FIM Endurance World Championship


Endurance World Championship is the premier worldwide endurance motorcycle racing championship. The championship season consists of a series of endurance races held on permanent racing facilities. The results of each race are combined to determine three World Championships, riders, teams and manufacturers.
Until 2016, the championship is held on a yearly basis, but in order to take advantage of the winter break in MotoGP and Superbikes season, since September 2016 it runs from September to July, with the European races held in September, and then spring and summer of the next year.

History

The long distance races appeared almost at the same time of the invention of the internal combustion engine at the end of the 19th century, with races being held between major cities such as Paris-Rouen in 1894, Paris-Bordeaux, Paris-Madrid and others. In those years cars and motos raced together, competing for speed or regularity. These races on open roads were very dangerous, and the successive fatal tragedies move the race to roads closed to normal traffic led to the separation of cars and motos, and the long distance races turning into rallies
The Bol d’Or was held for the first time in 1922 on the circuit of Vaujours, near Paris.
Other endurance races were created after World War II, such as 24 Hour Race in Warsage in 1951, the 500 Miles of Thruxton in 1955, the 24 Hours of Montjuich in Barcelona in 1957, and the 24 hours of Monza in 1959.. At the beginning, most races were held over 24 Hours, but soon shorter races were introduced, defined in terms either of distance or of time.
The series was founded in 1960 as the FIM Endurance Cup. Initially it was made up of four races: Thruxton 500, 24 hours of Montjuïc, 24 hours of Warsage and the Bol d'Or.
The Bol d’Or was not held between 1961 and 1968, while the 1000 km of Paris, was held twice on the circuit of Monthléry. In the first decade, the FIM EC races were held essentially in Great Britain, Italy and Spain – the three countries with more riders
In 1976 the FIM Endurance Cup became the European Championship and in 1980 a World Championship. During the 1980s the Endurance World Championship calendar numbered up to ten events. The championship's popularity gradually declined and the calendar was gradually reduced to just the four so-called “classics”: 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Liège, 8 Hours Of Suzuka, and the Bol d'Or.
In 1989 and 1990 the Championship went back to a World Cup status, as the number of events required by the FIM Sporting Code was not reached.
The 4 events championship in the same year was maintained until 2016. In 2015 FIM and the pan-European television sports network, Eurosport signed a deal for the promotion and coverage of the competition. With this, the organization re-ordered the events, in order to the new championship starting in September and finishing in July, with the European races being held during the winter avoiding the MotoGP and Superbikes schedules.

Races

World champions

YearRiderBike
1980 Marc Fontan
Hervé Moineau		Honda
1981 Jean Lafond
Raymond Roche		Kawasaki
1982 Jean-Claude Chemarin
Jacques Cornu		Kawasaki
1983 Richard Hubin
Hervé Moineau		Suzuki GS series
1984 Gerard Coudray
Patrick Igoa		Honda RVF750
1985 Gerard Coudray
Patrick Igoa		Honda RVF750
1986 Patrick IgoaHonda RVF750
1987 Hervé Moineau
Bruno Le Bihan		Suzuki
1988 Hervé Moineau
Thierry Crine		Suzuki
1989 Alex VieiraHonda RVF750
1990 Alex VieiraHonda
1991 Alex VieiraKawasaki
1992 Terry Rymer
Carl Fogarty		Kawasaki
1993 Doug TolandKawasaki Ninja ZX-7R
1994 Adrien MorillasKawasaki
1995 Stéphane Mertens
Jean-Michel Mattioli		Honda RC45
1996 Brian MorrisonKawasaki
1997 Peter Goddard
Doug Polen		Suzuki
1998 Doug Polen
Christian Lavieille		Honda RC45
1999 Terry Rymer
Jéhan d'Orgeix		Suzuki
2000 Peter Lindén
Warwick Nowland		Suzuki

YearTeamPointsBikeRiders
2001 WIM Motors Racing182 Honda RC51Albert Aerts, Laurent Naveau and Heinz Platacis
2002 Zongshen 2123 Suzuki GSX-R1000Warwick Nowland
2003 Suzuki GB - Phase One143 Suzuki GSX-R1000James Ellison and Jason Pridmore
2004 Yamaha - GMT 94169 Yamaha YZF-R1David Checa and William Costes
2005 Suzuki Castrol134 Suzuki GSX-R1000Keiichi Kitagawa
2006 Suzuki Castrol185 Suzuki GSX-R1000Keiichi Kitagawa, Matthieu Lagrive and Vincent Philippe
2007 Suzuki Endurance Racing165 Suzuki GSX-R1000Matthieu Lagrive and Vincent Philippe
2008 Suzuki Endurance Racing109 Suzuki GSX-R1000Julien Da Costa
2009 Yamaha Austria Racing Team145 Yamaha YZF-R1Gwen Giabbani, Igor Jerman and Steve Martin
2010 Suzuki Endurance Racing133 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Vincent Philippe and Freddy Foray
2011 Suzuki Endurance Racing109 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Anthony Delhalle
2012 Suzuki Endurance Racing128 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Anthony Delhalle, Vincent Philippe and Jason Pridmore
2013 Suzuki Endurance Racing93 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Anthony Delhalle
2014 Yamaha Racing - GMT 94 - Michelin141 Yamaha YZF-R1David Checa, Mathieu Gines and Kenny Foray
2015 Suzuki Endurance Racing154 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Anthony Delhalle, Etienne Masson and Vincent Philippe
2016 Suzuki Endurance Racing 88 Suzuki GSX-R 1000Anthony Delhalle, Etienne Masson and Vincent Philippe
2016–17 GMT94 Yamaha146 Yamaha YZF-R1 Niccolò Canepa and David Checa
2017–18 F.C.C. TSR Honda France171,5 Honda CBR1000RRJosh Hook, Alan Techer, Freddy Foray
2018–19 TEAM SRC KAWASAKI FRANCE145,5 ZX-10RJérémy Guarnoni, David Checa, Erwan Nigon
2019–20

Points system

For registered races of less than 8 hours:
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Points3024211917151413121110987654321

For registered races from 8 hours to 12 hours:
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Points3529252118161413121110987654321

For registered races of 24 hours:
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Points4033282421191715131110987654321

For registered races with duration from 12 to 24 hours, a partial classification will be established.
After 8 hours and 16 hours, the 10 teams, that are leading the race at that time will receive scratch bonus points as follow:
After 8 hours race and after 16 hours race:
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Points10987654321

2012 Classes and Specifications

Motorcycles must be based on road going models with a valid FIM homologation

Formula EWC

This is the top category.
Displacement
The displacement capacities must remain at the homologated size. Modifying the
bore and stroke to reach class limits is not allowed.
Minimum Weights
Displacement
The displacement capacities must remain at the homologated size. Modifying the bore and stroke to reach class limits is not allowed.
Minimum Weights
The FIM decides the minimum weight value for a homologated model as sold to the public by determining its dry weight. The dry weight of a homologated motorcycle is defined as the total weight of the empty motorcycle as produced by the manufacturer. To confirm the dry weight a minimum of three motorcycles are weighed and compared. The result is rounded off to the nearest digit.
The minimum weight for motorcycles will be: