two and edge ever closer to his first world title. 

The final  round of the season held  in France presented riders with some of the muddiest conditions experienced for some time. Salvini kept his cool to win both days and with  it  the  Enduro  2  World  Championship,  becoming the  first  Italian  to net  an EWC  title  since Mateo Rubin in  2000.  Faring  well  in  the  slippery  conditions,  Renet bettered Cervantes by five points to end his season as runner-up. 

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CHRISTOPHE NAMBOTIN RULES SUPREME

Claiming eleven  race wins  in  the 2013 FIM E3 Enduro World Championship,  France’s Christophe Nambotin – KTM, easily defended his E3 World crown. 

With a pre-season injury to his finger hampering his progress,  the  Frenchman  entered  the  opening  round of  the  season  in  Chile  slightly  underprepared.  Unsure of  how  his  fitness  would  fare  in  the  scorching  South American  heat,  the  KTM  rider  came  close  to  winning day one in Chile. Battling with rival Joakim Ljunggren – Husaberg for the victory, Nambotin crashed on the final lap and handed the Swede the win. It was a rare mistake from the Frenchman, but it was one he would not repeat on day two as he claimed his first win of the series. 

One week later, he won again, taking victory on day one at  the GP of Argentina. Heading  for  a  double win,  the Frenchman ran into trouble when his KTM ground to a halt  during  the  penultimate  special  test.  Needing  over thirty seconds to restart, he saw his chance of winning disappear  and  dropped  back  to  fourth.  Capitalising on Nambotin’s misfortune, Estonia’s Aigar Leok – TM, claimed a surprising win with Ljunggren second.

Back  in  Europe  for  round  three  at  the  GP  of  Spain, Nambotin was determined to put his misfortunes in South  America  behind  him.  Setting  a  blisteringly  fast pace from the opening test, he set times that few could match and marched on to claim victory.  It seemed the 

Nambotin of old was back and with confidence booming, the Frenchman continued his winning ways. 

Starting  a  successful  run  in  Spain  that would  see  him collect  nine  consecutive  day  wins,  it  was  not  until the  final  day of  the  championship  in  France, where he crashed out of the race while in the lead on day two, that Nambotin was beaten. His crash allowed Mathias Bellino – Husaberg, to sneak through for the win, bringing the former Enduro Junior World Champion’s campaign to a victorious close. However  the  title was already secure, claimed  by Nambotin  at  the  penultimate  round  of  the season in Greece.

With no one seemingly able to challenge the KTM rider, the fight for the runner-up position between Leok and Ljunggren took centre stage throughout 2013. Equally matched, neither rider was able to gain a clear advantage over  the  other.  In  the  end  it was  Leok who  eventually ended  the  year  second  to Nambotin.  Finishing  just  six points behind him, Ljunggren was third. 

Delivering his best performance to date, Portugal’s Luis Correia  –  Beta,  recorded  four  podium  results  to  take fourth. Missing  the opening  two  rounds of  the  season due to injury, Bellino produced a stunning second half of the season. Capping his year off with a win on day two in France, the Frenchman completed the top five.

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Award

Fédération Française de Motocyclisme  (France)

Federació Motociclista d’Andorra (Andorra)

Federação Motociclismo Portugal (Portugal)

Yamaha Motor Racing (Italy / Japan)

2013 candidates

AMD Orehova Vas (Slovenia)

This  Award  is  given  each  year  and  it  is  granted  for rewarding individuals, National Motorcycle Federations, Continental  Unions,  clubs,  organisers,  manufacturers or  other  organisations  that  have  made  a  significant contribution or  done  something  important  to  enhance environmental awareness in the field of motorcycling.

Candidatures for the Environmental Award are submitted to the FIM Administration and are examined by  an  independent  Jury.  The  Independent  Jury  for  the FIM  Environmental  Award  is  composed  this  year  of :  Mr Juan Moreta, FIM Awards & Recognition Committee representative ; Ms  Katia Hernández,  FIM  International Environment  Commission  Director ;  Mr  Wondwosen Asnake, United Nations Environmental Programme representative ; Mr Even Wiger, Director of Sustainability at the FIA Institute ; Mr Denis Bochatay, Project Manager at Quantis.

“Every year it becomes more difficult to make a decision given the standard of the applications submitted. It is truly remarkable to see the efforts made by organisers, Federations, Clubs, Industry and Circuits to produce and ensure sustainable events. Each of them should feel like a winner as they they are inspiring examples for all of us and the future generations. My congratulations go to all the participants and everyone who has made Ride Green a reality. In the world of sustainability, everyone is a winner, as at the end of the day we are all living in the same house and riding on the the same track!”

Katia HernándezFIM Director International Environment Commission

2013 FIM Environmental Award

In order to encourage a greater awareness of environmental concerns within the motorcycling world, the FMI has created seventeen years ago, an Environmental Award to reward a significant contribution to the protection of the environment.

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FIM Environmental Ambassadors

The FIM Environmental Ambassadors’ programme has created a significant  impact since its  launch in 2012 by sending environmental messages to a great number of  fans  and  followers.  The Ambassadors  symbolise  the future,  commitment,  awareness  and  respect.  They are  high  profile  individuals,  leaders  in  their  disciplines. Representing  both  genders  and  different  countries and  cultures,  they  each  play  an  important  role  in motorcycle  sport.    All  of  them  have  lent  their  voices to  tell  the  world  that  motorcycling  is  contributing  to 

sustainable development and that we respect the planet and  the  future  generations.  The  FIM  Environmental Ambassadors  team  is  composed  of :  Randy  de  Puniet, Takahisa Fujinami, Marc Márquez, Valentino Rossi, Laia Sanz and Alex Salvini.

The FIM Environmental Ambassadors will be presenting the FIM Environmental Award during the FIM Gala Ceremony on 1 December in Monaco.

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Toni Bou FIM X-Trial World Champion

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Toni Bou FIM Trial World Champion

Laia Sanz FIM Women’s Trial World Champion

FIM X-Trial & Trial World ChampionBorn on 17 October 1986 in Piera, Spain

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BOU IS ONCE AGAIN A DOUBLE CHAMPION

Continuing the theme of the last six seasons Toni Bou – Repsol Montesa claimed his seventh successive FIM In-door / X-Trial World Championship and FIM Trial World Championship during 2013. The now twenty-seven year old rider from Barcelona was once again in devastating form both  indoors and outdoors as he    further etched his name  in the history books having now achieved an amazing fourteen FIM individual World titles. 

