2010

Palacio Hotel – Estoril, Portugal - The 2010 FIM Gala opened with a special and never seen before press conference as all the many different FIM World Champions shared the same stage. The press conference was opened with a speech from the FIM President Vito Ippolito, who welcomed the riders and expressed his delight at this unique gathering of motorcycle champions all in one place. The diverse nat...

Dorna Sports was honoured on Thursday evening when the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Italy awarded the organisers of the MotoGP World Championship the 'Best Spanish Business in Italy' prize.The ninth edition of the prestigious award, which recognises the impact of the close collaboration with major Italian businesses, was bestowed on Dorna for its administration of the 2010 FIM MotoGP World Champ...

Palacio Hotel – Estoril, Portugal - Having very much become the TV face of the FIM Grand Prix Racing World Championship and the FIM MotoGP World Championship over the last decade or so, Britain’s Suzi Perry was the obvious choice to present this evening’s FIM Gala Ceremony. However her attendance was put in severe doubt as twice her flight from the UK to Portugal was cancelled over the last twenty...

Whilst certain parts of Europe have been gripped by the early onset of winter, the Portuguese coastal town of Estoril is basking in bright sunshine as it awaits tomorrow’s prestigious FIM Gala Ceremony. Sitting just north of the capital city of Lisbon, Estoril is no stranger to being in the global spot light with it now being an established stop on the MotoGP tour.Already many of the FIM World Cha...

Friday 3 December at the Estoril Casino (Portugal), the FIM will host the FIM Gala Ceremony to honour its many FIM World champions across a range of different motorcycle disciplines. The 2010 FIM World Champions will be joined by two wheel legends Giacomo Agostini, Carl Fogarty, Roger de Coster, Jordi Tarres, Anders Eriksson, Ivan Mauger and Katja Poengsen for an evening to remember.The Ceremony w...

Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day and Sky News and the Independent newspaper are marking the occasion by showing how Riders for Health are using motorcycles in Lesotho to reach remote villages in the fight against HIV/AIDS.You can watch the report by Sky News by clicking here.The story follows Tukula Mothonyana, a TB officer, as he steers his bike up into the mountains to visit one of his pat...

After matching a career-best second place finish in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, standings last year, GEICO Powersports Honda’s Kevin Windham, of Centerville, Miss., is back for his 17th year of professional racing.At 30 years old, Windham says age doesn’t matter in a sport dominated by youth.“At this point, no matter my age or the competition, it’s all about stayi...

Honda Motor Europe has launched an all-new motorcycle racing team for an assault on FIM Endurance World Championship and to contest selected road-race meetings, bridging the gap between the two disciplines.The Honda TT Legends team will compete on the legendary Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade machinery in the 2011 FIM Endurance World Championship, together with world famous road-race meetings such as th...

Since Thomas Chareyre entered in the FIM S1 World Championship back in 2007, he always rounded the top five at the end of the season. Thomas Chareyre's bet for a change at the beginning of the 2010 joining 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory team brought the World Title back to his new squad after Thierry Van Den Bosch won it last year. Thomas Chareyre started racing the FIM SuperMoto World Champions...

Mauno Hermunen achieved his second Grand Prix of the season in Salou and his teammate Adrien Chareyre was on the second step of the podium. Thomas Chareyre was just third overall but he was proclaimed the S1 World Champion. Davide Gozzini finished fourth and was second of the Championship just two points behind the French.  Fabrizio Bartolini won his maiden round of the season and with thi...