Your essential online guide of this year’s FIM World Championship competitions, a digital version of the 2024 FIM Awards Official Programme is now available for you to view online.
Between the beautiful blue covers of this one-hundred-and-twenty-page digital document – proudly emblazoned with the FIM’s new logo created to celebrate this year’s one-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary – you can read all about how every one of the sixty-two 2024 FIM World Championship titles were won, either by individual riders or victorious national teams, and watch the accompanying video clips too. Do you want to follow Jorge Martin’s route to his first FIM MotoGP™ World Championship title? Or discover how Lotte Van Drunen won her first FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship? Or read about how Yoshimura SERT Motul regained the FIM Endurance Team World Championship? Well, it is all here along with much, much more detailing every single FIM World Championship discipline staged this year, from Snowcross to Superbike and from Ice Speedway to the FIM International Six Days of Enduro and everything else in between including pages dedicated to the prestigious 2024 FIM Trophies. Visually superb and incredibly illustrated by the work of the world’s best motorcycle sport photographers, it is your essential guide to both the season as a whole and this Saturday’s star-studded FIM Awards Ceremony at Mallorca’s Palma Convention Centre.
It is the perfect companion to Saturday night’s event if you are watching live on FIM-MOTO.TV, DAZN Spain / MAX / Discovery+ or if you simply want to know more about your motorcycling heroes and heroines.
Published by: Isalen Cooper FIM- Press Coordinator
The FIM is proud to present the 2024 FIM Awards Partners and thanks them for their invaluable support.
Motul The French company has been producing high-performance motor oils and lubricants for over one-hundred-and-sixty years and is a long-time global Partner of the FIM and its events.
Hertz Founded in 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, the American car rental giant is a long-time global Partner of the FIM and its events and has been title sponsor of the Hertz FIM Trial World Championship since 2020.
ATPI A world-leading travel management and events company, ATPI is at the forefront of carbon measurement, reduction and offset and is the Presenting Partner of the FIM Environmental Trophy.
Prosecco Doc A Main Partner of the FIM Awards, Prosecco is the exclusive provider of world-class Italian sparkling wine for the FIM.
Redsoda The award-winning merchandise solutions company is the FIM’s Global Merchandise Partner.
Dellorto S.p.A Innovators in the highly-specialised field of motorcycle carburation, Dellorto was founded in Seregno, Italy, in 1933 and this year begins a three-year contract as an Official Partner of the FIM Awards.
GBRacing A Main Partner of the FIM Awards for the last three years, GBRacing was founded in 2007 and is the market leader in bolt-on motorcycle protection products and has been a member of the FIM Quality Product Programme since 2009.
Motor Bike Expo The world’s largest custom motorcycle show and a Main Partner of the FIM Awards for the last three years, Motor Bike Expo will take place in 2025 in Verona, Italy, from 24-26 January.
BMW Group Spain As an Official Partner of the FIM Awards, BMW Spain will provide its top-of-the-line vehicles to take the 2024 FIM World Champions to the red carpet with this collaboration highlighting its shared values with the FIM of innovation, performance and passion.
Sunny Biker A network that connects all motorcyclists worldwide, Sunny Biker offers innovative services and stimulating interaction among enthusiasts in the wonderful world of motorcycles.
Hard Rock Café Mallorca Situated next to the beautiful Palma de Mallorca harbour, the Hard Rock Café Mallorca is a perfect and picturesque venue for the FIM Awards Warm-up Party on Friday evening.
WIZ Team Specialists in event management software, the Swiss-based WIZ Team provides logistical support for all FIM official events including the FIM Intercontinental Games, FIM General Assembly and FIM Awards.
MEDIA PARTNERS The FIM is proud to collaborate with leading Media Partners who share a passion for motorcycle sport, helping to highlight the achievements of the world’s top riders on a global stage.
Motosprint Italy An Official Media Partner for the fourth consecutive year, Motosprint Italy is known for its in-depth coverage and dedication to motorsport, bringing fans closer to the action, highlighting the accomplishments of the sport’s elite riders and capturing the essence of this prestigious event.
Motociclismo Spain An Official Media Partner with the FIM Awards for the first time this year, by bringing exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes insights Motociclismo Spain highlights the talent and dedication of the FIM World Champions and showcases the glamour and prestige of this iconic celebration.
Última Hora Mallorca Joining the FIM Awards for 2024 as an Official Media Partner, this new collaboration emphasises a shared commitment to celebrating excellence in motorcycle sport while fostering a strong local connection to the FIM Awards with exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage.
DAZN The world’s leading sports entertainment platform, DAZN.com will broadcast the FIM Awards live and for free in Spain and in addition to exclusive coverage and highlights of this unforgettable night, DAZN will also bring the excitement to its social media channels with behind-the-scenes interviews and much more, ensuring Spanish fans can experience the magic as it unfolds.
