Riders Presentation Kicks-off FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Finland

VANTAA (Finland) 27 August 2022 – Yesterday’s riders presentation kicked-off the celebrations for the biggest junior event of the season, the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Finland!

The opening ceremony took place in the JUMBO Shopping Centre in Vantaa where 180 riders from 26 countries, including those making the trip over from South Africa, Australia, Canada and USA were presented to a local crowd of fans who lined the different levels of the shopping centre to get a glimpse at the next up and coming stars.

The ceremony began with a the official postcard and welcome message videos of the event and were followed with a speech by the Sari Multala, Finnish Olympic sailor and member of the Parliament of Finland, along with FIM Junior Motocross World Championship General Manager Patricia Maskarova and FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela.

Main Photo: Team South Africa pictured with FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela

Bottom Photos: 1. Team Finland 2. Team USA

The crowd was then presented with the best moments from the previous junior event which took place in Megalopolis, Greece in 2021. This was followed by FIM’s Ride Green presentation that took the opportunity to introduce everybody to the Ride Green campaign and its importance, as well as the Ride Green Cup which will be award to one of the national teams that show how they care for the environment at the end of the weekend.

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 LENGTH: 1550m

TYPE OF SOIL: Sand

WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Timing UTC+3)

SATURDAY: 09:00 Free Practice Group A 65cc, 09:30 Free Practice Group B 65cc, 10:00 Free Practice Group A 85cc, 10:30 Free Practice Group B 85cc, 11:00 Free Practice Group A 125cc, 11:30 Free Practice Group B 125cc, 13:00 Qualifying Practice Group A 65cc, 13:35 Qualifying Practice Group B 65cc, 14:10 Qualifying Practice Group A 85cc, 14:50 Qualifying Practice Group B 85cc, 15:30 Qualifying Practice Group A 125cc, 16:10 Qualifying Practice Group B 125cc, 17:00 Last Chance Race 65cc, 17:30 Last Chance Race 85cc, 18:00 Last Chance Race 125cc.

SUNDAY: 09:00 Warm-up 65cc, 09:30 Warm-up 85cc, 10:00 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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