Enduro World Championship

Logo of the Enduro World Championship since 2010

David Knight during a 2004 World Championship run

The Enduro World Championship (WEC) is the individual world championship in enduro sport . The competition, which has been held since 1990, is held in several races in different countries and is the most important competition in this sport , alongside the international six-day race (the team world championship).

History and mode

Until 1989, the European Championship was the highest quality individual competition in enduro sport. As part of the internationalization and upgrading of the sport, the competition was announced as a world championship. The prerequisite for this, however, is that title races also take place outside of Europe, although the vast majority of drivers still come from Europe.

First, the existing class division of the European championship of four two-stroke classes (up to 80 cm³, up to 125 cm³, up to 250 cm³ and up to 500 cm³) and two four-stroke classes (up to 350 cm³, over 500 cm³) was adopted. This system was changed for the first time in 1994. The two-stroke classes were reduced to two (up to 125 cm³, over 175 cm³). The capacity limit of the 350 cc four-stroke class was raised to 400 cc in 1996 and 450 cc in 2003. In 1998 the small four-stroke class for motorcycles up to 250 cm³ was introduced.

In 2004 a marketing agency took over the rights to the Enduro World Championship. This reformed the world championship by reducing the classes to three. Two- and four-stroke motorcycles were merged into common classes. The marketer is also striving to make the competition environment more professional and, in particular, to open up new markets through TV broadcasts.

In this context, a team classification was introduced from 2004, the Junior World Cup from 2005 and the Women's World Cup from 2010.

In the junior ranking, the age limit was originally 21 years. This was increased to 23 in 2009. At the same time, the junior ranking was upgraded to the junior world championship. In the same year, the "Youth Enduro Cup 125 cm³ two-stroke" was created with an age limit of 21 years. In 2012 this competition was upgraded to a World Cup and the age limit was reduced to 20 years.

In 1990, 2004 and 2017 the enduro event around Zschopau was held as a world championship run in Germany.

As a rule, eight events take place each year, each with two days of driving. The competition weekend begins with a prologue on Friday evening on a small circuit where two drivers drive against each other. The result of the prologue is included in the result of the first day of driving. Each of the two days of driving is assessed individually.

The drivers receive points after their placement.

The following scheme applied until 2011: 1st = 25 points, 2nd = 22 points, 3rd = 20 points, 4th = 18 points, 5th = 16 points, 6th = 15 points, 7th = 14 points, 8th. = 13 points, 9th = 12 points, 10th = 11 points, 11th = 10 points, 12th = 9 points, 13th = 8 points, 14th = 7 points, 15th = 6 points, 16th = 5 Points, 17th = 4 points, 18th = 3 points, 19th = 2 points, 20th = 1 point.

The points scheme from the 2012 season is: 1st = 20 points, 2nd = 17 points, 3rd = 15 points, 4th = 13 points, 5th = 11 points, 6th = 10 points, 7th = 9 points, 8th = 8 points, 9th = 7 points, 10th = 6 points, 11th = 5 points, 12th = 4 points, 13th = 3 points, 14th = 2 points, 15th = 1 point.

A redesign of the championship began in 2016. Initially the name was changed to "Enduro GP World Championships" and at the same time a new championship was introduced across all classes with "Enduro GP". In the following year, the number of championships was reduced to two. In the EnduroGP motorcycles over 250 cm³ are driven and in the Enduro2 motorcycles up to 250 cm³. There is no longer a distinction between two and four stroke. However, this reduction met with criticism from drivers, teams and manufacturers, which is why it was decided to start again in 2018 three championships Enduro 1 (up to 250 cm³ two and four-stroke), Enduro 2: (over 250 cm³ to 450 cm³ four-stroke) and Enduro 3 (over 250 cm³ two-stroke and over 450 cm³ four-stroke) as well as EnduroGP, as championship of all classes. In the junior ranking, from 2018 onwards the ranking will be in the two classes Junior 1 (up to 250 cm³ two- and four-stroke) and Junior 2 (over 250 cm³ two- and four-stroke). The best driver from these two classes becomes junior world champion.