The 2013 FIM X-Trial World Championship saw Bou extend  his  winning  record  in  this  particular  discipline having  already  become  the  rider  with  the  most  titles the previous  year. Bou was  simply unstoppable during a  five  round  campaign  that  ran  from  January  to April. The opening round in Sheffield, Great Britain saw Bou face one of his strongest challenges as Albert Cabestany – Sherco, who would eventually  take third place  in  the series, pushed him right to the wire. 

It was Adam Raga – Gas Gas who followed Bou home a month later  in Barcelona where the reigning champion showed his real class, as he did again at round three in Malaga to open up a healthy lead in the series stand-ings. Bou duly wrapped up his seventh FIM X-Trial World 

Championship with  a worthy  performance  and with  a round to spare at the next and penultimate round in the German city of Bielefeld. The Montesa rider rounded out his campaign with yet another win to maintain his 100% winning  record at  the  last event  in Nice, France where Raga also claimed the runners-up spot in the title race. 

Outdoors Bou had to fight off a spirited challenge from Raga,  to  secure  a  record  equalling  seventh  crown  to match  the  previous  feats  of  Trial  legends  Jordi  Tarres and Dougie Lampkin. Between Bou and Raga, they took twelve out of the thirteen-day wins, to confirm that the title chase was very much a two-rider race. Raga’s sheer persistence  set  up  an  exciting  closing  final  two  round showdown. However Bou was to dominate the penulti-mate British GP with a double victory despite a late scare that saw him need hospital treatment for a deep cut to his stomach.

Raga made one last attempt to stop Bou from taking a seventh straight crown at  the closing French GP, how-ever fell slightly short as Toni rounded out the campaign with a championship winning victory on the final day of an enthralling first season for the new no-stop format.

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Twenty-seven  year  old  Laia  Sanz  –  Montesa  secured an amazing thirteenth FIM Women’s Trial World Championship  after  coming  from  behind  and  stealing her  latest  crown  on  the  last  day  of  the  series.  Sanz’s late  charge  came  after  she  missed  the  opening  two days  of  the  campaign  as  she  juggled  her  assaults  on two  different  championships,  the  other  being  the  FIM Women’s Enduro World Cup.

At the opening event high in the mountains of Andorra it was the British duo of Rebekah Cook – Beta and Emma Bristow – Sherco who would  trade  the opening blows in  the  fight  for  female  supremacy.  Cook  came  out  on top  on  day  one  as  Bristow  miscalculated  the  overall time allowance and ended the day  in third spot behind Spain’s Sandra Gomez – Ossa due to her mistake. Just twenty-four hours later Bristow made amends for her costly error as she won on day two and was  joined on the podium by Cook and Gomez respectively.

After  an  extended  pause  in  proceedings,  the  battle amongst  the  leading  ladies  resumed  in  the  French  ski resort of Isola 2000 where reigning and defending champion Sanz joined the frontline for the first time this season. Laia knew that nothing  less  than back-to-back 

wins on her return would give her the chance to lift what could prove to be a lucky thirteenth Trial crown. Bristow pushed her arch rival close on both days of competition in Isola 2000, but ultimately could only manage to finish as runner-up to Sanz on the two days to set up a tense and  thrilling  climax  which  would  be  played  out  in  La Chatre, France a few days later.

In a winner takes all showdown, with the Women’s title being  decided  on  the  best  three  results  from  the  five counting  days,  Sanz  and  Bristow  squared  up  for  one last time to decide who would occupy the throne come the close of play. After two enthralling  laps of top  level riding just three marks split Laia and Emma, with the Spanish rider holding the narrowest of advantages as they headed out on the course for one last but important time. 

Like a true and thirteen time FIM Women’s Trial World Champion Sanz held her nerve to fight off Bristow, as the British rider once again had to settle for the bridesmaid placing both on the day and in the series. After her own season long battle Cook finally got the better of her younger  challenger  Gomez  to  secure  third  spot  in  the final standings.

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Adam RenheimFIM Snowcross World Champion

David Rinaldo / Libor PodmolFIM FreeStyle World Champion

Mauno HermunenFIM SuperMoto S1 World Champion

Aiden TijeroFIM 65cc Junior Motocross World Champion

Conrad Mewse FIM 85cc Junior Motocross World Champion

Pauls JonassFIM 125cc Junior Motocross World Champion

Ben Adriaenssen & Ben van den BogaartFIM Sidecar Motocross World Champions

Chiara FontanesiFIM Women’s Motocross World Champion

Klemen GerčarFIM MX3 Motocross World Champion

Ryan VillopotoAMA Supercross, an FIM World Champion

Jeffrey HerlingsFIM MX2 Motocross World Champion

Antonio CairoliFIM MX1 Motocross World Champion

David RinaldoBorn on 18 December 1989  in Forbach, France

Over the  last two seasons, David Rinaldo has come on “by leaps and bounds” to establish himself as one of the top riders  in  the NIGHT of  the JUMPs series. Not  least because of the incredible style he displays in upside-down tricks  and  the  way  he  has  perfected  the  Doublegrab Backflip, the young Frenchman is now poised to take the 2013 FIM Freestyle MX World Championship title.

At the season opener in Kaunas (Lithuania), Rinaldo progressed  to  the  final  and  finished  in  sixth  place  but then went on to win two World Championship events – Berlin Day 2 and Danzig – outright. He also  claimed the runner-up trophy at NIGHT of the JUMPs in Beijing, Liberec, Basel  (Day 2) and Berlin  (Day 1). On Day 1 of the Swiss round, he finished in fifth position. He has had only one failure all year; that was in Riga (Latvia) when he crashed into the barrier and followed up with a “dead sailor”. Although Rinaldo continued to top the standings, it allowed his closest pursuer, Libor Podmol, to narrow the gap. This is one of the closest Championships in FIM history. Rinaldo stands a good chance to secure his first ever  FIM  Freestyle MX World  Championship  crown  in Sofia on 14 December. 

