European Championship Albacete 2011

The UEM European Championship returns to the Albacete circuit on October 9th, 2011.

Under the joint organisation of the UEM and the RFME, the 2010 European Championship in the 125GP, Supersport 600 and Superstock 1000 categories was decided at the Spanish circuit. In the latter two classes a Junior Champion was also crowned, with those under 20 years of age being eligible.

As displayed by last year’s exceptionally high level of competition, the criteria for participation were extremely demanding.

Participating riders must have finished inside the top five of the following National Championships to be able to take part; Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. A top four classification in either the Scandinavian, Balkan or Alpe Adria trans-national Championships also permits entry. Six wild card entries, selected by the competition organisers, also took part.

Aside from the prestige and experience of taking part in the new format European Championship there was a huge financial incentive this year, with a combined prize money total of more than €90,000 across all three categories.