FIM e-Power International Championship

There's a championship exclusively for electric motorcycles called the FIM e-Power International Championship.  Four rounds have been run.  There was a race at Magny Cours, France.  Here are the winners of the first four races for the e-Power championship.  This series has been in existence since 2010.  It's for bikes powered by alternative energy sources, specifically, battery power, and electricity.  Very small fields of three to four riders compete.


Round 1: France   (Magny Cours)                                   Matthias Himmelman     GER
Round 2: Hungary (Hungaroring)                                     Katja Poensgen             GER                              
*Round 3: U.S. (Laguna Seca)                                        Michael Barnes             USA                               *Laguna Seca featured a much larger field, of eleven bikes which included star American riders like Eric Bostrom, Steve Rapp, Steve Atlas, and Michael Barnes.  
Round 4: Germany (Oschersleben) Race 1:                     Matthias Himmelman      GER
                                                     Race 2:                     Yu Tang                          CHN
Round 5: France (Le Mans)                                           Miguel Duhamel              CDN

Former AMA championship winning rider, Canadian, Miguel Duhamel, wins the season finale for the FIM e-Power International Championship as a guest rider in their race that was a support event for the 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race.  So ends the championship season for the electric motorcycles of the FIM e-Power International Championship.

This review of the race winners was compiled sporadically for a while with the list above.  More racing action to come from other motorcycle racing series sanctioned by the FIM before the end of the season.  As for the e Power series, time will tell where it goes and how successful it is in the future.