Fabio Muner, FIM Marketing and Digital Director, said: “On behalf of the FIM I would like to thank all our 2024 FIM Awards Partners who help to make this wonderful occasion possible and ensure that everyone enjoys a memorable night. I can’t think of a more idyllic setting for such a momentous occasion to celebrate another hugely successful season of motorcycle sport in the company of the assembled FIM World Champions, FIM Trophy winners and the FIM family.”
Published by: Isalen Cooper | FIM Press Coordinator
The 2024 FIM Awards Ceremony takes place this coming Saturday (7 December) on the stunning Spanish island of Mallorca with a guest list that reads like a who’s who of motorcycle sport.
Coming at the end of the FIM’s one-hundred-and-twentieth anniversary year, this glittering annual event will take place in the award-winning Palma Convention Centre, a striking avant-garde building that opened in 2017 and which overlooks the capital city of the beautiful Balearic Island that lay in the Mediterranean Sea.
This esteemed gathering is one of the major highlights of the year and brings together the FIM Family and the many FIM World Champions who have earned the ultimate accolade in motorcycle sport – both as individuals and as part of National teams – following another successful season of competition.
These will include, but not be limited to, FIM MotoGP™ World Champion Jorge Martin, FIM Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Champion Ana Carrasco, FIM EnduroGP World Champion Josep Garcia, FIM Women’s Enduro World Champion Mireia Badia, FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion Lotte Van Drunen, FIM Rally-Raid World Champion Ross Branch, FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik, FIM TrialGP World Champion Toni Bou and FIM Women’s TrialGP World Champion Emma Bristow.
With a deeply-ingrained national passion for motorcycles, Spain is an entirely appropriate host for what promises to be a momentous occasion. Boasting a rich history of motorcycling sporting success that is interwoven with that of the FIM, the proud nation has added another twelve FIM World Championships this season to its long and illustrious role of honour.
The programme will get under way with various activities being hosted at Palma Village – located at Parc de la Mar, near the Cathedral – ahead of the Autograph Session taking place at the same venue later in the day. All this before the biggest names in global motorcycle sport take centre stage on the Red Carpet, followed by the FIM Awards Ceremony and Dinner with the party continuing into the early hours of Sunday morning. As well as celebrating sporting success, the FIM Awards Ceremony offers the opportunity to acknowledge the efforts of everyone involved in the various FIM Trophies that this year will include the FIM Women’s Trophy; the FIM Sustainability Trophy; the FIM Trophy for The Future and the FIM Road Safety and Public Policy Trophy.
The FIM Awards Ceremony will be preceded by the FIM General Assembly on Friday 6th December at the same venue, which will include a full programme during which representatives from more than one-hundred National Federations will be required to vote on several important matters.
This will be the only occasion this year that so many motorcycling heroes will be in the same place at the same time and it truly is an event that is not to be missed. However, those unable to attend on Saturday evening in person will be able to watch the entire FIM Awards live and for free on FIM-MOTO.TV, DAZN Spain / MAX / and Discovery+ from 22.10hrs CET.
The Board of Directors met for the fourth time of the year on 4 December 2024, ahead of the General Assembly and FIM Awards ceremony to be held on 6 & 7 December 2024 in Palma – Mallorca.
On this occasion, the Board addressed many topics, in particular the following:
Sport: All disciplines were discussed with a focus on the success of the first-ever Intercontinental Games, the Supercross World Championship, the FIM SpeedwayGP World Championship, the E-Xplorer World Cup promoter, the extension of the Hard Enduro World Championship promotion contract as well as the Trial discipline. New and revised classes/categories in FIM World Championships and FIM Prizes were agreed on. In addition, the Board reiterated its continued support for the Community of Valencia following the recent floods and confirmed its full support, financial and otherwise, in relation to the FIM Grand Prix World Championship, FIM JuniorGP World Championship, FIM MiniGP World Series Final relocated events.
Finance: The 2024 year-end forecast was shared. The construction costs of the new FIM Headquarters, inaugurated on 10 October 2024, are in line with the budget approved by the General Assembly. An overview of the project subsidies granted to FMNs over the last 8 years was shown.
Racing Motorcycle Museum: Transformation works are in progress and the content of the future museum is currently being defined. The grand opening of the museum, to be managed by the International Foundation for Motorcycling (IFM), will take place with the World Champions in the framework of the 2025 FIM Awards on 6 December 2025.
