FIM Endurance World Championship
The FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) is the world's highest endurance - Motorcycle - racing series and takes place under the umbrella of the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) instead.
The world championship consists of a series of races on permanent racetracks . The results of the individual races are combined, the title goes to the best team. In addition, the rankings are published for drivers and manufacturers in the categories EWC (World Championship) and Endurance World Cup. In this category there are fewer races, the motorcycles must be closer to the series machines and no quick-change devices for the wheels are allowed. (As of August 2016).
history
The championship was founded in 1960 as the FIM Endurance Cup . The championship consisted of four races, the Thruxton 500 on the Thruxton Circuit ( England ), the 24-hour race of Montjuïc on the Circuit de Montjuïc in Barcelona ( Spain ), on the Circuit de Winnerotte in Weerst ( Belgium ) and the Bol d'Or at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry in France .
From 1976 the FIM Endurance Cup was held as a European championship, from 1980 to 1988 as a world championship. In the 1980s, the Endurance World Championship calendar contained up to ten events. The popularity gradually declined, and the calendar was gradually reduced to just four races. In 1989 and 1990 the championship was downgraded to World Cup status because the number of runs required by the FIM Sporting Code was not achieved.
Four races are classified as classic, the 24 Hours of Le Mans for motorcycles , the 24 Hours of Liège (driven in Spa-Francorchamps ), the 8-hour race in Suzuka and the Bol d'Or.
Until 2000, the title was awarded to the individual drivers with the most points, from 2001 the rule was changed and the championship title is awarded to the teams. There are currently separate ratings for driver, team and manufacturer.
In February 2015, the French TV broadcaster Eurosport was announced as the new organizer of the Endurance World Cup (until 2020). As the first major change, Eurosport announced a change in the calendar format in December 2015 towards a multi-year season. After the 2016 season, the 2016/17 season began in September 2016. The first race of the season was the traditional Bol d'Or in September 2016 on the equally traditional Paul Ricard track in southern France.
World Champion
| 1980-1988 | World Championship |
| 1989-1990 | World cup |
| since 1991 | World Championship |
From 1980 to 2000
| year | driver | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1984 |
Gerard Coudray Patrick Igoa
|
Honda |
| 1985 |
Gerard Coudray Patrick Igoa
|
Honda |
| 1986 |
Patrick Igoa
|
Honda |
| 1987 |
Hervé Moineau Bruno Le Bihan
|
Suzuki |
| 1988 |
Hervé Moineau Thierry Crine
|
Suzuki |
| 1989 |
Alex Vieira
|
Honda |
| 1990 |
Alex Vieira
|
Honda |
| 1991 |
Alex Vieira
|
Kawasaki |
| 1992 |
 Terry Rymer Carl Fogarty
|
Kawasaki |
| 1993 |
 Doug Toland
|
Kawasaki |
| 1994 |
Adrien Morillas
|
Kawasaki |
| 1995 |
Stéphane Mertens Jean-Michel Mattioli
|
Honda |
| 1996 |
Brian Morrison
|
Kawasaki |
| 1997 |
 Peter Goddard Doug Poland
|
Suzuki |
| 1998 |
Doug Poland Christian Lavieille
|
Honda |
| 1999 |
Terry Rymer Jéhan d'Orgeix
|
Suzuki |
| 2000 |
 Peter Lindén Warwick Nowland
|
Suzuki |
Since 2001
| year | team | Manufacturer | machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |
Wim Motors Racing |
Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 2002 |
 Zongshen |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2003 |
Suzuki GB - Phase One |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2004 |
Yamaha GMT 94 |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 2005 |
Suzuki Castrol team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2006 |
Suzuki Castrol team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2007 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 1 |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2008 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 1 |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2009 |
 Yamaha Austria Racing Team
|
Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 2010 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2011 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2012 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2013 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2014 |
Yamaha GMT 94 |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 2015 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2016 |
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team |
Suzuki | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
| 2016-2017 |
Yamaha GMT 94 |
Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
| 2017-2018 |
FCC TSR Honda France |
Honda | Honda CBR1000RR |
| 2018-2019 |
SRC Kawasaki France |
Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10R |
Point system
For races of 8 hours or less:
| Scoring | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 30th | 24 | 21st | 19th | 17th | 15th | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
For races of more than 8 hours and not more than 12 hours:
| Scoring | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 35 | 29 | 25th | 21st | 18th | 16 | 14th | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
For races longer than 12 hours:
| Scoring | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 40 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 21st | 19th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Since 2014, there have been additional points for placements after 8 or 16 hours in races lasting more than 8 hours. Since the 2018/19 season, there have been additional points for the 5 fastest in training, i.e. for starting positions 1 to 5, in every race. The additional points are for drivers and teams, but not for the manufacturers' championship - for drivers and teams even if they do Do not end the race in classification. The additional points are awarded according to the pattern below, so that a victory can bring the following points:
8h race: between 30 and 35 points
12h race: between 35 and 50 points
24h race: between 40 and 65 points.
