Press ReleaseEuropean Motocross Championship

Official entries prelude to extraordinary season

With the entries for the European Championship EMX250 and EMX125 roundof Pietramurata, Italy now officially closed, Youthstream, the promoter ofthe European Series, has just announced that both classes are full. With a100-rider limit, the EMX250 class has exceeded this number. All riders ente-red after the 100th entry was accepted will be reserve riders. Should oneof the first 100 entries withdraw for any reason, the reserve riders will thenautomatically be entered.Meanwhile the EMX125 has impressively received 95 entries, which alongwith the maxed out EMX250 class and extraordinary depth of talent in bothclasses, only attests that the European Championship is the ultimate deve-lopment series for any aspiring professional motocross rider.Full grid also for the Honda EMX 150 class, which will take its start in Pie-tramurata, too, but the entry list will be defined by Honda in the next days.

Press ReleaseThese results confirm the importance of the European Championship and the huge interest of the Fede-rations, teams and riders in this series, which is the best way to prepare and move up to the World Cham-pionships MX2 and MXGP. We have made a statistic of the represented Countries. "This is one of the most fruitful cooperations between FIM, FIM Europe and a promotional partner”,stated Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President. “I am very happy that young riders can compete on thesame weekend, on the same track, with the same rules and regulations and officials. There is no betterway to get ready for the FIM Motocross World Championship. The riders are the winners, and so is thesport".

PRESS RELEASE nr. 40-2015 - March 24th 2015FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

FIM Europe Press OfficerTel + 39 342 9231793fiammetta.laguidara@fim-europe.com

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In the first pagethe entry list ofEMX 125, onthe left, the ri-ders who willtake part to theEMX 250