The 2000 Conference Meetings were held in Geneva from February 25 to 28, with meetings of the Commissions, Panels, Working Groups and the FIM Management Council. The main decisions and modifications for the 2000 are the following: 2000 Endurance World Championship The final calendar of the 2000 season is the following: Dates Circuit Duration April 15-16 Le Mans-FRA 24 H. May 28 Estoril -POR 8 H. July 15-16 Spa-Francorchamps-BEL 24 H. July 30 Suzuka-JPN 8 H. August 12-13 Oschersleben-GER 24 H. September 16-17 Bol d’Or, Magny-Cours-FRA 24 H. November 5 Valencia-SPA 8 H. The list of the teams under contract with the promoter will be communicated within 10 days. Road Racing Rules – If, during practice or race, a Technical Steward finds that a machine is defective and might constitute a danger to other riders, he must notify the International Jury, whose duty will be to exclude such a machine from the practice or the race itself. – The black flag and the black flag with an orange disc can only be shown following a unanimous decision of the international Jury. – The stop & go procedure can only be imposed to a rider or a team (Endurance) following a decision of the International Jury. – For all the riders who are taking part in the current Championship event for the first time, a compulsory briefing will be held at 5.00 p.m. on the day preceding the first practice session day. Marking: the approved paints for white lines along the track and kerbs are the following: Geci Espa±ola 73900100, Verniche Autodromo 85500502, Lander-Plus 000123. Motocross World Championship Triple Event Time Schedule – Thursday Technical Control 125cc + 250cc + 500cc 13:00 -19:00 – Friday Technical Control 125cc + 250cc + 500cc 08:00 -09:00 Free Practice 125cc 11:00 – 11:40 Free Practice 250cc 12:00 – 12:40 Free Practice 500cc 13:00 – 13:40 Free Practices 125cc 14:00 – 14:40 Riders’ Meetings 15:00 Qualifying Practice 125cc 16:00 – 16:40 If for any reason the Qualifying Practice must be cancelled, the Warm Up on the day of the competition will be used as Qualifying Practice. If for any reason the Qualifying Practice and the Warm Up must both be cancelled, the last Official Practice session will be considered as Qualifying Practice. – Saturday Free Practice 500cc 09:00 – 09:40 Free Practice 250cc 10:00 – 10:40 Free Start Test Session 125cc 11:00 – 11:15 Warm Up 125cc 11:15 – 11:45 Qualifying Practice 500cc 12:00 – 12:40 1st Race 125cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 14:00 – 14:45 Qualifying Practice 250cc 15:00 – 15:40 2nd Race 125cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 16:30 – 17:15 – Sunday Free Start Test Session 250cc 09:00 – 09:15 Warm Up 250cc 09:15 – 09:45 Free Start Test Session 500cc 10:00 – 10:15 Warm Up 500cc 10:15 – 10:45 1st Race 250cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 12:00 – 12:45 1st Race 500cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 13:30 – 14:15 2nd Race 250cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 15:00 – 15:45 2nd Race 500cc 40′ + 2 laps/tours 16:30 – 17:15 2000 Sidecar Cross World Championship – The round scheduled in Kallithea Elassona-GRE on May 14 is to be confirmed. – The round scheduled in Belgium on July 16 will be held in Neeroeteren (instead of Grobbendonk). – A round will take place on July 2 in Pfl³ckuff-GER (date of the cancelled round in Jinin). 