Carapiet reclaims FIM Asia presidency

MANILA, Philippines — Stephan “Macky” Carapiet became FIM (Fe?de?ration Internationale de Motocyclisme or International Motorcycling Federation) Asia’s first-ever president to be re-elected in the past 20 years to the top post during the 2017 FIM Asia General Assembly and Elections that were hosted by Thailand’s motorcycle federation, FMSCT in Bangkok on Feb. 3, 2018.

Representing the National Motorcycle Sports Safety Association, the Philippine motorcycle federation, Carapiet got the nod of 18 voters from the total 27 present to reclaim the top post that he relinquished to the incumbent president Wan Zaharuddin Wan Ahmad (AAM-Malaysia) in 2013 FIM Asia General Assembly and Elections held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Carapiet was magnanimous in victory, as he acknowledged his predecessor’s achievements and vowed to work with the former leader and the continental union’s growing number of stakeholders over the next four years and bring FIM Asia to greater heights.

He nonetheless expressed optimism over the continental union’s future when the names of his vice presidents were announced after two rounds of voting. The elected VPs, whose terms will be coterminous with the President’s are Issa Alawadhi (BMF-Bahrain), Sujith Kumar (FMSCT-India), Gong Hong Guo (CMSA-China) and Stanley Yasuhiro (GMAC-Guam, USA ).

“This is a powerhouse line-up of my team,” said Carapiet. “We’ve got a VP who will look after the issues and interest of our brothers from the Middle East, VPs from India and China, who will address the motorcycling concerns of two nations whose combined populations comprise more than half of the global total and a VP from Guam who will promote the American ideals in sporting, safety and the environment which covers half the world geographically.”

With his victory, Carapiet automatically earned a seat in the world governing body for motorcycle sports and affairs, the FIM Suisse Board of Directors. He also brought back the operational headquarters of FIM Asia to Manila.