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Libor PodmolBorn on 1 June 1984 in Ostrava, Czech Republic

Libor Podmol has already won the FIM Freestyle MX World  Championship  once  before;  that  was  back  in 2010. He has also been runner-up in four other seasons and  currently  heads  the  NIGHT  of  the  JUMPs  World Rankings. As  the main challenger  to David Rinaldo, he therefore  brings  plenty  of  experience  and  a  significant repertoire  of  tricks  to  the  contest,  including  his  “360” variation and massive “Underflip Indy”.

The Czech rider got his world championship campaign off  to  a  flying  start  with  a  third-place  podium  in  the season opener  in Kaunas. Although he has  so  far won only one round of the 2013 series outright (Berlin Day 1), he has a  string of P3  finishes  to his  credit: Gdansk, Beijing, Riga and Berlin Day 2. This makes a grand total of six podium appearances so far this year. In three further rounds – Basel (Day 1 and 2) and Liberec – he took fourth place. He goes into the final event of the 2013 season in Sofia (Bulgaria) one point adrift of Championship leader Rinaldo. He did it in 2010; can he add second World title to his tally ?

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The 2013 FIM Snowcross World Championship was to be a series of three races; one in Finland and two in Russia. Unfortunately,  the  Russian  events  were  cancelled  and the Championship was back to the single event formula it had been using in the previous two years.

Swedes Petter Narsa and and Adam Renheim set the tone  in  the  Free  Practices,  each  rider  dominating  his group. 

Narsa won his Qualifying Race with Christian Logan  in second  place.  Renheim  crashed  in  the  first  turn  in  his Qualifying  Race  and  had  to  go  through  Last  Chance Qualifying to make it to the group of 20 riders who would fight it out for World honours. These three riders would dominate the Races. 

As of the start of Race 1, a fierce Renheim took the lead and never looked back. Narsa managed second but could never  threaten  his  fellow  countryman.  Logan  scored third place after working his way up from 9th position.

In Race 2, both Narsa and Logan were in front of Renheim who started in 7th position. Logan took the lead in the 4th lap and quickly stretched a gap between himself and the competition. Narsa was in second but had to give up one place to Renheim who put in a respectable ride. 

With the three of them tied within 5 points, it was clear that Race 3 was “do or die”! And Race 3 was for Narsa, in the lead from start to finish. Logan was in 2nd position and this put both riders on equal points. And Renheim? He started  in 11th position and for some laps  looked a little bit lost. But then, the Swede charged through the pack to take 2nd spot from Logan, who finally finished 3rd. This impressive ride earned Renheim a maiden FIM World Championship title, leaving Narsa as runner-up and Logan in third. 

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A Chareyre – whether it be Adrien or Thomas – had been taking a FIM SuperMoto World Championship home every  year  since 2008. An  incredible  takeover  that was finally brought to a halt by Finn Mauno Hermunen.  

Mauno Hermunen started off the 2013 Championship in dominant style taking some eight victories in the first four events. Capua, Vairano, Sosnova and Kuressaare all went to the flying Finn.

Defending FIM SuperMoto Champion Thomas Chareyre resisted well but was no match for Hermunen. It seemed the  two-time  World  Champion  was  doomed  to  place nothing but second for at least the first three events. The Estonian round even saw him relegated to third positions but “seconds” stayed in the family with brother Adrien the top Chareyre in that event. 

Thomas Chareyre won the next event in Latina taking home  47  points  whereas  Hermunen  encountered mechanical problems in the second race and could “only” score 41 points. Was the Finn’s armour cracking?

Sicily  saw  the  “other”  Chareyre  take  overall  victory, repeating  –  exactly  –  his  younger  brother’s  race  results in  Latina.  But  Hermunen’s  victory  in  the  first  race  and third place in the second kept him firmly in the lead by a 

large margin. But the last event was in France, Chareyre country…

When  the  starting  lights  went  out  for  the  first  race, Hermunen went  for  the  lead  and  collided with Thomas Chareyre.  The  tone  was  set ;  the  outgoing  Champion would not give his  crown away  just  like  that. He would fight until  the  end, winning  the  race. Hermunen had  to make his way through the pack and came in fifth. He had lost valuable points. 

This may have cooled down Hermunen, who decided to ride with the head rather than the heart in the second race. After one lap, it was Thomas Chareyre taking the lead from his brother Adrien. But a crash ruined the younger Chareyre’s last hopes. In seventh place, he charged down on Hermunen who took no risks, seeking Championship gold rather than engaging in a battle where he might lose more than he gained… The Finn let go and smoothly finished eighth, winning the 2013 FIM World Title. Adrien Chareyre  took  the  overall  victory  and  gave  the  French crowd something to cheer about. 

Behind these three riders, the field included the likes of Ivan Lazzarini and Sylvain Bidart; all SuperMoto GP regulars and good riders but no title contenders this year…

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Aiden Tijero may not have won both heats but with two solid and consistent rides, he proved too strong for the competition.

In the first race, he did not get a good start and he had to fight his way through the ranks. In the meantime, Anton Nagy, who started seventh, quickly took first with local boy Petr Polak within striking distance. With two laps to go, Tijero passed Polak for second and then engaged in a dogfight with Nagy for the lead. Both riders exchanged positions several times until the Swedish rider made a mistake and went down. This opened the road to victory for Tijero. In the incident, Nagy even lost second place to Polak and had to settle for third.

Dutch rider Raivo Dankers, who was fastest in qualifying, took the holeshot  in the second race and never  looked back. After a bad start and a crash in the first race which saw him finish a distant seventh, he was a boy with a mission. Tijero had a better  start  this  time and quickly took second. Polak was running third most of  the race 

but in the end had to settle for fourth when Nagy overtook  him.  By  doing  so,  Nagy  secured  runner-up position  in  the Championship ahead of Polak. Dankers’ excellent second race result put him fourth overall.

With Japanese rider Jo Shimoda (5th overall) and Chilean Hardy Munoz (7th overall), there were riders from four different continents in the top 10 of the Championship, proving  again  that  there  is  young motocross  talent  all over the world.

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BRITANNIA RULES !

Conrad Mewse may not have been the fastest rider out there but sometimes you have to lose a battle in order to take the Championship. And that is exactly what he did !

