# Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The International Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) or (FIM) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 123 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six continental unions.
There are seven motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 82 world championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships: enduro, trial, circuit racing, motocross and supermoto, cross-country, e-bike, and track racing. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women.

## History

The FIM was born from the Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM), which itself was founded in Paris, France, on 21 December 1904. The British Auto-Cycle Union was one of the founding members. In 1906, the FICM was dissolved, but reborn in 1912 with the headquarters now located in England. The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.
The name was changed to the Fédération Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) in 1949, the same year that also saw the first race of the famed Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. The headquarters were transferred to Geneva, Switzerland in 1959.
1994 saw the headquarters relocated, this time to Mies, Switzerland, and occupy its own building for the first time, shaped like a stylized motorcycle wheel. The name was changed again in 1998 to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme at the congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The same year, the FIM was given provisional status of recognition by the International Olympic Committee, and gained full status in 2000 at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
2004 marked the organization's centenary, and celebrations were held at the congress in Paris in October. Since 2018, Jorge Viegas (Portugal) is President of the FIM.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 6, 2022, FIM banned all Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.

## FIM competitions
### Road racing

* FIM Moto2 European Championship
* FIM Stock European Championship
* FIM Endurance World Championship
* FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing
* FIM JuniorGP World Championship
* FIM Sidecar World Championship
* FIM Superbike World Championship
* FIM Supersport World Championship
* FIM Supersport 300 World Championship
* Asia Road Racing Championship
* Asia Talent Cup
* British Talent Cup
* European Talent Cup
* FIM MiniGP
* Northern America Talent Cup
* Northern Talent Cup
* MotoE World Championship
* FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
* FIM Intercontinental Games

### Off-road racing

* FIM Bajas World Cup
* FIM E-Xbike World Cup Race (Electric bicycle)
* FIM Freestyle Motocross World Championship
* FIM Hard Enduro World Championship
* FIM Ice Speedway of Nations
* FIM Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
* FIM Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship
* FIM Motocross World Championship
* FIM Oceania Speedway Sidecar Championship
* FIM Sidecarcross World Championship
* FIM Snowcross World Championship
* FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship
* FIM Speedway Sidecar World Cup
* FIM Speedway World Championship
* FIM Speedway World Cup
* FIM Supercross World Championship
* FIM SuperEnduro World Championship
* FIM Supermoto World Championship
* FIM Sand Races World Championship
* FIM Team Long Track World Championship
* FIM Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
* FIM Trial World Championship
* FIM World Enduro Championship
* FIM Women's Motocross World Championship
* FIM World Rally-Raid Championship
* International Six Days Enduro
* Motocross des Nations
* Supermoto of Nations
* Trial des Nations

## Presidents

Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM) :
| Term | President | Nationality |
| 1904–1905 | A. de Lahausse | France |
| 1905–1906 | Marquis de Mouzilly Saint-Mars | France |
| 1912–1924 | Arthur Stanley | United Kingdom |
| 1924–1946 | Alberto Bonacossa | Italy |
| 1946–1947 | Augustin Pérouse | France |
| 1947–1949 | Marcel Haecker | Switzerland |
| Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) |||
| Term | President | Nationality |
| 1949–1951 | Marcel Haecker | Switzerland |
| 1951–1959 | Augustin Pérouse | France |
| 1959–1965 | Pieter Nortier | Netherlands |
| 1965–1983 | Nicolás Rodil del Valle | Spain |
| 1983–1989 | Nicolas Schmit | Luxembourg |
| 1989–1995 | Jos Vaessen | Netherlands |
| 1995–2006 | Francesco Zerbi | Italy |
| 2006–2018 | Vito Ippolito | Venezuela |
| 2018–present | Jorge Viegas | Portugal |

## FIM motorcycle racing helmet testing and homologation

In 2019, the FIM decided to implement its own helmet testing regime. Helmet manufacturers have to submit helmets for testing, and the FIM then lab tests them to make sure they are up to the job of protecting racers.