Commissions: The following changes were made to the composition of the FIM Commissions: • International Technical Commission (CTI) – New Member, Mr Gianluca AQUILIA (FMI), subject to successfully obtain the relevant licence • International Medical Commission (CMI) – New Member, Ms Anna Maria COMASÒLIVES ARUMI (RFME) • International Technical Commission (CTI) – New Member, Ms Nicole Stephanie SMITH (MCUI), subject to successfully obtain the relevant licence • Track Racing Commission (CCP) – New Member, Mr Neil VATCHER (ACU) The Board acknowledged the withdrawal of CCP Member, Mr Rob PAINTER (ACU).
Ethical Chamber: The Board appointed the following Ethical Chamber Members: – Ms Clotilde GALY (FRA) for a mandate 2025-2028 – Ms Iris GONZÁLEZ (MEX) for a mandate 2025-2028 – Mr George AVVAKOUMIDES (RSA) for a mandate 2024-2027
Liaison with National Federations/Continental Unions: An update on the FMN/CONU liaison initiatives and activities was shared. The launch of #FIMunites campaign aiming to provide visibility to FMNs/CONUs was addressed. A briefing on the FMN/CONU Secretaries General meeting hosted by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund e. V. (DMSB) in Frankfurt (Germany) on 1-2 October 2024 was presented to the Board. A qualitative analysis of the FMNs’ activities to be launched and aiming at providing FMNs with even more dedicated support and assistance. The success of the campaign for safeguarding children in motorcycle sport was stressed.
Amendments to the Codes: The Board approved amendments to the Sporting Code as well as new and revised licence fees that will be submitted to the 2024 General Assembly for consideration. Several amendments to the Medical and Anti-Doping Codes were also validated by the Board. In addition, a fully revised edition of the Disciplinary Code was endorsed.
FIM Academy: A progress report on the FIM Academy activities such as seminars, online modules development, mentoring programmes, academies and education programmes were addressed.
Marketing & Digital: Key data on the graphic design initiative, 2024 6DAYS edition, new partnerships, FIM-moto.tv, 2024 FIM Awards ceremony and digital communication were presented to the Board.
International Foundation of Motorcycling (IFM): The agenda of the next meeting of the IFM, to take place in Palma – Mallorca on 7 December 2024, was presented and included the approval of the 2025 budget, discussions on the management of the Racing Motorcycles Museum as well as the appointments of the Members of the Contributor’s Advisory Council for 2025.
The CONU Presidents, Board Committees, Working Groups and Departments of the Administration presented their progress reports on their respective projects.
Published by: – Isabelle Lariviere – FIM Communications Manager
FIM Europe is the first-ever winner of the inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games (ICG) following an action-packed, drama-filled weekend of racing at the fabled Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in southern Spain.
Bringing together the FIM’s six Continental Unions (CONU) of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania, and the City of Jerez FIM Intercontinental Games was contested across Supersport (SSP) and Supersport 300 (SSP300) classes, with other disciplines scheduled to be introduced as this biennial event becomes more established.
Each CONU was represented by an eight-rider team split equally between the two classes with R7 and R3 machines provided by ICG Official Partner Yamaha Motor Europe. In keeping with the FIM’s ongoing commitment to diversity, each CONU fielded two female racers with one in each class.
Following Saturday’s four Qualifying sessions, FIM Europe and FIM Oceania were very evenly matched in SSP300 with both CONUs boasting three riders in the top nine that made up the first three rows of the grid with Spanish sixteen-year-old Gonzalo Sanchez in pole ahead of Australian teenagers Archie McDonald and Cameron Swain.
Sanchez led away the opening fourteen-lap SSP300 race with eighteen-year-old FIM Asia rider Aldi Mahendra getting a great jump to go from sixth to second before moving ahead through the second corner. With twenty-four riders in action the opening laps were close and at times chaotic as the sport’s brightest young talents fought for position and after three laps and multiple changes of lead the top eighteen riders were all within two seconds of each other.
Another rider showing great form was FIM North America’s Maxwell Toth. Based in Barcelona for much of 2024, the eighteen-year-old Californian had only qualified eleventh, but he also took a turn in the lead.
With six laps to go Sanchez slid off and out of the race, although two laps later the main group was still comprised of nine riders with no clear favourite until Mahendra – who this year clinched the FIM WorldSSP300 World Championship at Jerez – finally managed to make a pass for the lead stick and he won by just 0.047 from FIM Europe’s Portuguese rider Tomás Alonso.
McDonald was third ahead of Toth with FIM Europe’s seventeen-year-old SSP300 Captain Alessandro Di Persio from Italy taking fifth chased by FIM Latin America’s Argentinian racer Nahuel Santamaria. First female to cross the line was Italian Josephine ‘Joy’ Bruno in eleventh representing FIM Europe.
Next up was the SSP class with twenty-three-year-old Dino Iozzo starting from pole for FIM Africa ahead of FIM Latin America’s talented Brazilian nineteen-year-old Humberto Cezar Maier Neto and Elia Bartolini, FIM Europe’s SSP Captain. As was the case with the opening SSP300 race, it was incredibly evenly matched at the front of the field with the lead constantly changing hands and no single rider or CONU able to seize control.