American  rider  Sean  Cantrell  dominated  the  first  race and  took  no  prisoners.  From  the  start,  he  was  out  in front and quickly opened a gap between himself and the competition. Mewse was in fourth hunting down Czech Jakub Teresak  and Brazilian  Enzo Lopes. He  finished  a close  second  to  Cantrell  ahead  of  Teresak,  Australian Hunter Lawrence, who recovered from a mediocre start, and Lopes. 

In  the  second  race,  Mewse  quickly  took  the  lead  and seemed to be on his way to a win. However, Lawrence had other ideas and claimed the race win in the final lap. Cantrell DNF’ed race two because of a broken chain but fellow American Chase Sexton (position 8 in the Race 1) finished third well ahead of Teresak.

The 2010 FIM 65cc Junior Motocross World Champion Jorge  Prado  (Spain),  still  recovering  from  a  broken collarbone and on postion 10 in the Race 1, came in fifth. 

In the overall standings, Mewse narrowly beat Hunter for world honours. Teresak gave  the home crowd another place on the podium. Sexton’s second race result put him fourth. Denmark’s Glen Meier’s consistent results (7-6) secured  him  a  fifth  place  in  the World  Championship ahead of Prado.

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FIM 125cc Junior Motocross World ChampionBorn on 13 January 1997 in Aizpute, Latvia

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JONASS CONQUERS HIS SECOND FIM JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

For  the  Latvian  fans  present,  it  was  clear  that  Jonass would  take  the  Championship…  And  by  doing  so  he became  the  first  rider  ever  to  win  two  FIM  Junior Motocross World Championships. He also won the 85cc class in 2011. 

Jonass did not get  it handed to him on a plate. He had to work for it. Although his starts were far from perfect, he  combined  excellent  speed  and  good  racing  lines to  claim victory  in  the  first  race,  just narrowly beating France’s Nicolas Dercourt  by  a mere 00.239  seconds ! Under the eyes of SVEMO coach and 1994 FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion Marcus Hansson, Sweden’s Anton Lundgren was a surprising third, proving that his qualification result was no fluke. 

Spanish rider Jorge Zaragoza and 2011 FIM 85cc Junior Motocross World Champion Brian Hsu  from Germany chased  through  the  pack  to  finish  fourth  and  fifth respectively. 

In  the  second  race Dutch  rider Calvin Vlaanderen  (9th position  in Race 1) grabbed  the holeshot and sailed  to victory. Jonass again had to fight hard as he was under permanent  threat  from  Dercourt.  Unfortunately,  with two laps to go, the French rider damaged the ligaments in  his  left  knee.  He  finished  the  race  in  pain  but  still managed  to  hold  on  to  ninth  position.  Dutch  rider Davy Pootjes (position 19 in Race 1) Czech Martin Krc (position 20 in Race 1) and Venezuelan Lorenco Locurcio (position 12 in Race 1) rounded off the top five.

For  the overall,  it was  Jonass. Who else ? Vlaanderen’s victory  in Race 2  earned him  runner-up  spot  ahead of the unlucky Dercourt. A crash spoiled Zaragoza’s second race but his 4-7  results got him a  fourth overall ahead of Italian Davide Bonini whose 10-6 results were good enough for fifth overall.

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FIM Sidecar Motocross World ChampionsDriver - Ben Adriaenssen (BEL)Born on 27 January 1989 in Turnhout, Belgium

Passenger - Ben van den Bogaart (NED)Born on 24 September 1989 in Turnhout, Belgium

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD

There  was  shocking  news  after  the  first  event  of  the season  in Switzerland ! Both reigning Champion Daniel Willemsen and runner-up Etienne Bax had suffered injuries  and  had  no  points  on  their  account.  Luckily, there was a six week gap before the next event. 

It proved to be a difficult year  for Willemsen. He never took  the  time  to  heal  and  suffered  several mechanical breakdowns.  It  was  too much,  and  the  ten  times  FIM World Champion threw the towel in the ring after the fifth  event.  He  came  back  for  the  final  event  of  the season, reminding everybody that he was still there and scoring a fourth and a ninth place. Will he race next year ? We’ll have to wait and see.

Of  course,  the  competition was not going  to wait  and it was  last year’s number three who took command of the  Championship.  Adriaenssen  won  both  races  and never  looked  back.  Together  with  his  passenger  Ben 

van  den  Bogaart,  he  would  win  nine  more  races  and add another thirteen podium finishes to his tally, giving him seven overall victories. Talk about being consistent. Adriaenssen was well in control of the Championship.

Bax came back  in the second event claiming victory  in the  Ukraine  and winning  15  races.  He may  have won more races than Adriaenssen but could never equal his consistency. Five DNFs cost him dearly and apart  from his race victories, he counted only five podium finishes. 

Third in the Championship went to Jan Hendrickx who paired up with Elvijs Mucenieks. Hendrickx could never match the speed of the leaders but regularly scoring top ten points earned him bronze. 

There are many young drivers and passengers in the Championship now and even if the “old guard” still has something to say, we may have reached a turning point in Sidecar Motocross.

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FIM Women’s Motocross World ChampionBorn on 10 March 1994 in Parma, Italy

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FONTANESI BIS REPITA

Chiara Fontanesi was the dominant rider in the 2013 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship, winning four  events  and  nine  races,  proving  that  her  2012 Championship was no fluke. 

Fontanesi  remained unbeaten  for  seven  races  in a  row before  Ireland’s  Natalie  Kane  could  snatch  a  victory away from the Italian. But Chiara immediately put things straight in the next event when she scored a “full house” again.  The  last  event  in  Senkvice  (SVK)  would  have seemed like a formality if it were not for the fact that she arrived  there  injured  and  on  crutches;  an  unwelcome reminder  of  the  X-Games.  Still,  she  felt  confident  that she  could  secure  the  Championship  as  of  race  1,  but she knew that she would probably have to put her pride aside and ride with her head rather than with her heart. And she did just that, celebrating her second FIM World title with a pizza in the local pizzeria on Sunday evening.

Behind her – and during the whole season – battle raged between Natalie Kane, Megan Rutlidge and Steffi

Laier respectively two, three and four in the provisional standings.  Together with  Fontanesi,  they  had  all  been expecting podium finishes. But Kane crashed on Sunday practice and was transported to hospital. She came back after  race 1  and  convincingly won  the  last  race of  the season but it was not enough...  Her hopes of a possible second place in the Championship went up in smoke and she had to settle for fourth. 