| Additional points after 8 and 16 hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Points | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Additional points for the 5 fastest in training | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch site | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
The rule change from August 2016 came into effect for the first time in the 2016/17 season, according to which 1.5 times the normal number of points is awarded in the last race of the season. On July 30, 2017, for the first time, the victory in the 8h Suzuka race was awarded this point.
| Scoring final race | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 45 | 36 | 31.5 | 28.5 | 25.5 | 22.5 | 21st | 19.5 | 18th | 16.5 | 15th | 13.5 | 12 | 10.5 | 9 | 7.5 | 6th | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 |
FIM Endurance is world champion
- the team that has collected the most points in all races (with additional points).
- the manufacturer with the most points from all races (without additional points and only the best-placed motorcycle from each manufacturer at the end of the race counts).
- also the driver or drivers with the most points. So it was theoretically possible for a long time that the "Endurance World Champion" never drove for the world championship team and scored his points on motorcycles from several brands. In fact, this was the situation in 2016, when Lucas Mahias scored significantly more points in a Suzuki and Yamaha than the drivers of the world championship Suzuki Endurance Racing Team. In order to rule out this curious situation, the regulations were changed from the 2017/18 season. Since then, drivers can only be world champions if they have played for the world championship team for at least 75% of the season.
Classes and specifications 2016/17
The motorcycles have on production motorcycles, according to FIM - homologation based.
Formula EWC
| engine | Displacement | Minimum weight without lighting system |
|---|---|---|
| 4-cylinder four-stroke engines | 600 cm³ up to 1000 cm³ | 170 kg |
| 3-cylinder four-stroke engines | 750 cm³ up to 1000 cm³ | 170 kg |
| 2-cylinder four-stroke engines | 850 cm³ up to 1200 cm³ | 170 kg |
The displacement must remain the same as for the homologated motorcycle. Modifications to the bore and stroke in order to reach class limits are prohibited.
A lighting system must be installed for races that also take place at night. The minimum weight increases to 175 kg.
Superstock
| engine | Displacement | Minimum weight without lighting system |
|---|---|---|
| 4-cylinder four-stroke engines | 600 cm³ up to 1000 cm³ | Dry weight minus 12 kg, at least 168 kg |
| 3-cylinder four-stroke engines | 750 cm³ up to 1000 cm³ | Dry weight minus 12 kg, at least 168 kg |
| 2-cylinder four-stroke engines | 850 cm³ up to 1200 cm³ | Dry weight minus 12 kg, at least 168 kg |
According to the FIM regulations, “dry weight” means the weight without fuel, license plate, side stand and tools, but with oil and coolant.
The displacement must remain as with the homologated series motorcycle. Modifications to the bore and stroke in order to reach class limits are prohibited.
For races that also take place at night, the dry weight of the series motorcycle may only be under 9 kg.
Web links
- Race24.com (English)
- http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/sport/endurance/ (regulations, English or French)
- https://www.fimewc.com/looking-ahead-to-2017-2018/ (outlook changes for 2017/2018)
- https://www.fimewc.com/race-points/ (awarding of points 2018/19)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eurosport: Official organizer of the Endurance World Championship. Speedweek, February 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2016 .
- ↑ a b ROAD RACING FIM SUPERBIKE & SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FIM SUPERSTOCK CUP REGULATIONS (PDF; 2.7 MB) www.fim-live.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.