Paulo Gonçalves Wins the Dos Sertões Rally
7 Aug 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves won the longest round of the FIM Cross-Country Rally World Championship, the Dos Sertões Rally in Brazil. Riding his Speedbrain Husqvarna machine, Goncalve...
MotoGP: CRT Regulations Dropped Officially
3 Jul 2013, 10:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As it was reported earlier this year, the FIM intended to drop the Claim Rule Team restrictions, and this finally happened officially. The claiming rule will no longer be part of the effective as of...
Price Cap and Engine Allocation Announced for 2014 Superbike
8 Jun 2013, 06:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / World Superbike is changing, and the first major differences from the way the series is organized at the moment will be implemented for the 2014 season and will gradually be enforced across 3 season...
Argentina's New MotoGP Circuit Closer to FIM Approval
12 May 2013, 07:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Argentina continues the preparations at Termas de Rio Hondo, the place where MotoGP races will be hosted as the country will enter the official calendar. The facility is under construction, but t...
FIM Announces Global Freestyle Motocross Championship
21 Mar 2013, 14:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are really moving fast with the Federation Internationale de Motocylisme (FIM). After recently agreeing to allow electric motorcycles to compete against traditional ones powered by internal ...
Will Motorcycle Stunt Riding Officially Become a FIM Sport in 2013?
28 Dec 2012, 11:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / XDL (Extreme Drift league) - the final frontier for 2013? With more and more riders involved in the freestyle motorcycle stunt business, it looks like this is finally going to be acknowledged as a m...
New Official Regulations for the 2013 & 2014 MotoGP
21 Dec 2012, 09:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While not all the changes prospected for the MotoGP have been put in practice (at least not for the moment), the FIM Grand Prix Commision has made public a set of new rules for these races. Some of ...
Husqvarna Wins 2012 Pharaons Rally with Joan Barreda
8 Oct 2012, 11:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Spanish rider Joan Barreda makes history for Huqvarna as he wins the 2013 Pharaons Rally in Egypt. This is the inaugural victory for Husqvarna, and a most welcome asset for the BMW-owned manufact...
TTXGP Sanctioned by the AMA and FIM
15 Apr 2011, 13:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / FIM North America, a continental union of the FIM, through the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), is to take the 2011 TTXGP North American Championship electric motorcycle racing series under ...
FIM Announces New Regulations for Moto2 Series
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has now become official. The 250cc class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix will become the Moto2 class starting 2011, as the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme released ...
Jorge Martinez Optimistic about Kawasaki Deal
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Martinez seems to be the best, if not only, answer to MotoGP organizers' hopes of fielding at least 18 bikes in the upcoming season. The Spaniard, currently involved in running a team ins...
Bautista Clinches Controversial Maiden Win
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Alvaro Bautista 's first win in the quarter litre class did not come without controversy, as reigning champion and current leader of the overall standings Jorge Lorenzo blasted his fellow count...
FIM Introduces New Age Limit for 125cc
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Champagne will remain a luxury for underage podium finishers inside the 125cc class, but at least the riders will have passed their 16th birthday when NOT being offered the 'winners' drink...
Rossi Blames Electronics for Lack of Show
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Despite winning the title in style last season – 2008 that is – Italian ace Valentino Rossi is far from enjoying it too much. The Yamaha rider admitted that he's very happy with his...
FIM Urges MotoGP to Make Cost-Cutting Changes
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Formula 1 and the WRC, the MotoGP has also lost an important constructor ahead of the upcoming season. Following Kawasaki's withdrawal from the sport, the International Motorcycle Federat...
Kawasaki to Quit MotoGP
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The global economic crisis seems to have struck the FIM Road Racing World Championship as well. As reported by autosport.com, Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki looks set to announce their immediate ret...
Singapore to Host MotoGP in 2011
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has become an universally-accepted truth that Asia is a great place for marketing as far as motorsport competitions are concerned (sports in general, we might add). After Formula 1 racing, MotoGP...
FIM, Urged to Reduce Costs in the MotoGP
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Several voices within the MotoGP paddock have urged the International Motorcycle Federation to follow FIA's example and introduce a new set of cost-cutting measures for the upcoming seasons. Ac...
John Surtees' Son, Henry, to Debut in F2
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has become a habit for former F1 drivers to guide their sons on their way to making the roster in the Great Circle themselves. And Henry Surtees joining the F1 pack of drivers for the 2009 season...
Stoner Insists Sole Tire Supplier Will Equalize Performance
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One week after the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) decided Bridgestone will become sole tire supplier in the MotoGP, Casey Stoner insisted that the new rule would only benefit the teams�...