Second place was taken by Australia’s Megan Rutledge. It was her first complete season but she proved to be a “fast learner” and even won the last final round, taking home silver.

Bronze went to four-time FIM World Champion Steffi Laier  from  Germany.  After  a  two  year  absence,  she returned to the FIM series, regularly scoring consistent results between second and fourth position. The “grande dame” of FIM Women’s Motocross  is still a  force to be reckoned with !

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AMA Supercross, an FIM World ChampionBorn on 13 August 1988 in Poulsbo (Washington), USA

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VILLOPOTO MAKES IT THREE IN A ROW !

Ryan  Villopoto  won  his  third  AMA  Supercross  FIM World Championship  in  as many years. But  it was not that  easy…  The  season  opener  in  Anaheim  (I)  started with a shock when 2012 runner-up David Millsaps put in an unexpected ride that saw him win the event. Ryan Villopoto definitely had  the speed but crashed his way through the Final to finish in 16th position only.

The next week in Phoenix, Ryan took a second and then clinched his first victory the following week in Anaheim (II) and another one  in Oakland. Everybody  thought at that point that it would be just a matter of a few weeks before the defending Champion was leading the Series, but a strong David Millsaps kept putting in solid rides and  stayed  on  top  of  the  points  table.  And  Villopoto only got a 6th and 7th in the next two races whereas his competitors Millsaps and Dungey were on the podium each time … 

But as of round 7 in Arlington, Villopoto was back in on top of his game. As of then he was constantly scoring top two  finishes  (eight victories and  three  times 2nd  in 11 races), taking command in the Championship in Daytona and securing the number 1 plate in Salt Lake City. 

In the meantime, the battle for 2nd and 3rd place in the Championship raged on between a solid Millsaps and a consistant Dungey,  the Suzuki  rider  taking 2nd place beating  the KTM  rider  by  just  one  point… exactly  the same top three as last year.

With a total of 10 victories and four 2nd places, Villopoto was once again  the “masterblaster”  in  the series. With three  consecutive  AMA  Supercross  Championships, he  has  accomplished  a  feat  that  only  legends  like  Bob Hannah,  Jeremy  McGrath  and  Ricky  Carmichael  had managed before him ! 

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FIM MX3 Motocross World ChampionBorn on 20 December 1990 in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Klemen Gerčar

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THE END OF AN ERA !

2013  was  the  last  year  of  the  MX3  (former  500cc class)  which  started  off  as  a  European  Championship in 1952 and got FIM World Championship status in 1957. Klemen Gerčar will go down in history as the last World  Champion  of  the  class  that  includes  the  names of Nilsson, Lundin, Tibblin, Smith, Friedrichs, Aberg, De Coster,  Mikkola,  Noyce,  Malherbe,  Carlqvist,  Thorpe, Geboers, Jobé, Smets and Everts...

The 2013 season was a battle between defending Champion Mathias Walkner from Austria, last year’s runner-up  Martin  Micheck  and  Klemen  Gerčar  who finished fifth. And battle they did ! 

Walkner  was  still  recovering  from  an  injury  when  the season started. Estonia’s Gert Krestinov may have won the red number plate of points leader at the opening round but as of  the  second event  in Troyan  (BUL),  the red plate always went from Gerčar to Walkner and back. Micheck was consistent and could not be ruled out for the Championship but  the Czech rider never could get his hands on the coveted red plate.   

Still, when the riders arrived for the final round in Senkvice  (Slovakia),  the  Championship  was  down  to Gerčar and Michek, the Slovenian leading his opponent by  13  points  but  there  were  still  50  points  for  grabs. Walkner had been relegated to third and had only a minimal mathematical  chance  of  renewing  his  title.  In the end, he had to settle for third.

The  start  of  the  first  race  saw  Gerčar  on  the  ground in  a  heap  of  riders.  The  Slovenian  jumped  back  on  his motorcycle  to  hunt  down  the  competition  and  raced through the pack to 7th place. Michek, however finished second and the points gap was now reduced to 5 !

The last race saw a heated duel between both riders. It was a ding dong battle, each one taking the upper hand on several occasions. After the 20 minute mark, Gerčar steadily pulled away  from Micheck,  thus extending his points  lead.  Relief  and  joy  for  Gerčar;  desolation  and disappointment for Michek who saw the title slip away.

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FIM MX2 Motocross World ChampionBorn on 12 September 1994 in Geldrop, Netherlands

Jeffrey Herlings

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HERLINGS AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD

Dutch  rider  Jeffrey  Herlings  took  home  a  second consecutive  FIM  MX2  World  Championship  in  true dominant style. A shoulder  injury had him sidelined for two events but he won all 15 GPs in which he participated. With a total of 30 Grand Prix wins, he is now not only the most successful Dutch rider in Motocross history but he has  also  broken  Gaston  Rahier’s  long  standing  record of 29 victories  in  the  former 125cc class. And he only needed three years to do it !

There  are  many  good  riders  in  the  MX2  class :  Tixier, Butron,  Charlier,  Coldenhof,  Ferris,  Nicholls,  etc.  And although they were all men on a mission, Butron and Charlier were  the  only  two  riders who  could  snatch  a race  win  away  from  Herlings  when  racing  for  points. In  fact,  the  biggest  danger  to  Herlings  was  Herlings himself.  His  pride  and  determination  sometimes  went into  “overdrive”  but whatever  precarious  situations  he put himself  in,  he  still  pulled off  28  victories  in  the 30 races that saw him take the start.

Teammate Jordi Tixier ended a distant second making it 1 and 2 for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team. Jordi is a pillar in the MX2 class and put up a fierce resistance when duelling with Herlings but to no avail. Runner-up was the best the French rider could do this year but he has nothing to be ashamed of.  

Third  place  also  went  to  a  KTM  rider :  Spain’s  José Butron. This may come as a bit of a surprise but José has been working up his way through the ranks, improving every  year.  And he was  one  of  the  two  riders  capable of  beating  Herlings  this  year;  not  bad  at  all !  Nobody ever doubted his talent, not even four time FIM World Champion Harry Everts who has been a “Butron believer” for several years now. Together with the upcoming and talented youngsters Jorge Zaragoza and Jorge Prado, he will be  spearheading Spain’s blaze  for Motocross glory in the future.

