Opening Ceremony in Promenáda Mall in Bucharest kickstarts FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Romania

Bucharest (Romania) 8 July 2023 – The 2023 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Bucharest, Romania was officially launched yesterday during the Opening Ceremony.

The opening ceremony took place in the Promenáda Mall in Bucharest where 226 riders from 38 nations from all over the world including those making the long trip from Australia, USA, South Africa and Latin America were presented to the large local crowd that came to get a glimpse at the future stars of motocross. 

The ceremony started off with a welcome video to introduce the FIM Junior Motocross Championship which was then followed by speeches from the Organizers Cristian Popescu and Adrian Raduta, Romanian Motorcycling Federation President Cristian Muresan along with FIM Junior Motocross World Championship General Manager Patricia Maskarova and FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela.

Main Photo: Team Great Britain in front of the crowd

Bottom Photos: 1. Team USA; 2. Teams and crowd in front of the Promenáda Mall, Bucharest

The team presentation followed the speeches and everyone present could then admire the impressive traditional folk dancing performance from the Ansamblu Folcloric Gorgota who came from the village next to the TCS Racing Park track. The crowd was then presented with the best and funny moments from the previous junior event that took place in Vantaa, Finland in 2022. Following this came FIM's Ride Greenpresentation, which used the occasion to inform everyone about the campaign's significance as well as the Ride Green Cup, which will be given to one of the national teams that exhibits commitment to the environment at the conclusion of the weekend.

The National Anthem finally closed the opening ceremony and all the young riders could take the measure of the importance of this event with this well-rounded and outstanding ceremony.

The MXGP-TV crew will be onsite this weekend in Finland to cover the junior event, with a special feature being aired on www.MXGP-TV.com in the following days after the event. You will also find plenty of video content from the event on MXGP’s YouTube channel.

You can also follow the event via LIVE timing HERE! or general results will be found HERE.

TRACK LENGHTH: 1640m

TYPE OF SOIL: Hard Sand

WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Timing GMT+3)

SATURDAY: 09:00 Free Practice Group A 125cc, 09:25 Free Practice Group B 125cc, 09:50 Free Practice Group A 85cc, 10:15 Free Practice Group B 85cc, 10:50 Free Practice Group A 65cc, 11:15 Free Practice Group B 65cc, 13:00 Qualifying Practice Group A 125cc, 13:35 Qualifying Practice Group B 125cc, 14:10 Qualifying Practice Group A 85cc, 14:45 Qualifying Practice Group B 85cc, 15:20 Qualifying Practice Group A 65cc, 15:55 Qualifying Practice Group B 65cc, 17:00 Last Chance Race 125cc, 17:30 Last Chance Race 85cc, 18:00 Last Chance Race 65cc. 

SUNDAY: 09:00 Warm-up 65cc, 09:25 Warm-up 85cc, 09:50 Warm-up 125cc, 11:30 Race 1 65cc, 12:15 Race 1 85cc, 13:10 Race 1 125cc, 14:30 Race 2 65cc, 15:15 Race 2 85cc, 16:10 Race 2 125cc

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