PRESS RELEASE MIES, 18/05/2016 FOR MORE INFORMATION : ISABELLE LARIVIÈRE Communications Manager [email protected] TEL +41 22 950 95 68 FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Qualifying Meetings, S-F 2 Lonigo (Italy) – 02.07.2016 – Starting List The riders entered for this event have been drawn to start in the following positions: Ballot N° Rider FMN Country 1 Max Fricke MA Australia 2 Fredrik Lindgren SVEMO Sweden 3 Michael Jepsen Jensen DMU Denmark 4 Martin Smolinski DMSB Germany 5 Joonas Kylmakorpi SVEMO Sweden 6 Nicolas Felipe Covatti FMI Italy 7 Bartosz Zmarzlik PZM Poland 8 Daniel Gappmeier OeAMTC Austria 9 Patryk Dudek PZM Poland 10 Thomas H.Jonasson SVEMO Sweden 11 Wild Card Michele Paco Castagna FMI Italy 12 Tomasz Jedrzejak PZM Poland 13 Mikkel Bech Jensen DMU Denmark 14 Brady Kurtz MA Australia 15 Wild Card Robert Lambert ACU Great Britain 16 Sergei Logachev MFR Russia 17 Reserve Craig Cook ACU Great Britain 18 Reserve Stanislav Melnychuk FMU Ukraine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About the FIM (www.fim-live.com) The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) founded in 1904, is the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The FIM is an independent association formed by 113 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 50 FIM World Championships the main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro, Cross-Country Rallies and Speedway. Furthermore, the FIM is also active and involved in the following areas: public affairs, road safety, touring and protection of the environment. The FIM was the first international sports federation to impose an Environmental Code in 1994. 11 ROUTE DE SUISSE TEL +41 22 950 95 00 CH – 1295 MIES FAX +41 22 950 95 01 [email protected] FOUNDED 1904 WWW.FIM-LIVE.COM .