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FIM MX1 Motocross World ChampionBorn on 23 September 1985 in Patti, Italy

Antonio Cairoli

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LUCKY SEVEN FOR ANTONIO CAIROLI

Antonio Cairoli was once again the man to beat… And once again, he withstood all attempts to end his reign. Analysing  this  year’s  results,  one  cannot  but  be  full  of admiration  for  the  Sicilian.  True,  he  lost  some  Grand Prix victories to Clément Desalle (4), Gautier Paulin (3) and Shaun Simpson (1) but he added nine to his credit winning  17  out  of  34  races.  With  seven  FIM  World Championships  and  63  Grand  Prix  victories  under  his belt,  he  is  now  second  in  line  behind  the  great  Stefan Everts (10 FIM World Championships and 101 GP victories).

Once  again,  Suzuki’s  Clément  Desalle  was  one  of  his fiercest  opponents.  But,  after  winning  the  opening round in Quatar, the Suzuki rider lost some momentum. He  never  gave  up  though,  scoring  podium  results  but never  could  match  Cairoli’s  speed  and  consistency. In  fact,  he  was  in  a  fierce  battle  with  Gautier  Paulin for  second. Clèment  even had  to wait  until  round 9  in Maggiora (Italy) before he could even win another race. But  a  mechanical  breakdown  in  the  second  race  cost 

him more valuable points. After  that, he  finished eight times on the podium in the remaining nine Grands Prix, eventually taking silver. 

Gautier Paulin performed at the same level as Clément Desalle:  fast  and  furious  but  also  lacking  Cairoli’s consistency.  A  crash  in  Germany  saw  him  end  up  in hospital. He chose not to take part in the following event in  the Czech Republic  and  even DNF’ed  in  the  second race in Belgium. These five “zero” scores explain his 5th position in the final standings.

Finally,  third place  in  the Championship went  to a  “re-born” Ken De Dijcker. Cairoli’s  team mate put  in  some nice  results,  taking  away  valuable  points  from  the competition  whenever  he  could.  Whether  he  would also have reached the podium without Paulin’s mishaps remains an open question. The fact is that the tall Belgian is back on the same pace that saw him finish runner up in 2007.

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2013FIM MX2 WORLD CHAMPION

Jeffrey Herlings

2013FIM MX1 WORLD CHAMPION

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Sam LowesFIM Supersport World Champion

Tom SykesFIM Superbike World Champion

Maverick ViñalesFIM Moto3 World Champion

Pol EspargaróFIM Moto2 World Champion

Marc MárquezFIM MotoGP World Champion

FIM Sidecar World ChampionsDriver - Pekka PäivärintaBorn on 1 November 1971 in Helsinki, Finland

Passenger - Adolf HänniBorn on 1 June 1955 in Bern, Switzerland

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PAIVARINTA AND HANNI TAKE THE TITLE

By a margin of just eleven points, after eight hard fought rounds at some of the best circuits throughout Europe, Finland’s Pekka Paivarinta with Swiss Passenger Adolf Hanni took the 2013 FIM Sidecar World Championship. This  was  Paivarintas’  fourth  World  Title,  and  Hannis’ third despite the experienced pairing only recording two race wins during the season long campaign.

Three  crews  contested  the  main  title  fight.  German driver  Jorg  Steinhausen with  last  year’s  championship winning  British  passenger  Ashley  Hawes,  British Brothers Ben and Tom Birchall and eventual champions Paivarinta  and  Hanni.  It  was  Steinhausen  and  Hawes who won the opening race in Aragon, Spain to confirm themselves  as  contenders.  However  by  the  time  the series reached the halfway stage at the Sachsenring  in Germany the German/ British duo trailed the Finnish / Swiss combination by nine points.

In a turn of fortunes, from Germany onwards the season belonged to the British Birchall brothers as they went on a  seven  race  /  four  round winning  run  to make partial amends  for  their  uncharacteristically  slow  start  to  the year. Their uninterrupted one hundred and seventy five points haul created a tense climax to the season at the final round at Le Mans, France. 

Although the Birchalls rounded out their 2013 campaign in victorious style, their late efforts were still not sufficient to stop Paivarinta and Hanni  taking  the crown as  they clinched  the  2013  FIM  Sidecar  World  Championship with a calculated third place at the last race. 

Ben and Tom Birchall ended the year as more than worthy runners-up  whilst  Steinhausen  and  Hawes  rounded the top three  in  the  final championship standings after another season of hectic three-wheel action. 

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FIM Endurance World ChampionTeam Manager: Dominique Méliand (FRA)Permanent Riders: Vincent PHILIPPE (FRA), Julien DA COSTA (FRA), Anthony DELHALLE (FRA), Alex CUDLIN (AUS)

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13TH WORLD TITLE AND 4TH CONSECUTIVE CROWN

The Suzuki Endurance Racing Team no longer needs any introducing. This French team has been carving its name in the annals of World Endurance since the 1980s.  This season, the SERT won its 13th world title and remains unbeaten for the fourth year in a row.  

In 2013, the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team won by just five  points  over  the  Yamaha  France GMT  94 Michelin Yamalube.  This  result  reflects  the  tough  nature  of  the entire season. It started with the Bol d’Or where the team had two crashes . Vincent Philippe, Anthony Delhalle and Julien Da Costa managed  to  snatch  third place behind SRC Kawasaki and  the Monster Energy Yamaha YART. At  the Suzuka 8 Hours,  SERT  just missed  the podium, finally chalking up a win at the 8 Hours of Oschersleben. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Suzuki team was again dogged by misfortune: an injured Anthony Delhalle was replaced by Alex Cudlin and the bike crashed at the start of  the  race,  leading  to a multitude of mechanical 

problems  and  an  overheating  engine.  But  Dominique Méliand’s  team never gave up. The mechanics worked in  the  pits  for  over  an hour  to  change  a  cylinder  head seal and send the Suzuki back on to the track. The SERT finished  as  the  26th  team  classified  at  Le  Mans  and 12th in Formula EWC.  The entire team’s extraordinary determination enabled the SERT to scrape up nine points at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and go on to take a new FIM Endurance World Championship Title.  

