Press Release | December 12, 2024
The global superstars of motorcycle sport shone brightly when the 2024 FIM Awards Ceremony was successfully staged on a glittering night on December 7, 2024, at the avant-garde Palma Convention Centre, overlooking the capital city of the beautiful Balearic Island.
The prestigious end-of-season ceremony saw this year’s FIM World Champions receive their gold medals to rapturous applause led by the assembled members of the FIM Family and headed by FIM President Jorge Viegas.
Jorge Viegas, President of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), said: “Bringing together so many of our FIM world champions always ensures a very special occasion and the 2024 FIM Awards have provided the perfect conclusion to the FIM’s 120th anniversary year. Palma de Mallorca has proved to be a fantastic venue, made possible with the support of the RFME. I would like to thank every single person who has contributed in any way to making the 2024 season such a huge success. Tonight, it has been the perfect way to celebrate it and bring it to a close, though we are already looking ahead to 2025 and putting plans in place to make it even better.”
With one-thousand guests in attendance to honor the winners of sixty-two FIM World titles from six different arenas of motorcycle sport—Circuit Racing, Motocross, Trial, Enduro, Cross Country Rallies and Track Racing—the program was packed and was executed perfectly. Filling the impressive venue on the Mediterranean island were representatives from the one-hundred-and-twenty-one National Federations who showed their appreciation alongside motorcycling legends, FIM Promoters, FIM Partners and representatives from the wider global motorcycle community/industry.
Expertly overseen by the trio of Masters of Ceremony comprising Barbara Pedrotti, James Toseland and Matt Roberts, a free-to-view livestream on FIM-MOTO.TV along with DAZN Spain, MAX and Discovery+ ensured those in attendance were joined by a sizeable global audience to honor the 2024 FIM World Champions.
Following the FIM President’s Speech, Jorge Viegas invited Mrs Margalida Prohens, President of the Balearic Islands, onto the stage to warm applause.
FIM President Jorge Viegas then gave a speech about the FIM Hymn before awarding FIM Distinctions, the Gold Medal Nicolas Rodil des Valle, to Jaime Alguersuari—a former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, visionary event promoter and co-founder of Solo Moto magazine—and Igor Akrapovič, founder of the eponymous exhaust manufacturer.
After delivering a speech on the subject of the inaugural FIM Intercontinental Games, FIM President Jorge Viegas then introduced FIM Circuit Racing Legend Dominique Méliand who presented the medals in the Circuit Racing category to Harry Payne – FIM Sidecar Rider World Champion; Kevin Rousseau – FIM Sidecar Passenger World Champion; Aldi Satya Mahendra – FIM Supersport 300 World Champion; Adrian Huertas – FIM Supersport World Champion; Héctor Garzó – FIM MotoE World Champion; Álvaro Carpe – FIM JuniorGP World Champion; Ana Carrasco – FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Champion; David Alonso – FIM Moto3 Grand Prix World Champion and Ai Ogura – FIM Moto2 Grand Prix World Champion.
Janika Judeika, FIM Women’s Commission Director, was then invited onto the stage to present the FIM Women in Motorcycling Trophy to Govinda Prasad Bhattarai, the Executive Director of the Nepal Automobiles’ Association (NASA) for its Women in Motoring campaign.
The FIM Sustainability Trophy was then presented by Massimo Bertozzi, Chief Executive Officer of Fast ATPI Sports Travel, to Prime Stadium—Promoter of the FIM EnduroGP World Championship—that was received by Prime Stadium General Manager Carla Alvarenga and Sustainability Manager Alexandra Castelo.
FIM President Jorge Viegas then introduced FIM Trial Legend Takahisa Fujinami who presented the medals in the Trial category to George Hemingway – FIM Trial3 World Champion; Jack Peace – FIM Trial2 World Champion; Emma Bristow – FIM Women’s Trial World Champion and Toni Bou – FIM X-Trial World Champion.
Jesper Christensen, Director of the FIM Commission for Mobility, was then invited onto the stage to present the FIM Road Safety and Public Policy Trophy to DGT-ANESDOR for the International Motorcycle Road Safety Conference that was accepted by José María Riaño Sebastián, ANESDOR Secretary General.
More warm applause then greeted FIM Vice-President Giovanni Copioli who presented the gold medals in the Enduro category to Manuel Verzeroli – FIM Youth Enduro World Champion; Max Ahlin – FIM Junior Enduro World Champion; Billy Bolt – FIM SuperEnduro World Champion; Mitchell Brightmore – FIM Hard Enduro Junior World Champion; Manuel Lettenbichler – FIM Hard Enduro World Champion; Mireia Badia – FIM Women’s Enduro World Champion; Brad Freeman – FIM E3 Enduro World Champion; Andrea Verona – FIM E2 Enduro World Champion and Josep Garcia – FIM E1 Enduro World Champion.
The following press release is from FIM EWC…
Riders Gregg Black, Dan Linfoot and Étienne Masson were joined at the FIM Awards, which took place at the Palma Convention Centre overlooking the Balearic island’s capital city, by Yoshimura SERT Motul Team Director Yohei Kato and Team Manager Damien Saulnier to accept their coveted gold medals from Ignacio Verneda, FIM Deputy President.
Taking place at the end of Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ 10th season as promoter of the EWC and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)’s 120th anniversary year, the 2024 FIM Awards was attended by 1000 guests. They included FIM MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin, FIM Superbike world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu, Ana Carrasco, the winner of the FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, and Bartosz Zmarzlik, world champion in FIM Speedway Grand Prix, which is also promoted by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports under a long-term alliance with the FIM.
Yoshimura SERT Motul’s 13th EWC title triumph in its various incarnations came at the end of another action-packed EWC season. The Suzuki-powered squad, which also featured Albert Arenas and Cocoro Atsumi in its line-up, won twice during the season with Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team and Team HRC with Japan Post claiming a victory apiece. Notably, Linfoot, a new Yoshimura SERT Motul recruit for 2024, finished on the podium in all four EWC races, a feat recognised by a selection of international media who voted him the Hero of the Year in the first EWC Expert Views.
The other EWC award winners of 2024 were National Motos Honda FMA, which won the FIM Endurance World Cup for Teams and the Dunlop Superstock Trophy, Yamaha, which topped the final standings in the FIM Endurance World Championship for Manufacturers and Honda, the winner of the FIM Endurance World Cup for Manufacturers. KM99, meanwhile, completed the 2024 EWC season as the leading independent team.
Sixty-two FIM world title winners from six different arenas of motorcycle sport were honoured at the FIM Awards, which was overseen by Barbara Pedrotti, Matt Roberts and James Toseland and broadcast live on discovery+, Max and DAZN Spain as well as being streamed live for free on FIM-MOTO.TV.
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