Winners lists

1990 to 2003

year	Classes
	up to 80 cm³ two-stroke	up to 125 cm³ two-stroke	up to 250 cm³ two-stroke	up to 500 cm³ two-stroke	up to 350 cm³ four-stroke	over 500 cm³ four-stroke
1990	Thomas Bieberbach Simson	Paul Edmondson KTM	Kari Tiainen Suzuki	Peter Hansson KTM	Otokar Kotrba Husqvarna	Jimmie Eriksson Husaberg
1991	Pierfranco Muraglia Kawasaki	Jeff Nilsson KTM	Kari Tiainen Husqvarna	Svenerik Jönsson Husqvarna	Kent Karlsson Husaberg	Jaroslav Katrinak Husaberg
1992	Gianmarco Rossi HRD	Jeff Nilsson KTM	Giorgio Grasso Kawasaki	Tullio Pellegrinelli Honda	Mario Rinaldi KTM	Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1993	Gianmarco Rossi TM	Paul Edmondson Husqvarna	Giorgio Grasso Kawasaki	Giovanni Sala KTM	Svenerik Jönsson Husqvarna	Fabio Farioli KTM
1994		Paul Edmondson GasGas	from 1994: over 175 cm³ two-stroke		Mario Rinaldi KTM	Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
			Giovanni Sala KTM
1995		Petteri Silvan Husqvarna	Giovanni Sala KTM		Eriksson Husaberg is different	Kari Tiainen Husqvarna
1996		Fausto Scovolo Honda	Paul Edmondson GasGas		from 1996: up to 400 cm³ four-stroke	Peter Jansson Husaberg
					Eriksson Husqvarna is different
1997		Shane Watts KTM	Stéphane Peterhansel Yamaha		Mario Rinaldi KTM	Kari Tiainen KTM
1998	from 1998: up to 250 cm³ four-stroke	Roman Michalik TM	Giovanni Sala KTM		Bjorn Carlsson Husaberg	Eriksson Husqvarna is different
	Gianmarco Rossi Honda
1999	Vesa Kytönen Kawasaki	Juha Salminen KTM	Petteri Silvan GasGas		Giovanni Sala KTM	Eriksson Husqvarna is different
2000	Matteo Rubin KTM	Juha Salminen KTM	Stefan Merriman Husqvarna		Mario Rinaldi KTM	Kari Tiainen KTM
2001	Stéphane Peterhansel Yamaha	Petteri Silvan Husqvarna	Juha Salminen KTM		Stefan Merriman Husqvarna	Eriksson Husqvarna is different
2002	Peter Bergvall Yamaha	Petteri Silvan Husqvarna	Samuli Aro Husqvarna		Juha Salminen KTM	Eriksson Husqvarna is different
2003	Peter Bergvall Yamaha	Petri Pohjamo GasGas	Stefan Merriman Honda		2003: up to 450 cm³ four-stroke	Juha Salminen KTM
					Eriksson Husqvarna is different

From 2004

year	Classes
	E1 (up to 125 cm³ two-stroke / 250 cm³ four-stroke)	E2 (up to 250 cm³ two-stroke / 450 cm³ four-stroke)	E3 (over 250 cm³ two-stroke / 500 cm³ four-stroke)	Juniors	Ladies	Youth Enduro (World) Cup
2004	Stefan Merriman Yamaha	Juha Salminen KTM	Samuli Aro KTM	no junior rating	no women rating	no Youth Enduro (World) Cup
2005	Iván Cervantes KTM	Samuli Aro KTM	David Knight KTM	Cristóbal Guerrero GasGas
2006	Iván Cervantes KTM	Samuli Aro KTM	David Knight KTM	Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg
2007	Juha Salminen KTM	Mika Ahola Honda	Iván Cervantes KTM	Joakim Ljunggren Husaberg
2008	Mika Ahola Honda	Johnny Aubert Yamaha	Samuli Aro KTM	Thomas Oldrati KTM
2009	Mika Ahola Honda	Johnny Aubert KTM	Iván Cervantes KTM	Oriol Mena Husaberg		Romain Dumontier Husqvarna
2010	Antoine Méo Husqvarna	Mika Ahola Honda	David Knight KTM	Lorenzo Santolino Honda	Ludivine Puy GasGas	Mario Roman KTM
2011	Juha Salt Mines Husqvarna	Antoine Méo Husqvarna	Mika Ahola Honda	Jeremy Joly Honda	Ludivine Puy GasGas	Jonathan Manzi KTM
2012	Antoine Méo KTM	Pierre-Alexandre Renet Husaberg	Christophe Nambotin KTM	Mathias Bellino Husaberg	Laia Sanz GasGas	Giacomo Redondi KTM
2013	Antoine Méo KTM	Alex Salvini Honda	Christophe Nambotin KTM	Matthew Phillips Husqvarna	Laia Sanz GasGas	Jamie McCanney Husaberg
2014	Christophe Nambotin KTM	Pierre-Alexandre Renet Husqvarna	Matthew Phillips KTM	Daniel McCanney Beta	Laia Sanz Honda	Davide Soreca Yamaha
2015	Eero Remes TM Racing	Antoine Méo KTM	Mathias Bellino Husqvarna	Jamie McCanney Husqvarna	Laia Sanz KTM	Mikael Persson Yamaha
2016	Eero Remes TM Racing	Matthew Phillips Sherco (EnduroGP winner)	Steve Holcombe Beta	Giacomo Redondi Honda	Laia Sanz KTM	Jack Edmondson KTM
2017	2017: Enduro 2 (up to 250 cm³ two and four stroke)		2017: EnduroGP (over 250 cm³ two and four stroke)	Brad Freeman Beta	Maria Franke KTM	Andrea Verona TM Racing
	Josep Garcia KTM		Steve Holcombe Beta
2018	from 2018: E1 (up to 250 cm³ two and four stroke)	from 2018: E2 (250 cm³ to 450 cm³ four-stroke)	from 2018: E3 (over 250 cm³ two-stroke / over 450 cm³ four-stroke)	Matteo Cavallo Beta	Sanna Kärkkäinen KTM	Ruy Barbosa Husqvarna
	Brad Freeman Beta	Eero Remes TM Racing	Steve Holcombe Beta (EnduroGP Winner)
2019	Brad Freeman Beta (EnduroGP Winner)	Loïc Larrieu TM Racing	Steve Holcombe Beta	Théophile Espinasse Sherco	Jane Daniels Husqvarna	Hamish Macdonald Sherco

Team rating

2004: KTM Racing

2005: KTM Team Farioli

2006: KTM Factory Team Farioli 2

Web links

Commons : Enduro World Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Enduro World Championship