The 2004 Endurance World Champion Yamaha France GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube pulled off a superb season with  David  Checa,  Kenny  Foray,  Mathieu  Lagrive  and Maxime Berger to finish just behind the  SERT. Technical problems and crashes did not get the better of Christophe Guyot’s crew who made  it on to the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Having dominated the two 24 hour races,  the  only  ones  in  which  it  took  part,  Team  SRC Kawasaki took third place in the overall world standings. 

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LOWES LAYS DOWN THE LAW IN SUPERSPORT

It took Sam Lowes just three years in the Supersport World Championship  to  reach  the  top of  the  category and  clinch  the  title  onboard  the  Yamaha  of  Russian team Yacknich Motorsport. With 250 points, the young English  rider  from  Lincolnshire  pulled  off  a  textbook 2013 season. Apart from a DNF at the Aragon circuit at the  start of  the  season  for mechanical  reasons,  Lowes never finished lower than the second step on the podium.  With six victories, five second places, nine pole positions and seven lap records, Sam Lowes’ 2013 record is truly exceptional.  

Heir  to  2009  champion  Crutchlow  and  2011  winner Davies, Sam Lowes has enabled Yamaha to add a new title  to  their  roll  of  honour.  And  like  his  peers  before him, Lowes had to battle it out with three-times World Champion  and  great  Supersport  specialist,  Turkey’s Kenan Sofuoglu. Throughout the season, the two men went head to head and Sofuoglu made it on to the highest step of the podium on five occasions. But Lowes’ 

speed and regularity and the reliability of his Yamaha R6 wore down the Turkish rider’s resistance in the end.  

At just 23 years old, Sam Lowes is the third British rider to  be  crowned  Supersport  World  Champion.  With  a sixth  place  in  the  Championship  for  his  first  season  in 2011, a third last year and the Championship title this year, Sam Lowes has clearly  still got  something up his sleeve  so  don’t  expect  this  young  Brit  to  rest  on  his laurels. We should be seeing him in Moto2 in 2014 for a new challenge worthy of his talents.

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FIM Superbike World ChampionBorn on 19 August 1985 in Huddersfield, Great Britain

Tom Sykes

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20 YEARS AFTER SCOTT RUSSELL

In 1993, America’s Scott Russell gave Kawasaki their first world crown in the FIM Superbike World Championship. Twenty years later, in 2013, Tom Sykes has won the FIM Superbike World Championship, giving Kawasaki its second  ever  title.  The  battle  for  this world  title, which eluded Tom Sykes and Kawasaki last year, falling to Max Biaggi on Aprilia by just half a point, was particularly hard fought this year.

With  eight  pole  positions,  eighteen  podiums  including nine wins, and thirteen lap records, Tom Sykes chalked up some impressive statistics in 2013.  But he did not have an easy ride against Marco Melandri on the factory BMW and especially the two Aprilia riders, Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Guintoli led the Championship for quite a chunk of the season before injuring his shoulder during training  in the summer. Laverty had a  fabulous end-of-season, piling on  the pressure  for Tom Sykes. The  Irish 

rider on his Aprilia matched his Kawasaki  rival  in  terms of  the  number  of  victories  (nine  apiece)  and  ended  up World Vice Champion, just 23 points behind a fabulous Tom Sykes who kept his nerve to win the category and take home the title.

Tom Sykes is a born attacker. Very impressive aboard the Kawasaki  and  capable of  extraordinary  laps during  the Superpole sessions, he is also a very reliable rider. Despite three DNF’s caused by mechanical problems, he did not have a single crash all season. Tom Sykes made his World Superbike Championship début in 2009 with Yamaha alongside Ben Spies the year the American won the title. He  has  been  faithful  to  Kawasaki  since  2010  and  has taken part  in all the development phases of the current ZX-10R.  Sykes  and  the Ninja,  or  the  fabulous  tale  of  a man and his machine united on the road to glory.   

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FIM Moto3 World ChampionBorn on 12 January 1995 in Figueres, Spain

Maverick Viñales

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TOP GUNS TAKE IT TO THE WIRE

The battle for the 2013 Moto3 title was one of the most closely contested championships in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, with three riders separated by just five points in a winner-takes-all battle at Valencia in the last race of the season. The showdown was given extra “salsa” by the fact that all three contenders were Spanish: Luis  Salom,  Maverick  Viñales  and  Alex  Rins  knowing that victory for any of them in front of their home crowd would be enough to secure the championship.

Viñales  had  been  a  late  arrival  to  the  party,  the  KTM rider making up 20 points on his  two compatriots  in a dramatic  penultimate  round  in  Japan,  where  Salom and  Rins  both  crashed  out  as  their  rival  clinched  his fourteenth podium from sixteen races so  far  in second place.  Despite  his  unerring  consistency  (his  only  non-podium finishes had been a fourth at Silverstone and a  fifth at Sepang), Viñales had not actually won a  race since the fourth round at Le Mans but he saved his best performance until  last. After  an  early  crash  for  Salom, Viñales  overcame  Rins  in  a  thrilling  fight  to  the  final corner  that saw him clinch the title and  finally confirm the sensational potential he showed during his rookie 125cc campaign in 2011, when he took a maiden victory in only his fourth appearance. 

As  well  as  losing  out  to  Viñales  in  that  dramatic  final corner,  Rins was  also  beaten  in  the  drag  to  the  line  at Valencia by Germany’s Jonas Folger but third place was enough to seal the runner-up spot in the championship and  brought  his  podium  record  for  the  season  to fourteen,  including  five wins, whilst Salom dropped  to third in the championship with twelve podiums and seven victories. Another Spaniard, Alex Marquez was the only other race winner during 2013, the younger brother to MotoGP World Champion Marc taking his debut success at Motegi  in  a  season  completely  dominated  by  KTM. The Austrian  factory won  every  round,  adding  to  four straight wins at  the end of 2012, setting a new record for successive victories by a manufacturer in the history of the Moto3 and 125cc World Championships.

Maverick  Viñales  –  who  is  famously  named  after  the character played by Tom Cruise in the film “Top Gun” – meanwhile  becomes his  country’s  tenth winner  of  the minor category world title, joining such illustrious names as Angel Nieto, Jorge Martinez, Alex Criville, Emilio Alzamora, Dani Pedrosa, Alvaro Bautista, Julian Simon, Marc Marquez and Nico Terol. 

