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The Federazione Motociclistica Italiana (FMI) celebrated its 100th Anniversary last Friday in Rome. The FMI is one of the largest National Federations, which has been working very hard for the development of the motorcycling sport and also non-sporting motorcycle activities in general. Among the many participants, were present FIM President Vito Ippolito and the FIM Chief Executive Officer Guy Ma...

The 2011 FIM Environmental Award was presented during the FIM Gala Ceremony held on 4 December in Estoril, Portugal. After having reviewed the 5 candidatures, the Jury composed of: o Mr Andrzej Witkowski, FIM Award and Recognition Committee Representative o Mrs Kattia Hernandez, FIM International Environment Commission (CIE) Director o Ms Jill Savery, Olympic Gold medallist and environmental co...

The second edition of the FIM Gala ceremony proved to be a huge success with over five hundred guests packing into the impressive Estoril Casino, Portugal last Sunday evening to celebrate the great and good of Motorcycle sport. 2011 FIM Superbike World Champion Carlos Checa headlined the biggest ever gathering of FIM World Champions as he collected the FIM Personality of the Year award along with ...

Estoril Casino - Portugal - Around five hundred guests packed into the impressive Silver and Black room of the Estoril Casino to enjoy a very special evening that recognised and rewarded the exploits of the World's best motorcycle riders. Broadcast live on TV in several different countries a host of motorcycling legends were on hand to present the 2011 FIM World Champions with their respective awa...

Estoril Casino - Portugal - The stars of World motorcycling were out in force as they made their way along the red carpet on route to the FIM Gala Ceremony that will celebrate the many FIM World Champions over the next few hours. Motorcycling's most famous female TV presenter Suzi Perry will act as the master of ceremonies as the current crop of FIM World Champions take to the stage to collect t...

Palacio Hotel - Estoril, Portugal - A head of the second edition of the FIM Gala, the many different FIM World Champions gathered for a very special and unique press conference. The press conference was opened with a speech from the FIM President Vito Ippolito, who welcomed the riders and expressed his delight at sharing this rare opportunity of having such a variety of motorcycle champions all ...

In just two days time the great and the good associated with all forms of motorcycle sport will arrive in Estoril, Portugal for the second edition of the FIM Gala that will bring the current season to a close in glittering style. Some five hundred plus guests will pack into the Estoril Casino to enjoy a very special and unique evening of entertainment hosted by Suzi Perry. More than thirty of t...

The FIM is pleased to announce that The FIM Magazine, Ride With Us! # 80 is available online in the media section on fim-live.com. Please share this news with all your friends, motorcycling fans and share the link on Facebook and Twitter!

The spotlight will be on Estoril this Sunday With the majority of the FIM World Championships now decided for another season the focus of attention will shift to the second edition of the FIM Gala that will take place at the Casino Estoril, Portugal this coming Sunday 4 December. Following on from the huge success of last year’s inaugural event, again the FIM Gala will provide the perfect oppor...

The FIM is pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of the FIM Road Safety Award has been awarded to Mr Andrés Pérez Rubio from Spain. It recognises his exceptional contribution to the improvement of road safety for riders over many years, most notably in respect of road infrastructure. He and colleagues from Spain have been the leading advocates for improvements to roadside barriers. Recently he...