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WATCH: the FIM Awards Ceremony live and free from Rimini on Saturday!

Friday, 2 December 2022 11:51 GMT

The annual celebration takes place in Italy on Saturday and Alvaro Bautista, Dominique Aegerter and Alvaro Diaz will all collect their medals

The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship may be over for the 2022 season but the celebrations keep on coming for our three World Champions, who will head over to Rimini, Italy, for the FIM Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 3rd December. The event will be streamed LIVE on the FIM’s Facebook page for free on Saturday, giving you the best way to watch all the FIM World Champions be celebrated in one place.

Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed Ducati’s first Riders’ Championship since 2011, Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) took his second consecutive title in WorldSSP and Alvaro Diaz (Arco Motor University Team) became the sixth different rider to take the WorldSSP300 title after a record-breaking campaign. All three will be celebrated at the glamorous ceremony on Saturday.

The programme of the ceremony features some additional activities as part of the Ride to FIM Awards initiative, which included a discussing on sustainability in motorcycle racing in the future ahead of the ceremony. There will also be an autograph session for the FIM World Champions during Saturday afternoon, held at the Teatro Amintore Galli in Rimini.

The newly-elected FIM President will join hundreds of guests from across motorcycle racing’s various disciplines to celebrate the achievements, as riders and as part of teams and manufacturers, this year’s World Champions. Each rider will receive a gold medal as part of their World Championship success, with Bautista, Aegerter and Diaz sure to remember this celebration of their success this season.

Watch the FIM Awards Ceremony LIVE and FREE on the FIM’s Facebook page from 22:00 Local Time (GMT+1) on Saturday!