2000 Supercross World Championship Date Country 07/10 Italy Torino – Stadio delle Alpi 21/10 France tba 04/11 Brazil Salvador (Bahia) 18/11 United States tba 25/11 Germany Leipzig – Messe 02/12 Tba tba Trial Yellow card: in order to improve the image of Trial, any rider who refuses to follow the instructions of an Observer, or who is offensive to a Section Official, shall be shown a yellow card by the Chief Section Observer. The Observer shall then write the rider’s number and the offence committed on the reverse of the card. At the end of the day, all cards must be submitted to the Jury, who will study the cards and issue any penalties for the competition in progress as well as recording offenders for further action. Further action may be recommended for serious offences or repeat offenders. Recommended penalties: one offence during the competition: CHF 50 + 5 points, two offences: CHF 100 + 5 points, three offences: exclusion. FIM Individual Junior Trial Cup: only riders less than 20 years old or who will be 20 years old during the year of the event, and who have not finished in the top 15 of the final classification in the Individual World Championship for Trial in the three previous years will be accepted. Trial des Nations: the starting order for group A will be the reverse order of the preceding year’s classification. Track Racing The World Long Track Championship Final round scheduled in Marianske Lazne-CZE on July 23 next, has been cancelled and replaced by a Final round in J³bek-GER on the same date. The Individual Speedway World Championship Intercontinental Final scheduled in Holsted-DEN will take place on August 12 (instead of 13). Technical Superbike (Art. 59.01.3) : a manufacturer is permitted to re-homologate a carburation instrument. All other requirements of this rule must be respected. This intermediary rule will be valid only until 31.12.2000. * * * * * FIM Dates – The next Management Council meeting will take place in Geneva on June 17-18. – The 2000 Congress will be held in Vilamoura, Portugal, on October 15-21. – The 2000 FIM World Champions Awards will take place in Monaco on December 16. – Next year’s Conference Meetings will be held in Geneva on February 23-26, 2001. – The 2001 Biennial Session will be held on October 17-21 (venue to be announced). * * * * * 2001 Provisional Calendars – Road Racing Endurance World Championship (classic events) : 07-08/04 : 24 h. Le Mans-FRA ; 14-15/07 : 24 h. Spa-Francorchamps-BEL ; 29/07 : 8 h. Suzuka-JPN ; 15-16/09 : Bol d’Or-FRA . ***** Motocross World Championships Date 125 250 500 Sidecar 25/03 tba tba tba 01/04 Castelnau-de-Levis-FRA 08/04 Valkenswaard-NED Valkenswaard-NED Valkenswaard-NED 15/04 Oldebroek-NED (16) 22/04 Broadford-AUS Broadford-AUS Broadford-AUS 06/05 Spa-Francorchamps-BEL Spa-Francorchamps-BEL Spa-Francorchamps-BEL Pfl³ckuff-GER 13/05 ErnÚe-FRA ErnÚe-FRA ErnÚe-FRA 20/05 Lommel-BEL 27/05 Genk-BEL Genk-BEL Genk-BEK 03/06 Bielstein-GER 10/06 Tba-ITA Tba-ITA Tba-ITA Cesis-LAT 17/06 Launsdorf-AUT Launsdorf-AUT Launsdorf-AUT 24/06 Grodno-BLR 01/07 Uddevalla-SWE Uddevalla-SWE Uddevalla-SWE Saku-EST 15/07 Tba-BRA Tba-BRA Tba-BRA reserve 22/07 M÷ggers-AUT 29/07 