Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
File:Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme logo (2024).svg
FIM logo since 8 January 2024
SportMotorcycle sport
JurisdictionInternational
AbbreviationFIM
Founded1904
HeadquartersMies, Switzerland
PresidentJorge Viegas
Official website
www.fim-moto.com
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The International Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) or (FIM) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing.[1] It represents 123 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six continental unions.

There are ten motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 60 championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships of circuit racing, enduro, Speedway Racing, Trials, Off-Roading, Motorcross, Supercross, Sno-Cross, Sidecars, and E-Bikes. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women.

History

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The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded in Paris, France, on 21 December 1904. The British Auto-Cycle Union was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved, but reborn in 1912 with the headquarters now located in England. The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.

The name was changed to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famed Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred to Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.

1994 saw the headquarters relocated, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle wheel. The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2018, Jorge Viegas (Portugal) is President of the FIM.

Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 6 March 2022, FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.[2]

FIM competitions

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Circuit Racing

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World Championships

Feeder Series

European and Asian Cups

Nation Championships

Endurance Racing

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Speedway Grand Prix

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Moto Trials

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Off-Roading

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SideCars and ATVs

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E-Bike

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Main article: Electric bicycle

Presidents

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Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM)
Term President Nationality
1904–1905 A. de Lahausse File:Flag of France.svg France
1905–1906 Marquis de Mouzilly Saint-Mars File:Flag of France.svg France
1912–1924 Arthur Stanley File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
1924–1946 Alberto Bonacossa File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1946–1947 Augustin Pérouse File:Flag of France.svg France
1947–1949 Marcel Haecker File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
Term President Nationality
1949–1951 Marcel Haecker File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
1951–1959 Augustin Pérouse File:Flag of France.svg France
1959–1965 Pieter Nortier File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1965–1983 Nicolás Rodil del Valle File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1983–1989 Nicolas Schmit File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
1989–1995 Jos Vaessen File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1995–2006 Francesco Zerbi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2006–2018 Vito Ippolito File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
2018–present Jorge Viegas File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal

FIM motorcycle racing helmet testing and homologation

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In 2019, the FIM decided to implement its own helmet testing regime. Helmet manufacturers have to submit helmets for testing, and the FIM then lab tests them to make sure they are up to the job of protecting racers.[citation needed]

Members

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Main article: List of FIM affiliated federations

See also

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References

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