With the sixteen-lap race moving into the final stages, rain started to fall and after thirteen laps the red flags came out to signal a premature end with Maier Neto taking the victory just 0.082 ahead of Iozzo and 0.122 in front of Bartolini.
FIM Europe strengthened its position in the overall competition with twenty-five-year-old Frenchman Enzo De La Vega taking fourth chased by FIM Oceania’s thirty-year-old SSP Captain Mike Jones and Indonesian racer Daniel Kasma representing FIM Asia. First female at the flag was Roberta Ponziani from Italy who was a late replacement for FIM Europe.
After the disappointment of crashing out of the first SSP300 race, Sanchez was determined to make amends and he started race two well from the front of the grid, but it was Swain who took an early lead as Toth enjoyed another great opening lap before his challenge ended early when he fell on lap three with FIM Oceania’s New Zealand racer Jesse Stroud. Also making an early exit was FIM Africa’s Kgopotso Mononyane who had shown impressive form throughout the weekend.
With no single rider able to exert control as the race entered its closing stages, the lead group was still made up of eight riders despite having been thinned out following falls by McDonald, who was able to remount, Swain and FIM North America’s Avery Dreher.
On the last lap it was still too close to call until Mahendra exited the final turn ahead and won the drag to the line in a photo-finish with Santamaria, only to be penalised two positions with an irresponsible riding penalty that put him behind Sanchez.
Mahendra’s penalty for pushing Santamaria wide in the final corner strengthened FIM Europe’s ICG lead over FIM Asia, although the Indonesian still won the AIROH Golden Helmet for best individual performance in the SSP300 class while Bruno was once again the highest-placed female finisher in ninth to claim her own AIROH Golden Helmet.
With overall victory in the ICG resting on the deciding SSP race, there were more than a few nerves on display, but just two laps in more rain began to fall and the race was red-flagged.
Restarted over a reduced duration of ten laps, the conditions resulted in more cautious racing with riders unwilling to push too hard. Maier Neto’s hopes of a second victory ended at half-distance when he went out, however as the laps ticked by it was impossible to pick a winner out of the leading group of ten riders until Bartolini made his move with two to go.
So evenly matched were the front-runners that the Italian could not break clear, and his charge proved to be decisive as he took the flag 0.612 ahead of Jones to secure an AIROH Golden Helmet. Iozzo was third from Thailand’s Apiwat Wongthananon, FIM Asia’s SSP Captain, making it four different CONUs in the top four and demonstrating just how close the competition was. Dobbs won an AIROH Golden Helmet as the highest-placed female SSP competitor in thirteenth.
With the celebrations expected to continue long into the night, Josephine Bruno was clearly delighted by FIM Europe’s performance. “It’s been a fantastic weekend,” she said. “The team and the mechanics have worked together perfectly and history was made here. I am very proud to have taken part and it’s been an honour to have represented FIM Europe.”
Her comments were echoed by her team-mate Roberta Ponziani. “We did a great job all together,” said the twenty-eight-year-old. “In wet conditions it is easy to make a mistake, so we did very well and I am very happy!”
FIM Europe’s SSP300 Captain Alexandro Di Persio was over the moon to have helped steer his CONU to victory, saying: “It is impossible to explain the feeling. Wonderful! It’s incredible to be here and I am grateful to FIM Europe to have been selected as a Captain. I thank all the team members – riders, mechanics, all the people who work for us. We made history and I am super-motivated now to kick-off a new season.”
Elia Bartolini, FIM Europe’s SSP Captain, played a vital role in his CONU’s win. “It’s been fantastic and I am so happy we won the title and I won the men’s AIROH Golden Helmet,” he said. “I want to thank my team-mates – we struggled a bit at times but never gave up.”
Alessandro Sambucco, FIM Europe Team Manager, said: “We have reached the goal! It was difficult because the level of rider was really high, but this is the proof that you can reach the goal as a team!”
Jorge Viegas, FIM President, stated: “This was in all aspects better than everybody expected. There was an incredible atmosphere of friendship between all the riders – win or lose it didn’t matter, they were all together – and I think there was a team spirit that I have never seen before in circuit racing.
“On behalf of the FIM I would like to thank everyone who has come together to make the first-ever FIM Intercontinental Games such a success including the City of Jerez, the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Dorna and Warner Bros Discovery Sports along with our ICG Official Partners Yamaha, Dunlop, SPIDI, XPD, AIROH, Beta Tools and Panta Racing Fuel. Also, I must say a heartfelt thank you to all the CONUs, FIM officials, the riders, volunteers, the media and the fans for all their support and commitment.”
