Following the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the FIM (International Motorcycling Federation) has officially announced its decision to deny Russians and Belarusians the benefit of participating in organized events that involve or represent it.
The governing body of motorcycling has thus announced the ban on pilots and teams with Russian and Belarusian licenses from competing in events organized by the federation, including MotoGP and championships such as the WSBK.
In this way, the organization -with an international impact- will proceed to cancel the events that should have been held in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, and will try to compensate for this absence by looking for other substitute countries where these events can be held.
The conclusion -carried out in an extraordinary and well-known meeting a few minutes ago, on the eve of the start of the MotoGP season in Qatar- will take effect immediately, and the main affected will be, among others, the MotoGP, WSBK and MXGP championships.
Some of the measures that we can find among these sanctions are to suspend the issuance of future licenses or those already distributed, added to the exclusion of any Russian or Belarusian driver, team or official from events or activities under the authority of the FIM .
Added to this new regulation is the suspension of registration and cancellation of all FIM events, and its international meetings, as well as the world championships.
This position on the part of the federation does not coincide with the procedure adopted by the FIA, since this organization recently announced a code of conduct for pilots of Russian or Belarusian origin.
In this way, a contrast can be seen between the firm position of the FIM with respect to the FIA, which accepts the presence of natives of Russia and surroundings, as long as they change to a neutral license and follow certain guidelines.
It also does not coincide with the position adopted by Great Britain and Germany, who have opted to prohibit Russian or Belarusian drivers, teams and stewards from competing in four-wheel championships on their territory.