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Pol Espargaró

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POL COMES OF AGE

After  being  the  closest  challenger  to  Marc  Márquez’s dominance  of  the  Moto2  World  Championship  with eight  pole  positions  and  four  race  victories  in  2012, Spanish rider Pol Espargaró started the 2013 season as  a  clear  title  favourite  –  a  billing  he  lived  up  to with victory  in  the  opening  round  of  the  season  in  Qatar after an entertaining battle with Britain’s Scott Redding. Espargaró’s  championship  lead  did  not  last  long, however, a crash at the second round in Texas handing the initiative to Redding, who consolidated with a strong run of results that included his maiden Moto2 win at Le Mans - his country’s first in the intermediate class since Jeremy McWilliams  in 2001 – backed up swiftly by his second in Barcelona. 

As usual  in the extremely competitive Moto2 class the victories were  spread out  amongst  a number of  riders as  the  season  progressed  –  Tito  Rabat,  Nico  Terol, Jordi Torres and Mika Kallio all enjoying their maiden successes in the four-stroke format – but Redding’s third of the season in his home Grand Prix at Silverstone was a standout moment. A dominant performance in a race that  Redding  controlled  from  start  to  finish  combined with  eighth  place  for  Espargaró  and  opened  up  a 38-point advantage  for  the Marc VDS rider at  the top. With six races to go Redding was in a strong position to 

become his country’s first World Champion at any level of Grand Prix road racing since Barry Sheene in 1977.

However,  Espargaró  refused  to  give  up  the  fight  and with the pressure now off he returned to winning form in  the next  round at Misano. Now  it was Redding who was  riding  on  the  defensive  and  consecutive  podiums for  his  Spanish  rival  at  Aragon  and  Sepang  closed  the gap still  further. Then, during free practice for the next round at Phillip Island, a rare mistake by Redding left him with a broken wrist, his title dreams in tatters as Espargaró romped to an easy win  in the race.   Against all  the odds Redding  returned  seven days  later  to  race in Japan with a plate and screws in his wrist but a crash caused by another rider on the first lap also involved him and  Tito  Rabat  –  still  an  outside  contender  thanks  to wins at Indianapolis and Sepang – and effectively ended their  challenge  for  good.  Espargaró  took  no  chances and proved that he was a deserving World Champion with another superb ride to claim his sixth victory of the season and the title.

The  22-year-old  Spaniard  becomes  only  the  fourth Moto2 World Champion in history but the sixth Spaniard to win  the  intermediate class crown,  joining Sito Pons, Dani  Pedrosa,  Jorge  Lorenzo,  Toni  Elias  and  Marc Márquez.

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FIM MotoGP World ChampionBorn on 17 February 1993 in Cervera, Spain

Marc Márquez

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A MARC OF DISTINCTION !

The retirement of Casey Stoner left a space in the Repsol Honda Team for 2013, giving HRC the ideal opportunity to  launch a highly promising premier-class  career with Marc  Márquez  alongside  an  experienced  team-mate, Dani  Pedrosa.  It  was  a  huge  show  of  faith  from  the Japanese factory in a 20-year-old rookie but even they could not have  imagined the return they would get on a prodigious talent that had already seen him crowned 125cc and Moto2 World Champion  in 2010 and 2012 respectively.

Márquez  adapted  fast  to  the RC213V machine  during winter testing and demonstrated that he was not fazed by reputations in the opening round in Qatar, where he battled with Valentino Rossi for second place, eventually losing out to the Italian but finishing ahead of Pedrosa in third place, in a race won by Jorge Lorenzo. An historic maiden victory  followed  in  round  two at  the  inaugural Grand  Prix  of  the  Americas  in  Austin,  Texas,  where Márquez proved that he was more than a match for his rivals at a circuit where none of them had raced before - in the process taking records away from Freddie Spencer as  the  youngest  ever  pole-sitter  and  race  winner  in MotoGP.

Lorenzo and Pedrosa came back strongly but collarbone injuries for the pair at Assen and Sachsenring coincided with a  return  to winning  form  for Márquez, who  leapt at the opportunity to top the championship with a run 

of  four  straight  victories  at Sachsenring,  Laguna Seca, Indianapolis and Brno.

Lorenzo  fought back with  a  stunning  last-lap win over Márquez at Silverstone, where Pedrosa finished third - a top-three result that was repeated in Misano. Pedrosa’s title challenge was ended  in the next round at Aragon, where contact with Márquez – already under pressure for  his  aggressive  riding  style  –  caused  damage  to  his traction control cable and he crashed out.  In Australia, a black flag for Márquez cost him his first opportunity to wrap up the title and gave Lorenzo an unexpected chance to take the fight to the wire. Back-to-back victories  for Lorenzo in Australia and Japan set up a final showdown in  the  last  race of  the  season at Valencia,  although his hopes  of  retaining  a  crown  rested  on  victory  with Márquez  finishing  outside  the  top  four.  Lorenzo  kept his side of the bargain with a stunning ride, blocking the field on  the early  laps  in  the hope  that Márquez might be forced into a mistake, but the youngster showed the maturity of a deserving champion to bring his bike home safely in third place. 

In doing so Marc Márquez became just the fourth rider in the 65-year history of Grand Prix racing to win world titles  in three different categories after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi. He  is also  the youngest ever rider to clinch the MotoGP title and the first rookie premier-class World Champion for 35 years.

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Conrad Mewse (GBR)FIM 85cc Junior Motocross World Champion

FIM Rookie of the Year

Aiden Tijero (USA)FIM 65cc Junior Motocross World Champion

Pauls Jonass (LAT)FIM 125cc Junior Motocross World Champion

Matthew Phillips (AUS)FIM Junior Enduro World Champion

Patryk Dudek (POL)FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion

FIM Rider of the Year

Chiara Fontanesi (ITA)FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion

Marc Márquez (ESP)FIM MotoGP World Champion

Tom Sykes (GBR)FIM Superbike World Champion

Antonio Cairoli (ITA)FIM MX1 Motocross World Champion

Laia Sanz (ESP)FIM Women’s Trial World Champion

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Antoine Meo (FRA)FIM Enduro E1 World Champion

Tai Woffinden (GBR)FIM Speedway GP World Champion

Daniil Ivanov (RUSFIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Champion

Toni Bou (ESP)FIM X-Trial & Trial World Champion

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