Tba-GBR Tba-GBR Tba-GBR 05/08 Tba Tba Tba Jaanikese-EST 12/08 Folkendange-LUX Folkendange-LUX Folkendange-LUX Kegums-LAT 26/08 Tba-GER Tba-GER Tba-GER Saxtorp-SWE 02/09 Loket-CZE Loket-CZE Loket-CZE Canada Heights-GBR 09/09 Lierop-NED Lierop-NED Lierop-NED 16/09 Motocross des Nations : tba-ITA 23/09 Tõgerig-SUI * * * * * Trial World Championship Enduro World Championship 24-25/03 Guernesey Island-GBR 24-25/03 Tomar-POR 21-22/04 Sant Joan de les Abadesses-SPA 31/03-01/04 Galicia-SPA 28-29/04 Paþos de Ferreira-POR 05-06/05 Povaska Bystrica-SVK 19-20/05 Tba-BEL 12-13/05 Tolmezza-ITA 26-27/05 Nepomuk-CZE 09-10/06 Vantaa-FIN 09-10/06 Goldendale, Washington-USA 16-17/06 Lulea-SWE 16-17/06 Tba 30/6-01/7 Foppolo-ITA 27/08-01/09 ISDE/CISJE: tba-France 07-08/07 Troisfontaines-FRA 15-16/09 Sant Julia-AND 22-23/09 Trial des Nations: La Bresse-FRA FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Cup: 07-14/04: Optic 2000 Tunisie; 31/05-03/06: Montes de Cuenca-SPA; 26/07-05/08: Master Rallye; 19-26/08: 2001 Australian Safary Rally; 29/09-07/10: Rallye d’Egypte; 07-10/11: UAE Desert Challenge – Dubai. Provisional calendar for the International Six Days’ Enduro 2001: France; 2002: Czech Republic; 2003: Great Britain; 2004: Brazil/BrÚsil; 2005: Finland (or Slovakia). Track Racing Championships Ind. Ice Racing World Championship Ind. Speedway World Championship 13-14/01 tba-SWE (Qualif. 1) 29/04 tba-ITA (Qualif. 1) 13-14/01 tba-RUS (Qualif. 2) 29/04 tba-GER (Qualif. 2) 13-14/01 tba-NED (Qualif. 3) 01/05 tba-HUN (Qualif. 3) 27-28/01 tba-SWE (Semi-Final 1) 05/05 Santarem-POR (Qualif. 4) 27-28/01 tba-GER (Semi-Final 2) 16/06 tba-ITA (Cont. Semi-Final 1) 10-11/02 tba-RUS (Final 1) (System with 3 finals under study 17/06 Mseno-CZE (Cont. Semi-Final 2) 03-04/03 tba-NED (Final 2) /systÞme avec 3 finales Ó 17/06 tba-GBR (Overseas Final) 10-11/03 tba-GER (Final 3) l’Útude) 17/06 tba-FIN (Scandinavian Final) Team Ice Racing WC/CM Courses sur Glace Equipe 12/08 tba-SWE (Intercontinental Final) 03-04/02 tba-GER (Semi-Final) 12/08 tba-POL (Continental Final) 17-18/02 Helsinki-FIN (Final) 14/10 Krsko-SLO (Grand Prix Challenge) World Long Track Championship Ind. Speedway Junior World Championship 20/05 tba-GER (Qualif. 1) 27/05 Oslo-NOR (Scandinav.) 20/05 tba-FRA (Qualif. 2) 27/05 tba-CZE (Qualif. 1) 04/06 Stadskanaal-NED (Qualif. 3) 27/05 tba-GER (Qualif. 2) 03/06 St Macaire-FRA (Semi-Final 1) 27/05 tba-GBR or/ou DEN (Qualif. 3) 10/06 tba-GER (Semi-Final 2) 15/07 tba-POL (Semi-Final 1) 08/07 tba-GER (Final) 15/07 tba (Semi-Final 2) 22/07 tba-GER (Final) 26/08 tba-GBR or/ou DEN (Final) 19/08 Eenrum-NED 08/09 Morizes-FRA FIM Speedway Youth Gold Trophy 80cc Team Speedway WC/CM Speedway par Equipe 14-15/07 Vojens-DEN 03/06 Ljubljana-SLO (Qualif. 1) (for riders between 12 and 16 years) 03/06 tba-GER (Qualif. 2) FIM Grass Track Youth Gold Trophy 125cc 21/07 tba-ITA (Semi-Final 1) 27-28/07 tba-GER 05/08 tba-POL (Semi-Final 2) (for riders between 14 and 18 years – tbc) 16/09 tba (Final) Classic Gatherings/Concentrations Classiques FIM Rally: 05-07/07: Killarney-IRL. FIM Motocamp: date tba: Jogeva-EST. Rendez-Vous Meritum FIM: 29/06-01/07: South Wales-GBR. Marc PÚtrier FIM Press Officer E-mail: press@fim.ch Direct phone: +41 22 950 9515 Direct fax: + 41 22 950 9465