FIM Worries About MotoGP Grid for 2010 and Long-term Sustainability in the...
The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) started MotoGP in 1949 with the idea to establish a premiere prototype racing series. In 1992, FIM transfered the commercial rights to Dorna Sports, who...
View ArticleMotoGP Agrees On New Measures to Reduce Costs
The Grand Prix Commission has announced a slew of new rules for MotoGP, supposedly aimed at cutting costs in MotoGP, and thus allowing the manufacturers and teams to compete despite the world’s...
View ArticleNew Cost-Saving Rules for MotoGP in 2010
In a press conference held today during the IRTA tests at Jerez, Vito Ippolito, the president of the FIM, and Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna, announced a series of measures aimed at cutting costs in...
View ArticleFIM President Writes Open Letter to Motorcycle Racers and Teams
FIM President Vito Ippolito has written an open letter this week that delivers a message of fair play to riders and teams. The letter comes as MotoGP heads to Estoril, Portugal and WSBK braces for its...
View ArticleMotoGP to Return to 990cc Formula?
When MotoGP switched from the 990cc displacement format to the 800cc formula, it was done so on the idea that it would make the premiere racing class safer for the riders. This proved to not be the...
View ArticleMotoGP: 1000cc Formula for 2012 – 81mm Bore
The Grand Prix Commission met today, and came to a resolution on what direction the MotoGP series would take in the coming years. As expected the committee members agreed to a 1000cc format for the...
View ArticleVito Ippolito Speaks on The Future of Motorcycling and the FIM’s e-Power...
During at stop in Utrecht, Netherlands, David Emmett over at MotoMatters was able to have a sit down discussion with FIM bossman Vito Ippolito. In their conversation, Emmett gets a rare chance to ask...
View ArticleClose Vote Reelects Vito Ippolito as FIM President
While MotoGP fans were watching the Australian GP at Phillip Island, current FIM President Vito Ippolitio was having a race of his own, as he looked to be reelected to his role in the Fédération...
View ArticleMotoGP And World Superbike To Be “Brought Together”
Bridgepoint has announced today that it has brought MotoGP and World Superbike, the two motorcycle racing series it owns, under a single umbrella organization. The reorganization will see Dorna Sports...
View ArticleTTXGP & FIM Create New Electric Motorcycle Racing Series
Suffering falling outs with both the Isle of Man TT and the FIM, the TTXGP electric motorcycle series has had to reinvent itself since its first event in back in 2009. A massive collision of three...
View ArticleVito Ippolito Elected to Third Term as FIM President
The ballots are in, and Vito Ippolito will continue as the President of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), for the next four years. Ippolito was re-relected at the FIM General...
View ArticleFIM President Vito Ippolito Writes an Open Letter About Incidents Surrounding...
The Sepang Clash, as Dorna would like for us to refer to it, continues to send shockwaves down the sport; as videos emerge of altercations between entourages at the track, photos and messages of hate...
View ArticleMotoGP: Ezpeleta & Ippolito Will Meet with Teams & Riders
In another twist to the Rossi vs. Marquez tale at Sepang, the FIM today announced that all of the teams and riders in MotoGP have been called to a special meeting with the Permanent Bureau on Thursday,...
View ArticleRacing News Round-Up: No, Ezpeleta Hasn’t Been Fired, Nakamoto Talks About...
The start of a new year, and though there is little going on in the world of motorcycle racing in the first week of January, there is still enough to fill our weekly news round up. Here’s what happened...
View ArticleFIM Appoints Steve Aeschlimann as New CEO
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme is set for some new leadership, as Steve Aeschlimann has been appointed to take over from Ignacio Verneda as CEO of the FIM. Aeschlimann has been a senior...
View ArticleFIM Creates Helmet Crash Test for Race Helmets
The FIM is getting into the helmet certification game, creating a new protocol - as part of the FIM Racing Homologation Programme (FRHP) - to test helmets that are worn in FIM-sanctioned motorcycle...
View ArticleRomano Fenati Loses Racing License, Summoned to the FIM
Romano Fenati has lost his race license with Italy's FMI, and he has been summoned to the international governing body for motorcycle racing (FIM). The post Romano Fenati Loses Racing License, Summoned...
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